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Critically appraise effective strategies for DNP-prepared nursing role development from an ethic-of-care perspective. How could you alter your nursing practice as a result of completing your DNP (Doctor of Nursing Practice) program to improve the ethics of your practice? Please provide PhD-level analysis and response, with first sentencing stating your answer to the question above and subsequent sentences providing compelling reasons to support that answer.

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An Ethic of Care and the DNP-Prepared Nursing

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An Ethic of Care and the DNP-Prepared Nursing

The nursing fraternity is faced with a growing challenge of moral and ethical dilemmas. These problems impede the nursing practice’s role in formulating effective strategies that prioritize patients’ needs to improve patient satisfaction and quality of care offered. The DNP program that was introduced primarily to equip potential nurse graduates with essential critical thinking, problem-solving skills as well as enable them to formulate effective strategies for improving patient outcomes amid concerns regarding ethical dilemmas (Girard & Parsons, 2012; Astalos, 2015).

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I consider an ethic-of-care a set of principles for enhancing practice-related outcomes by outlining specific moral qualities that should be maintained in all problem-solving scenarios primarily in terms of the actions taken (Tronto, 1994). As such, as a DNP-prepared nurse, I would employ strategies that are anchored on an ethic-of-care perspective and centered on four key principles: competence, responsiveness, responsibility and attentiveness (Beauchamp & Childress, 1994). The integration and coherence of these principles will allow me to prioritize patient needs. Effective communication strategies are also imperative for the achievement of this goal and nurses have invested heavily on this sector to enable them assess medical issues and situations in a more effective manner. Additionally, I could alter my practice by fostering teamwork as well as pooling resources with fellow nursing counterparts as well as other medical agencies to further improve patient satisfaction and overall quality of care (Dreher, 2011).

Upon successfully completing my DNP program, I would place a lot of emphasis on implementing an active framework aimed at reducing disorderly performance in the healthcare environment with the aim of improving the existing work ethic. I would choose to focus on this issue based on the understanding that workplace conflicts and ethical dilemmas are inevitable in any nursing environment. Nurses are constantly faced with different issues and scenarios that create conflict between professional rules and ethical principles help at a personal level. My proposed strategy will focus on an ethic-of-care perspective comprising both conceptual and practical frameworks that takes into account all possible scenarios and outline effective ways of handling them. Furthermore, my model would prioritize patient-centered and staff-driven healthcare to ensure the satisfaction of both patients and nursing staff (Botes, 2000). This framework would benefit across the healthcare organization by reinforcing the values of ethical behavior, transformational leadership and institutional growth.

References

Astalos, C. L. (2015). The DNP Graduate as Ethical Consultant. The Doctor of Nursing Practice, 203-211.

Beauchamp, T. L. & Childress, J. F. (1994). Principles of biomedical ethics. (4^th ed.). New York: Oxford University Press.

Botes A. (2000) A comparison between the ethics of justice and the ethics of care. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 32(5), 1071-1075

 Dreher H. M. (2011). The historical and political path of doctoral nursing education to the doctor of nursing practice degree. In HM Dreher and ME Smith (eds.). Role Development for Doctoral Advanced Nursing Practice. 7-46. New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company.

Girard, N., & Parsons, M. (2012). Strategies for National Quality and Payment Policy. Perioperative Nursing Clinics 7(3), 1-58.

Tronto, J. C. (1994). Moral boundaries: A political argument for the ethic of care. New York: Routledge, Chapman, and Hall.