NR 506 Week 3: Your Policy-Priority Issue Assignment

Your Policy-Priority Issue assignment is due by Sunday, 11:59 p.m. at the end of Week 3. The guidelines are listed below.  The guidelines and grading rubric are also located in the course resource section. Don’t forget to include the information noted on Planning Your Visit Worksheet 1: Formulating a Healthcare Policy Worksheet 1 within your assignment.

Purpose

The purpose of this assignment is to: a) identify and reflect upon key concepts related to your planning a policymaker call b) provide empirical evidence to support new insights gained regarding your healthcare policy issue and the policymaking process, and c) present ideas in a clear, succinct, and scholarly manner.

Course Outcomes

CO 1: Employ strategies to impact the development, implementation, and consequences of holistic-focused healthcare policies using evidence-based practice principles. (PO 1)

CO 2: Communicate with decision-makers to advocate for effective policies that impact nurses and nursing, consumers, or the healthcare system to foster population health including quality and safety. (PO 2)

CO 3: Demonstrate professional and personal growth concerning the advocacy role of the advanced practice nurse in fostering policy within diverse healthcare settings. (PO 3)

CO 4: Analyze social, historical, ethical, and political contexts of healthcare policies while integrating professional values to impact population health. (PO 4)

CO 5: Advocate for institutional, local, national, and international policies that fosters person-centered healthcare and nursing practice. (PO 5)

Due Date Sunday 11:59 p.m. MT at the end of Week 3

Total Points: 175 points

Requirements

Assignment Criteria for Presentation:

1. Provide an introduction to your healthcare policy-priority issue and the title or name of your legislator.
2. Articulate key points under each of the Formulating a Healthcare Policy Ungraded Worksheet #1 sections.
3. Provide an analysis of empirical evidence that supports your chosen healthcare policy-priority issue and analysis.
4. Demonstrate the importance and impact of the chosen healthcare policy-priority issue to nursing.
5. Provide concluding statements summarizing the content.
6. The paper will be a minimum of 4 pages and a maximum of five pages in length, in APA format 6^thedition, excluding the title and reference page.

Preparing the Paper

After completing Formulating a Healthcare Policy Ungraded Worksheet #1, address all areas on the worksheet in the body of a scholarly paper. Include a minimum of five (5) classic or current references published within the past 5 years.

Public health policy: Providing equitable healthcare to Georgia’s undocumented immigrants

With an estimated 400,000 illegal or undocumented immigrants in Georgia, Georgia is on record as one of the states with the most stringent immigration healthcare laws (Ridder, 2015). Under federal law, Georgia’s undocumented immigrants are prohibited from receiving public or private healthcare services, purchasing private health insurance, or receiving public healthcare insurance; however, they can receive emergency healthcare services at a hospital ER. Undocumented immigrants can also receive limited healthcare services from state approved community health centers or safety net hospitals. Georgia adheres to federal laws governing healthcare services, but state law enforcement agencies have begun to enforce the “show me your papers” clause under Georgia’s central immigration law (Yee, 2017). This clause places severe restrictions on undocumented immigrants’ ability to travel. Undocumented immigrants are less likely to seek health services because they may be deported after receiving treatment (Sconyers & Tate, 2016). My public policy focuses on making healthcare services more accessible to Georgia’s undocumented immigrant population. The health policy will focus on providing a standard delivery of equitable health care services (to include low cost vaccinations for school age children and six-month health checkups) for all undocumented immigrants in Georgia. The policy will also include a provision that blocks medical deportation while receiving any of the medical services listed within the conditions of this new public health policy.