Project 2 final
Competencies
In this project, you will demonstrate your mastery of the following competencies:
Assess how stakeholders and interest groups influence decision making
Assess how stakeholders influence health law, policies, and financial prac!ces
Overview
Imagine that you are a legisla!ve consultant hired to assess the influence of stakeholders and interest groups on the health
policy issue you chose in your Project Two Prepara!on assignment from Module Three. Your supervisor has asked that you
present your assessment findings to the senior leadership of your organiza!on to inform their decisions on how best to
approach their intended organiza!on-wide posi!on statement regarding this issue.
Direc!ons
Create a PowerPoint presenta!on summarizing your assessment findings and recommenda!ons on your chosen health policy
issue. You will need to provide a wri"en transcript of your presenta!on; if you choose, you may also record voiceover
narra!on to go with your PowerPoint presenta!on. Use the work you completed in your Module Three and Module Seven
Project Two Prepara!on assignments, ensuring you have implemented all feedback for these assignments from your
instructor, to help you complete this presenta!on.
You must cite at least five sources to support your claims. For addi!onal help with comple!ng this assignment, refer to the
Shapiro Library Guide: Nursing – Graduate item in the Start Here module. You may also use the Online Wri!ng Center,
located in the Academic Support module.
Specifically, you must include the following:
1. Introduc!on
A. Health Policy Issue: Describe your chosen health policy issue in a clear, concise manner. Consider the
following guiding ques!on in your response:
How might this health policy issue be explained to someone who has never heard of it before?
B. Key Stakeholders and Interest Groups: Iden!fy key stakeholders impacted by your chosen issue, as well as any
interest groups that may also be affected. Consider the following guiding ques!ons in your response:
Who are the people and/or groups who will be primarily affected by this issue, either posi!vely or
nega!vely?
How might vulnerable popula!ons and underserved areas be affected by this issue?
2. Influence on Decision Making
A. Stakeholder Needs: Summarize the needs of key stakeholders and interest groups with respect to your chosen
issue. Do not include financially related needs. Consider the following guiding ques!ons in your response:
What nonfinancial needs of the people and/or groups affected by the issue need to be considered,
par!cularly for those in vulnerable popula!ons or underserved areas?
Why is it important to consider these needs when making decisions regarding this issue?
B. Health Policy Influence: Discuss the kinds of influence stakeholders and interest groups can have on health
policies. Do not include any financially related influences. Consider the following guiding ques!ons in your
response:
Which stakeholders have significant or obvious nonfinancial influences on health policies?
Which stakeholders have subtle or covert nonfinancial influences on health policies?
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Why is it important to be aware of these influences when making decisions related to health policies
for this issue?
C. Benefits and Disadvantages: Explain which stakeholders and/or interest groups might benefit or be
disadvantaged by your chosen issue. Do not include any financially related benefits and disadvantages.
Consider the following guiding ques!ons in your response:
How might stakeholders and/or interest groups benefit from this issue?
How might stakeholders and/or interest groups be disadvantaged by this issue?
How might those in vulnerable popula!ons or underserved areas be benefited or disadvantaged by this
issue, not including financial benefits or disadvantages?
D. Value Conflict Analysis: Analyze the poten!al value conflicts between different stakeholders and/or interest
groups rela!ng to your chosen issue. Do not include any financially related value conflicts. Consider the
following guiding ques!ons in your response:
What nonfinancial value conflicts might pa!ents have with respect to this issue?
What nonfinancial value conflicts might healthcare providers have with respect to this issue?
What nonfinancial value conflicts might insurance companies have with respect to this issue?
What nonfinancial value conflicts might other stakeholders have with respect to this issue?
Why is it important to understand these value conflicts when making decisions related to health
policy?
E. General Decision Making: Explain the overall impact stakeholders and interest groups can have on decision
making regarding your chosen issue. Do not include any financially related impacts. Consider the following
guiding ques!on in your response:
Why is it important to consider nonfinancial stakeholder and/or interest group impacts when it comes
to making health policy decisions, par!cularly rela!ng to this issue?
