CONTEMPORARY ISSUES ANALYSIS
Using APA Style 6th Edition, develop a paper, 8 – 10 pages
maximum including references, which delineates and analyzes one contemporary
health related issue.
PART I
v From the current
news media, select a contemporary health related issue or trend or chronic
illness by the second week of class and follow it for the next four consecutive
weeks.
v Select one report
on your topic from each of the four weeks.
v Write a brief
summary of each of the four news reports.
v Analyze these four
news reports:
o What is the trend
or issue that they represent?
o In what way does
this issue or trend relate to primary & community health care?
o How does the media
represent the issue in each report?
o How does this
representation shape public opinion on this issue or trend?
PART II
v Conduct a
professional scholarly literature search (CINAHL or MEDLINE) on this issue or
trend within a historical context.
v Analyze the issue
in relation to any of these perspectives philosophical/ethical perspectives,
social/political concerns, economic considerations, and historical change.
v Identify your own
points of agreement or disagreement with these perspectives (listed in previous
bullet).
v Does this issue or
trend hold any significance for the profession of nursing?
PART III
v Compare your
analysis of this issue in the media reports with your analysis of this issue in
the professional nursing literature (if this is available).
v Identify the
similarities and differences
v Based on your
findings in this comparative analyses identify the implications for nurses or
nursing students, health care policy, and/or health care delivery systems.
DUE DATE:
November 14, 2017-Tuesday Section /November 15, 2017-Wednesday Section
CONTEMPORARY ISSUES ANALYSIS – GRADING CRITERIA
PART I
1.
Identification of contemporary health related issue. 5%
2. Summaries
of four reports and relevance.
10%
3. Analysis of
the four reports (Include all four components) 15%
PART II
4. Conduct a professional literature search
within an historical context
Submits a
copy of literature search
15%
5. Analyze the
issue or trend (Include all the necessary components) include in
this
analysis a discussion of your own points of agreement and/or disagreement
(Include
all the necessary components) 15%
6.
Significance to contemporary nursing
5%
PART III
7. Comparison
of the analysis of issue as presented in the media reports with
your
analysis of the issue or trend in the professional nursing literature.
Include in
this analysis the identification of similarities and differences. 15%
8.
Implications for nursing profession or students, health care delivery
system, etc
10%
9. Scholarly
writing and adherence to APA format (6th edition) 10%
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100%
