Ethical and Theoretical Influences in Healthcare Decisions
Scenario
As a member of the Nursing Ethics committee in your organization you have been asked to create a poster presentation for the nursing staff breakroom for display during the upcoming Nurses’ Week. You look forward to this opportunity to share how ethical principles, theoretical frameworks, and the Code of Ethics for Nurses, can influence decision making in the face of controversy. The poster presentation should feature ethical principles, theories, and standards that guide ethical nursing practice pertaining to a current real-world controversial healthcare situation in your workplace or current news.
Include the following detail in your poster presentation:
Summarize the controversial healthcare situation chosen from your workplace or current news.
Explain how five ethical principles relate to and influence the healthcare decisions made by nurses or clients pertaining to the controversial healthcare situation. Support with credible referencing.
Compare and contrast two theoretical frameworks as they guide decision making related to the controversial healthcare situation. Support with credible referencing.
Explain how five of the nine provisions of the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses relate to and influence healthcare decisions made by nurses or clients in healthcare decisions pertaining to the controversial healthcare situation. Support with credible referencing.
