Kathleen Kovarik – Practical Ethics

She will guide and assist you in understanding the complexities of ethical decision making-Making and its practical application to the complex area of health-You may have to deal with care situations on a regular basis.

Kathleen Kovarik – Practical Ethics

Description:

• Ethics The thorny problems can be solved by committees
• Help patients & families as you develop new skills to take on ethical challenges
• You can make a variety of ethical decisions-making tools – take home’s to build your toolkit!
• Explore legal outcomes in current cases & classic ethical cases
• How would you handle the MOST difficult workplace?-Related ethical issues
• Information on the latest ethical dilemmas that arise from technological advances

Would you like to feel more confident when confronted with ethical dilemmas in your clinical situation, at work, and in everyday life? Do you want to help families and patients navigate the tricky waters of ethical decision making?-Working with more ease or to make better workplace decisions-Related ethical issues you may be confronted with? The workshop will provide you with an Ethical Toolskit that you can use to guide a family member or patient in making decisions about Advance Directives.-It can be a difficult decision to stop mechanical ventilation for a loved-one or to ensure that your workplace meets the highest ethical standards.

Past participants have enjoyed learning from Kathleen KovarikThese often difficult topics can be fascinating, engaging and entertaining for Dr. RN. Ride the wave of Kathleen’s passion for ethics, and enjoy the multi-Her multifaceted and interactive environment results in high quality.-Learning at the highest level. She will help you to understand the complexities of ethical decision-making.-Making and its practical application to complex health-You may have to deal with care situations on a regular basis.

OUTLINE

What are your Values?

• Exploration of foundational beliefs/values
• Values Exercise
• Sharpen your critical thinking skills

Health-Take Care Ethics

• Human Medical Experimentation, Evolution Ethics
• Codes and Key Cases
  • Presidents Garfield & McKinley
  • Tuskegee Syphilis Study
  • Nuremburg Code and Trials
  • Declaration of Helsinki
  • The “God Committee” Dialysis
• Recent Ethical Decisions Made in the U.S.

Ethics Committees

• When is it appropriate to involve? Ethics Committee?
• Seeking Consultation: How To’s
• Understanding the Composition and Use of Models/Commissions

Ethical Foundations

• Ethical Standpoints and Stances
  • Teleology versus Deontology
  • Objectivism versus Relativism
• Key Theories
  • Kantian Ethics
  • Natural Law
  • Utilitarianism
  • Rawlsian Ethics
  • Ethic of Care
  • Rights-Based Ethics
  • Communitarian Ethics

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Ethical Principles

• Autonomy
• Beneficence
• Non-Maleficence
• Veracity
• Fidelity
• Justice
• Respect for persons

Ethical Decision-Making: A Toolkit to Support Practice

• Framing ethical problems and questions
• The Decision-Making Formats and Tools
  • The Four-Quadrant Approach
  • Bennett-Woods Eight Step Model

The Most Controversial Cases

• Classic and Precedent-Setting Cases
• Current Ethical Dilemmas, and Recent Cases
  1. Living Wills. Advance Directives. DNRs. ANDs
  2. Cases involving Personhood Definitions
  3. Issues of informed consent
• What are some of the Most Complex Cases You’ve Encountered?

Ethical dilemmas and decision making-Make it a team practice

• A Dilemma of Limited Resources: Hurricane Katrina and Mercy Hospital

Ethical Leadership

• Ethical leadership at work
• Keep up-to-date on ethical issues
• Ethical dilemmas on the Horizon: Advancing Technology
• Recent Research: A Sampler
• There are many educational opportunities in
• Health-Take Care Ethics

OBJECTIVES

1. Identify situations that would benefit from the involvement of an ethics committee.
2. Research ethical insight for clinical and workplace situations.
3. You can make a variety of ethical decisions-Making tools that allow you to analyse complex family/patient dilemmas.
4. Incorporate knowledge from previous experiences-Incorporating ethical cases in current decisions-making.
5. Critique current ethical cases utilizing sound ethical principles.
6. Discuss ethical dilemmas possible from technological advancements now and in future.
7. Use a variety of “ethical tools” It can be used as a practical, accessible, and easy-to-use ethical toolkit