EXCELSIOR NUR533 Full Course Latest 2019 March NUR533 ETHICS AND POPULATION HEALTH

M1D1: Political Ideology in Public and Health Policy

As master’s prepared nurses our collective roles are shaped by public and
health policy. These policies determine parameters for practice, working
relationships with members of the interdisciplinary team, and the support and
resources that are available to the individuals we care and advocate for. All
of these are influenced by the prevailing political ideologies that frame
policy.

Here is an example of an issue:

Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg

In New York City former Mayor Michael Bloomberg (Links to an external
site.)Links to an external site. promoted, supported and signed legislation
(the Smoke Free Air Act (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.)
that banned smoking in public places. His actions were welcomed by those whose
political beliefs supported the power of government to “do good” and take
positive action on behalf of citizens. Others who believe that government
should not interfere with personal rights saw this as evidence of “big
government” and too much authority.

To prepare for your discussion, please complete all required reading and
viewing before continuing.

For this discussion, select a public or health policy issue that is current
and of interest to you. Discuss how that policy can be viewed differentially
through the lens of political ideology.

Identify and describe the policy issue.

Explain how the issue can be viewed from the perspective of a minimum of
two political ideologies.

Include an explanation of each ideology

What did you learn about yourself by taking the Political Typology Quiz?

Do you agree or disagree with the results of the quiz?

For your initial response, please be sure to address all of the above
statements and/ or questions.

Use these EC Library and OWL resources for research assistance and to
properly cite your work:

Master’s in Nursing Research Guide (Links to an external site.)Links to
an external site.

Plagiarism & Copyright (Links to an external site.)Links to an
external site.

Excelsior Library Writing Help (Links to an external site.)Links to an
external site.

APA Citation Help (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Excelsior College Online Writing Lab (OWL) (Links to an external site.)Links
to an external site.

How You Are Evaluate

You are expected to participate in academic conversations with peers and
faculty to generate scholarly dialogue. Expectations for participation in the
course discussions are described under the Discussion Rubric: Exploration,
Spirit of Inquiry, and Engagement (interactions) when relating your
experiences, opinions, viewpoints, and ideas supported by evidence.

Consult the Discussion Posting Guide for information about writing your
discussion posts. It is recommended that you write your post in a document
first. Check your work and correct any spelling or grammatical errors. When you
are ready to make your initial post, click “Reply.” Then copy/paste
the text into the message field, and click “Post Reply.”

To respond to a peer, click “Reply” beneath her or his post and continue
as with an initial post.

Evaluation

This discussion will be graded using the discussion board rubric. Please
review this rubric, located on the Rubrics page within the Start Here module of
the course, prior to beginning your work to ensure your participation meets the
criteria in place for this discussion. All discussions combined are worth 40%
of your final course grade.

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M2D1: Policy Analysis and Political Activism to Enhance Nursing Practice.

The IOM report on the Future of Nursing was released in 2010; the
recommendations of the report remain in the forefront of the professions policy
agenda. Full implementation of these recommendations is critical to achieving
optimal health outcomes for the American people. As nurses we are challenged to
overcome the barriers to the recommendation; part of doing this is to make
clear to all stakeholders the ways in wish failure to implement them harms the
health of the nation.

An example of the relationship between the opportunity for nurses to
practice to the full extent of their education and the outcome of this failure
is found in the shortage of primary care providers in underserved rural areas.
In states that do not allow advanced practice nurses (NPs) the opportunity for
independent practice, MDs are not choosing to practice in these rural areas,
and significant health disparities exist among the populations.

To prepare for your discussion, please complete all required reading and
viewing, including the Module Notes, prior to continuing.

This discussion requires that you understand the relationship between the
forces that shape health policy, the Framework for Action and the process for
policy analysis. The purpose of the discussion is for you to identify
opportunities to overcome a specific barrier to full implementation of the IOM
report and the policy implication of doing that.

Please address the following:

Choose and identify a specific IOM recommendation as a focus for your
posting.

Identify a barrier(s) to implementing that recommendation.

Explain how the barrier results in a specific health disparity or failure
to achieve a desirable population based health outcome.

Describe the specific policy/ policies that would require change in order
to over the p barrier.

For example if it is a payer issue related to Medicare, identify the
current policy, rule or law that interferes

Explain the way in which the policy interferes with implementation.

Describe the actions a master’s prepared nurse can take within the policy
arena to overcome this barrier.

For your initial response, please be sure to address all of the above
statements and/ or questions.

Use these EC Library and OWL resources for research assistance and to
properly cite your work:

Master’s in Nursing Research Guide (Links to an external site.)Links to
an external site.

Plagiarism & Copyright (Links to an external site.)Links to an
external site.

Excelsior Library Writing Help (Links to an external site.)Links to an
external site.

APA Citation Help (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Excelsior College Online Writing Lab (OWL) (Links to an external
site.)Links to an external site.

How You Are Evaluated

You are expected to participate in academic conversations with peers and
faculty to generate scholarly dialogue. Expectations for participation in the
course discussions are described under the Discussion Rubric: Exploration,
Spirit of Inquiry, and Engagement (interactions) when relating your
experiences, opinions, viewpoints, and ideas supported by evidence.

Consult the Discussion Posting Guide for information about writing your
discussion posts. It is recommended that you write your post in a document
first. Check your work and correct any spelling or grammatical errors. When you
are ready to make your initial post, click “Reply.” Then copy/paste
the text into the message field, and click “Post Reply.”

