Purpose

The purpose of this assignment is to prepare for the professional presentation to an elected official of the selected healthcare concern and the proposed solution.  This includes the identification of communication strategies as well as development of presentation content.

Course Outcomes

This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes:

 

CO 2. Communicate with decision-makers to advocate for effective policies that impact nurses and nursing, consumers, or the healthcare system. (PO 2)

CO 3. Demonstrate professional and personal growth regarding the advocacy role of the advance practice nurse in healthcare policy for diverse healthcare settings.   (PO 3)

CO 5.  Advocate for institutional, local, national, and international policies that influence person-centered healthcare, consumers, and nursing practice.  (PO 5)

 

Due Date Sunday 11:59 p.m. MT at the end of Week 4

Students are given the opportunity to request an extension on assignments for emergent situations. Supporting documentation must be submitted to the assigned faculty. If the student’s request is not approved, the assignment is graded and a late penalty is applied as follows:

• Monday = 10% of total possible point reduction
• Tuesday = 20% of total possible point reduction
• Wednesday = 30% of total possible point reduction

If the student’s request is approved, the student will be informed of the revised due date. Should the student fail to meet the revised due date, the assignment is graded and a late penalty is applied as follows:

• Monday = 10% of total possible point reduction
• Tuesday = 20% of total possible point reduction
• Wednesday = 30% of total possible point reduction

 

Total Points: 200 points

Requirements

Description of the Assignment

For this assignment, the focus is preparation for the presentation to the selected elected official regarding the healthcare concern and the proposed resolution.  A video presentation of the healthcare concern and its proposed resolution will be prepared and presented.  Following completion of this, a written self-evaluation is required.

Criteria for Content

1. Video Presentation:

Content: The video presentation is to include the following elements:

• Introduction of self
• Presentation of healthcare policy concern
• Presentation of student identified solution to the healthcare policy concern
• Summary

Evaluation of video presentation includes the following elements:

• Content:
  • Introduction of self
  • Presentation of healthcare policy concern
  • Presentation of student identified solution to the healthcare policy concern
  • Summary
  • Information is relevant to healthcare concern and its solution
• Method of Delivery:
  • Effective opening
  • Stayed connected to audience
  • Grammar was correct
• Style of Delivery:
  • Eye contact
  • Voice clarity
  • Gestures
  • Appearance

2. Paper Content:

• Overview of the healthcare policy concern and solution: This section provides a concise but comprehensive overview of the healthcare policy as well as the solution. Required content includes:
• Identification of the healthcare policy
• Identification of the student identified solution
• Relevance to the community or population group
• Identification of communication techniques: This section requires the delineation of communication techniques useful to the upcoming presentation to the selected elected official. Required content includes:
  • Identification of the selected elected official and position
  • Rationale for the selection
  • Identification of 4 (four) beneficial communication/presentation techniques
  • Providing scholarly resources that support the use of the identified communication techniques
• Self-evaluation of video presentation: This section provides an opportunity for self-evaluation of the video recording.  The student must self-evaluate oneself in each major content area by identifying one positive and one area to improve (i.e. content, method of delivery, and style of delivery):
  • Content:
    • Introduction of self
    • Presentation of healthcare policy concern
    • Presentation of student identified solution to the healthcare policy concern
    • Summary
    • Information is relevant to healthcare concern and its solution
  • Method of Delivery:
    • Effective opening
    • Stayed connected to audience
    • Grammar was correct
  • Style of Delivery:
    • Eye contact
    • Voice clarity
    • Gestures
    • Appearance
  • Conclusion: This section requires a summary of the key points from the video and paper assignment.

Preparing the Assignment

Criteria for Format and Special Instructions:

1. The video presentation will be recorded via the use of Voice Thread located within the course on the initial page in the left column.
2. The video presentation will last a minimum of 3 minutes and no longer than 5 minutes.
3. The paper (excluding the title page and reference page) should be at least 2, but no more than 4 pages. Points will be lost for not meeting these length requirements.
4. Title page, running head, body of paper, and reference page must follow APA guidelines as found in the 6^th edition of the manual. This includes the use of headings for each section of the paper except for the introduction where no heading is used.
5. A minimum of 4 (four) appropriate research-based scholarly references must be used.
6. Required textbook for this course, dictionary and Chamberlain College of Nursing lesson information may NOT be used as scholarly references for this assignment. For additional assistance regarding scholarly nursing references, please see “What is a scholarly source” located in the Course Resources tab.  Be aware that information from .com websites may be incorrect and should be avoided.  References are current – within a 5-year time frame unless a valid rationale is provided and the instructor has approved them prior to submission of the assignment.
7. Ideas and information from scholarly, peer reviewed, nursing sources must be cited and referenced correctly.
8. Rules of grammar, spelling, word usage, and punctuation are followed and consistent with formal, scientific writing

Solution:

Overview of Healthcare Policy

With the rapid advancements in the healthcare sector, it has become highly fundamental for all healthcare stakeholders, particularly the nurses to get involved in all aspects of the healthcare setting. This has consequently led to the development of advocacy skills in nurses as they push to develop and improve their unique role of advocacy especially in the formulation of healthcare policy.  According to Hanney, Greenhalgh, Blatch-Jones, Glover, and Raftery (2017), healthcare policy entails the decisions, plans, and actions undertaken to attain specific healthcare goals. It is important for nurses to contribute to the development of healthcare policy as advocates for themselves, patients, community and nursing profession. Taking this into consideration, this paper identifies uninsured as a healthcare policy concern in Florida, provides an identified solution to the concern. Further, it discusses the communication techniques effective for presenting the healthcare policy concern to the selected elected official.

Identification of selected Healthcare Policy Concern

My selected healthcare concern is uninsured in the state of Florida. The topic rationale is the increasing rates of uninsured in Florida which need to be addressed as soon as possible for the enhancement of patient health and quality of life. The unemployed and low-income families are the most affected. Without insurance, the populations lack access to quality care and consequently experience negative health outcomes….Please click the icon below to purchase full solution at $10

 

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