Healthcare Policy - The policy section must indicate current health care

Healthcare Policy

Health care policy - ABX2-15, End of Life Option Act

2 paragraphs

· The policy section must indicate current health care and nursing policy on this issue, and any recommendations or suggestions you may have for modification or changes. Utilize Malone’s (2005) Public Policy Analysis framework for the policy analysis

2 paragraphs

· Identify at least 2 ethical principles (Beneficence, non-maleficence, respect autonomy) relate to the selected policy. Discuss the issues/concerns as they relate to nursing. Include the issues, their dimensions, the position of nursing as a profession, spiritual/cultural dynamics. Include citations from nursing to support the discussions. Examples and illustrations will be an important part of this paper as they are in any ethical discussion

2 paragraphs

· Identify two nursing code of ethics and incorporate in discussion.

No more than 2 paragraphs

· Include your own personal views (no more than 2 paragraphs)

Write a letter to a Congressperson summarizing the concerns about the healthcare policy and provide recommended policy changes.

References – Beauchamp and Childress book

The reference list should include a variety of sources and demonstrate the student’s research of the topic. The paper is considered a scholarly paper that incorporates readings of substance, not opinions. Sources from nursing must be incorporated.