Role of Nursing Ethics in Informing the Development of Proposed Intervention

Nursing actions and interventions are guided by the principles of ethics, which include autonomy, beneficence, justice, and non-maleficence. Nurses must align the delivered care and interventions with these principles and base their decisions on ethical dilemmas (Yıldız, 2019). Ethics in nursing help recognize that each individual has their own beliefs, values, views, preferences, and concerns about health that guide health decisions (Haddad & Geiger, 2022). In consideration, nursing ethics dictate that nurses must allow patients to make decisions regarding their health and healthcare plans based on their personal systems of belief, values, and wishes. This means that regardless of the proposed intervention’s expected effectiveness if implemented, it must be developed on the basis of the Black community’s beliefs and values to help understand and overcome dilemmas and make the right judgments and decisions to help achieve the intervention’s goals.

Proposed Intervention as a Solution

I have proposed a program that focuses on lifestyle change as an intervention solution to heart disease among Black Africans. Through the lifestyle change program, I will focus on teaching a group of patients on approaches to making healthy changes as an intervention to reduce the impact of heart disease while preventing new cases. I will use a narrated PowerPoint presentation for patient education purposes. Other materials to promote a healthy lifestyle will include handouts and brochures. I will also organize the patients at the facility to have a support group within the hospital and in the community to discuss and develop solutions to overcoming their lifestyle change challenges. In the lifestyle change program, I also include physical activity, improving the consumption of nutritious foods, reducing the consumption of processed foods, and reducing the consumption of foods with high sodium content. I will also use technology, including social media, telehealth, and live podcasts, to improve care coordination and collaboration between the team members, including the healthcare professionals, the patients, and the community members.