dilemma for moral deliberation
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Ethics Assignment ( Ethical Coercion to Provide Care) dilemma
Opened: Wednesday, 27 March 2024, 4:00 PM
Due: Friday, 12 April 2024, 4:00 PM
2000 Word essay following the guidelines here.
Complete a moral case deliberation from your own practice and write this up. The Word limit is 2,000. You are required to use academic referencing to support the arguments you are making. You will need to reference the ethical texts we have used and evidence-based papers with reference to your clinical scenario. For example, if the scenario is about nutrition and end of life you should look at what the latest evidence on this is. There will be marks for presentation, creativity and authenticity of the clinical scenario. (diligence with reference) Noted
Please complete a moral case deliberation as outlined in the course reading and in the lecture. This Assessment requires you to:
a. Introduce the essay – explain the purpose and the main topic and describe the sections. (Headings) Noted
b. Choose a scenario from your own recent clinical practice and briefly explain what happened. Describe the actors and the actions as they unfolded.
c. Complete a moral case deliberation answering the questions below: (What is the actual dilemma) Noted
Q1. Sometimes it is not self-evident what is the right thing to do. What is your dilemma?
Q1a. It may be helpful to clarify what exactly makes the situation difficult. What causes you to have moral doubts in this situation? (Why the situation is Challenging)
Q2. By placing yourself in the shoes of others, you acquire valuable insight into different perspectives on the problem and on the right thing to do. With each question, ask yourself what would be important to someone both int he long and short run?
Q2a. For the client / patient?
Q2b. For you?
Q2c. Colleagues, other clients / patients, management (as relevant to your scenario)?
Q2d. What do the rules and regulations say? Link with (NMBI – Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland), HIQA
Q3. Please discuss a consideration in which you take all perspectives into account. What is most valuable for you in this situation? Which actions go along with this?
Q4. Often there is no perfect solution . It helps to be conscious of the disadvantages of an approach to possibly limit these. What are the disadvantages and can you do anything to compensate for these?
d. Conclude by writing how this exercise has developed your thinking about ethics.
Glossary
The definitions that follow were developed to clarify terms and concepts used in this rubric only.
● Ambiguity: Information that may be interpreted in more than one way.
● Assumptions: Ideas, conditions, or beliefs (often implicit or unstated) that are ″taken for granted or accepted as true without proof.″
● Context: The historical, ethical, clinical, political, cultural, environmental, or circumstantial settings or conditions that influence and complicate the consideration of any issues, ideas and events.
● Creativity: Show that you can empathise with different stakeholders, think of a range of different possible solutions and their implications for the stakeholders.
● Clinical authenticity: Demonstrated by choosing a scenario that you know very well so that you can describe some of the nuances that affected outcomes this will ensure the scenario is believable.
References
The Code of Professional Conduct and Ethics for Registered Nurses and Registered Midwives comes into effect 10 December 2014. This document replaces the Code of Professional Conduct for Each Nurse and Midwife (2000).
