14 Jan Implementation strategies

MN507 Promoting Optimal Models and Systems for Health Care Delivery

Unit 2 Assignment

Course Outcome covered in this Assignment:

MN507-1: Analyze U.S. healthcare policy structures and the role of the nursing leader as a change agent at the public policy table.

Directions

You will decide on a policy issue that needs to be addressed. You may choose a policy issue that interests you. Below are suggested topics for proposed policy change, however if you wish to address another topic please contact your instructor for approval:

Treatment of veterans after deployment and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Cost of end of life care.

Costs of drugs in the United States as compared to other countries.

Quarantine of health care workers that have been exposed to communicable diseases.

Medical care for illegal immigrants.

Right to die with euthanasia methods.

Disclosure of medical records of pilots and other safety sensitive professionals and HIPAA violations.

Restrictions of roles of nurse practitioners and advanced practice nurses in certain states.

Health care reform.

Requirements of meaningful use to meet core measures.

ICD-10 issues.

Entry into practice issues.

Mandatory vaccination of children.

Allowing nurses educated in other countries to practice in the United States.

Faculty shortages in U.S. nursing education programs.

You will write a letter using professional business format to one of your Federal legislators outlining what the issue is and why it is important. The letter will address:

The current policy structure.

The need for the change.

The suggested change.

Cost implications if the change is implemented.

The role the nurse as a change agent will take at the policy table.

MN507 Promoting Optimal Models and Systems for Health Care Delivery

Unit 4 Assignment

Course Outcome covered in this Assignment:

MN507-2: Explore financial models of reimbursement and their effects on patients and health care providers.

Directions

For this Assignment, you will distinguish between Medicare and Medicaid. Your paper must include the following topics:

Provide a brief history of both Medicare and Medicaid.

Define the populations that they are intended to serve.

Determine whether your state has expanded Medicaid.

Articulate the reasons that states choose not to participate in Medicaid expansion.

Analyze your role in your specialized area of nursing practice when interfacing with Medicare and/or Medicaid recipients.

The word count for your paper, excluding the title page and references page, will be 800–1200 words. You must include a minimum of (5) different scholarly references.

MN507 Promoting Optimal Models and Systems for Health Care Delivery

Unit 6 Assignment

MN507-3: Align public policy options to meet the needs of various stakeholders.

Directions:

For this Assignment, you will create a slide and audio presentation in which you will present information to support the passage of HR 5223. You may use PowerPoint, Google Slides, or another presentation software of your choosing. Your audio presentation should put forth a convincing argument based on your research and should be designed as if you were addressing a group of legislators whose support you are trying to obtain.

Your slide and audio presentation must address:

A description of current risks that healthcare providers face from violence in the workplace.

Information from professional nursing associations which support your argument for minimizing the risk of violence in the healthcare setting.

Identification of a theoretical or regulatory model which would be applicable to the passage of HR 5223.

Identification of stakeholders who will benefit from the passage of HR 5223 and how they would benefit.

Potential barriers to passage of HR 5223 and how they can be overcome.

Include a minimum of 8 slides (not counting the title or reference slide).

Your slides should contain speaker notes, to assist in your audio delivery.

Your slides should be professional in appearance and tone, and reflect a thoughtful and meaningful application of your research to your argument. Speak clearly and convincingly. Your presentation should not be longer than 10 minutes.

You must include a minimum of (5) different scholarly references.

MN507 Promoting Optimal Models and Systems for Health Care Delivery

Unit 8 Assignment

MN507-4: Synthesize the effect that healthcare reform has on stakeholders

Directions

For this Assignment, you will examine the stakeholders impacted by the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Your paper must include the following topics:

Differentiate between at least three groups of stakeholders impacted by the ACA.

Examine the financial impact of the ACA on each group of stakeholders.

Summarize benefits of the ACA on each group of stakeholders.

Summarize drawbacks of the ACA on each group of stakeholders.

The word count for your paper, excluding the title page and references page, will be 800-1200 words. You must include a minimum of (5) different scholarly references.

MN507 Promoting Optimal Models and Systems for Health Care Delivery

Unit 10 Assignment

MN507-5: Evaluate the role of health policy and organizational structure on quality improvement within health care environments.

Directions

For this Assignment, you will write a position paper in which you will choose and support a policy change which reinforces the role of the nurse as a leader in ensuring access to quality health care in developed and underdeveloped countries. You should approach this assignment from the perspective of your specialty track. Information which may be helpful in selecting a proposed policy change can be found in your textbook Health Policy and Politics: A Nurse’s Guide The word count for your position paper will be 1000 to 1600 words. You must support your work with at least eight scholarly peer reviewed articles. Your paper must include the following topics:

Current nursing issues related to globalization of healthcare

The proposed policy change

Agenda setting strategies (Process by which your proposal will gain attention of stakeholders and/or the public)

A model or theory that can be used to bring about the change

Design strategies

Implementation strategies

Evaluation strategies

Conclusion