how the issue may impact nursing practice at the micro-, meso-, and macro-levels of the healthcare system

week 5

Course Outcomes

This discussion enables the student to meet the following course outcomes:

• CO 1: Examine essential competencies and underpinnings across advanced nursing practice roles. (POs 2, 5)
• CO 3: Appraise policies, evidence-based practices, and ethical principles for advanced nursing practice. (POs 1, 3, 4, 5)
• CO 5: Demonstrate professional competencies in the formation of the advanced nursing practice role. (POs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

 General instruction:

Locate a news story or other resource from the last six months regarding an issue in healthcare and answer all questions/criteria with explanations and detail.

Include the following sections:

1. Application of Course Knowledge

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  • Summarize the issue and provide a link to the news story or resource.
  • Discuss how the issue may impact nursing practice at the micro-, meso-, and macro-levels of the healthcare system.
  • Analyze how healthcare policy impacts the issue.
  • Propose one potential policy change that could help address or mitigate the issue.

1. Integration of Evidence: Integrate relevant scholarly sources as defined by program expectations:

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  • Cite a scholarly source in the initial post.Professionalism in Communication: Communicate with minimal errors in English grammar, spelling, syntax, and punctuation.
  • Reference Citation: Use current APA format to format citations and references and is free of errors.
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