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Biopsychosocial Population Health Policy Proposal Project

Biopsychosocial Population Health Policy Proposal Project

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Develop a 2–4-page proposal for a policy that should help to improve health care and outcomes for your target population.

Note: Each assessment in this course builds on the work you completed in the previous assessment. Therefore, you must complete the assessments in this course in the order in which they are presented.

Assessment Instructions

SCENARIO

The analysis of position papers that your interprofessional team presented to the committee has convinced them that it would be worth the time and effort to develop a new policy to address your specific issue in the target population. To that end, your interprofessional team has been asked to submit a policy proposal that outlines a specific approach to improving the outcomes for your target population. This proposal should be supported by evidence and best practices that illustrate why the specific approaches are likely to be successful. Additionally, you have been asked to address the ways in which applying your policy to interprofessional teams could lead to efficiency or effectiveness gains.Biopsychosocial Population Health Policy Proposal Project

INSTRUCTIONS

For this assessment you will develop a policy proposal that seeks to improve the outcomes for the health care issue and target population you addressed in Assessment 1. If for some reason you wish to change your specific issue and/or target population, contact your FlexPath faculty.

The bullet points below correspond to the grading criteria in the scoring guide. Be sure that your submission addresses all of them. You may also want to read the Biopsychosocial Population Health Policy Proposal Scoring Guide and Guiding Questions: Biopsychosocial Population Health Policy Proposal to better understand how each grading criterion will be assessed.

  • Propose a policy and guidelines that will lead to improved outcomes and quality of care for a specific issue in a target population.
  • Advocate the need for a proposed policy in the context of current outcomes and quality of care for a specific issue in a target population.Biopsychosocial Population Health Policy Proposal Project
  • Analyze the potential for an interprofessional approach to implementing a proposed policy to increase the efficiency or effectiveness of the care setting to achieve high-quality outcomes.
  • Communicate proposal in a professional and persuasive manner, writing content clearly and logically with correct use of grammar, punctuation, and spelling.
  • Integrate relevant sources to support assertions, correctly formatting citations and references using APA style.

Example Assessment: You may use the assessment example, linked in the Assessment Example section of the Resources, to give you an idea of what a Proficient or higher rating on the scoring guide would look like.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

  • Length of proposal: 2–4 double-spaced, typed pages, not including title page or reference list. Your proposal should be succinct yet substantive.
  • Number of references: Cite a minimum of 3–5 sources of scholarly or professional evidence that supports the relevance of or need for your policy, as well as interprofessional considerations. Resources should be no more than five years old.
  • APA formatting: Use the APA Style Paper Template linked in the Resources. An APA Style Paper Tutorial is also provided to help you in writing and formatting your analysis.Biopsychosocial Population Health Policy Proposal Project

SUGGESTED RESOURCES

The resources provided here are optional. You may use other resources of your choice to prepare for this assessment; however, you will need to ensure that they are appropriate, credible, and valid. The MSN-FP6026 – Biopsychosocial Concepts for Advanced Nursing Practice II Library Guide can help direct your research, and the Supplemental Resources and Research Resources, both linked from the left navigation menu in your courseroom, provide additional resources to help support you.

