Assignment: Senior Thesis Paper:

Write a 10-15-page paper discussing one of the following: a subject of significant relevance to ethics in healthcare today or a debatable bioethical issue relevant to healthcare today. The 10-15-page limit does NOT include the title or reference pages. It must be written in APA format, typed using 12-point font, one-inch margins, and be double-spaced. Your paper will need to include an introduction including both a thesis statement and a purpose statement. Use references discussed in class and provided to you on Sakai to aid in the development of an argumentative thesis statement as well as the overall writing of an argument paper. Thesis statements for this paper should include "why, who, and what".

The paper will need to include the following components:

• Establish Thesis/Position and Purpose Statement

• Support Thesis using Ethical Theory and Principles

• Present and Defend Arguments Supporting Thesis using Research/Statistics

• Present Opposing Views and Theories using Research/Statistics

• Present Rebuttals to Opposing Arguments using Research/Statistics

• Include Faith Integration

• Include Value/Impact to Nursing using Code of Ethics, Social Policy Statement, NPA, and other related Professional and Organizational Positions

• Use of APA Format/Rules.