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Leader Responsibility to Influence and Inform Healthcare Policy NAME Chamberlain College of Nursing NR554: Nurse Leader in Healthcare Policy DATE Week 5: Leader Responsibility to Influence and Inform Healthcare Policy Discuss the main task of leaders’ responsibility related to influencing and informing healthcare policy issues and how you will apply these tasks within your current role and/or expected role after graduation. Nurses are the front-line caregivers in our health syst...

Social Visibility of Health Issue NAME Chamberlain College of Nursing NR554: Nurse Leader and Healthcare Policy DATE Discuss how social visibility and financial cost impact healthcare policy Social Visibility of Health Issue Mental health disorders have gained a lot of visibility in the news with the recent mass shooting. Mass shootings create outpourings of public horror and outrage. With each tragedy, we hear arguments about gun violence and mental health. On December 14, 2012, 2...

Building Research Locally; Supporting Research Nationally NAME Chamberlain College of Nursing NR 554: Nurse Leader and Healthcare Policy DATE Nursing leaders are often presented with problems and issues, some that are departmental and organizationally focused, and others that have wide national impact. Consider the different levels of challenge for the nursing leader that move from local to state to national health policy agenda. Consider one project, either one that is local OR one th...

Politics of Science Policy NAME Chamberlain College of Nursing NR 554: Nurse Leader and Healthcare Policy DATE Identify a current or previously funded National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) research study and identify the area of 'determination of need' that this research study addresses. Identify the population that the findings of this research support and list several potential outcomes and the policy that it would support. What are the key drivers of this issue? Politics of...

Week 2 TD: Applied Change Implementation Identify a socially visible healthcare issue that you would like to see developed into a healthcare policy. It can be an issue that you are aware of through the course textbook, literature, peers, or through experiences with other healthcare systems. What change strategy could be developed to present to leaders within your healthcare organization? Mental illness is one of the highest diseases in the United States (U.S.) and mental disorders are one of t...

Week 2 TD: Leading Change Consider an educational or healthcare organization with which you are familiar. Analyze the organization with respect to its attitude toward change. Identify a healthcare policy that has been adopted by this organization and determine the change model used throughout the change process (if any). Include the history of the change in terms of how the issue was identified, who the stakeholders were, and how the implementation and evaluation were received. Healthcare is a...

Problem Identification for Public and Policy Decision Makers Nursing leaders and bedside staff are often confronted with problems that affect their workflow and ability to deliver best practices to their patients. One example of a policy that has been adopted by many healthcare organizations to reduce confusion and improve efficiency in communication is the use of the SBAR (Situation, Background, Assessment, & Recommendation) tool to ensure clear, concise, and effective communication between pr...

Connecting Workplace Issues with Policy NAME Chamberlain College of Nursing NR 554: Nurse Leader and Healthcare Policy DATE New information based on policy decisions locally, regionally, and nationally is often presented to staff by nurse leaders. Identify a recent change at your current, or most recent, workplace that was policy based. Discuss the policy and how the change supported positive patient outcomes. Week 1: Connecting Workplace Issues with Policy Blood culture contaminati...

Imbedding Policy into Healthcare Culture NAME Chamberlain College of Nursing NR554: Leadership in Healthcare Policy DATE From the perspective of the nursing leadership position that you expect to have upon graduation, consider how you would move a new healthcare policy into your healthcare organization. What would be the first steps taken with the organization’s leadership to gain buy-in? Week 5: Imbedding Policy into Healthcare Culture Buy-in is critical to making any large org...