1. Describe the health care problem or issue you
selected
o 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.
o 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.
o Identify at least three scholarly or academic
peer-reviewed journal articles about the topic.
§ 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.
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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.