Ethical and Legal Concepts in Critical Care Settings
For this week’s assignment you will be discussing legal and ethical concepts and concerns that occur in critical care areas.
The purpose of this Power Point Presentation is to elaborate on ethical principles and legal concepts related to critical care nursing. Please review the rubric to ensure you have met the assignment criteria. The expected length of the Power Point Presentation is approximately 12-19 slides (with comments in the Notes section of each slide), which does not include the title and references slides. Please use the following format to draft your Power Point Presentation:
Title or cover slide (include name, title of presentation, date)
Introduction (including purpose statement) (1 slide)
Discuss ethical principles and legal concepts as it relates to caring for a patient in an ICU setting (2-3 slides)
Apply the components of a systematic, ethical decision-making model in caring for patients in a critical care setting (2-3 slides)
Describe and discuss ethical and legal concerns related to end-of-life care (2-3 slides)
Discuss concepts of end-of-life care, including palliative care; communication and conflict resolution; withholding or withdrawing therapy; and psychological support of the patient, family members, and healthcare providers (2-3 slides)
Discuss cultural considerations in end-of-life care (2-3 slides)
Describe an ethical situation you have experienced in your place of work or in an EL activity? Please include what you learned from this experience and how it relates to critical care nursing? (2-3 slides)
Conclusion (this may be one short paragraph) (1 slide)
