CLC – When Patient Advocacy Meets Policy: Lobbying for Health Care Change Presentation
CLC – When Patient Advocacy Meets Policy Lobbying for Health Care Change Presentation
Advanced registered nurses are charged with the mandate of ensuring the overall wellness of patients and provide them with preventive health care. The increasing costs of prescription drugs are hindering the realization of this mandate because nurses cannot offer high quality and cost-effective care to their patients. For instance, high prices of medications used to treat and prevent chronic illness have substantially increased the morbidity and mortality rates from these diseases (Nadelmann, & LaSalle, 2017). This is because most patients cannot afford to keep up the costs of regular dosage of these drugs due to high prices. Consequently, the efforts that doctors and nurses put in their patients risk being rendered useless because, with no proper medication, both the care given and the anticipated outcomes are inevitably undermined (Nadelmann, & LaSalle, 2017). Therefore, the increase in the costs of prescription drugs not only affect consumers but also nurses as it hinders the sufficient performance of their duties.
Findings show that religious engagement among students declines during college, but their spirituality shows substantial growth. “Students become more caring, more tolerant, more connected with others, and more actively engaged in a spiritual quest.” (“Cultivating the Spirit – Spirituality in Higher Education”) The authors also found that spiritual growth enhances other outcomes, such as academic performance, psychological well-being, leadership development, and satisfaction with college. The study also identified a number of college activities that contribute to students’ spiritual growth. Some of these–study abroad, interdisciplinary studies, and service learning–appear to be effective because they expose students to new and diverse people, cultures, and ideas. Spiritual development is also enhanced if students engage in “inner work” through activities such as meditation or self-reflection, or if their professors actively encourage them to explore questions of meaning and purpose. (“Cultivating the Spirit – Spirituality in Higher (Alexander W, 2010)”). By raising public awareness of the key role that spirituality plays in student learning and development, by alerting academic administrators, faculty, and curriculum committees to the importance of spiritual development, and by identifying strategies for enhancing that development, this work encourages institutions to give greater priority to these spiritual aspects of students’ educational and professional development.
The roles of advanced practice nurses are varied. The health issue of concern in this presentation supports some of these roles. One of them is increasing the relevance of community health focus in advanced practice nurses’ role. The high prevalence of diabetes in Arizona implies that APNs have to engage in activities that aim at addressing the health issue at the community level. This includes engaging actively in community-based interventions that raise awareness and promote lifestyle and behavioral change. The health issue also raises the need for APNs engaging in activities that promote preventive health in the populations at risk. This includes the provision of health education and screening services to identify those affected and at risk for immediate management. The population is also educated on the need for lifestyle and behavioral modifications for their optimum health. The health issue is also relevant to APNs role because it increases the need for patient-centeredness in care and utilization of evidence-based data in meeting their needs. Accordingly, APNs must explore the available evidence that can be utilized to meet the individual needs of the target population. Through it, they will maintain their obligation to meeting the health needs of their societies.
Proposed legislation
To address the issue of increasing prescription drug prices, laws that allow wholesale importation of less expensive drugs from other places such as Canada, volume purchasing, and drug-price transparency should be enacted. Currently, the Health & Human Services (HHS) Secretary is under pressure to certify to Congress that the importation of drugs will result in significant savings and improve public health and safety. Even though the law has not been passed, other states like Colorado and Florida have passed it (Nadelmann, & LaSalle, 2017). Owing to the benefits this law will gunner, it should be passed.
To track the ongoing bills and assists in lobbying, interested proponents must keep checking updates regarding these bills. This information can be obtained by following congressional sessions, reading newspapers and press releases, or from websites that release congress bills. Tracking bill on prescription drugs prices can be done by following advocacy groups and their leaders such as AARP, AARP Chief Advocacy and Engagement Officer Nancy LeaMond, Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley among other. Reading relevant reports such as the Rx Price Watch report and writing reports and advocacy letters to these leaders and groups provides a way of lobbying for the changes. The report should be addressed to specific people, touch on specific bills and posted in relevant podiums or sent to relevant authorities such as leaders of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HIPAA) and the National Institutes of Health. Leaders of other nonprofits advocacy groups such as the American Cancer Society, the American Heart Association, patient safety, healthcare consumerism, patient safety, healthcare consumerism, among others can also be reached out to expand lobbying efforts.
CLC – When Patient Advocacy Meets Policy: Lobbying for Health Care Change Presentation
CLC – When Patient Advocacy Meets Policy: Lobbying for Health Care Change Presentation
My Group
Group Forum
This is a Collaborative Learning Community (CLC) assignment.
As an advanced registered nurse leader, you have an opportunity to be a catalyst for change and lend your voice to important health care issues. One of the ways you can do this is through lobbying and engaging with the legislative process as both participant and patient advocate.
In this assignment, you will work in a group to identify a current health care legislative issue and prepare a PowerPoint presentation with slide notes. This health care issue can impact your role, the setting, the scope of practice, or the population in the community you serve. Refer to the website of your state legislature to research current legislative issues and identify appropriate steps.
