Topic 1 Nursing Leaders as Ethical-Legal Change Agents in H

Topic 1: Nursing Leaders as Ethical-Legal Change Agents in Health CareResearch ethical decision-making and legal issues that influence your role as a nursing leader. Explain how you see your role as a nursing leader making ethical-legal and moral decisions. Include what actions you plan to take to solve moral distress caused by ethical dilemmas and the values that support your actions.Topic 2: Comparing Ethical PrinciplesCompare two ethical principles that apply to ethical decision-making and how each one fits your own personal belief system and the role of the advanced practice nurse. Your response to the two topics should be between 2 to 3 pages excluding the cover and reference pages. Textbook ReadingsEssentials of Nursing Law and EthicsChapter 1: ‘The Legal Environment’Chapter 11: ‘Patient’s Rights and Responsibilities’Chapter 13: ‘Competency and Guardianship’Chapter 14: ‘Informed Consent’Chapter 43: ‘Intentional Torts’Chapter 45: ‘Ethical Decision Making’Chapter 46: ‘Professional Boundaries and Patient Relations’Appendix AAPA ManualAppendix 7.1: “References to Legal Materials”Journal ReadingsJack, K., & Smith, A. (2007). Promoting self-awareness in nurses to improve nursing practice. (Cover story). Nursing Standard, 21(32), 47–52.Web ResourcesAmerican Nurses Association Nursing World. (2015). Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements. Retrieved from http://nursingworld.org/MainMenuCategories/EthicsStandards/CodeofEthicsforNurses