Develop a solution to a specific ethical dilemma faced by a health care professional by applying ethical principles. Describe the issues and a possible solution in a 3-5-page paper. Introduction Whether you are a nurse, a public health professional, a health care administrator, or in another role in the health care field, you must base your decisions on a set of ethical principles and values. Your decisions must be fair, equitable, and defensible. Each discipline has established a professional code of ethics to guide ethical behavior. In this assessment, you will practice working through an ethical dilemma as described in a case study. Your practice will help you develop a method for formulating ethical decisions. Demonstration of Proficiency By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the course competencies through the following assessment scoring guide criteria: · Competency 1: Apply information literacy and library research skills to obtain scholarly information in the field of health care. . Apply academic peer-reviewed journal articles relevant to an ethical problem or issue as evidence to support an analysis of the case. · Competency 3: Apply ethical principles and academic standards to the study of health care. . Summarize the facts in a case study and use the three components of an ethical decision-making model to analyze an ethical problem or issue and the factors that contributed to it. . Discuss the effectiveness of the communication approaches present in a case study. . Discuss the effectiveness of the approach used by a professional to deal with problems or issues involving ethical practice in a case study. . Apply ethical principles to a possible solution to an ethical problem or issue described in a case study. · Competency 4: Write for a specific audience, in appropriate tone and style, in accordance with Capella's writing standards. . Write clearly and logically, with correct use of spelling, grammar, punctuation, and mechanics. . Write following APA style for in-text citations, quotes, and references. Instructions Note: The requirements outlined below correspond to the grading criteria in the scoring guide. At a minimum, be sure to address each point. In addition, you are encouraged to review the performance-level descriptions for each criterion to see how your work will be assessed. For this assessment, develop a solution to a specific ethical dilemma faced by a health care professional. In your assessment: 1. Access the Ethical Case Studies media piece to review the case studies you will be using for this assessment. . Select the case most closely related to your area of interest and use it to complete the assessment. . Note: The case study may not supply all of the information you need. In such cases, you should consider a variety of possibilities and infer potential conclusions. However, please be sure to identify any assumptions or speculations you make. · Include the selected c ...

1. Develop a solution to a specific ethical dilemma faced by a
health care professional by applying ethical principles. Describe
the issues and a possible solution in a 3-5-page paper.
Introduction
Whether you are a nurse, a public health professional, a health
care administrator, or in another role in the health care field,
you must base your decisions on a set of ethical principles and
values. Your decisions must be fair, equitable, and defensible.
Each discipline has established a professional code of ethics to
guide ethical behavior. In this assessment, you will practice
working through an ethical dilemma as described in a case
study. Your practice will help you develop a method for
formulating ethical decisions.
Demonstration of Proficiency
By successfully completing this assessment, you will
demonstrate your proficiency in the course competencies
through the following assessment scoring guide criteria:
· Competency 1: Apply information literacy and library research
skills to obtain scholarly informatio n in the field of health care.
. Apply academic peer-reviewed journal articles relevant to an
ethical problem or issue as evidence to support an analysis of
the case.
· Competency 3: Apply ethical principles and academic
standards to the study of health care.
. Summarize the facts in a case study and use the three
components of an ethical decision-making model to analyze an
ethical problem or issue and the factors that contributed to it.
. Discuss the effectiveness of the communication approaches
present in a case study.
. Discuss the effectiveness of the approach used by a
professional to deal with problems or issues involving ethical
practice in a case study.
. Apply ethical principles to a possible solution to an ethical
problem or issue described in a case study.

2. · Competency 4: Write for a specific audience, in appropriate
tone and style, in accordance with Capella's writing standards.
. Write clearly and logically, with correct use of spelling,
grammar, punctuation, and mechanics.
. Write following APA style for in-text citations, quotes, and
references.
Instructions
Note: The requirements outlined below correspond to the
grading criteria in the scoring guide. At a minimum, be sure to
address each point. In addition, you are encouraged to review
the performance-level descriptions for each criterion to see how
your work will be assessed.
For this assessment, develop a solution to a specific ethical
dilemma faced by a health care professional. In your
assessment:
1. Access the Ethical Case Studies media piece to review the
case studies you will be using for this assessment.
. Select the case most closely related to your area of interest
and use it to complete the assessment.
. Note: The case study may not supply all of the information
you need. In such cases, you should consider a variety of
possibilities and infer potential conclusions. However, please be
sure to identify any assumptions or speculations you make.
· Include the selected case study in your reference list, using
proper APA style and format. Refer to the Evidence and
APA section of the Writing Center for guidance.
· Summarize the facts in a case study and use the three
components of an ethical decision-making model to analyze an
ethical problem or issue and the factors that contributed to it.
· Identify which case study you selected and briefly summarize
the facts surrounding it. Identify the problem or issue that
presents an ethical dilemma or challenge and describe that
dilemma or challenge.
· Identify who is involved or affected by the ethical problem or
issue.
· Access the Ethical Decision-Making Model media piece and

