Research Exercise: Letter to a Legislator

In this exercise, you will write a two-page letter to your state or federal representative about a health-care issue currently being discussed/debated. Research where your representative stands on a current health-care issue as well as where the medical profession, such as professional organizations, practicing medical professionals, patients, and other advocates, stands on the issue. In your letter, you will state why you either agree or disagree with your representative’s position on the issue and provide references to support your position. Provide a title page and a reference page. This does not count toward the total page count.

1. Identify a health-care issue that is currently being debated nationally or at the state level.
2. Write a two-page letter explaining why you agree with your representative’s position or not.
3. Include data and evidence as appropriate to align your position with the current People goals. a. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/healthy_people/hp2020/hp2020_topic_areas.htm b. Include references to the appropriate government agencies.
4. Utilizing the SWS format, include a reference page with at least two to three references from the past year. The citations must follow the SWS format. Note: Wikipedia and similar websites do not qualify as quality resources. This course requires the use of new Student Writing Standards (SWS). The format is different than other Strayer University courses. Please take a moment to review the SWS documentation for details.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are as follows:

• Analyze the U.S. health-care system at local, regional, state, and national levels. 
• Examine the influence of political, economic, and social factors on the historical and current structure of the U.S. health-care system.  
• Determine the various roles and responsibilities of interdisciplinary health-care team members and the required credentials.    

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• Overview

  Prepare a 3–4-page report on nurse-patient communication in which you address types of communication, factors that influence the communication experience, and how the patient experience affects health outcomes. Recommend evidence-based strategies to improve nurse-patient communication and explain how the strategies consider patient demographics.Nursing professionals do not only communicate with others within their organizations—often, they are also the first point of contact with patients. Thus, nursing professionals need superior communication skills to explain procedures and medication instructions, as well as to listen to what patients need to say. By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:

  • Competency 2: Describe the concepts, processes, and tools required to conduct comprehensive health assessments for individuals, families, communities, and populations.
    • Recommend evidence-based strategies to improve nurse-client/patient communication.
    • Explain how nurse-client/patient communication strategies consider individual demographics.
  • Competency 3: Explain the internal and external factors that can affect the health of individuals, families, communities, and populations.
    • Describe the types of communication that occur between nurses and clients/patients.
    • Explain the factors that influence the communication experience between nurses and clients/patients.
    • Explain how the client/patient communication experience can impact health care outcomes.

  Context
  

• Clark and Paraska (2014) suggest that understanding how people communicate is the first step in learning how to teach patients more effective methods of listening, self-awareness, and self-expression—and also in identifying barriers in communication. The process of communication can be difficult, as we can interpret meaning based on a variety of hidden messages—some conscious and intentional—some not.
  

  Reference

  Clark, C. C., & Paraska, K. K. (2014). Health promotion for nurses: A practical guide. Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett.

• Questions to Consider

  To deepen your understanding, you are encouraged to consider the questions below and discuss them with a fellow learner, a work associate, an interested friend, or a member of your professional community.

  • How well do you communicate with other professionals with whom you work?
  • How well do you listen when other professionals speak to you?

• Resources

  Suggested Resources

  Internet Resources

  Access the following resources by clicking the links provided. Please note that URLs change frequently. Permissions for the following links have either been granted or deemed appropriate for educational use at the time of course publication.

  • Nursing Professional Communication – Hostile Client | Transcript.
  • Nurse and the Angry Patient | Transcript.
  • Nurse Patient Relationship/Communication | Transcript.
  • Proper Patient Care – Communication Techniques | Transcript.
  • Say This, Not That: Patient Experience Video | Transcript.

• Assessment Instructions

  Imagine that, in an effort to reduce the number of patient complaints about nursing staff, organizational leadership has asked your department to prepare some preliminary research on a number of different topics. Your topic is patient communication, such as the following:

  • The types of communication that take place between nurses and patients.
  • The factors that can influence both positive and negative experiences.
  • How the experience can impact health care outcomes.
  • Strategies that can improve the communication between nurses and patients.

  Preparation

  Search the Capella library and the Internet for peer-reviewed journal articles or other professional resources on the topic of effective communication with patients. You will need at least 3 resources to support your work in this assessment.

  Directions

  Prepare a report on patient-nurse communication in which you include the following:

  • Describe the types of communication that take place between nurses and clients/patients. Do not forget to consider types of communication beyond verbal and written on paper.
  • Explain the factors that influence positive and negative experiences during the communication process. (Hint: Consider the experiences of both the client/patient and the nurse. Also, consider things such as age, gender, culture, and so on, of both the client/patient and the nurse.)
  • Explain how the client/patient experience can impact health care outcomes.
  • Recommend evidence-based strategies for improving communication between client/patients and nurses.
  • Explain how the strategies consider different client/patient demographics.

  Format this assessment as a report that you would give to your supervisor. It may be helpful for you to review how your organization formats internal reports and incorporate your findings. You are still required to adhere to APA guidelines for in-text citations and references, as well as for formatting your reference page.

  Additional Requirements

  • Include a title page and a reference page.
  • Ensure your assessment is 3–4 pages in length.
  • Use double-spaced, 12-pt., Times New Roman font.

  Patient Communication Scoring Guide

  CRITERIA	NON-PERFORMANCE	BASIC	PROFICIENT	DISTINGUISHED
  Describe the types of communication that occur between nurses and clients/patients.	Does not describe the types of communication that occur between nurses and clients/patients.	Identifies the types of communication that occur between nurses and clients/patients.	Describes the types of communication that occur between nurses and clients/patients.	Describes the types of communication that occur between nurses and clients/patients, including verbal and nonverbal, paper, and forms of e-communication.
  Explain the factors that influence the communication experience between nurses and clients/patients.	Does not explain the factors that influence the communication experience between nurses and clients/patients.	Identifies the factors that influence the communication experience between nurses and clients/patients.	Explains the factors that influence the communication experience between nurses and clients/patients.	Explains the factors that influence the communication experience between nurses and clients/patients for both nurses and clients/patients and considers a broad range of factors, including age, gender, and culture.
  Explain how the client/patient communication experience can impact health care outcomes.	Does not explain how the client/patient communication experience can impact health care outcomes.	Explains how the client/patient communication experience can impact health care outcomes, but the explanation is missing key elements.	Explains how the client/patient communication experience can impact health care outcomes.	Explains how the client/patient communication experience can impact health care outcomes and illustrates with real-world examples.
  Recommend evidence-based strategies to improve nurse-client/patient communication.	Does not recommend evidence-based strategies to improve nurse-client/patient communication.	Recommends strategies to improve nurse-client/patient communication but does provide supporting evidence.	Recommends evidence-based strategies to improve nurse-client/patient communication.	Recommends evidence-based strategies to improve nurse-client/patient communication and suggests benchmarks to determine if the strategies are effective.
  Explain how nurse-client/patient communication strategies consider individual demographics.	Does not explain how nurse-client/patient communication strategies consider individual demographics.	Explains how nurse-client/patient communication strategies consider individual demographics but omits some key areas of demographics, such as spirituality, sexual orientation, et cetera.	Explains how nurse-client/patient communication strategies consider individual demographics.	Explains how nurse-client/patient communication strategies consider individual demographics connecting the strategies to a broad range of demographics including spirituality, sexual orientation, culture, gender, age, et cetera.

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