To respond to a peer, click “Reply” beneath her or his post and continue
as with an initial post.

Evaluation

This discussion will be graded using the discussion board rubric. Please
review this rubric, located on the Rubrics page within the Start Here module of
the course, prior to beginning your work to ensure your participation meets the
criteria in place for this discussion. All discussions combined are worth 40%
of your final course grade.

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M3D1: Is Health Care a Right or a Privilege?

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Aspire Higher: My dream is social justice. The focus of this discussion is
the question, “Is health care a right or a privilege?” While this is not a new
question in the health care policy arena, it has great relevance today.
Societal views of an individual’s “right” to health care will drive
policy decisions that determine accessibility and affordability of care.

Equally essential though is the query of ethics and social justice. It is
critical to the role of the master’s prepared nurse to identify where one
stands on this question and to understand how this reflects on one’s ethical
values and perspective on social justice.

To prepare for your discussion, please complete all required reading and
viewing, including the Module Notes, prior to continuing. You may also want to
review the reading and viewing from Modules 1 and 2.

This activity asks you to discuss what you believe is the appropriate
role of government in providing health care to the citizens of the nation. In
other words, should this be a responsibility of government?

In your primary discussion post, respond to the question: “Is health care
a right or a privilege?” in the following ways:

Analyze the presence of any ethical conflicts inherent in this statement.

Support your position with ethical principles reviewed in the module notes
and readings (macro level of ethics).

Describe how your unique position is a socially just position and takes
into consideration public policy and the values of the nursing profession
(micro level of ethics).

For your initial response, please be sure to address all of the above
statements and/ or questions.

Use these EC Library and OWL resources for research assistance and to
properly cite your work:

Master’s in Nursing Research Guide (Links to an external site.)Links to
an external site.

Plagiarism & Copyright (Links to an external site.)Links to an
external site.

Excelsior Library Writing Help (Links to an external site.)Links to an
external site.

APA Citation Help (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Excelsior College Online Writing Lab (OWL) (Links to an external
site.)Links to an external site.

How You Are Evaluated

You are expected to participate in academic conversations with peers and
faculty to generate scholarly dialogue. Expectations for participation in the
course discussions are described under the Discussion Rubric: Exploration,
Spirit of Inquiry, and Engagement (interactions) when relating your
experiences, opinions, viewpoints, and ideas supported by evidence.

Consult the Discussion Posting Guide for information about writing your
discussion posts. It is recommended that you write your post in a document
first. Check your work and correct any spelling or grammatical errors. When you
are ready to make your initial post, click “Reply.” Then copy/paste
the text into the message field, and click “Post Reply.”

To respond to a peer, click “Reply” beneath her or his post and continue
as with an initial post.

Evaluation

This discussion will be graded using the discussion board rubric. Please
review this rubric, located on the Rubrics page within the Start Here module of
the course, prior to beginning your work to ensure your participation meets the
criteria in place for this discussion. All discussions combined are worth 40%
of your final course grade.

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M4D1: Population Based Health Disparities

The purpose of this discussion is to provide you with an opportunity to
receive feedback on the construction of your annotated bibliography and further
develop your approach to this assignment. The focus of your annotated
bibliography is on a specific population based health disparity that you have
chosen to investigate. The annotated bibliography assignment asks you to
conduct a literature search and identify 8 to 10 articles that address the
disparity and write an annotation of each article.

For this discussion, choose one of the articles you identified for your
annotated bibliography and include the following in your initial post:

Identify the disparity and the specific population.

Provide a brief synopsis of the article (in your own words, not a
restatement of the abstract); include a link (URL) to the article.

Describe the usefulness of the article as a source of information about
the disparity.

Does information provided in the article facilitate efforts to eliminate
the health disparity? If it cannot be used to eliminate the health disparity,
explain why

Describe ethical concerns you might have after reading this article.

Describe how information from the article enhanced your awareness of the
disparity.

For your initial response, please be sure to address all of the above
statements and/ or questions.

Use these EC Library and OWL resources for research assistance and to
properly cite your work:

Master’s in Nursing Research Guide (Links to an external site.)Links to
an external site.

Plagiarism & Copyright (Links to an external site.)Links to an
external site.

Excelsior Library Writing Help (Links to an external site.)Links to an
external site.

APA Citation Help (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Excelsior College Online Writing Lab (OWL) (Links to an external
site.)Links to an external site.

How You Are Evaluated

You are expected to participate in academic conversations with peers and
faculty to generate scholarly dialogue. Expectations for participation in the
course discussions are described under the Discussion Rubric: Exploration,
Spirit of Inquiry, and Engagement (interactions) when relating your
experiences, opinions, viewpoints, and ideas supported by evidence.

Consult the Discussion Posting Guide for information about writing your
discussion posts. It is recommended that you write your post in a document
first. Check your work and correct any spelling or grammatical errors. When you
are ready to make your initial post, click “Reply.” Then copy/paste
the text into the message field, and click “Post Reply.”

To respond to a peer, click “Reply” beneath her or his post and continue
as with an initial post.

Evaluation

This discussion will be graded using the discussion board rubric. Please
review this rubric, located on the Rubrics page within the Start Here module of
the course, prior to beginning your work to ensure your participation meets the
criteria in place for this discussion. All discussions combined are worth 40%
of your final course grade.

