Kaplan MN507: Unit 9 Assignment

Abstract and Position Paper
Course outcomes addressed in this Assignment:

MN507-5: Discuss the role of health policy and
organizational structure on quality improvement within health care
environments.

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Directions
For this Assignment, Abstract and Position Paper, you will
search for a scholarly journal to publish to. You will follow your selected
journal’s guidelines for creating a position paper, except that your word count
(for the body section of your paper, which excludes the abstract, title page,
and references sections) will be 1200-1800 words. You will write an abstract
for your paper as if it were going to be published. (The abstract is not the
type of abstract you would submit in a paper but one you would write if
submitting a paper for publication.) If your selected journal has guidelines
for the abstract, follow those guidelines.

You must support your work with at least eight scholarly
peer reviewed articles. Your literature review must evaluate quantitative and
qualitative data from research articles. In addition, you must gather and
analyze data and make a valid assumptions based on reasoning.

You must also link to the journal’s publishing guidelines,
at the bottom of your paper. If there is no link, include a copy of the
publishing guidelines in an Appendix to your paper.

You will write your position paper on your chosen policy
change as if you were writing for your chosen journal. Your paper must include
the following topics:

Abstract per instructions
Current situation necessitating the change
The proposed policy change
Agenda setting
A model or theory that can be used to bring about the change
Design strategies
Implementation strategies
Evaluation strategies
Conclusion
This Assignment presents a great opportunity for you to hone
your writing skills and collaborate on working on an article for publication.
You do not have to actually publish the article, but you may want to continue
working with your group and your instructor to do so.

To view the Grading Rubric for this Assignment, please visit
the Grading Rubrics section of the Course Home.

Assignment Requirements
Before finalizing your work, you should:

be sure to read the Assignment description carefully (as
displayed above);
consult the Grading Rubric (under the Course Home) to make
sure you have included everything necessary; and
utilize spelling and grammar check to minimize errors.
Your writing Assignment should:

follow the conventions of Standard American English (correct
grammar, punctuation, etc.);
be well ordered, logical, and unified, as well as original
and insightful;
display superior content, organization, style,and mechanics;
and
use APAformat.
How to Submit
Submit your Assignment to the unit Dropbox before midnight
on the last day of the unit.