DNP 820 Health Policy and Advocacy Full Course
DNP 820 Health Policy and Advocacy Full Course Module 1 Discussion
DQ1 What is the difference between advocating for health policy directly effecting patients and the community versus advocating for the profession of nursing? Should the nurse health policy advocate only one or the other? How do you imagine the public or legislators would view each set of issues? DNP 820 Health Policy and Advocacy Full Course
DQ2 The text discusses little “p†and big “P†policy. Explain the difference between the two.
DNP 820 Health Policy and Advocacy Full Course
Module 2 Discussion
DQ1 Describe the history of the nursing profession as advocates for health policy and the community; compare with one present day nursing leader in you are acquainted with that demonstrates these same attributes. DNP 820 Health Policy and Advocacy Full Course
DQ2 Based on what you have read and your experience is there only one way to advocate based on pre-determined steps in the advocacy process or are there multiple paths to advocacy that depend on the issue and the political environment? DNP 820 Health Policy and Advocacy Full Course
Module 3 Discussion (DNP 820 Health Policy and Advocacy Full Course)
DQ1 Pick any news article that on the surface is unrelated to health care and make a connection to health based on social or economic issues that if changed could influence health outcomes.
DQ2 Examine a health inequity in your community, state, or nationally and investigate if any changes in health policy has been proposed to address it DNP 820 Health Policy and Advocacy Full Course.
DNP 820 Health Policy and Advocacy Full Course
Module 4 Discussion (DNP 820 Health Policy and Advocacy Full Course)
DQ1 Choose four nursing organizations. Compare and contrast their legislative agendas. Synthesize the connections between organizational missions and legislative agendas.
DQ2 Evaluate the legislative priorities of four nursing groups. How many focus on the profession of nursing? How many focus on the health of the community? Support your discussion with two peer reviewed articles that evaluate advocacy of the nursing profession versus health patient/community. How does advocating for the nursing profession support healthy outcomes?
DNP 820 Health Policy and Advocacy Full Course
Module 5 Discussion (DNP 820 Health Policy and Advocacy Full Course)
DQ1 Examine the importance of relationships to move policy forward. Research two articles surrounding this issue and summarize.
DQ2 Give four examples of barriers nurse health policy advocates may face when trying to move health policy forward. Provide examples.
DNP 820 Health Policy and Advocacy Full Course
Module 6 Discussion (DNP 820 Health Policy and Advocacy Full Course)
DQ1 Evaluate the online resources on page 203 of your text. Which sites are the easiest to navigate? From which sites did you gain the most knowledge on health policy issues in your state and at the federal level?
DQ2 Synthesize the top five issues being debated in health care currently. Apply that knowledge to patient care in your health care organization and/or the community. Will it change care delivery? How?
DNP 820 Health Policy and Advocacy
Module 7 Discussion (DNP 820 Health Policy and Advocacy Full Course)
DQ1 Pick five advocacy actions from the text. Apply them to a health policy issue by briefly describing how you would use these advocacy actions to shape your chosen issue.
DQ2 Reflect on whether health policy is something that happens to you or something you can shape. If it is something that happens to you how could you reconceptulize your role into a health policy shaper?
DNP 820 Health Policy and Advocacy
Module 8 Discussion (DNP 820 Health Policy and Advocacy Full Course)
DQ1 Describe your real-world advocacy strategy to you classmates. Comment and give suggestions.
DQ2 Evaluate the importance of mentors in carrying out your strategy. Do you have one?
Module 1 Assignment
Write a 1500 word APA essay reflecting on:
1. The current nursing culture and whether the bar for nursing leadership is set at the individual patient-nurse relationship or the community-nurse relationship. Give examples of each. Use at least three references to support your findings. DNP 820 Health Policy and Advocacy Full Course
2. Review the DNP Essentials and the 2011 Institute of Medicine Future of Nursing Report for statements on nursing leadership in health policy. Identify how these documents define nursing leadership in relation to health policy and the community. Use at least three references to support your findings.