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M5D1: Taking Action: The Social and Material Determinants of Health and
Everyday Encounters

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See the problem and doing something about it! The focus of this discussion
are the opportunities for the master’s prepared nurse to identify within his or
her practice, the social and material determinants of health that contribute to
health disparities. In other words, tell us what you see and what you believe
is the root cause of it!

This involves developing a heightened sense of awareness of these
variables and in essence, bearing witness to them so that you are spurred on to
take action in your work in social policy and in your role as an advocate.
(These aspects of the role of the masters prepared nurses were discussed in
Module 2.)

The assignment builds on the content of the module in that it asks you to
apply what you learned within the context of your everyday experience of work.
The essence of this is to ask you to see beyond the tasks of your daily work
experiences and make explicit your understanding and recognition of the reality
of the lives of the individuals you work with and how their health is the
outcome of social and material determinants.

To prepare for your discussion, please complete all required reading and
viewing, including the Module Notes, prior to continuing. You may also want to
review the reading and viewing from Modules 2 and 4.

This discussion asks you to recognize and identify the population based
adverse health outcomes that you’ve seen in your practice as a nurse and
discuss how they are the outcome of specific social and material determinants
of health and how they result in health disparities.

Please address the following:

Describe a population-based health problem that you’ve encountered in
your practice as a nurse. Share detail about the problem:

Who are the individuals affected? (Describe the population.)

How significant is the problem?

Explain what you believe are the social and material determinants of
health that contribute to these disparities. Base this explanation on your
readings and include appropriate citations. For example, if the problem is
non-adherence to medications and worsening illness, could it be that low health
literacy is the determinant or perhaps the inability to pay for the
medications?

Based on your experience, what social and material conditions need to
change to lessen the negative impact of the determinants you are describing?

Identify a social or health policy that influences or shapes the social
and material determinants that you’ve identified.

Describe the opportunities for the masters prepared nurse to engage in
political activism on behalf of positive change.

For your initial response, please be sure to address all of the above
statements and/ or questions.

Use these EC Library and OWL resources for research assistance and to
properly cite your work:

Master’s in Nursing Research Guide (Links to an external site.)Links to
an external site.

Plagiarism & Copyright (Links to an external site.)Links to an
external site.

Excelsior Library Writing Help (Links to an external site.)Links to an
external site.

APA Citation Help (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Excelsior College Online Writing Lab (OWL) (Links to an external
site.)Links to an external site.

How You Are Evaluated

You are expected to participate in academic conversations with peers and
faculty to generate scholarly dialogue. Expectations for participation in the
course discussions are described under the Discussion Rubric: Exploration,
Spirit of Inquiry, and Engagement (interactions) when relating your
experiences, opinions, viewpoints, and ideas supported by evidence.

Consult the Discussion Posting Guide for information about writing your
discussion posts. It is recommended that you write your post in a document
first. Check your work and correct any spelling or grammatical errors. When you
are ready to make your initial post, click “Reply.” Then copy/paste
the text into the message field, and click “Post Reply.”

To respond to a peer, click “Reply” beneath her or his post and continue
as with an initial post.

Evaluation

This discussion will be graded using the discussion board rubric. Please
review this rubric, located on the Rubrics page within the Start Here module of
the course, prior to beginning your work to ensure your participation meets the
criteria in place for this discussion. All discussions combined are worth 40%
of your final course grade.

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M6D1: Policy Alternatives for Achieving Health Equity

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The health of the population matters!The focus of this discussion is the
possible policy alternatives or interventions that can be put in place in an
effort to eliminate health disparities.

The assignment builds on the content of the module in that it asks you to
identify a health disparity that is of interest to you and then access the
evidence based literature (available through Excelsior College Library) to
identify a possible policy alternative that would work toward achieving health
equity.

The assignment builds on the content of the module in that it asks you to
apply what you learned within the context of your everyday experience of work.
The essence of this is to ask you to see beyond the tasks of your daily work
experiences and make explicit your understanding and recognition of the reality
of the lives of the individuals you work with and how their health is the
outcome of social and material determinants.

The phrase policy alternative is used because as you’ve know from reading
the module notes, there are multiple policy initiatives and opportunities that
can be taken to eliminate a health disparity. Each policy alternative offers an
opportunity to have an impact on a unique aspect of a health disparity. It is
rare that any one policy alternative can address all aspects of a disparity.

To prepare for this discussion, please complete all required reading and
viewing, including the Module Notes, prior to continuing. You may also want to
review the reading and viewing from Modules 4 and 5 as well as any other
readings referenced within the notes for Module 6.

This discussion asks you to identify a potential policy alternative or
intervention in response to a specific health disparity which you will identify
from the CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report: CDC Health Disparities and
Inequalities Report — United States, 2013.

Please address the following:

Identify a disparity that is of interest to you.

Share with your peers what you have learned about the disparity,
including population demographics, characteristics, etc.

Identify a peer reviewed evidenced-based article that describes a
possible policy alternative or intervention that has the potential to work
towards achieving health equity.

Explain why the disparity warrants intervention and how the policy
alternative you’ve selected is appropriate.

Describe the policy alternative, the level of government at which the
policy would be enacted, the institution and/or organizations that would be
involved and the specific way in which the policy could work towards achieving
health equity.

Explain the role of the master’s prepared nurse in promoting this policy
alternative.

What are the opportunities for advocacy, lobbying particular special
interest groups or stakeholders, working within professional organizations,
etc.? Be as specific here as possible, especially when identifying interest
groups and stakeholders.

