This guide is for NURS 519 Week 7 Ethical Dilemma Paper, start to submission. The largest item in NURS 519: an end-of-life ethical dilemma worked through every step of the course's decision-making model, with 5 recent peer-reviewed articles.
NURS 519 is Strategies for End of Life Care, 3 credit hours, in Liberty University's MSN. Canvas and the course guide file print the code as NURS519; it is the same course.
| Course | NURS 519 Strategies for End of Life Care |
|---|---|
| Module/Week | 7 |
| Points | 200 points |
| Length | Not set in the guide; follow every step of the model in full |
| Sources | At least 5 peer-reviewed journal articles written within the past 5 years |
| Faith integration | Not required by the guide |
| Format | Current APA |
What NURS 519 Week 7 Ethical Dilemma Paper asks for
Using the course's Decision Making Model, you select an ethical dilemma related to the course and write a paper that follows each step of the model. It must use at least five current peer-reviewed journal articles (written within the past five years), cited in current APA. It is due in Module/Week 7 and worth 200 points.
Where it fits in NURS 519
In the published schedule, Ethical Dilemma Paper is one of 10 graded written assignments in NURS 519. It follows Week 6 Research Article and comes before Week 8 Questions and Answers 2.
How NURS 519 Week 7 Ethical Dilemma Paper is graded
Liberty grades Ethical Dilemma Paper with the rubric attached to the assignment in Canvas, worth 200 points in the published guide. That is about 20% of the course's 1,010 points. Open the rubric before you draft and read across each row: the top column describes what full credit looks like, and the gap between columns tells you what costs points.
Course grades in NURS 519 use Liberty's point scale: an A is 940 to 1010 points of the course total. Missing the length or source minimum usually costs points on several rows at once, which is why the checklist below starts with them.
Timing in the published guide: Each course module/week begins on Monday morning at 12:00 a.m. (ET) and ends on Sunday night at 11:59 p.m. (ET). The final module/week ends at 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Friday. Check the due dates in your Canvas section, which govern.
The NURS 519 Week 7 method, step by step
Turn the instructions into an outline
Paste the Ethical Dilemma Paper instructions and rubric into a document and turn every required element into a heading. In NURS 519 the rubric is the grading contract, so the outline should mirror it before you write a sentence.
Narrow the topic until it fits the length
Size the topic to the length (Not set in the guide; follow every step of the model in full). A focused question about one population, policy or problem gives you room to analyze; a broad survey leaves room only to describe.
Collect sources before drafting
Build the source list before the draft (At least 5 peer-reviewed journal articles written within the past 5 years). A short evidence table (who, when, what they found, which section it serves) prevents the late scramble for citations that weakens most papers.
Write a thesis that the sections prove
Draft the thesis before the body. A NURS 519 paper reads as organized when each heading answers part of the thesis, and as a list of facts when it does not.
Draft section by section, analysis first
Write each section to answer its rubric row, then add the analysis: what the evidence means, where sources disagree, and what follows for practice. Description supports the analysis; it cannot replace it.
Format and check against the rubric
Apply current APA (title page, running format, headings, in-text citations matched to the reference list) and then read the paper once against the rubric, row by row, before you submit.
A structure for NURS 519 Week 7 Ethical Dilemma Paper
Word targets are planning numbers for about 1,800 words of body text, set by the length in the guide; the rubric decides where to spend more.
| Section | What it must do | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction | Introduce the topic, why it matters, and end with the thesis. | ~230 words |
| Background | Give the context, definitions and scope the reader needs. | ~310 words |
| Analysis | Answer the main questions in the instructions with evidence, weighed. | ~700 words |
| Application | Say what the analysis means for practice, policy or the organization. | ~350 words |
| Conclusion | Answer the thesis directly and name one limitation or next step. | ~200 words |
A topic angle that works
Choose a true dilemma, where two good principles conflict: honoring a patient's refusal of nutrition against a family's wish to continue, or a request for palliative sedation. Then let each step of the model have its own heading, so the grader can see every step was followed.
Model paragraph with notes
An original paragraph written by our desk to show the register that earns full rubric credit. It is study material: learn the moves, then write your own.
Three options are open to the team: continue tube feeding as the family asks, stop it as the patient's advance directive states, or hold a time-limited trial while the family meets with the palliative team.1 The advance directive, written when the patient had capacity, carries the strongest ethical weight under respect for autonomy, and studies of artificial nutrition in advanced dementia show no gain in survival or comfort.2 A short time-limited trial would honor the directive while giving the family time to accept it, which makes it the best option at this step of the model.3
- Lays out realistic options, as a decision model requires.
- Weighs them with a principle and with evidence.
- Chooses one and says why, completing the step.
Mistakes that cost points on NURS 519 Week 7
- Skipping steps of the model.
- A dilemma with an obvious answer.
- Fewer than five recent peer-reviewed articles.
Checklist before you submit
- Length: Not set in the guide; follow every step of the model in full
- Sources: At least 5 peer-reviewed journal articles written within the past 5 years
- Title page and reference page in current APA format
- Headings follow the order of the instructions
- Each rubric row read against the section that answers it
Questions students ask
What model is used in the NURS 519 ethical dilemma paper?
The guide says to use the Decision Making Model provided in the course and follow each of its steps.
How many points is NURS 519 Week 7 Ethical Dilemma Paper worth?
200 points in Liberty's published course guide for NURS 519, out of a course total of 1,010 points (about 20% of the grade). The rubric attached to the assignment in Canvas shows how those points are divided.
Is NURS 519 Week 7 the same in every section of NURS 519?
This guide follows Liberty's published course guide for NURS 519. Liberty notes that course content can change from term to term, so if your Canvas section shows different instructions, a different week or different points, follow Canvas and your instructor.
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