Week 10 – Assignment 1 Discussion Discussion Question 1: Ethical Dilemmas and Nurse Leaders Almost every day, nurse leaders confront challenges or issues involving ethical dilemmas. Ethical dilemmas occur with respect to staff, patients and their families, or the business or strategic decisions made by the healthcare administration. One of the essential skills and competencies of twenty-first-century nurse leaders is the ability to peel away the layers of each ethical dilemma and determine the underlying ethical principle. There are numerous ethical decision-making models, and it truly does not matter to which model the nurse leader subscribes. However, it does matter that the nurse leader applies concepts of an ethical decision-making model in this executive leadership capacity. Using the readings for the week, the South University Online Library, and the Internet, respond to the following: Explain the various steps that nurse leaders can take to prepare themselves and staff nurses for dealing effectively with dilemmas arising from the clash between clinical and organizational ethics. Identify one ethical decision-making model that is of interest to you for identifying ethical dilemmas. What is an ethical principle? How you would apply an ethical principle in your current or a former setting to inform ethical decision making on a particular healthcare issue? Comment on the postings of at least two peers. Evaluation Criteria: Explained the various steps that nurse leaders can take to prepare themselves and staff nurses for dealing effectively with dilemmas arising from the clash between clinical and organizational ethics. Identified one ethical decision-making model that is of interest to you for identifying ethical dilemmas. Described what an ethical principle is, and how you would apply an ethical principle in your current or a former setting to inform ethical decision making on a particular healthcare issue. Justified your answers with appropriate research and reasoning. Commented on the postings of at least two peers. DQ2 Discussion Question 2: Care Models and the Nurse Leader There are many ways to organize and deliver nursing care to individual patients and groups of patients. Groups of patients with similar symptoms or like disease diagnoses are referred to as aggregates. There are many different ways nurse leaders organize and determine how the work should be distributed for individuals and aggregate patient populations. Regardless of the care model selected, nurse leaders have many variables to balance to find the right care model that meets and satisfies all key stakeholders. For example, it is not enough to use a care model that meets the nurses’ needs and preferences; finding the balance between comprehensive patient care and satisfaction and nurse satisfaction is required. Patients must have their healthcare needs met and be satisfied, and nurses must be satisfied and want to work in the healthcare organization. Using the readings for the week, the South University Online Library, and the Internet, respond to the following: Describe the role of the nurse leader in determining the model of care. Describe a model of care and include the pros and cons of this model in your description. Examine the benefit and return on investment to patient quality and outcomes as a result of implementing a model of care. Explain the human and financial resources needed to implement a selected nursing model of care. Comment on the postings of at least two peers. Evaluation Criteria: Described the role of the nurse leader in determining the model of care. Described a model of care and included the pros and cons of this model. Examined the benefit and return on investment to patient quality and outcomes as a result of implementing a model of care. Explained the human and financial resources needed to implement a selected nursing model of care. Justified your answers with appropriate research and reasoning. Commented on the postings of at least two peers.