NRG5000 Theoretical Foundations of Nursing

Dr. Lisa Capps, Faculty

Ethics Final Paper Instructions and Rubric

Choose a topic of an ethical issue that is of interest to you that is relevant to nurses/nursing practice. You must receive approval of your topic from the class professor before writing your paper. Ideally, you will choose a topic in which you do not have great deal of knowledge or pre-conceived ideas. This topic will also be relevant to nursing practice. Journals and articles other than those in the nursing profession may be considered. This assignment is a formally written paper in APA format, 7th edition. A minimum of three professional references is required. You may use internet sites and articles but they will not be counted as a professional citation. A pdf. version of the paper may NOT be submitted—only a Word document that can be edited will be accepted.

· The term “ethical dilemma” refers to a situation where choices need to be made, the answers may not be clear, the options are not ideal and there may be active barriers to a reasonable solution

· The topic is objectively defined and described. As nurses we have a duty to our patients to advocate for them. At the same time, we must keep ourselves out of the situation. This section must address the topic with objectivity and facts.

· Write in the third person until you are to provide your personal professional response.

· At least three professional nursing journal articles should be cited to substantiate the facts that are relevant to the topic

· The paper introduction should be submitted in APA style (7th edition). Please familiarize yourself with APA and how to cite references. The following websites are helpful APA style references. https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_style_introduction.html

https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/references/examples

· The final paper should be 6 ½ to 7 ½ pages (double-spaced 12-pt. Times New Roman font).

Use the following as Level One Headings for your paper:

· Introduction

· Identification and Discussion of the Ethical Dimensions

· Relevance of the Ethical Issue to Nursing

· Analysis of Relevant Ethical Principles, Theories, Laws, and Standards of Practice

· Personal Professional Response to the Issue

· Conclusion

Rubric for the Ethics Final Paper:

Criteria	Level 4 3 points	Level 3 2 points	Level 2 1 point	Level 1 0 points
Introduction Theme/Objective	Clearly and effectively communicates an introduction of the theme/objective of the ethics topic	Effectively communicates an introduction of the theme/objective of the ethics topic but questions remain	Does not effectively communicate an introduction of the theme/objective of the ethics topic	Misses point completely in introduction of the theme/objective of the ethics topic	/ 3
Supporting Details	Each detail supports or tells more about the topic and has follow up sentences which provide additional support	Some of the details support the main idea/topic, but some do not	The details do not support the main idea/topic OR there are not enough details	There are no substantiating support for the main idea/topic	/3
Relevance: Why is this an ethical dilemma in today’s society?	Very strong appropriate interpretation of data and relevant to the topic	Largely appropriate interpretation of data and relevant to topic	May contain some misinterpretation and/or irrelevant material	Limited interpretation and relevance of topic	/ 3
Ethical analysis: application and discussion of ethical principles, theories, laws, and standards of nursing practice	Ethical principles, theories, laws, and standards of nursing practice are clearly and effectively defined and applied to the topic	Ethical principles, theories, laws, and standards of nursing practice are defined and applied to the topic, but clarity or thoroughness are lacking	Ethical principles, theories, laws, and standards of nursing practice are superficially mentioned or inadequately applied to the topic	Ethical principles, theories, laws, and standards of nursing practice are incorrectly defined or incorrectly applied to the topic	/3
Understanding of Topic as Ethical Dilemma for Nursing	Addresses ethical issues in good detail, if appropriate	Addresses ethical issues adequately, if appropriately	Does not address ethical issues adequately, if appropriate	Ethical issues not appropriately or clearly addressed, if appropriate	/3
Personal Professional Response to the Issue	Clearly and effectively presents one’s personal PROFESSIONAL response to the issue	Presents one’s personal PROFESSIONAL response to the issue, but clarity is lacking	Presents one’s personal response to the issue, but emphasizes non-professional experiences	Fails to make a connection between the writer and the topic presented	/3
Conclusion: Reflection of What You Learned Reflection	Good summary, clearly articulated	Summarized and adequately articulated	Incomplete summary/superficially articulated	Not a summary/poorly articulated	/3
Clarity and Organization Headings utilized	Headings utilized, paper clear/concise/organized	Headings not utilized, paper clear/concise/organized	No Headings, paper unclear/ not concise/disorganized	Lack of organization obscures meaning or you have not corrected feedback given in prior assignments	/3
Spelling and Grammar	No spelling or grammatical errors.	Less than 3 spelling or grammatical errors	Less than 7 spelling or grammatical errors.	More than 7 spelling or grammatical errors, errors obscure meaning, or a failure to correct errors discussed in class or feedback from previous assignments	/ 3
APA format	No APA 7th edition errors	Less than 3 incidents of APA errors	Less than 7 incidents of APA errors	More than 7 incidents of APA errors or failure to correct errors discussed in class or feedback from previous assignments	/3
Correct Length: 6 ½-7 ½ pages of text, PLUS title page and references	yes			no	/3
Minimum of 3 professional nursing references, 5 years old or less	yes			no	/3
Total					/36

Your point total	Points awarded	Your point total	Points awarded
36	120	18	60
35	117	17	57
34	113	16	53
33	110	15	50
32	106	14	46
31	104	13	44
30	100	12	40
29	97	11	37
28	93	10	33
27	90	9	30
26	87	8	27
25	83	7	24
24	80	6	20
23	76	5	16
22	73	4	14
21	70	3	10
20	67	2	7
19	63	1	3
18	60
17	57

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