A major paper composing 25% of the course grade, on health care, policy, politics, finance, and regulatory environments is part of the evaluation of new learning. The paper is a professional review on Bitter Pill: Why Medical Bills Are Killing Us | TIME.com, (article have been uploaded). A Special Feature Issue from Time Magazine. Health care is complex industry. In this course we have focused on the aspect of health care, policy, politics, finance and regulatory environments. Each student will select one topic of interest from the article (Changing Our Choices on page 27 of 28). Discuss the issue selected. Identify the interest to the writer. Investigate the issue. Identify the impact on nursing & society, identify a policy change to improve the health and well-being of society. Draw a conclusions about the issue. Critical thinking and synthesis of knowledge must be evident in the paper. A document of three to five pages excluding references is expected to fully explore the issue and draw a conclusion that is evident of senior college work. The paper will be written in APA format. College level writing is expected, with attention to grammar, vocabulary, sentence structure, and spelling. Please cite the article attached as a reference, please include a written policy as my instructor stressed this as one of the requirements, pay attention to formatting and APA requirement, my Professor is a stickler on this.
