PMHNP, 6665

 

Advanced practice nursing in all specialties is guided by codes of ethics that put the care, rights, duty, health, and safety of the patient first and foremost. PMHNP practice is also guided by ethical codes specifically for psychiatry. These ethical codes are frameworks to guide clinical decision making; they are generally not prescriptive. They also represent the aspirational ideals for the profession. Laws, on the other hand, dictate the requirements that must be followed. In this way, legal codes may be thought to represent the minimum standards of care, and ethics represent the highest goals for care.

For this Discussion, you select a topic that has both legal and ethical implications for PMHNP practice and then perform a literature review on the topic. Your goal will be to identify the most salient legal and ethical facets of the issue for PMHNP practice, and also how these facets differ in the care of adult patients versus children. Keep in mind as you research your issue, that laws differ by state and your clinical practice will be dictated by the laws that govern your state.

Advanced practice nursing in all specialties is guided
by codes of ethics that put the care, rights, duty,
health, and safety of the patient first and foremost.
PMHNP practice is also guided by ethical codes
specifically for psychiatry. These ethical codes are
frameworks to guide clinical decision making; they
are generally not prescriptive. They also represent
the aspirational ideals for the profession. Laws, on
the other hand, dictate the requirements that must be
followed. In this way, legal codes may be thought to
represent the minimum standards of care, and ethics
represent the highest goals for care.

For this Discussion, you select a topic that has both
legal and ethical implications for PMHNP practice and then perform a literature review on the topic.
Your goal will be to identify the most salient legal and ethical facets of the issue for PMHNP practice,
and also how these facets differ in the care of adult patients versus children. Keep in mind as you
research your issue, that laws differ by state and your clinical practice will be dictated by the laws that
govern your state.

Select one of the following ethical/legal topics:
Autonomy
Beneficence
Justice
Fidelity
Veracity
Involuntary hospitalization and due process of civil commitment
Informed assent/consent and capacity
Duty to warn

HICAL AND LEGAL FOUNDATIONS OF PMHNP
CARE

RESOURCES

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Restraints
HIPPA
Child and elder abuse reporting
Tort law
Negligence/malpractice

In the Walden library, locate a total of four scholarly, professional, or legal resources related to this
topic. One should address ethical considerations related to this topic for adults, one should be on
ethical considerations related to this topic for children/adolescents, one should be on legal
considerations related to this topic for adults, and one should be on legal considerations related to
this topic for children/adolescents.

Briefly identify the topic you selected. Then, summarize the articles you selected, explaining the most
salient ethical and legal issues related to the topic as they concern psychiatric-mental health practice
for children/adolescents and for adults. Explain how this information could apply to your clinical
practice, including specific implications for practice within your state. Attach the PDFs of your articles.

Upload a copy of your discussion writing to the draft Turnitin for plagiarism check. Your faculty holds
the academic freedom to not accept your work and grade at a zero if your work is not uploaded as a
draft submission to Turnitin as instructed.

Read a selection of your colleagues’ responses.

Respond to at least two of your colleagues on 2 different days by sharing cultural considerations
that may impact the legal or ethical issues present in their articles.

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BY DAY 6 OF WEEK 2

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