Include the following in a 12-15 slide PowerPoint submission:
A description of the health care issue, and how it relates to your role, setting, scope of practice, or community population.
A description of the proposed legislation and your group’s stance on whether it should be passed.
Methods to track a bill and participate in lobbying efforts.
An outline of lobbying remarks, appropriate for the target audience, bill’s intent, and goal of supporting or not supporting its passage.
Implications if lobbying efforts do not succeed.
The provision of health care involves the participation of patients, their families and a diverse team of highly specialized healthcare professionals who make critical decisions in developing care plans. Among the healthcare professionals are nurse leaders who have a responsibility to implement innovative care models. These innovative care models allow for the provision of effective healthcare services to different patient populations in various settings (Morley & Cashell, 2017). Innovative models have features that include divergent thinking, risk taking, failure tolerance and agility and flexibility. Other features include autonomy and freedom. The nurse leader should be a role model and seek employees’ feedback in the development and implementation of these models. Nurse leaders have the role of being change agents looking at different ways of implementing these innovative models and driving critical change in the industry and care facilities. Nurse leaders have the role of demonstrating effective and transformational leadership style as they implement the innovative models and seek collaborations from other professionals in the healthcare industry.
Nurses are expected to be full partners along with physicians and other health professional in designing and reshaping the health care industry in the United States. String leadership is an essential aspect of attaining the vision of a transformed health care system. Therefore, nurse leaders should develop collaborations with other health professionals to implement innovative models like the use of health care technologies. Innovative models of care impact collaboration between advanced registered nurses and other stakeholders by ensuring that they work together in multidisciplinary teams to develop treatment protocols and other processes that allow for increased quality of care based on evidence-based practice interventions (Nolte, 2018). The innovative models also ensure that these professionals and their teams develop responsive approaches to care and focus on patient safety and quality of care.
References
Morley, L., & Cashell, A. (2017). Collaboration in Health Care. Journal of Medical Imaging and
Radiation Sciences, 48: 207-216. doi: 10.1016/j.jmir.2017.02.071.
Nolte, E. (2018). How do we ensure that innovation in health service delivery and organization is
implemented, sustained and spread? World Health Organization, Regional Office of Europe. file:///C:/Users/USER/AppData/Local/Temp/Policy-brief-3-1997-8073-2018-eng.pdf
Make sure to include slide notes of 100-250 words for each slide.
You are required to cite three to five sources to complete this assignment. Sources must be published within the last 5 years and appropriate for the assignment criteria and nursing content.
While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
**** Edwin my parts are # 1 and 5. My slide parts are 3 or 4 slides and my references. Use the state of Texas. As #1 will include the introduction. Please include the slide of 60 or 70 words of slide notes. This is CLC group assignments you are only doing myparts which are 1 & 5. Thank you. I will send you Rubric.**********************
Rubric
CLC – When Patient Advocacy Meets Policy: Lobbying for Health Care Change Presentation – Rubric
No of Criteria: 11 Achievement Levels: 5
Criteria
Achievement Levels
Description
Percentage
Unsatisfactory
0.00 %
Less than Satisfactory
80.00 %
Satisfactory
88.00 %
Good
92.00 %
Excellent
100.00 %
CLC – When Patient Advocacy Meets Policy: Lobbying for Health Care Change Presentation
100.0
The Health Care Issue, and How it Relates to Role, Setting, Scope of Practice, or Community Population
10.0
A description of the health care issue and how it relates to role, setting, scope of practice, or community population is not included.
A description of the health care issue and how it relates to role, setting, scope of practice, or community population is present, but it lacks detail or is incomplete.
A description of the health care issue and how it relates to role, setting, scope of practice, or community population is present.
A description of the health care issue and how it relates to role, setting, scope of practice, or community population is clearly provided and well developed.
A comprehensive description of the health care issue and how it relates to role, setting, scope of practice, or community population is thoroughly developed with supporting details.
The Proposed Legislation and Stance on Whether It Should Be Passed
10.0
A description of the proposed legislation and the stance on whether it should be passed is not included.
A description of the proposed legislation and the stance on whether it should be passed is present, but it lacks detail or is incomplete.
A description of the proposed legislation and the stance on whether it should be passed is present.
A description of the proposed legislation and the stance on whether it should be passed is clearly provided and well developed.
A comprehensive description of the proposed legislation and the stance on whether it should be passed is thoroughly developed with supporting details.
Methods to Track a Bill and Participate in Lobbying Efforts
10.0
A discussion of methods to track a bill and participate in lobbying efforts is not included.
A discussion of methods to track a bill and participate in lobbying efforts is present, but it lacks detail or is incomplete.
A discussion of methods to track a bill and participate in lobbying efforts is present.
A discussion of methods to track a bill and participate in lobbying efforts is clearly provided and well developed.
