political factors that influence the delivery of healthcare

820 – Health Policy and Advocacy
In this course students examine the economic, financial and political factors that influence the delivery of healthcare and consider policy reform through legal, regulatory, ethical, societal, and organizational contexts. Health Policy and Advocacy focuses on critiquing the policy process, critically thinking and assessing the influence of legislative and governmental influence on healthcare delivery, and applying emotional intelligence as a strategy to advocate and create change. The student will develop processes that influence, implement, and evaluate current policy and the role of government in healthcare delivery. Collaborative support and teamwork in health care venues will be stressed.
This course includes documentation of at least 80 hours of immersion towards the 1000 hours due during the DNP program.
Required Text Books:
Nurses Making Policy: From Bedside to Boardroom
ISBN: 978-0826198914
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th Edition) , 7th Edition
ISBN: 9781433832154
Welcome to Module 2 Week 2
Aug 24, 2020 8:19 PM
Motivation to Act; Follow Your Passion

Last week, in Module 1, we examined the difference between advocating for health policy directly effecting patients and the community versus advocating for the profession of nursing, and your thoughts on how the public or legislators might view each set of issues. In this module, you will explore how nurses can be motivated to advocate for a singular health care or professional issue because of personal experience or as a result of patient advocacy. Further, you will identify what health care or professional issue(s) you are passionate about and relay any advocacy actions you took to influence this issue. If you have not been involved in an advocacy action you will formulate what action you may take in the future to influence this issue. The idea is that you will be motivated to become a nurse health policy advocate by a single issue that is important to you. Start by reading Chapters 2 and 12 in your Patton, Zalon and Ludwick (2015). Nurses making policy: From bedside to boardroom textbook.

This Week’s Discussion Question:
Describe the history of the nursing profession as advocates for health policy and the community. Compare with one present day nursing leader you are acquainted with that demonstrates these same attributes.
This Week’s Assignment:
Please submit one APA formatted presentation (PowerPoint®, Prezi®, etc.) identifying and describing what health care or professional issue you are passionate about and relay any advocacy actions you took to influence this issue as well as what action you must follow in the future to evaluate if your efforts have had an impact on this issue. This policy change proposal could be with state Board of nursing, local boards, state representatives, or member of Congress/Senate. The assignment should have a minimum of four scholarly sources, in addition to the textbook.
For this assignment, create a Microsoft PowerPoint® or OpenOffice Impress® presentation of 20 slides total, include an introductory slide, a reference slide and 18 content slides with an audio explanation and detailed speaker notes on all content slides.
Please go to the Writing Center tab at the topic of the course, then click on Contents, and then Module 3: Assignments. Scroll to the bottom and review the tutorial called “Creating a Quality Power Point”.
Over the next few weeks, you will apply the concepts learned by collaborating with or at least contacting a policy maker about an issue that you think would advance nursing scope, practice or culture or improve patient care and outcomes in a positive way. You will be working on this same project over the next 5 weeks.
Additional Resources
American Nurses Association https://www.nursingworld.org/practice-policy/advocacy/
Florence Nightingale https://www.history.com/topics/womens-history/florence-nightingale-1
Patient Advocacy: Breaking Down Barriers and Challenging Decisions https://www.nursingtimes.net/clinical-archive/holistic-care/patient-advocacy-breaking-down-barriers-and-challenging-decisions-03-01-2017/
Patient Advocacy From the Clinical Nurses’ Viewpoint https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4958925/

Module 2: Assignment
Start by reading and following these instructions:
1. Quickly skim the questions or assignment below and the assignment rubric to help you focus.
2. Read the required chapter(s) of the textbook and any additional recommended resources. Some answers may require you to do additional research on the Internet or in other reference sources. Choose your sources carefully.
3. Consider the discussion and the any insights you gained from it.
4. Create your Assignment submission and be sure to cite your sources, use APA style as required, check your spelling.
Assignment:
Please submit one APA formatted presentation (PowerPoint®, Prezi®, etc.) identifying and describing what health care or professional issue you are passionate about and relay any advocacy actions you took to influence this issue as well as what action you must follow in the future to evaluate if your efforts have had an impact on this issue. This policy change proposal could be with state Board of nursing, local boards, state representatives, or member of Congress/Senate. The assignment should have a minimum of SIX scholarly sources, in addition to the textbook.
For this assignment, create a Microsoft PowerPoint® or OpenOffice Impress® presentation of 20 slides total, include an introductory slide, a reference slide and 18 content slides with an audio explanation and detailed speaker notes on all content slides.
Please go to the Writing Center tab at the topic of the course, then click on Contents, and then Module 3: Assignments. Scroll to the bottom and review the tutorial called “Creating a Quality Power Point”.
Over the next few weeks, you will apply the concepts learned by collaborating with or at least contacting a policy maker about an issue that you think would advance nursing scope, practice or culture or improve patient care and outcomes in a positive way. You will be working on this same project over the next 5 weeks.

