Outline of health issue and existing or necessary health policy and/or politics. Why is this significant to nursing?

Description

The purpose of this assignment is to identify a health issue requiring advocacy from the nursing profession on a local, regional, state, national, or international level.

This topic can be related to health promotion, population health, disease management, or patient safety in the community or other healthcare setting. You are assuming the role of advocate in various capacities.

The topic you select for this paper will be the subject of your Policy Brief and Advocacy Letter

Assignment. Therefore, research thoroughly your topic of interest to ensure that it can be applied across both assignments.

In this paper you will identify a health issue which may or may not already be represented in the form of legislation or health policy. Individuals may just take a position on an issue affecting local policy with decision makers.

An example of this with legislation includes:

• Health issue: primary care access for patients

• Health policy: increasing primary care providers using nurse practitioners; support of PA

HB 765 for CRNP independent practice

An example of this without legislation includes:

• Health issue: increased chronic back pain from integration of technology in healthcare

• Health policy: ergonomic evaluation of work environments for all employees; letter of support to employers for new healthcare organization policy

This assignment is worth 25% of your grade. Using APA format and criteria from the Grading Rubric for Written Assignments, in 5 double spaced pages (excluding the title page and reference page) present the following details: