Recent orders
Restriction of Stem Cell Research
Restriction of Stem Cell Research
You have been asked to give a presentation on the benefits that embryonic stem cell research
can yield in the treatment of chronic and life-threatening diseases to a group that opposes this
research on moral and religious grounds. In preparing your presentation, you want to be sure
that you convey accurate information on the potential benefits of this research, as well as,
address the safeguards employed to minimize the risks of abusive use of the research. This
activity is comprised two parts. Cite all sources using an APA-formatted bibliography. (100 points)
(A 3-page response is required.)
Part A First, prepare a narrative outline of your presentation. The outline should include a
description of at least three (3) potential medical benefits of embryonic stem cell research. It
should also define how the stem cell will be obtained and how the research effort will provide
safeguards against abuses.
Your outline should clearly communicate important information you want to share with the group,
but it is not the text of your presentation. Your outline should help crystallize your thinking in
order to focus your presentation on the important information you want to convey to your
audience. (36 points) (A 1-page response is required.)
Part B This part of the activity requires you to anticipate the objections of your audience to
embryonic stem cell research and constructively engage them. You are to identify four (4)
objections likely to be raised by the audience and prepare your response to these objections.
Your response should seek to advance understanding, not solidify or polarize positions. It should
be persuasive without attacking or devaluing the opinions or positions of the audience. (64
points) (A 2-page response is required.)
Human Cloning Dilemma
Human Cloning Dilemma
In this activity, you are asked to prepare a defense of your position either supporting or opposing
cloning. Choose whatever cloning procedure or issue interests you and give your defense to a
group of scientists, physicians, ethicists, and clergy. This activity is comprised of three parts. An
APA-formatted bibliography is required. (100 points) (A 3-page response is required for the
combination of Parts A, B and C.)
Part A First, research the opposing position to your own and define the arguments that support
that position. You should be as comprehensive as possible and cite the sources you use. Pay particular attention to the focus of the cloning subject you are presenting. That is, is the position
focused on the clone or another beneficiary of the cloning process? What are the justifications,
benefits, and rationale for the position? What is the accrued value to the patient, family, or
society? Examine the position from medical, ethical, moral, and public policy perspectives.
Finally you should summarize the opposing position. (25 points)
Part B Critique the position you presented in Part A. Focus your critique on the three (3) areas
identified below. (35 points)
1. What is the impact of the opposing position on the primary beneficiary of cloning?
2. What is the impact of cloning on others who are not the primary beneficiaries of cloning?
3. What is the potential impact of cloning on our society?
You must properly reference and document your examination and analysis of the opposing
position in APA style and present a summary of your conclusions.
Part C Now present your position and argue its benefits. You must provide at least four (4)
justifications for the argument you are making. Your argument should be broad in scope,
addressing medical, social, ethical, moral, and religious as well as political dimensions of the
issue. Your conclusions should point to a constructive course of action that should be taken to
advance our understanding of the subject. (40 points)
You should consider the following four (4) principles of medical ethics in building your defense.
1. The principle of autonomy, which means ensuring free and informed consent for all medical
treatment or research; that is, the patient must be able to understand the situation and the
proposed treatment and decide to receive it.
2. The principle of nonmalfeasance, which prohibits treatment in which the harm done to a
patient is greater than the resulting benefit.
3. The principle of beneficence, which refers to the positive efforts on the part of the caregiver to
improve or enhance the health of the patient without excessive cost or risk to ourselves or
others.
4. The principle of justice, which in a medical context refers to how good or bad care is
distributed to the patient based on merit, need, and ability – that is, who gets what, who gets left
out, and how are these decisions made?
You must properly reference and document your examination and analysis of the opposing
position in APA style and present a summary of your conclusions.
Community Health Needs Assessment
Community Health Needs Assessment
The purpose of this assignment is to apply the public health nursing practice model in order to
write a community needs assessment report. Utilizing the data collected from your Topic 3
chosen population, write a 800-1000 word community needs assessment report with the
following information:
A description of the community or population researched.
Summary of health needs identified through analysis of data.
Description of the data collection method planned for collecting secondary data.
Description of at least one key health issue/need from a nursing diagnosis, including the micro,
meso, and macro level.
Summary of at least one social determinant of the health issue identified.
Brief outline of a plan for addressing the chosen health need.
Include three to five resources in your paper.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide An abstract is
not required.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to
become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.