Discuss Writing a Patient Protection
Discuss: Writing a Patient Protection
Question Description
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) Paper
Each student will complete an 800-1000 word (not including title and references pages) individual paper relating to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and the current policy controversies surrounding the healthcare system in the United States, including the recent removal of the Individual Health Insurance Mandate included in the Tax Bill of 2017.The charge is to focus on four major themes: 1) impact on nursing, 2) impact on uninsured individuals, 3) impact on insured individuals, and 4) impact on health care economics at the local and national levels. Students are expected to apply concepts and analytical understanding gained in course readings and videos to address these topics.
*No more than 15% of your paper should be found from online/other sources according to Turnitin’s plagiarism report.Pay attention to the Similarity Score generated!
A minimum of five references should be used no older than 2013.Two of these sources should be from a peer-reviewed article.This document must be placed in your portfolio after graded and corrected according to the professor’s suggestions.
Rubric for PPACA Paper
Criteria
Poor
(0 – 79%s)
Adequate
(80% – 89%)
Good
(90% – 100%)
Points earned/possible
Introduction:
Relevant introduction that synthesizes the focus of the paper (PPACA and themes)
Omits or fails to provide an introduction to the PPACA
Introduction is present, but does not fully synthesize an adequate introduction to the PPACA and paper
Introduces the paper, synthesizing the focus of the topic (PPACA and themes) in an above satisfactory manner
___/50
Discusses the relevance/impact of the PPACA to nursing
Omits or fails to address the relevance/impact on this subject
Provides some relevance/impact to nursing
Provides an above satisfactory relevance/impact to nursing
___/25
Discusses the relevance/impact of the PPACA on the uninsured
Omits or fails to address the relevance/impact on this subject
Provides some relevance/impact on the uninsured
Provides an above satisfactory relevance/impact on the uninsured
___/25
Discusses the relevance/impact of the PPACA on the insured
Omits or fails to address the relevance/impact on this subject
Provides some relevance/impact on the insured
Provides an above satisfactory relevance/impact on the insured
___/25
Discusses the relevance of the PPACA to health care economics at local and national levels
Omits or fails to address the relevance/impact to health care economics at local and national levels
Provides some relevance/impact to health care economics at local and national levels
Provides an above satisfactory relevance/impact to health care economics at local and national levels
___/25
Conclusion
Omits and/or fails to provide conclusion to paper
Omits and/or fails to summarize key points
Provides conclusion, but has difficulty summarizing key points
Provides above satisfactory conclusion to the paper, addressing key points fully.
___/50
Grammar and syntax
Grammar and syntax with significant errors
Some errors in grammar and syntax are noted
Grammar and syntax without errors
___/25
APA format (title page, headings, citations, reference(s) page, etc.)
Omits significant portions and/or fails to follow APA format
Uses elements of APA format, but many errors noted
Uses appropriate APA format consistently and accurately throughout paper
___/50
Comments:
Total
_____/275
Discussion: Writing a Patient Protection
You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.
Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.
Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.
The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.
ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CLASS
Discussion Questions (DQ)
Initial responses to the DQ should address all components of the questions asked, include a minimum of one scholarly source, and be at least 250 words.
Successful responses are substantive (i.e., add something new to the discussion, engage others in the discussion, well-developed idea) and include at least one scholarly source.
One or two sentence responses, simple statements of agreement or “good post,” and responses that are off-topic will not count as substantive. Substantive responses should be at least 150 words.
I encourage you to incorporate the readings from the week (as applicable) into your responses.
Weekly Participation
Your initial responses to the mandatory DQ do not count toward participation and are graded separately.
In addition to the DQ responses, you must post at least one reply to peers (or me) on three separate days, for a total of three replies.
Participation posts do not require a scholarly source/citation (unless you cite someone else’s work).
Part of your weekly participation includes viewing the weekly announcement and attesting to watching it in the comments. These announcements are made to ensure you understand everything that is due during the week.
APA Format and Writing Quality
Familiarize yourself with APA format and practice using it correctly. It is used for most writing assignments for your degree. Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for APA paper templates, citation examples, tips, etc. Points will be deducted for poor use of APA format or absence of APA format (if required).
Cite all sources of information! When in doubt, cite the source. Paraphrasing also requires a citation.
I highly recommend using the APA Publication Manual, 6th edition.
Use of Direct Quotes
I discourage overutilization of direct quotes in DQs and assignments at the Masters’ level and deduct points accordingly.
As Masters’ level students, it is important that you be able to critically analyze and interpret information from journal articles and other resources. Simply restating someone else’s words does not demonstrate an understanding of the content or critical analysis of the content.
It is best to paraphrase content and cite your source.
LopesWrite Policy
For assignments that need to be submitted to LopesWrite, please be sure you have received your report and Similarity Index (SI) percentage BEFORE you do a “final submit” to me.
Once you have received your report, please review it. This report will show you grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors that can easily be fixed. Take the extra few minutes to review instead of getting counted off for these mistakes.
Review your similarities. Did you forget to cite something? Did you not paraphrase well enough? Is your paper made up of someone else’s thoughts more than your own?
Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for tips on improving your paper and SI score.
Late Policy
The university’s policy on late assignments is 10% penalty PER DAY LATE. This also applies to late DQ replies.
Please communicate with me if you anticipate having to submit an assignment late. I am happy to be flexible, with advance notice. We may be able to work out an extension based on extenuating circumstances.
If you do not communicate with me before submitting an assignment late, the GCU late policy will be in effect.
I do not accept assignments that are two or more weeks late unless we have worked out an extension.
As per policy, no assignments are accepted after the last day of class. Any assignment submitted after midnight on the last day of class will not be accepted for grading.
Communication
Communication is so very important. There are multiple ways to communicate with me:
Questions to Instructor Forum: This is a great place to ask course content or assignment questions. If you have a question, there is a good chance one of your peers does as well. This is a public forum for the class.
Individual Forum: This is a private forum to ask me questions or send me messages. This will be checked at least once every 24 hours.
Discuss: Writing a Patient Protection