NURS 8410 Week 7: The Application of New Practice Approaches, Part II

“Engagement in the process of policy development is central to creating a health care system that meets the needs of its constituents” (AACN, 2006, p. 13).

 

As a professional nurse, you are well positioned to affect changes in health care through policy. Nurses are frequently asked to testify before Congress or congressional committees on important health care matters; being able to present the scientific evidence on a health care issue can contribute to this process and thereby inform the formation of health policy.  NURS 8410 – Best Practices In Nursing Specialties weekly discussion essay assignments.

 

This week, you explore how to utilize the concepts presented in earlier weeks to advocate for health care policy to improve health-related outcomes. In addition, you submit your time log and a journal entry for your practicum experience.

 

Reference: American Association of Colleges of Nursing. (2006). The essentials of doctoral education for advanced nursing practice. Retrieved from http://www.aacn.nche.edu/publications/position/DNPEssentials.pdf

 

Learning Objectives

 

Students will:

 

Develop strategies for advocating for health policy to enhance health care outcomes

Analyze professional growth and development as a leader in evidence-based practice

Assess the practicum experience

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Learning Resources

 

Note: To access this week’s required library resources, please click on the link to the Course Readings List, found in the Course Materials section of your Syllabus.

 

Required Readings

 

White, K. M., Dudley-Brown, S., & Terharr, M. F. (2016). Translation of evidence into nursing and health care practice (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Springer.

 

Chapter 4, “Translation of Evidence to Improve Clinical Outcomes”

Chapter 5, “Translation of Evidence for Improving Safety and Quality”

Chapter 7, “Translation of Evidence for Health Policy”

Andermann, A., Pang, T., Newton, J.T., Davis, A., & Panisset, U. (2016). Evidence for health II: Overcoming barriers to using evidence in policy and practice. Health Research Policy and Systems, 14 (17) doi 10.1186/s12961-016-0086-3

 

Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.

 

Catallo, C. & Sidani, S. The self-assessment for organizational capacity instrument for evidence-informed health policy: Preliminary reliability and validity of an instrument (2014). Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing, 11(1), 35–45.

 

Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.

 

Malterud, K., Bjelland, K., & Elvbakken, K.T. (Evidence-based medicine – an appropriate tool for evidence-based health policy? A case study from Norway. Health Research Policy and Systems, 14 (15) doi 10.1186/s12961-016-0088-1

 

Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.

 

Rehfuess, E.A., Durao, S., Kyamanywa, P., Meerpohl, J. J., Young, T., & Rohwer, A. (2016). An approach for setting evidence-based and stakeholder-informed research priorities in low- and middle-income countries, Policy & Practice, 94, 297–305 doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.15.162966

 

Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.