Through this discussion, the student will demonstrate the ability to:
- Discuss the history of policy development and policy-making in nursing (CO1)
- Examine different types of policy and their relationships to healthcare policy (CO1)
- Explain current barriers to practice for advanced practice nurses (CO2)
- Discuss health policy and methods of lifting barriers to practice (CO2)
Using the readings from this week as well as reliable outside resources to:
- Identify and describe practice barriers for all four APNs’ roles in your state and discuss these barriers on a state and national level. The four roles include the nurse midwife, nurse anesthetist, nurse practitioner, and clinical nurse specialist.
- Identify forms of competition on the state and national level that interfere with APNs’ ability to practice independently.
- Identify the specific lawmakers by name at the state level (i.e., key members of the state’s legislative branch and executive branch of government)
- Discuss interest groups that exist at the state and national levels that influence APN policy.
- Discuss methods used to influence change in policy in forms of competition, state legislative and executive branches of government, and interest groups.
- A scholarly resource must be used for EACH discussion question each week.
| Practice Barriers | Provides relevant evidence of scholarly inquiry clearly stating how the evidence describes APN barriers to practice. Uses valid, relevant, and reliable outside sources to contribute to the threaded discussion. | ||
| Competition | 15 | 15% | Provides relevant evidence of scholarly inquiry clearly stating the forms of competition to APN practice. Uses valid, relevant, and reliable outside sources to contribute to the threaded discussion. |
| Key Law Makers | 15 | 15% | Provides relevant evidence of scholarly inquiry in identifying law makers at the state level. Uses valid, relevant, and reliable outside sources to contribute to the threaded discussion. |
| Interest Groups | 15 | 15% | Provides relevant evidence of scholarly inquiry at identifying interest groups at the state and national level. Uses valid, relevant, and reliable outside sources to contribute to the threaded discussion. |
| Methods to Influence Change | 15 | 15% |
Provides relevant evidence of scholarly inquiry of methods used to influence a change to eliminate barriers. Uses valid, relevant, and reliable outside sources to contribute to the threaded discussion. |
| 75 | 75% |
Total CONTENT Points = 75 pts |
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| DISCUSSION FORMAT | |||
| Interactive Dialogue | 20 | 20% |
4 Required Elements:
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