Assignment 2: Health Policy The purpose of this assignment is for you to identify an issue of concern for your role as an advanced practice nurse and to formulate a potential policy change to address that issue. There are many potential issues which can influence your practice setting or other issues which may negatively affect the patients with whom you work. All of the course reading will help you to identify a topic for this assignment. You can think about the issue as related to your health promotion project. The policy you consider may be in reaction to the health promotion issue or something larger that is still related to that issue. There are hundreds of possible issues, but here is a list of a few to consider: • Child and elder care • Civil rights • Domestic violence • Drug abuse/addiction • HIV/AIDS • Homelessness • Native American and migrant workers’ health • Long-term care • Immigration/illegal aliens • Legislative issues affecting advanced practice nursing • Barriers to practice • Access to care As you begin to work on the possible policy change, the following ideas and steps should be considered: • Definition and description of the issue • Exploration of the background of the issue • Stakeholders • Issue statement or statement of clarity • Possible methods of addressing the issue • Goals and options for changes • Risks and benefits of the changes • Evaluation methodology • Recommendation or solution By Week 3, Day 5, submit a Word document to the W3 Assignment 2 Dropbox. Be sure to use APA style and include all of your references. Grading Criteria Maximum Points Identify the type of legislation, such as state, federal, scope of practice, reimbursement, loan repayment, or others. 10 Review of the literature consists of a minimum of 3–4 peerreviewed articles and 6–7 other outside sources. 15 Describe the current policy or health policy issue and specify how 10 it would impact nursing or healthcare. Describe the specific aspects of the proposed policy or policy change. 10 Identify the individuals who would benefit from the policy change and explain where support for the change would be found. 10 Describe the impact of the policy change on nursing practice and 5 health care. Provide an analysis of the policy from your point of view and how 10 this will influence your practice. Use good writing skills, appropriate grammar, and application of 5 APA formatting throughout paper, citations, and references. Total: 75 Running head: US Domestic Violence Domestic Violence in the United States Your Name South University June 16, 2017 1 US Domestic Violence 2 Domestic Violence in the United States Here you will introduce your type of legislation briefly in two to three sentences. Remember to keep it simple and succinct. Domestic Violence (DV) is on the rise and many women die (Author, 2017) rather than seeking appropriate help. Review of Literature This will be your longest section about two pages. Here you will summarize the Results or Findings of Peer-Reviewed Articles. Under Course Home there is a great resource called Library Help. Each article summary should be about two to three sentences. Remember anytime you use numbers a citation is required per sentence with numbers. DV Incidence There were several articles that provided similar statistical data regarding DV. The most common data supplied were Men against Women of 65% (Author, 2017; Author2, 2015; Author 3, 2016). Men against Men DV rates are on the rise. The CDC (2017) reports the rate to be greater than 20%. DV Legislation Every state has it is own legislation regarding DV. This author looked at laws regarding Florida. These included …… DV Solutions Research as DV is often a learned behavior. Women see it happen to their mothers. Men see their fathers bullying their mothers. This cycle must stop. Several solutions have been found in the literature. Current Policy US Domestic Violence 3 This author is planning to explore Florida statue 12-34 (Florida Statues, 2017). It is called DV Act. It further delineates the following main points…. What this means to nursing is …. Healthcare providers must work with … to protect the victims of DV Proposed Change As a future APN this author would like to add an addendum to the legislation to consider ….. This author believes this change could impact the victims of DV by ….. Benefits and Supportors Those that would benefit most from this new idea would be the victims including men, women, and children as well as society. The support for this change would come from APN nurses of all degrees. Also healthcare providers and police departments. Impact on Nursing The impact on nursing practice would be better use of the change suggested by …. It is important for nursing to realize the support needed by those victims of DV. Healthcare would have to change the model of care to support this change by ….. Analysis and Influence This author believes the change of this law could save lives, provide other opportunities of support for victims, and … bah bah. How this change would impact this author’s nursing practice would to provide better resources for the victims and increase knowledge of where to gain more support for DV victims Conclusion As this policy changes, the goal is to see less victims and develop education to change behaviors. This could be a win-win scenario for everyone involved. US Domestic Violence 4 References Author, A.A. (year). Title of article. Journal Title, (2)4, 35-42. Author, B.A. (year). Title of article. Journal Title, (4)6, 85-96.
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