Purpose of Assignment:
Nurses need to understand their influence on healthcare policy and the importance of engaging in legislation that impacts healthcare and nursing practice.
Course Competency:
- Debate current healthcare policy as it relates to nursing practice.
Scenario:
You are a nursing member of a healthcare organization on a policy subcommittee. The subcommittee has been asked to prepare an advocacy policy brief on a current policy that can be presented for facility adoption. As an active nurse advocate, it is important your voice is heard on a matter important to you as this is your chance to influence policy.
Instructions:
Prepare a policy brief. Identify and support your stance by addressing the following:
- Explain your selected healthcare policy.
- Address the background of the problem requiring the policy.
- Address how the policy is relevant to your nursing practice or area of interest.
- Identify if this policy impacts practice at the local, state and/or national level.
- Evaluate how this policy could impact health care and further explain how this policy would influence nursing practice.
- Provide evidence to support your stance on how you can implement the current policy.
- Explain ways you can assist in implementing this policy as a nurse advocate.