Nurs 510

DUE WEDNESDAY
Week 1 Discussion Prompt 2
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What are the barriers to nurses’ participation in the development of health care policy at the state or national level or in an organization in the United States? Why do you think these are barriers? Support your opinion with a rationale or example.

Week 1 Discussion Prompt 1
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Discuss your position regarding access to and coverage for health care. Are we obligated to provide access to and coverage for health care for all Americans as an entitlement (a right), or should health care be considered a commodity that is subject to the influences of economic, social, and market demand (supply and demand)? Be sure to include the rationale for your position in your discussion.

Due Sunday

2replies to students for each discussion above

Week 1 Public Policy Meeting Approval
Click here to submit your public policy meeting approval.
Create a thread seeking approval for your public policy meeting. Choose a meeting to view or attend. It must be a public policy body at work and related to health care. If it is a recorded meeting, please make sure it has been posted within the last year.
Click on this forum, then click ‘Create New Thread’. Title the thread with your name and the name of the policy meeting. For example: Janice Smith: Affordable Health Care Policy Meeting
In the body of the thread, include
the title or topic focus of the policy meeting
the date and time of the meeting
the location of the meeting (if online, include the website). Some websites are:
https://www.c-span.org/ (search the video library or the live sessions)
http://www.youtube.com (perform a search for your topic)
Your local government or healthcare organization websites
Post your policy meeting by the end of Week 1.
* If your policy meeting or subject has already been posted by another student, please choose another meeting.
** You do not have to respond to peers in this prompt, but you may do so if you choose.
Nurs 521

Due Wednesday

Discussion 2
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Identify examples of active and latent errors. Provide examples from your clinical experience, if possible. How can such errors be avoided to support better patient care?
Discussion 1
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Reflect upon the survey you took. In your initial response, aIDress some of the following questions. Explain your answers.
Did you find it easy to make confident and decisive decisions with several strongly agree or strongly disagree answers, or did you select mostly moderate responses?
Did any subject areas trigger personal emotions or issues?  If so, do you feel you were able to remain objective?
Were any of the decisions especially difficult to make?
Did you employ any critical thinking or resolution strategies to determine a response?
Did you rely on policy or legal parameters to make your decisions?
Would you be comfortable making your answers to the survey public, or do you prefer anonymity?
Have you dealt with similar situations and could you perceive similar situations occurring in your clinical practice?
How might a moral inventory such as this survey impact your clinical practice?

Due Sunday

Reply to 2 students to the above discussions

Week 1 Virtue Ethics Essay

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Respond to one of the following three “news clippings” related to virtue ethics from your Pozgar text.  Write a 1- 2 page essay aIDressing the discussion questions posed for the one you selected.  Be sure to clearly identify the news clipping you selected.
Adhere to APA formatting and cite all sources. Review the rubric for further information on how your assignment will be graded.
Due: Sunday, 11:59 p.m. (Pacific time)
Points: 40
Watch the following 3 videos and choose one to aIDress for your assignment.