NR506 Full Course Latest 2018 January

NR506 Week 1 Discussion Latest 2018 January

Week 1: The Four Spheres of Political Action in Nursing

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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 Week 2 Discussion Latest 2018 January

Week 2: Policy-Priority Selection

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Identify your selected healthcare policy priority and discuss the rationale for your selection. Describe the model of policy making that you feel would be best applied to your policy issue and the rationale for selecting this model.

NR506 Week 3 Discussion Latest 2018 January

Week 3: Effective Coalition Leadership

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Describe the various elements necessary for effective leadership within a coalition. How does this apply to your professional practice or life?

NR506 Week 4 Discussion Latest 2018 January

Week 4: Challenges in Lobbying Strategies

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Discuss the best approach for communicating with your local legislator or policymaker in your policy-priority issue. What is your rationale for this approach?

NR506 Week 5 Discussion Latest 2018 January

Week 5: Drivers of High Performance Healthcare Systems

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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 Week 6 Discussion Latest 2018 January

Week 6: Using the Media

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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 issues about media and electronic social networking do you need to consider? Why?

NR506 Week 7 Discussion Latest 2018 January

Week 7: RN as Healthcare Policy Leader

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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 Week 8 Discussion Latest 2018 January

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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. Note: it is welcome but not necessary to post your own references this week in your discussion responses. Enjoy the reading and simply reflect with us.

Read the article (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. by:

Kohl, H.W., Craig, C. L., Lambert, E.V., Inoue, S., Alkandari, J.R., Leetonngin, G., & Kahlmeier, K. (2012). The

pandemic of physical inactivity: Global action for public health. The Lancet, 380(9838), 294-305. doi:

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60898-8.

A systems approach to dealing with the global issue of physical inactivity is discussed.

NR506 Week 3 Your Policy-Priority Issue Latest 2018 January

Your Policy-Priority Issue assignment is due by Sunday, 11:59 p.m. at the end of Week 3. The guidelines are listed below. The guidelines and grading rubric are also located in the course resource section. Don’t forget to include the information noted on Planning Your Visit Worksheet 1: Formulating a Healthcare Policy Worksheet 1 within your assignment.

PURPOSE

The purpose of this assignment is to: a) identify and reflect upon key concepts related to your planning a policymaker call b) provide empirical evidence to support new insights gained regarding your healthcare policy issue and the policymaking process, and c) present ideas in a clear, succinct, and scholarly manner.

COURSE OUTCOMES

CO 1: Employ strategies to impact the development, implementation, and consequences of holistic-focused healthcare policies using evidence-based practice principles. (PO 1)

CO 2: Communicate with decision-makers to advocate for effective policies that impact nurses and nursing, consumers, or the healthcare system to foster population health including quality and safety. (PO 2)

CO 3: Demonstrate professional and personal growth concerning the advocacy role of the advanced practice nurse in fostering policy within diverse healthcare settings. (PO 3)

CO 4: Analyze social, historical, ethical, and political contexts of healthcare policies while integrating professional values to impact population health. (PO 4)

CO 5: Advocate for institutional, local, national, and international policies that fosters person-centered healthcare and nursing practice. (PO 5)

Due Date Sunday 11:59 p.m. MT at the end of Week 3

Total Points: 175 points

Requirements

Assignment Criteria for Presentation:

1. Provide an introduction to your healthcare policy-priority issue and the title or name of your legislator.
2. Articulate key points under each of the Formulating a Healthcare Policy Ungraded Worksheet #1 sections.
3. Provide an analysis of empirical evidence that supports your chosen healthcare policy-priority issue and analysis.
4. Demonstrate the importance and impact of the chosen healthcare policy-priority issue to nursing.
5. Provide concluding statements summarizing the content.
6. The paper will be a minimum of 4 pages and a maximum of five pages in length, in APA format 6th edition, excluding the title and reference page.

NR506 Week 5 Planning Your Visit- Part A Latest 2018 January

The purpose of this assignment is to: (a) identify communication strategies that support an effective policy making-presentation/visit; (b) deliver a message and make recommendations, and (c) communicate ideas in a clear, succinct, and scholarly manner.