For your initial response, please be sure to address all of the above
statements and/ or questions.

Use these EC Library and OWL resources for research assistance and to
properly cite your work:

Master’s in Nursing Research Guide (Links to an external site.)Links to
an external site.

Plagiarism & Copyright (Links to an external site.)Links to an
external site.

Excelsior Library Writing Help (Links to an external site.)Links to an
external site.

APA Citation Help (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Excelsior College Online Writing Lab (OWL) (Links to an external site.)Links
to an external site.

How You Are Evaluated

You are expected to participate in academic conversations with peers and
faculty to generate scholarly dialogue. Expectations for participation in the
course discussions are described under the Discussion Rubric: Exploration,
Spirit of Inquiry, and Engagement (interactions) when relating your
experiences, opinions, viewpoints, and ideas supported by evidence.

Consult the Discussion Posting Guide for information about writing your
discussion posts. It is recommended that you write your post in a document
first. Check your work and correct any spelling or grammatical errors. When you
are ready to make your initial post, click “Reply.” Then copy/paste
the text into the message field, and click “Post Reply.”

To respond to a peer, click “Reply” beneath her or his post and continue
as with an initial post.

Evaluation

This discussion will be graded using the discussion board rubric. Please
review this rubric, located on the Rubrics page within the Start Here module of
the course, prior to beginning your work to ensure your participation meets the
criteria in place for this discussion. All discussions combined are worth 40%
of your final course grade.

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M7D1: Applying “Hot Spotting” to Impact Health Costs and Outcomes and the
Role of the Masters Prepared Nurse as a Member of the Interdisciplinary Team

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FinanceThe article The Hot Spotters (Links to an external site.)Links to
an external site.by Atul Gwande, describes a unique and innovative approach to
understanding the high cost of care across a vulnerable population that lives
with health disparities. The definition of Hot Spotting is,

Healthcare hot spotting is a data-driven process for the timely
identification of extreme patterns in a defined region of the healthcare
system. It is used to guide targeted intervention and follow-up to better
address patient needs, improve care quality, and reduce cost. Most often the
data in question are hospital reimbursement claims that are continuously
produced, standardized by an operational imperative, and bring together
high-stakes diagnostic, temporal, financial, spatial, and demographic data in a
single set of records. Through hot spotting, claims data can help reveal both a
community’s healthcare problems and their solutions (Gwande, n.d. ).

Hotspotting can be used in many regions of the health care system; this
type of data analysis can be used to collect evidence and drive change in
health care in many settings, across many populations. Of interest is the
potential for the master’s prepared nurse to participate as member of a “Hot
Spotting” team, in a particular health care setting and the type of knowledge
and skill this nurse will need to be effective in this role.

To prepare for this discussion, please complete all required reading and
viewing, including the Module Notes, prior to continuing. Reading the article
on Hotspotting as well as viewing the website, is necessary. You may also want
to review the reading and viewing from Modules 4 and 5 and 6, as well as any
other readings referenced within the notes for Module 7.

You are a master’s prepared nurse working in a community based health
clinic in an inner city (part of a larger health system) with a population of
older adults who experience multiple health disparities, including poverty. The
health system wants to enhance the care delivered to this population, achieve
better care outcomes, and lower costs. You are directed to work as part of an
interdisciplinary team to do this. The team consists of physicians, social
workers, MSNs, RNs, community advocates and policy makers. You’ve been directed
to take a “Hotspotting” approach to accomplish the desired outcomes.

Include the following information in your post:

Describe your role as a master’s prepared nurse in this interdisciplinary
team./span>

What knowledge and skills will you bring to the team? (Hint: think about
leadership, communication, and clinical skills.)

Why it is important to have a master’s prepared nurse on the team?

Why is an interdisciplinary approach to this issue necessary?

As a member of this interdisciplinary team, describe the data you need to
collect in order to understand and address the problem.

How would you go about collecting the data to formulate an intervention?
Note: Think about health care costs, finance, reimbursement, care utilization,
etc. The resources on Hotspotting will be useful here.

Identify an important and pertinent policy issue that you believe would
need to be addressed to effectively achieve the desired outcomes. (For example,
if the population were children with diabetes the policy issue could be funding
for health school lunches.) Explain how this policy issue relates to the
problem.

For your initial response, please be sure to address all of the above
statements and/ or questions.

Use these EC Library and OWL resources for research assistance and to
properly cite your work:

Master’s in Nursing Research Guide (Links to an external site.)Links to
an external site.

Plagiarism & Copyright (Links to an external site.)Links to an
external site.

Excelsior Library Writing Help (Links to an external site.)Links to an
external site.

APA Citation Help (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Excelsior College Online Writing Lab (OWL) (Links to an external
site.)Links to an external site.

How You Are Evaluated

You are expected to participate in academic conversations with peers and
faculty to generate scholarly dialogue. Expectations for participation in the
course discussions are described under the Discussion Rubric: Exploration,
Spirit of Inquiry, and Engagement (interactions) when relating your
experiences, opinions, viewpoints, and ideas supported by evidence.

Consult the Discussion Posting Guide for information about writing your
discussion posts. It is recommended that you write your post in a document
first. Check your work and correct any spelling or grammatical errors. When you
are ready to make your initial post, click “Reply.” Then copy/paste
the text into the message field, and click “Post Reply.”

To respond to a peer, click “Reply” beneath her or his post and continue
as with an initial post.

