Complete Required Content listed in the content area & Read: Blais & Hayes Chapters 4/5:Ethical/Legal Foundations of Professional Nursing & 12 The Nurse’s Role as Political Advocate
Then Discuss:
Analysis of how the following guide moral, ethical and legal conduct in nursing practice: professional standards, and state/national statutes/rules/regulations
analysis of how your own personal biases might impact difficult healthcare decisions and your ability to provide care
resources you have identified that are available to nurses including how they might be applied to help resolve ethical practice dilemmas investigation into the ways in which the following direct moral, ethical, and legal behavior in nursing practice: criteria for the profession, as well as laws, regulations, and guidelines at the state and national levels
an exploration of the ways in which your own personal biases may influence challenging decisions regarding healthcare and your capacity to give care
analysis of the risks of being a nurse and some actions self can apply to enhance quality of care and reduce risks
Discuss and analyze ways in which political factors influence healthcare delivery and practice
Optional: Share your spiritual and cultural assessment assignments with your group if you wish.
