NU-668 Week 13 Discussion 1: APRN Political Action State Initiatives
NU-668 Week 13 Discussion 1: APRN Political Action State Initiatives
Value: 100 points
Due: In an effort to facilitate scholarly discourse, create your initial post by Day 3 and reply to at least two of your classmates, on two separate days, by Day 7.
Grading Category: Discussions
Initial Post
Using the NP Association links in the Nurse Practitioner Interactive Map, identify your state NP association and the current political action initiatives they are currently working on. State professional organizations will have an advocacy team working on the state initiatives determined by the organization, so look for an advocacy tab, political action coalition (PAC) tab, or policy issues tab on the home website.
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- How do these issues restrict your practice and how will your practice change if these issues are resolved?
- Identify your role in addressing these political movements. NU-668 Week 13 Discussion 1: APRN Political Action State Initiatives
If your state NP association does not have any political action initiatives, look at either a national professional organization’s political initiatives, such as AANP, or a state health initiative, such as immunization rate, obesity rate, texting laws or the like and complete the same instructions.
Reply Posts
Reply to two of your classmates, either classmates from different states or classmates who identify a different political issue from what you identified.
Please refer to the Grading Rubric for details on how this activity will be graded. The grading for the number of reply posts is based on individual Discussion Board instructions. If the rubric indicates a different number for reply posts, you will not be graded down, as long as you have followed the reply post instructions.
For this assignment to be considered complete, you must post your initial response and address all prompts related the APRN Political Action State Initiatives by Day 3. In addition, you must reply to two classmates from different states or classmates who focused on an issue different than your own by Day 7. NU-668 Week 13 Discussion 1: APRN Political Action State Initiatives
Posting to the Discussion Forum
- Select the appropriate Thread.
- Select Reply.
- Create your post.
- Select Post to Forum.
Week 13: Learning Materials
Readings
Required
- Buppert, C. (2021). Nurse practitioner’s business practice and legal guide (7th ed.). Jones and Bartlett Publishers.
- Chapter 12: Lawmaking and Health Policy
- Chapter 17: Strategies for Nurse Practitioners
- Joel, L. A. (2018). Advanced practice nursing: Essentials for role development (4th ed). F.A. Davis Company.
- Chapter 1: Advanced Practice Nursing: Doing What Has to Be Done
- Chapter 4: Educational Preparation of Advanced Practice Nurses: Looking to the Future
- Chapter 10: Public Policy and the Advanced Practice Registered Nurse. NU-668 Week 13 Discussion 1: APRN Political Action State Initiatives
