Bioethics Case Study
Order Description
OBJECTIVES:
1. Evaluate ethical and value-based frameworks that guide policy making.
2. Incorporate ethical principles and standards to improve health outcomes.
3. Apply ethical analysis and clinical reasoning to assess, intervene, and evaluate advanced nursing care delivery.

READINGS:
Health Law & Medical Ethics for Healthcare Professionals. Author James F. Allen Jr Chapters 8-9
2. Medical Law and Ethics 5th Edition author Bonnie F. Fremgen. Pages 9-23; Chapters 11
3. Berman institute of Bioethics. https://www.bioethicsinstitute.org/
4. Garrett et. al. (1993). Section 5: Principles of Biomedical Ethics, in Health Care Ethics, 2nd ed. Prentice Hall. Access https://www.utcomchatt.org/docs/biomedethics.pdf
5. The Hasting Center. https://www.thehastingscenter.org/
6. The Montefiore Einstein Center for Bioethics. https://www.montefiore.org/montefiore-einstein-center-for-bioethics
7. Oncology Nursing Society. (2013, Dec 3). How does Bioethics affect your nursing practice? Connect Online Magazine. Access https://connect.ons.org/issue/another-perspective/how-does-bioethics-affect-your-nursing-practice

ASSIGNMENT:
*Provide background of the case and source where the case was located(textbook, website)
*Define the dilemma (What is the question)
* Identify all ethical principles influencing the dilemma
*Identify guiding ethical principles
*Identify loyalties (Is there anything that might interfere in the discussion or decision?)
*Decision( and discussion that led to it)

**RUBRIC FOR BIOETHICS CASE STUDY**
Criteria:
Provides background of the case and source where the case was located (textbook, website)
Detailed source description

Define the dilemma(What is the question). Detailed description of dilemma

Identifies all ethical principles influencing the dilemma: Principles identified

Identifies guiding ethical principles: Guiding principle identified

Identifies loyalities (Is there anything that might interfere in the discussion or decision?) Loyalities identified

Final Decision & Process (discussion that led to it) Discussion of decision making process clear and detailed