Part I: Healthcare Policy
Discuss the importance of the baccalaureate prepared nurse becoming involved in healthcare policy.
Discuss a recent healthcare policy that has had a direct impact on your personal clinical practice or in your place of work as it relates to finance.
What are some of the ways that nursing can have a direct impact on finance in the workplace and still provide safe and effective patient centered care?
What are some of the ethical issues that could arise when proposing and implementing healthcare policy?
How could these ethical issues be addressed and be in the best interest of the public?
Part II: Priority Populations:
Describe the disparities that the low-income population faces.
Why do you think that particular group is identified as a priority population?
What are some of the strategies that have been implemented to combat these disparities on the local, state, national, and global levels? Have they been successful? If not, why?
How can nursing help to combat these disparities?
What can you do in your clinical setting/local community to address/combat these disparities?
