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nhs_fpx4000Unformatted Attachment PreviewAssessment 3 Instructions: 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.
Introduction In your health care career, you will be confronted with many problems that
demand a solution. By using research skills, you can learn what others are doing and saying
about similar problems. Then you can analyze the problem and the people and systems it
affects. You can examine potential solutions and their ramifications. This assessment allows
you to practice this approach with a realworld problem. Demonstration of Proficiency By
successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the
course competencies through the following assessment scoring guide criteria: • Discussion:
Improving Care Access in Rural Areas Elements of The Problem EssayCompetency 1: Apply
information literacy and library research skills to obtain scholarly information in the field of
health care. • • • Use scholarly information to describe and explain a health care problem or
issue and identify possible causes for it. Competency 2: Apply scholarly information through
critical thinking to solve problems in the field of health care. • Analyze a health care
problem or issue by describing the context, explaining why it is important and identifying
populations affected by it. • Discuss potential solutions for a health care problem or issue
and describe what would be required to implement a solution. Competency 3: Apply ethical
principles and academic standards to the study of health care. • • Analyze the ethical
implications if a potential solution to a health care problem or issue was implemented.
Competency 4: Discussion: Improving Care Access in Rural Areas Elements of The Problem
EssayWrite for a specific audience, in appropriate tone and style, in accordance with
Capella’s writing standards. • Write clearly and logically, with correct use of spelling,
grammar, punctuation, and mechanics. • Write following APA style for in-text citations,
quotes, and references. Instructions Note: The requirements outlined below correspond to

2. 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. 5. Describe the health care problem or
issue you selected for use in Assessment 2 (from the Assessment Topic Areas | Transcript
media piece) 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. 6. 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. o 7. 8. ▪
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. ▪
Discussion: Improving Care Access in Rural Areas Elements of The Problem EssayAssess the
relevance of the information sources. Analyze the health care problem or issue. o Describe
the setting or context for the problems or issues. 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. 9. Analyze the ethical implications
if the potential solution (the one for which you provide pros and cons) were to be
implemented. o Provide examples from the literature to support the points you are making.
o Discuss the pros and cons of implementing the proposed solution from an ethical principle
point of view. o Describe what would be required to implement the proposed solution.
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: • Assessment 3 Example [PDF].
Additional Requirements Your assessment should also meet the following requirements: •
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 template: Use the APA Style Paper
Template [DOCX] as the paper format and the APA Style Paper Tutorial [DOC] 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: • Title page. A separate page. •
Introduction. A brief one-paragraph statement about the purpose of the paper. • Elements
of the problem/issue. Identify the elements of the problem or issue or question. • Analysis.

3. Analyze, define, and frame the problem or issue. • Considering options. Consider solutions,
responses, or answers. • Solution. Choose a solution, response, or answer. • Ethical
implications. Ethical implications of implementing the solution. • Implementation.
Implementation of the potential solution. • Conclusion. One paragraph. If you would like
assistance in organizing your assessment, or if you simply have a question about your
assessment, do not hesitate to ask faculty or the teaching assistants in the NHS Learner
Success Lab for guidance and suggestions. Resources: Critical Thinking • Discussion:
Improving Care Access in Rural Areas Elements of The Problem EssayHow do you approach
a situation within your organization and apply critical thinking skills to analyze it? What are
the important skills you need for critical thinking? The following resources provide insights
into critical thinking: • Arli, S. K., Bakan, A. B., Ozturk, S., Erisik, E., & Yildirim, Z. (2017).
Critical thinking and caring in nursing students. International Journal of Caring Sciences,
10(1), 471–478. • Building Skills for Critical Thinking. • Critical Thinking. Think Critically
About Source Quality The questions below will help you determine if a source is credible. If
your instructor allows non-scholarly sources, such as trade publications or magazine
articles, look for sources that resemble scholarly articles in evidence, audience, and content.
Remember: Nearly every library search tool has an option to check a box that says
“Scholarly, peer-reviewed.” This option instantly weeds out less academic results such as:
magazines, newspapers, etc. It saves you time by retrieving only results from peer-reviewed
journals. For additional tips on the strengths and weaknesses of different types of sources,
see Sources: What can I use for my research? • • • • • Where was it published, posted, or
presented? What are the author’s credentials? Does it use quality sources and evidence?
What do other scholars say about this source? What is the audience for this source?
INFORMATION LITERACY IN THE WORKPLACE See how search skills can help advance
your career. View the media. Analyzing a Current Health Care Problem or Issue Scoring
Guide CRITERIA NONPERFORMANCE BASIC PROFICIENT DISTINGUISHED Use scholarly
information to describe and explain a health care problem or issue and identify possible
causes for it. Does not use scholarly information to describe or explain a health care
problem or issue or identify possible causes for it. Describes a health care problem or issue
but does not explain it, or identifies possible causes for a problem or issues but the
identification is incomplete or inaccurate. Uses scholarly information to describe and
explain a health care problem or issue and identify possible causes for it. Uses scholarly
information to describe and explain a health care problem or issue and identify possible
causes for it, and indicates which causes are the most likely. Discussion: Improving Care
Access in Rural Areas Elements of The Problem EssayAnalyze a health care problem or issue
by describing the context, explaining why it is important and identifying populations
affected by it. Does not analyze a health care problem or issue by describing the context,
explaining why it is important and identifying populations affected by it. Identifies a health
care problem or issue but does not analyze it. Analyzes a health care problem or issue by
describing the context, explaining why it is important and identifying populations affected
by it. Analyzes a health care problem or issue by describing the context, explaining why it is
important and identifying populations affected by it, and provides examples that support
the analysis. Discuss potential solutions for a health care Does not discuss potential

