Complete the readings and learning activities for Module 1.
- Discuss how you have facilitated or advocated for “change” or where you have already engaged in healthcare policy.
- Identify one issue in your nursing practice where you have facilitated a new policy or change to an existing policy. (Pages 3-5 in your text discuss types of policy. You may consider any of these types, but please use this information as you identify your experience.)
- Discuss the setting where you were or are currently working at the time this change was proposed and how your background and experiences (personal and professional) impacted your position on this change.
- Discuss why you believe this change was needed, whether you successfully made the policy change, and if not, what you could have done differently. Identify if you used any “evidence” or SBAR to help you prepare your efforts to make this change. Please discuss these concepts in your post. (If you are unfamiliar with SBAR, please review the article in your reading to familiarize yourself with this concept by reviewing the Jurns article.
- How would this change be supported by the Code of Ethics for Nurses (https://www.nursingworld.org/coe-view-only)?
Each post must cite and reference at least one peer-reviewed source (a journal article published within the last 5 years) in APA 7th edition.
Module Objectives:
This discussion aids in the attainment of the following Module Objectives:
- MO 1: Identify Nurses’ role in Health Policy – Past, Present, Future, and why the healthcare policy is important to practice, delivery, and outcomes (CO1)
- MO 2: Identify common terms related to health policy, compare Public Policy and Health Policy; identify your members of Congress and your state legislators (CO2)
- MO 4: Distinguish between the settings for healthcare delivery and the RN’s role in each setting (CO4)
