NUR 740 Contemporary Health Policy Project: Policy Selection Discussion
NUR 740 Contemporary Health Policy Project: Policy Selection Discussion
NUR 740 Contemporary Health Policy Project: Policy Selection Discussion
Discussion Guidelines
Initial Post
Share with the class the contemporary health policy you have chosen to address in your health policy project. In your initial post, explain how the policy impacts the APRN role and APRN ethical practices. Discuss your plans for researching the topic. What methods will you use? What sources will inform your research?
Reflect on the moral principles behind bioethics. Discuss possible ethical implications in pursuing policy based on your research agenda. (Refer to Box 25.4 Ethical Considerations in Pursing Policy Based on Research Agendas in Chapter 25 of your textbook and question 8.)
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Response Posts
Use the RISE Model for Meaningful Feedback (PDF) to provide thorough feedback to at least two classmates’ initial posts by the end of day Sunday.
Submission
Post your initial and follow-up responses and review full grading criteria on the Discussion 7.1: Contemporary Health Policy Project: Policy Selection page.
Week 7: Research and Healthcare Reform
Lesson 1: Research and Healthcare Reform
Introduction
Welcome to Week 7! This week, you will examine how nursing plays a role in expanding equal access to care across different populations through research and policy development. Additionally, you will review how policies are developed to improve health care.
Learning Outcomes
At the end of this lesson, you will be able to:
Explore gaps and inequities in health services.
Explain policies for issues of social justice and equity in health care and their impact on the APRN practice and APRN ethical practices.
Discuss implications for bioethical principles in pursuing policy based on nursing agendas.
Before attempting to complete your learning activities for this week, review the following learning materials.
Learning Materials
The information provided in these resources will help you to adequately participate in this week’s discussion.
Read the following in your Health Policy and Advanced Practice Nursing textbook:
Chapter 14, “Implications of Health Care Reform on Independent Practice”
Review Chapter 17, “Interface of Policy in Mental Health: Implications for Psychiatric Mental Health Nurses”
Chapter 25, “Connecting Research Priorities, the Research Agenda, and Health Policy”
Additional Required Resources
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; National Academy of Medicine; Committee on the Future of Nursing 2020–2030. (2021, May 11). Chapter 4, “The role of nurses in improving health care access and quality.”
Links to an external site. In J. L. Flaubert, S. Le Menestrel, D. R. Williams, & M. K. Wakefield (Eds.), The future of nursing 2020–2030: Charting a path to achieve health equity. National Academies Press.
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; National Academy of Medicine; Committee on the Future of Nursing 2020–2030. (2021, May 11). Chapter 11, “The future of nursing: Recommendations and research priorities.”
Links to an external site. In J. L. Flaubert, S. Le Menestrel, D. R. Williams, & M. K. Wakefield (Eds.), The future of nursing 2020–2030: Charting a path to achieve health equity. National Academies Press.
Read the section titled, “Building the Evidence Base,
Links to an external site.” including Table 11-1, Research Topics for the Future of Nursing, 2020–2030.
Read the following article written by the authors who coined the term “bioethics” on the 40th anniversary of publishing Principles of Biomedical Ethics (PBE). In it, they presented bioethics as a framework of four broad moral principles: respect for autonomy, nonmaleficence, beneficence, and justice.
Beauchamp, T. & Childress, J. (2019, October 24). Principles of biomedical ethics: Marking its fortieth anniversary
Links to an external site.. The American Journal of Bioethics, 19(11), 9–12.
