NSG 4068 Advocate for Nurses and Health Policy

NSG 4068 Advocate for Nurses and Health Policy

NSG 4068 Advocate for Nurses and Health Policy

 

Envisioning Yourself as an Advocate for Nurses and Health
Policy

The discussion assignment provides a forum for discussing
relevant topics for this week on the basis of the course competencies covered.

For this assignment, make sure you post your initial
response to the Discussion Area by the due date assigned.

To support your work, use your course and text readings and
also use the South University Online Library. As in all assignments, cite your
sources in your work and provide references for the citations in APA format.

Start reviewing and responding to the postings of your
classmates as early in the week as possible. Respond to at least two of your
classmates’ initial postings. Participate in the discussion by asking a
question, providing a statement of clarification, providing a point of view
with a rationale, challenging an aspect of the discussion, or indicating a
relationship between two or more lines of reasoning in the discussion. Cite sources
in your responses to other classmates. Complete your participation for this
assignment by the end of the week.

 

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And, so we begin a very fast-paced and packed course on
policy, politics, and nursing. Each of us has his or her own experiences and
interest in advocacy. You may want to start your journey by reading Savage’s
piece from your course textbook. Her chapter captures her journey and may serve
as a primer for your experience these next few weeks. This week’s readings and
assignments will help you to picture yourself moving in a direction to
developing/honing/refining your advocacy skills.

Answer one of the following questions:

From the chapter “The Changing United States Health Care
System” in your course textbook, using either the story of Wald’s efforts to
improve the health status of impoverished immigrant communities or the story of
how advanced practice registered nurses have struggled with their legitimacy
within the health care delivery system, compare your own experience in nursing.

Have there been challenges you have faced? If so, what
strategies did you employ to overcome these challenges?

How do you envision your career moving forward in advocating
for your patients? Your community? Yourself?

From your daily briefs, Kaiser Health News Morning Briefing
or POLITICO Pulse.

List the interest groups that are mentioned in the brief and
what their interest is in the piece.

Categorize the issues in the brief according to the
following—politics and politicians, access to health care, health care insurance,
health care legislation, money, drugs, or other.

Nurse practitioners play a unique role in the provision of evidence-based care in their healthcare settings. However, they experience a myriad of challenges that often threaten their autonomy in patient care. I have experienced a number of challenges in my practice. One of them is the colleagues and patients comparing me with a doctor. Patients and other providers may not understand the differences between advanced practice registered nurses and doctors. I often address this challenge by explaining to them the differences between the roles and stressing the fact that I undertake a unique role that is different from those of the doctors. The other challenge I have experienced in practice is not being able to practice as an independent practitioner. Different states have varying regulations on the practice by the advanced registered nurses. Advanced registered nurses practice independently in some states while other states require them to practice under physician supervision. Such restrictions affect the autonomy of the nurse practitioners in patient care. I address this challenge by engaging in advocacy efforts that aim at eliminating practice barriers for advanced registered nurses (Buerhaus et al., 2017).

I envision a nursing career that will be characterized by the increased focus on the needs of the patients in the future. The nurses will be actively involved in ensuring the adoption of patient-centered models in patient care to optimize their care outcomes. I also envision a future where all the healthcare providers will prioritize the need for patient engagement and prioritization of their diverse needs. I also envision a career that will be characterized by healthier communities due to their enhanced engagement in activities that promote their health. I envision myself being a nurse trained at the doctoral level in my specialty to enable me to provide highly specialized care to patients and personal and professional development to other nurses.

 

 

References

Buerhaus, P. I., Skinner, L. E., Auerbach, D. I., & Staiger, D. O. (2017). Four Challenges Facing the Nursing Workforce in the United States. Journal of Nursing Regulation, 8(2), 40–46. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2155-8256(17)30097-2

Lopes Write Policy

For assignments that need to be submitted to Lopes Write, please be sure you have received your report and Similarity Index (SI) percentage BEFORE you do a “final submit” to me.

Once you have received your report, please review it. This report will show you grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors that can easily be fixed. Take the extra few minutes to review instead of getting counted off for these mistakes.

Review your similarities. Did you forget to cite something? Did you not paraphrase well enough? Is your paper made up of someone else’s thoughts more than your own?

Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for tips on improving your paper and SI score.

Late Policy

The university’s policy on late assignments is 10% penalty PER DAY LATE. This also applies to late DQ replies.

Please communicate with me if you anticipate having to submit an assignment late. I am happy to be flexible, with advance notice. We may be able to work out an extension based on extenuating circumstances.

If you do not communicate with me before submitting an assignment late, the GCU late policy will be in effect.

I do not accept assignments that are two or more weeks late unless we have worked out an extension.