3. Influence on Financial Prac!ces
A. Stakeholder Needs: Summarize the financial needs of key stakeholders and interest groups with respect to
your chosen issue. Consider the following guiding ques!ons in your response:
What financial needs for the people and/or groups affected by the issue need to be considered,
par!cularly for those in vulnerable popula!ons or underserved areas?
Why is it important to consider these needs when making decisions regarding this issue?
B. Financial Influence: Analyze how stakeholders and interest groups influence current financial prac!ces
regarding your chosen issue. Consider the following guiding ques!ons in your response:
Which stakeholders have significant or obvious financial influences on health policies?
Which stakeholders have subtle or covert financial influences on health policies?
Why is it important to be aware of these influences when making decisions related to health policies
for this issue?
C. Benefits and Disadvantages: Explain which stakeholders and/or interest groups might financially benefit or be
disadvantaged by your chosen issue. Consider the following guiding ques!ons in your response:
How might stakeholders and/or interest groups benefit from this issue?
How might stakeholders and/or interest groups be disadvantaged by this issue?
How might those in vulnerable popula!ons or underserved areas be financially benefited or
disadvantaged by this issue?
D. Compe!ng Value Conflicts: Describe how compe!ng financial value conflicts between stakeholders could be
addressed with respect to your chosen issue. Consider the following guiding ques!ons in your response:
What financial value conflicts might pa!ents have with respect to this issue?
What financial value conflicts might healthcare providers have with respect to this issue?
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What financial value conflicts might insurance companies have with respect to this issue?
What financial value conflicts might other stakeholders have with respect to this issue?
Why is it important to understand these value conflicts when making decisions related to health
policy?
How might the compe!!on between these financial value conflicts affect both stakeholders’ influence
on the issue and how stakeholders are impacted by the issue itself?
E. Financial Decision Making: Explain the financial impact stakeholders and interest groups can have on decision
making regarding your chosen issue. Consider the following guiding ques!on in your response:
Why is it important to consider financial stakeholder and/or interest group impacts when it comes to
making health policy decisions, par!cularly rela!ng to this issue?
4. Recommenda!on
A. Posi!on Statement: Recommend a strategic approach to decision making for your chosen health policy issue
based on your assessment findings. Consider the following guiding ques!ons in your response:
Based on your findings, would you suggest the organiza!on move forward with pursuing changes to
their current policies?
If so, how might they be able to move forward with these changes?
If not, what other strategies or recommenda!ons would you make instead, given the
informa!on you currently have available?
What to Submit
To complete this project, you must submit the following:
Assessment Findings Presenta!on
Submit your presenta!on slide deck (or MP4 file with the slide deck and audio if you choose to include voiceover narra!on).
Your submission should be a 12- to 15-slide PowerPoint presenta!on (including the !tle and reference slides) and should be
no longer than 15 minutes long. Sources should be cited according to APA style.
Assessment Findings Presenta!on Transcript
Submit your completed presenta!on transcript with in-text cita!ons and a reference sheet. Your submission should be a
Word document that is no more than 15 pages long. You must also include an APA-style !tle page. Use 12-point Times New
Roman font, double spacing, and 1-inch margins. Sources should be cited according to APA style.
Suppor!ng Materials
The following resource supports your work on the project:
Resource: Project Two Health Policy Issue Scenarios Word Document
Refer to this document containing your chosen health policy issue scenario to help you complete this project.
