NUR674 Week 6 DQ Leadership in Health Care Systems Practicum

NUR674 Week 6 DQ Leadership in Health Care Systems Practicum

DQ1 How do you serve others in the profession of nursing? Does this differ depending on the environment (location, people, etc.)? Explain how the way you serve others in the profession of nursing could become more aligned with the issue of serving as explained by the servant leadership paradigm. How does the issue of serving differ from the secular view of power?

DQ2 Choose one provision from the ANA Code of Ethics. How is ethical behavior an integral part of being a nurse leader? How does one display the characteristics of a role model with this provision? Do ethics influence the leadership style of the nurse leader?

The issue of serving differs greatly from the secular view of power. The secular view of power is about concentrating authority around one person, while serving is about sharing power to obtain common objectives

For nurse leadership and ethical decision making to work concurrently, nurse leaders should review what kind of ethical challenges their staffs typically encounter and determine the best ways to resolve the difficulties. Researchers in the Journal of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine said nurses who practice ethical leadership in their daily actions advance positive behaviors in healthcare.

“Ethical leaders must strive to model and support ethical performance and at the same time be sensitive to moral issues and enhance nurse’s performance by fostering respect for human dignity; thus, they can play an important role in , increase the capacity to discuss and act upon ethics in daily activities and support the ethical competence of nurses,” researchers said in “Obstacles and problems of ethical leadership from the perspective of nursing leaders: a qualitative content analysis.”

is particularly important for registered nurses (RNs) who are striving to advance their careers. Indeed, among the many requirements of a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) curriculum, including an , is understanding and adopting ethical standards for nursing leadership.

Nursing Leaders Promoting Ethics

Before nurse leaders can adapt and implement ethical standards, they must understand the components of ethical decision-making as they apply to the field. The American Nurses Association (ANA) and other nursing leadership organizations outline these basic principles as a baseline for ethical nursing practice:

Benevolence

Nurses must be committed to helping patients and seeking out the best possible healthcare outcomes for them.

Nonmaleficence

Nurses must make sure they are not purposely harming patients in their care. While treatment or procedure can have negative impacts on patients, nurses should not cause intentional harm.

Fidelity

Nurses should be faithful to their promises and responsibility to provide high-quality and safe care.

Accountability

Nurses must accept personal and professional consequences for their actions.

Veracity

Truthfulness is a cornerstone in nursing and something patients depend on. Patients should be able to depend on nurses for the truth even if the information is distressing.

Patient autonomy

Patients are entitled to know about all of their treatment options and have the right to make decisions about their healthcare based on their personal beliefs. Patients have the right to refuse treatment or medication. If a patient does not have the capacity to understand the information, the patient’s healthcare power of attorney should be consulted.

Important information for writing discussion questions and participation

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Your initial discussion post should be a minimum of 200 words and response posts should be a minimum of 150 words. Be advised that I grade based on quality and not necessarily the number of words you post. A minimum of TWO references should be used for your initial post. For your response post, you do not need references as personal experiences would count as response posts. If you however cite anything from the literature for your response post, it is required that you cite your reference. You should include a minimum of THREE references for papers in this course. Please note that references should be no more than 5 years old except recommended as a resource for the class. Furthermore, for each discussion board question, you need ONE initial substantive response and TWO substantive responses to either your classmates or your instructor for a total of THREE responses. There are TWO discussion questions each week, hence, you need a total minimum of SIX discussion posts for each week. I usually post a discussion question each week. You could also respond to these as it would count towards your required SIX discussion posts for the week.

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Important information on Writing a Discussion Question

• Your response needs to be a minimum of 150 words (not including your list of references)
• There needs to be at least TWO references with ONE being a peer reviewed professional journal article.
• Include in-text citations in your response
• Do not include quotes—instead summarize and paraphrase the information
• Follow APA-7th edition
• Points will be deducted if the above is not followed

Participation –replies to your classmates or instructor

• A minimum of 6 responses per week, on at least 3 days of the week.
• Each response needs at least ONE reference with citations—best if it is a peer reviewed journal article
• Each response needs to be at least 75 words in length (does not include your list of references)
• Responses need to be substantive by bringing information to the discussion or further enhance the discussion. Responses of “I agree” or “great post” does not count for the word count.
• Follow APA 7th edition
• Points will be deducted if the above is not followed

• Remember to use and follow APA-7th edition for all weekly assignments, discussion questions, and participation points.
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In addition to understanding components of ethical decision-making, nurse leaders must be able to help staff nurses handle the implications that arise from poor ethical choices. Failure to address moral distress that results from poor ethical decision-making can wreak havoc on a nursing unit, the nursing workflow production platform Lippincott Solutions said.

“As moral distress on a unit increases, so too does staff turnover and a loss of job satisfaction,” the organization said.