Ethical Discussion

Instructions:
Introduce Nursing Specialty and Ethical Concern (1 point)
Briefly introduce your advanced nursing practice specialty (Psychiatric Family Nurse practitioner) and an ethical concern related to your current or future practice setting.
You may consider an issue related to Covid, health disparities, or the effects of implicit bias on a population.
Ethical Theory & Framework (6 points)
Identify and discuss an overall ethical THEORY that will direct your advanced nursing practice in addressing the ethical concern.
Identify and discuss an ethical FRAMEWORK and its relevance to your advanced nursing practice or your ethical concern.
Support this discussion with at least three (3) peer-reviewed reference
Ethical Principles (4 points)
1. Identify and describe at least two (2) ethical PRINCIPLES upheld in your chosen ethical framework.
2. Describe how each of these ethical principles supports your advanced nursing practice in addressing the ethical concern.
3. Support this discussion with at least two (2) peer-reviewed references
Substantial Cross-posts (2.5 points)
1. Substantial cross-posts to a minimum of two (2) students.
2. Each cross-post should include new information and be supported with at least one (1) new peer-reviewed reference.
Graduate Level Scholarship (1.5 points)
Scholarly writing style; first-person language is permitted in the discussion.
Introduction and conclusion are not required for this Discussion.
Organize work by headings.
Writing should be clear and concise.
Initial post includes a minimum of five (5) peer-reviewed references.
Writing should be free of APA errors, excluding line spacing in Forum Discussions.
Writing should be free of grammatical and spelling errors.
Initial post not to exceed 1000 words (excluding reference list); cross-post not to exceed 500 words (excluding references).
Follow all assignment instructions.
Demonstrate good overall writing skills.
This discussion is not subject to Turnitin’s review.
Writing to be entered directly into the discussion area without any attachments.

Ethical Basis for Practice Discussion
Purpose: Integrate nursing science with knowledge from ethical, psychosocial, biophysical, philosophical, analytical, and
social sciences to form the basis of clinically effective advanced nursing practice. The student will discuss the meta-
paradigm of nursing, grand and middle range nursing theories, complexity science, and ethical principles and framework
appropriate to the identified phenomenon of interest and pertinent to advanced nursing practice specialty
Skills: The purpose of this assignment is to allow you to practice the following skills that are essential to your
success in this course as well as your academic and professional practice.
• Understanding and explaining the meaning of abstract disciplinary theories.
• Applying learned knowledge to a phenomenon of interest.
• Critically examining individual elements or deconstructing issues related to ethical, theoretical, and
analytical sciences.
• Critiquing and evaluating philosophical and theoretical concepts and ideas.
Knowledge: This assignment will also help you to become familiar with the following important content
knowledge:
• Relationship of the nursing meta-paradigm to nursing theory.
• Impact of selected nursing theories on the identified phenomenon of interest within an advanced
nursing practice specialty.
• Differences in a grand nursing theory and middle-range nursing theory as applied to the selected
phenomenon of interest.
• Understand the effect of complexity science and complex adaptive systems on the identified
phenomenon of interest within the advanced nursing specialty.
• Apply graduate level scholarship.
Tasks:
• Review required and recommended resources.
• Conduct a literature search and review of the literature to support ideas and concepts.
• Identify an ethical framework, and ethical principles that are aligned and relevant to the selected phenomenon
of interest.
• Construct an initial post that adheres to all expectations outlined in the rubric, attaching the concept map.
• Contribute meaningful cross posts to develop ideas further or offer new information.
• Remain actively engaged throughout the Discussion Forum with peer post replies to cross posts.
• Demonstrate graduate level scholarship as outlined in the rubric.

Criteria for Success:
• The student will use the rubric as a guide to understand expectations and performance levels in each stage of
the assignment (initial post, cross-post, and peer post) and adhere to the requirements.
• The student will contribute original work as may be demonstrated by the Turnitin Originality/Similarity Report.
• The student will access support services from the Biomedical Library and USA Writing Center as needed to
develop graduate-level scholarship skills.
• The student will submit the initial post and cross-posts by the assignment due date.

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