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NR708 Week 1 Discussion 1 & 2 Latest 2018 July

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Week 1: Health Policy Framework

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Identify and discuss a problem that you have encountered in your current role. Also, please identify how the problem can be framed into a policy issue.

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Week 1: Nursing Advocacy

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Evaluate and discuss any barriers that you have encountered to being an effective advocate. List strategies or interventions on how to overcome these barriers.

NR708 Week 2 Discussion 1 & 2 Latest 2018 July

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Week 2: Healthcare Economics and Nursing Practice

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Differentiate macroeconomic versus microeconomic healthcare conditions that impact a healthcare stakeholder (patient, family, nurse, or other identified stakeholder) from a nursing perspective derived from your practice experience.

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Week 2: Impact of Socioeconomic & Sociopolitical Factors on Healthcare Finance & Nursing Practice

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Differentiate socioeconomic versus sociopolitical factors that impact healthcare finance and have either a positive or negative impact on a selected healthcare stakeholder (patient, family, nurse, or other identified stakeholder). Phrase your response from a nursing perspective derived from your practice experience

NR708 Week 3 Discussion 1 & 2 Latest 2018 July

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Week 3: Problem Solving in Today’s Healthcare World

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Identify a current healthcare policy in your current role that you would like to see revised. Why? What would be the projected outcomes?

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Week 3: Stakeholders in Health Policy

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Take the identified healthcare policy from thread one. Identify both obvious and non-obvious stakeholders. Also identify stakeholders that you have the potential to influence.

NR708 Week 4 Discussion 1 & 2 Latest 2018 July

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Week 4: Nursing Legislation and Nursing Practice

Identify a political issue or agenda in health care. How would you formalize support to advance this agenda?

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Week 4: Nursing Advocacy and Professional Identity (Leadership Role) Formation

Give an example of how a nurse can affect public policy in various appointed positions. What aspects of professional identity (leadership role) formation would you anticipate acquiring for such positions?

NR708 Week 5 Discussion 1 & 2 Latest 2018 July

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Week 5: Changes in Healthcare Policy

What do you believe is the most important factor in successful change initiatives?

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Discuss how nursing impacts and is impacted by the quality and safety agenda emphasized by the Affordable Care Act.

NR708 Week 6 Discussion 1 & 2 Latest 2018 July

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Week 6: Special Interest Groups & Coalitions

Differentiate between special interest groups and coalitions. Do you belong to one of these? Do you feel that you should belong to one of these? Why or Why not?

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Week 6: Nursing Organizations

Distinguish the pros and cons that often result from various regulatory agency policies on the nursing practice environment.

NR708 Week 7 Discussion 1 & 2 Latest 2018 July

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Week 7: Community Health Policy

What can be done to direct the planning of disaster policy to be more proactive instead of retroactive?

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Week 7: Improving Community Outcomes

For a community to improve its health, its members must often change aspects of the physical, social, organizational, and even political environments to eliminate or reduce factors that contribute to health problems or to introduce new elements that promote better health. What are the challenges of initiating and maintaining change in communities?

NR708 Week 8 Discussion Latest 2018 July

Week 8: Professional Organizations

I want to encourage you to think about any professional organizations that you belong to. Do they lobby for your best interests? What are the pros? What are the cons? What is the price of membership? Do you feel that the benefits are worth the cost?

NR708 Week 4 Policy Analysis Project Part I Latest 2018 July

Policy Analysis Project Guidelines

Purpose
The purpose of this application is to provide the student an opportunity to interview a nurse leader who is doctorally-prepared in nursing, complete a basic organizational assessment, and to critically appraise a selected healthcare policy that might serve as the preceptor, facility, and policy for the DNP project.

Course Outcomes
This assignment provides documentation of student ability to meet the following course outcomes.

CO 1: Distinguish selected factors affecting U.S. healthcare delivery systems and organizations

(PO #9).

CO 2: Examine factors affecting healthcare finance and payment systems (PO #9).

CO 6: Evaluate selected healthcare policy models and frameworks (PO #9).

