Resources Nurses Making Policy
Resources Nurses Making Policy
Unit 3
Q 1: Does staffing contain, as opposed to elevate, costs? Is there a point where the care delivery model and staffing become a detriment to cost control? That is, where does the law of diminishing returns kick in, both cost-wise and care-wise?
Q 2: How might health care leaders determine appropriate nursing and care delivery models to address rapidly changing populations? Resources Financial and Business Management for the Doctor of Nursing Practice Read chapters 2, 4, and 5. URL: http://gcumedia.com/digital-resources/springer-publishing-company/2012/financial-and-business-management-for-the-doctor-of-nursing-practice_ebook_1e.php Sage, W. M. (2016). Minding Ps and Qs: The political and policy questions framing health care spending. Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, 44(4), 559-568 URL:https://lopes.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=120397894&site=ehost-live&scope=site
Unit 4
Q 1: What are two bills or laws that influence the doctorally prepared nurse? How do these bills or laws influence doctorally prepared nurses specifically and on nursing practice in general?
Q 2: How does a doctorally prepared advanced practice nurse advocate for patients as well as the nursing profession? Is there a symbiotic relationship between the two goals? How is advocacy advanced effectively? Resources Nurses Making Policy: From Bedside to Boardroom Read chapters 1 and 2. URL: http://gcumedia.com/digital-resources/springer-publishing-company/2014/nurses-making-policy_from-bedside-to-boardroom-custom_ebook_1e.php Camargo Jr., K., & Grant, R. (2015). Public health, science, and policy debate: Being right is not enough. American Journal of Public Health, 105(2), 232-235. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2014.302241 URL:https://lopes.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com.lopes.idm.oclc.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ofs&AN=100375771&site=ehost-live&scope=site
Unit 5
Q 1: What is the reasoning behind the need for doctorally prepared advanced practice nurses to be politically active? How is this accomplished? What ethical or other considerations must be taken into account as a nurse becomes politically active?
Q 2: Why is it meaningful to have doctorally prepared advanced practice nurses as members of health care boards? What is the role of the nurse on these boards? Resources Nurses Making Policy: From Bedside to Boardroom Read chapter 4, 12, and 15. URL: http://gcumedia.com/digital-resources/springer-publishing-company/2014/nurses-making-policy_from-bedside-to-boardroom-custom_ebook_1e.php Lucia, L., Dietz, M., Jacobs, K., Chen, X., and Kominski, G. F. (2015). Which Californians will lack health insurance under the Affordable Care Act? Berkeley/Los Angeles, CA: UC Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education/UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. URL: http://ucla-dev-web01.reliam.com/publications/Documents/PDF/2015/uninsuredbrief-jan2015.pdf Totten, M. K. (2010). Nurses on healthcare boards: A smart and logical move to make. Healthcare Executive, 25(3), 84-87. URL:https://lopes.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com.lopes.idm.oclc.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=52411351&site=ehost-live&scope=site
Unit 6
Q 1: How do servant leaders, as compared with leaders who follow the transformational model of leadership, manage organization dynamics and lead change to ensure the continued success of the stakeholders to be served? Is servant leadership or transformational leadership the best approach to these tasks?
