The purpose of this assignment is to reflect on an actual or potential ethical dilemma or legal situation with one of your assigned patients during NUR 270 Nursing Internship clinical learning experience.
Directions:
Write a two-page paer that addresses the following components:
- Describe the patient scenario, with background information, which is leading to an ethical dilemma or legal situation.
- Describe the actual or potential ethical dilemma or legal situation
- If you have chosen to write about an ethical situation, cite and describe the related portion of the Code of Ethics fo Nurses, available at https://www.nursingworld.org/coe-view-only If you have chosen to write about a legal siutation, cite and describe the related law from your state board of nursing.
- Expain the potential solutions for the ethical dilemma or legal situation, with potential consequences for each solution.
- Describe the actions you would take as the nurse, the rationale, and the potential consequences of these actions.
Follow APA format in writing your paper.
The paper is worth 15 points and meets the following end-of-program student learning outcome: SLO #5: Practice within the ethical, legal and regulatory framework of professional standards for nursing including employing agencies’ standards of care.