Health Law and Ethics Assignment
Goal:
Health professionals have legal and ethical responsibilities and accountabilities in practice. The goal of this assessment is to apply your understanding of ethical and legal principles and requirements to the roles and responsibilities of health professionals.
Format:
You will be required to develop short answer responses to set case studies. Your responses will draw on theory, legislation, professional codes and practice standards. You will also provide a reflection based on your experience.
Please note that nursing students, midwifery students, and medical science students are to use case studies for your program included in the following pages. Please answer these using appropriate discipline specific references.
Criteria:
- Knowledge of key legislation professional codes, standards and guidelines relevant to practice
- Knowledge of ethical principles and professional codes, standards and guidelines relevant to practice
- Evidence of reflection from experience
- Use and citation of sources using Harvard style referencing
- Structure/clarity of written expression
Task:
In this task you are asked to respond to the three scenarios presented below. Within your response to each case you must consider:
- The legal requirements for student nurses and student midwives, registered nurses and registered midwives.
- The implications for the health facility and/or education provider if required for each of the cases.
- Your reflection of life experiences (you do not have to have experienced any of these specific incidents). Think about difficult situations you have encountered in the past, your ethical stance and how this will inform your discussion on how easy or difficult it will be to meet the requirements for each of the cases.