PDP and DB 7Order DescriptionTHIS IS TWO DIFFERENT ASSIGNMENT( ONE PAGE EACH).
FIRST:The Program of Study (POS) for your specialization and the Professional Development Plan (PDP) help you to become familiar with the courses you will take, whenthey will be completed, and how the degree program fits into your overall academic and professional goals. For this Assignment, you write a Professional DevelopmentPlan to submit to the Week 5 Assignment Turnitin link.Throughout your degree program you will create a professional portfolio. In each course, one Assignment will be designated for inclusion in your portfolio. Thisportfolio provides a rich opportunity to evidence your growth as a scholar-practitioner. For this course, your PDP will serve as the artifact for your Portfolio.Note: As you progress through the program, ensure that you save all of your portfolio assignments on your computer and to backup those files to a secure device such asa flash drive or external hard drive. You will have a variety of Instructors throughout your program, and it is your responsibility to save these assignments for yourportfolio.TIP: Create a new folder for each course on your computers hard drive using the course number and title. Within each course folder, create an additional folder andlabel it Portfolio. Then, save the Portfolio assignment with a clear title such as Professional Development Plan.To prepare:
Review the information on the Program of Study (POS) and Professional Development Plan (PDP) presented in this weeks Learning Resources.
Review the Week 5 Assignment Rubric presented in this weeks Learning Resources.
Develop your Professional Development Plan (PDP) following the example presented in the Learning Resources and the assignment grading rubric criteria. Ensure that allcontent required is included in paper.To complete:
Utilizing Microsoft Word, begin by formatting the paper in correct APA (i.e. title page, double space, Times New Roman size 12 font, headers, page numbers, headings).
To ensure that all content required is included in the paper, review Week 5 Professional Development Plan assignment rubric and the Professional Development Planexample.Write your PDP using scholarly writing, correct grammar, and proper APA citations. Review the APA Basics Checklist: Citations, Reference List, and Style to make surethat your citations are correct. This document should represent your best professional effort.
Casey, D., & Egan, D. (2010). The use of professional portfolios and profiles for career enhancement. British Journal of Community Nursing, 15(11), 547552.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.Throughout your degree program you will build a professional portfolio. Review this article, and consider what sort of artifacts you would like to include in yourportfolio.
Smith, L. S. (2011). Showcase your talents with a career portfolio. Nursing, 41(7), 5456. doi:10.1097/01.NURSE.0000398641.62631.8e
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.This brief article provides suggestions for building and using a professional portfolio.
Thompson, T. (2011). Electronic portfolios for professional advancement. Clinical Nurse Specialist: The Journal For Advanced Nursing Practice, 25(4), 169170.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.An electronic portfolio can be easily kept up to date and may even be preferred by potential employers. As you read this article, consider the advantages of keeping anelectronic portfolio.
Registered Nurses Association of Northwest Territories and Nunavut. (n.d.). Continuing competence: My professional development plan (PDP)Information. Retrieved from
Walden University. (2012l). Walden University writing center: Paper templates. Retrieved from http://writingcenter.waldenu.edu/57.htmDownload and review the School of Nursing APA and Writing Guidelines and School of Nursing Sample Paper located under item 8. Use the sample paper as a guide whencompleting your Assignment.This website presents strategies for developing a professional development plan.SECONDLY:Health Care PolicyIn this weeks media presentation, Dr. Trautman, Dr. Wakefield, and Ms. Coyle discuss how public policies initiated at the national or state level ultimately influencewhat occurs at the institutional and local level of nursing practice and health care delivery. Health care policy usually is developed to address health care cost,quality, or access, or a combination of the three. Due to the nature of their interaction with patients, nurses are well situated to be effective, knowledgeableadvocates for their patients.
In this weeks Discussion, you will examine how current policies impact how you as a nurse provide health care. You will then select an issue of interest and determinehow you could advocate for policy in that area.To prepare:
Select one public policy that currently is impacting you and your practice. Consider the following: ?What health care driver was the policy designed to address: cost,quality, access, or a combination?
?Does the policy appear to be achieving its intended results? On what data are you basing your assumption?
?What have been the effects (adverse or positive) of this policy on health care cost, quality, and access?
?How is this policy affecting your nursing practice?Next, select a health care issuesomething you see or experience on a daily basisabout which you would like to influence a practice change through the policyprocess.
Review the Learning Resources, focusing on Kingdons Model. How would you utilize this model to guide your policy development?Post by Day 3 a brief description of a public policy that is having an impact on your practice; summarize your analysis of the policy using the bulleted list above asa guide. Then, summarize the issue you would like to influence though a change in public policy, and outline how you would utilize Kingdons Model to guide your policydevelopment.
Milstead, J. A. (2013). Health policy and politics: A nurses guide (Laureate Education, Inc., custom ed.). Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers. ?Chapter 1,Advanced Practice Nurses and Public Policy, Naturally (pp. 127)This chapter explains public policy and the nurses role in directing health care issues to the government and securing a response.
?Chapter 2, Agenda Setting (pp. 1944)This chapter provides examples of the process of moving a problem to the attention of the government so the solution can be considered at the state and federal levels.
?Chapter 3, Government Response: LegislationPolitics: Playing the Game (pp. 4571)This chapter explores the multiple factors that influence the development of public policy through the legislative branch of government.Coalition for Patients Rights. (2012). Retrieved from http://www.patientsrightscoalition.org/
This website details the initiative of the Coalition for Patients Rights, which seeks to ensure that patients everywhere have access to the quality health careproviders of their choice.
University of Washington School of Medicine. (n.d.) Ethics in medicine: Managed care. Retrieved from http://depts.washington.edu/bioethx/topics/manag.htmlThis article explains the effects and ethical concerns associated with managed care, which integrates payment with the delivery of health care.MediaLaureate Education, Inc. (Executive Producer). (2012b). Health policy and politics. Baltimore, MD: Author.Milstead, J. A. (2013). Health policy and politics: A nurses guide (Laureate Education, Inc., custom ed.). Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers. ?Chapter 5,Policy Design (pp 111123)
?Chapter 6, Implementation (pp. 125136)
?Chapter 7, Program Evaluation (pp. 137159)