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Policy Advocacy Paper (25% of Final Grade) Due end of Week 3 Purpose:To formulate written professional communication that advocates for a key nursing issue.
To explore advocacy tools and resources for nurses
To reflect on nursing leadership attributes and personal perspective r/t how each contributes to and influences healthcare policy, social justice, and professional nursing practice.
Goal: To highlight the importance of nurse centered advocacy and identify that all nurses including students have a voice and expertise that is valued and can inspire change.
Outline of Project. Policy can seem overwhelming, challenging and a little intimidating; but nurses need to have a voice. I hope this introduction into the world of nursing advocacy will help you become more familiar with the process and strategies that can be employed to make even the smallest of influences. This Assignment is laid out in 3 Essential Parts (each and every part must be completed for credit be awarded). See the grading rubric outlined below for how the grade is determined. Please read through the information carefully, follow the grading rubric, make sure to use appropriate APA formatting (title page and references page). You have a multitude of resources (these can be found with links in this paper below the grading rubric) to help you with this assignment, PLEASE take the time to review them and use them as it will make your life a LOT easier because I have done a lot of the background data gathering for you. Detailed Outline of Each of the Assignment PartsPART I: Legislative Representatives and Policies Students identify 2 House of Representatives and 2 Senators from the state of your choosing. Students then review 2 bills that are sponsored or co-sponsored by the selected state House of Representatives official(s) and 2 bills that are sponsored or co-sponsored by the selected Senate Representative(s) resulting in a description of 4 total bills (see outline below). Then the students will link these 4 bills to nursing, population, health and rational for choosing. Students are all assigned a specific state and will find their assigned state in Week 1 in Blackboard under the folder Assigned State for Student’s Advocacy Assignment (each student is assigned a different state; if you have trouble locating this or perhaps you were not assigned a state by accident; please ensure to reach out to your instructor). PART 2: Writing a Letter to the Selected RepresentativeStudents will write a persuasive letter to one of the chosen state Representatives identified in Part 1 regarding one of the selected 4 bills (from the 4; just chose 1) that the student feels will have the most impact with a rationale for choosing the selected bill. The letter will be written in a business/personal correspondence style including name, contact information and professional salutation for the receiving party (to whom it may concern is not acceptable). Zip codes for both the student and receiving party must be included to verify that letter is addressed to an appropriate elected official, who represents the student as a constituent. Students will need ensure recipient is the appropriate person for the bill/topic (state vs federal senator, representative, governor, etc.). The uploaded document to BB must follow this format and information. The Florida Nurses Foundation: Legislative Resource Toolkit: on pg 11 (see BB resources) format should be used and is provides you with the template. PART 3: Identify a Policy/Issue and Advocacy Strategy from a Selected Nursing OrganizationStudents will identify a nursing organization of their choice that has a policy advocacy section. Once the student has selected the organization, they will locate the section on advocacy and find their current legislative/advocacy agenda (most recent). There are several nursing organizations to choose from these can be found in your BB resources and in your Patton et al., 2022 textbook (these should be issues that are current and relevant)
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“Empowering Nurses: A Call to Action for Policy Advocacy in Healthcare” “The State of Social Issues: Examining Current and Relevant Topics”
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Title: “Reaching for the Future: The Modernist Skyscraper as a Metaphor in Animated Science Fiction (1999-2009)”
In animated science fiction,
why does the Modernist skyscraper often feature as a metaphor for the Future?
1999-2009 to examine the question. -
“Annotated Resource Guide for Improving Healthcare for Vulnerable Populations: Strategies and Best Practices for Care of the Homeless, Migrant, and Prisoner Communities”
Will need to develop a word document or and online repository of at least 12 annotated professional or scholarly resources that is considered critical for the audience of a safety improvement plan of “Care for the Vulnerable Populations(Homeless, Migrant, Prisoners) in Healthcare” to understand or implement to ensure the success of the plan.
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Title: Exploring Personal Frames of Reference and Addressing Bias in the Classroom
Describe personal frames of references regarding cultural, linguistic, and gender differences Reflect upon how your personal background and frames of references can, how unintentionally, create bias in your relationships with students and families, how you design instruction, and the classroom environment you promote. Describe specific ways to decrease potential bias in your classroom, including ways to incorporate your students’ abilities, imterests, and cultural and linguistic backgrounds into learning environment.
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Pathogenesis and Pathophysiology of Celiac’s Disease, Crohn’s Disease, Hepatitis, and Pancreatic Cancer: An In-Depth Analysis and Case Study Review
Write a 1500-2000 word APA formatted essay of the following topics:
Explain the pathogenesis with common clinical presentation of celiac’s disease
Analyze the pathophysiology Crohn’s disease and relate genetic issues
Differentiate between hepatitis A, B, C, and viral hepatitis
Elaborate on the pathogenesis and pathophysiology of pancreatic cancer
Complete Case Study #26 (nausea and vomiting) in the Bruyere textboo
required resourse
McCance, K. A. & Huether, S.E. (2018). Pathophysiology: The biologic basis for disease in adults and children (8th ed.). Mosby. ISBN: 978032341320. Read Chapters 40, 41, & 42.
