Ethical Construct Paper
Select an ethical or legal construct/issue and write a 4–5-page double spaced APA paper, selecting a minimum of 3-5 references (within the past 5 years). The topic is to be connected to a Nursing perspective. Topics may be selected from the list below, or created alone, with approval from the instructor.
Possible Topics:
Informed Consent
Reproductive Issues
Prenatal Life
Social and Experimental Issues (ie Experimental Drugs for Dying Patients)
Medical Nutrition and Hydration
Determining Life and Death
Moral Stress
Nursing Standard of Care
Palliative Care
Adverse Events and the role of the Institute of Medicine (IOM)
HIPAA
EMTALA
Advanced Directive
