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Introduction
Whether you are a nurse, a public health professional, a
health care administrator, or in another role in the health care field, you
must base your decisions on a set of ethical principles and values. Your
decisions must be fair, equitable, and defensible. Each discipline has
established a professional code of ethics to guide ethical behavior. In this
assessment, you will practice working through an ethical dilemma as described
in a case study. Your practice will help you develop a method for formulating
ethical decisions.
Instructions
Note: The requirements outlined below correspond to the
grading criteria in the scoring guide. At a minimum, be sure to address each
point. In addition, you are encouraged to review the performance-level
descriptions for each criterion to see how your work will be assessed.
For this assessment, develop a solution to a specific ethical
dilemma faced by a health care professional. In your assessment:
1.    
Select one of the case studies presented in the Assessment 03 Supplement: Applying Ethical Principles [PDF] Download Assessment 03 Supplement: Applying Ethical Principles [PDF]resource.
o   Note:
The case study may not supply all of the information you need. In such cases,
you should consider a variety of possibilities and infer potential conclusions.
However, please be sure to identify any assumptions or speculations you make.
2.    
Summarize the facts in the selected case study and use
the three components of an ethical decision-making model to analyze an ethical
problem or issue and the factors that contributed to it.
o   Identify
which case study you selected and briefly summarize the facts surrounding it.
Identify the problem or issue that presents an ethical dilemma or challenge and
describe that dilemma or challenge.
o   Identify
who is involved or affected by the ethical problem or issue.
o   Access
the Ethical Decision-Making Model media
piece and use the three components of the ethical decision-making model (moral
awareness, moral judgment, and ethical behavior) to analyze the ethical issues.
§  Apply
the three components outlined in the Ethical Decision-Making Model media.
o   Analyze
the factors that contributed to the ethical problem or issue identified in the
case study.
§  Describe
the factors that contributed to the problem or issue and explain how they
contributed.
3.    
Apply academic peer-reviewed journal articles relevant
to an ethical problem or issue as evidence to support an analysis of the case.
o   In
addition to the readings provided, use the Capella library to locate at least
one academic peer-reviewed journal article relevant to the problem or issue
that you can use to support your analysis of the situation. The NHS-FPX4000: Developing a Health Care Perspective Library
Guide will help you locate appropriate references. You will
select at least one current scholarly or academic peer-reviewed journal
articles published during the past 3–5 years that relate to your topic.
§  Cite
and apply key principles from the journal article as evidence to support your
critical thinking and analysis of the ethical problem or issue.
§  Review
the Think Critically About Source Quality resource.
§  Assess
the credibility of the information source.
§  Assess
the relevance of the information source.
4.    
Discuss the effectiveness of the communication
approaches present in a case study.
o   Describe
how the health care professional in the case study communicated with others.
o   Assess
instances where the professional communicated effectively or ineffectively.
o   Explain
which communication approaches should be used and which ones should be avoided.
o   Describe
the consequences of using effective and non-effective communication approaches.
5.    
Discuss the effectiveness of the approach used by a
professional to deal with problems or issues involving ethical practice in a
case study.
o   Describe
the actions taken in response to the ethical dilemma or issue presented in the
case study.
o   Summarize
how well the professional managed professional responsibilities and priorities
to resolve the problem or issue in the case.
o   Discuss
the key lessons this case provides for health care professionals.
6.    
Apply ethical principles to a possible solution to an
ethical problem or issue described in a case study.
o   Describe
the proposed solution.
o   Discuss
how the approach makes this professional more effective or less effective in
building relationships across disciplines within his or her organization.
o   Discuss
how likely it is the proposed solution will foster professional collaboration.
7.    
Write clearly and logically, with correct use of
spelling, grammar, punctuation, and mechanics.
o   Apply
the principles of effective composition.
o   Determine
the proper application of the rules of grammar and mechanics.
8.    
Write using APA style for in-text citations, quotes,
and references.
o   Determine
the proper application of APA formatting requirements and scholarly writing
standards.
o   Integrate
information from outside sources into academic writing by appropriately
quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing, following APA style.
Example Assessment: You may use the following to give
you an idea of what a Proficient or higher rating on the scoring guide would
look like:
·      
Assessment 3 Example [PDF] Download Assessment 3 Example [PDF].
Additional
Requirements
Your assessment should also meet the following requirements:
·      
Length: 3–5 typed, double-spaced pages,
not including the title page and reference page.
·      
Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12
point.
·      
APA tutorial: Use the APA Style Paper Tutorial [DOCX] for
guidance.
·      
Written communication: Use correct
spelling, grammar, and punctuation.
·      
References: Integrate information from
outside sources to include at least two references (the case study and an
academic peer-reviewed journal article) and three in-text citations within the
paper.
·      
APA format: Follow current APA guidelines
for in-text citation of outside sources in the body of your paper and also on
the reference page.
Competencies
Measured
By successfully completing this assessment, you will
demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and scoring
guide criteria:
·      
Competency 1: Apply information literacy and
library research skills to obtain scholarly information in the field of health
care.
o   Apply
academic peer-reviewed journal articles relevant to an ethical problem or issue
as evidence to support an analysis of the case.
