Your paper has to show some independent thinking. Try to come up with your own arguments, or your own way of elaborating or criticizing or defending some issue we looked at in this course. Merely summarizing what others have said won’t be enough.

Proposed Outline of a Discussion Paper

Introduction

· Briefly highlight the most salient points of your topic

· State your main thesis on the topic for discussion

Background

· Provide background information from the literature on your general topic area

Definition and Scope

· Provide a definition of your topic Outline the scope of the topic-does this affect all of Canada, or just your province or your health care region? Explain.

· How do nurses or the health care system factor into the topic?

Benefits and Challenges

· Describe the benefits to nurses or the health care system

· Describe the challenges that nurses [or other health care providers] face in this topic

· What does the literature say about the benefits and challenges?