Discussion Board

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Read chapters 15, 66, 70, & 83  from  Mason, D. J., Dickson, E.L., Perez, G.A., & McLemore, M.R.  (Eds.). (2021).

Policy & politics in nursing and health care (8th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Elsevier.  ISBN: 978-0323554985 .

Pay particular attention to the power of media, definition and role of interest groups, opportunities within nursing organizations, roles of coalitions and kitchen cabinets, and the impact of international nursing and health. Review: Nursing organizations websites for issues affecting nursing and policy, such as American Nurses Association (ANA) http://www.nursingworld.org/ (Links to an external site.), American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA) https://www.aana.com/advocacy (Links to an external site.) , Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) at https://www.ons.org/advocacy-policy (Links to an external site.) , and American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM) http://www.midwife.org/ (Links to an external site.) *********************************************************************************** Discussion Board Items: In what ways is, or is not, the nursing profession a special interest group in American Democracy? Identify at least two. What strategies would enhance the effective influence of nurses as a collective special interest group in policy advocacy and electoral politics?  Share at least three, with one of the three being a specific example of using media. In what ways do nurses (you) benefit from the work of professional nursing organizations?  Identify at least two. Describe 2 aspects of globalization that are important for nurses to understand. Why are each of these aspects important to you as a nurse? What are 3 major points that you learned in this course? How will the information you learned in this course change the way you practice? Create a plan for increasing your involvement in professional nursing organizations and advocacy.  Address both professional nursing organization involvement and advocacy in your plan.  Your plan can be 3 to 10 goals. ************************************************************************************** Your response to your Discussion Board is more similar to a ‘mini paper’. Your response is to ‘show evidence of knowledge and understanding of your reading assignment and include other resources beyond the assigned reading to EXTEND the learning’ AND you need to clearly communicate ideas and opinions (based on your readings) and deepen discussion AND ‘postings show appropriate vocabulary and writing style …which is professional and APA format. Thus….this results not in a short answer, but instead a ‘mini paper’ of sorts. (Citations Required) ************************************************************************************* This assignment requires an initial post and a reply to a peer or classmate. Initial post due on Wednesday. Peer response due on Friday (Will extend due date after the initial post is submitted) The peer response isn’t necessarily a critique of their post. What they are basically looking for is for us to elaborate or further build on their posts. We are able to agree or disagree. Highlight the points that we found interesting and build on it. Respond with our thoughts about the matter. Adding evidence to support the conversation and then asking a question to stimulate conversation. (Citations Required) *********************************************************************************** PLEASE NOTIFY ME OF ANY QUESTIONS OR IF A SAMPLE OF THE ASSIGNMENT IS NEEDED.