Assignment: Assessing a Healthcare Program/Policy Evaluation

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Assignment: Assessing a Healthcare Program/Policy Evaluation

The program should be medication assistant treatment healthcare program for substance use, please use template attached.

Program/policy evaluation is a valuable tool that can help strengthen the quality of programs/policies and improve outcomes for the populations they serve. Program/policy evaluation answers basic questions about program/policy effectiveness. It involves collecting and analyzing information about program/policy activities, characteristics, and outcomes. This information can be used to ultimately improve program services or policy initiatives.

Nurses can play a very important role assessing program/policy evaluation for the same reasons that they can be so important to program/policy design. Nurses bring expertise and patient advocacy that can add significant insight and impact. In this Assignment, you will practice applying this expertise and insight by selecting an existing healthcare program or policy evaluation and reflecting on the criteria used to measure the effectiveness of the program/policy.

To Prepare:

• Review the Healthcare Program/. The program should be medication assistant treatment healthcare program . Policy Evaluation Analysis Template provided in the Resources.

• Select an existing healthcare program or policy evaluation or choose one of interest to you.

• Review community, state, or federal policy evaluation and reflect on the criteria used to measure the effectiveness of the program or policy described.

The Assignment: (2–3 pages)

Based on the program or policy evaluation you selected, complete the Healthcare Program/Policy Evaluation Analysis Template. Be sure to address the following:

• Describe the healthcare program or policy outcomes.

• How was the success of the program or policy measured?

• How many people were reached by the program or policy selected?

• How much of an impact was realized with the program or policy selected?

• At what point in program implementation was the program or policy evaluation conducted?

• What data was used to conduct the program or policy evaluation?

• What specific information on unintended consequences was identified?

• What stakeholders were identified in the evaluation of the program or policy? Who would benefit most from the results and reporting of the program or policy evaluation? Be specific and provide examples.

• Did the program or policy meet the original intent and objectives? Why or why not?

• Would you recommend implementing this program or policy in your place of work? Why or why not?

• Identify at least two ways that you, as a nurse advocate, could become involved in evaluating a program or policy after 1 year of implementation.

By Day 7 of Week 10

Submit your completed healthcare program/policy evaluation analysis.

Submission and Grading Information

To submit your completed Assignment for review and grading, do the following:

• Please save your Assignment using the naming convention “WK10Assgn+last name+first initial.(extension)” as the name.

• Click the Week 10 Assignment Rubric to review the Grading Criteria for the Assignment.

• Click the Week 10 Assignment link. You will also be able to “View Rubric” for grading criteria from this area.

• Next, from the Attach File area, click on the Browse My Computer button. Find the document you saved as “WK10Assgn+last name+first initial.(extension)” and click Open.

• If applicable: From the Plagiarism Tools area, click the checkbox for I agree to submit my paper(s) to the Global Reference Database.

• Click on the Submit button to complete your submission.

• Due to the nature of this assignment, your instructor may require more than 5 days to provide you with quality feedback.

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