Regardless of the type of health care system available, one recurrent issue is access to health care for underserved populations. For this discussion, underserved populations include minority and immigrant groups, the pediatric population, and women. These groups of people are consistently underserved worldwide in health care. As previously studied in Modules 1 & 2, we learned that according to the ANA, the nurse must care for people regardless of social, economic status, or nature of health problems. Also, the nurse must promote efforts to meet local and national health care needs. Serving the underserved population is the duty of the nurse. Read the following three case studies and respond accordingly.

Case Study #1
Roma is a single mother of four children, living as an illegal immigrant in Nevada. She migrated from Central America to the United States four years ago. Currently, Roma cleans houses to make money. Her children range in age from 14 to 4. Roma speaks broken

You will complete the journal entries and submit your answers within this assignment. This assignment should be completed in ONE document, and your answers should be separated by Journal Reflection # headings (1-3).  Please contact your instructor using Canvas Messages with any questions you may have.

Journal Reflection #1
Do you believe that there are universal moral laws, i.e. that right and wrong are questions independent of particular circumstances at a given moment? (150 words, 10 points)


Journal Reflection #2
Do you think what is true for you is true for everyone? (150 words; 10 pts)


Journal Reflection #3
What do you think? Is right and wrong universally true, regardless of circumstances? Or, are there acceptable exceptions? (150 words: 10 pts)

DISCUSSION REQUIREMENTS
TOPIC: A current event with an ethical dilemma.
By reading newspapers, magazines, watching TV news, reading online news sources or current event blogs such as Opposing Views, find one unique current event (within the past 12 months!) that contains an ethical issue/dilemma. There must be two opposing sides, each with valid arguments, to qualify as a dilemma. If the action is illegal, then it is not a true dilemma and would not work for this assignment.
Ensure your source is credible. Submit the source or website to Media Bias/Fact Checker. Do not use a source with extreme political leanings, bias, or unverified facts.
Using this Newspaper Template fill in the boxes. You'll need to summarize the current event, provide both for and against sides of the right vs right argument and give your final ethical opinion.
See an "A" example! :)
Bold the ethics terms used in newspaper to show you are making an ethical argument.
TOPIC TIPS:
Reminder,

Module 4 - SLP
DESCARTES AND PHENOMENOLOGY
NYU Professor Thomas Nagel (1974) asked a rather unusual question. Read his article "What Is it Like to Be a Bat?"

After reading Professor Nagel's article, tell me:

Do animals think?
SLP Assignment Expectations
Please write a 3- to 5-page paper answering this rather general question. Use Nagel's article, and material on the nature of consciousness from the background information, to help make out your answer. Do not refer to personal experience, only the academic material. Upload it by the end of this module.

Module 4 - Case
DESCARTES AND PHENOMENOLOGY
Case Assignment
Descartes tells us that, in order to see what is real, we must first doubt all we know with our senses. Our senses can deceive us. Are we dreaming? Are we being manipulated by an evil genius? Are we living in The Matrix where we are waiting for Keanu Reaves to rescue us? (I suppose that would be the most disturbing option!)

In this case, we want to get at this notion of doubt. We will be reading from Descartes' Meditations on First Philosophy.

It is recommended that students read the first six meditations of Descartes' Meditations on First Philosophy. The FULL TEXT can be found here:

Descartes, R. (n.d.). Meditations On First Philosophy. Retrieved December 29, 2015, from http://selfpace.uconn.edu/class/percep/DescartesMeditations.pdf

Is Descartes' argument against trusting the senses a good one? What appeals to you most, and what do you find odd?

Assignment Expectations
Please ans

Module 3 - SLP
KANT, MILL, AND ETHICS
Find a moral problem in your place of employment. Tell me about it. What really bothers you and why? It need not be actually happening. The moral problem could be a potential problem, no matter how likely. Be creative. If you can't think of a real problem you will likely face, make one up.

Tell me what your position on the problem is, and what the relevant utilitarian and deontological considerations are. Who is being, or will be, hurt? Who is being, or will be, benefited? Why, overall, do you think your position on the issue is for the greatest good over the long haul? Whose rights are involved? Who has special duties?

Here are some possible topics:

Privacy in employment tests
Privacy in genetic tests
Privacy in e-mailshould your boss be allowed to read your e-mail?
Safety issues
Fair employment practices (e.g., pay, hiring/firing, benefits)
Racism
Sexism
Discrimination on any unfair basis
SLP Ass

Module 3 - Case
KANT, MILL, AND ETHICS
Case Assignment
Let's see if we can use what we've learned. We don't have much time, so we are going to go practical.

Should hospitals test pregnant women for drug use without their consent?
Assignment Expectations
Answer this moral question in terms of the utilitarian considerations, who will be helped and who hurt over the long term, and the matters of rights for all involved (e.g., the right to privacy, warrantless search and seizure). Use the basics of utilitarian and deontological reasoning, set out in the background information, in order to make your point.

Write a 3- to 5-page paper and upload it by the end of this module. Use Foubister, V. (2001; see Background page) or click here: Drug tests of non-consenting pregnant women quashed.

Abstract: The Supreme Court has ruled that physicians and other employees of public hospitals cannot perform drug tests on pregnant women without their consent and report t

Choose a current news item from a newspaper, magazine, Internet site, radio, or television.  State the title, source, and topic of the article/story.  Your paper must have three sections:
1.    In at least one paragraph, clearly identify the ethical issue and provide an explanation of the issue. You may need to provide background information, situational information, examples, research, etc. in order to properly explain the ethical issue. You are also required to include a thesis statement in this first paragraph since this is a persuasive paper. A thesis statement should present the topic of your paper and you should also state your position in relation to that topic. Your argument should be persuasive so your readers want to read what you have to say.
2.    Give a minimum of two proposed solutions to the ethical issue.
3.    State which solution you believe is most ethical, with reference to an ethical theory.
In addi

The practice of health care providers at all levels brings you into contact with people from a variety of faiths. This calls for knowledge and understanding of a diversity of faith expressions; for the purpose of this course, the focus will be on the Christian worldview.
Based on "Case Study: End of Life Decisions," the Christian worldview, and the worldview questions presented in the required topic study materials you will complete an ethical analysis of George's situation and his decision from the perspective of the Christian worldview.

Provide a 1,500-2,000-word ethical analysis while answering the following questions:

1. How would George interpret his suffering in light of the Christian narrative, with an emphasis on the fallenness of the world?

2.How would George interpret his suffering in light of the Christian narrative, with an emphasis on the hope of resurrection?

3. As George contemplates life with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), how would

QUESTION: According to Krishna, the reality of persons and their relative lack of control over outcomes implies that they ought to find valor in doing their duty and worry not about outcomes. In this they find a life worth living. Defend or criticize this thesis by philosophical argument. (Hint: you might want to address the question of whether a soldier can think about fighting without contemplating outcomes or whether thinking about such outcomes is not relevant to the duty of the soldier?)


RULES: The essay, like all assignments in this course, must be completely authored and edited by the student themselves. By staying enrolled in this course, students agree not to use essay writing services or essay editing services. A failure to abide by these constraints constitutes a violation of academic honesty requirements. Pass/fail assignments that appear to be professionally edited may receive a 0, graded assignments that seem professionally edited may receive a 20% penalty, or