Ethical Dilemma In Pediatric Nursing
Purpose
For this assignment, you will examine an ethical dilemma that exists in pediatric settings. You will examine the ethical dilemma from two opposing positions and consider ethical principles, conflict between the principles and the relationship of the ANA Code of Ethics in relation to both positions. You will also discuss potential resources, possible outcomes of both positions and develop a plan for resolving the issue (for patient, family and the nurse). Your team will then present this information in class with a PowerPoint grounded in scholarly sources. You will also submit individual speaker notes describing your assigned part and reflection on your values.
Course outcomes: This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes: 1. Provides individualized comprehensive care for children and their families with multiple health problems in
institutions and community care settings from birth through adolescence. (PO 1) 4. Utilizes critical thinking skills in clinical decision making in the care of pediatric clients. (PO 4) 6. Utilizes legal, ethical, and professional standards and principles, including those related to child abuse recognition
and intervention, as a basis for pediatric clinical decision‐making. (PO 6) 8. Utilize research findings as a basis for nursing interventions in pediatric healthcare settings and the development of
professional nursing papers. (PO 8)
Preparing the assignment Follow these guidelines when completing this assignment.
1) An ethical dilemma with opposing positions of Organ Donation. (You are presenting both sides of the dilemma. Then tell in the final slide about what your resolution would be.)
2) A PowerPoint will be created with rule of 7 (No more than 7 words per line and no more than 7 lines per slides). And then write a little speech to go along with each slide in the note section.
3) Although you may not agree with one of the positions, reflect on your views, respect other perspectives, and examine scholarly literature on both positions. a. Description of the dilemma
• Performs preliminary research on the assigned ethical dilemma and describes the dilemma. Clearly identifies both positions grounded in scholarly literature.
b. Ethical Principles and ANA Code of Ethics Provisions • Determines the ethical principles that apply to each position, possible conflicts in principles, and
components of the ANA Code of Ethics that apply using three (3) Provisions. Supports ideas with scholarly literature.
c. Resources to resolve the dilemma • Describes resources to resolve the dilemma and describes how each resource could help to resolve the
dilemma. Supports ideas with scholarly literature. d. Possible outcomes and plan for resolving the issue
• Discusses possible outcomes of both positions. Presents a plan for resolving the issue (for patient, family and the nurse). Supports ideas with scholarly literature.
4) Include citations and references. Make sure to put citations on your slides as well. 5) Complete and submit speaker notes and a reflection of own values and morals as it relates to the ethical dilemma. 6) Use this link to take you directly to the ANA website to access the Code of Ethics. When prompted, choose “No I
do not wish to register at this time. Take me to the Code now.” https://www.nursingworld.org/practice- policy/nursing-excellence/ethics/code-of-ethics-for-nurses/
7) For APA, formatting, or grammar assistance visit the APA Citation and Writing page in the online library. 8) Adhere to the time limit of 15 minutes.
Instructions: _Topic for this group project is Organ Donation. _There are 9 required criteria for the team presentation. but please work on 5 and 9 only (Please see the Required Criteria on page 4, under the Grading Rubric for more details). Do not forget to incorporate references for each section.