Court Standards

Question 1

Explore court standards, rules, and regulations and the differences among them for selecting and approving professional witnesses and determining admissibility of expert testimony. Use resources from professional literature and conduct research to support your responses. Professional literature may include relevant textbooks; peer-reviewed journal articles; and websites created by professional organizations, agencies, or institutions (.edu, .org, and .gov).

Write a 3- to 4-page paper, including the following:

• What standards are used by courts to determine who is an expert witness?
• What standards are used by courts to determine the admissibility of expert testimony?
• What are the differences between standards for sentencing, commitment, and competencies in civil and criminal courts?

 

Question 2

Write a story in essay form, minimum 750 words, about a moment in time that has impacted you greatly, or changed you, especially in terms of choosing the healthcare

Think about the story that you’re choosing to tell, and why it is meaningful. For example, maybe you wish to share the story of a relative’s heroic battle with cancer, and the nurse who did everything in his or her power to comfort and care for not only your relative, but the family members as well. The meaning of this story may be that it inspired you to become a nurse.

Note that you are not writing in pure short story format, but rather in Academic Essay Format, as we have learned about in week 3, with an introduction (to provide context for the story and its meaning, and the central idea of the story or the thesis statement); a body (to develop the main points of the story and present the emotional high point); and a conclusion (to tie the narrative back to that central idea presented in the introduction and offer the wisdom found it the story).