NR506 Healthcare Policy
Week 1 Discussion
The Four
Spheres of Political Action in Nursing
Please
discuss the four spheres of political action in nursing. In addition, please
develop a brief argument sharing how these spheres are interconnected and overlapping
by applying an example from your practice.
What are some ethical considerations here?
NR506 Healthcare Policy
Week 2 Discussion
Policy-Priority
Selection
Identify
your selected healthcare concern in your city or state that needs your advocacy
with an elected official. What is the impetus and rationale for your selection?
What is your solution to this concern? Describe the model of policy making that
you feel would be best applied to your policy concern and the rationale for
selecting this model.
NR506 Healthcare Policy
Week 3 Discussion
Effective
Coalition Leadership
Locate a
state or national coalition advocating for your approved healthcare policy
concern. Who are the coalition partners and is there an identified leader? Can
you identify successes indicating strong leadership? What can you add to the
content for your upcoming interview from the work of this coalition?
NR506 Healthcare Policy
Week 4 Discussion
Challenges
in Lobbying Strategies
Discuss the
best approach for meeting and communicating with your selected elected official
for your healthcare concern. What is your rationale for this approach?
NR506 Healthcare Policy
Week 5 Discussion
Drivers of
High Performance Healthcare Systems
Select two
drivers (for example quality, cost, and access) of high performance healthcare
systems and apply it to your current work situation. The application could
demonstrate the presence of the driver in a positive manner or it could
acknowledge the presence of a concern.
NR506 Healthcare Policy
Week 6 Discussion
Using the
Media
Given the
power of the media, discuss how you would use an opinion editorial, a personal
interview, websites, texting, Facebook, Twitter, and/or blogs to influence
public opinion relative to your policy priority. What concerns about media and
electronic social networking do you need to consider? Why?
NR506 Healthcare Policy
Week 7 Discussion
RN as
Healthcare Policy Leader
As a health
policy professional leader, communicating with lay audiences is an important
skill in promoting the health of the community for master prepared registered
nurses. Develop a concise position statement reflecting the research findings
and recommendations by experts as they relate to workplace support for breast
feeding mothers, medical marijuana services in the community, genetic testing
or applications of stem cell research, transgender care, abortion, end-of-life
care, or a community service
administered by Family Nurse Practitioners (if you pick this one be specific
about the type of community service the FNP would work in or manage).
NR506 Healthcare Policy
Week 8 Discussion
Reflection Global
Policy Reform
Reflect on
the concepts and practices you have learned in NR506 on healthcare systems,
politics, and health policy. Read the article that is linked below and share
insights as how to make informed decisions on nursing practice and patient
outcomes on a global basis. In addition,
state how you will apply what you have learned in this course to your upcoming
practicum experience.
Read the
article by:
Ding, D.
Lawson, K. D. Kolbe-Alexander, T. L., Finkelstein, E. A., Katzmarzyk, P. T.,
van Mechelen, W. & Pratt, M. (2016). The economic burden of physical
inactivity: A global analysis of major non-communicable diseases. The Lancet,
388(10051), 1311-1324. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)30383-X
NR506 Healthcare Policy
Week 2 Assignment
Identification
of Healthcare Policy Concern
PURPOSE
In this course, the students will have the
opportunity to identify a healthcare policy concern and community healthcare
concern which can be improved with a change in policy, ordinance or the
language in existing law. The outcome would be the potential for improved
health for a population group. Students
will present a proposed solution or change to an elected official, and provide
an analysis of the project. While
students are not responsible for
ensuring the implementation of their identified solution to the healthcare
policy concern, the student is required to meet with an elected official to
present the concern and proposed resolution.
The purpose of this current assignment is to identify the
community-based healthcare policy concern and provide an extensive
evidenced-based foundation for proposing a policy change to an elected
official.
COURSE
OUTCOMES
This
assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes:
CO 1.
Employ strategies to impact the development, implementation, and consequences
of holistic focused healthcare policies at the institutional, local, national,
and international levels using evidence-based practice principles. (PO 1)
CO 3.
