Homework: Nursing Policy Brief
You are a nursing member of a healthcare organization on a policy subcommittee. The subcommittee has been asked to prepare an advocacy policy brief on a current policy that can be presented for facility adoption. As an active nurse advocate, it is important your voice is heard on a matter important to you as this is your chance to influence policy.
Instructions:
Prepare a policy brief. Identify and support your stance by addressing the following:
o Explain your selected healthcare policy.
o Address the background of the problem requiring the policy.
o Address how the policy is relevant to your nursing practice or area of interest.
o Identify if this policy impacts practice at the local, state and/or national level.
o Evaluate how this policy could impact health care and further explain how this policy would influence nursing practice.
o Provide evidence to support your stance on how you can implement the current policy.
o Explain ways you can assist in implementing this policy as a nurse advocate.
Format your homework according to the following formatting requirements:
o The answer should be typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
o The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
o Also include a reference page. The Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.