The Nursing Principle of patient Autonomy
instructions: with sub titles in each section.
Create an ethical legal decision-making dilemma involving an advanced practice nurse in the field of education, informatics, administration, or a nurse practitioner. Apply relevant codes of conduct that apply to the practice of nursing and your chosen field.
Include one ethical principle and one law that could be violated and whether the violation would constitute a civil or criminal act based on facts.
Construct a decision that demonstrates integrity and that would prevent violation of the ethical principle and prevent the law from being violated.
Describe the legal principles and laws that apply to the ethical dilemma.
Support the legal issues with prior legal cases or state or federal statutes.
Analyze the differences between ethical and legal reasoning and apply an ethical-legal reasoning model in the case study to create a basis for a solution to the ethical-legal dilemma.
List three recommendations that will resolve advanced practice nurses’ moral distress in the dilemma you have presented.
Based on the issue you presented and the rules of the law, apply the laws to your case and come up with a conclusion.
Note:
With Introductory paragraph.
This is a fact-based Assignment that will not include your opinion.
a minimum of seven citations and some of these should be case law or applicable statutes. The Library has Westlaw Campus Research database where you can find case laws that relate to your topic.
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Introduction
Ethical, legal decision-making dilemma in nursing occurs when two or more than one, and at times opposite actions occur as a result of differing perspectives of those who are involved in the situation. Ethical, legal decision-making dilemma also arise because of different suggestions of the course of action by the ethical principles that guide decision making among nursing professionals. Advanced practice nurses within various sectors of professionalism, including administration, informatics, education, administration,
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