COURSE:

NR506NP – Healthcare Policy and Leadership

Preparing the Discussion

Criteria for Content

• Explanation of how healthcare policy can impact the advanced practice nurse profession
• Explanation of why advocacy is considered an essential component of the advance practice nurse’s role
• Discuss the four pillars of Transformational leadership and the effect they may have on influencing policy change
• A scholarly resource must be used for EACH discussion question each week.

Solution

Healthcare policy can impact the advanced practice nurse (APN) profession in many ways considering healthcare policy decides the laws and regulations that define patient care practice and APN scope of practice. Healthcare policy determines and defines work environments, requirements to provide care, accreditation and certification of healthcare worker, what care can be provided, and healthcare improvements (Teitelbaum & Wilensky, 2017). This all affects APNs who provide care to patient and need to know……………………..$5