Demonstrate professional and personal growth regarding the advocacy role of the
advance practice nurse in healthcare policy for diverse healthcare
settings. (PO 3)
CO 5. Advocate for institutional, local, national,
and international policies that influence person-centered healthcare,
consumers, and nursing practice. (PO 5)
REQUIREMENTS
Description
of the Assignment
For this
assignment, the student must first select a healthcare policy concern. The concern must be a community-based, public
health policy concern. Student may not
use healthcare entities or organizational concerns occurring within a private
or public healthcare facility. Scholarly
evidence supporting the concern must be presented that provides a comprehensive
picture of the selected healthcare concern as well as the student-identified
solution. The elected official whom the
student will interview is also identified in this paper.
Criteria
for Content
1. Overview of healthcare policy: This
section introduces healthcare policy. It should contain the following elements:
• Define healthcare policy in general
and its implications for the nursing profession
• Define the role of advocacy and how
it can impact healthcare policy
• Explain how the role of advocacy is
consistent with the responsibilities of an advance practice nurse
2. Identification of selected
healthcare policy concern: This section
provides foundational information regarding the student-selected healthcare
policy concern. It should contain the following
elements:
• Specifically identify the selected
healthcare policy concern
• Description of the impacted
population group
• Provide a comprehensive description
of the selected healthcare concern by including:
o How frequently does it occur?
o What impact does the selected
healthcare concern have upon the community and population group?
3. Description of student-identified
solution to the selected healthcare concern:
This section presents a comprehensive picture of the student-selected
solution to the selected healthcare concern.
It should contain the following elements:
• Identify, with specific detail, the
solution to the student-selected healthcare concern
• Identify the following areas:
o What would be the positive outcome
if the solution was implemented?
o What changes would need to occur in
the community to foster implementation?
o What changes would need to occur in
the population group to foster implementation?
o What measureable actions will
demonstrate a positive outcome if the solution was implemented?
o What might be 2 (two) challenges to
implementing the proposed solution and how can each of these challenges be
avoided or resolved?
4. Identification of elected
official: This section identifies the
elected official that the student will present the selected healthcare concern
and its solution to. It should contain
the following elements:
• The name of the elected official
• The position of the elected
official
• Explanation of why this individual
was selected
5. Conclusion: This section provides a comprehensive and
concise review of the key elements of the assignment.
Preparing
the Assignment
Criteria
for Format and Special Instructions
1. The paper (excluding the title page
and reference page) should be at least 6, but no more than 10 pages. Points
will be lost for not meeting these length requirements.
2. Title page, running head, body of
paper, and reference page must follow APA guidelines as found in the 6th
edition of the manual. This includes the use of headings for each section of
the paper except for the introduction where no heading is used.
3. A minimum of 6 (six) appropriate
research-based scholarly references must be used of which 2 may be empirical
evidence from state and county website data… (Check with your instructor
regarding .org or .gov sites). Required
textbook for this course, dictionary and Chamberlain College of Nursing lesson
information may NOT be used as scholarly references for this assignment. For additional assistance regarding scholarly
nursing references, please see “What is a scholarly source” located in the
Course Resources tab. Be aware that
information from .com websites may be incorrect and should be avoided. References are current - within a 5-year time
frame unless a valid rationale is provided and the instructor has approved them
prior to submission of the assignment.
4. Ideas and information from
scholarly, peer reviewed, nursing sources must be cited must be cited within
the text of the paper as well as appearing in the reference list with correct
APA format.
5. Rules of grammar, spelling, word
usage, and punctuation are followed and consistent with formal, scientific
writing.
6. This assignment must be submitted to
TurnItIn™, as required by the TurnItIn™ policy.
A Similarity Index of 24% or less must be obtained; this is the
benchmark for CCN graduate nursing students.
Any other level of similarity index requires the student to revise the
assignment before the due date and time.
To allow sufficient time for revision, early submission of the
assignment to TurnItIn™ is highly encouraged.