·      
Competency 3: Apply ethical principles and
academic standards to the study of health care.
o   Summarize
the facts in a case study and use the three components of an ethical
decision-making model to analyze an ethical problem or issue and the factors
that contributed to it.
o   Discuss
effective communication approaches the provider can use to address the issue in
the case study.
o   Apply
ethical principles to a possible solution to an ethical problem or issue
described in a case study.
·      
Competency 4: Write for a specific audience, in
appropriate tone and style, in accordance with Capella’s writing standards.
o   Discuss
the effectiveness of the communication approaches present in a case study.
o   Write
clearly and logically, with correct use of spelling, grammar, punctuation, and
mechanics.
o   Write
following APA style for in-text citations, quotes, and references.
Scoring
Guide
Use the
scoring guide to understand how your assessment will be evaluated.
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Criterion 1
Summarize the facts of a case
study using peer-reviewed journal articles as evidence to support analysis of
the case.
Distinguished
Assesses the facts of the case study using peer-reviewed journal
articles as evidence to support analysis of the case, including reasons why the
chosen articles support the analysis.
Proficient
Summarizes the facts of a case study using peer-reviewed journal
articles as evidence to support analysis of the case.
Basic
Identifies the facts of the case study using peer-reviewed
journal articles as evidence to support analysis of the case.
Non
Performance
Does not summarize the facts of a case study using peer-reviewed
journal articles as evidence to support analysis of the case.
Criterion 2
Discuss effective communication
approaches the provider can use to address the issue in the case study.
Distinguished
Discusses effective communication approaches the provider can
use to address the issue in the case study with support from scholarly
references.
Proficient
Discusses effective communication approaches the provider can
use to address the issue in the case study.
Basic
Describes potential communication approaches but does not
clearly relate the approaches to the case study.
Non
Performance
Does not discuss effective communication approaches the provider
can use to address the issue in the case study.
Criterion 3
Discuss the effectiveness of the
approach used by the professional in a case study as it relates to the three
components of the ethical decision-making model.
Distinguished
Discusses the effectiveness of the approach used by the
professional in the case study as it relates to the ethical decision-making
model, including consequences of using effective and noneffective approaches.
Proficient
Discusses the effectiveness of the approach used by the
professional in a case study as it relates to the three components of the
ethical decision-making model.
Basic
Describes the approach used by the professional in the case
study as it relates to the ethical decision-making model.
Non
Performance
Does not discuss the effectiveness of the approach used by the
professional in a case study as it relates to the three components of the
ethical decision-making model.
Criterion 4
Apply ethical principles to a
possible solution to the proposed problem or issue from a case study.
Distinguished
Applies ethical principles to a possible solution to the
proposed problem or issue from the case study, explaining why the proposed
solution is based in ethical principles.
Proficient
Applies ethical principles to a possible solution to the
proposed problem or issue from a case study.
Basic
Identifies ethical principles related to the possible solution
to the proposed problem or issue from the case study.
Non
Performance
Does not identify ethical principles related to the possible
solution to the proposed problem or issue from the case study.
Criterion 5
Produce text with minimal
grammatical, usage, spelling, and mechanical errors.
Distinguished
Produces text free of grammatical, usage, spelling, and
mechanical errors.
Proficient
Produces text with minimal grammatical, usage, spelling, and
mechanical errors.
Basic
Produces text with some grammatical, usage, spelling, and
mechanical errors, making text difficult to follow at times.
Non
Performance
Produces text with significant grammatical, usage, spelling, and
mechanical errors, making text difficult to follow.
Criterion 6
Integrate into text appropriate
use of scholarly sources, evidence, and citation style.
Distinguished
Integrates into text appropriate use of scholarly sources,
evidence, and citation style without errors and uses current reference sources.
Proficient
Integrates into text appropriate use of scholarly sources,
evidence, and citation style.
Basic
Integrates into text mostly appropriate use of scholarly
sources, evidence, and citation style, but there are lapses in style use.
Non
Performance
Does not integrate into text appropriate use of scholarly
sources, evidence, and citation style.
Assessment
03 – Applying Ethical Principles
For this assessment, you
will develop a solution to a specific ethical dilemma faced by a health
care professional. Before
you complete the instructions detailed in the courseroom, first select
one of the ethical dilemmas
below to be the focus of your assessment.
After you have selected one
of the ethical dilemmas from below, return to the detailed
instructions in the
courseroom to complete your assessment.
Case Study: Confidentiality
and Mental Health
Dr. Laura Simmons, a
licensed clinical psychologist, has been treating Mr. Alex Turner, a 35-
year-old software engineer,
for symptoms of severe depression and anxiety over the past six
months. Their sessions have
been characterized by trust and open communication, with Alex
often sharing his deepest
fears and concerns.
During a particularly
intense session, Alex reveals to Dr. Simmons that he has been having
recurring thoughts of harming
a colleague due to a longstanding professional rivalry and recent
personal conflicts. He
describes detailed plans and expresses a genuine intent to act on these
thoughts.
Dr. Simmons is immediately
faced with an ethical dilemma. She values the principle of
confidentiality, which is
foundational to the therapeutic relationship. Alex has trusted her with his
innermost thoughts, and she
knows that breaking this trust could potentially harm their
therapeutic alliance.
However, she is also bound by the principles of beneficence and non-
maleficence. Beneficence
compels her to act in the best interest of her patient and those around
him, while non-maleficence
emphasizes the importance of “doing no harm.”

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