Essentials of Advanced Nursing Roles and Interprofessional Practice AWM2

 Essentials of Advanced Nursing Roles and Interprofessional Practice AWM2 
 In the following paper, the author will be discussing an advocacy action plan that the author created. It will cover subjects such as the role of the advanced professional nurse. A description of the social determinant of health and at-risk population. The current policy, the proposed policy change, diversity and equitable distribution of resources, ethical implications of the proposed policy, identification of policymaker, strategic next steps to strengthen your role as a policy advocate and using SBAR to communicate effectively with a policymaker. This will show the importance of the action plan the author has created. Advanced Professional Nurse as Advocate As a nurse continues their education and growth development, it becomes part of their duties to not only be an advocate for the patients at the bedside but now to be an advocate for change. This assignment allows the author to learn and expand on the knowledge to develop an advocacy plan and see the opportunity it provides to impact the community versus just one person. In the nursing field, the standard is evidence-based practice. According to the American Journal of Nursing, “the Institute of Medicine has set a goal that 90% of all health care decisions in the United States will be evidence-based” (Melnyk et al., 2009). This information allows nurses and the medical field to learn and share knowledge to better benefit others.