1. The paper must be typed.
2. Use headings within the report when appropriate.
3. A table of contents page is necessary.
4. The paper should be between 5-10 pages in length.
5. Plan the paper carefully so as to develop an organized and non-redundant report. It should be organized and assembled as a continuous report and should not appear to be several independent segments bound together.
6. Please cite your sources using MLA or APA Format (the Writing Center can offer assistance if you do not know how to do this). Some other helpful sites include – http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/ (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site., http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/01/ (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site., http://www.cuyamaca.edu/tpagaard/EnglDept/Resources.htm (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Tentative Outline of the Business Plan:

1. With your new knowledge and understanding of business and entrepreneurship, you will now have the opportunity to create a plan for a new or existing business. Your plan should include:
2. Executive Summary. The business plan must begin with a one page summary that orients the reader as to the contents as well as to the major sections of the report. The summary, by itself, must provide enough information about the project so that the reader can judge simply by reading this portion if he or she wants to read further.
3. Introduction. This first segment should present a brief history of the organization and its local operations. Be brief and succinct, but make sure that the reader can obtain a perspective of the organization.
4. Suggested headings for your business plan include the following:

1. FORM OF BUSINESS OWNERSHIP (sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation)

1. ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE (ownership and management)

1. LICENSES NEEDED – such as contractors license, etc.

1. MARKETING PLAN – using the 4 P’s of marketing.

1. PRODUCT/SERVICE PLAN – What products/services being offered the first year.

1. ADVERTISING – What form of advertising will you use the first year?

1. OPERATION PLAN – location, will you make or buy your product.

1. SWOT ANALYSIS – Determine the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats that pertain to your business.

1. FINANCIAL PLAN – Make an income statement for the first year (please be realistic). Also include how you will acquire funding. YOU MUST HAVE A FINANCIAL PLAN – IT IS MANDATORY.

1. In conclusion, please explain why or why not you think your business will be a viable business opportunity. What solutions could you recommend? What timelines would you offer the company? Please justify your reasoning.

Write a 4-6 page analysis of a current problem or issue in health care, including a proposed solution and possible ethical implications.

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 real world problem.

Demonstration of Proficiency

By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:

• Competency 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: Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and respectful of the diversity, dignity, and integrity of others, and that is consistent with expectations for health care professionals.
  • 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

1. 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.
2. To explore your chosen topic, you should use the first four steps of the Socratic Problem-Solving Approach to aid your critical thinking. This approach was introduced in the second assessment.
3. Identify possible causes for the problem or issue.
4. Use scholarly information to explain the health care problem or issue.
5. 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.
6. Assess the credibility of the information sources.
7. Assess the relevance of the information sources.
8. Analyze the problem or issue.
   1. Describe the setting or context for the problems or issues.
   2. Describe why the problem or issue is important to you.
   3. Identify groups of people affected by the problem or issue.
9. Discuss potential solutions for the problem or issue.
   1. Compare your opinion with other opinions you find in sources from the Capella Library.
   2. Provide the pros and cons for one of the solutions you are proposing.
10. Analyze the ethical implications if the potential solution (the one for which you provide pros and cons) were to be implemented.
    1. Discuss the pros and cons of implementing the proposed solution from an ethical principle point of view.
    2. Provide examples from the literature to support the points you are making.
11. Describe what would be necessary 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

1. Length: At least 4–6 typed, double-spaced pages, not including the title page and reference page.
2. Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.
3. APA Template: Use the APA Style Paper Template [DOCX] as the paper format and the APA Style Paper Tutorial [DOC] for guidance.
4. Written communication: Write clearly and logically, with correct use of spelling, grammar, punctuation, and mechanics.
5. Using outside sources: Integrate information from outside sources into academic writing by appropriately quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing, following APA style.
6. 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.
7. 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. 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.

• Evaluate the importance of an internal environmental analysis for a health care organization. Determine three specific reasons why an internal analysis has become an important activity for health care organizations.
• Imagine you are the manager of a health care clinic. Recommend three tactics to increase the value of the services offered that would boost the health care organization’s competitive advantage. Include concepts from the weekly reading in the textbook or from peer-reviewed journal articles.

Choose three priority nursing diagnoses. The nursing care plan should include:

• What the diagnosis is related to?
• Evidence that supports the chosen nursing diagnoses.
• Planned outcomes that are patient-centered.
• Nursing interventions that are evidence-based and include rationales.
• How will you evaluate the effectiveness of the plan? Include an evaluation tool or rubric?

Grading Rubric:

Module 10 Course Project – Semester Project Completion

Scoring Rubric:

Criteria	Points
Describes the patient that is the subject of the project including diagnoses, medications, and history OR describes the community, its strengths and problems and the mental health issue that will be the subject of the paper.	4
Includes any substance abuse or violence issues for the patient or community	2
Discusses attempted interventions, what has been successful and what has not.	4
Describes own personal thoughts about the patient’s or community’s mental health issues.	4
Describes any cognitive concerns and possible interventions.	2
Writes a nursing care plan including three priority nursing diagnoses with r/t and AEB factors.	4
Includes outcomes in NOC language and interventions in NIC language with a plan for evaluation.	4
Identifies mental health resources that can be used with the patient or community. Includes an educational tool.	4
Supports answers using academic resources, with citations in APA format.	2
Total	30