Health Policy Proposal Analysis

Nurses engaged in the policy arena often are asked to provide information on a health care topic of interest to policy makers. This is frequently accomplished through developing a policy brief. A policy brief advocates for a particular recommendation (prior to the enactment of a policy). Learning how to write a policy brief in a clear, succinct, scholarly, and professional manner is an essential skill for advanced practice nurses.

For this Assignment, you will assess one of the recommendations from the Institute of Medicine’s “The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health: Report Recommendations. You will then develop a policy brief to advocate for this recommendation (the written policy brief is due in Week 7).

To prepare:

• Review      the Lavis et al. article on preparing and writing policy briefs provided      in the Learning Resources (See      attached file).
• Select      one of the recommendations within the IOM The Future of Nursing:      Leading Change, Advancing Health: Report Recommendations to focus      on for this assignment. (For this assignment, I have selected      RECOMMENDATION 1, please see attached file)
• Research      the history of the problem behind the recommendation and what has been      done to try to solve the problem.
• What      does the recommendation say should be done? Are there any groups, nursing      and others, currently supporting work to implement the recommendation      (e.g., Kaiser Family Foundation, professional organizations)? Does the      recommendation suggest specific groups that should be involved in the      implementation? Think critically about how the recommendation should be      implemented – did the IOM get it right? What other strategies are possible      to consider?

To complete:

• Develop      a scholarly and professionally written 2- to 3-page single-spaced policy      brief on the recommendation you selected from the IOM report following the format presented in      the Lavis et al. article (follow the exact format, including how the layout      of the paragraphs, and the way the references [at least 10 scholarly      references] are displayed at the end, numbered in-text and number plus      citation at the end, copy the same exact format as the article please).
• Include the following:
  1. Short introduction with statement of the problem.
  2. The  selected recommendation (from the IOM Report)
  3. Background
  4. Current characteristics
  5. The  impact of the recommendation from the perspective of consumers, nurses, other  health professionals, and additional stakeholders
  6. Current  solutions
  7. Current  status in the health policy arena
  8. Final  conclusions
  9. Resources  used to create the policy brief

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