mental health legislations
Order Description
Howard University
College of Nursing, and Allied Health Sciences
Division of Nursing, Graduates Studies
Fall 2015
Health Policy Project Guidelines
The Primary purpose of the course is to develop a working knowledg
e of how health
policies are created and
the manner in which
nurses
, especially
advance
practice nurses
can
influence the process. The health policy project is an opportunity for the graduate
nursing
student to gain a first
–
hand enactment of the legislatio
n or the regulatory process and to take an
advocacy role in the process through the application of well
–
defined action plan.
The project
will involve full completion of a mock White House Fellowship Application.
The paper that
results from this p
roject is
due
Sun
day,
at midnight on
November
1
st
.
1.
Begin
your for the essay in this application by outlining
your informed position on
the legislation/regulation issue.
Answer the following questions and submit on
9/20/2015 at midnight, in writing
, via Blackboa
rd Safe Assign. Use APA (6
th
ed.) format.
a. Do
you support the legislation
/regulation?
b. W
hat would
you change to support your position?
c. H
ow
does your position impact advance practice
nursing
?
d. List the do
cumentation
(references) that will suppo
rt
your
position?
2.
Identify a local, state or federal health policy issue you are interested in. This may be a
bill being proposed currently under debate in the appropriate legislative, a law being
impl
emented pending regulations,
a proposed regulatio
n, or an idea you have for a bill
or regulation.
3
.
Define the issue fully explaining
:
1. Ob
jective and anticipated outcome of the
proposed legislation or regulation
2. B
ackground contributing to the legislation/regulation
formation
3. I
mpact of the l
egislation/regulation on existing health care policies
4. I
mplications of the legislation for
advance practice
nursing
5.
Identify position of stakeholders of legislation/regulation
6.
Obstacles and b
arriers
influencing
passage or implementation of the
legislation/regulation
7
. F
actors favor
ing
passage or implementation of the legislation/regulation
8. Discuss position of opposing groups,
against the legislation/regulation
; include
their views
9. Discuss
the economic impact of the legislation.
4
. In
formation for
the essay in this application
may be gathered from
(1)
peer reviewed
journals
(between
2010
and present)
;
(2)
analysis of government documents; (3)
interview
s
of legislative members
,
aides
, regulatory staff; and (4
) interview of
selected inte
rest group
member
