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NSG4068 Trends in Healthcare Policy Week 2 Discussion Social Determinants of Health Topic 1Increasingly, health policymakers are becoming aware of the social determinants of health and the role they play in prevention disease and promoting health and wellness. In the “Frameworks for Action in Policy and Politics” chapter, examine Box 1-1 (Political Aspects of the …

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NSG4068 Trends in Healthcare Policy Week 1 Discussion Envisioning Yourself as an Advocate for Nurses and Health Policy Topic 1From the chapter “The Changing United States Health Care System” in your course textbook, using either the story of Wald’s efforts to improve the health status of impoverished immigrant communities or the story of how advanced …

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NURS3375 Health Policy & Legal Aspects Module 2 Assignment  Standards of Nursing Practice In this Module 2 assignment, you will review your own understanding of standards of nursing practice and their applications to nursing.  The nurse must comprehend the minimum acceptable level of practice that is expected of them. Then, you will know if a …

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NURS3375 Health Policy & Legal Aspects Module 1 Assignment  Legislator E-mail Exercise To take a proactive role in nursing policy, you will prepare an email to your legislator about a current nursing issue.  You must first identify your legislator. Then you will write a concise, professionally worded e-mail to one of the state-level legislators about …

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NURS3375 Health Policy & Legal Aspects Module 5 Discussion Do you think your State Board of Nursing should impose limitations on the number of hours that nurses work due to nurse fatigue and the greater chance of making mistakes detrimental to patients?  Justify your thoughts with evidence-based research. Do you think you will be more …

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NURS3375 Health Policy & Legal Aspects Module 4 Discussion Documentation Affected by Under Staffing or Misappropriation of Narcotics? What sections of the Nursing Practice Act and the Board Rules address documentation? The nurse cannot make more staff magically appear. What could the nurse have done, under these circumstances, to improve her documentation and perhaps avoid …

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NURS3375 Health Policy & Legal Aspects Module 3 Discussion In Texas, on his annual renewal form, an RN stated that he got a second DWI 9 months ago. What do you tell him will be the most likely decision as to his license? If you are not in the state of Texas, how would this …

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NURS3375 Health Policy & Legal Aspects Module 2 Discussion Safe Harbor Read this scenario then answer the questions that follow. You, the RN, arrive early on your regular orthopedic unit. Your Charge Nurse comes to you and says that you need to go to the cardiac step-down unit. You protest, but she says she has …

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NURS3375 Health Policy & Legal Aspects Module 1 Discussion Click on this link: https://www.nursingworld.org/practice-policy/advocacy/federal/ (Links to an external site.)Scroll down to, “Select a topic to learn more about Federal Issues.” Choose 2 of the topics and read the information provided.  Then, post a 3-4 sentence summary for both of the topics you chose in the …

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NURS3325 Holistic Care of Older Adults Module 5 Discussion Advance Directives Obtain both living will and a power of attorney documents from your place of work, the Internet, or other source. Complete both documents, including obtaining witness signature. (If a notary public is required by your State law, locate one and record the location and …

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