Analyze the potential for an interprofessional approach to implementing a proposed policy to increase the efficiency or effectiveness of the care setting to achieve high quality outcomes.

BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL POPULATION HEALTH POLICY PROPOSAL

OVERVIEW
Develop a 2–4-page proposal for a policy that should help to improve health care and outcomes for your target population.
Note: Each assessment in this course builds on the work you completed in the previous assessment. Therefore, you must complete the assessments in this course in the order in which they are presented.
Cost and access to care continue to be main concerns for patients and providers. As technology improves our ability to care for and improve outcomes in patients with chronic and complex illnesses, questions of cost and access become increasingly important. As a master’s-prepared nurse, you must be able to develop policies that will ensure the delivery of care that is effective and can be provided in an ethical and equitable manner.
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:
• Competency 1: Design evidence-based advanced nursing care for achieving high-quality population outcomes.
o Propose a policy and guidelines that will lead to improved outcomes and quality of care for a specific issue in a target population.
• Competency 2: Evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of interprofessional interventions in achieving desired population health outcomes.
o Analyze the potential for an interprofessional approach to implementing a proposed policy to increase the efficiency or effectiveness of the care setting to achieve high quality outcomes.
• Competency 3: Analyze population health outcomes in terms of their implications for health policy advocacy.
o Advocate the need for a proposed policy in the context of current outcomes and quality of care for a specific issue in a target population.
• Competency 4: Communicate effectively with diverse audiences, in an appropriate form and style, consistent with organizational, professional, and scholarly standards.
o Communicate proposal in a professional and persuasive manner, writing content clearly and logically with correct use of grammar, punctuation, and spelling.
o Integrate relevant sources to support assertions, correctly formatting citations and references using APA style.