Policy Analysis Paper Guidelines

Policy Analysis Paper Guidelines

Policy Analysis Paper Guidelines

Purpose: To investigate & integrate knowledge of advanced nursing practice, scholarly inquiry, & leadership by examining a policy at the level of clinical practice, health care systems, or public/social health policy. Students are to submit a paper between 7-10 pages long excluding title page and reference pages. Paper must be organized according to the guidelines below and should include all the identified sections as required. Paper must be completed in APA format and contain current scholarly sources dated from 2010 until current. The following may be selected as topics for this paper:

-Food and drug regulation

-Abortion clinic access

-Planned Parenthood funding

-Correctional health

-LGBTQ health

-Tobacco regulation

-Veterans health

-Medicaid

-Medicare

-Prescription drugs

-Managed health care

-Clean Air act

-Clean Water act

-NIH reauthorization

-Head Start

-Healthcare reform

Has to have

introduccion 10 points

background 10 points

analysis 30 points

recomendations 20points

discussion 20 points

conclusion 5 points

referents 5 points

appendices

A Sample Paper has been attached above for students to view an example of how this written assignment should be completed and organized. 

Rights of Medication Administration

1. Right patient

• Check the name on the order and the patient.
• Use 2 identifiers.
• Ask patient to identify himself/herself.
• When available, use technology (for example, bar-code system).

2. Right medication

• Check the medication label.
• Check the order.

3. Right dose

• Check the order.
• Confirm appropriateness of the dose using a current drug reference.
• If necessary, calculate the dose and have another nurse calculate the dose as well.

4. Right route

• Again, check the order and appropriateness of the route ordered.
• Confirm that the patient can take or receive the medication by the ordered route.

5. Right time

• Check the frequency of the ordered medication.
• Double-check that you are giving the ordered dose at the correct time.
• Confirm when the last dose was given.

6. Right documentation

• Document administration AFTER giving the ordered medication.
• Chart the time, route, and any other specific information as necessary. For example, the site of an injection or any laboratory value or vital sign that needed to be checked before giving the drug.

7. Right reason

• Confirm the rationale for the ordered medication.  What is the patient’s history?