Advocating for the Nursing Role

Advocating for the Nursing Role in Program Design and Implementation

To Prepare

Reflect on your thinking regarding the role of the nurse in the design and implementation of new healthcare programs.

Consider the design and implementation of a hospice care program.

Reflect on advocacy efforts and the role of the nurse in relation to healthcare program design and implementation.

The Assignment

In a 3-page paper, create an interview transcript of your responses to the following interview questions:

Ø Tell us about Hospice Care. What are the costs and projected outcomes of this program?

Ø Who is your target population?

Ø What is the role of the nurse in providing input for the design of a Hospice Care program? Can you provide examples?

Ø What is your role as an advocate for the target population for this healthcare program? Do you have input into design decisions? How else do you impact design?

Ø What is the role of the nurse in hospice care implementation? How does this role vary between design and implementation of healthcare programs? Can you provide examples?

Ø Who are the members of a healthcare team that you believe is most needed to implement a program? Can you explain why?

Ø Please use APA 7th edition citation.

Ø Cite at least 4 sources less than 5 years old including the ones in

references below.

Ø Organize your main post with a few sentences for an introduction and a purpose statement. Include a conclusion.

References

American Nurses Association (ANA). (n.d.). Retrieved September 20, 2018, from Advocacy https://www.nursingworld.org/practice-policy/advocacy/

Center for Disease Control (CDC). (n.d). Step by step: Evaluating Violence and Injury Prevention Policies: Brief 4: Evaluating Policy Implementation. https://www.cdc.gov/injury/pdfs/policy/Brief%204-a.pdf

Congress. gov. (n.d.). Retrieved September 20, 2018, from https://www.congress.gov/

José A., S., & Tatiana, D. (2015). No big data without small data: learning healthcare systems begin and end with the individual patient. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 21(6),1014–1017.

Klein, K. J., & Sorra, J. S. (1996). The Challenge of Innovation Implementation. Academy of Management Review, 21(4), 1055–1080.

Milstead, J. A., & Short, N. M. (2019). Health policy and politics: A nurse’s guide (6th ed.). Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning.

Chapter 5, “Public Policy Design” (pp. 87–95 only)

Chapter 8, “The Impact of EHRs, Big Data, and Evidence-Informed Practice”

(pp. 137–146)

Chapter 9, “Interprofessional Practice” (pp. 152–160 only)

Chapter 10, “Overview: The Economics and Finance of Health Care” (pp. 183–191 only)

Tummers, L., & Bekkers, V. (2014). Policy Implementation, Street-level Bureaucracy, and the Importance of Discretion. Public Management Review, 16(4), 527–547.