Overview

This assignment will give you the opportunity to choose a case study, and then write about the ethical implications and the impact of the events that are described. Each case study includes a set of questions that you should answer. You can choose either Case Study 9.1: Unprofessional Conduct, or Case Study 8.4: Have Gun Will Travel.

You will be graded on the following criteria:

Write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you:

1. Analyze the questions associated with your chosen case study and discuss them using concepts you learned in this course.
2. Explain your rationale for each of your answers to your chosen case study.
4. Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
   1. Typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
   2. Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
   3. Cite your textbook as a reference.
   4. Include a reference page. Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Determine the considerations for and process of ethical business decision making to balance corporate and social responsibilities and address moral, economic, and legal concerns.
• Analyze selected business situations using the predominant ethical theories, such as utilitarian, Kantian, and virtue ethics to guide ethical business decision making.
• Determine the implications and impact of various civil liberty laws in the workplace, such as hiring, promotion, discipline, discharge, and wage discrimination.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in business ethics.
• Write clearly and concisely about business ethics using proper writing mechanics.

hoose one (1) of the following case studies for Assignment 2:

Case 9.1: Unprofessional Conduct?
Located on page 342 of your textbook

1. Do you believe the Board of Education violated her right to privacy? Were they justified in firing her? Explain two to three (2-3) major reasons why or why not.
2. Was Pettit’s behavior unprofessional or immoral? Do you believe she was unfit to teach? Provide a rationale for your position.
3. If teachers have good performance inside the classroom, should they also be held to a higher moral standard outside the classroom? Explain why or why not.
4. Analyze five (5) behaviors you believe would show unprofessional or immoral conduct for a teacher.

Case 8.4: Have Gun, Will Travel…to Work
Located on page 312 of your textbook

1. Do you have not only a legal, but a moral right to own a gun? Do you believe that you have either a moral or a legal right to park a car with a loaded gun in a privately owned parking lot, regardless of what the lot’s owner wants?
2. In your view, do employees have either a moral or a legal right to park cars with guns in them in the company parking lot? What do you believe should be the property rights and safety concerns of employers?
3. Do you think state legislatures are right to get involved, or should the matter be left to companies and employees to settle?
4. Because the workplace is the company’s private property, the company could choose to allow employees to bring guns not only into the parking lot, but also into the workplace itself. Are there ever circumstances in which doing so might be reasonable? Or would the presence of guns automatically violate the rights of other employees to be guaranteed a safe working environment?

**Use grading rubric to enure you cover what is being graded.

Your group will create a visual presentation based on the fallacy you are assigned.

The recommended format for this presentation is Google Slides or Prezi since you

can collaborate online easily using these programs. You may also use Microsoft

PowerPoint, Sway, or any other presentation software, such as making a video.

You should consider spreading out the following elements over separate slides:

1) The name of the fallacy you have been assigned ( False/Weak Analogy (Logos) ) and all the group members’ names; (Name 1, Name 2, Name 3, Name 4) the course; (English 124) the instructor’s name; (Professor) and the semester (Spring 2018).

2) A brief definition of the fallacy in your group’s own words.

3) 3-4 examples of your fallacy (one per member of the group minimum).

a. At least one real-life example (TV shows, articles, political

speeches).

b. At least one (hypothetical or real) example based on the topic of A.I.

4) Relevant visuals which enhance, not detract from, your presentation. (Video

clips, memes, political cartoons, commercials, etc.)

5) A Works Cited slide or section which lists all sources used for fallacy

examples, video clips, and/or images.

For this Assignment, use the Dashboard located in this week’s Resources, to interpret the data and frame a nursing plan based on best practices.

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• Review the Week 4 Resources that pertain to the NDNQI and use of dashboards
• Choose a Nurse-Sensitive Quality Indicator that needs improvement based on the data presented in the Dashboard.
• Develop a nursing plan that outlines suggestions on how to improve performance in the chosen area.
• Provide at least three best practices from evidenced-based literature to support your nursing plan.

