Ethical issues/Dilemma’s regarding Terminal weaning Of Terminally ill patients
Scholarly Writing Assignment and Guidelines My Subject: Ethical issues/Dilemma’s regarding Terminal weaning Of Terminally ill patients The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate your understanding and provide your opinion with scholarly resources as a guide to either an ethical or psychiatric nursing issue. Assignment objectives: Upon completing this assignment the student will be able to: Identify an ethical or psychiatric nursing issue Identify possible dilemmas with these issues Reflect on personal stance of the issue with support from scholarly sources Develop a solution to resolve the issue WRITING ASSIGNMENTS (CHOOSE ONETOPIC): Topic 1: Dialogue in an Ethical Nursing Issue The Assignment: Choose an ethical issue that we face in nursing practice and evaluate your stance in the matter. In your paper, you are the nurse dealing with an ethical patient issue. You are having a dialogue with the Ethics Committee in your facility to advocate for your patient during this ethical dilemma. Develop your paper creatively to include discussions from both sides of the table. Include the final decision and how you and the Ethics committee came to that decision. Include scholarly resources that produce evidence to support the final decision. Format/Requirements: The introduction, body and conclusion of this paper should be 5-7 typed double-spaced pages in Times New Roman 12 font. Also include a title page and a reference page. The paper and all references should be in APA format. You must provide 3-5 peer-reviewed journal articles in addition to the Lewis and Cherry & Jacob textbook to support your dialogue. As will be stated in the Writing Assignment Rubric, you should produce writing that is clear, precise, organized, and correct (according to the guidelines of Standard Written English). Topic 2: Psychiatric Nursing Issues The Assignment: There are many prevalent issues in providing care to psychiatric patients in today’s health care system. In this paper, choose a particular psychiatric issue and discuss what you consider to be the two most significant problems that your chosen psychiatric patient population faces today in receiving care. Then discuss possible solutions for each of those problems, including what impact nursing may have on making those solutions successful. You should also include your opinion on the issue. However, the problem, solution, and your opinion must be referenced and supported by scholarly sources. Format/Requirements: The introduction, body and conclusion of this paper should be 5-7 typed double-spaced pages in Times New Roman 12 font. Also include a title page and a reference page. The paper and all references should be in APA format. You must provide 3-5 peer-reviewed journal articles in addition to the Lewis and Varcarolis textbooks to support your ideas. As will be stated in the Writing Assignment Rubric, you should produce writing that is clear, precise, organized, and correct (according to the guidelines of Standard Written English). Paper development: Chose and define an ethical/psychiatric nursing issue. This should be a robust, but concise discussion of the most important characteristics you think makes this a relevant topic in practice. Reflect on a personal level Ethical issue: Evaluate your stance in the matter Psychiatric issue: Evaluate two significant problems the patient may face in receiving care and your stance in the matter Connect your knowledge, understanding, and expectations as you suggest a final decision (Ethical)/possible solutions (Psychiatric) to resolve the issue. Possible questions to consider: Why is (your chosen topic) an issue in nursing? What makes (your chosen topic) an issue in nursing? Do your arguments/suggestions/evaluations link to a scholarly source? Is your personal opinion guiding the way you plan to solve the issue in nursing? Why or why not? Be sure to summarize your findings and link it to your resolution with a conclusion section in your paper A scholarly paper requires that you provide support for your perspectives. This means you will need to conduct a library search for peer-reviewed professional articles that support your thesis. You will need 3-5 peer-reviewed journal article references for your submission in addition to your textbooks. These articles should be a maximum of 10 years old. This paper will be written using APA format. Proper citation is essential since honesty is critical in both academic and clinical environments. The length of the paper is to be 5-7 pages (excluding the cover and reference pages) References Sanderson, C. D. (2014). Contemporary Nursing 6th edition. Ethical and Bioethical Issues in Nursing and Health Care, Pages 177 – 179. Heitkemper, M. M. (2014). Medical Surgical Nursing 9th edition.Palliative Care at End of Life, Pages 140-153. Keene, S. Samples, D. Masini, D. Byrington, R. (2006). Ethical Concerns that Arise from Terminal Weaning Procedures of a Ventilator Dependent Patient a Respiratory Therapist perspective. The Internet Journal of Law, Healthcare and Ethics, Volume 4 Number 2. Stacy, K. M. (2012). Critical Care Nurse Vol 32, No 3. Life-Sustaining Treatment, A Case Study. Pages 14-23.
