Course: Nurs 2950 Nursing Leadership 1
Title of Assignment: Health Care Policy Journal-leadership experience/visit (25 points)
Due: Check calendar
Page length-4-5 pages
Purpose of Learning Activity: Apply leadership skills to enhance quality nursing care and improve health outcomes along with utilize best available evidence to guide decision making- incorporate theory and research into practice.
PSLO Addressed: PSLO #1, 6
Competency Addressed: PSLO #1,6; Comp 1F, 6G, 6H, 6I, 6K; CO # 1, 2
Objectives: The student will:
- Discuss a health care policy that has been implemented within the health care setting you visited. ONLY discuss one policy. (This is different from your scholarly paper). Cannot do hand hygiene.
- Identify the roles and responsibilities of regulatory agencies and their effect on patient care quality. Which professional organizational web site did you utilize to research the health care policy? Examples include CMS, Joint Commission, etc. Please use this source to back up the policy.
- Collect outcomes data on the policy implemented to provide evidence for quality improvement in your clinical setting. Data is measurable outcomes.
- Discuss the implications of the healthcare policy on issues of access, affordability, and social justice in healthcare delivery.
- Discuss your awareness of quality improvement, the health care policy implemented, and fiscal responsibility for improving quality of healthcare delivery.
- Identify personal, professional, and environmental risks that impact personal and professional choices and behaviors related to the policy.
- Use an ethical framework to evaluate the impact of the policy on health care for individuals, families and communities.
- Identify how the nursing process is involved in political processes and legislative efforts to influence healthcare policy.
Support quality improvements, policies, quality initiatives and data with quality references. 3 references is a minimum.
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Major Components of Paper |
Good-shows good control over this aspect |
Acceptable |
Needs Improvement |
Needs significant improvement or missing altogether |
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Points |
21 |
17 |
14 |
0 |
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Content |
Meets all content criteria: 1. Health care policy 2. Regulatory 3.. Outcomes data 4. Implications 5..Awareness 6..Risks 7..Ethical 8. Nursing Process |
Meets most content criteria: 1. Health care policy 2. Regulatory 3. Outcomes data 4.. Implications 5..Awareness 6..Risks 7..Ethical 8. Nursing Process |
Meets some content criteria: 1. Health care policy 2. Regulatory 3. Outcomes data 4. Implications 5. Awareness 6. Risks 7. Ethical 8. Nursing Process |
Meets No content criteria: 1. Health care policy 2. Regulatory 3. Outcomes data 4. Implications 5..Awareness 6..Risks 7..Ethical 8. Nursing Process |
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Points |
2 |
1 |
.5 |
0 |
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Use of Evidence-based Sources (Includes professional organization) |
Exceeds required number of relevant, credible, and scholarly evidence based references. Those selected vary in type and include seminal sources on the topic. References included are beyond course materials. |
Cites required number of relevant, credible, and scholarly evidence-based references representing varied types of sources. References included are beyond course materials. |
Cites minimum number of required scholarly, evidence-based references. References included are limited to course materials. |
Provides information not from credible, scholarly sources. |
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Points |
1 |
.5 |
.25 |
0 |
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Mechanics of Writing (spelling, grammar) |
Integrates creative approach that enhances the presentation and is appropriate to the audience. Entire text flows smoothly with clear transitions. Entire document is well organized. Sentence structure varies appropriately. No errors in grammar and/or punctuation. |
Entire text flows smoothly with clear transitions. Entire document is well organized. Sentence structure varies appropriately. No errors in grammar and/or punctuation. |
Writes in complete sentences. Most paragraphs contain one central idea. Evidence that the paper has been proofread before submission. Occasional errors in grammar and/or punctuation. |
Writes in incomplete, run-on or fragmented sentences. Paragraphs are poorly constructed. Paper could have benefitted from more careful proofreading and editing. Multiple errors of grammar and/or punctuation. |
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Points |
1 |
.5 |
.25 |
0 |
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APA |
Document complies with APA format and guidelines with very rare error. |
Correctly applies APA document formatting. Literature citations are in correct APA format. May be occasional error in APA style. |
Correctly applies APA document formatting guidelines. Literature citations are in correct APA format. May have some errors in citations. |
Multiple errors in APA document formatting. Literature citations do not use correct APA format. |
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