Write a 4-6 page analysis of a current problem or issue in health care, including a proposed solution and possible ethical implications.
- Describe the health care problem or issue you selected for use in Assessment 2 and provide details about it.
o 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.
o Identify possible causes for the problem or issue. - Use scholarly information to describe and explain the health care problem or issue and identify possible causes for it.
o 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 library for other articles.
You may find the applicable Undergraduate Library Research Guide helpful in your search.
o 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. - Analyze the health care problem or issue.
o Describe the setting or context for the problem or issue.
o Describe why the problem or issue is important to you.
o Identify groups of people affected by the problem or issue.
o Provide examples that support your analysis of the problem or issue. - Discuss potential solutions for the health care problem or issue.
o Describe what would be required to implement a solution.
o Describe potential consequences of ignoring the problem or issue.
o 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.
o Describe what would be necessary to implement the proposed solution.
o Explain the ethical principles that need to be considered (Beneficence, Nonmaleficence, Autonomy, and Justice) if the potential solution was implemented.
o Provide examples from the literature to support the points you are making.
