Advocacy Priorities Identifying barriers and challenges that impact vulnerable and marginalized groups is an important first step, but advocates cannot stop there. What can be done to address the inequities, the challenges, and the barriers? How might an advocate use policy to enact change? The Allegory of the Orchard required you to consider the barriers […]

Positive Social Change Social Change is at the core of Walden’s mission as a university. The sociological definition of social change is the “transformation of culture, behavior, social institutions, and social structure over time (University of Minnesota, 2016).” However, Walden University’s mission of social change is even more succinct. It is “people working to improve […]

Throughout this course, you will develop a comprehensive Healthcare Budget Request to promote commitment from leadership to your idea for a healthcare product or service to address gaps or provide opportunities to your organization. For this Assignment, you will begin this effort by developing an executive summary for the proposal. You will also begin work […]

Advocacy Area In the first two Discussions, you identified a vulnerable or marginalized population for whom you can determine an issue that could be addressed through engaging in policy advocacy. Now it is time to present this advocacy area with evidence to support and defend your selection. For this Assignment, you will explain and defend […]

The Nurse Leader as Economist What do a parking place, a picture of two men playing cards, a bird feather, and an old automobile have in common? Surprisingly, each of these items are on the list of the most expensive items in the world. A parking spot in New York City, a painting titled “The […]