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Ethics are essential to the integrity of the nursing profession as it helps ensure better patient care. Nursing is a fast-paced job with new challenges arising daily, but nothing has been more challenging than the COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the image of our world with its circular impact on health, living tradition, economy, and politics. In particular, the tradition of the health industry has changed dramatically because of the unpredictable nature of the pandemic. Since the breakout of COVID-19, health care providers have faced multidimensional challenges in performing their professional duties and responsibilities. Health professionals are challenged by a lack of pandemic preparedness, scarcity of clinical supplies, and in the implementation of COVID related protocols such as social distancing. Many of these situations are rooted in protecting patients’ rights, adequate staffing, advanced decision-making, and quality patient care. Amid the pandemic, health professionals were challenged to apply the four main principles of biomedical ethics in taking care of the clients, i.e. autonomy, justice, beneficence, and non-maleficence. For instance, health workers who were assigned on duty without personal protective equipment were at high risk of infection not only to themselves but also to their families and other clients. Thus, it violates “no harm to others” or “non-maleficence” ethical principle. If nurses do not adequately deal with ethical issues, the result could be a decline in patient care, tense clinical relationships, and moral distress. Please review the ANA Code of Ethic for Nurses with Interpretive Statements. Using 3 Provisions to substantiate your view, explain the changes in health care during the pandemic and the ethical implications to your future nursing practice.
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Assignment : NRSG261- Nursing Ethics Amid Covid 19
Level of Achievement
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Criteria
Exemplary – exceeds expectations Proficient – meets expectations
100
percent of
score
Content
30%
Writing and Critical Thinking Skills
30%
Timeliness and Format
20%
Referencing
20%
100%
90-100%
Responded to assignment
questions with knowledge from
literature, logic and insight using
ethical theories and/or principles
as well as the ANA Code of Ethics
and Provisions. Applied to
personal nursing practice.
77.6 -89%
Falls short of expectations needs improvement
77.5% or below
Score:
Questions were partially
Paper unfocused or incomplete,
answered; Paper was
diverging from assignment
somewhat logical, briefly
questions, failed to
mentioning ethical theories or
include ethical theories or
principles, citing the ANA
principles or the Code of Ethics.
Code of Ethics. Process plan is not Process plan is mentioned but not
clear as to how it fits in the
clearly developed.
nursing practice.
Paper follows logical sequence of Logical sequence of ideas loosely Conclusion does not follow from
ideas leading to justifiable
linked to conclusion. Paragraphs concepts in the narrative.
conclusion. Paragraphs are well
developed but not connected with Paragraphs lack cohesion or
developed with transition
transition sentences.
transitions.Standards, leadership
sentences.
concept or institutional impact
lack the supporting information
Paper submitted at the assigned
Paper submitted at the assigned Paper submitted at assigned due
due date; No errors of
due date; Minimal errors of
date. Multiple punctuation,
punctuation, spelling or grammar. punctuation, spelling or grammar. spelling and grammar errors.
Complete within 3 pages with
Paper mostly completed on 3
Paper exceeds 3 page limit,
bibliography on 4th page.
pages.
rambles or is minimal at 2 pages
or less. Justification for selection
of the implementation process is
unclear.
Bibliography includes more than 2 Bibliography includes 2
current references in APA format references in APA format using
using appropriate citations within citations within the narrative.
the narrative. No plagiarism used. Plagiarism not detected.
Bibliography has less than 2
references, APA format not
followed. Plagiarism may be
detected.
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