Assignment for Class 13: Professional Ethics

DATE DUE:

PRIOR TO CLASS 13

REVISION TO YOUR CARE PLAN

Your entire Care Plan is due by the start of class 13. The first part of the care plan was worth 5% of the grade. Any errors from the previously turned-in Care Plan should be corrected in this version. The second part of the Care Plan should be attached along with the corrected first part. Points will be deducted if the first part has not been corrected.

The whole Care Plan will be grade as a single unit, worth 10% of your final grade.

Student questions pertaining to the assigned reading will be answered and the on-line tasks will be reviewed at 1 PM. Following this discussion, the group will move on to the topics for the next class.

COMPLETE THE SECOND PART OF THE CARE PLAN and ADD IT TO THE FIRST PART

Note: Two copies of the Whole Care Plan are due by the start of Class 13

  1. You referred to Introduction to Writing Nursing Care Plans to help organize the first part of your Care Plan. Use it now to organize this second part. The presentation of this second part is very stylized. Following the format exactly will maximize your grade.

  2. In planning goals and interventions you should have read chapter 1 in the nutrition text plus any specific topics related to your client's eating habits or health risks. You should have read about interventions for nutritional needs in a Nursing Diagnosis book or a medical-surgical nursing text.

  3. Remember to cite your sources. Use an APA Style Guide to cite sources as you write your Care Plan.

  4. Make a new cover sheet showing that this is both Part I and Part II of the Care Plan.

See the Grading Criterea for Part II of the Care Plan.

 

READ ABOUT PROFESSIONAL ETHICS

  1. READ Creasia Ch 12 (Ethics)
  2. READ Potter & Perry Ch 19 (Ethics)

 

CONSIDER THE USE OF MEDIA IN INFLUENCING DECISION MAKING

  1. READ Chapter 5 (Applying critical thinking)

Look for examples of propaganda, bombardment, antisocial messages, and editorializing in the media.

When you notice these forms of persuasion, try to think of ways to counter messages that negatively effect the public's health. We will discuss your ideas in class 13.