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NSG6002 Health Policy and Health Promotion in Advanced Nursing Practice

Week 1 Discussion

1. The president and the governor are referred to as the chief administrative or executive officers of the country and state, respectively. Analyze the differences and similarities in the roles and responsibilities of the respective heads of these executive branches.

2. Advocacy and public health nursing intersect in many ways. What are some specific examples that demonstrate how public health benefited from the advocacy provided by nurses?

3. Describe how you will utilize and implement the IOM Nursing Reports from 2010 and 2016 in your role as an Advanced Practice Nurse.

NSG6002 Health Policy and Health Promotion in Advanced Nursing Practice

Week 2 Discussion

1. Discuss how health policy initiatives are used to guide and direct your clinical practice as an Advanced Practice Nurse.

2. Please locate the Medicaid eligibility criteria for 3 different states. Compare and contrast the eligibility criteria, then discuss the implications of the criteria for people in each state.

NSG6002 Health Policy and Health Promotion in Advanced Nursing Practice

Week 3 Discussion

1. Identify the role of patient safety and its influence on federal initiatives that are used to prevent unintentional death as a result of medical mistakes.

2. The majority of health care errors occur in inpatient settings. Errors are becoming increasingly common in outpatient settings.  Discuss at least two (2) reasons for the increasing errors in outpatient settings.

NSG6002 Health Policy and Health Promotion in Advanced Nursing Practice

Week 4 Discussion

1. The Administrative Simplification Compliance Act of 2001 requires that all Medicare claims be submitted electronically. Discuss at least two (2) vulnerabilities in the protection of electronic health information?

2. Identify and discuss specific resources or federal agencies that you will utilize to remain informed and current in public health trends and practices.

NSG6002 Health Policy and Health Promotion in Advanced Nursing Practice

Week 5 Discussion

For this assignment, your self-reflection assessment must connect what you’ve learned to specific learning aspects of this course.

Your reflective-learning points must be substantial, pertinent to what you’ve learned, and must be based on evidence and supported with examples. 

The self-reflection final post MUST be 650 to 1500 words and MUST include the following:

1. Summarize what you’ve learned about knowledge related to a) health promotion and disease prevention to address health disparities among diverse and vulnerable populations; b) discuss primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention; and c) discuss Healthy People 2030 and how its initiatives support current health issues.

2. Reflect on a policy that you as an APN want to ensure passes as a law to improve health.  Detail the policy and members of the committee that will help pass this Bill. 

3. Describe the role of the Senator, Representative, and Governor and their influence towards passing this Bill and the political process. Discuss this policy and its impact on nursing practice.  

4. Provide an analysis of the processes that influence the development and implementation of health policy for application in health care environments.

5. Discuss strategies to foster political action by advanced practice nurses (APN). Why is it important for APNs to get involved in the political process?

6. Discuss economic variables that impact health policy and health promotion at the local, state, federal, and international levels.

NSG6002 Health Policy and Health Promotion in Advanced Nursing Practice

Week 1 Assignment  

Health Promotion Outline Presentation

For this assignment, you will choose an objective from Healthy People 2030 and create an outline of the full presentation that will be due in Week 4.

This assignment is an outline only, it is due this week, and it must follow the APA format for outlines. Please refer to the APA textbook for assistance.

This assignment should only contain 2-4 slides maximum.

The outline must address the following:

1. Identify Healthy People 2030 objective chosen by you.

2. List the problem addressed in the chosen objective.

3. List the epidemiology, incidence, prevalence, and cost-burden of the problem.

4. Provide a description of a specific population or problem.

5. Discuss how the policy is intended to improve the specific population.

6. List the specific legislators involved with/working on the problem and policy development related to the problem.

7. Discuss how the policy influences clinical practice and is used to promote best outcomes.

8. Examine how the policy can be used by the inter-professional team to improve the problem.

9. List three (3) references with one (1) peer-reviewed article.

Include in the outline headers of each of the above requirements.  You must also include a list of three (3) references you will refer to when completing this project.

Work on developing your writing skills using APA 7th Edition.

Contact your Academic Success Counselor to request access to PERRLA. PERRLA will help you format your projects, presentations, and papers correctly using APA 7th Edition.

NSG6002 Health Policy and Health Promotion in Advanced Nursing Practice

Week 2 Assignment  

Legislative Matrix

For this assignment, you will develop a Legislative Matrix based upon the specific legislators in a residential/geographical legislative district in your state.

You will identify elected six (6) officials from your legislative districts including: 1) local Councilpersons or County Commissioner, 2) Federal House of Representative, 3) Federal Senator, 4) State House of Representative, 5) State Senator, and 6) the Governor.

You will identify the committees each legislator is a member of, and you will discuss any active legislation bills and/or past legislative initiatives he/she is involved individually.

This information will be used to assist in the development of the Legislative Communication assignment next week.

Use the - Legislative Matrix Template.

Assignment example - Legislative Matrix Exemplar Texas

NSG6002 Health Policy and Health Promotion in Advanced Nursing Practice

Week 3 Assignment  

Legislative Communication: Letter

For this assignment, you will draft a Legislative Letter to a specific legislator and offer support or a constructive argument against pending or passed policy or legislation that you are passionate about.  

Your letter must include three (3) evidence-based references that support your position.

Refer to the Guidance on Writing Legislative Communication Letter

NSG6002 Health Policy and Health Promotion in Advanced Nursing Practice

Week 4 Assignment  

Health Promotion PowerPoint Presentation

Health policy unfolds daily and drives clinical practice in the United States.

For this assignment, you will expand on every item included in the PowerPoint Outline assignment you submitted during Week 1. The assignment will follow APA formatting and must be supported by the evidence.

For your presentation, you will dedicate 1 to 3 slides to each item listed in the outline. Please be sure to address each item listed. See below:

Slide: Title Page

Slide: Outline (this is the slide(s) from Week 1)

Slide: Discuss your chosen Healthy People 2030 Objective

Slide: Discuss the epidemiology, incidence, prevalence, and cost-burden of the problem

Slide: Describe the problem and the specific population

Slide: Discuss how the Healthy People 2030 objective intends to address/improve the problem or population

Slide: Discuss the legislators who are working on the problem and the policies they are working on to improve the problem

Slide: Discuss how the policy influences clinical practice and is used to promote best outcomes

Slide: Discuss how the policy can be used by an inter-professional team to improve the problem

Slide: Conclude: provide a summary of the problem, the policy, the solution, and your analysis

Slide: References

Follow APA formatting and use peer-reviewed references