NUR3306 Deliverable 5 - Policy Influences on Healthcare Decisions Latest 2020 November

NUR3306 Integration of Genetics and Genomics into Ethical Nursing Practice

Deliverable 5 - Policy Influences on Healthcare Decisions

Competency

Differentiate the legal and professional policies influencing healthcare decisions.

Scenario

As an active Nurse member of the American Nurses Association (ANA) you are committed to engaging in activities related to health policy issues. To demonstrate your role as a client advocate you are writing a letter to a policy task force, or a legislative member or committee, pertaining to legal and professional policies associated with genetic discrimination that you have read about in the news.

Instructions

Write a sample letter to a policy task force, or a legislative member or committee, that demonstrates client advocacy pertaining to genetic discrimination and it’s correlation to legal and professional policies.

Make sure to include the following details in the letter:

A description/background of the genetic discrimination

What is the specific problem?

A description of the related legal policy

A description of the related professional policy

A differentiation of the levels of policy and impact variations

Your input that defends your advocacy for clients impacted by the discrimination

Resources

For assistance on writing a professional letter, please visit the Library and Learning Services Answers page: How do I write a professional letter?

For additional writing and research support, please visit the following Library and Learning Services resources:

APA Guide

Nursing Research Page

How can I make a Research Appointment with a Rasmussen College Librarian?