Week 7: APNs as Healthcare Policy Leaders (Orig Post due Wednesday, Responses due Sunday)11 unread reply.11 reply.Purpose The purpose of this assignment is to discuss healthcare policy of the APN profession and how Transformational Leadership can help to influence policy changes. This week’s assignment focuses on the APN as a Health Policy Leader, one of the nine NONPF NP competencies. Students will analyze how health policy may affect NP practice and how Transformational Leadership can help to influence policy changes. Activity Learning Outcomes Through this discussion, the student will demonstrate the ability to: Critically analyze how healthcare systems and APRN practice are organized and influenced by ethical, legal, economic and political factors (CO2) Demonstrate professional and personal growth concerning the advocacy role of the advanced practice nursing in fostering policy within diverse healthcare settings (CO3) Advocate for institutional, local, national and international policies that fosters person-centered healthcare and nursing practice (CO4) Due Date: Wednesday of week 7 by 11:59PM MST Students must post a minimum of two times in each graded discussion. The two posts in each individual discussion must be on separate days. Posting twice on two different days meets the minimum requirement however for full credit, the student must post at least three substantive posts on three different days. The student must provide an initial post to each graded discussion topic posted by the course instructor, by Wednesday, 11:59 p.m. MT of Week 7. Subsequent posts, including essential responses to peers, must occur no later than the Sunday, 11:59 p.m. MT at the end of Week 7. Students are expected to submit assignments by the time they are due. Threaded discussions are not considered assignments and are not part of the late assignment policy. A 10% late penalty will be imposed for discussions posted after the deadline on Wednesday of week 7, regardless of the number of days late. NOTHING will be accepted after 11:59pm MT on Sunday (i.e. student will receive an automatic 0). Total Points Possible: 100 Requirements: Criteria for Content Explanation of how healthcare policy can impact the advanced practice nurse profession Explanation of why advocacy is considered an essential component of the advance practice nurse's roleDiscuss the four pillars of Transformational leadership and the effect it may have on influencing policy change

Career exploration and planning is a continuing theme in our curriculum. Please select the best starting point for this assignment, complete appropriate activities, and prepare a one page report, single-spaced, with double spacing between paragraphs.1. What is your experience with the UMUC Career Quest account system?http://www.umuc.edu/current-students/career-services/careerquest.cfm 2. If you set up an account describe any benefit you experienced.3. For Job Seekers, Career Quest provides access to an e-resume review process allowing you to submit a job posting of interest and your resume, receiving a report similar to a screening system4. If you are not a job seeker, consider the UMUC Career Quest resources you might recommend to others5. Explain how our course, ACCT 220 Principles of Accounting I, also known as financial accounting, relates to your academic and career goals.Completion of this report illustrates your goals as they relate to our class, in the framework of career exploration and planning.Course objectives:• define the fundamental principles of accounting to describe basic business transactions• identify and analyze basic business transactions to record them in an accounting information system• prepare financial statements and documents in the appropriate formats• identify and communicate with users of accounting and financial information to facilitate analytical decision making