Evaluation

This discussion will be graded using the discussion board rubric. Please
review this rubric, located on the Rubrics page within the Start Here module of
the course, prior to beginning your work to ensure your participation meets the
criteria in place for this discussion. All discussions combined are worth 40%
of your final course grade.

Reference:

Gawande, A. (2011, January 24). The hot spotters (Links to an external
site.)Links to an external site.. The New Yorker, 86, 41. Camden Coalition of
Healthcare Providers. (n.d.). Introduction: What is hotspotting? Camden
Coalition of Healthcare Providers. Retrieved fromhttp://healthcarehotspotting.com/wp/introduction/

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M8D1: Reflection

Matterhorn mirrored in RiffelseCritical reflection is a process used to
make meaning of an experience. It is a time when you consider what you had
accomplished, read, watched or shared with others. Critical reflection will
help you to better understand why you react to or just watch what is happening
around you. Critical self-reflection occurs with the assistance of others, who
validate what you have learned or become as a result of your experiences.

To prepare for your discussion, review your readings and work for Modules
1 – 8.

Hotspotting can be used in many regions of the health care system; this
type of data analysis can be used to collect evidence and drive change in
health care in many settings, across many populations. Of interest is the
potential for the master’s prepared nurse to participate as member of a “Hot Spotting”
team, in a particular health care setting and the type of knowledge and skill
this nurse will need to be effective in this role.

Consider the following statements are you review what you have
accomplished in this course.

Critically reflect on what you have learned in this course related to the
course outcomes.

Discuss how you will incorporate knowledge you gained from this course,
into your practice and how it might influence your future roles and choices for
your career.

Discuss how this knowledge will empower you as a nurse leader and policy
advocate.

For your initial response, please be sure to address all of the above
statements and/ or questions.

Use these EC Library and OWL resources for research assistance and to
properly cite your work:

Master’s in Nursing Research Guide (Links to an external site.)Links to
an external site.

Plagiarism & Copyright (Links to an external site.)Links to an
external site.

Excelsior Library Writing Help (Links to an external site.)Links to an
external site.

APA Citation Help (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Excelsior College Online Writing Lab (OWL) (Links to an external
site.)Links to an external site.

How You Are Evaluated

You are expected to participate in academic conversations with peers and
faculty to generate scholarly dialogue. Expectations for participation in the
course discussions are described under the Discussion Rubric: Exploration,
Spirit of Inquiry, and Engagement (interactions) when relating your
experiences, opinions, viewpoints, and ideas supported by evidence.

Consult the Discussion Posting Guide for information about writing your
discussion posts. It is recommended that you write your post in a document
first. Check your work and correct any spelling or grammatical errors. When you
are ready to make your initial post, click “Reply.” Then copy/paste
the text into the message field, and click “Post Reply.”

To respond to a peer, click “Reply” beneath her or his post and continue
as with an initial post.

Evaluation

This discussion will be graded using the discussion board rubric. Please
review this rubric, located on the Rubrics page within the Start Here module of
the course, prior to beginning your work to ensure your participation meets the
criteria in place for this discussion. All discussions combined are worth 40%
of your final course grade.

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M3A1: Personal Political Ideology Paper

Turnitin®

This course has Turnitin® fully integrated into the course dropbox. This
means that you should only submit your assignments to the dropbox below. Please
do not submit your assignment directly to Turnitin.com.

Once submitted, your assignment will be evaluated by Turnitin®
automatically. You will be able to view an Originality Report within minutes of
your first submission that will show how much of your work has been identified
as similar to other sources such as websites, textbooks, or other student
papers. Use your Originality Report as a learning tool to identify areas of
your assignment that you may not have cited appropriately. The overall match
can be no higher than 15%, with any one match no higher than 2%. You may
resubmit your assignment through this dropbox as many times as you need to
check to see if you have made improvements, until the due date of the
assignment. However, once you have made your first submission, you will need to
wait 24 hours after each subsequent submission to receive a new Originality
Report. Plan accordingly as you draft your assignment. Once the due date has
passed, your assignment submission will be considered final.

This activity is an opportunity to think about your personal political
ideology and the way it reflects, or is connected to a particular ethical
principle and social justice.

Follow these instructionsPreview the document [PDF file size 156 KB] for
writing your Evidence-Based Proposal (EBP) and the Personal Political Ideology
Paper Rubric for more information on how you will be graded.

Use this interactive APA Checklist [PDF file size 1.74 MB] from the OWL
to enhance your knowledge of APA formatting guidelines and self-assessment
skills. The checklist is interactive and will show you examples of each
component of APA with a sample paper. You can check off each item in the list
and save the file or just use the checklist as a reminder for yourself. This
checklist will help you ensure that your paper meets the APA requirements.

This link from the OWL will give you tips for Paraphrasing and Avoiding
Plagiarism (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site..

Familiarize yourself with the Academic Honesty Policy (Links to an
external site.)Links to an external site..

Submit your paper to Smarthinking (Links to an external site.)Links to an
external site. and interact with a live tutor; the service is free for all Excelsior
students. If this is your first time using Smarthinking, sign up and create a
unique Smarthinking username and password (it need not be the same as your
MyExcelsior information).

The Online Writing Lab – Grammar Essentials to check your paper for
possible errors (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Compose your work in a .doc or .docx file type using a word processor
(such as Microsoft Word, etc.) and save it frequently to your computer. For
those assignments that are not written essays and require uploading images or
PowerPoint slides, please follow uploading guidelines provided by your
instructor.