3. use the three components of the ethical decision-making model
(moral awareness, moral judgment, and ethical behavior) to
analyze the ethical issues.
. Apply the three components outlined in the Ethical Decision-
Making Model media.
· Analyze the factors that contributed to the ethical problem or
issue identified in the case study.
. Describe the factors that contributed to the problem or issue
and explain how they contributed.
· Apply academic peer-reviewed journal articles relevant to an
ethical problem or issue as evidence to support an analysis of
the case.
· In addition to the readings provided, use the Capella library to
locate at least one academic peer-reviewed journal article
relevant to the problem or issue that you can use to support your
analysis of the situation. The How Do I Find Peer-Reviewed
Articles? library guide will help you locate appropriate
references.
. Cite and apply key principles from the journal article as
evidence to support your critical thinking and analysis of the
ethical problem or issue.
. Review the Think Critically About Source Quality resource.
. Assess the credibility of the information source.
. Assess the relevance of the information source.
· Discuss the effectiveness of the communication approaches
present in a case study.
· Describe how the health care professional in the case study
communicated with others.
· Assess instances where the professional communicated
effectively or ineffectively.
· Explain which communication approaches should be used and
which ones should be avoided.
· Describe the consequences of using effective and non-
effective communication approaches.
· Discuss the effectiveness of the approach used by a
professional to deal with problems or issues involving ethical

4. practice in a case study.
· Describe the actions taken in response to the ethical dilemma
or issue presented in the case study.
· Summarize how well the professional managed professional
responsibilities and priorities to resolve the problem or issue in
the case.
· Discuss the key lessons this case provides for health care
professionals.
· Apply ethical principles to a possible solution to an ethical
problem or issue described in a case study.
· Describe the proposed solution.
· Discuss how the approach makes this professional more
effective or less effective in building relationships across
disciplines within his or her organization.
· Discuss how likely it is the proposed solution will foster
professional collaboration.
· Write clearly and logically, with correct use of spelling,
grammar, punctuation, and mechanics.
· Apply the principles of effective composition.
· Determine the proper application of the rules of grammar and
mechanics.
· Write using APA style for in-text citations, quotes, and
references.
· Determine the proper application of APA formatting
requirements and scholarly writing standards.
· Integrate information from outside sources into academic
writing by appropriately quoting, paraphrasing, and
summarizing, following APA style.
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Applying Ethical Principles
Introduction
When making health care decisions, health care providers face
ethical issues that affect or put them in a dilemma. When health
care professionals face ethical problems, they are required to
apply moral values and principles to make quality decisions for
patients. Four important principles of health care ethics help
healthcare professionals to make free and fair decisions:
autonomy, beneficence, nonmaleficence, and justice. Ethical
principles are essential in healthcare because they help
healthcare professionals to make decisions when faced with
ethical problems.
Summary of the case study
Jenna and Chris Smith are the parents of Ana, a five-day-old
infant. Since the baby was delivered, the parents developed a
strong bond with the baby, and they want the best for the baby.
The parents, through their research, found that vaccines are not
good for babies. Thus they decided not to vaccinate the baby
rather use organic food to feed the baby. According to the
parents, vaccines have a significant negative effect. Thus, they

