NR 708 Week 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 Discussion (Nov 2020) UPDATE

NR 708 Week 1 Discussion 2: Nursing Advocacy In the second discussion question, we are discussing the difference between being a patient advocate and a nursing advocate. I encourage you to take a moment and look back over your career. Are you a true nursing advocate? Were you taught those skills...

NR-708 Week 2 Discussion 1: Healthcare Economics and Nursing Practice Differentiate macroeconomic versus microeconomic healthcare conditions that impact a healthcare stakeholder (patient, family, nurse, or other identified stakeholder) from a nursing perspective derived from your practice experie...

NR 708 Week 2 Discussion 2: Impact of Socioeconomic and Sociopolitical Factors on Healthcare Finance and Nursing Practice Differentiate socioeconomic versus sociopolitical factors that impact healthcare finance and have either a positive or negative impact on a selected healthcare stakeholder (...

NR 708 Week 3 Discussion 1: Problem Solving in Today’s Healthcare World Identify a current healthcare policy in your current role that you would like to see revised. Why? What would be the projected outcomes?

NR 708 Week 3 Discussion 2: Stakeholders in Health Policy Take the identified healthcare policy from thread one. Identify both obvious and non-obvious stakeholders. Also identify stakeholders that you have the potential to influence.

NR 708 Week 4 Discussion 1: Nursing Legislation and Nursing Practice Identify a political issue or agenda in health care. How would you formalize support to advance this agenda?

NR 708 Week 4 Discussion 2: Nursing Advocacy and Professional Identity (Leadership Role) Formation Give an example of how a nurse can affect public policy in various appointed positions. What aspects of professional identity (leadership role) formation would you anticipate acquiring for such posi...

NR-708 Week 5 Discussion 1: Changes in Healthcare Policy What do you believe is the most important factor in successful change initiatives?

NR 708 Week 5 Discussion 2: Affordable Care Act The Affordable Care Act was set in place in 2010 when President Obama passed a law requiring all Americans, individuals, and families to be covered with health insurance within an allotted period. The reason for the ACA was to improve access to h...

NR 708 Week 6 Discussion 1: Special Interest Groups and Coalitions Differentiate between special interest groups and coalitions. Do you belong to one of these? Do you feel that you should belong to one of these? Why or Why not? Do you belong to either? How does these differ from a political acti...

NR-708 Week 6 Discussion 2: Nursing Organizations Distinguish the pros and cons that often result from various regulatory agency policies on the nursing practice environment.

NR 708 Week 7 Discussion 1: Community Health Policy What can be done to direct the planning of disaster policy to be more proactive instead of retroactive?

NR 708 Week 7 Discussion 2: Improving Community Outcomes For a community to improve its health, its members must often change aspects of the physical, social, organizational, and even political environments to eliminate or reduce factors that contribute to health problems or to introduce new elem...

NR-708 Week 8 Discussion: Professional Organizations I want to encourage you to think about any professional organizations that you belong to. Do they lobby for your best interests? What are the pros? What are the cons? What is the price of membership? Do you feel that the benefits are worth the ...