CO 9: Formulate strategies for coalition building and health advocacy (PO #2).

CO 10: Synthesize selected policy analyses affecting advanced practice nursing (PO #2).

Points

This assignment is worth a total of 350 points.

Due Date

Submit your completed application under the Dropbox tab by Sunday 11:59 p.m. MT of Week 4 as directed.

Requirements
1. To complete this assignment, you will need to access to the following databases: CINAHL, MEDLINE, Cochrane Library, and the Joanna Briggs Institute. You may access these databases through the Chamberlain College of Nursing Online Library. The library contains tutorials on how to search these databases.

2. The Policy Analysis project is worth 350 points and will be graded on quality of information, use of citations, use of Standard English grammar, sentence structure, and overall organization based on the required components as summarized in the directions, grading criteria, and rubric.

3. Create your formal written paper using Microsoft Word 2010 or later (a part of Microsoft Office), which is the required format for all Chamberlain College of Nursing documents. You can tell that the document is saved as a MS Word document because it will end in “.docx.”

4. Follow the directions and grading criteria closely. Any questions about this project should be addressed to the course faculty.

5. The length of the project report is to be no less than six and no greater than eight pages excluding title page and reference pages.

6. APA format is required with both a title page and reference page. Use the required components of the review as Level 1 headers (upper and lower case, centered).

a. Introduction (consistent with APA formatting guidelines)

b. Description of selected healthcare policy issue

c. Presentation of selected healthcare policy analysis

d. Conclusion

Preparing the Project Report
You will use the NR708 Policy Analysis Project Interview Guide Form provided in Course Resources to record information from the interview you complete with an appropriate nurse leader. Then, use the information gained from the interview to compile the formal written paper, which is submitted for grading. You will submit the Interview Guide as it discusses the organizational assessment.

The following are best practices for preparing this project report.

1. When introducing the interview, be sure to identify appropriate background information regarding the interview process (who, what, where, when, and why).

2. When describing the policy issue, be sure to identify appropriate details gleaned from the policy issue interview. Be sure to discuss the organizational assessment of the facility and how the policy was chosen for this paper and possible DNP project.

3. When presenting the policy analysis, be sure to fully address each step of the eightfold pathway.

NR708 Week 6 Power Dynamic Paper Latest 2018 July

Power Dynamic Paper Guidelines

Purpose
The purpose of this application is to provide the student an opportunity to critically appraise a selected power dynamic (demonstrating the application of legitimate or illegitimate power) affecting a potential health policy outcome.

Course Outcomes
This assignment provides documentation of student ability to meet the following course outcomes.

CO 3: Explore the impact of selected socioeconomic/sociopolitical factors on the status of U.S. healthcare (PO #9).

CO 4: Determine the effect of healthcare politics on the healthcare stakeholders, state and federal government, and the nursing profession (PO #9).

CO 5: Analyze legislative process and the impact of special interest lobbies (PO #9).

CO 7: Differentiate driving forces and restraining factors that impact the power of nursing to advocate for change at macro and micro system levels of healthcare (PO #2).

CO 8: Critically appraise the impact of regulatory organizations on healthcare delivery (PO #9).

Points

This assignment is worth a total of 175 points.

Due Date

Submit your completed application by Sunday, 11:59 p.m. MT of Week 6 as directed.

Requirements
1. To complete this assignment, you will need to access to the following databases: CINAHL, MEDLINE, Cochrane Library, and the Joanna Briggs Institute. You may access these databases through the Chamberlain College of Nursing Online Library. For information on search techniques using the EBSCOhost, go to the Course Resources tab at the top of the page and view the following document:

Directions for Searching the CCN Online Library.pdf, basic and advanced techniques.

2. The Power Analysis paper is worth 175 points and will be graded on quality of information, use of citations, use of Standard English grammar, sentence structure, and overall organization based on the required components as summarized in the directions, grading criteria, and rubric.

3. Create your manuscript using Microsoft Word (a part of Microsoft Office), which is the required format for all Chamberlain College of Nursing documents. You can tell that the document is saved as a MS Word document because it will end in .docx.

