Category: Professional ethics

The Code of Ethics guide in nursing

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A military RN is ordered to force-feed a terrorist prisoner while they are undergoing interrogation. The prisoner is on a hunger strike protesting their capture and highlighting his cause. The nurse is to ensure the prisoner remains hydrated and fed so they can provide information and do not starve. The nurse is torn. On the one hand, the nurse has a strong loyalty to the military objective of ensuring public safety by uncovering terrorist plots and fear of reprisal if orders are disobeyed. Yet, the nurse is appalled at overriding a patient’s wishes by force-feeding him.

 

Male RN in Military Uniform

Critical Thinking Questions

Is this an ethical dilemma or a moral dilemma?

What ethical principles are in contention? How?

Are there any virtues at risk? Whose? Why?

What justifies overriding an individual’s autonomy to make his own choices?

How does the Code of Ethics guide the nurse in invoking conscientious objection?

What lessons can be learned from this nurse’s dilemma?

 

Moral guidelines

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What moral guidelines should we use when it comes to recently introduced healthcare technologies of any kind (you will note and engage with your own examples) and social technologies of any kind (you will note and engage with your own examples)?

Involve care-based ethics in your answer

Ethical Dilemma

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After reviewing The Invisible Patients documentary, provide a reflection post addressing each of the four following questions:

1. How is the NP in the documentary a Disruptive Innovator?

2. Discuss at least one relationship between your personal beliefs and values with this ethical dilemma/barrier.

3. Describe at least one mechanism to overcome the barrier discussed.

4. Examine the potential cost and benefits to this barrier.

When a health care worker might be confronted with ethical problems

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Instructions
Develop, in detail, a situation in which a health care worker might be confronted with ethical problems related to patients and prescription drug use OR patients in a state of poverty.

Your scenario must be original to you and this assignment. It cannot be from the discussion boards in this class or any other previous forum.
Articulate (and then assess) the ethical solutions that can found using “care” (care-based ethics) and “rights” ethics to those problems.
Assessment must ask if the solutions are flawed, practicable, persuasive, etc.
What health care technology is involved in the situation? What moral guidelines for using that kind of healthcare technology should be used there? Explore such guidelines also using utilitarianism, Kantian deontology, ethical egoism, or social contract ethics.
Say how social technologies such as blogs, crowdfunding, online encyclopedias can be used in either case. What moral guidelines for using that kind of healthcare technology should be used there? Develop such guidelines also using utilitarianism, Kantian deontology, ethical egoism, or social contract ethics.
You should not be using any text you used in a discussion board or assignment for this class or any previous class.

Creating an ethical workplace culture.

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In this assignment you will be asked to consider the role of organizational leaders with respect to ensuring companies work to create an ethical workplace culture. It is important for all upper-level leaders to “walk the talk,” so to speak. In addition, many larger companies have a Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer who provides leadership and oversight to the company’s business-ethics-related endeavors. Recall that Lockheed Martin has such an executive-level position. However, not all companies have such a position. In this assignment you will be asked to discuss the contributions of executive leaders and of the Ethics Officer with respect to building an organization that values workplace ethics.

What do you believe are the most important characteristics of ethical leadership?
Describe the relationship between the ethical leader and the follower.
Why is this relationship important for organizations that are attempting to do the right thing?
Based on your readings (both the articles provided and Terris’ text), what is the role of the Chief Ethics Officer and how does the role of this person relate to the success of the ethics-related endeavors within large organizations?

 

 

Ethical Issues in Nursing

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1. Is there a difference between personal ethics and professional ethics? 2. Compare and contrast various ethical theories. 3. Think of an ethical issue and apply the seven basic ethical principles to it. 4. What is a code of ethics? 5. Review some current ethical issues noted in health care. 6. What is an ethical dilemma in nursing? 7. How are ethical dilemmas resolved in nursing?