School of Nursing FNP
MSN5400 Health Care Policy and Delivery System
MSN5400-week #3. Dr. Dionne, Dr. Perez, Dr. Gonzalez, Dr. Crespo, Dr. Trabanco, Dr. Sanchez, Dr. Anderson. 05/22
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PURPOSE
This assignment aims to analyze a local, state, or federal health policy.
COURSE STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES
Examine the development of health care policies at the legislative level. Relate the role of the nurse leader as a driver of policy reform.
End of Program Student Learning Outcomes
II-Create effective interdisciplinary organizational and systems leadership in the care of clients in diverse care settings.
III-Analyze quality initiatives to improve health outcomes across the continuous of care. IV-Apply practice guidelines to improve practice and health outcomes. VII-Employ collaborative interprofessional strategies for improving client and population health
outcomes. IX-Relate knowledge of illness and disease management to providing evidence-based
care to clients, communities, and vulnerable populations in an evolving healthcare delivery system.
School of Nursing FNP
MSN5400 Health Care Policy and Delivery System
MSN5400-week #3. Dr. Dionne, Dr. Perez, Dr. Gonzalez, Dr. Crespo, Dr. Trabanco, Dr. Sanchez, Dr. Anderson. 05/22
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DUE DATE: Submit to the Moodle by Saturday of the end Week 3 at 11:59 p.m. ET.
POINTS: This assignment is worth a total of 100 points.
REQUIREMENTS Ã To complete this application, you will need to access the Miami Regional University virtual library
database: CINAHL Complete Database, MEDLINE Complete Database, LIRN, and so forth. Our Librarian is available to help on campus from Monday to Friday 7:30 am to 9:00 pm & Saturday 8:00 am to 3:00 pm. Remember we now also have a Ask a Librarian option 7 days a week available in Moodle.
à This assignment is worth 100 points and will be graded on the required components as summarized in the directions and grading criteria/rubric. This assignment will be graded on quality of information, use of citations, use of Standard English grammar, sentence structure, and overall organization based on the required components as summarized in the directions and grading criteria and rubric.
à APA format and effective writing is required for the paper. à Create your manuscript using the version of Microsoft Word. You can tell that the document is saved
as a MS Word document because it will end in “.docx”. Ã Follow the directions and grading criteria closely. Any questions about this paper may be posted
under the Q & A Forum. Ã The length of the project report is to be no fewer than four and no greater than six pages, excluding
the title page and reference pages. Ã This paper will be submitted through Turnitin, a Turnitin similarity score of 20% or less is expected. Ã A minimum of 6 current scholarly references that are 5 years old or less. Ã The textbook required for this course may be used as a reference for this assignment but does not
count towards the required minimum number of scholarly references.
Category Points % Description
Introduction
10 10 Select an area of interest in which a policy was created. Discuss what is cause for the need of the health policy. For example, health insurance is a problem within the USA. The ACA bill was created and pass into law.
Background 25 25 Discuss the historical background of the health policy. For example, the person(s) who presented the bill. The committees the bill went through, and revision of the bill until it was passed into law.
School of Nursing FNP
MSN5400 Health Care Policy and Delivery System
MSN5400-week #3. Dr. Dionne, Dr. Perez, Dr. Gonzalez, Dr. Crespo, Dr. Trabanco, Dr. Sanchez, Dr. Anderson. 05/22
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Clinical Practice 25 25 Identify application of the selected health policy into clinical practice
Implication to practice 25 25 Discuss the implication of the policy to nursing practice.
Conclusion 10 10 All resources correctly referenced
APA Format & Clarity of writing
5 5 APA format corrects with no more than 1-2 minor errors: Use of a minimum of six current scholarly references.
Total: 100 pts 100%
A quality paper will meet or exceed all of the above requirements.
MSN5270 Advanced Theoretical Perspectives for Nursing
MSN5400-week #3. Dr. Dionne, Dr. Perez, Dr. Gonzalez, Dr. Crespo, Dr. Trabanco, Dr. Sanchez, Dr. Anderson. 05/22 4
GRADING RUBRIC
Assignment Criteria Exceed in Meeting the
Criteria
Meet Criteria Partially Meet Criteria Does Not Meet Criteria
Introduction
(10 points)
Excellent introduction
that includes an area of
interest in which a
policy was created.
Discuss what is cause
for the need of the
health policy. For
example, health
insurance is a problem
within the USA. The
ACA bill was created
and pass into law.
Include a thesis
statement.
10 points
Good introduction that
includes an area of interest
in which a policy was
created. Discuss what is
cause for the need of the
health policy. For example,
health insurance is a
problem within the USA.
The ACA bill was created
and pass into law. Include a
thesis statement.
7 points
Basic introduction that
includes an area of interest
in which a policy was
created. Discuss what is
cause for the need of the
health policy. For example,
health insurance is a
problem within the USA.
The ACA bill was created
and pass into law. Include a
thesis statement.
4 points
Little or very general
introduction of the
assignment and purpose.
Introduction not well
developed.
0 points
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Background25 points
Excellent discussion of
the historical
background of the
health policy. For
example, the person(s)
who presented the bill.
The committees the bill
went through, and
revision of the bill.
25 points
Good discussion of the
historical background of the
health policy. For example,
the person(s) who
presented the bill. The
committees the bill went
through, and revision of the
bill.
20 points
Basic discussion on the
historical background of the
health policy. For example,
the person(s) who
presented the bill. The
committees the bill went
through, and revision of the
bill.
15 points
Little or very general
discussion on the historical
background of the health
policy.
< 10 points
Clinicalpractice
25 points
Excellent description of
how the selected health
policy is currently being
used in clinical practice.
25 points
Good description of how the
selected health policy is
currently being used in
clinical practice.
20 points
Basic description of how the
selected health policy is
currently being used in
clinical practice.
15 points
Little to No description of
how the theory is used in
practice.
10 or less points
Implication tonursingpractice
25 points
Excellent discussion of
how the selected health
policy impacted nursing
practice. This could be
positive or negative
impact.
25 points
Good description of how the
selected health policy
impacted nursing practice.
This could be positive or
negative impact.
20 points
Basic description of how the
selected health policy
impacted nursing practice.
This could be positive or
negative impact.
17 points
Little to no description of
the implication to practice
10 points or less
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Conclusion
(10 points)
Provide an excellent
summary of the main
point of the content of
the paper.
10 points
Provide a good summary of
the main point of the
content of the paper.
7 points
Provide a basic summary of
the content of the paper.
4 points
Provide little summary of
the main point of the
content of the paper.
0 points
APA format
&
Use of a minimum of six current scholarly references.
Clarity of writing
(5 points)
APA format is correct
with no more than 1–2
minor errors.
Use of a minimum of six
current scholarly
references.
5 points
Three to five errors in APA
format and/or 1–2 citations
missing.
Use of a minimum of three
to five current scholarly
references.
4 points
Five to six errors in APA
format and/or 3–4 citations
missing.
Use of a minimum of three
to five current scholarly
references.
3 points
APA formatting contains
multiple errors and/or
several citations missing.
Use none to two scholarly
references; or use of
outdated scholarly
references.
2 points
