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Module 4: Healthcare Program Design and Implementation (Weeks 7-8) Learning Objectives Students will: • • • • • • • • • Analyze health policies Analyze opportunities for RNs and APRNs to participate in policy-making Analyze strategies for overcoming challenges for participating in policy-making Recommend strategies to improve the advocacy and communication of policy-making opportunities Analyze healthcare programs Analyze the role of the nurse in healthcare program design Analyze the role of the nurse as advocates for target populations of healthcare programs Analyze the role of the nurse in healthcare program implementation Analyze healthcare teams necessary for implementing healthcare programs Week 8 Discussion 2: The Role of the RN/APRN in Policy-Making Word cloud generators have become popular tools for meetings and team-building events. Groups or teams are asked to use these applications to input words they feel best describe their team or their role. A “word cloud” is generated by the application that makes prominent the most-used terms, offering an image of the common thinking among participants of that role. What types of words would you use to build a nursing word cloud? Quality Healthcare Services

Empathetic, organized, hard-working, or advocate would all certainly apply. Would you add policymaker to your list? Do you think it would be a very prominent component of the word cloud? Nursing has become one of the largest professions in the world, and as such, nurses have the potential to influence policy and politics on a global scale. When nurses influence the politics that improve the delivery of healthcare, they are ultimately advocating for their patients. Hence, policy-making has become an increasingly popular term among nurses as they recognize a moral and professional obligation to be engaged in healthcare legislation. • • To Prepare: Revisit the Congress.gov website provided in the Resources and consider the role of RNs and APRNs in policy-making. Reflect on potential opportunities that may exist for RNs and APRNs to participate in the policy-making process. Week 8 I am from FLORIDA Post an explanation of at least two opportunities that exist for RNs and APRNs to actively participate in policy-making. Explain some of the challenges that these opportunities may present and describe how you might overcome these challenges. Finally, recommend two strategies you might make to better advocate for or communicate the existence of these opportunities to participate in policy-making. Be specific and provide examples, 2 pages long! Supported by at least three current, credible sources. • Learning Resources Note: To access this week’s required library resources, please click on the link to the Course Readings List, found in the Course Materials section of your Syllabus. Required Readings 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) American Nurses Association (ANA). (n.d.). Advocacy. Retrieved September 20, 2018, from https://www.nursingworld.org/practice-policy/advocacy/ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). (n.d.). Step by step: Evaluating violence and injury prevention policies: Brief 4: Evaluating policy implementation. Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/injury/pdfs/policy/Brief%204-a.pdf Congress.gov. (n.d.). Retrieved September 20, 2018, from https://www.congress.gov/ Klein, K. J., & Sorra, J. S. (1996). The challenge of innovation implementation. Academy of Management Review, 21(4), 1055–1080. doi:10.5465/AMR.1996.9704071863 Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases. Sacristán, J., & Dilla, T. D. (2015).

No big data without small data: Learning health care systems begin and end with the individual patient. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 21(6), 1014–1017. doi:10.1111/jep.12350 Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases. Tummers, L., & Bekkers, V. (2014). Policy implementation, street level bureaucracy, and the importance of discretion. Quality Healthcare Services

Public Management Review, 16(4), 527–547. doi:10.1080/14719037.2013.841978. Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases. Rubric Detail Select Grid View or List View to change the rubric’s layout. Name: NURS_6050_Module04_Week08_Discussion_Rubric Exit • Excellent Main Posting 45 (45%) – 50 (50%) Answers all parts of the discussion question(s) expectations with reflective critical analysis and synthesis of knowledge gained from the course readings for the module and current credible sources. Supported by at least three current, credible sources. Written clearly and concisely with no grammatical or spelling errors and fully adheres to current APA manual writing rules and style. Main Post: Timeliness 10 (10%) – 10 (10%) Posts main post by day 3. . .. Quality Healthcare Services