This assignment invites you to explore personal values and ethical decision-making in healthcare. In 200-400 words, reflect on your values, recall challenging decisions, analyze common dilemmas, and consider key topics in healthcare ethics. Through this reflection, you will gain insights into your values, ethical decision-making processes, and the complexities of healthcare dilemmas. This will enhance your understanding of healthcare ethics and its practical applications in your future professional practice.
Directions:
Review the complete directions and submission guidelines: Carefully read all the directions, submission guidelines, responses, and the rubric. This assignment will help you explore your values and ethical decision-making in healthcare as you begin this course.
Document Format: Format your completed responses in Microsoft Word or PDF.
Review Against the Rubric: To receive full credit, ensure your work meets all the criteria outlined in the rubric.
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Additional Notes:
Make sure your responses are thorough and detailed.
Pay attention to how your values influence your decisions and actions.
Provide specific examples to illustrate your points.
Responses:
Please structure your reflection precisely in the format below and address questions after the topical area:
Introduction: Share your understanding of ethics. Briefly explain how ethics guides behavior and decision-making in your personal or professional context.
Example of a Difficult Decision: Think about a time when you had to make a difficult ethical decision, either personally or professionally. Think about situations where you had to navigate ethical dilemmas, balance competing interests, or make tough choices with ethical implications.
Describe an experience, either personal or professional, where you encountered a challenging decision related to an ethical dilemma.
Selecting and Unpacking an Example: Choose one of the following examples of ethical dilemmas commonly encountered in healthcare: (1) Resource Allocation or (2) Cultural Sensitivity and Diversity.
Discuss TWO potential consequences of different courses of action or inaction related to the selected dilemma.
Topical Areas in Healthcare Ethics: Explain the importance of ONE of the following topical areas relevant to healthcare ethics: (1) Patient Care and Safety OR (2) Dealing with Complex Situations.
Reflect on why the chosen topical area is essential in the context of ethical healthcare practice. Consider how this area contributes to patient welfare, ethical decision-making, and the patient-provider relationship.
Submission Guidelines:
Be the student’s original work
Use personal experiences and critical thinking, and analyze the information from your past experiences.
Be at least 200-400 words in total length.
This post does not need to follow APA style guidelines (i.e., NO title page, headers, page numbers, section headings, and a reference are required).
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is not permitted on this assignment, including ChatGPT and other related tools for creating text, images, computer code, audio, or other media.
Sample Format Links to an external site. of how to organize your reflection.