Equitable Health Care Position Statement and Elevator Speech
Equitable Health Care Position Statement and Elevator Speech
The purpose of this assignment is to empower graduate nursing students to advocate, influence policy, inform others, and develop public speaking skills.
This is a 2-part assignment:
Part 1 is the written portion and Part 2 the Elevator speech is presented to your classmates in a voice-over PowerPoint. The link to this voice-over PowerPoint should be uploaded to the Week 4 Discussion Board.
Paper 80 points
- APA Format
- 5 pages Limit excluding title and reference page
- Include Supplement: Elevator Speech
According to Milstead (2013) “full integration of the policy process becomes evident when professional nurses discern early the social implications of health problems, seize the opportunity to inform public officials with whom the nurses have credible relationships, provide objective data and subjective personal stories that help translate big problems down to a level of understanding, propose alternative solutions that acknowledge reality, and participate in the evaluation process to determine the effectiveness and efficiency of the outcomes” (p. 19).
Written Assignment Guidelines:
- Choose a US population with a health disparity or problem. Justify why you selected this population. (10 points) Obesity
- Identify the health disparity or problem pertinent to your chosen population. (10 points)
- Describe the significance of the health disparity or problem and its impact on this population. (20 points)
- Provide evidence including statistical data to support #3 via a review of the literature (KU Library), web links shared in this course, and resources you locate in your own searches. (20 points)
- Explain the position held by a professional nursing organization such as the American Nurses Association or American Association of Colleges of Nursing or American Association of Nurse Practitioners relative to this problem or disparity. (10 points)
- Compose your own position statement to include why you believe it is important to advocate for this population, health disparity, or problem. (10 points) = 80 points
This written assignment is due no later than the end of week 3.
KU Live Elevator Speech: Purpose: To influence a politician or legislator on your position regarding the population and problem which you identified in your written assignment =20 points
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Create a five minute or less elevator speech from your written assignment intended to influence a Politician/Legislator or Other Influential Leader on your position statement based upon your written assignment.
Use a voice-over PowerPoint to record your 5-minute speech. Upload the link to this voice-over PPT in the Discussion board (this will require you to save it in a cloud-based storage system of your choice).
- In the process of your 5-minute speech be sure to grab the attention of the listener in the first minute
- Defend your argument using the data from your literature review and nursing organization position statement and your own beliefs
- Be sure to insert your written elevator speech in the comments on the voice-over PowerPoint to reflect what you shared verbally.
Milstead, J. A. (2013). Health policy and politics: A nurse’s guide (4th ed.). Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning.
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