Note: The requirements outlined below correspond to the grading criteria in the scoring guide. At a minimum, be sure to address each point. In addition, you are encouraged to review the performance-level descriptions for each criterion to see how your work will be assessed.
1. Describe the health care problem or issue you selected for use in Assessment 2 and provide details about it.
· As you describe the topic you explored in Assessment 2, 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.
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.
· You may find the
How Do I Find Peer-Reviewed Articles? library guide helpful in locating appropriate references.
· You may use articles you found while working on Assessment 2 or you may search the Capella library for other articles.
· You may find the applicable Undergraduate Library Research Guide helpful in your search.
· Review the
Think Critically About Source Quality to help you complete the following:
· Assess the credibility of the information sources.
· Assess the relevance of the information sources.
3. Analyze the health care problem or issue.
· 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.
· 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.
· 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.
Example Assessment: You may use the following to give you an idea of what a Proficient or higher rating on the scoring guide would look like:
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Assessment 4 Example [PDF]
Download Assessment 4 Example [PDF].
