Description: This assignment focuses on major ethical issues facing health care and the ways to evaluate them. Students will be assigned to a group and an issue which will be posted on the first day of class. Students will then research the approved issue and present to the class. While each student may have an assigned role (designated by the group), all work for this assignment is intended to be completed by the group as a whole. Each group should formulate a timeline for the project, design an evaluation rubric and designate areas of major responsibility within the group. Any additional information the group feels is required should be identified and then requested of the instructor. All controversies should first be discussed in the group, and, if not resolved, then brought to the instructor for mediation. All presentations are due on the same day though actual group presentation days may vary.
Required Components:
1. Provide an overview of the issue generating the dilemma society is struggling with, and any applicable definitions. Speak to the history and current status of the issue.
2. Identify pros and cons of the issue found in the literature.
3. Discuss the relevance of the issue for nursing practice.
4. Identify the bioethical principles involved for society in general, and nursing specifically.
5. Present the legal status of the issue on state, federal and international levels.
6. Discuss how ethical theories (utilitarian, deontological, and Catholic) apply to issue.
7. Incorporate an appropriate, relative and current brief media clip to illustrate the dilemma.
8. Conduct a brief class discussion using at least two (2) controversial questions.
9. References listed in correct APA format, with minimum of twelve (12) current scholarly references.