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Running head: BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL POPULATION HEALTH POLICY PROPOSAL Biopsychosocial Population Health Policy Proposal Learner’s Name Capella University Biopsychosocial Concepts for Advanced Nursing Practice II Biopsychosocial Population Health Policy Proposal November, 2018 Copyright ©2018 Capella University. Copy and distribution of this document are prohibited. 1 BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL POPULATION HEALTH POLICY PROPOSAL 2 Biopsychosocial Population Health Policy Proposal The health care industry has come to acknowledge the rise of the opioid crisis over the past two decades. However, this does not take away from the necessity of pain relief for patients suffering from chronic pain, who are most often prescribed opioid treatment. Opioid treatment does show promise in short-term trials (Sehgal, Colson, & Smith, 2013), but long-term treatments carry with them significant risk of addiction, adverse side effects, and prescription drug abuse (Franklin, 2014). The issue of opioid abuse and addiction is further complicated by the comorbidity of mental health problems in patients. In this context, veterans are a particularly vulnerable population because they often present with chronic noncancer pain while being comorbid with mental health issues such as post-traumatic stress disorder or substance abuse disorder (Sullivan & Howe, 2013). Given this vulnerability, it is necessary to take steps to prevent or reduce the potential for addiction or medication abuse among veterans who are prescribed long-term opioid treatment. Substance Abuse among U.S. Veterans: A Brief Retrospective Opioids came to be used in the treatment of chronic pain in cancer patients as a result of two WHO guidelines that were issued in 1985 and 1996 (Sullivan & Howe, 2013). Eventually, the treatment was extended to chronic noncancer pain and suggested as a safe, non-addictive method of treating pain. However, this claim was extrapolated from short-term opioid treatment studies. The issue then becomes primarily about the lack of evidence to support the safe longterm use of opioids. Opioids carry a significant risk of addiction and an array of unpleasant side effects (Franklin, 2014).
Further, opioids also complicate matters of mental health. Opioids can relieve pain and produce a feeling of euphoria in patients. This physical relief could inadvertently soothe the psychological or emotional pain that a patient is experiencing. However, Copyright ©2018 Capella University. Copy and distribution of this document are prohibited. BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL POPULATION HEALTH POLICY PROPOSAL 3 this leads to the patient doubly associating the opioid drug with both physical and psychological relief, potentially resulting in drug abuse and drug-seeking behavior. In this context, veterans’ health becomes a particularly complicated and layered issue to tackle. Many of them suffer from chronic pain because of injuries and exposure to hazards during their military career and often present with behavioral issues such as post-traumatic stress disorder or substance abuse disorder. Veterans are seven times more likely to abuse prescription opioids than civilians (Snow & Wynn, 2018). Further, Newhouse states that opioid medications were prescribed to over 400,000 veterans for pain relief and that approximately 1.7 million opioid medications were prescribed to them in 2014 (as cited in Snow & Wynn, 2018), indicating that opioid treatments are quite widespread. Several institutes, including the American Osteopathic Academy of Addiction Medicine, the American Society of Addiction Medicine, and the American Academy of Neurology, have stated publicly that opioids present a significant challenge in the health care industry. These institutes encourage raising awareness of the adverse side effects of opioid treatments, the use of naloxone (an opioid antagonist), and proper procedure in case of an opioid overdose (The American Osteopathic Academy of Addiction Medicine, n.d.; American Society of Addiction Medicine, 2016; Franklin, 2014). Given how widespread the prescription of opioids is among veterans suffering from chronic pain, it would be necessary to reevaluate the guidelines associated with prescription as well. Further, the primary problems associated with prescription opioids are the abuse of prescribed opioids and the transition from prescription opioids to black market drugs such as heroin (Kolodny, Courtwright, Hwang, Kreiner, Eadie, Clark, & Alexander, 2015; Snow & Wynn, 2018). Copyright ©2018 Capella University. Copy and distribution of this document are prohibited.
BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL POPULATION HEALTH POLICY PROPOSAL 4 In 2007, the National Drug Intelligence Center of the U.S. Department of Justice estimated that a cumulative cost of approximately $200 billion resulted from direct and indirect drug use in the form of lost productivity, health care, and law enforcement (as cited in Crowley, Kirschner, Dunn, & Bornstein, 2017). Further, Ronan and Herzig note that the costs associated with opioid use disorder were approximately $15 billion in 2012 (as cited in Crowley et al., 2017). Rydell and Everingham and the National Institute for Drug Abuse state that money invested in preventing drug abuse and subsequent treatment would lead to substantial savings on a national level (as cited in Crowley et al., 2017). It is then necessary from an industry standpoint to revisit the guidelines associated with the issue of opioid prescriptions, given the significant costs associated with it. An Interprofessional Approach to Substance Abuse and Health Care for Veterans The proposed policy addressed below consists