Identify a change needed in your community (state of Mississippi) and what your nursing legacy for positive social change will be. | Homework Help

During NP clinical practicum experiences, we identify, as nurses, many health care issues that need to be aIDressed at the local, state, or national level. AIDressing the need for change in health care policy is now an intricate part of your role as a social change agent.

For this Discussion, you will identify a change needed in your community (state of Mississippi) and what your nursing legacy for positive social change will be.

To prepare:

• Consider the health care issues and deficits you have recognized in your professional practice.
• Identify a change needed in your community (state of Mississippi) in health care policy and discuss how you could impart change during your career as an NP.
• Consider your future as a NP and what your nursing legacy will be. How will you impart Social Change?

To complete:

Post 1-2 pages on:

A change needed in your community (state of Mississippi) and an explanation for how you will begin to implement that change.

Then, share with your colleagues a brief explanation of what your nursing legacy will be and how will you impart Social Change.

References

Buppert, C. (2015). Buppert, C. (2015). Lawmaking and Health Policy. In Nurse Practitioner’s Business Practice and Legal Guide (5th ed.). (423-436). Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett.

Christensen, C. M., Bohmer, R. M. J., & Kenagy, J. (2000). Will disruptive innovations cure health care? Harvard Business Review, 78(5), 102-112, 199.

National Conference of State Legislatures. (n.d.). Glossary of Legislative Terms. Retrieved from http://www.ncsl.org/research/about-state-legislatures/glossary-of-legislative-terms.aspx

You may use other scholarly resources and websites as you see fit.