Assignment – Individual Assignment: Personal Narrative

Assignment – Individual Assignment: Personal Narrative

HLT312V

HLT-312v Week 1 Discussion 1

What is ethics? Why is it important? What does it mean to be ethically fit? After reviewing the major theories of ethics, with which perspective do you most agree and why? What guides your moral decisions?

HLT-312v Week 1 Discussion 2

What are the three “right versus right” paradigms? Give a personal example of one of these paradigms.

HLT-312v Week 1 Assignment – Individual Assignment: Personal Narrative

Details:

A personal narrative is a story or account of events and experiences that have influenced you in some way. In 500-800 words, describe an event or experience that has shaped your worldview.

Explain why the event or experience is meaningful to you and discuss how it influences your views, your ideas, and your choices today. Identify or create an image that best depicts your worldview.

Attach this image to the bottom of your personal narrative.

APA format is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.

You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center

Applying Ethical Decision Making in Health Care

Details:

In preparation for this assignment, read the assigned article, “Making the Case for Ethical Decision-Making Models,” and the following case study:

Case Study

Carrie, a 26 year-old female, is admitted to the hospital following a major motor vehicle accident. She is unresponsive and on life-support machines. The physicians and staff have expressed concerns regarding her ability to recover, as she is now in a persistent vegetative state with no brain activity. Her parents believe that she will recover given time and are insistent that she continue to receive aggressive treatment. Carrie’s husband, Bob, is at her bedside. He is requesting that the physicians stop providing treatment and is adamant that keeping her on the machines is against her wishes. The patient does not have a living will or a medical power of attorney identified. As a member of the ethics committee, you have been contacted to determine the best course of action.

Assignment

Based on the article’s discussion, apply the four key aspects of decision-making models to the case study.

Write a 1-2 page letter to the attending physician and family in which you:

1. Describe the ethical dilemma.
2. Offer your recommendation for the best course of action.
3. Provide rationale for your recommendation.
4. Identify the ethical problem.
5. Gather relevant facts and information, considering others in terms of impact, views, and opinions.
6. Identify different possible options and choose and justify one option.
7. Implement the decision.

APA format is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.

You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.

 

 

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Applying Ethical Decision Making in Health Care

Introduction

When it comes to health care decisions, many people assume that there’s an easy answer. But the reality is that ethical decisions are complicated and difficult, especially when they involve human life. Ethical decision making involves gathering facts and information about what might happen if a certain treatment isn’t given or if a certain procedure isn’t performed on someone who needs it. It also includes identifying affected parties—those who would be impacted by your decision—and involving them in the process of coming up with recommendations for how things should go down in their particular situation. In this article we’ll look at each step involved in establishing an ethical decision-making process so that hopefully you’ll feel more prepared when faced with similar situations!

Step 1: Identify the problem

The first step to applying ethical decision-making in health care is to identify the problem. The problem statement should be specific, concrete and focused. It should also be a question, not a statement. This helps to keep your focus on solving real problems rather than engaging in abstract philosophical debates about them (which can get pretty heated).

You want your audience for this question/problem statement(s) as broad as possible—not too narrowly defined or else it will limit itself too much and leave out important details that may change over time; but don’t make it so wide that there are no solutions at all!

Step 2: Clarify the ethical dimensions of the problem

In Step 2, you will clarify the ethical dimensions of the problem. You can do this by asking questions about your situation and identifying possible options for resolving it. An example question would be: “What is this situation?” Another example question might be: “How can I resolve this issue?”

You’ll want to take care not to make assumptions about what’s right or wrong in any given situation; instead, ask yourself if there is anything unclear about what’s going on or why someone would feel uncomfortable with their health care provider’s recommendation. If so, ask more questions until you find out exactly where they’re coming from and why they believe they have been harmed by being given bad advice on how much treatment is needed based on their symptoms alone without taking into account other factors such as age/gender etc..

Step 3: Gather facts and information

As you gather facts and information, it’s crucial to make sure you know all the facts. It’s also important that you get more than one opinion when gathering this information. For example, if a patient is being treated for cancer at a hospital, he or she may want to ask his doctor whether there are any other options besides chemotherapy; however, if the doctor says yes—or even if he doesn’t say anything at all—then the patient should consider looking into those options further.

You can learn details about different treatments by talking with doctors who specialize in different areas of health care (e.g., pediatrics vs internal medicine). The Internet has many resources from which patients may choose as well!

Step 4: Identify and involve affected parties

The fourth step of ethical decision making is to identify and involve affected parties. An “affected party” is any person who will feel the impact of your decision in some way, usually because it affects their interests or goals. For example, if you were to recommend a medication for a patient with cancer and then found out that they had been taking another medication (which could cause side effects), this could be considered an affected party.

The key here is that you need to know who these people are so that when it comes time for your decision, you can make sure everyone has been heard before making one yourself! This includes asking questions like: “Who else would I need input from?” or “What other perspectives do I have?”

Step 5: Evaluate options and make recommendations

Now that you have a good understanding of what is at stake and how your decision will affect others, it’s time to evaluate the options. What are the pros and cons of each option? How would this choice impact other people?

Consider the pros and cons of each option carefully as you evaluate them in relation to one another. You may think that one option is better than another based on its advantages or disadvantages but this may not be true if there are still other consequences associated with choosing one option over another. For example, if your patient dies because doctors delay care because they don’t want their patients’ insurance company getting involved (an issue discussed above), then choosing Option A would probably be deemed unethical since it leads directly into death rather than saving lives through treatment recommendations made during conversations between patients/families/caregivers etc..

Step 6: Communicate your decision to those involved

• Share your decision with those involved.

• Explain why you made that decision, and share the pros and cons of each option.

• Ask for feedback from others who may have a different opinion than yours (for example, if it’s clear from this discussion that one person thinks an alternative treatment option is better than another).

An ethical decision making process can include lots of steps.

An ethical decision making process can include lots of steps. The first step is to understand what is unethical or not and why it is wrong. Then you need to determine who will have power in your decision making process and how they will be involved in it. You should also have a plan for how you will make decisions, who should decide them and what criteria should be used when making these decisions (for example: cost effectiveness).

Finally, once all these things are done then we need some kind of record system so that everyone knows what happened during each stage of our decision making process so that there are no mistakes made along the way!

Conclusion

As you can see from the above examples, ethics are a key component of health care. If you want to help your patients and colleagues make good decisions about their healthcare, it’s important to know how to apply ethical principles in practice. In this article, we have provided some tips for doing just that. Remember that every situation is different—so no two ethical decisions will be alike!