The final submission will be graded by faculty. If a TurnItin™ report indicates that
plagiarism has occurred, the Academic Integrity policy will be followed.
NR506 Healthcare Policy
Week 4 Assignment
Preparation
of Presentation to Elected Official
PURPOSE
The purpose
of this assignment is to prepare for the professional presentation to an
elected official of the selected healthcare concern and the proposed
solution. This includes the
identification of communication strategies as well as development of
presentation content.
REQUIREMENTS
Description
of the Assignment
For this
assignment, the focus is preparation for the presentation to the selected
elected official regarding the healthcare concern and the proposed
resolution. A video presentation of the
healthcare concern and its proposed resolution will be prepared and
presented. Following completion of this,
a written self-evaluation is required.
Criteria
for Content
1. Video Presentation:
Content: The video presentation
is to include the following elements:
• Introduction of self
• Presentation of healthcare policy
concern
• Presentation of student identified
solution to the healthcare policy concern
• Summary
Evaluation
of video presentation includes the following elements:
• Content:
o Introduction of self
o Presentation of healthcare policy
concern
o Presentation of student identified
solution to the healthcare policy concern
o Summary
o Information is relevant to
healthcare concern and its solution
• Method of Delivery:
o Effective opening
o Stayed connected to audience
o Grammar was correct
• Style of Delivery:
o Eye contact
o Voice clarity
o Gestures
o Appearance
2. Paper Content:
• Overview of the healthcare policy
concern and solution: This section provides a concise but comprehensive
overview of the healthcare policy as well as the solution. Required content includes:
• Identification of the healthcare
policy
• Identification of the student
identified solution
• Relevance to the community or
population group
• Identification of communication
techniques: This section requires the delineation of communication techniques
useful to the upcoming presentation to the selected elected official. Required content includes:
• Identification of the selected
elected official and position
• Rationale for the selection
• Identification of 4 (four)
beneficial communication/presentation techniques
• Providing scholarly resources that
support the use of the identified communication techniques
• Self-evaluation of video
presentation: This section provides an
opportunity for self-evaluation of the video recording. The student must self-evaluate oneself in
each major content area by identifying one positive and one area to improve
(i.e. content, method of delivery, and style of delivery):
o Content:
? Introduction of self
? Presentation of healthcare policy
concern
? Presentation of student identified
solution to the healthcare policy concern
? Summary
? Information is relevant to
healthcare concern and its solution
o Method of Delivery:
? Effective opening
? Stayed connected to audience
? Grammar was correct
o Style of Delivery:
? Eye contact
? Voice clarity
? Gestures
? Appearance
• Conclusion: This section requires a
summary of the key points from the video and paper assignment.
Preparing
the Assignment
Criteria
for Format and Special Instructions:
1. The video presentation will be
recorded via the use of Voice Thread located within the course on the initial
page in the left column.
2. The video presentation will last a
minimum of 3 minutes and no longer than 5 minutes.
3. The paper (excluding the title page
and reference page) should be at least 2, but no more than 4 pages. Points will
be lost for not meeting these length requirements.
4. Title page, running head, body of
paper, and reference page must follow APA guidelines as found in the 6th
edition of the manual. This includes the use of headings for each section of
the paper except for the introduction where no heading is used.
5. A minimum of 4 (four) appropriate
research-based scholarly references must be used.
6. Required textbook for this course,
dictionary and Chamberlain College of Nursing lesson information may NOT be
used as scholarly references for this assignment. For additional assistance regarding scholarly
nursing references, please see “What is a scholarly source” located in the
Course Resources tab. Be aware that
information from .com websites may be incorrect and should be avoided. References are current - within a 5-year time
frame unless a valid rationale is provided and the instructor has approved them
prior to submission of the assignment.
7. Ideas and information from
scholarly, peer reviewed, nursing sources must be cited and referenced
correctly.
8. Rules of grammar, spelling, word
usage, and punctuation are followed and consistent with formal, scientific
writing.
