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Interviewer: What is your role as an advocate for your target population for this healthcare program? Do you have input into design decisions? How else do you impact design?

K.S.: As per the American Nurses Association (ANA) (n.d.), advocacy, whether legislative or political, is at the core of nursing. The advocacy role in nursing is not about positions or titl...

We’ll write everything from scratch Question  Use of Media in Promoting Policy Change Critique an example of a professional organization’s use of media to promote a health policy agenda. Discuss attributes of success or lack there

Use of Media in Promoting Policy Change

Policies provide guiding principles and are what shape societies, organizations, and governments in the current world. When it comes ...

Role of Grassroots Policy Initiatives and Nurse Leadership in Addressing Mental Health Disparities within Underserved Communities

From a personal view, the last eight weeks that focused on policymaking processes from the top policymakers to the grassroots policy initiatives have been insightful. I now understand polic...

The Current Diagnosis and Three Possible Conditions that may be considered Differential Diagnoses for this Patient

Diagnostic Tests Appropriate for this Case and the Results Use to Make a Diagnosis

The diagnostic tests judged appropriate for this specific instance would include a full in...

We’ll write everything from scratch Question  Infographics are visual representations of information. They can include numbers, text, images, or any combination of the three. Just as in traditional writing assignments, an infographic can take on any of the various rhetorical modes — informative, instructive, descriptive, persuasive, etc. Infographics provide a quick way to convey a lot of information. For example, this infographic on Integrating Virtual Clinics conveys interesting data much more concisely than another paragraph inserted here could have: Infographic – Telehealth Versus Telemedicine Students will create an Infographic on the topic of Telehealth. Students should create an infographic that is easily understood by the lay public or general population. The infographic should provide information useful for communicating the “What, Why, When and How” of Telehealth. Students may choose to focus on one or more of the following suggested topic areas, however, students may choose their own relevant telehealth topic areas: • Telehealth Versus Telemedicine • Environments or Systems • Population Health • Health Promotion and Illness Prevention • Integrative Health • Technologies and Innovation • Provider Access • Patient Access • Policy Implications • Legal Implications • Clinical Practice Issues • Education/Training Needs • Research Implications • Quality of Care • Outcome Management Directions: 1. Students will select a platform (tool) for building their infographic. There are a number of great infographic platforms available online. Many are free, but most require that you set up an account. Check out Infogr.am, Easelly, Piktochart, and Visme. 2. Create the Infographic using one of the above platforms

Infographic – Telehealth Versus Telemedicine

Affordable Care Act-Specific Provisions within the ACA

Numerous elements in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) directly affect how, what, and how patients are treated. Expanding Medicaid eligibility is one key element that has increased access to he...