Reflective journal nursing

In Modules Two and Three, you looked at the issue of moral reasoning and the principles of ethics, and began to consider how ethical considerations at work challenge your personal values. In Module Four, we looked at the issue of moral distress. In reviewing your personal and professional values, what surprised you, and what helped you affirm your beliefs? For example, as a healthcare provider, how do you need to consider your values, beliefs, cultural beliefs, and ethical core as you solve ethical dilemmas? How will you help insulate yourself from moral distress? Consider the implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and briefly consider what assumptions and biases you may possess (or had possessed). How do you think your ethical core may be challenged?