Nursing ETHICAL DECISION MAKING FRAMEWORK

BASED ON YOUR CLINICAL PRACTICE AS NURSE, IDENTIFY AN ETHICAL DILEMMA/ ISSUE THAT YOU HAVE ECOUNTER?
PLEASE BE ADVISE , THIS SHOULD BE PERSONAL EXPERIENCE AS A NURSE.

Nursing ETHICAL DECISION MAKING FRAMEWORK

1    DATA COLLECTION AND ASSESSMENT OF DATA

Based on your clinical practice, as a NURSE, identify an ethical issue that you have encountered

A              SITUATIONAL CONSIDERATIONS

1. What situational factors contribute to the ethical dilemma or issue
2. How do these situational factors contribute to the ethical dilemma or issue?

B               HEALTH TEAM CONSIDERATIONS

1. What peoples are most involved in the situation?
2. What are the relevant background, [eg] educational level, value orientation]

of the people involved?

3. what people are most affected by the outcome of the decision?

C           ORGANIZATIONAL CONSIDERATIONS

1. What is the nature and mission of the organization?
2. What are organization’s values, polocies, and procadures relevant to the

situation?

11]                                                                PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION

A,            ETHICAL CONSIDERATION;

1. What are the ethical considerations related to the problem?
2. WEhich of these ethical considerations take priority?
3. NON-ETHICAL CONSIDERATION
4. What are the non-ethical considerations related to the problem[eg]; medical,

legal, or factual consideration.

2. How do the non- ethical considerations relate to the ethical considerations?

111]                                                CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTIONS

1. UTILITARIAN THINKING
2. How is the principle of utility being defined [eg]; happiness, pleasure, health, ]?
3. What are viable action?
4. What are predicted consequences of the actions for persons affected by the decision?
5. What possible actions produce the best consequences overall for happiness, pleasure, health, e,t,c, and the least unhappiness, disvalue, displeasure, for people affeted, or most affected by the decision?
6. DEONTOLOGICAL THINKINHG
7. What ethical rules and principles are in conflict?
8. What duties emerge from theseethical rules and principles?
9. Which of these duties are in conflict with equal or stronger duties?
10. If a conflict exists, which duties derived from moral rules and principlese produce the greatest balnce of rightness over wrongness?

1V]  DECISION AND SELECTIONS OF COURSE OF ACTION

1. CONTRIBUTION OF INTERNAL / GROUP FACTORS
2. For whom is the decision being made?
3. Who should decide?
4. What biases/ values of peoples involved in the situation affect the decision?
5. CONTRIBUTION OF EXTERNAL FACTORS;
6. What institutional factors are affecting the decision and selected course of action?
7.   What legal factors are affecting the decision and selected course of action
8. What social factors are affecting the decision and selected course of action?
9. QUALITY OF DECISION AND COURSE OF ACTION;
10. What decision is being made?
11. What course of action on implement the decision id being made?
12. In light of the preceding factors are the decision being made and the course of action to taken ones that call still be morally justified?
13. If not, how can the decision being made and the course of action to be taken  be altered so that they are morally justified?
14. Is the selected course of action based on the decision implemented?
15. Identified the relationship between the decision and the ” AMERICAN NURSES ASSOCIATION” interpretive statement Code for NURSES.
16. REFLECTION OF DECISION
17. Was the decision that was made the one that was actually acted upon? IF NOT,WHY?
18. Did the decision that was made accomplish its intended purpose? IF NOT, WHY?
19. In retrospect, do you believe the decision that was made was morally good ot right?

Why? Why not?

NOTE;  APA formate must be followed, Sources must be cited throuhout the paper and reference page.