A HISTORY OF NURSING ETHICS

The Nuremberg trials at the close of WWII offered disturbing questions. How can “good” people in traditionally honor-bound professions become complicit in some of the worst violations of humanity in history? What happens when individual professionals are not held to account by their peers, professions, and society as a whole? The trials showed how moral individuals within organizations can engage in morally “wrong” functions. “I was just following orders,” complicit healthcare providers, doctors, and nurses claimed.

Morality refers to principles that help determine what is “right” and what is “wrong.” Ethics is the related field that puts these principles to work to:

apply moral principles to choose “right” actions,

conduct relationships in an ethical manner, and

manage situations where a “right” action is clear but for some reason not possible.

Read the ethical dilemma below and explain your response and actions:

Nurse Is Instructed to Have Patient with Low Literacy Level to Sign Consent for Treatment

Scenario: Nurse Gloria is instructed by the attending physician to have Mr. Isaacs sign a consent form before a scheduled colonoscopy. As Nurse Gloria goes over the form with the patient, she notices he seems confused and is unsure where or how to sign the paperwork.

Ethical Dilemma: It is common for nurses to be the ones to get signatures on consent forms, especially for procedures like the one described in this scenario. When faced with a situation like the one here when the nurse is not sure that the patient understands what he is being told or if he can read, the decision of whether to delay a busy schedule to have the doctor come back and talk to the patient or explain to the best of her knowledge and get the patient’s signature may seem difficult to make.

Please adhere APA format when formulating response and action should incorporate EI and your actions and priorities and the EBP behind your decisions.

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DUE DATE OCTOBER 5, 2023

ADD REFERENCES NO OLDER THAN 5 YEARS

USE PROPER GRAMMAR AND CITATIONS

Discussion Board 1.

Week 6 Discussion 1

Citing scholarly resources in your work is required throughout your program. This week, you will support your organizational ethics presentation using at least two sources. Share your chosen topic and the key words and search strategies you used with your peers so that you can review each other’s work and provide peer-to-peer feedback. Also, describe what you think are the most important search features when narrowing down topics in the databases and why.

Visit the 

Library’s Research Basics: Search Tips Guide
.——- document attached as pdf.

This discussion Board is related to the presentation

1. Chose a topic from this list bellow and the keyworks and search strategies did you use. (guide yourself from the pdf attached about search strategies)

2. Find out scholarly resources for this topic at least two.( you will use them for the presentation power point on the other assignment for this week )

3. Also, describe what you think are the most important search features when narrowing down topics in the databases and why.

Compose at least 2-3 paragraphs all in APA format with proper references.

Week 6 Discussion 2

Betty, the chief nursing officer, had to make a decision about buying 120 new hospital beds for patient rooms. After she interviewed nurse mangers at the units where the beds were going to be placed, Betty compiled her findings and decided to contact a well-known equipment company to obtain prices and contracts. The equipment company’s executive salesperson, Jim, discussed options at length with her and invited her and her significant other to an upcoming all-expenses-paid lavish retreat at a five-star hotel in Hawaii to see demonstrations of the beds and to hear a comprehensive sales pitch. Betty thought to herself, “We badly need some relaxation and stress relief. Hawaii would be so much fun. Would it be wrong for us to go?”

· If you were Betty, what would you do? Give your rationale. Justify your answer with an ethical framework—a theory, approach, or principle.

· Do you consider this situation a conflict of interest? Why or why not? Give your rationale.

· What policies, if any, should be in place regarding a scenario such as this one? Do you have any such policies in place at work for similar situations? Do such policies impact day-to-day activities in any way? Explain.

Compose at least 2-3 paragraphs all in APA format with proper references.

in a maximun of 500words describe why an annual wellness check out is an important way of preventive care and why screenings tests are performed. Base on the united states preventive care task force specify which tests are ordered on a wellness visit for a 55 years old male who has not have an check up since the last 10 years, what education and recommendations would you provide. Use APA 7 format and support with scholarly references no older than 5 years old.

You are likely already upholding ethics in nursing and healthcare delivery in your current nursing practice experience. As mentioned in the introduction for this week, a patient-focused approach that promotes the delivery of safe, quality, and cost-effective healthcare for promoting positive patient outcomes represents a fundamental alignment to ethical principles for the delivery of healthcare. In your journey toward becoming a DNP-prepared nurse, you will continue to uphold ethical principles in your nursing practice and will likely continue to serve as an advocate for adhering to these principles in all you do.

For this Discussion, reflect on the case studies/scenarios related to ethical challenges presented in this week’s Learning Resources. Think about how these ethical challenges may mirror your own experiences in nursing practice. Consider what other ethical challenges may arise in your own nursing practice or as you continue your program of study.

Post an explanation of at least two significant ethical issues relevant to the DNP-prepared nurse. Then explain how these issues might compare to the types of issues you have encountered in your practice. Be specific and provide examples.

Required Readings

• Pavlish, C. L., Henriksen, J., Brown-Saltzman, K., Robinson, E. M., Warda, U. S., Farra, C., Chen, B., & Jakel, P. (2020). A team-based early action protocol to address ethical concerns in the intensive care unit. American Journal of Critical Care, 29(1), 49–61. https://doi.org/10.4037/ajcc2020915
• Phelan, P. S. (2020). Organizational ethics for US health care today. AMA Journal of Ethics, 22(3), 183–186. https://doi.org/10.1001/amajethics.2020.183
• Rejno, A., Ternestedt, B.-M., Nordenfelt, L., Silfverberg, G., & Godskesen, T. E. (2020). Dignity at stake: Caring for persons with impaired autonomy. Nursing Ethics, 27(1), 104–115. https://doi.org/10.1177/0969733019845128
• Torkaman, M., Heydari, N., & Torabizadeh, C. (2020). Nurses’ perspectives regarding the relationship between professional ethics and organizational commitment in healthcare organizations. Journal of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine, 13(17), 1–10. https://doi.org/10.18502/jmehm.v13i17.4658
• Vermeesch, A., Cox, P. H., Baca, S., & Simmons, D. (2018).Strategies for strengthening ethics education in a DNP program. Nursing Education Perspectives, 39(5), 309–311. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000000383

  Discussion Post Topic #3: Conduct an evaluation of your current neighborhood or place of work. Are there any population shifts? If so, what are the cultural demographics, and has healthcare made transitions to address these transitions.Sections of the assignment must include:

• Introduction
• Focus points covered in the discussion posts
• Any arguments and rationales for your stance
• Conclusion or Summary

The components of your APA Assignment includes the following:

• The assignment must be completed on a word document.
• Your APA  Assignment must include a title page (Refer to Purdue OWL).
• All in-text citations must be used when paraphrasing or quoting a previous author.
• All references must reflect the in-text citations used.
• All reference sources must be within the past 5 years unless it is the works of a nurse theorist or a significant reference material.
• The length of the assignment must be 750-1000 words. Please pay attention to spelling and grammar. Points are deducted for repeat offenders.
• Upon completion of the assignment, you must submit the assignment via Turnitin.com, and please note that your plagiarism score should be no more than 20%. If you score higher, please make adjustments.
• (Please refer to the APA Grading rubric for additional assistance in completing your assignment).
• You may reach out to the College Writing Center for further assistance.
• Please refer to the course grading rubric on your syllabus for assignment specifics.