MSN6026 -
Biopsychosocial Concepts for Advanced Nursing Practice II
Unit 3 Assignment
Analysis of Position Papers for Vulnerable Populations
Professional Context
Position papers are a way for individuals, groups, and
organizations to express their views and intentions toward a specific issue. In
health care, many position papers address specific policies, regulations, or
other approaches to care. As a master's-prepared nurse, you should feel
empowered to express and advocate for your own views on policy and care
matters. This is especially important when it comes to populations you or your
organization cares for that are not receiving the quality, type, or amount of
care that they require.
An important skill in creating a position paper or policy
proposal is the ability to analyze and synthesize others' views about the
population or issue of interest to you. By synthesizing the positive and
negative views of an issue, you can become better equipped to strengthen your
own arguments and to respond to opposing views in an informed and convincing
way.
Scenario
For this assignment, pretend you are a member of an
interprofessional team that is attempting to improve the quality of health care
and the outcomes in a vulnerable population. For the first step in your team's
work, you have decided to conduct an analysis of current position papers that
address the issue and population you are considering.
In your analysis you will note the team's initial views on
the issue in the population as well as the views across a variety of relevant
position papers. You have been tasked with finding the most current standard of
care or evidenced-based practice and evaluating both the pros and cons of the
issue. For the opposing viewpoints, it is important to discuss how the team
could respond to encourage support. This paper will be presented to a committee
of relevant stakeholders from your care setting and the community. If it
receives enough support, you will be asked to create a new policy that could be
enacted to improve the outcomes related to your chosen issue and target
population.
The care setting, population, and health care issue that you
use for this assignment will be used in the other assignments in this course.
Consider your choice carefully. There are two main approaches for you to take
in selecting the scenario for this assignment:
You may use one of the issues and populations presented in
the Vila Health: Health Challenges in Different Populations and Vila Health: Resources
for Topical Research media pieces. For this approach, you may consider the
population in the context of the Vila Health care setting, or translate it into
the context in which you currently practice or have had recent experience.
You may select a population and issue that is of interest to
you and set them in the context of your current or desired future care setting.
While you are free to choose any population of interest, the issue you choose
should fall within one of the following broad categories:
Genetics and genomics.
Sickle cell, asthma, multiple sclerosis, myasthenia gravis.
Immunity.
Type 1 diabetes, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE),
congenital neutropenia syndrome.
Chronicity.
Arthritis, any type of cancer or lung or heart disease, obesity.
Addiction.
Abuse of alcohol, prescription drugs, tobacco, illegal
substances.
Emotion and mental health.
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, eating
disorders, psychosis.
Note: If you choose the second option, contact your
instructor to make sure that your chosen issue and population will fit within
the topic areas for this course.
Instructions
For this assignment you will develop a position summary and
an analysis of relevant position papers on a health care issue in a chosen
population. The bullet points below correspond to the grading criteria in the
scoring guide. Be sure that your assignment submission addresses all of them.
You may also want to read the Analysis of Position Papers for Vulnerable
Populations Scoring Guide and Guiding Questions: Analysis of Position Papers
for Vulnerable Populations to better understand how each grading criterion will
be assessed.
Explain a position with regard to health outcomes for a
specific issue in a target population.
Explain the role of the interprofessional team in
facilitating improvements for a specific issue in a target population.
Evaluate the evidence and positions of others that could
support a team's approach to improving the quality and outcomes of care for a
specific issue in a target population.
Evaluate the evidence and positions of others that are
contrary to a team's approach to improving the quality and outcomes of care for
a specific issue in a target population.
Communicate an initial viewpoint regarding a specific issue
in a target population and a synthesis of existing positions in a logically
structured and concise manner, writing content clearly with correct use of
grammar, punctuation, and spelling.
Integrate relevant sources to support assertions, correctly
formatting citations and references using APA style.
Submission Requirements
Length of submission: 3–5 double-spaced, typed pages, not
including the title and reference pages. Your plan should be succinct yet
substantive. No abstract is required.
Number of references: Cite a minimum of 3–5 sources of
scholarly or professional evidence that supports your initial position on the
issue, as well as a minimum of 2–3 sources of scholarly or professional
evidence that express contrary views or opinions. Resources should be no more
than five years old.
APA formatting: Use the APA Style Paper Template linked in
the Resources. An APA Style Paper Tutorial is also provided to help you in
writing and formatting your analysis.
MSN6026 -
Biopsychosocial Concepts for Advanced Nursing Practice II
Unit 6 Assignment
Biopsychosocial Population Health Policy Proposal
Professional Context
As a master's-prepared nurse, you have a valuable viewpoint
and voice with which to advocate for policy developments. As a nurse leader and
health Âcare practitioner, often on the front lines of helping individuals and
populations, you are able to articulate and advocate for the patient more than
any other professional group in health Âcare. This is especially true of
populations that may be underserved, underrepresented, or are otherwise lacking
a voice. By advocating for and developing policies, you are able to help drive
improvements in outcomes for specific populations. The policies you advocate
for could be internal ones (just within a specific department or health care
setting) that ensure quality care and compliance. Or they could be external
policies (local, state, or federal) that may have more wide-ranging effects on
best practices and regulations.
Scenario
The analysis of position papers that your interprofessional
team presented to the committee has convinced them that it would be worth the
time and effort to develop a new policy to address your specific issue in the
target population. To that end, your interprofessional team has been asked to
submit a policy proposal that outlines a specific approach to improving the
outcomes for your target population. This proposal should be supported by
evidence and best practices that illustrate why the specific approaches are
likely to be successful. Additionally, you have been asked to address the ways
in which applying your policy to interprofessional teams could lead to
efficiency or effectiveness gains.
