THE ROLE OF THE RN\/APRN IN POLICY-MAKING
Word cloud generators have become popular tools for meetings and team-building events. Groups or teams are asked to use these applications to input words they feel best describe their team or their role. A \u201cword cloud\u201d is generated by the application that makes prominent the most-used terms, offering an image of the common thinking among participants of that role.
What types of words would you use to build a nursing word cloud?\u00a0 Empathetic, organized, hard-working, or advocate\u00a0would all certainly apply. Would you add policy-maker to your list? Do you think it would be a very prominent component of the word cloud?
Nursing has become one of the largest professions in the world, and as such, nurses have the potential to influence policy and politics on a global scale. When nurses influence the politics that improve the delivery of healthcare, they are ultimately advocating for their patients. Hence, policy-making has become an increasingly popular term among nurses as they recognize a moral and professional obligation to be engaged in healthcare legislation.
RESOURCES
Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity. Click the weekly resources link to access the resources.\u00a0
WEEKLY RESOURCES
To Prepare:
\u00b7 Revisit the Congress.gov website provided in the Resources and consider the role of RNs and APRNs in policy-making.
\u00b7 Reflect on potential opportunities that may exist for RNs and APRNs to participate in the policy-making process.
BY DAY 3 OF WEEK 8
Post\u00a0an explanation of at least two opportunities that exist for RNs and APRNs to actively participate in\u00a0 policy-making.\u00a0Explain some of the challenges that these opportunities may present and describe how you might overcome these challenges. Finally, recommend two strategies you might make to better advocate for or communicate the existence of these opportunities to participate in policy-making. Be specific and provide examples.
BY DAY 6 OF WEEK 8
Respond\u00a0to at least two of your colleagues\u2019 *\u00a0posts by suggesting additional opportunities or recommendations for overcoming the challenges described by your colleagues.
*Note: \u00a0Throughout this program, your fellow students are referred to as colleagues.
LEARNING RESOURCES
Required Readings
\u00b7 Milstead, J. A., & Short, N. M. (2019).\u00a0 Health policy and politics: A nurse\u2019s guide\u00a0(6th ed.). Jones & Bartlett Learning.
\u00b7 Chapter 5, \u201cPublic Policy Design\u201d (pp. 87\u201395 only)
\u00b7 Chapter 8, \u201cThe Impact of EHRs, Big Data, and Evidence-Informed Practice\u201d (pp. 137\u2013146)
\u00b7 Chapter 9, \u201cInterprofessional Practice\u201d (pp. 152\u2013160 only)
\u00b7 Chapter 10, \u201cOverview: The Economics and Finance of Health Care\u201d (pp. 183\u2013191 only)
\u00b7 American Nurses Association (ANA). (n.d.).\u00a0 Advocacy Links to an external site. . Retrieved September 20, 2018, from https:\/\/www.nursingworld.org\/practice-policy\/advocacy\/
\u00b7 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). (n.d.).\u00a0 Step by step: Evaluating violence and injury prevention policies: Brief 4: Evaluating policy implementation Links to an external site. . Retrieved from https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/injury\/pdfs\/policy\/Brief%204-a.pdf
\u00b7 Congress.govLinks to an external site. . (n.d.). Retrieved September 20, 2018, from https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/
\u00b7 Klein, K. J., & Sorra, J. S. (1996).\u00a0 The challenge of innovation implementationLinks to an external site. .\u00a0 Academy of Management Review, 21(4), 1055\u20131080.
\u00b7 Sacrist\u00e1n, J., & Dilla, T. D. (2015).\u00a0 No big data without small data: Learning health care systems begin and end with the individual patientLinks to an external site. .\u00a0 Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 21(6), 1014\u20131017.
\u00b7 Tummers, L., & Bekkers, V. (2014).\u00a0 Policy implementation, street level bureaucracy, and the importance of discretionLinks to an external site. .\u00a0 Public Management Review, 16(4), 527\u2013547.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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