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Public policy has a major impact on your practice and your patients. Advocacy is an expectation of the advanced practice nurse. Elected officials care about what their constituents have to say. To make a difference, you need to be informed and engaged. Contacting your legislator and discussing issues is an important attribute of nurse leaders. In your interactions with lawmakers you want to be positive and nonpartisan, personal, persistent, patient, focused on your message, and provide accurate information. 

Directions

1. Determine the issue or message (e.g., telehealth impact on your practice) you wish to discuss with your legislator(s). Resource: The American Nurses Association Federal Legislative Priorities for 2019.
2. Identify your legislator and contact information from his or her website and/or search here.
3. Method of Advocacy: Letter/ Email. 

• Letter or Email: The student must write three (3) letters or emails or a combination of letters/emails to their identified legislators (State of California and/or Federal). The letters/emails may be the same topic to three different legislators or three different topics to three different legislators. Legislators read correspondence, especially when it is personalized and clearly from a constituent. The following guidelines should be used when writing to your representative:
  1. Be brief (one page or less), and use your own words.
  2. Begin with the appropriate heading and address.
  3. Be specific: State the specific bill number and issue and state your opinion in the first sentence.
  4. Relate your experience with the issue. Use personal examples when possible. Your interest and concern about the issue is important. 
  5. Ask the legislator to specifically commit to supporting or opposing the legislation you are writing about.
  6. Ask for specific reasons they are supporting or opposing the proposal. 
  7. Sign and print your name and include your address and other contact information.
  8. If you have pertinent materials and/or editorials from local papers, include them.
  9. Cite any references at the end of the letter or email usingAPA format.
  10. Avoid form letters/emails if possible. If you are using a sample or form letter, be sure to adapt it, especially in the first sentence and paragraph.  Legislators and their aides recognize form letters and are less likely to be influenced by them.
  11. Thank him or her for considering your opinion.
  12. Submit the three letters and/or emails in Word docs in the D2L assignment link along with a separate one-page reflection on your experience.

see attachment for sample

Grading 

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Filter Instructional Units

• Course Materials
• Topic 1: Current-Evidence-Based Research and the Research Process as Applied to the Allied Health Care
• Study Materials
• Tasks
  • Your Role in Communicating Research Information 
  • Identification of Research T

Identification of Research Topic 

The purpose of this assignment is to identify a topic for a health care field research paper which will inform subsequent assignments within this course.

Select a topic of interest from your work area, or within a specific health care field. Examples of appropriate topics may be found in your text, Understanding Research, and from the list below, but you are not limited to these examples. Possible topics:

• Leaving a confused patient alone in the waiting room
• Failure to label specimens
• Leaving medication unsecured
• Childhood obesity
• Using technology, and protecting patient information and confidentiality
• Managing the health care needs of an aging population

Complete a search utilizing the Library for at least three articles on your topic. After you have selected your articles, write a 250- to 500-word summary of the three articles, and address the following:        

• State why you selected the topic.
• Summarize the content of the articles.
• Describe how the research process is used to communicate findings relevant to problem or issue resolution within evidence-based practice for improvement of care.
• Conclude with an explanation of the significance of the evidence-based research of the topic to the standards for allied health care.

Why is understanding the health care system at the local level important to consider when planning an EBP implementation? Conduct research and solicit anecdotal evidence from your course preceptor that you will take into consideration for your own change project.

3 page paper and please provide link to documentary watched…

Watch a documentary or attend a webinar on any health topic. Explain the issues, research the health disparities and determine prevention ideas.

The IOM published report, “Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health,” makes recommendations for lifelong learning and achieving higher levels of education.

In 1,000-1,250 words, examine the importance of nursing education and discuss your overall educational goals.

Include the following:

1. Discuss your options in the job market based on your educational level.
2. Review the IOM Future of Nursing Recommendations for achieving higher levels of education. Describe what professional certification and advanced degrees (MSN, DNP, etc.) you want to pursue and explain your reasons for wanting to attain the education. Discuss your timeline for accomplishing these goals.
3. Discuss how increasing your level of education would affect how your competitiveness in the current job market and your role in the future of nursing.
4. Discuss the relationship of continuing nursing education to competency, attitudes, knowledge, and the ANA Scope and Standards for Practice and Code of Ethics.
5. Discuss whether continuing nursing education should be mandatory. Provide support for your response.

You are required to cite to a minimum of three sources to complete this assignment. Sources must be published within the last 5 years and appropriate for the assignment criteria and relevant to nursing practice.  

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required. 

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion. 

 Give one example of a data collection method used in one of the studies identified in your Week 5 project. What variable was this method used to measure? 

project is attached please refer to answer the question . half page good writing with two citation please include text book 

 Houser, J. (2018). Nursing research: Reading, using, and creating evidence (4th ed.). Jones & Bartlett. 

Need a Powerpoint on Middle Range Theories

 In the Asian culture, there is often a belief that terminally ill patients should not be informed about their prognosis. Would you respect the cultural practice and not inform a patient about the prognosis? Is there a way for health care providers to balance the patient’s right to know with respect for the cultural practices and beliefs of the family? Is not fully disclosing information to the patient an ethical breach? 

Submission Instructions:

• Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in current APA style with support from at least 2 academic sources

Powerpoint – Neurologic Disorders 

References: Burns, Pediatric primary care Chapter 28 pages 671-713), please include US statistics and guidelines, any other reference must be from US

Important from this topic:

Introduction, what include Neurologic disorders, definition, early detection, how suspect? sign and symptom, age/gender, risk factors, genetic, most common diseases and shorts explanations in notes , US statistic, how prevent those disorders, any screening test?, gold standard diagnosis for the most common disorders, diagnosis, differential diagnosis, diagnosis and treatment for the most common disorders, Education. any pediatric guidelines? 

Include explanation notes 

No more than 20 slides, between 15-20

Professional Platform for Ethics and Leadership

The role of the health care professional includes being a moral agent or a person whose actions affect themselves and others at a moral level. It is important to have a personal ethic or moral framework in which you ground your practice and professional relationships. The purpose of this assignment is to explore and create a foundation for leadership and ethics in your professional practice.

Write a reflection on the nature, sources, and implications of your values, beliefs, and ethical perspectives that guide your personal life and nursing practice. Please note, grading is based on the clarity and depth of your writing and the apparent effort given the assignment, not on the rightness or wrongness of your position. You are encouraged to be honest in your self-assessments and conclusions.

Each of the following points must be addressed in your essay:

• Primary influences (childhood and adult)
• Ethical principles that influence you personally and professionally
• Ethical practice of professional nursing
• Ethical leadership and professional development plan. Include both positive and negative aspects of your character that emerge when you are in a position of authority

Assignment Expectations:

Length: 1500 to 2000 words total.

Structure: Include a title page and reference page in APA format. These do not count towards the minimum word count for this assignment. Your essay must include an introduction and a conclusion.

References: Use appropriate APA style in-text citations and references for all resources utilized to answer the questions. Your assignment should include at least two (2) scholarly sources PLUS the textbook