Check your work and correct any spelling or grammatical errors. When you
are ready to submit your work, click “Upload Submission.” Enter the submission
title and then click on “Select a file to upload.” Browse your computer, and
select your file. Click “Open” and verify the correct file name has appeared
next to Submission File. Click on “Continue.” Confirm submission is correct and
then click on “Accept Submission & Save.”

Evaluation

This assignment will be graded using the M3A1: Personal Political
Ideology Paper Rubric located on the Course Rubrics page within the Start Here
section of the course. Please review the rubric prior to beginning your work so
that you ensure your submission meets the criteria in place for this
assignment. This assignment is worth 10% of your final course grade.

Late Assignment Policy: All assignments (e.g. papers, projects, etc.) are
expected to be submitted on time. If unplanned or extenuating* circumstances
prevent on time submission, then students should follow these guidelines:

Contact your instructor with details about the extenuating circumstances
if you are requesting permission to submit late.

If a student submits an assignment late without permission, it will not
be graded until the student communicates with the instructor. If there is no
communication with the instructor before the assignment grade is due, a grade
of zero will be assigned.

The first late submission in the course will be accepted and graded
without penalty up to 5 days after the due date. After 5 days of no submission,
the instructor may assess a late penalty of 5 percent per day.

All subsequent late assignments may be assessed a late penalty of 5
percent per day, starting on day one. There will be no 5-day grace period.

This policy does not pertain to discussion posts. Please review the
course specific discussion rubric for further guidance.

Please note that course structure may result in exceptions to the late
policy. In this case, the instructor will either clarify or arrange guidelines
for submission of assignments with the student(s).

No work will be accepted after the final day of the term unless an
official course extension has been granted. Excelsior College Extension
PolicyLinks to an external site.

*Some types of extenuating circumstances that will be considered, if they
prevent the student from completing the assignment or assessment on time, are
the following:

an illness or injury

a death of a family member or significant other

a significant change in employment or military status

a trauma in the student’s life

technical issues

a natural disaster Assistance to Students in Disaster and Emergency
AreasLinks to an external site.

unplanned events

Please note: What will not be considered are some planned events such as
weddings, vacations, etc.

Documentation for in extenuating circumstances may be required.

NUR533 ETHICS AND POPULATION HEALTH

M4A1: Annotated Bibliography

An annotated bibliography builds on a basic bibliography and takes it to
the next level. More than a list of sources one has used for researching a
topic it includes additional information about each source along with a summary
statement. An annotated bibliography is a scholarly work and should provide the
reader insight into what you learned from each peer reviewed article, an
evaluation of the usefulness of the resource, and the extent to which it
contributed to new learning. Writing an annotated bibliography is an
opportunity to analyze and synthesize the peer review literature concerning the
material and social determinants of health, vulnerable populations, and health
disparities. When this is complete, you should have sufficient knowledge of a specific
health disparity to address them in the culminating paper.

To prepare for this activity please complete all required readings and
viewing before continuing and access the recommended resources on health
disparities. These will be helpful to you in identifying a disparity on which
to focus your paper.

The annotated bibliography is the first part of the culminating paper,
which focuses on vulnerable populations and health disparities. You will
conduct a review of the literature to identify peer-reviewed articles that
address the disparity. It is important to a have a range of articles that
describe the disparity, the antecedents to the disparity, explain the
population-based impact of the disparity, and identify what has been done to
alleviate the disparity (successful programs as well as those that may not be
successful).

This assignment is 10 one-half pages of annotated bibliographies for the
scholarly works* you have selected (excluding title page) and accounts for 15%
of your course grade.

Note: * A scholarly resource is defined as an article, book chapter, or
textbook written by an expert in their field. Articles should be published in a
peer-reviewed journal. Scholarly works include citations to material presented
in the article or book chapter. You could also use this video provided by the
library Scholarly vs. popular: What’s the difference? (Links to an external
site.)Links to an external site. [Video file, 3 min 41 sec].

Title Page

Notes: Identify the health disparity you will be writing about in the
M6A1 Culminating Paper Assignment.

1. Sources

a. Identifies 10 scholarly sources that are relevant and credible

2. Notation

a. Describe source material, offering insight into the material

3. Evaluation

a. Explain why sources were selected and highlight the strength(s) and/or
weakness(es)

4. Citation

a. Complete annotated bibliography in APA format

The Learning & Assessment Activities page within this module contains
links to the EC Library and EC OWL resources that may aid you in your research
and assignment preparation.

Compose your work in a .doc or .docx file type using a word processor
(such as Microsoft Word, etc.) and save it frequently to your computer. For
those assignments that are not written essays and require uploading images or
PowerPoint slides, please follow uploading guidelines provided by your
instructor.

Check your work and correct any spelling or grammatical errors. When you
are ready to submit your work, click “Submit Assignment” in the upper right
corner. Click on “Browse,” browse your computer, and select your file. Click
“Open” and verify the correct file name has appeared next to the Browse button.
Enter your comments, if any, in the Comments area. Click on “Submit
Assignment.”

Evaluation

This assignment will be graded using the rubric displayed below. Please
review this rubric prior to beginning your work. You can also access the rubric
on the Course Rubrics page within the Start Here module. This assignment is
worth 15% of your final course grade.

Late Assignment Policy: All assignments (e.g. papers, projects, etc.) are
expected to be submitted on time. If unplanned or extenuating* circumstances
prevent on time submission, then students should follow these guidelines:

Contact your instructor with details about the extenuating circumstances
if you are requesting permission to submit late.

