Prepare
For this assignment, you will analyze the same current health care problem or issue topic area you selected for the Week 4 assignment. If you have not already done so, you must use this module to select your health care-related issue or problem based on the presented topic areas. To explore the chosen topic, use the first four topics of the Socratic Problem-Solving ApproachLinks to an external site. for critical thinking that were introduced in Week 4.
- Start by defining the health care problem or issue based on the selected health care topic.
- Then provide details about the problems or issues that are part of the chosen topic, and identify causes for the problems or issues.
- Identify at least three scholarly or academic peer-reviewed journal articles about the topic you are discussing by using articles found in the Week 4 assignment or searching the Capella library using the applicable undergraduate library research guide.
Write Your Paper
- Use scholarly information to explain a health care problem or issue.
- Assess the credibility of information sources.
- Assess the relevance of the information sources.
- Analyze the problem or issue.
- Describe the setting or context for the problem or issue.
- Describe the reasons that make the problem or issue important to you.
- Identify groups of people affected by the problem or issue.
- Discuss potential solutions for the problem or issue.
- Describe potential solutions.
- Compare and contrast your opinion with other opinions you find in sources from the Capella library.
- Provide the pros and cons for one of the solutions you are proposing.
- Explain the ethical principles (Beneficence, Nonmaleficence, Autonomy, and Justice) if potential solution was implemented.
- Describe what would be necessary to implement the proposed solution.
- Explains the ethical principles that need to be considered (Beneficence, Nonmaleficence, Autonomy, and Justice) if the potential solution was implemented
- Provide examples from the literature to support the points you are making.
Organize your paper using the following structure and headings:
- Title page. (A separate page.)
- Introduction. (A one-paragraph statement about the purpose of the paper.)
- Identify the elements of the problem or issue, or question.
- Analyze, define, and frame the problem or issue, or question.
- Consider solutions, responses, or answers.
- Choose a solution, response, or answer.
- Implementation of the potential solution.
- Conclusion. (One paragraph.)
Academic Requirements
Your paper should meet the following requirements:
- Length: Include at least 3–5 typed, double-spaced pages, in addition to the title page and reference page.
- Font and font size: Use Times New Roman, 12 point.
- Writing: Produce text with minimal grammar, usage, spelling, and mechanical errors.
- Sources: Integrate into text appropriate use of scholarly sources, evidence, and citation style.
- References: Use at least three scholarly or academic peer-reviewed journal articles and three in-text citations within the paper. Visit the Evidence and APALinks to an external site. page if needed.
Example assignment: You may use the Analyze a Current Health Care Problem or Issue Example Assignment [PDF] to give you an idea of what a Proficient or higher rating on the rubric would look like.
By successfully completing this assignment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and scoring guide criteria:
Competencies Measured
- Competency 1: Apply information literacy and library research skills to obtain scholarly information demonstrating a spirit of inquiry that fosters flexibility and professional maturity.
- Use scholarly information to explain a health care problem or issue.
- Competency 2: Apply scholarly information and clinical judgment identifying the impact of differing system structures, leadership, payment models, and workforce needs on health care outcomes.
- Analyze the problem or issue.
- Discuss potential solutions for the problem or issue.
- Competency 3: Apply ethical principles and academic standards to the study of health care embracing principles of diversity, equity, inclusion, and antidiscrimination.
- Explain the ethical principles (Beneficence, Nonmaleficence, Autonomy, and Justice) if potential solution was implemented.
- Competency 4: Write in appropriate tone and style, in accordance with Capella’s writing standards, while demonstrating professional and personal honesty and integrity.
- Produce text with minimal grammatical, usage, spelling, and mechanical errors.
- Integrate into text appropriate use of scholarly sources, evidence, and citation style.
View Rubric
| Analyze a Current Health Care Problem or Issue | ||
|---|---|---|
| Criteria | Ratings | Pts |
| Use scholarly information to explain a health care problem or issue. |
69 to >58.65 pts DISTINGUISHED Uses relevant scholarly information to explain a health care problem or issue, including the reasons that the chosen information helps to explain a health care problem or issue.
58.65 to >48.3 pts PROFICIENT Uses scholarly information to explain a health care problem or issue.
48.3 to >0 pts BASIC Identifies scholarly information that could explain a health care problem or issue.
0 pts NON_PERFORMANCE Does not identify scholarly information that could explain a health care problem or issue.
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/ 69 pts |
| Analyze the problem or issue. |
66 to >56.1 pts DISTINGUISHED Analyzes the problem or issue including definition, who is involved, and causes of the problem or issue.
56.1 to >46.2 pts PROFICIENT Analyzes the problem or issue.
46.2 to >0 pts BASIC Identifies a problem or issue.
0 pts NON_PERFORMANCE Does not identify a problem or issue.
|
/ 66 pts |
| Discuss potential solutions for the problem or issue. |
60 to >51 pts DISTINGUISHED Discusses potential solutions for the problem or issue, including potential consequences for ignoring the issue.
51 to >42 pts PROFICIENT Discusses potential solutions for the problem or issue.
42 to >0 pts BASIC Describes a potential solution for the problem or issue.
0 pts NON_PERFORMANCE Does not describe a potential solution for the problem or issue.
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/ 60 pts |
| Explain the ethical principles (Beneficence, Nonmaleficence, Autonomy, and Justice) if potential solution was implemented. |
45 to >38.25 pts DISTINGUISHED Explains the ethical principles (Beneficence, Nonmaleficence, Autonomy, and Justice) that need to be considered if potential solution was implemented and enriches the analysis with examples from the readings.
38.25 to >31.5 pts PROFICIENT Explains the ethical principles that need to be considered (Beneficence, Nonmaleficence, Autonomy, and Justice) if potential solution was implemented.
31.5 to >0 pts BASIC Mentions ethical principles (Beneficence, Nonmaleficence, Autonomy, and Justice) that need to be considered if the potential solution was implemented but does not explain them.
0 pts NON_PERFORMANCE Does not mention ethical principles (Beneficence, Nonmaleficence, Autonomy, and Justice) if the potential solution was implemented.
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/ 45 pts |
| Produce text with minimal grammatical, usage, spelling, and mechanical errors. |
30 to >25.5 pts DISTINGUISHED Produces text free of grammatical, usage, spelling, and mechanical errors.
25.5 to >21 pts PROFICIENT Produces text with minimal grammatical, usage, spelling, and mechanical errors.
21 to >0 pts BASIC Produces text with some grammatical, usage, spelling, and mechanical errors, making text difficult to follow at times.
0 pts NON_PERFORMANCE Produces text with significant grammatical, usage, spelling, and mechanical errors, making text difficult to follow.
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/ 30 pts |
| Integrate into text appropriate use of scholarly sources, evidence, and citation style. |
30 to >25.5 pts DISTINGUISHED Integrates into text appropriate use of scholarly sources, evidence, and citation style without errors and uses current reference sources.
25.5 to >21 pts PROFICIENT Integrates into text appropriate use of scholarly sources, evidence, and citation style.
21 to >0 pts BASIC Integrates into text mostly appropriate use of scholarly sources, evidence, and citation style, but there are lapses in style use.
0 pts NON_PERFORMANCE Does not integrate into text appropriate use of scholarly sources, evidence, and citation style.
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/ 30 pts |
| Total Points: 0 | ||
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