DNP Health Policy

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Comment by Susan Corey, M.N., PMHCNS-BC on December 18, 2011 at 5:58pm

Our DNP program Director at Widener University, Dr. Shirley Drayton-Brooks,
Shared the schedule for the ACNP National Nurse Practitioner Health Policy Conference in DC on February 10-14, 2012. Being held at the Georgetown
Westin, there's more info for you at www.acnpweb.org

Comment by Nancy Munn Short DrPH, MBA on September 29, 2011 at 7:24pm

In response to Cathleen Santos:  I will share my syllabus with you if you like.  I'm at Duke University.  As a former Health Legislative  Aide in the US Senate, I highly recommend the Kaiser Family Foundation website...have your students sign up for the daily feed.  I also recommend that you use tutorials from the Kaiseredu.org site.

Comment by Dawn M. Fitzpatrick on September 29, 2011 at 5:33pm

I have just started the first semester of the DNP program at Florida State University, in the Health Systems Leadership track.  I understand there are only 6 programs like this in the country and I wondered if anyone has completed a program similar to this and how does it impact your role and/or career?

 

Comment by Mohammed Albaadani on May 9, 2011 at 2:41pm

I have an improvement safety tools i wish i could share it her

Comment by Stephen Blanchard DNAP, CRNA on May 9, 2011 at 12:11pm

Some key websites to follow regarding healthcare policy.

 

These have the most information:

Initiative on the Future of Nursing (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation)
http://www.thefutureofnursing.org/ 

Center to Champion Nursing (AARP and RWJ Foundation)
http://championnursing.org/ 

These have some information:
American Nurses Association
http://www.nursingworld.org/EspeciallyForYou/AdvancedPracticeNurses...   

National Council of State Boards of Nursing (includes a page dedicated to promoting the APRN consensus model)
www.ncsbn.org 

This one is not limited to nursing alone:
Coalition for Patients' Rights 
http://www.patientsrightscoalition.org/

 

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Comment by Cathleen Santos on April 25, 2011 at 2:10pm

I am a DNP teaching community health nursing to undergrads and I am in process of developing a Health policy course for undergrads. Any suggestions on syllabi or websites to incorporate?

Comment by Mohammed Albaadani on April 15, 2011 at 2:13pm

I have develop an improvement tool could minimize the medication errors and therfore I need your support to release it

Comment by Mohammed Albaadani on April 15, 2011 at 2:11pm

I am so happy to join your group and i wish be active member

Mohammed Albaadani

Patient for patient safety Champion WHO EMRO Yemen

Comment by Jill Beavers, MS, CCRN, ACNP-BC on March 13, 2011 at 11:01am

  I am currently in D.C. and will be advocating for end-of-life planning reimbursement and universal access to health care.

  As DNP students we are ALL advocates and we CAN make a difference!

 

Thanks to Keeley for creating this group

Comment by Judy Malachowski on February 20, 2011 at 6:31pm

Hi, Mary Anne – welcome to the Group!

Interestingly, the word nurse is found only once in the attachment:
“(4) Ensure that the health team established by the entity includes an interdisciplinary, interprofessional team of health care providers, as determined by the Secretary; such team may include medical specialists, nurses, pharmacists, nutritionists, dieticians, social workers, behavioral and mental health providers (including substance use disorder prevention and treatment providers), doctors of chiropractic, licensed complementary and alternative medicine practitioners, and physicians’ assistants.” Nurses “may” be part of the team. We need to make sure nurses are there!

 

Looking at the responsibilities of the health teams in the document, and given that nurse practice acts differ across states, most of these actions are part of the nurse skill set! If we add the RWJF/IOM (The Future of Nursing) recommendations #2 [Expand opportunities for nurses to lead and diffuse collaborative improvement efforts. Private and public funders, health care organizations, nursing education programs, and nursing associations should expand opportunities for nurses to lead and manage collaborative efforts with physicians and other members of the health care team to conduct research and to redesign and improve practice environments and health systems. These entities should also provide opportunities for nurses to diffuse successful practices]; and #7 [Prepare and enable nurses to lead change to advance health. Nurses, nursing education programs, and nursing associations should prepare the nursing workforce to assume leadership positions across all levels, while public, private, and governmental health care decision makers should ensure that leadership positions are available to and filled by nurses], nurses need to be key players in Patient-Centered Medical Homes!

I think it comes down to skill set. Although one’s specific credentials (education, certification, and experience) say something about that skill set, your articulation of that skill set in relation to becoming part of the Medical Home health team will help to secure that position for you.

Comments from others?

Take care - judy

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