In this paper you will identify ethical theories and principles and identify how they will serve as a basis for your practice. The student will discuss moral theory and development, and how this will impact on your professional practi

Ethical and Bioethical Issues in Nursing

All nurses will be faced with ethical and bioethical issues in their professional nursing practice. In this paper you will identify ethical theories and principles and identify how they will serve as a basis for your practice. The student will discuss moral theory and development, and how this will impact on your professional practice. The student will identify a common ethical dilemma in  their chosen area of nursing and discuss ethical principles that will guide their care and how they will use moral integrity to work within these often-complicated scenarios.

This assignment is an APA paper and should include:

Title page-

Headings per APA

Heading #1 –

• Should be the title of your paper that is listed on the Title Page

(bold print and centered).

• Introduction paragraph with a purpose statement.

Heading #2 – Ethical Theory – Utilitarianism and Deontology

• Define and apply with clinical examples the ethical theories of Utilitarianism and Deontology.

• Reference and discuss The American Nurses Association (ANA) Code of Ethics for Nurses and how it guide the professional nursing practice. The ANA Code of Ethics should be comprehensively defined and individual components discussed.

Heading #3 – Ethical Principles – Autonomy, Beneficence and

Nonmaleficence, Veracity

• Discuss each ethical principle, challenges associated with each, and

• give a current clinical example of how you have seen each principle used in your most recent clinical setting or your place of employment.

Heading #4 – Ethical Decision-Making Model – Situation Assessment

Procedure – found in Cherry and Jacobs, Chapter 9.

• Using this model apply the steps to a common ethical issue in nursing you have chosen for your practice.

• In this section of the paper be sure to answer all the questions posed by the model. Each step in the Model must be addressed and applied to the ethical issue you have chosen to discuss.

Heading #5 – Reflection –

• Overall, what did you learn about ethics in nursing?

• What is your strategy to improve your skills/competencies for similar ethical dilemmas?

• Explain how this learning will impact your future practice.

Heading #6- Conclusion –

• Restate your topic and why it is important.

• Address opposing viewpoints and explain why readers should align with your position,

• Call for action or overview future research possibilities.

Reference page –

• For this assignment you will need Cherry and Jacobs and a peer reviewed reference for each section. You will need to have five references for this assignment (no more, no less).

• References must be cited in the body of the paper per APA guidelines.

• All references should be current (within five years).

. All references must have an APA identifier to receive all points for the reference section of your paper.

Example:

Cherry, B. & Jacob, S. (2023).

Contemporary nursing: Issues, trends, and

management.

Elsevier.

Authored Book (Section 10.2)

• This paper should have a minimum of 1750 words and a maximum of

2000 words.