Biomedical Ethics Case

Scenario

Three-year-old James and his parents are Jehovah's Witnesses. They are swimming at the beach when James is picked up by a wave and lands against a sharp rock, which lacerates his leg. On arrival at hospital, it is clear the rock has also severed a large artery and James has lost a significant amount of blood. A red-cell transfusion is required but James' parents refuse to allow the transfusion. Jon is a nurse working on the ward where James is being treated. He hears shouting coming from James' room and rushes over to find out what is happening. He is horrified to see James' parents being escorted from the ward by hospital security, whilst the medical team are preparing James' to receive a transfusion.

Assessment instructions

• <!-- [if !supportLists]-->This assessment requires you to apply the biomedical principles: autonomy
• <!--[endif]-->Each student is expected to present a different biomedical principle.
• <!-- [if !supportLists]-->Each student is expected to apply their biomedical principle to the facts of the scenario.
• <!-- [if !supportLists]-->Each student is also expected to describe a minimum of two (2) positive and two (2) negative aspects of their biomedical principle in relation to the facts of the scenario.
• <!-- [if !supportLists]-->Each student should then outline nursing issues related to the biomedical principle that you believe are found in the scenario.
• <!-- [if !supportLists]-->The group should then design an activity to promote audience engagement with the material in your presentation.
• <!-- [if !supportLists]-->Students will share the introduction and conclusion to the presentation, unless otherwise agreed with all members of the group and your tutor.
• <!--[endif]-->The conclusion must include a balancing of the four biomedical principles, andthe principle you believe has the greatest weight (is the most important) based on the facts of the scenarioMUSTbe identified, with reasons for you choosing that principle.

Presentation and submission guidelines

• <!--[endif]-->Each group must prepare a PowerPoint presentation comprised of aminimumof one introduction slide, one conclusion slide, one slide for each presenter, and a slide with an APA Style reference list at the end of the presentation.
• <!-- [if !supportLists]-->Speech notes need to be included in all the PowerPoint slides under the notes section and submit to Turnitin.
• <!-- [if !supportLists]-->Each student must prepare their own slide/s for the biomedical principle they will present.
• <!-- [if !supportLists]-->Each student must each use the same number of slides for their biomedical principle