NR506 Healthcare Policy
Week 7 Assignment
Summary of
Healthcare Concern Presentation
PURPOSE
The purpose
of this assignment is to provide a summary of the presentation to the elected
official, report on the response/outcome and to propose future strategies for
the continued advocacy of the selected healthcare concern. The presentation to the elected official is
required and must be either a face to face or phone presentation. Communication of your presentation will be
via a PowerPoint™ presentation to be shared with peers and faculty.
DUE
DATE: Sunday 11:59 p.m. MT at the end of
Week 7
TOTAL
POINTS: 175 points
REQUIREMENTS
Description
of the Assignment
This
assignment provides a PowerPoint presentation that summarizes the healthcare
policy presentation to the elected official.
Criteria
for Content
1. Overview of healthcare policy in the
nursing profession: This section provides an overview of healthcare policy
advocacy as it relates to advanced practice.
It should contain the following elements:
• Explanation of how healthcare
policy can impact the nursing profession
• Explanation of why advocacy is
considered an essential component of the advance practice nurse’s role
• Impact of healthcare policy on
population health
2. Selected healthcare policy concern
and resolution: This section provide an
identification of the selected healthcare concern and its proposed
resolution. It should contain the following
elements:
• Provide a comprehensive description
of the healthcare concern
• Describe the impact of the concern
upon the population group and community
• Describe, with detail, the proposed
solution to healthcare concern
• Clearly identify the slides provided
to the elected official
3. Description of the meeting with the
elected official: This section provides
a detailed description of the meeting with the elected official. It should contain the following elements:
• The name and position of the elected
official
• Explanation of why this individual
was selected
• Description of the meeting by
including information as:
o Day/time of meeting
o Location of meeting
o Materials/handouts used during the
presentation
• Describe the response of the
elected official to your presentation and proposed solution
4. Self-reflection: This section
provides an opportunity to self-reflect upon the healthcare concern, the
proposed solution, and presentation to the elected official. It should contain the following elements:
• Identify the new insights you have
gained regarding your selected healthcare concern
• Identify the new insights you have
gained regarding your proposed solution to the healthcare concern
• Identify the revisions you would
make regarding your presentation to the elected official
• Identify the insights you have
gained regarding healthcare policy and the importance to the nursing profession
5. Future plans regarding selected
healthcare concern: This section
provides an opportunity to discuss way to foster ongoing or future advocacy
regarding the selected healthcare concern and proposed resolution. It should contain the following elements:
• Describe possible future
opportunities to be an advocate for your selected healthcare concern and
proposed solution
• Identify the revisions you would
make in the proposed solution
• Select a professional nursing
organization and discuss how this organization could be helpful in fostering or
supporting your proposed solution
6. Conclusion: This section requires a summary of the key
points regarding the healthcare concern, proposed solution and presentation to
the elected official
PREPARING
THE ASSIGNMENT
Criteria
for Format and Special Instructions:
1. A PowerPoint™ presentation of a
maximum of 20 slides (does not include the title slide and reference slides) is
prepared.
2. Title slide, text slides and
reference slide (s) must follow APA guidelines as found in the 6th edition of
the manual.
3. Speaker’s notes are required for all
slides except the title and reference slides.
4. A minimum of five (5) appropriate
research-based scholarly references must be used. These may include references from previous NR
506 assignments.
5. Required textbook for this course,
dictionary and Chamberlain College of Nursing lesson information may NOT be
used as scholarly references for this assignment. For additional assistance regarding scholarly
nursing references, please see “What is a scholarly source” located in the
Course Resources tab. Be aware that
information from .com websites may be incorrect and should be avoided. References are current - within a 5-year time
frame unless a valid rationale is provided and the instructor has approved them
prior to submission of the assignment.
6. Ideas and information from
scholarly, peer reviewed, nursing sources must be cited and referenced
correctly.
7. Rules of grammar, spelling, word
usage, and punctuation are followed and consistent with formal, scientific
writing.
8. Rules regarding PowerPoint™
presentations are to be followed. This
includes but not limited to the presentation of information with limited text,
use of graphics, and balance of space on the slide.
