ESSENTIALS OF ADVANCED NURSING ROLES 2 Essentials of Advanced Nursing Roles and Interprofessional Practice AWM2

Essentials of Advanced Nursing Roles and Interprofessional Practice AWM2 In the following paper, the author will be discussing an advocacy action plan that the author created. It will cover subjects such as the role of the advanced professional nurse. A description of the social determinant of health and at-risk population. The current policy, the proposed policy change, diversity and equitable distribution of resources, ethical implications of the proposed policy, identification of policymaker, strategic next steps to strengthen your role as a policy advocate and using SBAR to communicate effectively with a policymaker. This will show the importance of the action plan the author has created. Advanced Professional Nurse as Advocate As a nurse continues their education and growth development, it becomes part of their duties to not only be an advocate for the patients at the bedside but now to be an advocate for change. This assignment allows the author to learn and expand on the knowledge to develop an advocacy plan and see the opportunity it provides to impact the community versus just one person. In the nursing field, the standard is evidence-based practice. According to the American Journal of Nursing, “the Institute of Medicine has set a goal that 90% of all health care decisions in the United States will be evidence-based” (Melnyk et al., 2009). This information allows nurses and the medical field to learn and share knowledge to better benefit others

has been recognized as 1 of the 6 competency domains for interprofessional education and has been given a priority for student learning in this capacity” (Bosch & Mansell, 2015). For example, our parent teacher association is likely good at utilizing their tools to help get information out and assist with getting individuals signed up for the program. The Board of education supervisor would be a good representative to help us get the funding and would have the skill set and knowledge to best assist in that situation. The school principals would be able to help the nurse in discovering the target population. They would have access to information needed for enrollment that could be used to grab the statistical snapshot the team would need. By working as collective leaders, everyone would have ownership yet still be a part of a group. Another key factor for effective interdisciplinary team collaboration is being able to have effective team communication. Many of these individuals have different levels of education, interpersonal skills, as well as different ways of communicating. By creating a good communication basis between members of the team, it will increase the likelihood of success and help to eliminate wasted time. Making sure everyone is comfortable with the methods of communication, the members in the group, and making sure everyone is respectful to each other’s views will help to enable this. According to an article from Stevenson University, “when communication is effective, it leaves all parties involved satisfied and feeling accomplished” (Faleti, 2017). In completing effective communication within the team, the tasks at hand should be easily completed. Data Driven Health Issue and At-Risk Population The proposed policy