NR506 Week 1 Discussion
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Week
1: The Four Spheres of Political Action in Nursing

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Please discuss the four spheres of political action in nursing. In
addition, please develop a brief argument sharing how these spheres are
interconnected and overlapping by applying an example from your practice. What
are some ethical considerations here?

NR506 Week 2 Discussion
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Week
2: Policy-Priority Selection

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Identify your selected healthcare policy priority and discuss the
rationale for your selection. Describe the model of policy making that you feel
would be best applied to your policy issue and the rationale for selecting this
model.

NR506 Week 3 Discussion
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Week 3: Effective Coalition Leadership

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Describe the various elements necessary for effective leadership
within a coalition. How does this apply to your professional practice or life?

NR506 Week 4 Discussion
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Week 4: Challenges in Lobbying
Strategies

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Discuss the best approach for communicating with your local
legislator or policymaker in your policy-priority issue. What is your rationale
for this approach?

NR506 Week 5 Discussion
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Week 5: Drivers of High Performance
Healthcare Systems

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Select two drivers (for example quality, cost, and access) of
high performance healthcare systems and apply it to your current work
situation. The application could demonstrate the presence of the driver in a
positive manner or it could acknowledge the presence of a concern.

NR506 Week 6 Discussion
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Week 6: Using the Media

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Given the power of the media, discuss how you would use an
opinion editorial, a personal interview, websites, texting, Facebook, Twitter,
and/or blogs to influence public opinion relative to your policy priority. What
issues about media and electronic social networking do you need to consider?
Why?

NR506 Week 7 Discussion
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Week 7: RN as Healthcare Policy Leader

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As a health policy professional leader, communicating with lay
audiences is an important skill in promoting the health of the community for
master prepared registered nurses. Develop a concise position statement
reflecting the research findings and recommendations by experts as they relate
to workplace support for breast feeding mothers, medical marijuana services in
the community, genetic testing or applications of stem cell research,
transgender care, abortion, end-of-life care, or a community service
administered by Family Nurse Practitioners (if you pick this one be specific
about the type of community service the FNP would work in or manage).

NR506 Week 8 Discussion
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Reflect on the concepts and practices you have
learned in NR506 on healthcare systems, politics, and health policy. Read the
article that is linked below and share insights as how to make informed
decisions on nursing practice and patient outcomes on a global basis. In
addition, state how you will apply what you have learned in this course to your
upcoming practicum experience. Note: it is welcome but not necessary to post
your own references this week in your discussion responses. Enjoy the reading
and simply reflect with us.

Read the article (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. by:

Kohl, H.W., Craig, C. L., Lambert, E.V., Inoue,
S., Alkandari, J.R., Leetonngin, G., & Kahlmeier, K. (2012). The

pandemic of physical inactivity: Global action
for public health. The Lancet, 380(9838), 294-305. doi:

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60898-8.

A systems approach to dealing with the global
issue of physical inactivity is discussed.

NR506 Week 3 Your
Policy-Priority Issue Latest 2018 January

Week 3: Your
Policy-Priority Issue

Your Policy-Priority Issue
assignment is due by Sunday, 11:59 p.m. at the end of Week 3. The guidelines
are listed below. The guidelines and grading rubric are also located in the
course resource section. Don’t forget to include the information noted on
Planning Your Visit Worksheet 1: Formulating a Healthcare Policy Worksheet 1
within your assignment.

PURPOSE

The purpose of this
assignment is to: a) identify and reflect upon key concepts related to your
planning a policymaker call b) provide empirical evidence to support new
insights gained regarding your healthcare policy issue and the policymaking
process, and c) present ideas in a clear, succinct, and scholarly manner.

COURSE OUTCOMES

CO 1: Employ strategies to
impact the development, implementation, and consequences of holistic-focused
healthcare policies using evidence-based practice principles. (PO 1)

CO 2: Communicate with
decision-makers to advocate for effective policies that impact nurses and
nursing, consumers, or the healthcare system to foster population health
including quality and safety. (PO 2)

CO 3: Demonstrate
professional and personal growth concerning the advocacy role of the advanced
practice nurse in fostering policy within diverse healthcare settings. (PO 3)

CO 4: Analyze social,
historical, ethical, and political contexts of healthcare policies while
integrating professional values to impact population health. (PO 4)

CO 5: Advocate for
institutional, local, national, and international policies that fosters person-centered
healthcare and nursing practice. (PO 5)

Due Date Sunday 11:59 p.m. MT at the end of Week 3

Total Points: 175 points

Requirements

Assignment Criteria for
Presentation:

1. Provide
   an introduction to your healthcare policy-priority issue and the title or
   name of your legislator.
2. Articulate
   key points under each of the Formulating a Healthcare Policy Ungraded
   Worksheet #1 sections.
3. Provide
   an analysis of empirical evidence that supports your chosen healthcare
   policy-priority issue and analysis.
4. Demonstrate
   the importance and impact of the chosen healthcare policy-priority issue
   to nursing.
5. Provide
   concluding statements summarizing the content.
6. The
   paper will be a minimum of 4 pages and a maximum of five pages in length,
   in APA format 6th edition, excluding the title and reference page.

NR506 Week 5 Planning
Your Visit- Part A Latest 2018 January

The purpose of this
assignment is to: (a) identify communication strategies that support an
effective policy making-presentation/visit; (b) deliver a message and make
recommendations, and (c) communicate ideas in a clear, succinct, and scholarly
manner.