Bruyere, H. (2009). 100 Case studies in pathophysiology (1st ed.). Lippencott Williams & Wilkins. Read case study 26. Select one of the following case studies 17, 18, 19, 22, 23, 24, 25, or 27. -
Title: Evaluating the Authenticity of Nursing-Related Information Sources
Since the evidence-based practice has taken on movement status, everyone wants to be “evidence based.” Not surprisingly, there are fake, pseudo, and genuine claims of being evidence-based. It’s important to differentiate a source that simply uses the label for marketing (fake) purposes from one that has some elements required of an authentic source of evidence but is missing an appropriate degree of transparency (pseudo), or from one that is transparent and uses an exhaustive and critical approach to including information (authentic).
At the very least, here’s what to look for as you review an article or source:
Statement of the purpose, objective, or a specific question(s)
Method of the search, appraisal, inclusion criteria
Summary of recommendations (You may need to look for an overall methodology if the source is a compilation of various pieces of evidence. Look in the opening pages or description or another page in a Web source.)
A rating system with an explanation of the meaning of the ratings
References
Instructions
Locate an article on a nursing-related topic you are interested in. Then, write a 1–2 page paper reporting your findings about the article’s authenticity.
Include in your report the following information and answers to the following questions:
Reference
Decision
Fake
Pseudo
Authentic
Justification
Have you ever questioned whether published information sources are authentic? Why or why not?
What criteria have you used to judge the quality of an information source?
What are the most important qualities that an information source must have for you to consider using it?
What are key challenges you have faced in finding authentic sources of information?
In the future, what qualities of information sources do you envision as being key to your clinical decision-making? -
Title: Exploring the Impact of Graphic Design Encounters on Daily Life Graphic design is an integral part of our daily lives, whether we realize it or not. From the packaging of our breakfast cereal to the billboards we see on our commute
For this journal assignment, you will begin by making a short list of all the graphic design encounters that you experience daily. Identify the types of designs you thought were most effective. Discuss how these designs were persuasive and visually captivating by pointing out specific visual information such as color, type, design, etc. You can also identify unsuccessful designs and describe the ineffective qualities.
Do the graphic designs you encounter differ based on their origins? For example, do graphics from other countries or regions differ in their modes of expression and tonal qualities? Can you distinguish any cultural features in any of the designs?
Your journal entry must be at least 450 words in length and must include at least one source obtained from the CSU Online Library. Be sure to incorporate language, concepts, and vocabulary from the textbook in your response. All sources used must have citations and resources formatted in proper APA Style. -
Title: “Enhancing the Patient Interview Process and Meeting the 4 Cs of Communication in Culturally Competent Care as a Family Nurse Practitioner”
Discussion Topic: What are the goals of a patient interview?
Discuss ways to enhance a successful patient interview process.
• Discussion Topic: What are the 4 Cs of communication?
Please elaborate on how can the Family Nurse Practitioner meet the 4 Cs of communication based on culturally competent care. -
“The American Dream in The Great Gatsby: Exploring the Illusion of Success”
For your final, you will be constructing a research paper based on The Great Gatsby. In eight-ten pages, you will be discussing your chosen topic, which you will then develop into a well-planned and thorough essay. Your essay will consist of:
your introduction and polished thesis statement that will reflect your chosen topic;
five-seven well-thought-out body paragraphs;
an effective conclusion;
five outside sources to support your thesis, three of which come from the Morgan State Library, JSTOR, or Google Scholar;
MLA format (Times New Roman, 12-point font, double-spaced, heading, header with page numbers, two quotes per body paragraph- one quote from your outside source, one from the novel), and your Works Cited page (separate page) to include full citations of your source material (the novel and your five outside sources). If you’ve done your Annotated Bibliography, all you’ll have to do is copy the citations (not the paragraphs that went with the citations) and then paste them onto your Works Cited page (and include The Great Gatsby). -
Critical Medical Anthropology and Migrant Health: Examining Structural Violence and Inequity.
Please answer the following questions and number them when anwering.
1. What is the “Critical” approach that Casteneda advocates and what would be an example of the analytical value of using this research approach when examining migrant health issues? (Use specific example/ 150 word min. )
2. Discuss the difference between the concepts of disparity and inequality from a Critical Medical Anthropology perspective. (Use specific examples / 150 word min.)
3. What are Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) and why does Casteneda argue that it is crucial to include these factors in any analyses of migrant health?
4. What is the Critical Medical Anthropology Lens that Casteneda uses to examine the intersection where multiple factors are operating to affect migrant health outcomes? (Hint: Race, Class, Gender, Ethnicity, Nationality, Sexual Orientation, etc.) (Use specific example / 150 word min. )
5. Discuss the differences between these “labels” given to people moving within and between geopolitical borders, migrant, refugee, and asylum seeker. How do the labels impact perceptions, treatment, and health outcome of migrants? (Use specific examples / 150 word min)
6. Using any current migrant “crisis” you choose, demonstrate your ability to use the “Critical Medical Anthropology” approach to 1) identify the structural vulnerabilities that are part of migrants’ lived experience, 2) How they come to embody (embodiment) of as a form of symbolic violence and 3) how all these factors are a form of structural violence that leads to poor health outcomes or even death, (Use specific examples / 200 word min)
7. What is the difference between inequality and inequity? (Included an example/ 100 word min).