Posted: April 8th, 2015

Contemporary Legislative Issue Analysis

Contemporary Legislative Issue Analysis

Order Description

Purpose: Explore a current health legislative issue that relates to a health disparity at the national level.

Instructions: Perform a thorough search of the literature, the media, and discussions with stakeholders such as legislators, consumers, and other health care professionals about a current health legislative issue. The Contemporary Legislative Issue Analysis Paper must follow correct APA style, including correct documentation for information obtained from the Internet.

Write an analysis paper that will present the following areas of the selected health issue:
1. What is the current legislative or regulatory issue, and why is it being debated?
2. Who is most affected by the legislation?
3. What are the current socioeconomic, political, cultural, and ethical issues surrounding this topic?
4. Who are the stakeholders?
5. What are the positions of professional health care organizations (ANA, AHA, AMA), consumers, and the major political parties on the issue?
6. What are the implications of the policy issue for nursing?

You will be graded on your ability to respond to the following questions in a comprehensive manner that demonstrates an understanding of the legislative process as part of a panel discussion that focuses on the selected health disparity and the implications of the policy for nursing.
1. What is the current legislative or regulatory issue, and why is it being
debated?………………………………………………………………….15 points
2. Who is most affected by the legislation? …………………………………….15 points
3. What are the current socioeconomic, political, cultural, and ethical issues surrounding this
topic?……………………………………………………………15 points
4. Who are the stakeholders?…………………………………………………………………5 points
5. What are the positions of professional health care organizations (ANA, AHA, AMA), consumers, the major political parties, and nurses on the issue?………….10 points
6. What are the implications of the policy issue for nursing?……………………..20 points
7. Clarity, organization of the paper………………………………………………………………………..20 points