Criteria Exemplary (100%) Proficient (90%) Needs
Improvement (70%) Not Evident (0%) Value
Introduc!on: Health Policy
Issue
Exceeds proficiency in an excep!onally clear and insigh$ul manner, using industry-specific language
Describes the chosen health policy issue in a clear, concise manner
Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions
Does not a"empt criterion
5
Introduc!on: Key Exceeds proficiency Iden!fies key Shows progress Does not a"empt 5
Project Two Rubric
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Stakeholders and Interest Groups
in an excep!onally clear and insigh$ul manner, using industry-specific language
stakeholders impacted by the chosen issue, as well as any interest groups that may also be affected
toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions
criterion
Influence on Decision Making:
Stakeholder Needs
Exceeds proficiency in an excep!onally clear and insigh$ul manner, using industry-specific language
Summarizes the needs of key stakeholders and interest groups with respect to the chosen issue, not including financially related needs
Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions
Does not a"empt criterion
6
Influence on Decision Making:
Health Policy Influence
Exceeds proficiency in an excep!onally clear and insigh$ul manner, using industry-specific language
Discusses the kinds of influence stakeholders and interest groups can have on health policies, not including financially related influences
Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions
Does not a"empt criterion
8
Influence on Decision Making:
Benefits and Disadvantages
Exceeds proficiency in an excep!onally clear and insigh$ul manner, using industry-specific language
Explains which stakeholders and/or interest groups might benefit or be disadvantaged by the chosen issue, not including financially related benefits and disadvantages
Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions
Does not a"empt criterion
5
Influence on Decision Making:
Value Conflict Analysis
Exceeds proficiency in an excep!onally clear and insigh$ul manner, using industry-specific language
Analyzes the poten!al value conflicts between different stakeholders and/or interest groups rela!ng to the chosen issue, not including financially related value conflicts
Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions
Does not a"empt criterion
8
Influence on Decision Making: General Decision
Making
Exceeds proficiency in an excep!onally clear and insigh$ul manner, using industry-specific language
Explains the overall impact stakeholders and interest groups can have on decision making regarding the
Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions
Does not a"empt criterion
7
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chosen issue, not including financially related impacts
Influence on Financial Prac!ces:
Stakeholder Needs
Exceeds proficiency in an excep!onally clear and insigh$ul manner, using industry-specific language
Summarizes the financial needs of key stakeholders and interest groups with respect to the chosen issue
Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions
Does not a"empt criterion
7
Influence on Financial Prac!ces: Financial Influence
Exceeds proficiency in an excep!onally clear and insigh$ul manner, using industry-specific language
Analyzes how stakeholders and interest groups influence current financial prac!ces regarding the chosen issue
Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions
Does not a"empt criterion
8
Influence on Financial Prac!ces:
Benefits and Disadvantages
Exceeds proficiency in an excep!onally clear and insigh$ul manner, using industry-specific language
Explains which stakeholders and/or interest groups might financially benefit or be disadvantaged by the chosen issue
Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions
Does not a"empt criterion
5
Influence on Financial Prac!ces:
Compe!ng Value Conflicts
Exceeds proficiency in an excep!onally clear and insigh$ul manner, using industry-specific language
Describes how compe!ng financial value conflicts between stakeholders could be addressed with respect to the chosen issue
Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions
Does not a"empt criterion
6
Influence on Financial Prac!ces:
Financial Decision Making
Exceeds proficiency in an excep!onally clear and insigh$ul manner, using industry-specific language
Explains the financial impact stakeholders and interest groups can have on decision making regarding the chosen issue
Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions
Does not a"empt criterion
7
Recommenda!on: Posi!on
Statement
Exceeds proficiency in an excep!onally clear and insigh$ul manner, using industry-specific language
Recommends a strategic approach to decision making regarding the chosen health policy issue based on the assessment findings
Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions
Does not a"empt criterion
8
Ar!cula!on of Exceeds proficiency Clearly conveys Shows progress Submission has 5
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Response in an excep!onally clear and insigh$ul manner
meaning with well- designed presenta!on slides, correct grammar, sentence structure, and spelling, demonstra!ng an understanding of audience and purpose
toward proficiency, but with errors in presenta!on slide design, grammar, sentence structure, and spelling, nega!vely impac!ng readability
cri!cal errors in presenta!on slide design, grammar, sentence structure, and spelling, preven!ng understanding of ideas
Scholarly Sources Incorporates more than five scholarly, current (within the last five years) sources, or use of sources is excep!onally insigh$ul
Incorporates five scholarly, current (within the last five years) sources that support claims
Incorporates fewer than five scholarly, current (within the last five years) sources, or not all sources support claims
Does not incorporate sources
5
APA Style Formats in-text cita!ons and reference list according to APA style with no errors
Formats in-text cita!ons and reference list according to APA style with fewer than five errors
Formats in-text cita!ons and reference list according to APA style with five or more errors
Does not format in- text cita!ons and reference list according to APA style
5
Total: 100%
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