NUR 550 Topic 8: Using Research to Support Health Policy, Advocacy, and Policy Development
NUR 550 Topic 8: Using Research to Support Health Policy, Advocacy, and Policy Development
Description
Objectives:
- Discuss the role of translational research in advancing equitable access to health care and prevention services and policies based on population
- Evaluate the role of the advanced practice nurse in advocating for equitable population health services and
Study Materials
Advanced Practice Nursing: Essential Knowledge for the Profession
Description:
Read Chapters 13 and 24 in Advanced Practice Nursing: Essential Knowledge for the Profession.
Population Health: Creating a Culture of Wellness
Description:
Read Chapters 11, 13, and 14 in Population Health: Creating a Culture of Wellness.
Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing and Healthcare
Description:
Review Chapter 23 in Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing and Healthcare.
Lessons for Achieving Health Equity Comparing Aotearoa/New Zealand and the United States
Description:
Read “Lessons for Achieving Health Equity Comparing Aotearoa/New Zealand and the United States,” by Chin et al., from Health Policy (2018).
The Future of Maternal and Child Health
Description:
Read “The Future of Maternal and Child Health,” by Lu, from Maternal and Child Health (2019).
Nurse Advocacy: Adopting a Health in All Policies Approach
Description:
Read “Nurse Advocacy: Adopting a Health in All Policies Approach,” by Williams, Phillips, and Koyama, from Online Journal of Issues in Nursing (2018).
Achieving Health Equity: Examining Telehealth in Response to a Pandemic
Description:
Read “Achieving Health Equity: Examining Telehealth in Response to a Pandemic,” by Smith and Raskin, from The Journal for Nurse Practitioners (2021).
Climate Change and Population Health: Incorporating Stages of Nursing’s Political Development
Description:
Read “Climate Change and Population Health: Incorporating Stages of Nursing’s Political Development,” by Nicholas et al., from Nursing Outlook (2021). GCU NUR-550 Translational Research and Population Health Management
Writing Center
Description:
Refer to the resources located in the Writing Center for PowerPoint guidelines, APA style, writing and library tutorials, and research and writing assistance.
Tasks
Benchmark – Diverse Population Health Policy Analysis
Description:
Select a current or proposed health care policy that is designed to provide equitable health care for a diverse population. Create a 12-15-slide PowerPoint presentation discussing the health care policy and how it improves a specific population’s access to quality, cost-effective health care. Create speaker notes of 100-250 words for each slide. Include additional slides for the title and references.
Include the following in your presentation:
- Describe the policy
- Discuss the diverse population that will be affected by this
- Explain how the policy is designed to improve cost-effectiveness and health care equity for the diverse
- Discuss why the policy is financially sound and explain how the policy incorporates the nursing perspective and relevant ethical, legal, and political Provide rationale to support your explanation.
- Describe what state, federal, global health policies, or goals the policy is related to and explain the degree to which each helps achieve equitable health care for the diverse
- Discuss advocacy strategies for improving access, quality, and cost-effective health care for the diverse population
- Discuss the professional and moral obligation of master’s prepared nurses to respect human dignity and advance the common good through working to promote health and prevent disease among diverse populations from a Christian
You are required to cite eight peer-reviewed sources to complete this assignment. Sources must be published within the last 5 years and appropriate for the assignment criteria and nursing content.
Refer to the resource, “Creating Effective PowerPoint Presentations,” located in the Student Success Center, for additional guidance on completing this assignment in the appropriate style.
While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. A link to the LopesWrite technical support articles is located in Class Resources if you need assistance.
Benchmark Information
This benchmark assignment assesses the following programmatic competencies:
MBA-MSN; MSN-Nursing Education; MSN Acute Care Nurse Practitioner-Adult-Gerontology; MSN Family Nurse Practitioner; MSN-Health Informatics; MSN-Health Care Quality and Patient Safety; MSN-Leadership in Health Care Systems; MSN-Public Health Nursing
- : Examine financially sound health care policy that incorporates the nursing perspective and relevant ethical, legal, and political
- : Determine advocacy strategies for improving access, quality, and cost-effective health care for diverse
- : Integrate appropriate state, federal, and global health policies and goals into the design of equitable health care for
- : Examine the professional and moral obligation of master’s-prepared nurses to respect human dignity and advance the common good through working to promote health and prevent disease among diverse populations from a Christian. GCU NUR-550 Translational Research and Population Health Management
Topic 8 DQ 1
Description:
Discuss the role of translational research in advancing equitable access to health care and preventative services and policies based on population health. Provide an example of a local health care policy that has been recently enacted and or is awaiting legislative passage that has been influenced by research.
Topic 8 DQ 2
Description:
As an advanced registered nurse, discuss your future role in advocating for equitable population health services and policies. Do you anticipate any challenges or barriers to “population advocacy”? How would you meet these challenges?
Topic 8 Participation
Description:
NA
NUR-550 Course Objectives
Description:
In this course, the student will:
- Explore research articles, nursing and related theories, applying levels of evidence, and theoretical frameworks to identify quality research studies.
- Demonstrate understanding of scientific inquiry, knowledge generation, utilization, and dissemination in advanced nursing practice.
- Evaluate the evidence for potential solutions/innovations that can potentially solve a health care issue and improve patient outcomes.
- Identify gaps in nursing knowledge and evidence-based practice that can potentially be resolved by planning and implementing a practice change project.
- Formulate a clinically researchable question amenable to an innovative evidence-based practice change
- Write a scholarly literature review that supports a clinically researchable question amenable to an innovative evidence-based practice change proposal.
- Evaluate health policy and advocacy issues for the purpose of improving health care outcomes.
- Engage in scientific inquiry into the state of health care delivery, patient-centered care, and ethical principles related to health beliefs, health promotion, and risk reduction of diverse populations.
- Propose quality improvement initiatives that advance the delivery of safe, high-quality health care.
- Use principles from epidemiology, biostatistics, genetics, genomics, and cultural competence to guide comparisons of various patient populations.
Also Read:
NUR 550 Topic 2: Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Genetics, and Genomics
NUR 550 Topic 3 Translational Research Framework and Legal and Ethical Considerations
NUR 550 Topic 4: Critical Appraisal of Research
NUR 550 Benchmark Evidence-Based Practice Project Literature Review