primarily of two aspects: raising public awareness and encouraging interdepartmental communication and coordination. The first aspect would help individuals learn about the crisis and identify potentially harmful patterns of behavior, and the second would improve the condition of individuals who have been prescribed long-term opioid treatment. Raising Public Awareness To approach the issue of the opioid crisis, it is important to understand it as a problem of scale (given how widespread the issue is) and as a problem of understanding among the public and those receiving opioids. Raising awareness would improve the public’s understanding of the nature of the opioid crisis and would thereby help individuals recognize how and when opioids would be helpful. It would also improve the public’s understanding of the potential harm opioid use might mean for an individual being treated with opioids. A committee would be formed with Copyright ©2018 Capella University. Copy and distribution of this document are prohibited. BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL POPULATION HEALTH POLICY PROPOSAL 5 physicians who specialize in pain treatment, behavioral health specialists, and senior nurses to oversee public awareness drives and educational programs to help raise awareness in the community. The duties of the committee would include ensuring that these drives and programs are organized effectively and regularly, evaluating the efficacy of holding such programs, and understanding how to improve outreach. Trained physicians would oversee the educational programs, while nurses would provide demonstrations of the correct procedure when administering naloxone. The programs would contain information on how to identify potential signs of opioid misuse and addiction (such as patients obtaining their prescriptions early or patients sharing their prescriptions with those who are close to them) and how to approach such situations. The committee would also work in close association with the closest veterans’ affairs office to identify and cater to veterans who require opioid treatment for chronic pain, thereby improving their understanding of the risks involved in prescription opioids and their misuse. Precautions and Prescriptions It is important to critically evaluate the current state of how opioids are prescribed and to whom they are prescribed. Further, it is necessary to address each individual patient’s physical and behavioral needs together rather than to focus solely on the pain that a patient might experience. Individuals with behavioral issues are more likely to be prescribed opioids than those without. However, they are also more likely to become addicted to opioids or misuse them. Patients who have been prescribed long-term opioid treatment would be required to meet with a psychiatrist regularly to monitor and evaluate the risk they present for addiction and misuse. The psychiatrist would then be required to keep the attending physician informed about the state of the patient’s mental health and whether any further action would be required while still maintaining the confidentiality of the conversations the patient has had with the psychiatrist. Copyright ©2018 Capella University. Copy and distribution of this document are prohibited.
BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL POPULATION HEALTH POLICY PROPOSAL 6 Further, during the initial diagnosis, physicians would be required to screen patients for histories of behavioral issues, including post-traumatic stress disorder and substance abuse disorders. Certain populations such as veterans are likely to be at a higher risk of opioid addiction and misuse. To improve patient care, it would be necessary for physicians and nurses to sensitize themselves to these at-risk populations to better serve their health care needs. For example, veteran populations are known to present with both behavioral issues and chronic pain resulting from their time in the military; it would be the responsibility of the physicians and the nurses attending to a patient to familiarize themselves with the context of the patient so as to develop a nurturing relationship in such a situation. To enable this, human patient simulators will be made available to health care providers to train them through simulations that would provide knowledge that can be used in real situations. Copyright ©2018 Capella University. Copy and distribution of this document are prohibited.
BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL POPULATION HEALTH POLICY PROPOSAL 7 References American Society of Addiction Medicine. (2016). Use of naloxone for the prevention of opioid overdose deaths. Retrieved September 27, 2018, from https://asam.org/advocacy/find-apolicy-statement/view-policy-statement/public-policy-statements/2014/08/28/use-ofnaloxone-for-the-prevention-of-drug-overdose-deaths Crowley, R., Kirschner, N., Dunn, A. S., & Bornstein, S. S. (2017). Health and public policy to facilitate effective prevention and treatment of substance use disorders involving illicit and prescription drugs: An American College of Physicians position paper. Annals of Internal Medicine, 166(10), 733–736. http://dx.doi.org/10.7326/M16-2953 Franklin, G. M. (2014). Opioids for chronic noncancer pain: A position paper of the American Academy of Neurology. Neurology, 83(14), 1277–1284. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000000839 Kolodny, A., Courtwright, D. T., Hwang, C. S., Kreiner, P., Eadie, J. L., Clark, T. W., & Alexander, G. C. (2015). The prescription opioid and heroin crisis: A public health approach to an epidemic of addiction. Annual Review of Public Health, 36(1), 559– 574. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-publhealth-031914-122957 Sehgal, N., Colson, J., & Smith, H. S. (2013). Chronic pain treatment with opioid analgesics: Benefits versus harms of long-term therapy. Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics, 13(11), 1201–1220. http://dx.doi.org/10.1586/14737175.2013.846517 Snow, R., & Wynn, S. T. (2018). Managing opioid use disorder and co-occurring posttraumatic stress disorder among veterans. Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, 56(6), 36–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.3928/02793695-20180212-03 Copyright ©2018 Capella University. Copy and distribution of this document are prohibited. BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL POPULATION HEALTH POLICY PROPOSAL 8 Sullivan, M. D., & Howe, C. Q. (2013). Opioid therapy for chronic pain in the US: Promises and perils. Pain, 154(Suppl 1), S94–100. Retrieved from https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4204477/ The American Osteopathic Academy of Addiction Medicine. (n.d.). Naloxone public policy statement: The use of naloxone for the prevention of opioid overdose deaths. Retrieved from https://c.ymcdn.com/sites/www.aoaam.org/resource/resmgr/Docs/AOAAM_NALOXON E_POLICY_2015.pdf Copyright ©2018 Capella University. Copy and distribution of this document are prohibited. 3/5/2020 Biopsychosocial Population Health Policy Proposal Scoring Guide Biopsychosocial Population Health Policy Proposal Scoring Guide CRITERIA NON-PERFORMANCE BASIC PROFICIENT DISTINGUISHED Propose a policy and Does not describe guidelines that will lead to a policy and improved outcomes and guidelines. quality of care for a specific issue in a target population. Describes a policy and guidelines, but does not fully relate how they will lead to improved outcomes and quality of care for a specific issue in a target population. Proposes a policy and guidelines that will lead to improved outcomes and quality of care for a specific issue in a target population.
Proposes a policy and guidelines that will lead to improved outcomes and quality of care for a specific issue in a target population. Acknowledges potential difficulties and discusses how those challenges will be met. Advocate the need for a proposed policy in the context of current outcomes and quality of care for a specific issue in a target population. Does not explain the need to improve outcomes and quality of care for a specific issue in a target population. Explains the need to improve outcomes and quality of care for a specific issue in a target population, but fails to connect explanation to the proposed policy or does not truly advocate the need for it. Advocates the need for a proposed policy in the context of current outcomes and quality of care for a specific issue in a target population. Advocates the need for a proposed policy in the context of current outcomes and quality of care for a specific issue in a target population. Impartially considers contrary data and opposing viewpoints. Analyze the potential for an interprofessional approach to implementing a proposed policy to increase the efficiency or effectiveness of the care setting to achieve highquality outcomes. Does not explain how an interprofessional approach could increase the efficiency or effectiveness of the care setting to achieve highquality outcomes. Explains how an interprofessional approach could increase the efficiency or effectiveness of the care setting to achieve highquality outcomes, but does not fully relate this to the implementation of the proposed policy. Analyzes the potential for an interprofessional approach to implementing a proposed policy to increase the efficiency or effectiveness of the care setting to achieve high-quality outcomes. Analyzes the potential for an interprofessional approach to implementing a proposed policy to increase the efficiency or effectiveness of the care setting to achieve high-quality outcomes. Identifies knowledge gaps, unknowns, missing information, unanswered questions, or areas of uncertainty (where further information could improve the analysis). Communicate proposal in a professional and persuasive manner, writing content clearly and logically with correct use of grammar, punctuation, and spelling. Does not communicate the proposal in a way that is clear or persuasive. Communicates the proposal, but the approach is somewhat unclear or is not very persuasive. There are mechanical writing errors that reduce the effectiveness of communication. Communicates proposal in a professional and persuasive manner, writing content clearly and logically with correct use of grammar, punctuation, and spelling. Communicates proposal in a professional and persuasive manner, writing content clearly and logically with correct use of grammar, punctuation, and spelling. Identifies specific strategies or approaches used to ensure clear communication. https://courserooma.capella.edu/bbcswebdav/institution/MSN-FP/MSN-FP6026/190400/Scoring_Guides/u02a1_scoring_guide.html 1/2 3/5/2020 Biopsychosocial Population Health Policy Proposal Scoring Guide CRITERIA NON-PERFORMANCE BASIC PROFICIENT DISTINGUISHED Integrate relevant sources to support assertions, correctly formatting citations and references using current APA style Does not integrate relevant sources to support assertions; does not correctly format citations and references using current APA style. Sources lack relevance or are poorly integrated, or citations or references are incorrectly formatted. Integrates relevant sources to support assertions, correctly formatting citations and references using current APA style Integrates relevant sources to support assertions, correctly formatting citations and references using current APA style. Citations are free from all errors. https://courserooma.capella.edu/bbcswebdav/institution/MSN-FP/MSN-FP6026/190400/Scoring_Guides/u02a1_scoring_guide.html 2/2 …