4. solutions for a health care problem or Incompletely or inaccurately discusses potential
solutions for Discusses potential solutions for a health care problem or issue and Discusses
potential solutions for a health care problem or issue, describes CRITERIA
NONPERFORMANCE BASIC PROFICIENT DISTINGUISHED problem or issue and describe
what would be required to implement a solution. issue and describe what would be
required to implement a solution. a health care problem or issue and what would be
required to implement a solution. describes what would be required to implement a
solution. Discussion: Improving Care Access in Rural Areas Elements of The Problem
Essaywhat would be required to implement a solution, and describes potential
consequences of ignoring the problem or issue. Analyze the ethical implications if a
potential solution to a health care problem or issue was implemented. Does not analyze the
ethical implications if a potential solution to a health care problem or issue was
implemented. Identifies ethical implications if a potential solution to a health care problem
or issue was implemented but does not analyze the implications. Analyzes the ethical
implications if a potential solution to a health care problem or issue was implemented.
Analyzes the ethical implications if a potential solution to a health care problem or issue
was implemented and uses examples from the literature to support the analysis. Write
clearly and logically, with correct use of spelling, grammar, punctuation, and mechanics.
Does not write clearly and logically, with correct use of spelling, grammar, punctuation, and
mechanics. Writes clearly and logically, with correct use of spelling, grammar, punctuation,
and mechanics with some errors and lapses. Writes clearly and logically, with correct use of
spelling, grammar, punctuation, and mechanics. Writes clearly and logically, using evidence
to support a central idea, with correct use of spelling, grammar, punctuation, and
mechanics; and ensures the paper contains supporting examples for the main points.
CRITERIA NONPERFORMANCE Write following APA style for in-text citations, quotes, and
references. Discussion: Improving Care Access in Rural Areas Elements of The Problem
EssayDoes not write following APA style for in-text citations, quotes, and references. BASIC
Writes following APA style for in-text citations, quotes, and references with some errors and
lapses. PROFICIENT DISTINGUISHED Writes following APA style for in-text citations,
quotes, and references. Writes following APA style for in-text citations, quotes, and
references without errors, and uses current reference sources. Running head: ANALYZE A
CURRENT HEALTH CARE PROBLEM OR ISSUE Analyze a Current Health Care Problem or
Issue Learner’s Name Capella University Developing a Health Care Perspective Analyze a
Current Health Care Problem or Issue March, 2018 Copyright ©2018 Capella University.
Copy and distribution of this document are prohibited. 1 ANALYZE A CURRENT HEALTH
CARE PROBLEM OR ISSUE 2 Analyze a Current Health Care Problem or Issue Patient safety,
as discussed in the previous assessment, is an important element of quality health care. This
assessment will expand upon patient safety issues that occur when patients are exposed to
inadvertent harm or injury while receiving medical care. Health care organizations should
maintain and develop a safety culture to prevent patient safety issues. Patient safety culture
is defined as a system that promotes safety by shared organizational values of what is
important and beliefs about how things work. It also encompasses how these values and
beliefs interact with the work unit, organizational structures, and systems to produce

