Develop a 2–4 page policy proposal that seeks to improve the outcomes for your chosen healthcare issue and target population.
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Introduction
Note: Each assessment in this course builds on the work you completed in the previous assessment. Therefore, you must complete the assessments in this course in the order in which they are presented.
Cost and access to care continue to be main concerns for patients and providers. As technology improves our ability to care for and improve outcomes in patients with chronic and complex illnesses, questions of cost and access become increasingly important. As a master’s-prepared nurse, you must be able to develop policies that will ensure the delivery of care that is effective and can be provided in an ethical and equitable manner.
Professional Context
As a master’s-prepared nurse, you have a valuable viewpoint and voice with which to advocate for policy developments. As a nurse leader and healthcare practitioner, often on the front lines of helping individuals and populations, you are able to articulate and advocate for the patient more than any other professional group in healthcare. This is especially true of populations that may be underserved, underrepresented, or are otherwise lacking a voice. By advocating for and developing policies, you are able to help drive improvements in outcomes for specific populations. The policies you advocate for could be internal ones (just within a specific department or healt care setting) that ensure quality care and compliance. Or they could be external policies (local, state, or federal) that may have more wide-ranging effects on best practices and regulations.
Scenario
The analysis of position papers that your interdisciplinary team presented to the committee has convinced them that it would be worth the time and effort to develop a new policy to address your specific issue in the target population. To that end, your interdisciplinary team has been asked to submit a policy proposal that outlines a specific approach to improving the outcomes for your target population that’s negatively impacted by health inequity. This proposal should be supported by evidence and best practices that illustrate why the specific approaches are likely to be successful. Additionally, you have been asked to address the ways in which applying your policy to interdisciplinary teams could lead to efficiency or effectiveness gains.
This assessment will build upon your previous Analysis of Position Papers for Vulnerable Populations assessment. If, for some reason, you wish to change your specific issue or target population, contact your faculty for approval.
Instructions
For this assessment, you will develop a policy proposal that seeks to improve the outcomes for your chosen healthcare issue and target population. The bullet points below correspond to the grading criteria in the scoring guide. Be sure that your assessment submission addresses all of them. You may also want to read the Biopsychosocial Population Health Policy Proposal Scoring Guide and
Guiding Questions: Biopsychosocial Population Health Policy Proposal [PDF]
to better understand how each grading criterion will be assessed.
· Propose a policy and guidelines that will lead to improved outcomes and quality of care for a specific issue in a target population negatively impacted by health inequity.
· Advocate the need for a proposed policy in the context of current outcomes and quality of care for a specific issue in a target population negatively impacted by health inequity.
· Analyze the potential for an interdisciplinary approach to implementing a proposed policy to increase the efficiency or effectiveness of the care setting to achieve high-quality outcomes.
· Communicate proposal in a professional and persuasive manner, writing content clearly and logically with correct use of grammar, punctuation, and spelling.
· Integrate relevant sources to support assertions, correctly formatting citations and references using APA style.
Example assessment: You may use the
Assessment 2 Example [PDF]
to give you an idea of what a Proficient or higher rating on the scoring guide would look like.
Submission Requirements
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Length of proposal: 2–4 double-spaced, typed pages, not including title page or reference list. Your proposal should be succinct yet substantive. No abstract is required.
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Number of references: Cite a minimum of 3–5 sources of scholarly or professional evidence that support the relevance of or need for your policy, as well as interdisciplinary considerations. Resources should be no more than five years old.
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APA formatting: Use the
APA Style Paper Tutorial [DOCX]
to help you in writing and formatting your proposal.
Competencies Measured
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and scoring guide criteria:
· Competency 1: Design evidence-based advanced nursing care for achieving high-quality population outcomes.
· Propose a policy and guidelines that will lead to improved outcomes and quality of care for a specific issue in a target population negatively impacted by health inequity.
· Competency 2: Evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of interdisciplinary interventions in achieving desired population health outcomes.
· Analyze the potential for an interdisciplinary approach to implementing a proposed policy to increase the efficiency or effectiveness of the care setting to achieve high-quality outcomes.
· Competency 3: Analyze population health outcomes through the lens of social justice, structural racism, or health inequity and their implications for health policy advocacy.
· Advocate the need for a proposed policy in the context of current outcomes and quality of care for a specific issue in a target population negatively impacted by health inequity.
· Competency 4: Communicate effectively with diverse audiences, in an appropriate form and style, consistent with organizational, professional, and scholarly standards.
· Communicate in a professional and persuasive manner, writing content clearly and logically with correct use of grammar, punctuation, and spelling.
· Integrate relevant sources to support assertions, correctly formatting citations and references using current APA style.