If a student submits an assignment late without permission, it will not
be graded until the student communicates with the instructor. If there is no
communication with the instructor before the assignment grade is due, a grade
of zero will be assigned.

The first late submission in the course will be accepted and graded
without penalty up to 5 days after the due date. After 5 days of no submission,
the instructor may assess a late penalty of 5 percent per day.

All subsequent late assignments may be assessed a late penalty of 5
percent per day, starting on day one. There will be no 5-day grace period.

This policy does not pertain to discussion posts. Please review the
course specific discussion rubric for further guidance.

Please note that course structure may result in exceptions to the late
policy. In this case, the instructor will either clarify or arrange guidelines
for submission of assignments with the student(s).

No work will be accepted after the final day of the term unless an
official course extension has been granted. Excelsior College Extension
PolicyLinks to an external site.

*Some types of extenuating circumstances that will be considered, if they
prevent the student from completing the assignment or assessment on time, are
the following:

an illness or injury

a death of a family member or significant other

a significant change in employment or military status

a trauma in the student’s life

technical issues

a natural disaster Assistance to Students in Disaster and Emergency
AreasLinks to an external site.

unplanned events

Please note: What will not be considered are some planned events such as
weddings, vacations, etc.

Documentation for in extenuating circumstances may be required.

NUR533 ETHICS AND POPULATION HEALTH

M6A1: Culminating Paper: Vulnerable Populations and Health Disparities

Turnitin®

This course has Turnitin® fully integrated into the course dropbox. This
means that you should only submit your assignments to the dropbox below. Please
do not submit your assignment directly to Turnitin.com.

Once submitted, your assignment will be evaluated by Turnitin®
automatically. You will be able to view an Originality Report within minutes of
your first submission that will show how much of your work has been identified
as similar to other sources such as websites, textbooks, or other student
papers. Use your Originality Report as a learning tool to identify areas of
your assignment that you may not have cited appropriately. The overall match
can be no higher than 15%, with any one match no higher than 2%. You may
resubmit your assignment through this dropbox as many times as you need to
check to see if you have made improvements, until the due date of the
assignment. However, once you have made your first submission, you will need to
wait 24 hours after each subsequent submission to receive a new Originality
Report. Plan accordingly as you draft your assignment. Once the due date has
passed, your assignment submission will be considered final.

The culminating paper builds on the work you’ve done for the annotated
bibliography and will focus on vulnerable populations and health disparities.
Your resources for the paper are the peer reviewed literature included in the
bibliography, other articles that you may have identified but not included in
the bibliography.

Follow these instructionsPreview the document [PDF, file size 184 KB] for
writing your M6A1 Culminating Paper: Vulnerable Populations and Health
Disparities

Use this interactive APA Checklist [PDF file size 1.74 MB] from the OWL
to enhance your knowledge of APA formatting guidelines and self-assessment
skills. The checklist is interactive and will show you examples of each
component of APA with a sample paper. You can check off each item in the list
and save the file or just use the checklist as a reminder for yourself. This
checklist will help you ensure that your paper meets the APA requirements.

This link from the OWL will give you tips for Paraphrasing and Avoiding
Plagiarism (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site..

Familiarize yourself with the Academic Honesty Policy (Links to an
external site.)Links to an external site..

Submit your paper to Smarthinking (Links to an external site.)Links to an
external site. and interact with a live tutor; the service is free for all
Excelsior students. If this is your first time using Smarthinking, sign up and
create a unique Smarthinking username and password (it need not be the same as
your MyExcelsior information).

The Online Writing Lab – Grammar Essentials to check your paper for
possible errors (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Compose your work in a .doc or .docx file type using a word processor
(such as Microsoft Word, etc.) and save it frequently to your computer. For
those assignments that are not written essays and require uploading images or
PowerPoint slides, please follow uploading guidelines provided by your
instructor.

Check your work and correct any spelling or grammatical errors. When you
are ready to submit your work, click “Upload Submission.” Enter the submission
title and then click on “Select a file to upload.” Browse your computer, and
select your file. Click “Open” and verify the correct file name has appeared
next to Submission File. Click on “Continue.” Confirm submission is correct and
then click on “Accept Submission & Save.”

Evaluation

This assignment will be graded using the Culminating Paper: Health
Disparities and Vulnerable Populations Grading Rubric located on the Course
Rubrics page within the Start Here section of the course. Please review the
rubric prior to beginning your work so that you ensure your submission meets
the criteria in place for this assignment. This assignment is worth 20% of your
final course grade.

Late Assignment Policy: All assignments (e.g. papers, projects, etc.) are
expected to be submitted on time. If unplanned or extenuating* circumstances
prevent on time submission, then students should follow these guidelines:

Contact your instructor with details about the extenuating circumstances
if you are requesting permission to submit late.

If a student submits an assignment late without permission, it will not
be graded until the student communicates with the instructor. If there is no
communication with the instructor before the assignment grade is due, a grade
of zero will be assigned.

The first late submission in the course will be accepted and graded
without penalty up to 5 days after the due date. After 5 days of no submission,
the instructor may assess a late penalty of 5 percent per day.

All subsequent late assignments may be assessed a late penalty of 5
percent per day, starting on day one. There will be no 5-day grace period.

This policy does not pertain to discussion posts. Please review the
course specific discussion rubric for further guidance.

