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  • Women's Self-Help Groups in India: Gender Equity, a Human Right 

    Wurtz, Heather (2011-08-26)
    Throughout the world, gender inequality—pervasive and deeply embedded in societal structures and ideologies—continues to inhibit human potential and retard the social and economic development of individuals, families, and ...
  • Family Presence During Resuscitation in Adult Patients 

    Tafreshi, David (2011-08-26)
    In the hospital setting, there are few moments that are as intense as the events that take place when trying to save an arresting patient’s life. Yet family presence during resuscitation efforts has become an important and ...
  • Patient Autonomy and End-of-Life Care: Cross-Cultural Considerations 

    Silvey, Linus (2011-08-26)
    The purpose of this paper is to describe the influence of culture and religion on end-of-life decision making and advance care planning. Over the last few decades there has been increasing amounts of attention and controversy ...
  • Pediatric Advance Directives: A Voice for the Voiceless 

    Nelson, Heather (2011-08-26)
    The purpose of this paper is to examine adolescents’ ability to make competent decisions, and explore the legal and ethical ramifications surrounding the use of Pediatric Advance Directives. Evidence strongly supports that ...
  • Questioning the Persistent Vegetative State 

    Medis, Kim (2011-08-26)
    This paper concerns the topic of the Persistent Vegetative State (PVS) and some of the ethical dilemmas surrounding it. PVS is defined as a “condition in which the patient is wakeful but devoid of conscious content, without ...
  • Ethical Considerations of Pharmaceutical Colonialism 

    Lee, Alexandra (2011-08-26)
    The complexity of the ethical issue being depicted is one that has transcended generations, bringing light to issues such as human rights, distributive justice, and the worldly effects of globalization. The subject termed ...
  • It‟s a Thin Line Between Confidentiality and Disclosing Patient Information 

    Horn, Kerri (2011-08-26)
    The purpose of this paper is to discuss the importance of maintaining confidentiality, as well as, discussing why it is crucial in some situations to disclose or share patient information. Confidentiality is among the eight ...
  • To Treat or Not To Treat? Cancer During Pregnancy 

    Dudley, Kayla (2011-08-25)
    A diagnosis of cancer is devastating to a mother who is often overjoyed by the prospect of parenthood. Because the diagnosis of cancer during pregnancy is a relatively rare complication, 1 in 1,000 pregnancies, ...
  • Adolescent Bariatric Surgery: A life saving procedure or another failing technique? 

    Blurton, Brooke (2011-08-25)
    Lacking effective modalities to treat obesity in children puts doctors and nurses at the forefront of the ethical dilemma of saving a child’s life with a risky and poorly researched bariatric surgical procedure. The following ...
  • Mandatory Gardasil Vaccination in Adolescents 

    Biethman, Elyse (2011-08-25)
    The purpose of this paper is to discuss recent legislative changes about requiring mandatory vaccination of adolescents with Gardasil. This paper will look at the ethical issue of a state mandate requiring an adolescent ...
  • The Journal of Undergraduate Nursing Writing, Volume 5, Issue 1, August 2011 

    Martin, David; Biethman, Elyse; Blurton, Brooke; Dudley, Kayla; Horn, Kerri; Lee, Alexandra; Medis, Kim; Nelson, Heather; Silvey, Linus; Tafreshi, David; Wurtz, Heather (2011-08-25)
    The articles presented in this volume originated as assignments completed by students as part of their senior level coursework. The original call for papers did not limit their entries to any particular topic. All of the ...