4. Follow the directions and grading criteria closely. Any questions about this paper should be directed to the course faculty.

5. The length of the paper is to be no less than six and no greater than eight pages excluding title page and reference pages.

6. APA format is required with both a title page and reference page. Use the required components of the review as Level 1 headers (upper and lower case, centered).

a. Introduction (Conforming to appropriate APA formatting guidelines)

b. Description of the Power Dynamic

c. Reflection on the Power Dynamic

d. Conclusion

Preparing the Paper
The following are best practices for preparing this paper.

1. When introducing the power dynamic, be sure to identify appropriate background information regarding the practice situation (who, what, where, when, and why).

2. When describing the power dynamic, be sure to fully describe the potential impacts of legitimate and illegitimate power from the perspectives of sociopolitical factors, stakeholders, and interested parties.

3. When reflecting on the power dynamic, be sure to fully critique driving forces and restraining factors that impact the power of nursing to advocate for change at macro, meso, and micro system levels of healthcare.

NR708 Week 8 You Decide Reflection Latest 2018 July

You Decide Reflection

Guidelines

Purpose
The purpose of this application is to provide the student an opportunity to reflect on selected DNP competencies acquired through the NR708 course.

Course Outcomes
This assignment provides documentation of student ability to meet the following course outcomes:

CO1: Distinguish selected factors affecting U.S. healthcare delivery systems and organizations (PO #9).

CO6: Evaluate selected healthcare policy models and frameworks (PO #9).

CO7: Differentiate driving forces and restraining factors that impact the power of nursing to advocate for change at micro, meso, and macro system levels of healthcare(PO #2).

CO10: Synthesize selected policy analyses affecting advanced nursing practice (PO #2).

Points

This assignment is worth a total of 100 points.

Due Date

Submit your completed application under the Dropbox tab by Wednesday 11:59 p.m. MT of Week 8 as directed.

Requirements
1. The You Decide Reflection is worth 100 points and will be graded on quality of self-assessment, use of citations, use of Standard English grammar, sentence structure, and overall organization based on the required components as summarized in the directions and grading criteria/rubric.

2. Create your essay using Microsoft Word (a part of Microsoft Office), which is the required format for all Chamberlain College of Nursing documents. You can tell that the document is saved as a MS Word document because it will end in “.docx”

3. Follow the directions and grading criteria closely. Any questions about your essay may be posted under the Q & A forum.

4. The length of the reflection is to be within three to six pages excluding title page and reference pages.

5. APA format is required with both a title page and reference page. Use the required components of the review as Level 1 headers (upper and lower case, centered):

Note: Introduction – Write an introduction but do not use “Introduction” as a heading in accordance with the rules put forth in the Publication manual of the American Psychological Association(2010, p. 63).

a. You Decide Reflection

b. Conclusion

Preparing Your Reflection
The DNP Essentials (AACN, 2006) outline a number of healthcare policy and advocacycompetencies for the DNP-prepared nurse. Reflect on the NR708 course readings, discussion threads, and applications you have completed across this course and write a reflective essay regarding the extent to which you feel you are now prepared to:

1. “Critically analyze health policy proposals, health policies, and related issues from the perspective of consumers, nursing, other health professions, and other stakeholders in policy and public forums.

2. Demonstrate leadership in the development and implementation of institutional, local, state, federal, and/or international health policy.

3. Influence policy makers through active participation on committees, boards, or task forces at the institutional, local, state, regional, national, and/or international levels to improve healthcare delivery and outcomes.

4. Educate others, including policy makers at all levels, regarding nursing, health policy, and patient care outcomes.

5. Advocate for the nursing profession within the policy and healthcare communities.

6. Develop, evaluate, and provide leadership for healthcare policy that shapes healthcare financing, regulation, and delivery.

7. Advocate for social justice, equity, and ethical policies within all healthcare arenas” (p. 14).

Reference:

American Association of Colleges of Nursing [AACN]. (2006). The essentials of doctoral education for advanced nursing practice.Washington, DC: Author.