This assignment will build upon your Unit 3 Analysis of
Position Papers for Vulnerable Populations assignment. If, for some reason, you
wish to change your specific issue or target population, contact your
instructor for approval.
Instructions
For this assignment you will develop a policy proposal that
seeks to improve the outcomes for your chosen health care issue and target
population. The bullet points below correspond to the grading criteria in the
scoring guide. Be sure that your assignment submission addresses all of them.
You may also want to read the Biopsychosocial Population Health Policy Proposal
Scoring Guide and Guiding Questions: Biopsychosocial Population Health Policy
Proposal to better understand how each grading criterion will be assessed.
Propose a policy and guidelines that will lead to improved
outcomes and quality of care for a specific issue in a target population.
Advocate the need for a proposed policy in the context of
current outcomes and quality of care for a specific issue in a target
population.
Analyze the potential for an interprofessional approach to
implementing a proposed policy to increase the efficiency or effectiveness of
the care setting to achieve high-quality outcomes.
Communicate proposal in a professional and persuasive
manner, writing content clearly and logically with correct use of grammar,
punctuation, and spelling.
Integrate relevant sources to support assertions, correctly
formatting citations and references using APA style.
Submission Requirements
Length of proposal: 2–4 double-spaced, typed pages, not
including title page or reference list. Your proposal should be succinct yet
substantive. No abstract is required.
Number of references: Cite a minimum of 3–5 sources of
scholarly or professional evidence that supports the relevance of or need for
your policy, as well as interprofessional considerations. Resources should be
no more than five years old.
APA formatting: Use the APA Style Paper Template linked in
the Resources. An APA Style Paper Tutorial is also provided to help you in
writing and formatting your proposal.
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Biopsychosocial Concepts for Advanced Nursing Practice II
Unit 9 Assignment
Letter to the Editor: Population Health Policy Advocacy
Professional Context
Nurses have the opportunity to use their skills and develop
programs to keep individuals and communities healthy. Health is complex
however, and the nurse needs to possess strong advocacy skills to successfully
support a cause or interest. The American Nurses Association’s (2015) code of
ethics describes the responsibility of a nurse to include working through and
with appropriate stakeholders to advocate for the health of people in and out
of the work environment. To be an effective advocate, there are several
important abilities a nurse must possess, including problem solving,
communication, and influencing others. One way a nurse can advocate to a
broader population is through effective letter writing, both to legislators and
through the media, such as with editorials and research articles.
Reference
American Nurses Association. (2015). Code of ethics for nurses
with interpretive statements. Retrieved from
http://www.nursingworld.org/MainMenuCategories/EthicsStandards/CodeofEthicsforNurses/Code-of-Ethics-For-Nurses.html
Scenario
Throughout this course, you have focused on a specific
health issue occurring within a specific population. You researched position
papers regarding this health concern, and you developed a health policy
proposal to positively impact the health of the affected individuals. It is now
time to reach a greater audience regarding your policy proposal.
You are going to write a letter to the editor of a
peer-reviewed nursing journal. Choose from one of the journals in the Ultimate
List of Nursing Journals (linked in the Resources) and go to the journal’s
Web site to find out the requirements for submitting and editorial, such as
format requirements, topics, and word counts. Make sure you select a nursing
journal that covers the topic about which you are going to write. If you want
to use another journal that is not on this list, please make sure the journal
does address health care, because this is the purpose of the assignment.
Instructions
For this assignment, you will write a letter to the editor
of a scholarly journal. Your goal is to be informative about the policy that
you developed for your Unit 6 Biopsychosocial Population Health Policy Proposal
assignment, while also being persuasive about the need for and benefit of
similar policies in other health care settings. The bullet points below
correspond to the grading criteria in the scoring guide. Be sure that your
assignment submission addresses all of them. You may also want to read the
Letter to the Editor: Population Health Policy Advocacy Scoring Guide and
Guiding Questions: Letter to the Editor: Population Health Policy Advocacy to
better understand how each grading criterion will be assessed.
Evaluate the current state of the quality of care and
outcomes for a specific issue in a target population.
Look back to the data or scenario you used in your Unit 3
assignment to address this criterion.
Analyze how the current state of the quality of care and
outcomes for a specific issue in a target population necessitates health policy
development and advocacy.
Justify why the developed policy will be vital in improving
the quality of care and outcomes for a specific issue in a target population.
Advocate for policy development in other care settings with
regard to a specific issue in a target population.
Analyze the ways in which interprofessional aspects of the
policy will support efficient and effective achievement of desired outcomes for
the target population.
Communicate in a professional and persuasive manner, writing
content clearly and logically with correct use of grammar, punctuation, and
spelling.
Integrate relevant sources to support assertions, correctly
formatting citations and references using APA style (or the journal's preferred
style).
Submission Requirements
The submission requirements for your editorial will depend
on the journal you choose. To find out the requirements, go to the journal's
Web site. There should be a section regarding submissions that will address how
to format letters to the editor, and whether there is a word count limit (there
usually is a limit).
If the journal does not have submission guidelines for the
number of resources required, use 3–5 sources.
To be sure that your instructor knows the submission and
formatting requirements for your letter, include the journal's guidelines on a
separate page at the end of the document you submit for this assessment.