5. behavioral norms (Ulrich & Kear, 2014). As such, care should be taken to improve the
infrastructure of health care organizations. Improving patient safety should be discussed
and addressed by every individual associated with public health care. Elements of the
Problem/Issue Research shows that while getting treated at health care organizations,
patients might be at risk of experiencing the harm or injuries associated with medical care.
Discussion: Improving Care Access in Rural Areas Elements of The Problem EssayThe most
likely causes of patient safety issues are preventable adverse events, which are adverse
events attributable to error. These errors can be classified as diagnostic errors, contextual
errors, and communication errors (Ulrich & Kear, 2014). Diagnostic errors take place when
health care professionals provide a wrong or delayed diagnosis or no diagnosis at all
(James, 2013). An example of a wrong diagnosis is a health care professional diagnosing a
patient with gastric troubles when the patient is actually experiencing a heart attack. An
example of a delayed diagnosis is a patient not being notified of an abnormal chest X-ray,
thereby delaying diagnosis of a serious medical condition. An example of a missed diagnosis
is a patient not being diagnosed with heart failure despite warning symptoms. Copyright
©2018 Capella University. Copy and distribution of this document are prohibited. ANALYZE
A CURRENT HEALTH CARE PROBLEM OR ISSUE 3 Contextual errors occur when health care
professionals fail to consider their patients’ personal or psychological limitations while
planning appropriate care for them. An example is a health care professional’s failure to
recognize that basic follow-up discharge instructions may not be understood by patients
with cognitive disabilities (James, 2013). It is important for health care professionals to be
aware of their patients’ mental and physical abilities before they formulate a plan of care.
Communication errors occur when there is miscommunication or lack of communication
between health care professionals and patients (James, 2013). They can cause severe harm
to Comment [A1]: Discussion: Improving Care Access in Rural Areas Elements of The
Problem EssayYou provided a clear explanation regarding the problem investigated. The
possible causes were explored. patients. An example of this is a nurse failing to tell a
surgeon that a patient experienced abdominal pain and had a drop in red blood cell count
after an operation, resulting in the death of the patient due to severe internal bleeding.
Limited health care knowledge; language barriers; and auditory, visual, and speech
disabilities could also lead to communication errors and cause safety issues. Analysis As a
medical transcriptionist, it is important for me to be aware of potential transcription errors
and privacy standards, which affect patient safety. Errors like these pose dangerous risks;
therefore, it is necessary to have an overall quality evaluation of the transcribed documents.
Also, I must ensure that serious difficulties in transcription resulting from poor-quality
voice files are reported immediately to the manager, who will then convey this to the health
care professionals involved in the process. This will help ensure that patient safety is not
compromised. Context for Patient Safety Issues Copyright ©2018 Capella University. Copy
and distribution of this document are prohibited. Comment [A2]: Which error classification
describes these errors? Add this information to add continuity. ANALYZE A CURRENT
HEALTH CARE PROBLEM OR ISSUE 4 With the advancement of medical technology, health
care processes have become extremely complex. Health care professionals are required to
stay up-to-date with a lot of new knowledge and innovations obtained from research. This

6. often overburdens them as there is a need to apply the learning from research in their
practice. Also, at the individual level, there is a dearth of wellbalanced continuing education
programs, which has resulted in a lack of attention to patient safety among health care
professionals. At the system level, organizations fail to deliver optimum health care as a
result of being understaffed, an inability to provide appropriate technology, and ineffective
execution of patient care transfer (James, 2013). Overcrowding and understaffing delays
initiation of treatment and puts critically ill patients at significant risk. All of these factors
contribute to a rise in patient safety issues. Comment [A3]: Discussion: Improving Care
Access in Rural Areas Elements of The Problem EssayYou effectively indicated which causes
were the most likely to create safety issues. Populations Affected by Patient Safety Issues
Patients with a psychiatric history are also a vulnerable group of people who face patient
safety issues because their psychiatric records are often combined with their current
symptoms. Patients with a documented history of psychiatric illness may avoid seeking
health care services as they feel that their care will be based on their past record of illnesses
and not their present needs. Therefore, psychotherapists should implement measures such
that their psychiatric data is concealed from their medical records before it is shared with
the third party, which helps protect patients’ confidentiality (Shenoy & Appel, 2017).
Considering Options Patient safety in hospitals can be achieved by creating a culture of
safety that involves effective communication, correct managerial leadership styles, and the
use of Electronic Health Records (EHRs). Copyright ©2018 Capella University. Copy and
distribution of this document are prohibited. Comment [A4]: This section was very
informative about special populations, but it would be of value to also include the general
populations discussed earlier in this paper (such as public health patients and hospital
patients). ANALYZE A CURRENT HEALTH CARE PROBLEM OR ISSUE 5 Effective
communication while passing patient-specific information from one health care
professional to another is essential in ensuring continuous and safe patient care. Training
the team could likely improve consistent successful communication and help prevent
errors. Standardizing critical content that needs to be communicated by the initial health
care professional ensures safe transfer of care (Farmer, 2016). It is essential for leadership
teams to adopt organizational strategies that would improve patient safety and transform
their organizations into reliable systems for enhanced patient satisfaction. They should set
strategic safety goals, which could include adhering to standards of health, assessing
quality, using patient satisfaction reviews, and analyzing adverse event reports to
determine improvement in safety issues (Parand, Dopson, Renz, & Vincent, 2014). An EHR
is another potential solution to prevent patient safety …