NURS 5050 PA001 Agenda Comparison Assessment
NURS 5050 PA001 Agenda Comparison Assessment
NURS 5050 PA001 Agenda Comparison Assessment
PA001: Assessment Instructions
Review the details of your assessment including the rubric. You will have the ability to submit the assessment once you earn a score of 80% or better on all of the related sub-competency quizzes and engage with your Faculty Subject Matter Expert (SME) in a substantive way about the competency.
Overview
For this Performance Task Assessment, you will select a healthcare issue that was addressed by the agendas of the last three U.S. presidencies and compare the agendas using the comparison grid template. You will also develop talking points or a fact sheet that you could use to communicate the importance of this healthcare issue to a policymaker/legislator or a member of the individual’s staff for inclusion of this healthcare issue on an agenda. NURS 5050 PA001 Agenda Comparison Assessment
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Professional Skills: Written Communication and Critical Thinking and Problem Solving are assessed in this Competency.
Your response to this Assessment should:
- Reflect the criteria provided in the Rubric.
- Adhere to the required assignment length.
This Assessment requires submission of two (2) files, a completed Agenda Comparison Grid Template and a completed Talking Points or Fact Sheet. Save these files as PA001_template_firstinitial_lastname (for example, PA001_template_J_Smith) and PA001_talking points_firstinitial_lastname (for example, PA001_talking points_J_Smith).
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Instructions
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Rubric
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Parts 1 and 2: Agenda Comparison Grid and Analysis
Based on the current and past two U.S. presidential terms, address the following in a 2-3-page comparison grid:
- Describe the administrative agency’s focus related to this healthcare issue.
- Identify the allocation of financial and other resources by the administrative agency to address this healthcare issue.
- Describe how the administrative agency supported the Administration’s approach to this healthcare issue.
- Which administrative agency was most likely responsible for helping address the chosen healthcare issue? How were they helpful? NURS 5050 PA001 Agenda Comparison Assessment
- How did the healthcare issue get on the agenda, and how does it stay there?
Part 3: Talking Points or Fact Sheet
Based on your comparison grid for the healthcare issue you selected, develop a 1-page Talking Points or Fact Sheet that you could use to communicate with a policymaker/legislator or a member of the individual’s staff for this healthcare issue.
- Summarize why this healthcare issue is important and should be included in the agenda for legislation.
- Justify the role of the nurse in agenda setting for healthcare issues.
- A minimum of 3 resources should be utilized and cited appropriately.
Rubric – NURS 5050 PA001 Agenda Comparison Assessment
PA001: Agenda Setting: Analyze federal agendas to promote healthcare issues within policymaking systems and processes.
Assessment Rubric
| Rubric Criteria | 0
Not Present |
1
Needs Improvement |
2
Meets Expectations |
| Module 1: Administrative Agencies | |||
| Based on the current and past two U.S. presidential terms, address the following in a comparison grid:
· Describe the President’s/ administrative agency’s focus related to this healthcare issue. |
Description of the President’s/administrative agency’s focus related to a healthcare issue is missing. | Description of the President’s/administrative agency’s focus related to a healthcare issue is vague or inaccurate. | The response clearly and accurately describes in detail the President’s/administrative agency’s focus related to a healthcare issue. |
| Learning Objective 1.1 – Describe the President’s/administrative
agency focus related to healthcare issues |
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| · Identify the allocation of financial and other resources by the administrative agency to address this healthcare issue. | Identification of the allocation of financial and other resources by the administrative agency to address the healthcare issue is missing. | Identification of the allocation of financial and other resources by the administrative agency to address the healthcare issue is vague or inaccurate. | The response clearly and accurately identifies the allocation of financial and other resources by the administrative agency to address the healthcare issue. |
| Learning Objective 1.2 – Identify allocation of resources by | |||
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| Rubric Criteria | 0
Not Present |
1
Needs Improvement |
2
Meets Expectations |
| administrative agencies to
address healthcare issues |
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| · Describe how the administrative agency supported the Administration’s approach to this healthcare issue.
Learning Objective 1.3 – Analyze how administrative agencies support presidential administration approaches for healthcare issues |
Description of how the administrative agency supported the presidential administration’s approach to the healthcare issue is missing. | Description of how the administrative agency supported the presidential administration’s approach to the healthcare issue is vague or inaccurate. | The response clearly an accurately describes in detail how the administrative agency supported the presidential administration’s approach to the healthcare issue. |
| · Which administrative agency was most likely responsible for helping address the chosen healthcare issue? How were they helpful?
Learning Objective 1.4 – Analyze how administrative agencies were helpful in addressing healthcare issues |
Description of how the administrative agency was helpful in addressing the healthcare issue is missing. | Description of how the administrative agency was helpful in addressing the healthcare issue is vague or inaccurate. | The response clearly and accurately describes in detail how the administrative agency was helpful in addressing the healthcare issue. |
| Module 2: Setting Policy Agendas | |||
| · How did the healthcare issue get on the agenda and how
does it stay there? |
Explanation of how the healthcare issue gets on the agenda and remains there is | Explanation of how the healthcare issue gets on the | Response clearly and accurately explains how the |
| Rubric Criteria | 0
Not Present |
1
Needs Improvement |
2
Meets Expectations |
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Learning Objective 2.1 – Explain how healthcare issues are set and remain on policy agendas |
vague and inaccurate or is missing. NURS 5050 PA001 Agenda Comparison Assessment | agenda and remains there is vague or inaccurate. NURS 5050 PA001 Agenda Comparison Assessment | healthcare issue gets on the agenda and remains there. |
| Module 3: Promoting Agenda Setting for Healthcare Issues | |||
| Based on your comparison grid for the healthcare issue you selected, develop a 1-page Talking Points or Fact Sheet that you could use to communicate with a policymaker/legislator or a member of their staff for this healthcare issue.