A comprehensive discussion of methods to track a bill and participate in lobbying efforts is thoroughly developed with supporting details.
Outline of Lobbying Remarks, Appropriate for the Target Audience, Intent of Bill, and Goal of Supporting or Not Supporting Its Passage
10.0
An outline of lobbying remarks, appropriate for the target audience, intent of bill, and goal of supporting or not supporting its passage is not included.
An outline of lobbying remarks, appropriate for the target audience, intent of bill, and goal of supporting or not supporting its passage is present, but it lacks detail or is incomplete.
An outline of lobbying remarks, appropriate for the target audience, intent of bill, and goal of supporting or not supporting its passage is present.
An outline of lobbying remarks, appropriate for the target audience, intent of bill, and goal of supporting or not supporting its passage is clearly provided and well developed.
A comprehensive outline of lobbying remarks, appropriate for the target audience, intent of bill, and goal of supporting or not supporting its passage is thoroughly developed with supporting details.
Implications If Lobbying Efforts Do Not Succeed
5.0
A discussion of the implications if lobbying efforts do not succeed is not included.
A discussion of the implications if lobbying efforts do not succeed is present, but it lacks detail or is incomplete.
A discussion of the implications if lobbying efforts do not succeed is present.
A discussion of the implications if lobbying efforts do not succeed is clearly provided and well developed.
A comprehensive discussion of the implications if lobbying efforts do not succeed is thoroughly developed with supporting details.
Required Sources
5.0
Sources are not included.
Number of required sources is only partially met.
Number of required sources is met, but sources are outdated or inappropriate.
Number of required sources is met. Sources are current, but not all sources are appropriate for the assignment criteria and nursing content.
Number of required resources is met. Sources are current, and appropriate for the assignment criteria and nursing content.
Presentation of Content
20.0
The content lacks a clear point of view and logical sequence of information. Includes little persuasive information. Sequencing of ideas is unclear.
The content is vague in conveying a point of view and does not create a strong sense of purpose. The project includes some persuasive information.
The presentation slides are generally competent, but ideas may show some inconsistency in organization or in their relationships to each other.
The content is written with a logical progression of ideas and supporting information exhibiting a unity, coherence, and cohesiveness. The project includes persuasive information from reliable sources.
The content is written clearly and concisely. Ideas universally progress and relate to each other. The project includes motivating questions and advanced organizers. The project gives the audience a clear sense of the main idea.
Layout
10.0
The layout is cluttered, confusing, and does not use spacing, headings, and subheadings to enhance the readability. The text is extremely difficult to read with long blocks of text, small point size for fonts, and inappropriate contrasting colors. Poor use of headings, subheadings, indentations, or bold formatting is evident.
The layout shows some structure, but appears cluttered and busy or distracting with large gaps of white space or a distracting background. Overall readability is difficult due to lengthy paragraphs, too many different fonts, dark or busy background, overuse of bold, or lack of appropriate indentations of text.
The layout uses horizontal and vertical white space appropriately. Sometimes the fonts are easy to read, but in a few places the use of fonts, italics, bold, long paragraphs, color, or busy background detracts and does not enhance readability.
The layout background and text complement each other and enable the content to be easily read. The fonts are easy to read and point size varies appropriately for headings and text.
The layout is visually pleasing and contributes to the overall message with appropriate use of headings, subheadings, and white space. Text is appropriate in length for the target audience and to the point. The background and colors enhance the readability of the text.
Language Use and Audience Awareness (includes sentence construction, word choice, etc.)
10.0
Inappropriate word choice and lack of variety in language use are evident. Writer appears to be unaware of audience. Use of primer prose indicates writer either does not apply figures of speech or uses them inappropriately.
Some distracting inconsistencies in language choice (register) or word choice are present. The writer exhibits some lack of control in using figures of speech appropriately.
Language is appropriate to the targeted audience for the most part.
The writer is clearly aware of audience, uses a variety of appropriate vocabulary for the targeted audience, and uses figures of speech to communicate clearly.
The writer uses a variety of sentence constructions, figures of speech, and word choice in distinctive and creative ways that are appropriate to purpose, discipline, and scope.
Mechanics of Writing (includes spelling, punctuation, grammar, language use)
5.0
Slide errors are pervasive enough that they impede communication of meaning.
Frequent and repetitive mechanical errors distract the reader.
Some mechanical errors or typos are present, but they are not overly distracting to the reader.
Slides are largely free of mechanical errors, although a few may be present.
Writer is clearly in control of standard, written, academic English.
Documentation of Sources (citations, footnotes, references, bibliography, etc., as appropriate to assignment and style)
5.0
Sources are not documented.
Documentation of sources is inconsistent or incorrect, as appropriate to assignment and style, with numerous formatting errors.
Sources are documented, as appropriate to assignment and style, although some formatting errors may be present.
Sources are documented, as appropriate to assignment and style, and format is mostly correct.
Sources are completely and correctly documented, as appropriate to assignment and style, and format is free of error.
Total Percentage 100