General instruction:

Locate a news story or other resource from the last six months regarding an issue in healthcare and answer all questions/criteria with explanations and detail.

Include the following sections:

1. Application of Course Knowledge
   • Summarize the issue.
   • Discuss how the issue may impact nursing practice at the micro-, meso-, and macro-levels of the healthcare system.
   • Analyze how healthcare policy impacts the issue.
   • Include a link to the news story or resource.
2. Integration of Evidence: Integrate relevant scholarly sources as defined by program expectations:
   • Cite a scholarly source in the initial post.