Explain and examine management and leadership interventions in relationship to legal parameters, professional standards (including the American Nurses Association’s Code of Ethics), and external organizations’ accreditation and review criteria.
GEL-7.02: Apply ethical reasoning to ethical issues within the field of study
Purpose
Clinical practice is rife with ethical dilemmas, including those generated from patients, colleagues, and systems. The successful nurse leader must learn how to navigate through these difficult situations and minimize moral distress.
Assessment Parameters
Answer the questions and statements related to the case study. You will be graded on writing content, organization, style and mechanics. Use the online resources to access your states Nurse Practice Act and the American Nurses Association website. Additional references can be from your textbook or the online library.
Worksheet
The nursing supervisor on the night shift at the local hospital receives a call from the charge nurse on one of the medical-surgical units. The charge nurse is calling to report a situation where a registered nurse and a nursing unit assistant have exchanged photos of patients in embarrassing moments. The photos were taken using personal cell phones and without the patients knowledge or consent. Per hospital policy, the supervisor has confiscated the cell phones from the RN and the NUA and turned them over to the hospital administration.
Considering this scenario, please evaluate the impact for the nursing staff involved and the hospital based upon the worksheet parameters. Please download the assessment worksheet and type in the boxes and they will expand as you type.
Minimum Submission Requirements
Respond to the questions in a thorough manner, providing specific examples of concepts, topics, definitions, and other elements asked for in the questions. Your submission should be highly organized, logical, and focused.
Your submission must be written in Standard English and demonstrate exceptional content, organization, style, and grammar and mechanics.
Your submission should provide a clearly established and sustained viewpoint and purpose.
Your writing should be well ordered, logical and unified, as well as original and insightful.
You should have a minimum of three academically credible sources from outside of the course materials.
A separate page at the end of your submission should contain a list of references, in APA format. Use your textbook, the Library, and the internet for research.
Be sure to cite both in-text and reference list citations were appropriate and reference all sources. Your sources and content should follow proper APA citation style. Review the APA formatting and citation style found in the Writing Center. To access the Writing Center, select this link. (It should include a cover sheet, submission is double spaced, in Times New Roman 12-point font, correct citations, Standard English with no spelling or punctuation errors, and correct references at the bottom of the last page.)
If work submitted for this competency assessment does not meet the minimum submission requirements, it will be returned without being scored.
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