Health Policy Assignment Guidelines
This assignment is an
individual written paper. Finding current
health policies to explore can be
challenging so I have chosen ones for
you. You will self-‐select
into teams of 3 students for each
policy. This is to ensure that all
policies are used and there is an
even distribution students and policies; it
is not to work together on the
actual final submission, although you will
use peer review for
Part 1rt 1.
Health
Policy: Why it is important Recent
and ongoing changes in
healthcare necessitate that nurses
know the importance of understanding health
policy both in the arena of
how health policy impacts nursing practice
now and
also in the future. “Nurses
are well aware that today’s health
care system is in
trouble and in need of change.
The experiences of many nurses practicing
in the real world of health care
are motivating them to take on some
form of an
advocacy role in order to
influence a change in policies, laws,
or regulations that govern the larger
health care system. This type of
advocacy necessitates stepping beyond their
own practice setting and into the
less familiar world of policy and
politics, a world in which
many nurses do not feel prepared to
operate effectively. Successful policy advocacy
depends on having the power, the will,
the time, and the energy, along with
the political skills needed to ‘play
the game’ in the
legislative arena” (Abood, p. 1).
It is for these reasons health policy
is content in a leadership/management
course and why you will explore a
specific area of
health policy for this assignment.
The health policies for this
assignment are
listed at the end. Teams are
set up on the BB course so you
can sign up and
have access to a wiki to
share your early descriptions of the
topic for peer
review. Use the questions posted
to guide comments to your peers. It
is up to
each team to decide how all
papers will be reviewed within the
team.
Participation in this aspect of
the assignment is required. Components
of the
Paper Examine the
health policy by addressing the following areas
and questions. Be sure to include
an overall introduction and conclusion to
the paper. The
complete paper with
title page, references, and information
literacy should be 8-10 pages.
Part 1: Introduce the policy
by describing, explaining its components. (250-500
words)
Part 2:
Conduct a literature review to consider
what has been written about the
policy in the last five years. This
review will include an analysis of
the articles and include a synopsis
of the main ideas and an evaluation
of the content. Do you
agree or disagree with the
viewpoint(s) put forward in the literature?
Why or why not? Does the literature
perspective of the policy coincide with
the
current policy? Provide rationale
and support for your comments. 1200-1500 words
Part 3: Why is the
policy topic important to nursing? How
do you believe
knowing more about this policy
might impact nursing practice? 250-500 words.
Writing Component Organization, flow,
writing and APA format will
also be assessed in this
assignment. Be sure to use
headings/subheadings for the different sections
of the paper. Review the rubric for
distribution of
points.
My topic is workforce / Diversity
Health Policy: Workforce/Diversity – New Link, topic OK
http://www.rwjf.org/en/research-publications/find-rwjf-research/2011/12/how-will-the-affordable-care-act-help-diversify-the-health-care-.html Below is the original link that still gets
you to a RWJF site and ultimately to workforce issues but this new link above
will provide a more focused workforce issue on diversity of the workforce
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