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As a nurse, how often have you thought to yourself, If I had anything to do about it, things would work a little differently? Increasingly, nurses are beginning to realize that they do, in fact, have a role and a voice.

Many nurses encounter daily experiences that motivate them to take on an advocacy role in hopes of impacting policies, laws, or regulations that impact healthcare issues of interest. Of course, doing so means entering the less familiar world of policy and politics. While many nurses do not initially feel prepared to operate in this space effectively, the reward is the opportunity to shape and influence future health policy.

To Prepare:

Select a specific bill that has been proposed (not one that has been enacted) using the congressional websites provided in the Learning Resources.

https://www.congress.gov/

https://www.house.gov/

https://www.senate.gov/

http://www.senate.gov/senators/leadership.htm

The Assignment: (1- to 2-page Comparison Grid; 1-page Legislation Testimony/Advocacy Statement)

Part 1: Legislation Comparison Grid

Based on the health-related bill (proposed, not enacted) you selected, complete the Legislation Comparison Grid Template. Be sure to address the following:

-Determine the legislative intent of the bill you have reviewed.

-Identify the proponents/opponents of the bill.

-Identify the target populations addressed by the bill.

-Where in the process is the bill currently? Is it in hearings or committees?

Part 2: Legislation Testimony/Advocacy Statement

Based on the health-related bill you selected, develop a 1-page Legislation Testimony/Advocacy Statement that addresses the following:

-Advocate a position for the bill you selected and write testimony in support of your position.

-Describe how you would address the opponent to your position. Be specific and provide examples.

Use in text citations. References last 5 years and scholarly. APA format

Evidence-based nursing is a process founded on the collection, interpretation, appraisal, and integration of valid, clinically significant, and applicable research. It is not about developing new knowledge or validating existing knowledge, but rather translating existing evidence so that it can be applied to clinical decision making. This process starts with formulating a sound PICO question. PICO is a format for developing a good clinical research question prior to starting a review or research. It is a mnemonic used to describe the four elements of a sound clinical foreground question. 

Scenario:

A 17-year-old African American woman, just diagnosed with hepatitis B, has been taking acetaminophen for headaches. Her mother has heard that acetaminophen can cause liver problems, and she asks you if her daughter should continue taking the drug for her headaches, considering her hep-b diagnosis.

Answer the following questions in essay format about the scenario above:

1. What is evidence-based nursing practice and why is it important?
   1. What is the PICO process?
   2. Formulate a well defined clinical question that will yield the most relevant and best evidence.
   3. Describe the background of the question
   4. Present the question using PICOT format
   5. Indicate what will be the best study to answer the clinical question.

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Question 1

           At my care facility, we have had a system to monitor errors, and this is in alliance with the Patient Safety regulations set by the state and the World Health Organization (WHO). These system, however, consists mostly of complying with rules and filing of incident reports after an error was found. This reactive system lives little room for being proactive and catching errors before they happened. Therefore, as of last year, our facility has implemented guidelines that are more proactive in nature. Some of the priority areas as outlined by the World Health Organization’s World Alliance for Patient Safety and the Collaborating Centre are to do quarterly training in identifying and reporting medical errors, implement reporting guidelines that are not punitive in nature, but rather informative; this way no one is afraid to speak up, and lastly, identify the events that are “near misses” and develop a plan to make these less frequent (Grawn, Thom & Walters, 2015).

Question 2

           The Institute of Medicine and Joint Commission published a study, “To Err Is Human”, which discuss in part that healthcare teams who fail to collaborate have increased mortality and failure-to-rescue (deaths within 30 days of admission among patients who experienced specific complications) rate” (Grawn, Thom & Walters, 2015). Nowadays there are partnership recommendations in position for healthcare facilities demanding implementation of “interdisciplinary practice plans” for accreditation by Joint Commission (Fewster-Thuente & Velsor-Friedrich, 2008). Effective communication is crucial to reducing medical errors and improving patient outcomes. The opportunity to act as a healthcare team is essential for improved patient care and the opportunity to provide care that’s “patient-centered and valued” (Ezziane et al., 2014).

Question 3

           The Institute of Medicine’s four-pronged approach to reducing medical mistakes are: “(1) an analysis of errors at your practice site that have caused some degree of patient harm, and (2) an analysis of your aggregate medication-error data. The other 2 prongs, of equal importance, are both proactive in nature and include (3) an analysis of “near misses” (errors that have the potential to reach the patient or cause patient harm) and (4) an analysis of errors that have occurred in other organizations” (Westrick & Dempski, 2009, p. 117).

           These elements entail being reactive, being proactive, analyze the mistakes, and correct them. All of these are reportable and should be taken into consideration at organizational evaluations consistently.

References

Grawn, S., Thom, F. & Walters, I. (2015). Building efficient medical teams in professional medical care. Journal of Organizational Management, 16(9), 28-36. doi:10.1108/14777261211251508

Fewster-Thuente, L., & Velsor-Friedrich, B. (2008). Interdisciplinary collaboration for healthcare professionals. Nursing Administration Quarterly, 32(1), 40-48. doi:10.1097/01.NAQ.0000305946.31193.61

Westrick, S. J., & Dempski, K. (2009). Essentials of nursing law and ethics. Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett.

Topic 1: Disease Outbreak

Select an infectious disease and research the CDC website for information about the disease including: 

• its natural history,
• presenting symptoms, and
• outbreak characteristics
• Identify an occurrence of the disease by searching the Internet for recent reports of this disease and compare that episode or occurrence with information from the CDC website.
• How closely did that outbreak resemble the case definition?