Legal and Ethical Issues

Details: This week’s assignment will focus on legal and ethical issues.

In your text, Teaching in Nursing, the authors talk about student academic performance and legal/ethical issues in nursing education. Read the case scenario below and respond write a paper responding to the situation. Use APA 7th ed format, write a 2-3 page paper and discuss the issues identified in the questions as well as any concerning issues you see that may arise out of the situation. Support your responses with references.

A new faculty member is teaching a nursing course and several students in the class are failing the course. One day in class, the faculty member announced that the students who were failing the course may write a paper to bring their grade up to a 75, which would be passing. A student who was passing the class asked if they could write the paper to bring their grade up, and the faculty member responded that they were already passing the class, they did not need the points.
Address the situation from the perspective of the faculty member, the students who were failing, from the students who were passing, and for future faculty members who will have these students in class. Apply the content (legal, ethical, grievances, fairness etc.) in this week’s reading in your writing and address the following questions to address as well:-

What, if anything was right in this situation? Can the faculty member change the grading criteria during the semester? Is the syllabus, which identifies the course requirements, a contract with the students that can or cannot be changed? Identify the consequences. Support your responses with references.

Sources: You can use any of the posted articles and your books as references. Find at least two additional peer-reviewed nursing journal articles that relate to your area of focus.

APA

900 Words

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