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Discussion Reflection Response – Health Policy

Post your complete response to the discussion questions in the Discussion Area by the due date assigned.

This week we will be reflecting on current trends and issues within your role.

Considering your role specialization (nurse educator, nurse informatics, nurse administrator, and family or adult-gerontology NP), reflect on the top three current trends or issues that you believe to be most important with regard to your chosen role and the impact the role has on patient outcomes. Synthesize knowledge from values theory, ethics, and legal regulatory statute.

Please note:

  • This is a reflection and therefore no references are needed nor expected.
  • There is only one (1) post for this discussion board.
  • There is no requirement to respond to any of your peers.
  • Your response should be 200-250 words in length.

Guidelines: In your discussion response, provide a substantive response that illustrates a well-reasoned and thoughtful response. Reflective posts provide you an opportunity to think back on the concepts and materials you reviewed for the week. A reflection is a method for personal growth. A reflection post can help answer questions, such as, “How has my thinking changed this past week?”, “How can I use the concepts or relationships from the course readings and course content in my practice?” Reflection enhances personal and professional growth by making connections to previous course content and/or presenting novel ideas and insights.

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Health Policy

The past eight weeks in Health Policy have expanded my view on potential uses for my Doctor of Nursing Practice achievement. I envision making a social impact and speaking from a position of authority as a healthcare professional. I plan to be more involved in my community efforts to improve health equity for aggregates and populations, not just those under my primary care. Nursing compels holistic vision and actions.  I see social determinants of health as the primary actionable component that nurses can advocate and improve for our neighbors. To improve health equity, communities must manage food insecurity, illiteracy, poverty, housing insecurity, and other social issues that limit wellness (Borras & Mohamed, 2020).

The power of plurality to effect change has impressed me. I ;

am more aware of the collective strength of organizations and plan to leverage professional memberships and community participation to improve health outcomes.

have learned how to prepare with groups and to submit organized ideas to those in power professionally.

already belong to several nursing organizations and support their political action committees and letter-writing efforts. I plan to learn more about them so that I can hold an office.

Nurses represent a significant slice of healthcare and should have a voice in policy to match our scope (Graystone, 2019). Initiatives such as Nurses on Boards and the National Nurse Campaign advance the nursing viewpoint by nursing leaders in policy negotiations. Sagar (2021) reports about 10.1k nurses on boards as of April 2021 out of over four million nurses in the U.S. I fully support this cohesive action, yet it seems that the bills for National Nurse have been stagnant since March 2019 (Congress.gov, n.d.).

organizational board sounds

Being on an organizational board sounds interesting, primarily since I already volunteer for our local food bank. I will see if there is room for me on that board or another local organization serving marginalized members of my community, possibly through United Way. Hopefully, teams will welcome my healthcare expertise! My Tweet is #NursesMakePolicyToo! Advance Nurses on Boards and National Nurse Campaign! Reduce Health Disparities About – Nurses on Boards Coalition (Links to an external site.)

References

Borras, A. M., & Mohamed, F. A. (2020). Health Inequities and the Shifting Paradigms of Food Security, Food Insecurity, and Food Sovereignty. International Journal of Health Services, 50(3), 299–313. https://doi.org/10.1177/0020731420913184 (Links to an external site.)

Committees – H.R.1597 – 116th Congress (2019-2020): National Nurse Act of 2019. (2019, March 8). https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1597/committees (Links to an external site.)

Graystone, R. (2019). Nurses on Boards. JONA: The Journal of Nursing Administration, 49 (3), 111-112.

https://doi.org/ 10.1097/NNA.0000000000000720.

Sagar, P. (2021). Nurses on Boards. Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 32 (5), 630. https://doi.org/10.1177/10436596211021491.