Role of Nursing Advocacy in the Implementation of Health Policy
Critique the role of nursing advocacy in the implementation of health policy.
Health policy briefs provide succinct overviews of health policy topics. The intended audience is policymakers, journalists, and others concerned about improving health care in the United States. The briefs explore arguments from varying perspectives of a policy proposal. They guide available research behind each perspective. Experts create health policy briefs in the field through funding from public and private grants.
Select one policy brief from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation website:
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. (n.d.). Health policy in brief.
Identify the primary issue discussed in the brief, summarize the brief, and state the relationship of the issue to APN practice.
List at least three strengths, weaknesses, advantages, and/or disadvantages of the issue.
Describe at least three solutions or recommendations for the issue.
In your role as an APN, list at least three ways you would advocate for or against the policy implementation?
In your paper, you may take the position either for or against the policy proposal, or both.
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Critique the Role of Nursing Advocacy in the Implementation of Health Policy
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Critique the Role of Nursing Advocacy in the Implementation of Health Policy
Nursing advocacy has prompted significant improvements in various aspects of healthcare across the United States, leading to desirable health outcomes. It has become a tool for activism and challenging policymakers and other stakeholders to recognize gaps in health delivery and implement appropriate recommendations. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (2023) supports this agenda by providing policy briefs exposing ills in the system and initiating conversations about the need for addressing them. In this context, the website’s focus on the concerns about the birth and reproductive injustices prevalent in New Jersey is a timely policy brief seeking systematic policy changes in the state to improve child and maternal health.
The “Birth and Reproductive Justice” brief emphasizes that its primary goal is to transform New Jersey into a state with the proper healthcare framework that facilitates safe birthing and infant care for all the residents indiscriminately. It recognizes that existing gaps have led to an increased maternal mortality rate, almost double the national figures. Racial disparities also dominate because African-American infants are three times more likely to die within a year of birth than their white counterparts. In contrast, African-American mothers are seven times more prone to succumb to pregnancy-related complications than whites (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 2023). Although some programs to address these challenges are underway in the state, they are insufficient, requiring policy changes to integrate the needs of pregnant African-American women. In this context, the policy recommends investments in a diversified workforce, including African-American practitioners, that recognizes