Case Study: Policy Proposal
1. Read p. 50 and Ethical Scenario 4-4: Assisting Emergency Department Patients More Effectively
2. Examine the scenario from the perspective of healthcare policy OR identify a scenario you have observed in your healthcare setting. Present your scenario in similar form as the textbook Scenario 4-4 – it can be shorter.
3. Evaluate the need for a policy change.
4. How would you assess the possible support or lack of support for policy change? Identify all possible stakeholders; i.e., peers, nursing management, patients, physicians, payors (insurance companies, Medicare/Medicaid).
5. Apply the framework by Malone on page 50 in addressing the identified policy issue and the need for new or additional policy in the clinical setting described in this scenario.
6. This assignment may be completed using one of the following formats:
PowerPoint Presentation
Minimum of 8 slides of content
Use graphics and text
Provide citations and a References slide at the end (does not count toward slide number minimum).
Research Paper
Must follow APA 7th edition for students
Maximum of 5 pages, including title page and references page