NRNP 6665 Week 2 Discussion; Ethical and Legal Foundations of PMHNP Care - Topic; Restraints
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Week 2: Ethical and
Legal Foundations of PMHNP Care
Advanced practice nursing in all specialties is guided by
codes of ethics that put the care, rights, duty, health, and safety of the
patient first and foremost. PMHNP practice is also guided by ethical codes
specifically for psychiatry. These ethical codes are frameworks to guide
clinical decision making; they are generally not prescriptive. They also
represent the aspirational ideals for the profession. Laws, on the other hand,
dictate the requirements that must be followed. In this way, legal codes may be
thought to represent the minimum standards of care, and ethics represent the
highest goals for care.
For this Discussion, you select a topic that has both legal
and ethical implications for PMHNP practice and then perform a literature
review on the topic. Your goal will be to identify the most salient legal and
ethical facets of the issue for PMHNP practice, and also how these facets
differ in the care of adult patients versus children. Keep in mind as you
research your issue, that laws differ by state and your clinical practice will
be dictated by the laws that govern your state.
To Prepare
·
Select one of the following ethical/legal
topics:
o
Autonomy
o
Beneficence
o
Justice
o
Fidelity
o
Veracity
o
Involuntary hospitalization and due process of
civil commitment
o
Informed assent/consent and capacity
o
Duty to warn
o
Restraints
o
HIPPA
o
Child and elder abuse reporting
o
Tort law
o
Negligence/malpractice
In the Walden library, locate a total of four scholarly,
professional, or legal resources related to this topic. One should address
ethical considerations related to this topic for adults, one should be on
ethical considerations related to this topic for children/adolescents, one
should be on legal considerations related to this topic for adults, and one
should be on legal considerations related to this topic for
children/adolescents.
o
Autonomy
o
Beneficence
o
Justice
o
Fidelity
o
Veracity
o
Involuntary hospitalization and due process of
civil commitment
o
Informed assent/consent and capacity
o
Duty to warn
o
Restraints
o
HIPPA
o
Child and elder abuse reporting
o
Tort law
o
Negligence/malpractice
In the Walden library, locate a total of four scholarly,
professional, or legal resources related to this topic. One should address
ethical considerations related to this topic for adults, one should be on
ethical considerations related to this topic for children/adolescents, one
should be on legal considerations related to this topic for adults, and one
should be on legal considerations related to this topic for
children/adolescents.
