Psychology Assignment
Instructions
As you transition to an advanced nursing role, regardless of your level of experience or specific role, you've encountered patient care delivery dilemmas. A dilemma is a predicament or quandary where various factors and strategies need to be considered to resolve or improve the situation. The patient care delivery dilemma can be major or minor. The dilemma may involve an individual patient concern or be more systemic involving the way in which care is delivered relative to a problem. Some examples are below;
Example 1: A patient with a terminal illness has to decide whether or not to take a new medication that can possibly extend his life for several months. The treatment has a chance of causing serious side effects. His granddaughter is getting married in three months.
Example 2: Your unit is understaffed. You have your usual number of four nurses this evening, but two nurses are from the float pool staff. These nurses have limited knowledge about the patient population and are less familiar with unit routines. As charge nurse how do you make assignments in order to provide the best care for patients? Overview of Patient Care Delivery Dilemma.
1. Provide a des?r?ption of the dilemma including precipitating factors and barriers to resolution.
2. What ethical principles are relevant to this problem? Does one principle take precedence over any others?
3. Identify two theories (Lewin′s Theory of Planned Change or Systems Theory) or models (Synergy Model) that can be used to evaluate and propose solutions to the dilemma. At least one of the models should be one presented in block 3 or 4 of this course (reference model and theory options in parenthesis). The other may be one from this course or model of your own choosing.
4. Identify at least three concepts from each model and how they are relevant to the dilemma.
5. Analyze the dilemma using the theories / models and propose solutions for resolution or change specific to your advanced nursing role.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.