COURSE OUTCOMES

CO 1: Employ strategies to impact the development, implementation, and consequences of holistic-focused healthcare policies using evidence-based practice principles. (PO 1)

CO 2: Communicate with decision-makers to advocate for effective policies that impact nurses and nursing, consumers, or the healthcare system to foster population health including quality and safety. (PO 2)

CO 3: Demonstrate professional and personal growth concerning the advocacy role of the advanced practice nurse in fostering policy within diverse healthcare settings. (PO 3)

CO 4: Analyze social, historical, ethical, and political contexts of healthcare policies while integrating professional values to impact population health. (PO 4)

CO 5: Advocate for institutional, local, national, and international policies that fosters person-centered healthcare and nursing practice. (PO 5)

Due Date: Sunday 11:59 p.m. MT at the end of Week 5

Total Points: 100 points

Assignment Criteria for Presentation

1. Introduce your chosen policy issue, the current status, and an overview of your plan for a legislative visit.
2. Articulate key communication strategies involved in your approach to the legislator including plan, message, and recommendations; see Worksheet 2 and again, the focus is on evidence-based communication techniques for effective healthcare policy visit to the legislator.
3. Provide an analysis of empirical evidence of effective communication strategies and techniques to support an effective visit and follow-up to the legislator.
4. Provide specific examples of the impact and/or importance of a successful visit/presentation to nursing.
5. Provide concluding statements summarizing the content.
6. Paper will be 2-3 pages, excluding title and reference pages, and in APA format 6th
7. Five non-text book references are required as minimum.

Following completion of Planning Your Visit Ungraded Worksheet 2, target communication strategies that support an effective policymaking visit. Include a minimum of five (5) classic references or current references (published within the past 5 years) that support your policy plan, the message, recommendations, and follow-up.

NR506 Week 5 Planning YourVisit- Public Talk Video Part B Latest 2018 January

In Week 5 there is two parts to the Planning Your Visit Assignment. Planning Your Visit (Part A) and Planning Your Visit-Public Talk Video (Part B) assignments are due by Sunday, 11:59 p.m. MT at the end of Week 5. You will find the guidelines below. The guidelines and grading rubrics are also located in the course resource section.

The purpose of this assignment is to: (a) identify communication strategies that support an effective policy making-presentation/visit; (b) deliver a message and make recommendations, and (c) communicate ideas in a clear, succinct, and scholarly manner.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

CO 1: Employ strategies to impact the development, implementation, and consequences of holistic-focused healthcare policies using evidence-based practice principles. (PO 1)

CO 2: Communicate with decision-makers to advocate for effective policies that impact nurses and nursing, consumers, or the healthcare system to foster population health including quality and safety. (PO 2)

CO 3: Demonstrate professional and personal growth concerning the advocacy role of the advanced practice nurse in fostering policy within diverse healthcare settings. (PO 3)

CO 4: Analyze social, historical, ethical, and political contexts of healthcare policies while integrating professional values to impact population health. (PO 4)

CO 5: Advocate for institutional, local, national, and international policies that fosters person-centered healthcare and nursing practice. (PO 5)

Due Date: Sunday 11:59 p.m. MT at the end of Week 5

Total Points: 75 points

Assignment Criteria for Presentation

1. Articulate your policy priority message in 3 minutes or less by video.
2. Video is to be of clear image and audible sound.

Following completion of Planning Your Visit Ungraded Worksheet 2, Use Voice Thread located within Canvas to record and store you video. The video is to be of yourself delivering your priority message. It is to be succinct and to the point (3 minutes or less). The video is to be of good quality.

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NR506 Week 7 Policymaker Visit Electronic Presentation Latest 2018 January

The purpose of this assignment is to: (a) identify and reflect upon key concepts related to your policymaker visit; (b) provide empirical evidence to support new insights gained regarding your policy issue and the policy making process; and (c) present ideas in a clear, succinct, and scholarly manner.

COURSE OUTCOMES

CO 1: Employ strategies to impact the development, implementation, and consequences of holistic-focused healthcare policies using evidence-based practice principles. (PO 1)

CO 2: Communicate with decision-makers to advocate for effective policies that impact nurses and nursing, consumers, or the healthcare system to foster population health including quality and safety. (PO 2)

CO 3: Demonstrate professional and personal growth concerning the advocacy role of the advanced practice nurse in fostering policy within diverse healthcare settings. (PO 3)

CO 4: Analyze social, historical, ethical, and political contexts of healthcare policies while integrating professional values to impact population health. (PO 4)

CO 5: Advocate for institutional, local, national, and international policies that fosters person-centered healthcare and nursing practice. (PO 5)

Assignment Criteria for Presentation

1. Describe your visit/presentation, including any PowerPoint presentation materials that you utilized during your policymaker visit. Limit these slides to five slides in this project (of the 15 total slides). This includes any handouts that you left with the policymaker.
2. Discuss the response of the policymaker to your message/ask/recommendation(s).
3. Reflect on the process, follow-up plans, insights gained about the issue and process, and support with evidence.
4. Describe possible future opportunities as a result of this meeting and their importance to nursing.
5. Provide concluding statements summarizing the content.
6. Develop a 15-slide PowerPoint presentation with speaker notes in APA format, not including title and reference slides. Write speaker notes sufficient enough to enable someone to take over or give the presentation other than you.