· Summarize why this healthcare issue is important and should be included in the agenda for legislation.
Learning Objective 3.1 – Create Talking Points and Fact Sheets to communicate with policymakers/legislators or staff members about healthcare issues |
Talking Points or Fact Sheet is inaccurate and incomplete, or is missing.
Summary of why the healthcare issue is important and should be included in the agenda for legislation is inaccurate or incomplete, or is missing. |
Talking Points or Fact Sheet is partially accurate or incomplete.
The summary of why this healthcare issue is important and should be included in the agenda for legislation is inaccurate or incomplete. |
Talking Points or Fact Sheet is accurate and thorough.
The response accurately and thoroughly summarizes why this healthcare issue is important and should be included in the agenda for legislation. |
| · Justify the role of the nurse in agenda setting for healthcare issues. NURS 5050 PA001 Agenda Comparison Assessment | Justification and description of the role of the nurse in
agenda setting for healthcare |
Justification and description of the role of the nurse in
agenda setting for healthcare |
The response accurately and thoroughly justifies and
describes in detail the role of |
| Rubric Criteria | 0
Not Present |
1
Needs Improvement |
2
Meets Expectations |
| Learning Objective 3.2 – Justify
the role of the nurse in agenda setting for healthcare issues |
issues is inaccurate and incomplete, or is missing. | issues is inaccurate or incomplete. | the nurse in agenda setting for healthcare issues. |
| Mastery Rubric | No | Yes |
| Exceeds Expectations: Agenda Setting | ||
| Learning Objective – Analyze federal agendas to promote healthcare issues within policymaking systems and processes. | A comprehensive comparison of the current and past two presidential terms in addressing healthcare issues on political agendas is not provided. Responses do not demonstrate a synthesis of how administrative agencies set and promote policy agendas to address healthcare issues, and do not sufficiently justify the nurse’s role in agenda setting for the policymaking process. | A comprehensive comparison of the current and past two presidential terms in addressing healthcare issues on political agendas is provided. Responses demonstrate a synthesis of how administrative agencies set and promote policy agendas to address healthcare issues, and sufficiently justify the nurse’s role in agenda setting for the policymaking process. |
| Professional Skills Building | 0
Not Present |
1
Needs Improvement |
2
Meets Expectations |
| PS001: Written Communication: Demonstrate graduate-level writing skills. | |||
| Learning Objective PS 1.1:
Use proper grammar, spelling, and mechanics. |
Multiple major and minor errors in grammar, spelling, and/or mechanics are highly distracting and seriously impact readability. | Multiple minor errors in grammar, spelling, and/or mechanics are distracting and negatively impact readability. | Writing reflects competent use of standard edited American English.
Errors in grammar, spelling, and/or mechanics do not negatively impact readability. |
| Learning Objective PS 1.2:
Organize writing to enhance clarity. |
Writing is poorly organized and incoherent.
Introductions, transitions, and conclusions are missing or inappropriate. |
Writing is loosely organized. Limited use of introductions, transitions, and conclusions provides partial continuity. | Writing is generally well-organized. Introductions, transitions, and conclusions provide continuity and a logical progression of ideas. |
| Learning Objective PS 1.3:
Apply APA style to written work. |
APA conventions are not applied. | APA conventions for attribution of sources, structure, formatting, etc., are applied inconsistently. | APA conventions for attribution of sources, structure, formatting, etc., are generally applied correctly in most instances. Sources are generally cited appropriately and accurately. NURS 5050 PA001 Agenda Comparison Assessment |
| Learning Objective PS 1.4:
Use appropriate vocabulary and tone for the audience and purpose. |
Vocabulary and tone are inappropriate and negatively impact clarity of concepts to be conveyed. | Vocabulary and tone have limited relevance to the audience. | Vocabulary and tone are generally appropriate for the audience and support communication of key concepts. |
| Professional Skills Building | 0
Not Present |
1
Needs Improvement |
2
Meets Expectations |
| PS005: Critical Thinking and Problem Solving: Use critical-thinking and problem-solving skills to analyze professional issues and inform best practice. | |||
| Learning Objective PS 5.1:
Analyze assumptions and fallacies. |
Analysis of assumptions is missing. | Response is weak in assessing the reasonableness of assumptions in a given argument.
Response does not adequately identify and discuss the implications of fallacies or logical weaknesses in a given argument. |
Response generally assesses the reasonableness of assumptions in a given argument.
Response identifies and discusses the implications of fallacies and/or logical weaknesses in a given argument. |
| Learning Objective PS 5.2:
Generate reasonable and appropriate assumptions. |
Assumptions are missing. | Response does not adequately present and discuss key assumptions in an original argument. | Response presents and discusses key assumptions in an original argument. |
| Learning Objective PS 5.3:
Assess multiple perspectives and alternatives. |
Assessment of multiple perspectives is missing. | Response does not identify nor adequately consider multiple perspectives or alternatives. | Response identifies and considers multiple perspectives and alternatives. |
| Learning Objective PS 5.4:
Use problem-solving skills. |
Problems and solutions are not identified. | Response presents solutions, but they are ineffective in addressing the specific problem. | Response presents solutions that are practical and work in addressing the specific problem. NURS 5050 PA001 Agenda Comparison Assessment |