I chose pressure ulcer rate.

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List of Indicators

• Nursing Hours per Patient Day – Structure
  • Registered Nurses (RN) Hours per Patient Day
  • Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurses (LPN/LVN) Hours per Patient Day
  • Unlicensed Assistive (UAP) Hours per Patient Day

• Nursing Turnover Rate – Structure
• Nosocomial Infections – Outcome

• Patient Falls – Process and Outcome

• Patient Falls with Injury – Process and Outcome
  • Injury Level
• Pressure Ulcer Rate – Process and Outcome
  • Community-acquired
  • Hospital-acquired
  • Unit-acquired
• Pediatric Pain Assessment, Intervention, Reassessment (AIR) Cycle – Process
• Pediatric Peripheral Intravenous Infiltration – Outcome
• Psychiatric Physical/Sexual Assault – Outcome
• RN Education/Certification – Structure
• RN Survey – Process and Outcome
  • Job Satisfaction Scales
  • Practice Environment Scale (PES)
• Restraints – Outcome
• Staff Mix – Structure
  • RN
  • LPN/LVNs
  • UAP
  • Percent Agency Staff

Reflect on how you would develop a nursing plan with suggestions on how to improve performance in the chosen area.

Assignment

• Draft a 3- to 4 page paper analyzing areas where there is good performance and areas of opportunity from the sample Dashboard.
• Analyze the data provided in the Dashboard and select an area of performance that needs improvement.
• Include information on why this area was chosen.
• Develop a nursing plan that includes suggestions on how to improve performance on the selected indicator. Be sure to provide at least three best practices from the evidenced-based literature to support your suggested nursing plan.

Sample Dashboard is attached

Link for NDNQI information

http://ojin.nursingworld.org/MainMenuCategories/ANAMarketplace/ANAPeriodicals/OJIN/TableofContents/Volume122007/No3Sept07/NursingQualityIndicators.html

For this Discussion Response, read Chapter 4 of your textbook and visit the following website on drug abuse from the National Institute of Health (NIH): http://www.nida.nih.gov/scienceofaddiction/ (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Then click on Reply and answer the following questions:

(1) What substances can be defined as “psychoactive drugs?” Does the term “psychoactive drugs” include only illegal drugs? Explain your answer based on material presented in the text.

(2) Give a brief overview, in your own words, of the major categories of psychoactive drugs including stimulants, depressants, narcotics, and hallucinogens.

(3) Describe, in your own words, the differences between “physical dependence” and “psychological dependence.” If a drug has not been found to lead to physical dependency, does that mean it is safe to use? Explain your answer, citing specific examples.

(4) What factors determine if a person will become addicted to a drug? What factors increase the risk of addiction? (See this NIH link (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. for information to assist in answering these questions)

(5) Discuss at least two (2) things that you learned and/or two things that surprised you about psychoactive drugs from your readings &/or the NIH link.

THE LINK TO THE TEXTBOOK AND CHAPTER 4 I tried taking it to that section that will give you the answers. Feel free to move around the pages it is easy to use. Contect on Upper left will give you the chapters and section if you need it. https://cnx.org/contents/Sr8Ev5Og@9.2:fOU1RGxh@9/S…

In a reflection of 450-600 words, explain how you see yourself fitting into the following IOM Future of Nursing recommendations:

1. Recommendation 4: Increase the proportion of nurses with a baccalaureate degree to 80% by 2020.
2. Recommendation 5: Double the number of nurses with a doctorate by 2020.
3. Recommendation 6: Ensure that nurses engage in lifelong learning.

Identify your options in the job market based on your educational level.

1. How will increasing your level of education affect how you compete in the current job market?
2. How will increasing your level of education affect your role in the future of nursing?

While APA format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected and in-text citations and references should be presented using APA documentation guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. References must be no older than 10 years.

You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.