Please note that course structure may result in exceptions to the late
policy. In this case, the instructor will either clarify or arrange guidelines
for submission of assignments with the student(s).

No work will be accepted after the final day of the term unless an
official course extension has been granted. Excelsior College Extension
PolicyLinks to an external site.

*Some types of extenuating circumstances that will be considered, if they
prevent the student from completing the assignment or assessment on time, are
the following:

an illness or injury

a death of a family member or significant other

a significant change in employment or military status

a trauma in the student’s life

technical issues

a natural disaster Assistance to Students in Disaster and Emergency
AreasLinks to an external site.

unplanned events

Please note: What will not be considered are some planned events such as
weddings, vacations, etc.

Documentation for in extenuating circumstances may be required.

The following content is partner provided

NUR533 ETHICS AND POPULATION HEALTH

M8A1: Significance of Global Health Issues for the United States

Turnitin®

This course has Turnitin® fully integrated into the course dropbox. This
means that you should only submit your assignments to the dropbox below. Please
do not submit your assignment directly to Turnitin.com.

Once submitted, your assignment will be evaluated by Turnitin®
automatically. You will be able to view an Originality Report within minutes of
your first submission that will show how much of your work has been identified
as similar to other sources such as websites, textbooks, or other student
papers. Use your Originality Report as a learning tool to identify areas of
your assignment that you may not have cited appropriately. The overall match
can be no higher than 15%, with any one match no higher than 2%. You may
resubmit your assignment through this dropbox as many times as you need to
check to see if you have made improvements, until the due date of the
assignment. However, once you have made your first submission, you will need to
wait 24 hours after each subsequent submission to receive a new Originality
Report. Plan accordingly as you draft your assignment. Once the due date has
passed, your assignment submission will be considered final.

This is an opportunity to apply what you’ve learned about global public
health in a brief paper in which you will identify a specific global public
health issue or threat that has implications for the United States and describe
an evidence based approach to responding to it. As a part of the paper, you
will address how the master’s prepared nurse can contribute and function as a
leader in response to a global public health threat.

Follow these instructionsPreview the document [PDF file size 196 KB] for
writing your M8A1: Significance of Global Health Issues for the United States.

Use this interactive APA Checklist [PDF file size 1.74 MB] from the OWL
to enhance your knowledge of APA formatting guidelines and self-assessment
skills. The checklist is interactive and will show you examples of each
component of APA with a sample paper. You can check off each item in the list
and save the file or just use the checklist as a reminder for yourself. This
checklist will help you ensure that your paper meets the APA requirements.

This link from the OWL will give you tips for Paraphrasing and Avoiding
Plagiarism (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site..

Familiarize yourself with the Academic Honesty Policy (Links to an
external site.)Links to an external site..

Submit your paper to Smarthinking (Links to an external site.)Links to an
external site. and interact with a live tutor; the service is free for all
Excelsior students. If this is your first time using Smarthinking, sign up and
create a unique Smarthinking username and password (it need not be the same as
your MyExcelsior information).

The Online Writing Lab – Grammar Essentials to check your paper for
possible errors (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Compose your work in a .doc or .docx file type using a word processor
(such as Microsoft Word, etc.) and save it frequently to your computer. For
those assignments that are not written essays and require uploading images or
PowerPoint slides, please follow uploading guidelines provided by your
instructor.

Check your work and correct any spelling or grammatical errors. When you
are ready to submit your work, click “Upload Submission.” Enter the submission
title and then click on “Select a file to upload.” Browse your computer, and
select your file. Click “Open” and verify the correct file name has appeared
next to Submission File. Click on “Continue.” Confirm submission is correct and
then click on “Accept Submission & Save.”

Evaluation

This assignment will be graded using the Global Health Rubric located on
the Course Rubrics page within the Start Here section of the course. Please
review the rubric prior to beginning your work so that you ensure your
submission meets the criteria in place for this assignment. This assignment is
worth 15% of your final course grade.

Late Assignment Policy: All assignments (e.g. papers, projects, etc.) are
expected to be submitted on time. If unplanned or extenuating* circumstances
prevent on time submission, then students should follow these guidelines:

Contact your instructor with details about the extenuating circumstances
if you are requesting permission to submit late.

If a student submits an assignment late without permission, it will not
be graded until the student communicates with the instructor. If there is no
communication with the instructor before the assignment grade is due, a grade
of zero will be assigned.

The first late submission in the course will be accepted and graded
without penalty up to 5 days after the due date. After 5 days of no submission,
the instructor may assess a late penalty of 5 percent per day.

All subsequent late assignments may be assessed a late penalty of 5
percent per day, starting on day one. There will be no 5-day grace period.

This policy does not pertain to discussion posts. Please review the
course specific discussion rubric for further guidance.

Please note that course structure may result in exceptions to the late
policy. In this case, the instructor will either clarify or arrange guidelines
for submission of assignments with the student(s).

No work will be accepted after the final day of the term unless an
official course extension has been granted. Excelsior College Extension
PolicyLinks to an external site.

*Some types of extenuating circumstances that will be considered, if they
prevent the student from completing the assignment or assessment on time, are
the following:

an illness or injury

a death of a family member or significant other

a significant change in employment or military status

a trauma in the student’s life

technical issues

a natural disaster Assistance to Students in Disaster and Emergency
AreasLinks to an external site.

unplanned events

Please note: What will not be considered are some planned events such as
weddings, vacations, etc.

Documentation for in extenuating circumstances may be required.