Your Policy Priority Issue Guidelines and Grading Rubric

Your Policy Priority Issue Guidelines and Grading Rubric

The purpose of this assignment is to: a) identify and reflect upon key concepts related to your planning a policymaker call b) provide empirical evidence to support new insights gained regarding your policy issue and the policymaking process, and c) present ideas in a clear, succinct, and scholarly manner.

Course Outcomes

This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes:

 

(CO#1) Analyze application of theories to the development of policies that affect nursing and health care. (PO 9, 10)

(CO#3) Communicate with policymakers to advocate for effective policies that affect nurses and nursing, consumers, or the health care system. (PO 2, 3, 10)

(CO#4) Analyze the historical, ethical, and political contexts of healthcare policy and the consequences of policy implementation. (PO 6, 10)

(CO#6) Investigate the interrelationship between policy decisions and evidence-based practice. (PO4, 7, 10)

Due Date

 

Total Points: 175 points

Requirements

Assignment Criteria for Presentation:

1. Provide an introduction to your policy-priority issue and the title or name of your legislator.
2. Articulate key points under each of the Formulating a Healthcare Policy Ungraded Worksheet #1 sections.
3. Provide a critique of empirical evidence thatsupports your chosen policy issue and analysis.
4. Demonstrate the importance and impact of the chosen policy issue to nursing.
5. Provide concluding statements summarizingthe content.
6. The paper will be a minimum of 4 pages and a maximum offive pages in length,in APA format 6^th edition,excluding the title and reference page.

Preparing the Paper

After completing Formulating a Health Care Policy Ungraded Worksheet #1, address all areas on the worksheet in the body of a scholarly paper. Include a minimum of five (5) classic or current references published within the past 5 years.

 

Category	Points	%	Description
Introduction and Conclusion	35	20	Introduction clearly introduces your policy priority issue and the title or name of your designated legislator. Concluding statements summarizing content.
Key Points	40	23	Identification of all key points of your policy-priority issue (review sections of Healthcare Policy Ungraded Worksheet) are clearly analyzed and fully articulated.
Empirical Evidence	40	23	Provide a critique of empirical evidence thatsupports your chosen policy issue and analysis.
Impact and Importance to Nursing	35	20	Demonstrate the importance and impact of the chosen policy issue to nursing.
APA Format	10	6	Text, title page, and references are consistent with APA format.
Writing Quality	15	8	Rules of grammar, word usage, sentence, and paragraph format and punctuation.
Total	175	100	A quality assignment will meet or exceed all of the above requirements.