Instructions
When you submit your assignment it goes through Turnitin, a plagiarism software, to be sure that your work is less than 20% duplicated from other sources unless otherwise noted. Take the time to correct it so the report verifying your work is less than 20% or as required by your instructor. You may edit your paper and resubmit it up to three times or per your instructor’s directions. Make sure you follow the RUBRIC below strictly in all the assignment to score the highest point.

SCORING RUBRIC Criteria
Does Not Meet 0%
Approaches 70%
Meets 80%
Exceeds 100%
Criterion Score

Content Weight: 30%
0 points
Topic is inappropriate to assignment, inaccurate understanding of concepts, unclear and difficult to understand; does not address many assignment requirements. Information has weak or no connection to the assignment topic.

21 points
Topic is mostly covered and appropriate to assignment, but does not adequately demonstrate accurate understanding of concepts; mostly clear and understandable; lacks some of the requirements of the assignment description and/or provides little detail; Information relates to the main topic, but few details and/or examples are given.

24 points
Topic is covered completely and appropriate to assignment; overview of key concept dimensions is evident; clear and understandable; addresses all of the requirements of the assignment description, with adequate attention to detail.

30 points
In-depth coverage of topic; outstanding clarity and explanation of concepts demonstrated in information presented; approaches assignment with depth and breadth, without redundancy, using clear and focused details.
/ 30

Organization Weight: 25%
0 points
Organization is confusing and interferes with reader’s ability to follow ideas. Weak or no introduction of topic or purpose is unclear, weak, or missing. Conclusion lacks a summary of topic, or is missing or irrelevant.
17.5 points
Ideas are sometimes disorganized or irrelevant; Flow is sometimes choppy; somewhat clear organization. Basic introduction that states topic but is presented in an uninteresting way. Conclusion contains basic summary of topic without final concluding ideas, may inappropriately introduces new information.

20 points
Structures ideas in a coherent, organized order that has good flow and an obvious framework. Proficient introduction that is interesting and states topic. Conclusion contains good summary of topic with credible concluding ideas and introduces no new information.

25 points
Exceptionally clear, logical, mature, and thorough organization permitting smooth flow of ideas; Introduction that grabs interest of reader and states topic in clear, unambiguous terms. Excellent concluding summary with succinct and precise ideas that impact reader.
/ 25

Logic/Argument Weight: 15%
0 points
Demonstrates little logical reasoning for the claims and thoughts within assignment; Many claims are weak or illogical.

10.5 points
Lacks some logical reasoning for the claims and thoughts within the assignment; Some claims are weak.

12 points
Uses solid logical reasoning for the claims and thoughts within the assignment.

15 points
Provides exemplary logical reasoning for the claims and thoughts within the assignment.
/ 15

Support Weight: 20%
0 points
Lacks support; Uses poor sources for references; Citations lack credibility, relevance, or academic quality or are not current; Does not meet the minimum number of required citations in assignment description. APA format and style are not evident.

14 points
Provides weak support or not enough support; Citations are not consistently credible, current, relevant or academic; Meets the minimum number of required citations in assignment description Missing APA elements; in-text citations, where necessary, are used but formatted inaccurately and not referenced.
16 points
Provides sufficient support with credible, current, relevant academic citations; Meets the minimum number of required citations in assignment description. ; In-text citations and a reference page are present with few format errors. Mechanics of writing are reflective of APA style.

20 points
Provides very strong support from credible, current, relevant, academic citations; Meets or exceeds the minimum number of required citations in assignment description. Accurate citations and references are presented. No APA errors are evident.
/ 20

Quality of Written Communication Weight: 10%
0 points
Style and voice inappropriate or do not address given audience, purpose, etc. Word choice is excessively redundant, clichéd, and unspecific. Inconsistent grammar, spelling, punctuation, and paragraphing. Surface errors are pervasive enough that they impede communication of meaning.