Health Policy

Health policy briefs provide succinct overviews of health policy topics. The intended audience is policymakers, journalists, and others concerned about improving health care in the United States.

The briefs explore arguments from varying perspectives of a policy proposal. They guide available research behind each perspective. Health policy briefs are created by experts in the field through funding from public and private grants.

Select one policy brief from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation website:

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Health Policy in Brief. https://www.rwjf.org/en/library/collections/health-affairs-briefs.html

Identify the primary issue discussed in the brief, summarize the brief, and state the relationship of the issue to APN practice

List at least 3 strengths, weaknesses, advantages, and/or disadvantages of the issue

Describe at least 3 solutions or recommendations for the issue
In your role as an APN, list at least three ways you would advocate for or against the policy implementation?

In your paper, you may take the position either for or against the policy proposal, or both.

Brief: Lowering the Age of Medicare Eligibility to 60

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Analyze the role of the advanced practice nurse in the changing health care environment. How will this role augment physicians’ practices? What implications (if any) does the Affordable Care Act have on this delivery system?

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Choose a health care treatment option that is controversial and possibly costly. Describe three positive benefits and three negative risks from the treatment. Identify five strategies you would use to advocate for a legislative change in your state to influence insurance coverage for this treatment.

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In this Assignment, you will discuss how your state is enacting the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
Identify at least three components of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that are important to APN practice
Describe why the three components are important to APN practice
Determine whether your state is or is not implementing the three components
Describe how the decision to implement or not implement the three components impacts healthcare in your state

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Compare and contrast three nursing advocates who have brought about change to public policy. What future changes need to be made to succeed as a profession of nursing advocates for healthcare policy reform?

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For this assignment, select a local or state health care policy or piece of legislation that was enacted in the last five years. Then:

Summarize the policy or legislation.
Analyze at least two strengths and two weaknesses of the policy or legislation.
Discuss the impact of the policy or legislation for all stakeholders, both providers and consumers.
Identify the role of the APRN

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Choose one topic from the following list and evaluate how the chosen topic impacts your role as an advanced practice nurse. What are the legal implications related to your role? Analyze how understanding of the chosen topic will impact your future role as an advanced practice nurse.

Topic: Americans with Disabilities Act

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Assume that you have knowledge that a nurse working on your unit has been illegally using drugs. Discuss your professional and institutional obligations to disclose this information. Discuss the referral sources for impaired nurses in your state. Analyze this issue’s impact on your advanced practice role as a practitioner.

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After reviewing the ANA position statement on “Rights of Registered Nurses when Considering a Patient Assignment,” discuss the legal and ethical implications of accepting assignments. When delegating assignments to unlicensed personnel, what issues need to be considered? What insurance issues come into play? Analyze the legal principle of Respondeat Superior.

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DO NOT select a policy within your hospital or institution of work or the Affordable Care Act. Since the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has already been legislated, you may only select to modify or amend some part of it.

This NOT a research paper about an issue but current research-based statistics are used to show the extent of the issue.

The paper is objective using research data, not subjective, so no personal pronouns such a “I” are used in an APA paper.

An abstract is NOT required for this paper and there are no words Running Head or a running head itself. Remember a paragraph is at least three sentences.

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Directions
Write a paper analyzing the topic/bill selected and approved in Written Assignment 3.
Your paper should satisfy the following requirements:
It should be no longer than 4000 words in length (no longer than 15 pages).
It should contain a minimum of eight references with at least four from scholarly sources such as journals and professional organization websites, including the government.
It should be documented in APA format.
It should contain the following elements:
A full identification of the bill and a short description of the policy and policy issue the bill addresses
An indication of where the bill is in the legislative process, indicating an understanding of the policy-making process, with supporting evidence
An explanation of how the policy can or did become a priority on the political/legislative agenda as well as identification of the stage of the policy in terms of formulation and/or implementation
Identification of the key stakeholders involved in this po

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