HCS 430 Week 2 Articles or Case Law Search Assignment
Find an article or a current legal case that involves one of the following issues:
- A critical regulatory issue in health care
- A critical regulatory issue specific to institutional health care
Write a 700- to 1,050-word analysis of the article or the legal case that explains how the issue relates to the nature, sources, and functions of the law.
| 700-1,050-word count | Article/Case Law Search/ grading rubric | |
| Content and Development | ||
| 1 | 700-1050 Word Analysis | Assignment is within the word count |
| 1 | Introduction provides sufficient background on the topic and previews major points | The introduction fluently and effectively provides background information to orient readers. Have you ever read a paper you were lost in the introduction? Do you believe that sometimes we fail to do an effective introduction in papers? |
| 1 | Article or current legal issues involves a critical regulatory issue in health care | Terrific response to the legal issues. Well done! What do you believe was the main idea value in the legal issues? |
| 1 | Issues relates to the nature sources, and functions of the law | Outstanding analysis of the issues that relates to the nature sources, and functions of the law! What do you believe was the main issue that related to the sources? |
| 1 | APA Citations – Learners are expected to adhere to APA citation guidelines. | Outstanding Citations skills |
| 1 | Has Identified and discussed recommendations that can be made. | Outstanding identification of the recommendations of the law. In the scheme of things was there more or less difficulty in the identification of the recommendation? Just thoughts! |
| 1 | Conclusion is logical, flows from the body of the paper, and reviews major points | Good closing statement that brings the entire analysis together – well done! In your opinion why is the conclusion important? |
| 1 = Excellent 2 = Good 3 = Average |
Writing & APA | |
| 1 | Title Page – Learners are expected to adhere APA guidelines when preparing a title page | Error-free title page – It reflected complete information |
| 1 | APA Manuscript Preparation – Learners are expected to adhere to the manuscript requirements (for example: double spacing, correct font, margins, indentation, Topic headings, double space between sentences, etc.) | Excellent manuscript skills |
| 1 | APA References – Learners are expected to adhere to APA reference guidelines. | Outstanding reference skills – No revisions needed |
| 1 | Writing Skill – Learners are expected to demonstrate proper spelling, and proofreading skills. | Excellent writing skills – no spelling, and/or proofreading writing errors. |
| Total | ||
| Percentage | ||
| plagiarism 5% | ||
| Late Paper Minus 10% Per Day | ||
| Total | ||
| Percentage After % |
The team will research and identify one article or a current legal case (for example, an issue that went to court to have the court determine the outcome) that involves one of the following issues:
HCS 430 Week 1 DQ 1: HCS 430 Week 2 Articles or Case Law Search Assignment
What is one example of the exercise of a health care administrative agency’s rulemaking function? Investigative function? Adjudicatory function?
HCS 430 Week 1 DQ 2
Who should be primarily responsible for the governing of health care delivery in the U.S., and what should the role of the government, if any, be?
HCS 430 Week 2 Prison Health Care Agency Paper (***** 1514 Words + APA Format + Abstract + Conclusion + References *****)
Identify a governmental agency that regulates prison health care.
Write a 1,400- to 1,750-word paper that explains the role and impact of the agency on prison healthcare. Answer the following questions about your chosen agency:
· What is the agency’s role?
· What is the agency’s impact on health care?
· What is an example of the agency carrying out its duties?
· What regulatory authority does the agency have in relation to health care?
· What is the agency’s process for accreditation, certification, and authorization?
Cite at least two sources.
HCS430 HCS/430 HCS 430 Week 2 Individual Assignment Regulatory Agency
HCS 430 HCS/430 HCS430 Week 2 Prison Health Care Agency Paper
HCS 430 Week 2 Individual Assignment
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.
