Alternative Contact Assignment: 10% of course grade (this is an alternative in lieu of above Contact Assignment – submission deadline is still the same).
A. As an alternative to a real interview (phone or video) with a health policy leader, one may “interview” a nursing policy organization by accessing and reading relevant online material of and about this organization. * Please choose from the American Nurses Association (ANA), The American Academy of Nursing (AAN), or the American Association of Nurse Practitioner (AANP).*
B. Please investigate and respond to the following points:
What is the stated mission of the organization? Please reflect and write on this mission as it relates to health policy.
What specific nursing/health issues are important to this organization and why? (choose those you wish to highlight – do not need to cover all).
What work is the organization engaged in to address policy issues such as COVID-19? How is the organization doing this work?
How might nurses who are interested in policy advancement get involved with the work of this organization? (you might discuss one specific area of concern to you).
At least one additional point/question of your own design.
C. Provide a (2-4 page, double-spaced) documentation of the “interview”/investigation with commentary that includes reflections and critical analysis on the information obtained and the way in which information was presented. The commentary may be interwoven in the documentation of the “interview”/investigation or may be added at the end of the document.
Grading Criteria:
Ability to elicit informative answers from interviewee [50%]
Your reflections and critical analysis on the process and information [50%]
Please keep in mind that you may be asked to draw from this assignment in an upcoming class forum.
*I am providing the following links to get you started. They are all focused on issues such as COVID-19 and include the ANA, AAN and AACN. There is also a link from the CDC that may give important content. You should look for up to date information from these sources and are encouraged to search more broadly for context as needed.
ANA:
https://www.nursingworld.org/
https://anacapitolbeat.org/2020/03/18/ana-policy-and-government-affairs-march-18-update-on-covid-19/
AAN:
https://www.aannet.org/home
https://www.aannet.org/news/coronavirus
AANP:
https://www.aanp.org/
https://www.aanp.org/news-feed/open-letter-to-the-national-governors-association
https://www.aanp.org/news-feed/aanp-statement-on-administration-meeting-supporting-nursing-community-coronavirus-response
CDC:
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/healthcare-facilities/index.html
Contact Assignment Submission Instructions:
This assignment is due on Day 4 by 11:59 pm. This assignment will be put through SafeAssign. SafeAssign is a plagiarism prevention tool that detects unoriginal content by identifying areas of overlap between submitted assignments and existing works. Follow SafeAssign requirement per syllabus. You will be able to resubmit your assignment multiple times until the due date/time if needed. Five points will be deducted for each day the assignment is overdue. Please contact the faculty before the due date if there are extenuating circumstances.
Grading Rubric
Your assignment will be graded according to the grading rubric.
Grading Criteria:
Ability to elicit informative answers from interviewee [50%]
Your reflections and critical analysis on the process and information [50%]
