NUR 550 Equitable Population Health Services and Policies Discussion

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As an advanced registered nurse, what will your role be in advocating for equitable population health services and policies? Do you anticipate any challenges or barriers to “population advocacy”?

Please write 200-250 words. Please include 2 citations. Please use 2 different references for the 2 citations.

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Topic 8: Using Research to Support Health Policy, Advocacy, and Policy Development

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Objectives:

Discuss the role of translational research in advancing equitable access to health care and prevention services and policies based on population
Evaluate the role of the advanced practice nurse in advocating for equitable population health services and policies

Study Materials

Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing and Healthcare

Description:

Review Chapter 23 in Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing and Healthcare.

Lessons for Achieving Health Equity Comparing Aotearoa/New Zealand and the United States

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Read “Lessons for Achieving Health Equity Comparing Aotearoa/New Zealand and the United States,” by Chin et al., from Health Policy (2018).

The Future of Maternal and Child Health

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Read “The Future of Maternal and Child Health,” by Lu, from Maternal and Child Health (2019).

Nurse Advocacy: Adopting a Health in All Policies Approach

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Read “Nurse Advocacy: Adopting a Health in All Policies Approach,” by Williams, Phillips, and Koyama, from Online Journal of Issues in Nursing (2018).

Achieving Health Equity: Examining Telehealth in Response to a Pandemic

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Read “Achieving Health Equity: Examining Telehealth in Response to a Pandemic,” by Smith and Raskin, from The Journal for Nurse Practitioners (2021).

Climate Change and Population Health: Incorporating Stages of Nursing’s Political Development

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Read “Climate Change and Population Health: Incorporating Stages of Nursing’s Political Development,” by Nicholas et al., from Nursing Outlook (2021).

Writing Center

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ThinkingStorm

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Optional: Grammarly

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NUR-550 Course Objectives

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In this course, the student will:

Explore research articles, nursing and related theories, applying levels of evidence, and theoretical frameworks to identify quality research studies.
Demonstrate understanding of scientific inquiry, knowledge generation, utilization, and dissemination in advanced nursing practice.
Evaluate the evidence for potential solutions/innovations that can potentially solve a health care issue and improve patient outcomes.
Identify gaps in nursing knowledge and evidence-based practice that can potentially be resolved by planning and implementing a practice change project.
Formulate a clinically researchable question amenable to an innovative evidence-based practice change
Write a scholarly literature review that supports a clinically researchable question amenable to an innovative evidence-based practice change proposal.
Evaluate health policy and advocacy issues for the purpose of improving health care outcomes.
Engage in scientific inquiry into the state of health care delivery, patient-centered care, and ethical principles related to health beliefs, health promotion, and risk reduction of diverse populations.
Propose quality improvement initiatives that advance the delivery of safe, high-quality health care.
Use principles from epidemiology, biostatistics, genetics, genomics, and cultural competence to guide comparisons of various patient populations.