DeVry NR506 Week 3 Your Policy-Priority Issue Latest 2017 January Your Policy Priority Issue Guidelines and Grading Rubric Purpose The purpose of this assignment is
to: a) identify and reflect upon key concepts related to your planning a policymaker call b) provide empirical evidence to support new insights gained regarding your
healthcare policy issue and the policymaking process, and c) present ideas in a clear, succinct, and scholarly manner. Course Outcomes This assignment enables the
student to meet the following course outcomes: (CO#1) Analyze application of theories to the development of policies that affect nursing and health care. (PO 9, 10)
(CO#3) Communicate with policymakers to advocate for effective policies that affect nurses and nursing, consumers, or the health care system. (PO 2, 3, 10) (CO#4)
Analyze the historical, ethical, and political contexts of healthcare policy and the consequences of policy implementation. (PO 6, 10) (CO#6) Investigate the
interrelationship between policy decisions and evidence-based practice. (PO4, 7, 10) Due DateSunday 11:59 p.m. MT at the end of Week 3 Total Points: 175 points
Requirements Assignment Criteria for Presentation: 1. Provide an introduction to your healthcare policy-priorityissue and the title or name of your legislator. 2.
Articulate key points under each of the Formulating a Healthcare Policy Ungraded Worksheet #1 sections. 3. Provide a critique of empirical evidence that supports your
chosen healthcare policy-priority issue and analysis. 4. Demonstrate the importance and impact of the chosen healthcare policy-priority issue to nursing. 5. Provide
concluding statements summarizingthe content. 6. The paper will be a minimum of 4 pages and a maximum offive pages in length,in APA format 6th edition,excluding the
title and reference page. Preparing the Paper After completing Formulating a Healthcare Policy Ungraded Worksheet #1, address all areas on the worksheet in the body of
a scholarly paper. Include a minimum of five (5) classic or current references published within the past 5 years. DeVry NR506 Week 5 Planning Your Visit Part A & B
Latest 2017 January Part A Planning Your Visit(Part A) Guidelines and Grading Rubric Purpose The purpose of this assignment is to: (a) identify communication
strategies that support an effective policy making-presentation/visit(CO #2);(b) deliver a message andmake recommendations (CO #2,3), and (c) communicate ideas in a
clear, succinct, and scholarly manner. (CO#3) Course Outcomes This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes: (CO #2) Employ strategies to
affect the development, implementation, and consequences of policies at the institutional, local, national, and international levels. (PO 4, 8, 10) (CO #3) Communicate
with policymakers to advocate for effective policies that affect nurses and nursing, consumers, or the health care system. (PO 2,3,10) (CO #4) Analyze the historical,
ethical, and political contexts of health care policy and the consequences of policy implementation. (PO 6, 10) (CO #5) Advocate for institutional, local, national,
and international policies that influence health care and its consumers and nurses and their nursing practice. (PO2,10) Due Date: Sunday 11:59 p.m. MT at the end of
Week 5 Total Points: 100points Requirements Assignment Criteria for Presentation 1. Introduce your chosen policy issue, the current status, and an overview of your
plan for a legislative visit. 2. Articulate key communication strategies involved in your approach to the legislator including plan, message, and recommendations; see
Worksheet 2 and again, the focus is on evidence-based communication techniques for effective healthcare policy visit to the legislator. 3. Provide an analysis of
empirical evidence of effective communication strategies and techniques to support an effective visit and follow-up to the legislator. 4. Provide specific examples of
the impact and/or importance of a successful visit/presentation to nursing. 5. Provide concluding statements summarizingthe content. 6. Paper will be 2-3 pages,
excluding title and reference pages, and in APA format 6th edition. 7. Five non-text book references are required as minimum. Preparing the Paper Following completion
of Planning Your Visit Ungraded Worksheet 2, target communication strategies that support an effective policymaking visit. Include a minimum of five (5) classic
references or current references (published within the past 5 years) that support your policy plan, the message, recommendations, and follow-up. Part B Planning Your
Visit–Public Talk Video (Part B) Guidelines and Grading Rubric Purpose The purpose of this assignment is to: (a) identify communication strategies that support an
effective policy making-presentation/visit(CO #2);(b) deliver a message andmake recommendations (CO #2,3), and (c) communicate ideas in a clear, succinct, and
scholarly manner. (CO#3) Course Outcomes This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes: (CO #2) Employ strategies to affect the
development, implementation, and consequences of policies at the institutional, local, national, and international levels. (PO 4, 8, 10) (CO #3) Communicate with
policymakers to advocate for effective policies that affect nurses and nursing, consumers, or the health care system. (PO 2,3,10) (CO #5) Advocate for institutional,
local, national, and international policies that influence health care and its consumers and nurses and their nursing practice. (PO2,10) Due Date: Sunday 11:59 p.m. MT
at the end of Week 5 Total Points: 75points Requirements Assignment Criteria for Presentation 1. Articulate your policy priority message in 3 minutes or less by video.
2. Video is to be of clear image and audible sound. Preparing the Video Following completion of Planning Your Visit Ungraded Worksheet 2, any video may be uploaded
onto the discussion threads (smartphone or from your computer). The video is to be of yourself delivering your priority message. It is to be succinct and to the point
(3 minutes or less). The video is to be of good quality; easily read. DeVry NR506 Week 7 Policymaker Visit Electronic Presentation Latest 2017 January Policymaker
Electronic Presentation Guidelines and Grading Rubric Purpose The purpose of this assignment is to: (a) identify and reflect upon key concepts related to your
policymaker visit (CO #3); (b) provide empirical evidence to support new insights gained regarding your policy issue and the policymaking process (CO #6); and (c)
present ideas in a clear, succinct, and scholarly manner (CO #3). Course Outcomes This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes: (CO#1)
Analyze application of theories to the development of policies that affect nursing and health care. (PO 9, 10) (CO#3) Communicate with policymakers to advocate for
effective policies that affect nurses and nursing, consumers, or the health care system. (PO 2,3, 10) (CO#6) Investigate the interrelationship between policy decisions
and evidence-based practice. (PO 4, 7 10) Due Date:Sunday 11:59 p.m. MT at the end of Week 7 Total Points: 275 points Requirements Assignment Criteria for Presentation
1. Describe your visit/presentation, including any PowerPoint presentation materials that you utilizedduring your policymaker visit. Limit these slides to five slides
in this project (of the 15 total slides). This includes any handouts that you left with the policymaker. 2. Discuss the response of the policymaker to your
message/ask/recommendation(s). 3. Reflect on the process, follow-up plans, insights gained about the issue and process, and support with evidence. 4. Describe possible
future opportunities as a result of this meeting and their importance to nursing. 5. Provide concluding statements summarizingthe content. 6. Develop a 15-slide
PowerPoint presentation with speaker notes in APA format, not including title and reference slides. Write speaker notes sufficient enough to enable someone to take
over or give the presentation other than you. Preparing the Presentation After completing Policymaker Visit Ungraded Worksheet 3, develop an electronic presentation to
describe, analyze, and reflect upon your policymaking visit. Include 5 slides from thePowerPoint presentation that you would have used during an actual policymaker
visit. Include a minimum of five (5) classic or current references within the past 5 years that specifically support insights gained regarding your policy issue and
the policymaking process.
