Order Description
NURS3004/3004A: Transition to Professional Practice 1.
Assignment 2: Essay
Students are required to consider the following scenario.
Sam Mills is an RN working in a GP clinical with five general practitioners and two other RN’s. Sam is redressing a chronic the leg wound of a regular client named Lee. Sam and Lee are also next door neighbours. Lee has cerebral palsy, lives in a shared house with a friend and works 3 days a week for an IT firm. It is 6pm, all
other staff have gone, and the waiting room is empty. In casual conversation, Sam says ‘I have finished work for the day, and heading down the road to Vinny’s pasta. I’m starving’.
Lee who is underweight and typically hates eating alone, says ‘ I was thinking of popping into Vinny’s myself for something to eat. Can I join you?
The clinic has no fixed policy on the matter.
How would you decide what to do, and what would you do if you were in Sam’s position?
Discuss and analyse the scenario from an ethical perspective.
Parts of the essay
Introduction (approx. 200 words)
You are required to use this part of essay to outline the aim/purpose, structure and conclusion of your essay.
Discussion (Use appropriate headings)
You are required to use this part of the essay to:
Identify and interrogate the differing ethical views and ethical values.
Use relevant and credible sources of evidence to support/refute your evolving argument/s. A combination of the following:
• Your practical experience.
• Primary research articles published from 2005 onwards, in refereed journals.
• Relevant literature from credible sources of information.
The word limit for the essay is 2,000 words excluding direct quotations and references.
Conclusion (approx. 200 words)
Offer a solution based on your overall ethical analysis.
Academic writing and referencing
You may write this essay in the ‘first’ person.
You will also be assessed on your, academic writing and use of references and referencing. In-text referencing and references in the list should follow the author–date referencing style required by the School. You should list all references together in one list at the end of the essay.
Please also refer to Rubric, Assignment 2, for more details about the criteria used in the assessment of the essay.
Rubric of essay;
Category
Describe the aim/purpose, structure and conclusion of the essay
Identification and interrogation of differing ethical views/ethical values based on findings from relevant and credible sources of evidence
Conclusion
Solution offered based on overall ethical analysis
Written expression and presentation
Referencing, author acknowledgement
Please in this essay can you use Code of Ethics for Nurses in Australia, and the web side is;
www.nursingmidwiferyboard.gov.au/documents/default.aspx?record…dbid=AP..
