NR_503_Week_8_DISCUSSION - Health Policy and Ethics

Week 8: Discussion - Health Policy and Ethics 55 unread replies.7272 replies. Purpose: This discussion board content is intended to facilitate learning for students through engaging dialogues as they achieve the desired learning outcomes/competencies associated with their course in a manner that empowers them to organize, integrate, apply and critically appraise their knowledge to their selected field of practice. The use of discussions provides students with opportunities to contribute graduate level-appropriate knowledge and experience to the topic in a safe, caring, and fluid environment that models professional and social interaction. The ebb and flow of a discussion is based upon the composition of student and faculty interaction in the quest for relevant scholarship. Participation in the discussion generates opportunities for students to actively engage in the written ideas of others by carefully reading, researching, reflecting, and responding to the contributions of their peers and course faculty. Discussions foster the development of members into a community of learners as they share ideas and inquiries, consider perspectives that may be different from their own, and integrate knowledge from other disciplines. Activity Learning Outcomes Through this assignment, the student will demonstrate the ability to: 1. Inspect the relationship between environment and global health (CO5). 2. Appraise global health problems considering WHO SDG’s as well as related epidemiological data (CO5). Due Date:  Initial prompt due by Wednesday, 11:59 PM MT of week 8  One peer and one faculty or two peer posts due by Saturday 11:59 PM MT of week 8 A 10% late penalty will be imposed for initial discussions posted after the weekly deadline regardless of the number of days late. No postings will be accepted after 11:59pm MT on Saturday (i.e. student will receive an automatic 0). Week 8 discussion closes on Saturday at 11:59pm MT. Total Points: 60 Points Assignment Requirements 1. Go to your state government web page. Find one health policy enacted within the last two (2) years at the state level. Write down the bill number and the sponsors of the bill and include this information in your initial post. 2. Write a minimum of a one-page critical analysis summary of the policy. (250 words double spaced, APA). Your summary should integrate the concepts of advocacy, population health, and the ANA ethical statements ("The Code"), and course readings, to include a minimum of one course scholarly article (provided within the course). Be sure to speak to the role of advocacy and population health. 3. Respond to a minimum of two (2) peers/faculty posts with one (1) paragraph of 4-5 sentences integrating one scholarly source utilized in an in-text citation/APA. Kaiser: Beyond Health Care: The Role of Social Determinants in Promoting Health and Health Equity. (Links to an external site.) Posting Directions 1. Posts should be made on a minimum of 3 separate days/dates. 2. All faculty replies to students must be responded to directly in the discussion board. 3. Minimum posting is: o Initial discussion board post to the weekly prompt, two peer posts (if there are no faculty postings), or one peer post and a faculty post. **To see view the grading criteria/rubric, please click on the 3 dots in the box at the end of the solid gray bar above the discussion board title and then Show Rubric. DISCUSSION CONTENT Category Points % Description Scholarly 13 22%  The student actively stimulates and sustains inquiry by making reflective insightful comments, asking thoughtful questions and/or engaging in a scholarly discussion.  The student expresses a clear idea of the topic under discussion and sustains inquiry in order to explore relevant issues.  The student recognizes values or values conflict as things that form the assumption basis of arguments and recognizes when it is important to acknowledge these values.  The student recognizes the accuracy, logic, relevance, or clarity of statements.  The student asks clarifying questions and knows when clarifying questions need to be asked.  The student distinguishes fact from opinion. Application 20 33%  All components of discussion prompt addressed (met) in initial posting.  The student’s writing conveys an understanding of significant ideas relevant to the issue under discussion. This is indicated by integration of course and weekly objectives, as well as readings from text and articles.  All posts should make correct use of terminology, precise selection of the pieces of information required to make a point, correct and appropriate use of examples and counterexamples, demonstrations of which distinctions are important to make, and explanations that are concise and to the point.  Information and knowledge are accurate.  The student elaborates statements with accurate explanations, reasons, or evidence from the course and/or weekly objectives.  All postings integrate scholarly sources to support points consistently. Interactive Dialogue 10 16.6%  Responds to ideas in a way that advances discussion with engagement, depth, rigor, and application.  Interacts with a professional tone and is able to express opinions with ownership and without judgement.  Chooses to include professional experience to the discussion board mindful of appropriateness and boundaries. Experience is integrated as it supports the discussion board topic and utilizes scholarly references to support overall topic. 43 72% Total CONTENT Points= 43 pts DISCUSSION FORMAT Category Points % Description APA (current edition) 12 20%  In text citations are formatted per APA.  Reference list is formatted per APA.  Spelling, grammar, and scholarly tone per APA. Spelling / Grammar etc. 5 8%  Posts should utilize correct spelling and grammar (sentence structure and avoidance of slang or casual language). 17 28% Total FORMAT Points=17 pts 60 100% DISCUSSION TOTAL=60 points Search entries or author Filter replies by unread Unread Collapse replies Expand replies Subscribed  Collapse Subdiscussion Eboni Murphy Eboni Murphy Aug 23, 2020Aug 23 at 12:18am Manage Discussion Entry I attached the same discussion post as a word document to follow specific guidelines of being double spaced as this discussion forum would not allow me to double space within this text box. Write a minimum of a one-page critical analysis summary of the health policy Instructor and Class, The state in which I live is Georgia. Research has led me to discover one of many health policies enacted within the last two years. This policy is titled, “Georgia Right to Shop Act: greater transparency of prices for nonemergency healthcare services”. The bill number for this health policy is GA SB303. This health policy was introduced on January 16, 2020, in committee by June 17, 2020, passed on June 29, 2020, and enacted on August 4, 2020. The sponsors of this bill are Mark Newton, Gloria Butler, Steve Gooch, Burt Jones, P.K. Martin IV, Renee Unterman, and Ben Watson. Recently enacted, this health policy speaks to “amend Chapter 24 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to insurance generally, so as to provide for greater transparency of prices for nonemergency health care services... to provide for definitions; to provide for the disclosure of certain pricing information through insurer websites to allow consumers to compare prices; to provide that insurers may use third parties to comply with such requirements; to provide for certain notice requirements” (Bill Track 50, 2020, para.1). In simpler terms, this health policy regulates the way health insurers present their services and prices to the consumers; it is to eliminate any confusion and/or lack of understanding regarding insurance pricing, healthcare service pricing, healthcare and insurance terms and definitions, and healthcare insurance rules and regulations. As a registered nurse and future family nurse practitioner, I understand my ethical obligations and duties to the nursing profession. The ANA Code of Ethics can be used as a guide to ensure that such obligations and duties are being met. In reference to the recently enacted health policy regarding health insurance and pricing mentioned above, Provision 2.1: Primacy of the Patient’s Interestcan be utilized. As stated by this code, nurses prepare patients with favorable circumstances with respect to engaging in one’s care and in a manner that is appropriate to the patient (American Nurses Association, 2020). This is an example of advocating for the patient’s and/or population’s right to know and right to get involved. The patient or population has a right to understand their health insurance’s policy and prices and how that relates to the healthcare services being provided. It is not unusual for patients to accept responsibility for healthcare services and bills that they do not understand. For this reason, nurses have a responsibility to critically analyze health care policies according to the state of affairs in which a motivating factor, matter, or health policy prevails (Porche, 2019). Having a clear understanding of healthcare and healthcare polices and its relationship to the nursing profession allows the nurse practitioner to strategize healthcare plans at an individual (patient), aggregate, and community level, which is defined as the role of advocacy and population health