Demonstrate knowledge of healthcare policy, finance, and regulatory environments, including local, state, national, and global healthcare trends. 

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NUR4108 Policy Brief Guideline/Rubric Course Objectives, Program Outcomes, and AACN Essentials:

1. Participate as a nursing professional in political processes and grassroots legislative efforts to influence healthcare policy.

2. Demonstrate knowledge of healthcare policy, finance, and regulatory environments, including local, state, national, and global healthcare trends.

3. Explore the impact of socio-cultural, economic, legal, and political factors influencing healthcare delivery and practice.

4. Identify the implications of healthcare policy on the issues of access, equity, affordability, and social justice in healthcare delivery.

5. Examine legislative and regulatory processes relevant to the provision of healthcare.

Title: Policy Brief Audience:

General Public/Legislator

Point of view: First Person Format: APA

Template: Template provided,

optional Length: 1-2 pages only

References: Minimum of four (4); one must be a nursing, scholarly journal article from 2014-2109

Assignment Guidelines: For this assignment, you will research and write a scholarly policy brief that will be the foundation for your advocacy letter/email to your Congress-person, Senator, or local Representative on a current bill in progress. A policy brief is a short, neutral summary of what is known about a particular issue or problem. The brief should provide evidence and actionable recommendations. The purpose of the policy brief is to convince the target audience of the urgency of the current problem and the need to adopt the preferred alternative course of action outlined in the brief. Policy briefs are “frontloaded”- this means that your conclusions are on the front page! In preparation for this assignment and during week one, identify your legislators at the federal and state level (including your U.S. Congressional Representative, U.S. Senators, State Senators, and State House Representatives and how to reach them) from the following website: https://www.govtrack.us/ You will follow up this policy brief with a letter/email to your legislator(s) in week seven. Informational web sites: Academic Policy Brief Assignments https://writingcenter.unc.edu/policy-briefs/ Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Health Affairs Policy Briefs https://www.rwjf.org/en/library/collections/health-affairs-briefs.html Health Affairs https://www.healthaffairs.org/ Nursing web sites for supportive information: -American Nurses Association (ANA) Policy and Advocacy. Here you can find state legislative issues the ANA is promoting across the country. http://www.nursingworld.org/MainMenuCategories/Policy-Advocacy -Florida Nurses Association-Nursing, Advocacy, Engagement http://cqrcengage.com/fln/home?0 -Florida Center for Nursing (FCN) and the Action Coalition (FL-AC) https://www.flcenterfornursing.org/FL-ActionCoalition.aspx Governmental web sites to get you started in your research: Florida Senate: https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bills/2018 Florida House: http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Bills/bills.aspx U.S. Congress: https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/ U.S. Senate: https://www.senate.gov/legislative/bills.htm U.S. House of Representatives: https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/subjects/house_of_representatives/5947?congre%20ss=115 You must cover all of the following sections in your policy brief: Background: What is the aim of the policy brief? What problem will your brief address? What evidence do you have to support the problem? What are the policy options? What is the likelihood of the policy getting passed?

Issue Summary: Describe the issue and the associated bill. Who is the audience/stakeholders? Why is the problem important to them? Who else might be affected by the policy?

Recommendations: What policy action are you proposing? What are your recommended actions from the evidence presented? Do you have a strong argument supported with evidence?

References: Minimum of four (4); one must be a nursing, scholarly journal article. Include the bill in APA format. A template has been provided to guide your policy brief and it is highly recommended for use.

Important: For the policy brief, select an issue with an associated bill that can be addressed through your local, state, or federal legislators. This policy brief can be the foundation for your advocacy letter/email to be completed later in the course.

 

Highlight your knowledge of technology by including transition and animation.

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topic: Knowledge Management

Apply a Design Theme of your choice

Use APA style correctly throughout the presentation

Use correct grammar and punctuation

Format correctly and consistently

Include a title slide (introduction slide) at the beginning of the presentation and a conclusion slide at the end of the presentation, and a reference slide using APA format at the end of the presentation.

Number all slides beginning with the title slide as slide 1

Utilize 10 references from scholarly sources…do NOT use Wikipedia (one source can be the textbook)

Cite references within the presentation using correct APA format

Include a minimum of 20 slides which will include the cover and 21,22 reference slides

Include at least one figure or one table in the presentation and format in APA style

Highlight your knowledge of technology by including transition and animation.

Read  five articles and discuss the principle of least privilege in at  least 500 words. Explain how this principle impacts data security.

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Read  five articles and discuss the principle of least privilege in at  least 500 words. Explain how this principle impacts data security.

Include  at least one quote from 3 articles, place them in quotation marks and  cite in-line (as all work copied from another should be handled).

Cite  your sources in a reference list at the end. Do not copy without  providing proper attribution (quotation marks and in-line citations).  Write in essay format not in bulleted, numbered or other list format.

Reply  to two classmates’ posting in a paragraph of at least five sentences by  asking questions, reflecting on your own experience, challenging  assumptions, pointing out something new you learned, offering  suggestions. These peer responses are not ‘attaboys’.   You should  make your initial post by Thursday evening so your classmates have an  opportunity to respond before Sunday.at midnight when all three posts  are due.

It is important that you use your own words, that you cite your sources, that you comply  with the instructions regarding length of your post and that you reply  to two classmates in a substantive way (not ‘nice post’ or the like).  Your  goal is to help your colleagues write better. Do not use spinbot or  other word replacement software. It usually results in nonsense and is  not a good way to learn anything. . I will not spend a lot of my time  trying to decipher nonsense. Proof read your work or have it edited.  Find something interesting and/or relevant to your work to write  about.  Please do not submit attachments unless requested

What is your conclusion, should policymakers use the monetary and or fiscal policy to stimulate aggregate demand? Explain briefly.

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As you have learned in Unit 8 (this week), monetary and fiscal policy play important roles in economic stimulation and or stabilization. In this regard:

a. When is it appropriate to use monetary and fiscal policy to stimulate or stabilize the economy?

b. When is it inappropriate to use monetary and fiscal policy to stimulate or stabilize the economy?

c. What specific fiscal policy tools would you use to stimulate aggregate demand and how?

d. What specific monetary policy tools would you use to stimulate aggregate demand and how?

e. What is your conclusion, should policymakers use the monetary and or fiscal policy to stimulate aggregate demand? Explain briefly.