15 Jan Health Policy Briefs

MN506 HEALTH POLICY, ETHICAL, AND LEGAL PERSPECTIVES OF THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM

Unit 1 Seminar

Seminars provide you with an opportunity to converse with your instructor and peers, and to resolve questions about the course. Your instructor will provide specific guidelines to save you valuable time and effort, and to support your course success. You must either attend the live Seminar or complete the alternative assignment in order to earn points.

Seminar topics and/or pre-work, if applicable, can be found in Course Resources.

Option 1- Attend Seminar:

Throughout your program, you will be asked to attend various Seminars. Seminars take place at designated times in specific units. Your instructor will give details about the Seminar during the first week of the course. Please review your Course Announcements and emails.

If you are unable to attend the Seminar, you are required to watch the archived recording and complete the alternative assignment by the end of the unit.

Option 2- Alternative Assignment: Reflective Assignment

While listening to this week’s archived Seminar, complete a reflective document. You may write the assignment in a bulleted list format OR paragraph format. APA style is not required.

Please include:

The main topics discussed.

Sub-topics and/or subsequent classroom discussion.

Points you found of interest.

Any additional reflections or suggestions.

Keep in mind that your instructor is available should you have any questions on the Seminar content. Submit your alternative assignment to the Seminar Dropbox.

MN506 HEALTH POLICY, ETHICAL, AND LEGAL PERSPECTIVES OF THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM

Unit 2 Assignment

Case Scenario:

Identify the ethical dilemma, legal violation, and moral issue in the scenario from an APN perspective as an educator, administrator, or a practitioner

Assignment Guidelines:

Using the options below based on your specialization, create an ethical and legal decision-making dilemma involving an advanced practice nurse in the field of administration, education, or a nurse practitioner:

Administration Dilemma – Healthcare Needs versus Resource Allocation

Education Dilemma – Nursing Student’s Religious Beliefs versus Provision of Care

Practice Dilemma – Honesty versus Withholding Information

Apply relevant codes of conduct that apply to the practice of nursing and your chosen field.

Describe one ethical principle and one law that could be violated and whether the violation would constitute a civil or criminal act based on facts.

Construct a decision that demonstrates integrity and that would prevent violation of the ethical principle and prevent the law from being violated.

List three recommendations that will resolve advanced practice nurses’ moral distress in the dilemma you have presented. Support your paper with a minimum of three scholarly references.

This Assignment should be 3–4 pages in length, exclusive of cover page and references.

MN506 HEALTH POLICY, ETHICAL, AND LEGAL PERSPECTIVES OF THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM

Unit 4 Assignment

Using the information from the case study below, discuss the following issues from the perspective of an APN role:

Administrator

Practitioner

Educator

Standards of care – what were the standards of care that were violated? Who was responsible for the violations?

In your role as an educator, administrator, or practitioner, what risk management steps needs to be taken before or after the incident to alleviate the issue?

Page length should be 3-4 pages exclusive of cover page and references.

Support your paper with a minimum of three scholarly references.

Case Study: Malpractice Action Brought by Yolanda Pinellas

Yolanda Pinellas is a 21-year-old female student studying to be a music conductor. She was admitted for chemotherapy. The medication Mitomycin was administered by intravenous infusion through an infusion pump.

During the evening shift the infusion pump began to beep. The RN found that the IV was dislodged and discontinued the infusion, notified the physician and provided care to the infusion site. The patient testified that a nurse came in and pressed some buttons and the pump stopped beeping. She was groggy and not sure who the nurse was or what was done. The documentation in the medical record indicates that there was an infiltration to the IV.

Two weeks after the event, the patient developed necrosis of the hand and required multiple surgical procedures, skin grafting, and reconstruction. She had permanent loss of function and deformity in her third, fourth, and fifth fingers. The patient is alleging that because of this, she is no longer able to perform as a musical conductor.

The risk manager had noted when doing chart reviews over the last 3 months prior to this incident that there were issues of short staffing and that many nurses were working double shifts, evenings, and nights then coming back and working the evening shift. The risk manager also noted a pattern of using float nurses to several units.

