Description
For this Discussion, your instructor will assign you your case number.
| Case 1 | Case 2 | |
| Cases | J.J is a nurse practitioner who works in a primary care facility. He believes that one of the most important aspects of his work is to foster a therapeutic relationship with his clients. He is using effective communication techniques. Many of his clients have altered sensory perception such as blindness and deafness. Because of these conditions, He has to be extremely patient with his clients. J.J. also finds that the use of respect and humor help him bond more readily with his clients. | T.D. enjoys caring for the children and young people in the schools where she works, but sometimes she is faced with tough situations such as suspected child abuse and neglect, teen pregnancy, and alcohol and drug use among teenagers. She works hard to ensure that the children in her schools receive the best care possible. |
| Questions for the case | For better results with his clients, J.J must secure trust with his patients. Discuss strategies that promote trust between patients and health care providers. | Several third graders reports having received no breakfast at home for more than a week. T.D. is exercising Advocacy for the students under her care. What type of actions she might be doing to exercise advocacy for the students? |
Once you received your case number; answer the specific question on the table above. Then, continue to discuss the 3 topics listed below for your case:
- Moral distress is a frequent situation where health care providers should face. Please define and discuss a personal experience where you have faced Moral distress in your practice.
- Discuss how health promotion relates to morality.
- Discuss your insights about your own communication strengths and weaknesses. Identify situations in which it may be difficult for you to establish or terminate a therapeutic relationship.
Submission Instructions:
- Your instructor will assign you your case number and you will post on the case number you have been assigned.
- You will reply to the other case studies.
- Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in current APA style with support from at least 2 academic sources. Your initial post is worth 8 points.
- You should respond to at least two of your peers by extending, refuting/correcting, or adding additional nuance to their posts. Your reply posts are worth 2 points (1 point per response.)
- All replies must be constructive and use literature where possible.
Grading Rubric
Your assignment will be graded according to the grading rubric.
| Discussion Rubric | |||||
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| Criteria | Ratings | Points | |||
Identification of Main Issues, Problems, and Concepts | 5 points Identify and demonstrate a sophisticated understanding of the issues, problems, and concepts. | 4 points Identifies and demonstrates an accomplished understanding of most of the issues, problems, and concepts. | 2 points Identifies and demonstrates an acceptable understanding of most of the issues, problems, and concepts. | 1 point Identifies and demonstrates an unacceptable understanding of most issues, problems, and concepts. | 5 points |
Use of Citations, Writing Mechanics and APA Formatting Guidelines | 3 points Effectively uses the literature and other resources to inform their work. Exceptional use of citations and extended referencing. High level of APA precision and free of grammar and spelling errors. | 2 points Effectively uses the literature and other resources to inform their work. Moderate use of citations and extended referencing. Moderate level of APA precision and free of grammar and spelling errors. | 1 point Ineffectively uses the literature and other resources to inform their work. Moderate use of citations and extended referencing. APA style and writing mechanics need more precision and attention to detail. | 0 point Ineffectively uses the literature and other resources to inform their work. Unacceptable use of citations and extended referencing. APA style and writing mechanics need serious attention. | 3 points |
| Response to Posts of Peers | 2 points The student constructively responded to two other posts and either extended, expanded, or provided a rebuttal to each. | 1 point The student constructively responded to one other post and either extended, expanded, or provided a rebuttal. | 0 point The student provided no response to a peer's post.
| 2 points | |
Explanation & Answer
Attached.
Running head: CASE STUDY 2: MORAL DISTRESS
CASE STUDY 2: MORAL DISTRESS
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A personal experience where you have faced Moral distress in your practice
Moral distress is defined as an emotional condition that emerges from a situation when a
medical practitioner feels that the duties they are tasked to do are different from what is regarded
to as ethically correct (Rennó et al. 2018). When policies and procedures hinder a medical
practitioner from what they think is ethical, they are presented with a moral dilemma. Nurses
usually experience moral distress in many situations; however, those who perform their duties in
operating and emergency rooms experience it the most.
My own experience of moral distress happened when I freshly graduated from nursing
school. I was working in the pediatric ICU since I was a newly graduated nurse. My patient was
a three-month-old boy who was comatose and needed mechanical ventilation. His head's CT
tests demonstrated massive bilateral subdural hemorrhages. The boy's mother was suspected of
child abuse behaviors, which had earlier been reported to the police. Although the issue was
reported, no charges were filed...
