ANALYZE A CURRENT HEALTH CARE PROBLEM OR ISSUE Prepare For this assignment, you will analyze the current health care problem or issue of interest to you, which you used in the Week 4 assignment. You selected one of the problems or issues from the Assignment Topic Areas media resource. To explore the chosen topic, use the first four topics of the Socratic Problem-Solving Approach interactive for critical thinking that were introduced in the Week 4 assignment. Start by defining the health care problem or issue on the health care topic of your choice, 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 problems or issues. Describe the reasons that make the problems or issues important to you. Identify groups of people affected by the problems or issues. Discuss potential solutions for the problems or issues. 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 implications if the potential solution was implemented. Describe what would be necessary to implement the proposed solution. Provide examples from the literature to support the points you are making. Discuss the pros and cons of implementing the proposed solution from an ethical principle point of view. 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 4–6 typed, double-spaced pages, not including 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 AP.

1. ANALYZE A CURRENT HEALTH CARE PROBLEM OR
ISSUE
Prepare
For this assignment, you will analyze the current health care
problem or issue of interest to you, which you used in the Week
4 assignment. You selected one of the problems or issues from
the Assignment Topic Areas media resource.
To explore the chosen topic, use the first four topics of the
Socratic Problem-Solving Approach interactive for critical
thinking that were introduced in the Week 4 assignment. Start
by defining the health care problem or issue on the health care
topic of your choice, 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.

2. Analyze the problem or issue.
Describe the setting or context for the problems or issues.
Describe the reasons that make the problems or issues important
to you.
Identify groups of people affected by the problems or issues.
Discuss potential solutions for the problems or issues.
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 implications if the potential solution was
implemented.
Describe what would be necessary to implement the proposed
solution.
Provide examples from the literature to support the points you
are making.

3. Discuss the pros and cons of implementing the proposed
solution from an ethical principle point of view.
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 4–6 typed, double-spaced pages, not including
the title page and reference page.

4. 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
APA Style and Format
if needed.
Academic Honesty:
Submit a draft of your assignment to SafeAssign and make any
necessary changes before you submit it to your instructor for
grading.
Note:
Read the Analyze a Current Health Care Problem or Issue
Scoring Guide to fully understand how your paper will be
graded.
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
scoring guide would look like.

5. Submit the paper for evaluation by clicking on the assignment
title in the unit and uploading the paper as a Word document.
If you would like assistance in organizing your assignment, or if
you simply have a question about your assignment, please do
not hesitate to ask your instructor or the teaching assistants in
the
NHS Learner Success Lab
for guidance and suggestions. If you want more assistance with
writing, you can ask your instructor for a referral to a writing
coach.
SCORING GUIDE
Your Work will be evaluated using this criteria.
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Competencies Measured
By successfully completing this assignment, you will
demonstrate your proficiency in the following course
competencies:
Competency 1: Apply information literacy and library research
skills to obtain scholarly information in the field of health care.
Use scholarly information to explain a health care problem or
issue.
Competency 2: Apply scholarly information through critical
thinking to solve problems in the field of health care.

6. Analyze the problem or issue.
Discuss potential solutions for the problems or issues.
Competency 3: Apply ethical principles and academic standards
to the study of health care.
Explain the ethical implications if the potential solution was
implemented.
Competency 4: Communicate in a manner that is scholarly,
professional, and respectful of the diversity, dignity, and
integrity of others, and that is consistent with expectations for
health care professionals.
Produce text with minimal grammar, usage, spelling, and
mechanical errors.
Integrate into text appropriate use of scholarly sources,
evidence, and citation style.
Note:
Your instructor may use the
Writing Feedback Tool
when grading this assignment. The Writing Feedback Tool is

7. designed to provide you with guidance and resources to develop
your writing based on five core skills. You will find writing
feedback in the Scoring Guide for the assignment, once your
work has been evaluated. Learn more about the Writing
Feedback Tool on the course Tools and Resources page.