Posted: August 24th, 2015

Legal and Ethical Issues Related to the Workplace.

Write a paper addressing how your chosen work-related issue/problem from the week two discussion is addressed by your state Board of Nursing (BON) and other professional nursing organizations. Use the following guidelines and evaluation criteria.
Include level-one APA headings in your paper using the section headings below. Use a minimum of five references from the professional nursing literature in the assigned course readings and other references in the Walden Library. In addition, you may use one or two professional web sites if relevant to your topic.
Begin this paper with a brief paragraph that provides an overview of the assignment and its purpose. The heading for this paragraph is the same as the title of the paper. This should be no more than two to three sentences. The last sentence in this paragraph is a sentence that begins “The purpose of this paper is to. . . . The introductory paragraph is worth 20 points.
Workplace Issue
Describe your chosen workplace issue from the week two discussion board. Provide a background to the issue and discuss why it is important to address.
The BON and Workplace Issue – 60 points
Explain your state’s Board of Nursing (BON) approach to your work-related issue in the BON’s Nurse Practice Act and the efficacy of the BON’s approach in the context of your workplace issue/problem. For example, how does your state BON’s approach to threats of patient abandonment apply to the issue of mandatory overtime?

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