This competency assessment assesses the following Outcome(s):
MN506M1-1: Apply theoretical frameworks and concepts to ethical dilemmas in the advanced practice role.
Assessment Guidelines:
Based on your specialization, use the options below to create an ethical and legal decision-making dilemma involving an advanced practice nurse in the field of administration, education, or a nurse practitioner.
- Practice dilemma – Honesty versus withholding information
Apply relevant codes of conduct that apply to nursing and the chosen field of the APN.
Describe one ethical principle and one law that could be violated and whether the violation would constitute a civil or criminal act based on facts.
Construct a decision that demonstrates integrity, and that would prevent violation of the ethical principle and prevent the law from being violated.
List three recommendations that will resolve advanced practice nurses’ moral distress in the dilemma you have presented. Support your paper with a minimum of three scholarly references.