Ethical issues arise in everyday nursing practice and determine the ability of DNP nurses to address the emerging dilemmas and other issues that affect nursing services. According to Hoskins et al. (2018), DNP professionals rely on autonomy, informed consent, and advanced care planning for efficient service delivery. Other core nursing principles include justice, beneficence, accountability, fidelity, and autonomy. Ethical dilemmas are common across different healthcare systems. Thus, DNP training can allow to apply the principles to ensure that appropriate decisions are taken to minimize ethical dilemmas.
DNP training plays an important role in managing critical nursing care patients. Many cases require the nurse to apply ethical principles in scenarios that call for autonomy and decision-making when responding to patients under critical care. DNP prepared nurses can apply beneficence and accountability principles when delivering care to the patients, which allows them to do administer services appropriately (Vermeesch et al., 2018). Nonmaleficence also enables them to avoid cases or practices that can harm patients. Accountability similarly offers DNP professionals an opportunity to take responsibility for their actions.
DNP programs prepare nurses to serve efficiently as healthcare workers. They ensure that the patient-care services meet the required standards. Thus, the principle of fidelity and autonomy of patients ensures that the DNP graduates deliver services according to the professional code of conduct. The effect of the principles is featured through the end of life management and the ability to allocate scarce resources across the healthcare system (Sundean et al., 2019). DNP professionals also have a responsibility to address ethical issues that affect staff and patients. Issues such as organ transplants could raise ethical conflicts among the hospital personnel. Thus, DNP prepared nurses incorporate competence and professionalism to managing such controversies.
References
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Sundean, L. J., White, K. R., Thompson, L. S., & Prybil, L. D. (2019). Governance education for nurses: Preparing nurses for the future. Journal of Professional Nursing, 35(5), 346-352. Web.
Vermeesch, A., Cox, P. H., Baca, S., & Simmons, D. (2018). Strategies for strengthening ethics education in a DNP program. Nursing Education Perspectives, 39(5), 309-311. Web.