Applied Ethics for Advanced Practice Nursing Reflection
This course focused on ethical conflict arising in clinical settings and healthcare systems. You were introduced to philosophical analysis and arguments in the context of clinical practice.
Prepare ( You can choose any one of the following and answer)
Take time to reflect on one of the following questions as we complete this course.
• Preventative ethics is the process of anticipating and addressing potential problems before they arise. Many of the issues in healthcare that progress to the dilemma stage (choice between two or more equally bad alternatives) start off as minor communication problems. Think of one occasion from your practice when recognizing or addressing something early on would have diffused an incipient and difficult situation. What new insights do you have? Would you have done things differently in light of what you’ve learned in this course?
• Knowledge of theories and principles is necessary for dialogue and collaboration with other professionals in the interest of good care for patients. Do you agree with this statement or not? Defend your answer.
• The ANA Code of Ethics with Interpretive Statements “continues to be the foundational moral document of American nursing. It encompasses the profession’s values, obligations, ethical standards, aspirations, and ideals” (Fowler, 2015, xxviii). How can nurses work both individually and collectively to construct an ethical environment and to remove barriers to its development and maintenance?
• Thinking about your current context, what is one concern that has to be addressed? Suggest several appropriate plans of action that may be instituted. Describe your motivation for the action and how you will persevere through adversity.
