Analyzing a Current Health Care Problem or Issue
Write a 4-6 page analysis of a current problem or issue in health care, including a proposed solution and possible ethical implications.
1- Describe the health care problem or issue you selected for use in Assessment 2 and provide details about it.
• Explore your chosen topic. For this, you should use the first four steps of the Socratic Problem-Solving Approach to aid your critical thinking. This approach was introduced in Assessment 2.
• Identify possible causes for the problem or issue.
Staffing Shortages o Description: Healthcare systems often struggle with staffing shortages, leading to increased workloads for existing staff and potential impacts on patient care.
o Interventions: Recruitment campaigns, training programs, flexible scheduling.
o Keywords: Nurse-to-patient ratio, healthcare recruitment, workload.
2- Use scholarly information to describe and explain the health care problem or issue and identify possible causes for it.
• Identify at least three scholarly or academic peer-reviewed journal articles about the topic.
• Use scholarly or academic peer-reviewed journal articles published during the past 3–5 years that relate to your topic
You may find the applicable Undergraduate Library Research Guide helpful in your search.
• 3-Analyze the health care problem or issue.
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Describe the setting or context for the problem or issue.
Describe why the problem or issue is important to you.
Identify groups of people affected by the problem or issue.
Provide examples that support your analysis of the problem or issue.
4-Discuss potential solutions for the health care problem or issue.
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Describe what would be required to implement a solution.
Describe potential consequences of ignoring the problem or issue.
Provide the pros and cons for one of the solutions you are proposing.
5-Explain the ethical principles (Beneficence, Nonmaleficence, Autonomy, and
Justice) if potential solution was implemented.
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Describe what would be necessary to implement the proposed solution.
Explain 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.
Additional Requirements:
Your assessment should also meet the following requirements:
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Length: 4–6 typed, double-spaced pages, not including the title page and
reference page.
Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.
APA tutorial: Use the APA Style Paper Tutorial [DOCX] for guidance.
Written communication: Write clearly and logically, with correct use of
spelling, grammar, punctuation, and mechanics.
Using outside sources: Integrate information from outside sources into
academic writing by appropriately quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing,
following APA style.
References: Integrate information from outside sources to include at least
three scholarly or academic peer-reviewed journal articles and three in-text
citations within the paper.
APA format: Follow current APA guidelines for in-text citations of outside
sources in the body of your paper and also on the reference page.
Organize your paper using the following structure and headings: