NURS 8100 Week 7 Assignment 2: Health Policy Proposal Analysis (Policy Brief)

NURS 8100 Week 7 Assignment 2: Health Policy Proposal Analysis (Policy Brief)

By Day 7 of Week 7

Note: You will post a summary of your policy brief in the Week 7 Discussion.

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Important information for writing discussion questions and participation

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Hello class and welcome to the class and I will be your instructor for this course. This is a -week course and requires a lot of time commitment, organization, and a high level of dedication. Please use the class syllabus to guide you through all the assignments required for the course. I have also attached the classroom policies to this announcement to know your expectations for this course. Please review this document carefully and ask me any questions if you do. You could email me at any time or send me a message via the “message” icon in halo if you need to contact me. I check my email regularly, so you should get a response within 24 hours. If you have not heard from me within 24 hours and need to contact me urgently, please send a follow up text to

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Plagiarism is highly prohibited. Please ensure you are citing your sources correctly using APA 7th edition. All assignments including discussion posts should be formatted in APA with the appropriate spacing, font, margin, and indents. Any papers not well formatted would be returned back to you, hence, I advise you review APA formatting style. I have attached a sample paper in APA format and will also post sample discussion responses in subsequent announcements.

Your initial discussion post should be a minimum of 200 words and response posts should be a minimum of 150 words. Be advised that I grade based on quality and not necessarily the number of words you post. A minimum of TWO references should be used for your initial post. For your response post, you do not need references as personal experiences would count as response posts. If you however cite anything from the literature for your response post, it is required that you cite your reference. You should include a minimum of THREE references for papers in this course. Please note that references should be no more than 5 years old except recommended as a resource for the class. Furthermore, for each discussion board question, you need ONE initial substantive response and TWO substantive responses to either your classmates or your instructor for a total of THREE responses. There are TWO discussion questions each week, hence, you need a total minimum of SIX discussion posts for each week. I usually post a discussion question each week. You could also respond to these as it would count towards your required SIX discussion posts for the week.

I understand this is a lot of information to cover in 5 weeks, however, the Bible says in Philippians 4:13 that we can do all things through Christ that strengthens us. Even in times like this, we are encouraged by God’s word that we have that ability in us to succeed with His strength. I pray that each and every one of you receives strength for this course and life generally as we navigate through this pandemic that is shaking our world today. Relax and enjoy the course!

Hi Class,

Please read through the following information on writing a Discussion question response and participation posts.

Contact me if you have any questions.

Important information on Writing a Discussion Question

• Your response needs to be a minimum of 150 words (not including your list of references)
• There needs to be at least TWO references with ONE being a peer reviewed professional journal article.
• Include in-text citations in your response
• Do not include quotes—instead summarize and paraphrase the information
• Follow APA-7th edition
• Points will be deducted if the above is not followed

Participation –replies to your classmates or instructor

• A minimum of 6 responses per week, on at least 3 days of the week.
• Each response needs at least ONE reference with citations—best if it is a peer reviewed journal article
• Each response needs to be at least 75 words in length (does not include your list of references)
• Responses need to be substantive by bringing information to the discussion or further enhance the discussion. Responses of “I agree” or “great post” does not count for the word count.
• Follow APA 7th edition
• Points will be deducted if the above is not followed

• Remember to use and follow APA-7th edition for all weekly assignments, discussion questions, and participation points.
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Program LOs: 4, 5

4: Professions/Collaborators

5: Effective Communicators

 

DNP Essentials: 5, 6

5: Healthcare Policy for Advocacy in Healthcare

6: Interprofessional collaboration for Improving Patient and Population Health Outcomes

 

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ASSIGNMENT PROMPT Policy Brief Paper	Target 5 points	Acceptable 3 points	Unacceptable 1 point	Score/Level
Part 1: 2- to 3-page single-spaced policy brief on the recommendation you selected from the IOM report following the format presented in the Lavis et al. article. Include the following: Short introduction with statement of the problem.   The selected recommendation (from the IOM Report)   Background   Current characteristics   The impact of the recommendation from the perspective of consumers, nurses, other health professionals, and additional stakeholders   Current solutions   Current status in the health policy arena   Final conclusions Resources used to create the policy brief       Program LO: 4, 5     DNP Essential: 5, 6	Exemplary quality. Content is of a professional portfolio quality; addresses questions/issues discussed in the interview; Applies advanced critical thinking skills; does not summarize or paraphrase the content of the literature review; instead, demonstrates content mastery using examples of and/or personalized reflections about the content of the literature review; demonstrates an applied level of understanding through personalized reflections about Excels in meeting expectations for graduate level work.                               Fully meets expectations for LOs 4 and 5.   Fully meets expectations for Essentials 5 and 6.	Well-developed good quality work. Content is of a professional portfolio quality; addresses at least 80% of the major subsections in the assignment using adequate critical thinking skills; includes some summarizing or paraphrasing of literature review; demonstration of content mastery using examples of and/or personalized reflections about the content of the literature review; demonstration of an applied level of understanding through personalized reflections about the content area. It fully meets expectations for graduate level work.                               Meets expectations for LOs 4, 5.   Meets expectations for Essentials 5, 6.	Superficially developed, unacceptable quality. Content needs substantial revision for it to be of a professional portfolio quality; addresses less than 50% of the major subsections in the assignment using weak critical thinking skills; consists primarily of a summary of main ideas from the literature review; does not demonstrate an applied level of understanding. Does not meet expectations for graduate level work.                                       Insufficient to meet expectations for graduate work for LOs 4, 5.   Insufficient Essentials 5, 6.
Part 2: References and APA requirements Format applied as presented in the Lavis et al. article.	The majority of references are from scholarly journals, supports the topic well, and are current. Paper stays within page requirements.  APA format used correctly throughout. Application of the Lavis article. Excels in meeting expectations for graduate level work.	Most references are from scholarly journals and support the topic. Most references are fairly current. The paper stays within requirements. APA format used with minimal errors. Meets expectations for graduate level work.	References are not sufficient or are mostly from the lay literature or out of date. The paper is either too long or too short. Weak writing quality and/or little evidence of correctness of APA format. Does not meet expectations for graduate work.

Assignment:

By Day 7 of Week 9

To complete:

Develop a scholarly and professionally written 2- to 3-page single-spaced policy brief on the recommendation you selected from the IOM report following the format presented in the Lavis et al. article. Include the following:

Phase 1 (5 points)

• Short introduction with statement of the problem.
• The selected recommendation (from the IOM Report)
• Background
• Current characteristics
• The impact of the recommendation from the perspective of consumers, nurses, other health professionals, and additional stakeholders
• Current solutions
• Current status in the health policy arena

Phase 2 (5 points)

• Levis article format applied
• Resources used to create the policy brief

Total points = 10