22 Nov Nursing Expertise & Health Policy Advocacy – designing a political competency development plan
Follow these guidelines when completing each component of the assignment. For this assignment, use the guidelines provided by Warner (2003) on designing a political competency development plan.
a. Include a title page, body content, and full reference list.
b. Paper should be between 5-7 pages long (not including title and reference page).
c. Include a minimum of at least 4 scholarly, peer-reviewed research articles.
d. Use the following subheadings to organize the content of your paper:
i. Nursing Expertise & Health Policy Advocacy
ii. Competency Development Plan
iii. Conclusion
iv. References
2. The assignment should include the following components:
a. Title page
b. Introduction
i. Introduce topic of paper
ii. Present the value of the political competency development plan to support professional formation of the DNP practice scholar
iii. Purpose statement
c. Nursing Expertise & Health Policy Advocacy (4-6 paragraphs, well-cited)
i. Discuss the impact of social determinants on health and health policy
ii. Present the value of understanding health policy for DNP practice scholars
iii. Explore the influence of nursing expertise and advocacy in the development of health policy
iv. Discuss the importance of political competence for DNP practice scholars
d. Competency Development Plan (6-8 paragraphs)
i. Discuss each of the six areas and provide a specific plan to enhance your political competency in each. Be specific with at least two specific action steps in each of the performance areas:
1. Nursing Expertise as Valued Currency
2. Networking
3. Powerful Persuasion
4. Collective Strength: Grass roots, special interest groups, and coalition development
5. Strategic Perspective: Developing a strategic perspective and ability to provide perspective (analysis with policy brief) on a health care policy driven using evidence (to support recommendations or revision) and community need as demonstrated through social determinants in health
6. Perseverance: Discuss what a “win” looks like to you and how can you better develop your awareness of political gains despite not getting all you expected from the political process
f. Conclusion
i. Well-rounded and comprehensive conclusion
ii. Summarizes the paper
iii. Provides a call to action
References should be scholarly journal article 5 years or less
