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NRP508 Health Policy And Role Of The Advanced Practice Nurse

Week 3 Assignment

Signature Assignment: Ethical Decision-Making

Assignment Content

Use the following Ethics Inventory to evaluate your approach to ethical issues as a Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) (from p. 118 of the Policy and Politics in Nursing and Health Care text):

Do we maximize good and reduce harm for our patients?

Do we act with virtue in difficult situations by speaking up when it may not be popular to do so?

Do we act justly and advocate for justice in our work environments?

Are we responsive to the vulnerabilities of others?

Identify an ethical dilemma you would face as a Nurse Practitioner (NP) (refer to p. 314 in your text, Advanced Practice Nursing: An Integrative Approach, for examples).

Write a 900- to 1,050-word paper addressing the following:

Identify which provision of the nursing code of ethics would be violated based on the ethical dilemma you selected.

How can you use the code of ethics to address the issue?

Explain how you would raise awareness to other nurses in your workplace about the ethical dilemma selected.

Explain how you can use Watson's theory of human caring as a guide when encountering ethical decisions.

Cite references to support your assignment.