• Review the Case Study assigned to you. Review the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses. https://www.nursingworld.org/practice-policy/nursing-excellence/ethics/ (Links to an external site.)
• For each case, discuss the ethics involved, the NP duty and potential resolutions. Write the answer up in 2-3 pages (except the front page and references) with 2 recent references (one may be your book).
At the end, describe an ethical conflict that occurred in your nursing practice during the past year.
• How did you know that this situation was an ethical conflict and not some other type of conflict?
• To what extent do you think a nurse’s personal values and beliefs should affect patient care? Why?
• What signals to you this is an ethical challenge? Intellectual disconnect? Queasy feeling in the pit of your stomach? Discomfort or disappointment in the way you or your team is responding. Pay attention to how you reason as you think about how you should and would respond.
• Are there moral “rules” or guidelines that apply?
• Do you have a responsibility to respond? Are you personally able and willing to respond?
• Are there institutional or other external variables making it difficult or impossible to respond?
• Do you reach your decision competently? Are you confident in your ability to respond ethically?
• Are there any universal (nonnegotiable) moral obligations that obligate all healthcare professionals?
• To whom would you turn if you were uncertain about how to proceed?
• What agency/professional resources exist to help you think through and secure a good response?
