NUR 3826 Ethics and Legal Issues in Health Care Legal/Ethical Case Analysis Pres

NUR 3826 Ethics and Legal Issues in Health Care
Legal/Ethical Case Analysis Presentation Assignment Instructions and Outline Course Student Learning Outcomes: 1. Evaluate contemporary moral, legal, and ethical concepts that affect the practice of nurses and other health care providers. 2. Recognize ethical and legal principles that must be considered when making health care decisions. 3. Apply legal principles to hypothetical situations that confront nurses and other health care providers. 4. Discuss major ethical theories and principles influencing ethical decision-making. Instructions: 1. Read the Assignment Instructions and Grading Rubric completely before beginning assignment. 2. Self-select your topic area on “Sign up for your Legal/Ethical Case Analysis Presentation HERE” in the first week of the course. a. Topics align with the textbook chapters and/or other (more specific) case situations. b. You may also suggest an alternative topic by communicating with your instructor. 3. Complete literature review of selected topic, including course textbooks, required readings, and literature search using SCF Library databases, such as CINAHL. 4. Create a PowerPoint presentation of 20-25 slides with robust speaking notes (narration of your presentation typed into the ‘notes’ field on each slide) and submit presentation to the assignment. Voice narration of speaking notes is optional. Any images or photographs should be purposefuland source credited (although does not count toward required reference sources). 5. Create a discussion post summarizing your case analysis (2-3 paragraphs with source citations) AND attach your completed Presentation to the Legal/Ethical Case Analysis DISCUSSION. Presentation Outline: 1. Title Slide (Title of Presentation, Author, Course Number and Name, Date
2. Statement of Issue: a. Summarize the legal issue or ethical dilemma you have chosen. b. Describe the relevant facts of a real or hypothetical case scenario that relates to the issue or dilemma. Identify the stakeholders (not by name unless a public case) involved in the situation. 3. Case Analysis–Ethics
a. Describe at least two ethical values involved.
b. Describe at least two ethical principles involved. c. Identify at least two relevant provisions from the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses
d. Discuss how the ethical theories, principles, and provisions apply to the issue or dilemma. Incorporate and accurately cite the course readings and other sources. 4. Case Analysis—Legal a. Identify relevant rights, duties, authority, context, and capabilities of the participants. b. Identify at least two laws, administrative rules, or court decisions that relate to issue. c. Discuss the impact (potential or actual) of the identified laws, rules, or decisions on the issue or scenario. 5. Ethical Decision-Making
a. Define the issues in conflict in this scenario. b. Describe at least two potential strategies (responses) that emerge from your analysis. c. List possible risks and benefits of each strategy; briefly describe professional, institutional, legal, ethical, moral, cultural, and social considerations of decision. 6. Ethical/Legal Recommendation a. Describe the strategy you feel is best supported by the legal and ethical analysis above. b. Describe how the chosen strategy might be best implemented. c. Posit what might be done in the future to avoid a similar scenario. 7. Citations and References a. Include source citations (Author, year) to credit source of information on slides and notes. b. Include Reference List at the end of the presentation. c. Include at least nine sources, which may include course articles, textbooks, journal articles, legislative actions, or other scholarly sources.