As per policy, no assignments are accepted after the last day of class. Any assignment submitted after midnight on the last day of class will not be accepted for grading.

Communication

Communication is so very important. There are multiple ways to communicate with me:

Questions to Instructor Forum: This is a great place to ask course content or assignment questions. If you have a question, there is a good chance one of your peers does as well. This is a public forum for the class.

Individual Forum: This is a private forum to ask me questions or send me messages. This will be checked at least once every 24 hours.

Important information for writing discussion questions and participation

Welcome to class

Hello class and welcome to the class and I will be your instructor for this course. This is a -week course and requires a lot of time commitment, organization, and a high level of dedication. Please use the class syllabus to guide you through all the assignments required for the course. I have also attached the classroom policies to this announcement to know your expectations for this course. Please review this document carefully and ask me any questions if you do. You could email me at any time or send me a message via the “message” icon in halo if you need to contact me. I check my email regularly, so you should get a response within 24 hours. If you have not heard from me within 24 hours and need to contact me urgently, please send a follow up text to

I strongly encourage that you do not wait until the very last minute to complete your assignments. Your assignments in weeks 4 and 5 require early planning as you would need to present a teaching plan and interview a community health provider. I advise you look at the requirements for these assignments at the beginning of the course and plan accordingly. I have posted the YouTube link that explains all the class assignments in detail. It is required that you watch this 32-minute video as the assignments from week 3 through 5 require that you follow the instructions to the letter to succeed. Failure to complete these assignments according to instructions might lead to a zero. After watching the video, please schedule a one-on-one with me to discuss your topic for your project by the second week of class. Use this link to schedule a 15-minute session. Please, call me at the time of your appointment on my number. Please note that I will NOT call you.

Please, be advised I do NOT accept any assignments by email. If you are having technical issues with uploading an assignment, contact the technical department and inform me of the issue. If you have any issues that would prevent you from getting your assignments to me by the deadline, please inform me to request a possible extension. Note that working fulltime or overtime is no excuse for late assignments. There is a 5%-point deduction for every day your assignment is late. This only applies to approved extensions. Late assignments will not be accepted.

If you think you would be needing accommodations due to any reasons, please contact the appropriate department to request accommodations.

Plagiarism is highly prohibited. Please ensure you are citing your sources correctly using APA 7th edition. All assignments including discussion posts should be formatted in APA with the appropriate spacing, font, margin, and indents. Any papers not well formatted would be returned back to you, hence, I advise you review APA formatting style. I have attached a sample paper in APA format and will also post sample discussion responses in subsequent announcements.

Your initial discussion post should be a minimum of 200 words and response posts should be a minimum of 150 words. Be advised that I grade based on quality and not necessarily the number of words you post. A minimum of TWO references should be used for your initial post. For your response post, you do not need references as personal experiences would count as response posts. If you however cite anything from the literature for your response post, it is required that you cite your reference. You should include a minimum of THREE references for papers in this course. Please note that references should be no more than 5 years old except recommended as a resource for the class. Furthermore, for each discussion board question, you need ONE initial substantive response and TWO substantive responses to either your classmates or your instructor for a total of THREE responses. There are TWO discussion questions each week, hence, you need a total minimum of SIX discussion posts for each week. I usually post a discussion question each week. You could also respond to these as it would count towards your required SIX discussion posts for the week.

I understand this is a lot of information to cover in 5 weeks, however, the Bible says in Philippians 4:13 that we can do all things through Christ that strengthens us. Even in times like this, we are encouraged by God’s word that we have that ability in us to succeed with His strength. I pray that each and every one of you receives strength for this course and life generally as we navigate through this pandemic that is shaking our world today. Relax and enjoy the course!

Hi Class,

Please read through the following information on writing a Discussion question response and participation posts.

Contact me if you have any questions.

Important information on Writing a Discussion Question

• Your response needs to be a minimum of 150 words (not including your list of references)
• There needs to be at least TWO references with ONE being a peer reviewed professional journal article.
• Include in-text citations in your response
• Do not include quotes—instead summarize and paraphrase the information
• Follow APA-7th edition
• Points will be deducted if the above is not followed

Participation –replies to your classmates or instructor

• A minimum of 6 responses per week, on at least 3 days of the week.
• Each response needs at least ONE reference with citations—best if it is a peer reviewed journal article
• Each response needs to be at least 75 words in length (does not include your list of references)
• Responses need to be substantive by bringing information to the discussion or further enhance the discussion. Responses of “I agree” or “great post” does not count for the word count.
• Follow APA 7th edition
• Points will be deducted if the above is not followed
• Remember to use and follow APA-7th edition for all weekly assignments, discussion questions, and participation points.
• Here are some helpful links
• Student paper example
• Citing Sources
• The Writing Center is a great resource