Week 2 DQ 1 How do personal values, morals, and ethics influence decision making?

How do personal values, morals, and ethics influence decision making? (Consider your upbringing, your family structure, your socioeconomic status, your community, and your own personal experiences). How do these factors influence your decisions? How might they conflict with the needs, preferences, and biases of your patients and their families? Which ethical theoretical framework best describes your personal worldview? Support your response with examples.

 

Week 2 DQ 2

Read the assigned article, “Dealing With Futile Treatment: A Medical Student’s Perspective.” How does the author describe futile treatment? What ethical dilemmas are faced by health care providers who must address human suffering? How can ethical principles be used to identify the most appropriate decision when conflict arises?

 

What ethical dilemmas are faced by health care providers who must address human suffering?

How can ethical principles be used to identify the most appropriate decision when conflict arises?

 

Week 3 DQ 1

Uustal (1993) proposed a decision-making model that provides concrete steps in which to arrive at a morally acceptable solution when faced with an ethical dilemma. What type of an ethical dilemma have you encountered in the clinical setting? How can the decision-making model identified by Uustal be applied to this situation? Be specific when describing each of the nine steps.

 

Week 3 DQ 2

How do a nurse’s fundamental duties, as described by the Hippocratic Oath and Nightingale Pledge, influence a nurse’s practice and decision making?

NRS 437V Week 3 Assignment Applying Ethical Frameworks in Practice

Details:

Using the steps outlined in the decision-making models in your readings, select one ethical decision-making model and use the model to analyze the case provided.

Case Scenario:

A 6-year-old develops a high fever accompanied by violent vomiting and convulsions while at school. The child is rushed to a nearby hospital. The attending physician makes a diagnosis of meningitis and requests permission to initiate treatment from the parents. The child’s parents are divorced. The mother, who is not the biological parent of the child, has primary custody. She is a Christian Scientist who insists that no medical treatment be offered for religious reasons. The biological father, who resides in another state, is also contacted. He insists that treatment be given and seeks independent consultation from another physician.

Assignment:

In a formal, written paper of 800-1,200 words, answer the following questions:

1. What is the ethical dilemma here?
2. Describe the decision-making model you selected from your readings.
3. How would you resolve this dilemma using the model?
4. Include, at the end of your paper, a 200-word dialog in which you explain your decision to the family. (Remember to use language that the family would understand).

A minimum of three references must be used.

Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center. Only Word documents can be submitted to Turnitin.

 

 

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How do personal values, morals, and ethics influence decision making?

Introduction

Living in a world of relative morality, it can be difficult to determine what is right and wrong. For example, if someone steals from you, does that make them a bad person? Or if the person in question is starving and needs food to survive, are they just doing what they need to do? This can go on to include other examples like lying or cheating. At the heart of this moral dilemma lies your personal values and morals.

What are values?

Values are beliefs about what is important in life. They can be positive, negative or neutral.

People’s values are influenced by their culture, family, friends and society at large. As such, it’s important to understand how these influences shape your own personal values before you make decisions that will affect others around you. Press Tab to write more…

For example: If someone from another country comes into your home and mistakes its value system for their own (e.g., believing that sex before marriage is acceptable), then they might expect your children to act accordingly even though those beliefs do not match up with yours!

What are morals?

A person’s moral values are the principles that guide their behavior. They’re based on beliefs, values and principles that can be learned through education or experience.

For example, my parents raised me to believe in honesty and respectfulness (respecting others). They taught me not to lie or steal, because those things would make them unhappy. In this way they helped shape my morals as an adult so they would fit into society well—and they also taught me how important it is for everyone else around us who live together peacefully!

What are ethics?

Ethics are the principles that guide the conduct of people in a particular profession. They can be defined as rules or standards for ethical behavior, and they’re generally established by society at large. For example, if your job is to administer vaccines for sick children at an orphanage, then you would be expected to act with compassion and respect towards all members of your community—including yourself—and follow ethical guidelines when administering vaccines.

Ethical choices may also involve personal values like honesty or benevolence; however these are not necessarily related directly with ethics since they can be more general concepts than specific rules or guidelines set by society (like those mentioned earlier).

How do they influence decision making?

We often think of values, morals, and ethics as being related to one another. But they are actually different things. Values refer to beliefs about what is important in life; morals refer to beliefs about what is right and wrong; ethics refer to beliefs about what is right and wrong in a specific situation.

Values can be based on religious views or secular ones (e.g., political ideologies). Morality might be based on religious views but also has an ethical component that contains both non-religious elements such as empathy and compassion along with those derived from religion (e.g., caring for children). Ethical decision making involves weighing conflicting factors while making decisions regarding personal values and responsibilities toward others

Takeaway:

We’re all familiar with the idea that values, morals, and ethics influence decision making. But what does it mean to make a value-driven decision? What are the implications for our personal lives if we do not have strong values? In this article we will discuss some of these questions and more in order to better understand how personal values can affect your career goals.

Conclusion

Values, morals, and ethics are all important parts of being human. They influence our decisions, our thinking patterns, and how we react to certain situations.