After reading the provided articles and listening to our guest speakers discuss careers in nursing, you may be surprised to learn how many options nurses have in terms of careers beyond the typical hospital bedside. You find nurses in advanced practice as nurse practitioners and nurse anesthetists, as well as in academics, public health, administration, informatics, politics/government, consulting and a variety of practice settings beyond the hospital.

In this discussion board, share your reaction. You must specifically address the following two questions (and follow-up) in your response: 

1. What was something specific that you learned that you didn’t know before? Which source did you learn it from (e.g., which reading or which guest speaker)?
2. Did the wide variety of nursing options surprise you?

After stating whether you were surprised about the variety, address at least one of the following:

• Why do you think nurses have so many options when it comes to careers beyond direct patient care?
• What aspects of their training do you think prepares them for these many options? 
• Do you think any other graduate careers have as many options and why/why not?  

Feel free to post any other thoughts related to this topic. Responses may be only one paragraph, but no more than two.

After posting your response, read your peers’ thoughts and reply to at least one classmate.

 

EVIDENCE BASE IN DESIGN

When politics and medical science intersect, there can be much debate. Sometimes anecdotes or hearsay are misused as evidence to support a particular point. Despite these and other challenges, however, evidence-based approaches are increasingly used to inform health policy decision-making regarding causes of disease, intervention strategies, and issues impacting society. One example is the introduction of childhood vaccinations and the use of evidence-based arguments surrounding their safety.

In this Discussion, you will identify a recently proposed health policy and share your analysis of the evidence in support of this policy.

RESOURCES

Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity.
Click the weekly resources link to access the resources. 

WEEKLY RESOURCES

·  Milstead, J. A., & Short, N. M. (2019). Health policy and politics: A nurse’s guide (6th ed.). Jones & Bartlett Learning.

o  Chapter 5, “Public Policy Design” (pp. 87–95 only)

o  Chapter 8, “The Impact of EHRs, Big Data, and Evidence-Informed Practice” (pp. 137–146)

o  Chapter 9, “Interprofessional Practice” (pp. 152–160 only)

o  Chapter 10, “Overview: The Economics and Finance of Health Care” (pp. 183–191 only)

·  American Nurses Association (ANA). (n.d.). AdvocacyLinks to an external site.. Retrieved September 20, 2018, from https://www.nursingworld.org/practice-policy/advocacy/

·  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). (n.d.). Step by step: Evaluating violence and injury prevention policies: Brief 4: Evaluating policy implementationLinks to an external site.. Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/injury/pdfs/policy/Brief%204-a.pdf

·  Congress.govLinks to an external site.. (n.d.). Retrieved September 20, 2018, from https://www.congress.gov/

·  Klein, K. J., & Sorra, J. S. (1996). The challenge of innovation implementationLinks to an external site.. Academy of Management Review, 21(4), 1055–1080.

·  Sacristán, J., & Dilla, T. D. (2015). No big data without small data: Learning health care systems begin and end with the individual patientLinks to an external site.. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 21(6), 1014–1017.

·  Tummers, L., & Bekkers, V. (2014). Policy implementation, street level bureaucracy, and the importance of discretionLinks to an external site.. Public Management Review, 16(4), 527–547.

To Prepare:

·  Review the Congress website provided in the Resources and identify one recent (within the past 5 years) proposed health policy.

·  Review the health policy you identified and reflect on the background and development of this health policy.

·  Post a description of the health policy you selected and a brief background for the problem or issue being addressed. Which social determinant most affects this policy? Explain whether you believe there is an evidence base to support the proposed policy and explain why. Be specific and provide examples.

  

As a Doctor of Nursing Practice graduate, 

1. Describe servant leadership.

2. What are the Characteristics of a servant leader.

3. Describe your Personal transformation plan for how to attain servant leadership skills.

4. Discuss 4 strategies for effective community building and growth of others through integration of servant leadership skills in your workplace.

Document this assignment in 6 pages word document. Include a minimum of 8 articles published in the last 5 years. 

Euthanasia & Physician Assisted Suicide (PAS)

After studying the course materials located on 

Module 8: Lecture Materials & Resources
 page, answer the following:

1. Euthanasia

· Medical / Generic definition

· Bioethical definition.

2. Describe pain and suffering within context of faith

3. Physician Assisted Suicide / Death ( PAS / PAD)

· Definition

· Is it ethical?

· Should we have the right to end our lives? Why yes or why not?

4. Better alternatives to PAS; compare and contrast each:

· Hospice

· Palliative care / Terminal sedation

5. Case studies. Brief summary of:

· Hemlock Society

· Jacob Kevorkian

· Britanny Maynard