To view the Grading Rubric for this Assignment, please visit the Grading Rubrics section of the Course Resources.

Assignment Requirements:

Before finalizing your work, you should:

be sure to read the Assignment description carefully (as displayed above);

consult the Grading Rubric (under the Course Resources) to make sure you have included everything necessary;

utilize spelling and grammar check to minimize errors; and

review APA formatting and citation information found in the Writing Center, online, or elsewhere in the course.

Your writing Assignment should:

follow the conventions of Standard English (correct grammar, punctuation, etc.)

be well ordered, logical, and unified, as well as original and insightful;

display superior content, organization, style, and mechanics; and

use APA 6th edition formatting and citation style.

How to Submit:

Submit your Assignment to the unit Dropbox before midnight on the last day of the unit.

MN506 HEALTH POLICY, ETHICAL, AND LEGAL PERSPECTIVES OF THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM

Unit 6 Assignment

For this Assignment, select a local or state health care policy or legislation that was enacted in the last 5 years. Then:

Summarize the policy or legislation.

Analyze at least one strength and one weakness of the policy or legislation.

Discuss the impact of the policy or legislation for all stakeholders, both providers and consumers.

Page length: 3-4 pages exclusive of cover page and references.

Support your paper with a minimum of three scholarly references.

To view the Grading Rubric for this Assignment, please visit the Grading Rubrics section of the Course Resources.

MN506 HEALTH POLICY, ETHICAL, AND LEGAL PERSPECTIVES OF THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM

Unit 7 Seminar

Seminars provide you with an opportunity to converse with your instructor and peers, and to resolve questions about the course. Your instructor will provide specific guidelines to save you valuable time and effort, and to support your course success. You must either attend the live Seminar or complete the alternative assignment in order to earn points.

Seminar topics and/or pre-work, if applicable, can be found in Course Resources.

Option 1- Attend Seminar:

Throughout your program, you will be asked to attend various Seminars. Seminars take place at designated times in specific units. Your instructor will give details about the Seminar during the first week of the course. Please review your Course Announcements and emails.

If you are unable to attend the Seminar, you are required to watch the archived recording and complete the alternative assignment by the end of the unit.

Option 2- Alternative Assignment: Reflective Assignment

While listening to this week’s archived Seminar, complete a reflective document. You may write the assignment in a bulleted list format OR paragraph format. APA style is not required.

Please include:

The main topics discussed.

Sub-topics and/or subsequent classroom discussion.

Points you found of interest.

Any additional reflections or suggestions.

Keep in mind that your instructor is available should you have any questions on the Seminar content. Submit your alternative assignment to the Seminar Dropbox.

MN506 HEALTH POLICY, ETHICAL, AND LEGAL PERSPECTIVES OF THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM

Unit 8 Assignment

In this Assignment, you will discuss how your state is enacting the Affordable Care Act (ACA). In a 3-4 page paper, exclusive of cover and reference pages, you will:

Assess the strengths and weaknesses of your state’s approach to the ACA.

Discuss the impact of the state approach to ACA on all stakeholders, both providers and consumers.

Support your paper with a minimum of three scholarly references.

To view the Grading Rubric for this Assignment, please visit the Grading Rubrics section of the Course Resources.

MN506 HEALTH POLICY, ETHICAL, AND LEGAL PERSPECTIVES OF THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM

Unit 10 Assignment

Health Policy Briefs provide succinct overviews of health policy topics. The intended audience is policymakers, journalists, and others concerned about improving health care in the United States. The briefs explore arguments made on various sides of a policy proposal. They provide guidance on available research behind each perspective. Health policy briefs are created by experts in the field through funding from public and private grants.

Select one policy brief from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation website https://www.rwjf.org/en/library/collections/health-affairs-briefs.html

In your role as an advanced practice nurse, how would you advocate for or against the policy implementation?

In your paper you may take the position either for or against the policy proposal, or both.

Page length: 3-4 pages exclusive of cover page and references.

Support your paper with a minimum of three scholarly references

To view the Grading Rubric for this Assignment, please visit the Grading Rubrics section of the Course Resources.