NU636 Unit 1 Complete Work

NU636 Unit 1 Complete Work

NU636 Unit 1 Discussion 1 – Introduction

This assessment addresses the following learning objective(s):

• Analyze how policies influence the structure and financing of health care, practice, and health outcomes.

Instructions

As a way of introducing yourselves to the instructor and your peers, please post the following:

• Your name and a description of your current position (If not employed, what are your expectations when you complete your program?)
• How do you see yourself applying knowledge from this course?
• Post a photo of yourself (self-portrait, family, or action photo)

Answer the following question:

• With regard to your professional experience, describe how you have felt either positive or negative impacts of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA).

Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.

The post and responses are valued at 20 points. Please review post and response expectations. Please review the rubric to ensure that your response meets criteria.

Estimated time to complete: 2 Hours

Peer Response: Unit 1, Due Sunday by 11:59 pm CT

Unit 1 Discussion 1 – Introduction

 Instructions:

• Respond to your classmate’s introduction, discuss freely.
• Reflect on your classmate’s professional experience with PPACA impacts. Do you share similar feelings? Why or why not?

Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.

Estimated time to complete: 1 Hour

 

NU636 Unit 1 Discussion 2 – Health Policy for U.S. Veterans

This assessment addresses the following learning objective(s):

• Examine the effect of legal, ethical, and regulatory processes on nursing practices (and/or change to providers), healthcare delivery, and outcomes while maintaining balance with administrative and fiscal responsibilities.

Instructions

A debate among lawmakers and healthcare advocates persists regarding the condition of the current Veteran’s Administration (VA) and its role to provide significantly better health care and shorter wait times for this growing population segment.

• Discuss how state and federal policies are (or are not) addressing Veteran healthcare needs.
• In your personal opinion: Do you advocate for privatization of the VA healthcare system? Please exapain why or why not.

Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.

The post and responses are valued at 20 points. Please review post and response expectations. Please review the rubric to ensure that your response meets criteria.

Estimated time to complete: 2 Hours

 

NU636 Unit 1 Assignment – Examine Knowledge Framework

This assessment addresses the following learning objective(s):

• Examine the effect of legal, ethical, and regulatory processes on nursing practices (and/or change to providers), healthcare delivery, and outcomes while maintaining balance with administrative and fiscal responsibilities.

Instructions

The healthcare industry is made up of diverse people and teams. This includes individuals who create policies, groups who lobby for legislation, and the people and teams who implement and follow laws and policies. For this assignment, you will reflect on your role, past, present, and future, regarding health policies. While research is encouraged for this assignment, in-text citations are not necessary. The purpose of this assignment is to provide your instructor with your knowledge framework and allow you to reflect on your knowledge and identify biases.

In an introductory paragraph, briefly summarize your scope of knowledge regarding health policy, both state/federal, and organizational policies.

In a second paragraph, explain why you wish to develop a deeper understanding of the policy creation, implementation, and assessment process. For example, how will understanding health policy improve your professional practice?

In a closing paragraph, address the following questions:

• What biases/strong opinions do you have regarding health policy (state, federal, organizational policies)?
• What caused those biases/opinions to develop (personal experiences, patient interactions, etc.)?
• How will you respectfully maintain or evolve your bias/opinions as you advance in this course, and your career?
• What is your primary source of information for staying up-to-date on state and federal health policy (names of publications, websites, organization-disseminated information, etc.)?

APA style should be followed throughout this assignment. Please include a title page.

Research is encouraged, but references and in-text citations are not required.