The student will write a position paper. A position paper is an essay that presents an arguable
opinion about an issue (health insurance, marijuana medicinal use, guns, etc.). Students can write on
any topic of interest, but it should be related to healthcare (directly or indirectly). The student must
share the selected topic of this week’s assignment and explain their position on the topic to their
DNP mentor.
This assignment provides documentation of student ability to meet the following course outcomes.
Summarize a health-related issues, then take a position on the issue. (EOPSLO’s I, II, III, V,
VI, VII, VIII)
Integrate interprofessional collaboration and the DNP indirect care role across diverse
healthcare settings. (EOPSLO’s II III, V, VI, VII, VIII)
Utilize DNP leadership strategies for advancing healthcare policy in selected healthcare
systems change. (EOPSLO’s II III, V, VI, VII, VIII)
APA format and effective writing are required for the paper. Use your APA manual or
Purdue Owl to check and correct your formatting. Use Grammarly, Tutor Source, and the
grammar and spelling check on your Word Processor and criteria for effective writing to
assure that your paper has been well written.
Create your manuscript using the version of Microsoft Word. You can tell that the document
is saved as an MS Word document because it will end in “.docx.”
Follow the directions and grading criteria closely. Any questions about this paper may be
posted under the Q & A Forum.
The length of the project report is to be no fewer than four and no greater than six pages,
excluding the title page and reference pages.
This paper will be submitted through Turnitin. A Turnitin similarity score of 20% or less is
expected.
A minimum of 6 current scholarly references that are 5 years old or less.
The textbook required for this course may be used as a reference for this assignment but does
not count towards the required minimum number of scholarly references.
I will attach template of the assigned paper.
