6      Analyze the differences between ethical and legal reasoning and apply an ethical-legal reasoning model in the case study to create a basis for a solution to the ethical-legal dilemma.


Instructions:

1      Create an ethical legal decision-making dilemma involving an advanced practice nurse in the field of education, informatics, administration, or a nurse practitioner. Apply relevant codes of conduct that apply to the practice of nursing and your chosen field.

2      Include one ethical principle and one law that could be violated and whether the violation would constitute a civil or criminal act based on facts.

3      Construct a decision that demonstrates integrity and that would prevent violation of the ethical principle and prevent the law from being violated.

4      Describe the legal principles and laws that apply to the ethical dilemma.

5      Support the legal issues with prior legal cases or state or federal statutes.

6      Analyze the differences between ethical and legal reasoning and apply an ethical-legal reasoning model in the case study to create a basis for a solution to the ethical-legal dilemma.

7      List three recommendations that will resolve advanced practice nurses’ moral distress in the dilemma you have presented.

8      Based on the issue you presented and the rules of the law, apply the laws to your case and come up with a conclusion.

Note:

•       This is a fact-based Assignment that will not include your opinion.

•       This will require research and support for what is written.

•       The Assignment should be in your words after reading the scholarly and fact-based publications and have proper citations. There should be no quotations. The professor wants to hear your voice as a masters trained