decision making about health policy

As advanced practice nurses, you will be called upon to participate as leaders in decision making about health policy. That participation may include development and implementation of health policy at the local, state, and federal levels. Completion of this assignment will assist you in obtaining beginning-level knowledge and skills to participate in health policy development in your future advanced nursing practice.

Identify a topic/area of health need in your community, your state, or the nation. (You may not select a topic in your work setting.) How does your selected health initiative play a role in the health of your community?

Health need topics could include nutritious school lunches, obesity, inactivity, immunizations, school nurses, health care/medications for the mentally ill, homelessness, STDs, health disparities, school health for children with diabetes or asthma, APRN practice, the opioid epidemic, medical marijuana, barriers to healthcare access for Native Americans, changing the West Virginia state (or another state) practice law for nurse practitioners, nurse practitioner rural independent practice in Iowa (or another state), rural telemedicine for psych clients, U.S. maternal mortality, e-cigarette use in adolescents, food allergies in schools, or healthcare barriers for illegal immigrants.

The topics are too numerous to mention them all. Think about your nursing experiences and your knowledge of healthcare systems when choosing your topic.

Find an article from a professional nursing journal that addresses this disparity. Then complete the assignment that follows.

Clearly identify the health initiative. Discuss why you chose this health initiative.

Discuss your plan to carry out your health initiative project.

Identify at least two resources (only one of which may be a website) that will assist you in the development and implementation of your project.

***I live in Florida- I want to talk about STD- my topic **Improving STD Patients’ Compliance with Medication Regimens** this is the first part of the project two pages for this part.

second part

The Plan

State at least two specific outcomes that you wish to achieve. Make sure the outcomes are measurable using SMART goals. Specifically state how you will measure that outcomes were met. What is your plan to address this health initiative? Be specific.

How will you notify the public/concerned parties that there is a problem? For example, if you choose to write a letter to the editor or to your congressperson, what will you put in the letter?

Will anyone assist you in developing or implementing your initiative? Be specific about their roles. Will you seek input from any group of people?

What specifics are involved in your plan—an article for a paper, presentation at church, parent/teacher meeting, etc.?

Miscellaneous

Maximum 10 pages, including title and reference pages. Use APA style.

Minimum of five references*:

No more than two from websites (appropriate websites are those that are .org, .gov, or .edu only)

At least one research article

At least two professional nursing journal articles

*References may not be older than five years.

When preparing your references, double-check to be sure that the DOI (if used) is correct. Also check to be sure that the URLs for journals are correct.

This assignment will be evaluated using the NUR640 Health Initiatives Project Rubric in your syllabus.

Turnitin

This assignment will be scanned using Turnitin software. Turnitin is an online service that highlights matching text in written work. It indexes Internet sources, databases of subscription services, and written work submitted through its website. Assignments sent through Turnitin are scanned against all of its sources, and a report is generated that summarizes and highlights matching text and where it was found. It is up to instructors and students to interpret the report to determine if plagiarism occurred.