Final Writing Assignment – Integration Project
Background
The
background for both project options is as follows:
You
are hired at a Catholic healthcare facility which was originally founded by the
Felician Sisters. The administration at your workplace is appreciative of your
efforts to complete your nursing degree and has received word that you have
taken Felician University’s RELS 310. They know that you bring with you a
holistic understanding of healthcare which includes integration of moral and
spiritual considerations.
Option #1: Patient Handbook for the Facility
Scenario
You
have been appointed the head of a committee that will author a new patient
handbook for the facility.
Assignment
For
your Final Integration Project, you will write an Introduction to the handbook,
and one article regarding the institution’s stance on a morally challenging
medical issue based on the Catholic-Christian understandings discussed in our
course.
You
will submit one Microsoft Word document of about five to six pages. The Works
Cited area at the end of the project does not count towards the total number of
pages.
Part 1) Handbook
Introduction: Catholic Social Teaching (CST) and Holistic Care
In
the introduction, discuss Catholic Social Teaching (CST) with emphasis on its
central theme: The Dignity of the Human Person. Explain how your healthcare
institution strives to provide holistic care to everyone it serves. Include a
discussion of how these concepts have been integrated into healthcare practice
from the founding of the institution to the present day. The introduction
should be about two pages and include two direct references from course
materials. This is not a
research assignment, where you need to locate and rely upon material
outside of the course. Integrate understandings from our course and refer
directly to course materials to explain how and why healthcare at your
institution holds CST and holistic care as priorities.
Part 2) Article regarding the ethical dimensions of one medical
dilemma from the Catholic Christian perspective
For
your handbook article, choose a morally challenging medical issue discussed in
our course which presents a dilemma for those deciding on possible medical
treatment options. (SUCH AS IS HEALTHCARE A HUMAN RIGHT?,) Define the medical
issue and explain the basics of Catholic-Christian teaching regarding the
medical treatment options in an article of about three pages. Provide a clear
and concise guide to inform patients and/or their families regarding the
Catholic-Christian ethical understandings of the dilemma and what types of
procedures would or would not be permissible at your institution. Provide two
or three references from the coursework including the texts and/or official
documents that explain Church teaching. Again, this is not a research paper.
Utilize resources from the course.
Textbook:
Sulmasy, D. P. (2006). The rebirth of the clinic an introduction to spirituality in health care. Georgetown University Press.