COURSE OUTCOMES

CO 1: Employ strategies to
impact the development, implementation, and consequences of holistic-focused
healthcare policies using evidence-based practice principles. (PO 1)

CO 2: Communicate with
decision-makers to advocate for effective policies that impact nurses and
nursing, consumers, or the healthcare system to foster population health
including quality and safety. (PO 2)

CO 3: Demonstrate
professional and personal growth concerning the advocacy role of the advanced
practice nurse in fostering policy within diverse healthcare settings. (PO 3)

CO 4: Analyze social,
historical, ethical, and political contexts of healthcare policies while
integrating professional values to impact population health. (PO 4)

CO 5: Advocate for
institutional, local, national, and international policies that fosters
person-centered healthcare and nursing practice. (PO 5)

Due Date: Sunday 11:59 p.m. MT at the end of Week 5

Total Points: 100 points

Assignment Criteria for
Presentation

1. Introduce
   your chosen policy issue, the current status, and an overview of your plan
   for a legislative visit.
2. Articulate
   key communication strategies involved in your approach to the legislator
   including plan, message, and recommendations; see Worksheet 2 and again,
   the focus is on evidence-based communication techniques for effective
   healthcare policy visit to the legislator.
3. Provide
   an analysis of empirical evidence of effective communication strategies
   and techniques to support an effective visit and follow-up to the
   legislator.
4. Provide
   specific examples of the impact and/or importance of a successful
   visit/presentation to nursing.
5. Provide
   concluding statements summarizing the content.
6. Paper
   will be 2-3 pages, excluding title and reference pages, and in APA format
   6th
7. Five
   non-text book references are required as minimum.

Preparing
the Paper

Following completion of
Planning Your Visit Ungraded Worksheet 2, target communication strategies that support an effective
policymaking visit. Include a minimum of five (5) classic references or current
references (published within the past 5 years) that support your policy plan,
the message, recommendations, and follow-up.

NR506 Week 5 Planning
YourVisit- Public Talk Video Part B Latest 2018 January

Week 5-
Planning Your Visit- Public Talk Video Part B

In Week 5 there is two
parts to the Planning Your Visit Assignment. Planning Your Visit (Part A) and Planning
Your Visit-Public Talk Video (Part B) assignments are due by Sunday, 11:59 p.m.
MT at the end of Week 5. You will find the guidelines below. The guidelines and
grading rubrics are also located in the course resource section.

The purpose of this
assignment is to: (a) identify communication strategies that support an
effective policy making-presentation/visit; (b) deliver a message and make
recommendations, and (c) communicate ideas in a clear, succinct, and scholarly
manner.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

CO 1: Employ strategies to
impact the development, implementation, and consequences of holistic-focused
healthcare policies using evidence-based practice principles. (PO 1)

CO 2: Communicate with
decision-makers to advocate for effective policies that impact nurses and
nursing, consumers, or the healthcare system to foster population health
including quality and safety. (PO 2)

CO 3: Demonstrate
professional and personal growth concerning the advocacy role of the advanced
practice nurse in fostering policy within diverse healthcare settings. (PO 3)

CO 4: Analyze social,
historical, ethical, and political contexts of healthcare policies while
integrating professional values to impact population health. (PO 4)

CO 5: Advocate for
institutional, local, national, and international policies that fosters
person-centered healthcare and nursing practice. (PO 5)

Due Date: Sunday 11:59 p.m. MT at the end of Week 5

Total Points: 75 points

Assignment Criteria for
Presentation

1. Articulate
   your policy priority message in 3 minutes or less by video.
2. Video
   is to be of clear image and audible sound.

Preparing
the Video

Following completion of
Planning Your Visit Ungraded Worksheet 2, Use Voice Thread located within Canvas to record and store you
video. The video is to be of yourself delivering your priority message. It is
to be succinct and to the point (3 minutes or less). The video is to be of good
quality.

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NR506 Week 7 Policymaker
Visit Electronic Presentation Latest 2018 January

The purpose of this
assignment is to: (a) identify and reflect upon key concepts related to your
policymaker visit; (b) provide empirical evidence to support new insights
gained regarding your policy issue and the policy making process; and (c)
present ideas in a clear, succinct, and scholarly manner.

COURSE OUTCOMES

CO 1: Employ strategies to
impact the development, implementation, and consequences of holistic-focused
healthcare policies using evidence-based practice principles. (PO 1)

CO 2: Communicate with
decision-makers to advocate for effective policies that impact nurses and
nursing, consumers, or the healthcare system to foster population health
including quality and safety. (PO 2)

CO 3: Demonstrate
professional and personal growth concerning the advocacy role of the advanced
practice nurse in fostering policy within diverse healthcare settings. (PO 3)

CO 4: Analyze social,
historical, ethical, and political contexts of healthcare policies while
integrating professional values to impact population health. (PO 4)

CO 5: Advocate for
institutional, local, national, and international policies that fosters
person-centered healthcare and nursing practice. (PO 5)

Assignment Criteria for
Presentation

1. Describe
   your visit/presentation, including any PowerPoint presentation materials
   that you utilized during your policymaker visit. Limit these slides to
   five slides in this project (of the 15 total slides). This includes any
   handouts that you left with the policymaker.
2. Discuss
   the response of the policymaker to your message/ask/recommendation(s).
3. Reflect
   on the process, follow-up plans, insights gained about the issue and
   process, and support with evidence.
4. Describe
   possible future opportunities as a result of this meeting and their
   importance to nursing.
5. Provide
   concluding statements summarizing the content.
6. Develop
   a 15-slide PowerPoint presentation with speaker notes in APA format, not
   including title and reference slides. Write speaker notes sufficient
   enough to enable someone to take over or give the presentation other than
   you.