6. choose not to use them for their baby. Through the research the
parents of Ana conducted, they believe that the high rate of
autism is caused by vaccines; thus, the disadvantages outweigh
the advantages. The parents of Ana find a new pediatrician for
Ana, who tries to explain to them why the vaccines are
important; the pediatrician gives the parents all the reasons why
the baby should be vaccinated. The pediatrician explains that
vaccines are essential because they help to prevent vaccine-
preventable illnesses that are proven to be effective by the
Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System. The pediatric assures
the parents of Ana that there are no vaccines that have been
found to cause any condition as the vaccines are tested and
proved to be effective before they are administered to babies,
but the stand of the parents still remains that their baby will not
be vaccinated and this puts the pediatric in a dilemma
wondering what to do.
Analysis of Ethical Issues in the Case Study
In the case study, the factor that caused the pediatric dilemma is
the decision Ana's parents have made not to vaccinate Ana. The
parents have done their research, and they are convinced that
vaccines are not good for babies; thus, they have a decision not
to vaccinate their baby. The pediatrician understands that the
parents of a baby have the right to make decisions regarding the
care of the baby, but due to the vaccine benefit, he tries to
explain the importance of vaccines to help the parents see the
need. The pediatrician ensures that the parents get all the
information about the vaccines, but the parents of Ana believe
the research they have done concerning vaccines is true, and
vaccines have more harm than good.
Application of the Decision–Making Model
Considering the case study, the three components of the ethical
decision-making model (moral awareness, moral judgment, and
ethical behavior) will help analyze the ethical issues in the case
study (Yoo and Kim, 2018). Moral awareness is what is known
concerning the dilemma. Moral judgment is the decision to
choose the right and wrong action to take when such dilemmas

7. arise. Ethical behavior is brought about by both moral
awareness and moral judgment. Ethical behavior is taking the
right action to resolve the dilemma. The moral awareness of the
pediatrician is observed by the fact that the pediatricians
understand the importance of vaccines in babies. The moral
judgment is reflected by the decisions he made to enlighten the
parents of Ana on the importance of vaccines because he
understands that vaccines are essential as they prevent vacci ne-
preventable illness. The ethical behavior of the pediatrician is
reflected where he wants to resolve the dilemma where he will
apply the four health care ethical principles as required.
Effectiveness of Communication Approaches in the Case Study
Communication is important in healthcare (Ratna, 2019).
Communication helps patients to understand health care thus
make the right decision. Listening is an important approach
used by physicians; this way, they help to understand what the
patients or the patients’ families have in mind. The pediatrician,
through listening to Ana's parents, understands the reason
behind not supporting vaccines. The pediatrician communicated
effectively to Ana's parents by explaining to them the
importance of vaccines and the way vaccines are provided
before they are administered to people. When communicating
with patients, it is essential to communicate one on one this
way, it becomes easy for the physician to see the reaction of the
patient or the patient family while communicating, and in cases
where one on one communication cannot be supported, then
video communication approach is effective. Charts can be a
wrong communication approach. This is because when charting,
some information can be sent just to justify the physician, and
this way, the patient or the patient's family might not get the
health care information effectively.
Effectiveness of the approach used by a professional to deal
with problems or issues involving ethical practice in a case
study
The pediatrician engaged the parents of Ana in communication.
The pediatrician explained all about vaccines, and he provided

8. evidence that vaccines are effective and they can create a
significant impact on the baby. The pediatrician gave proof that
vaccines are not the cause of health conditions, as the parents
argued. As a pediatrician, it is his role to ensure that the parents
have health information concerning the baby, and in this case,
the pediatrician gave all essential information to Ana’s parents
even though they had a different opinion. Following the case
study, it is clear that there are people who are not well
informed. There is a need for people to be educated on the
importance of getting quality health care like vaccines because
it seems that the parents of Ana had the wrong information that
led them to make the decision.
Application of ethical principles to a possible solution to an
ethical problem or issue described in a case study
In order to change the decision the parents of Ana have made, a
lot of communication is needed. The pediatricians need to
continue communicating with the parents in this way, and they
will change their decision (Ratna, 2019). It is essential for the
parents to understand how good vaccines can be to their
children, and this can be achieved through regular
communication about the matter. Through regular
communication, the pediatric wild liver sends the right message
about health care, in particular vaccination to the parents of
Ana, and this will help his professionalism effectively as it is
his role to ensure the people have the right information
regarding healthcare. Once communication begins the
pediatrician and the parents of Ana will coordinate, and this
will help to make better health care decisions.
Conclusion
In summary, the case study involves the parents of Ana and the
pediatrician. The pediatrician is in a dilemma on what he can do
as the parents are against vaccination for their infant, who is
five days old. The pediatrician engaged the parents in
communication, and he ensured that the parents got all the
information about vaccination, but they had a different opinion.
It is the role of the healthcare providers to ensure patients have

9. essential information concerning healthcare.
References
Capella University (2018). NHS-FP4000 Exemplar Sample
Ethical Case Study. Capella Website:
Ratna, H. (2019). The importance of effective communication in
healthcare practice. Harvard Public Health Review, 23, 1-6.
Yoo, S. K., & Kim, B. Y. (2018). A decision-making model for
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