For this assignment, students will select an ethical dilemma in healthcare and propose evidence-based intervention(s) for the identified problem. The paper should be a minimum of four to five paragraphs, 500- 800 words in length, and no more than four pages, not including the title and reference pages.
Assignment Details:
Perform the following tasks:
- Conduct a literature review to identify an ethical dilemma and explore opposing viewpoints.
- Write an engaging and informative paper that would be helpful for someone in the discipline wanting to learn about ethical dilemmas in healthcare
- Use the following as a checklist for the scholarly paper:
- Include the following elements:
- Title page (APA formatted title page).
- Introduction
- Background knowledge-brief summary of current knowledge of ethical dilemma being addressed
- Discuss the opposing viewpoints
- Challenges imposed in practice
- Intext citation present and appropriate
- Literature Review
- Literature searches for the topic on the web and in databases are limited to peer-reviewed professional nursing and medical journals, texts, and writings (no older than 5 years).
- Uses literature to support claims, facts, and statistics.
- Intext Citation present and appropriate.
- Proposed Intervention
- Clearly state proposed intervention(s)
- Define the ethical considerations or issues relevant to proposed intervention
- State why the intervention(s) were chosen
- Describe the implications of the proposed intervention to nursing education and practice.
- Discussion/Implications/Conclusion
- All work should have appropriate citations and reference lists.
- Use Times New Roman, 12 pt. font; 1-inch margins; double-spaced.
- Consists of 500 to 800 words in length (four to five paragraphs)
- Citation and references are to follow the APA manual format
- References should be no more than 5 years old
- Sources:
- Wikipedia (or similar sites) is not to be used as a reference
- Taber’s and/or other medical dictionaries or encyclopedias are not to be used as references.
- Include the following elements:
- Proofread and edit the paper carefully, following the assignment rubric.