Order Number |
2020101020 |
Type of Project |
ESSAY |
Writer Level |
PHD VERIFIED |
Format |
APA |
Academic Sources |
10 |
Page Count |
3-12 PAGES |
The document, will be scanned using the software Turnitin. Before the assignment can be uploaded, you will be required to agree with the plagiarism pledge. If you have any questions about this process, please refer to Canvas instructions for further clarification.
This paper is to be a summation, which is sometimes defined as a summary or argument reviewing the principal points made and expressing conclusions. This paper is to be a summation of the key points of the topics explored in assigned and recommended references (readings, videos, etc.), as well as in our weekly discussion postings in Canvas. Recall that you were given a semester-long scenario:
You have been hired by a health system, which includes a large hospital and several outpatient centers located in different communities. This health system has never hired advanced practice nurses (APNs) before, but it now feels that the only way it will survive the current direction of health care is to incorporate APNs into its hospital and outpatient centers as soon as possible. You have been hired to be the project manager to help the health system with this endeavor.
The health system understands that you are not yet an expert on all the elements of advanced practice nursing and how APN practice fits into the current U. S. health care system. Your job is to learn as much as you can about APNs and health care in general, and as you acquire this information, you will be sharing with the rest of the class what you have learned and how you think that information can be applied to your project with this health system.
Your first task is to give the health system a name of your choosing, but try to avoid a name that is already taken by a currently existing hospital or system. Obviously, drawing from your experience with your current and/or previous employers is a logical approach, but do avoid “naming names.”
It was also noted that any of you could be hired as the project manager whether your education is that of a health administrator, nursing educator, or an APN, since this is a project that could be handled by someone with any of these degrees.
This paper is to take the form of a final project proposal—although you must maintain strict adherence to APA format including a title page, abstract, citations within the body of the document, and a reference list.
The “outline” for this paper will be the topics that were contained in the weekly discussion questions. It will be a challenge to summarize and organize the volumes of material that you have acquired over the semester; not every topic will deserve equal attention in this paper. Your task, therefore, it to consider what the senior leaders of a health system really need to know in order to create positions for APNs that will help the organization provide quality, accessible, and cost-effective care.
This paper should not reiterate platitudes about nursing doctrine; rather, it should address the expected realities of health care in the near and distant future and how effective utilization of APNs might ensure a health system’s success in dealing with those realities.
REMEMBER: The target audience for this paper is the senior/executive leadership of your organization, not the course faculty; therefore, you do not need to explain everything you learned about the U.S. health system that they would already know (probably better than you); see the notes in the criteria below for further explanation. But you do need to provide enough detail to help the senior leaders understand the unique aspects of employing APNs, as well as how APN practice might fit into the business model of the organization within the specific context of your state and community.
Remember to address whether or not you will use all four types of APNs and whether PAs will be in the team. The paper should be a maximum of 15 pages—title page, abstract, or reference list do NOT count toward the page requirement. Health System Research Paper
Please note that APA format requires (section) level headings. Minimally, there should be headings at levels 1 & 2, using the criteria below as the names for those headings. See page 62 in your APA manual for correct formatting of level headings. The order of those headings should be in the order that is listed below. (Note: It is always advisable to follow the order of a criteria list provided by faculty because it facilitates the grading process. This manner of organization applies to grant writing, too!) Appropriate subheadings (i.e., levels 3, 4, or 5 are acceptable, but not necessarily required. It will be your decision to ascertain the number of headings needed to help you organize your thoughts as well as enhance its readability. Scholarly papers are not novels; it is vital that such papers be written in clear, precise, and logical fashion.
The paper is worth 140 points and will be graded according to the following criteria:
Health, System, Research, Paper