Day: January 29, 2021

Assignment Content

This assignment reinforces the importance of ethical decision-making in nursing. You will apply an ethical decision making model from this week’s readings to an ethical issue.
Review “An Integrated Ethical-Decision-Making Model for Nurses” from this week’s University Library Readings.
Apply the ethical decision-making model in the Park article. This is not a review of the article, but an application of the model developed by Park to a CLINICAL ethical decision a nurse may be involved with.

USE THE PARK MODEL AND identify the steps provided in the model; reflect on the following:

State the ethical issue and its relevance for nursing practice.
What is the ethical principle(s) involved? (Use Westrick Chapter 45 page 297 for the list of principles…be specific.)
Collect and analyze additional information:
What populations does this serve?
Who are the key stakeholders?
What information is needed to overcome the problem?
Develop alternatives and compare them:
What alternative strategies could be used to address the issues?
Justify the decision:
Explain why this is important, needed, or beneficial for the patient and family.
Find strategies to implement the plan:
What ethical arguments could you use to dissuade someone who disagrees with the program?
I have included a summary of the Park Model below. Many students successfully organize this assignment by using the steps identified.
Format your assignment as one of the following:
875-word paper

Park Ethical decision-making model (1).pdf

Cite at least 3 evidence-based, peer-reviewed sources published within the last 5 years to support your position(s).

Include an APA-formatted reference list.

Resources
Center for Writing Excellence
Reference and Citation Generator
Grammar and Writing Guides

Select a preventable disease affecting a population and write a blog for USAID.gov proposing a disease surveillance program. The essay should:

Introduce the topic and include a thesis statement
Describe the preventable disease and population affected by the disease
Propose methods for a disease surveillance program within the population.
Suggest global health organizations that would be suited to launch the program.
Explain how the program would be communicated to healthcare providers and communities.

Create an executive summary containing a community outreach strategy that will improve the quality of life for Veterans with mental health concerns.

Identify a problem that requires a mental health community outreach strategy for the veteran population.
-Describe the problem in detail including:
-Specific health determinants supported with current evidence.
-Predictions for how those determinants affect the ability of the outreach to be successful.

Propose a community outreach strategy to the Director of the Veterans Hospital including:
-Description of the community outreach strategy.
-Explanation of how the proposed strategy will align and assist with the health determinants.
-Support for the explanation with current evidence.

Describe the resources needed to initiate the community outreach strategy including:State your ideas with professional language and attribution for credible sources with correct APA citation, spelling, and grammar.
-Detailed description of resources needed to initiate the community outreach strategy.
-Potential impact of the recommended resources to the health determinants.
-Description of how the health determinants will be overcome to ensure accessibility to the community outreach strategy.