NUR 508 GRAND CANYON WEEK 2 ASSIGNMENT NUR 508 GRAND CANYON WEEK 2 ASSIGNMENT ? NUR 508 Grand Canyon Week 2 Discussion 1 Select one of the United Nations (U.N.) Millennial Development Goals (MDGs). Visit the website and report on the UNs progress in achieving this goal? How will meeting this goal positively impact the health of the world? What suggestions would you make to help the UN achieve this goal? ? NUR 508 Grand Canyon Week 2 Discussion 2 Select a global health issue from the World Health Organization (WHO) list of health topics available athttp://www.who.int/topics/en/How has globalization influenced this issue from a positive or negative perspective? CLICK HERE TO ORDER YOUR NUR 508 GRAND CANYON WEEK 2 ASSIGNMENT NUR 508 Grand Canyon Week 2 Assignment 1 Nursing Leadership Health Policy Details: The IOM Future of Nursing report calls for an increase in leadership from nurses at all levels. One way nurses demonstrate their role as a leader, is through public policy change. A leader does not always carry an official title or position, but demonstrates leadership through the work and the stance he/she takes to make a change for the good of others. Nurses have been noted by the Gallop poll year after year as the most trusted professionals. This assignment requires thought about a public policy that is needed or needs to be changed that relates to nursing, healthcare, and/or the public. Policy changes can occur by working with members of your legislature, and state or national nurses associations, to introduce a new bill and/or change to a current law in your state or federal government. Examples of public policy includes any component of the current legislation governing health care, Medicare part D, Medicaid, nursing regulation, medication technicians, etc. In 750-1000 words, propose a health policy change (that is currently a bill, a law, or may not exist at all) at the state or federal level that you believe needs to change and why. The policy must NOT be a clinical care policy for individual care. The policy involved may include public or community health, legislative or regulatory, professional organization (nursing-oriented), advanced nursing practice, health plan, or hospital plan. Include a specific section for the exact wording for the bill or change in wording of the law. Include the plan for the implementation of your policy development, to lobbying for passage, to next steps after passage. Discuss who would be the champion for the bill/law change from your state advocates (legislators, federal legislators, local or national state nursing organizations). Are these individuals also influential in making changes occur? Did you vote for the individual in office that you want to help you make this change? Resources: Review different pieces of legislation for ideas on wording. Visit your states legislative governmental affairs website site to understand the process your policy change could take if you wanted to introduce to into legislation. Refer to the Nursing Leadership Health Policy Presentation Rubric. Submit the assignment to the instructor by the end of Topic 2. Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required. You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Refer to the directions in the Student Success Center. ? NUR 508 Grand Canyon Week 2 Assignment 2 Nursing Leadership Health Policy Details: This is a CLC assignment. Initiate a conversation among the members of your Collaborative Learning Community regarding potential topics of interest. This should be a health issue with national and international relevance that will be the basis for your ongoing project. It may be helpful to identify a number of topics of interest and have individual group members do a quick survey of the literature to be sure that current information is available. Refer to ?CLC Health Issue Analysis Overview.? Revise ?CLC Group Project Agreement? to include the choice of the identified topic in the title and resubmit the agreement. APA format is not required, but solid academic writing is expected. (A brief paragraph is sufficient to identify the health issue for the groups analysis.) You are not required to submit this assignment to Turnitin.

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Introduction

As a nurse leader, you have a duty to advocate for yourself, your patients and your profession. Your advocacy should be in the form of constructive dialogue with politicians, care providers and other stakeholders. This can occur at a local level or through state and federal advocacy groups. Here are some ways that nurse leaders can help shape policy:

Find out what laws or regulations affect your practice.

One of the most important roles of a nurse leader is to know what laws and regulations affect your practice. If you do not know, then you can’t be effective in helping others understand how they should act or react to those laws and regulations.

For example, if there’s a new law that requires all hospitals in New York City to close their doors during flu season (or when there are high rates of patients coming in), then it would be wise for hospital leaders at each level to make sure that everyone on their team knows about this new requirement before spring arrives so they can prepare accordingly.

Call your local representative and find out how they feel about the new law or regulation.

Call your local representative and find out how they feel about the new law or regulation. Get to know your local representatives, and their views on the new law or regulation, as well as other issues that are important to them.

Ask your local representative how they feel about the new law or regulation, and what their reasons are for supporting or opposing it. Find out if they have any suggestions on ways you can get involved in fighting for or against the new law or regulation.

Join a professional organization that advocates for nurses.

As a nurse leader, you have the power to advocate for nurses. This can mean advocating for new laws and regulations that impact your profession. It also means educating your colleagues about these changes and helping them understand their rights as well as their responsibilities.

Joining an organization that advocates on behalf of nurses will give you valuable resources to use when making decisions about how best to use your talents and skills in the healthcare system.

Take advantage of elections to bring any concerns you have to local politicians.

If you are a nurse leader and have a concern about changes to the Canada Health Act, the best thing you can do is work with other nurses who share your concerns. The best way to find out who your representatives are is to visit their website or call their office and ask for the name of someone in charge of health policy. If this person isn’t available, ask if there’s someone else who would be willing to speak with you about your concerns (and make sure they know how important this issue is). Once again, being persistent will help show that these issues are important enough for them not only personally but also professionally.

When contacting them by phone or email about these issues, keep it brief no more than two sentences per point made and always include links where possible so others can see what has been discussed between yourself and those affected by changes made under new legislation; otherwise simply explain why having access equalized across all provinces matters so much!

Find out how state nurse leaders are addressing new issues.

You should also look for information on the state association’s website. If it does not have a policy on a particular issue, find out if there is any ongoing work toward legislation or a position on the matter. If so, you can use this information to help formulate your own plan of action around policy changes related to that topic area.

Watch for areas where there is lack of clarity over state and federal rules, and work to address them.

• Know your rights and responsibilities

• Be aware of new laws and regulations

• Be aware of new technology

• Be aware of new procedures

Be aware of new technologies Be aware of new procedures Be aware of new laws and regulations

Nurse leaders have a duty to advocate for themselves, their patients and their profession.

Nurse leaders have a duty to advocate for themselves, their patients and their profession. As the health care provider most directly responsible for patient care, nurse leaders are in a unique position to influence policy change. They can use their voice and influence to advocate for issues that matter most to them as nurses issues such as improving quality of care and reducing costs associated with inefficient systems or processes.

Nurse leaders must also be willing to stand up for what they believe is right when faced with changes that could negatively impact the health of patients and staff alike. Some of these changes may take place at local or national levels; others will be implemented on an individual basis within departments across various facilities within an organization or system. Regardless of where they occur or who implements them, all must be considered carefully before being enacted into practice so as not create unintended consequences down stream (for example: increased risk factors such as infections).

Conclusion

Nurse leaders are crucial in ensuring that the health, safety and well-being of patients are not compromised. As an advocate for your profession, you have a duty to speak up on behalf of nurses everywhere and support policies that promote nurse leadership.