Develop a solution to a specific ethical dilemma faced by a health care professional by applying ethical principles. Describe the issues and a possible solution in a 3-5 page paper.
Apply academic peer-reviewed journal articles relevant to an ethical problem or issue as evidence to support an analysis of the case.
Discuss the effectiveness of the approach used by a professional to deal with problems or issues involving ethical practice in a case study.
Discuss the effectiveness of the communication approaches present in a case study.
Write clearly and logically, with correct use of spelling, grammar, punctuation, and mechanics.Write following APA style for in-text citations, quotes, and references.
For this assessment, you will develop a solution to a specific ethical dilemma faced by a health care professional. In your assessment:
Access the Ethical Case Studies media piece linked in the Resources to review the case studies you may use for this assessment and select the case most closely related to your area of interest and use that case study to complete the assessment.
Note: The case study may not supply all of the information you may need. In such cases, you should consider a variety of possibilities and infer potential conclusions. However, please be sure to identify any assumptions or speculations you make.
Identify which case study you selected, briefly summarize the facts surrounding the case study, and identify the problem or issue in the case study that presents an ethical dilemma or challenge and describe that dilemma or challenge.
Use the three components of the ethical decision-making model (moral awareness, moral judgment, and ethical behavior) found in the Ethical Decision-Making Model media piece in the Resources to analyze the ethical issues.
Analyze the factors that contributed to the problem or issue.
Identify who is involved or affected by the problem or issue.
Describe the factors that contributed to the problem or issue and explain how they contributed.
Cite and apply the journal article as evidence to support your critical thinking and analysis of the case.
Assess the credibility of the information source.
Assess the relevance of the information source.
Discuss the effectiveness of the communication approaches present in the case study.
Describe how the health care professional communicated with others.
Describe the communication and communication strategies that were applied, both in creating and in resolving the problems or issues presented.
Assess instances where the professional communicated effectively or ineffectively.
Discuss the effectiveness of the approach used by the professional related to any problems or issues involving ethical practice in the case.
Describe the actions taken in response to the ethical dilemma or challenge presented in the case study.
Summarize how well the professional managed professional responsibilities and priorities to resolve the problem or issue in the case.
Discuss the key lessons this case provides for health care professionals.
Apply ethical principles to a possible solution to the proposed problem or issue from the case study.
Describe the proposed solution.
Discuss how the approach makes this professional more effective or less effective in building relationships across disciplines within his or her organization.
Discuss how likely it is the proposed solution will foster professional collaboration.
Needs to be original; no plagiarism.
