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Week 7 Discussion: Children, Health Policy, and Culturally Competent Care

 

This discussion will explore two components of appropriate health care for pediatric patients: health policy and cultural competence. .

To create your initial post to this discussion forum, complete the following steps.

Step 1: Choose ONE of the following prompts to discuss:

1. Imagine that you are a nurse lobbyist at the legislature in your state, with a specific focus on child and teen health. The children in this state encompass a broad range of social determinants of health. You are asked to recommend state-wide health policies to improve the health of this population, along with corresponding engagement strategies to reach nurses in the state.

· What would be the first pediatric policy that you would recommend? Please provide a rationale for your selection

· How can you effectively reach nurses to encourage their action to promote the policy?

· What are one or more reasons why many nurses do not engage in lobbying efforts?

2. Describe a pediatric patient and/or their family members that  you have cared for who is deemed by healthcare professionals to be ‘difficult’.

· To what extent do you think that cultural factors, e.g. beliefs, values and customs common to a group, might have been implicated in this situation?

· What are one or more barriers to culturally competent care that are specific to the nurse relationship with pediatric patients?

· List at least one strategy that a nurse can employ to overcome barrier(s) to cultural competence with pediatric patients.

Step 2: Post your answer to your chosen prompt to the discussion forum.

· In addition to your original post, be sure to provide a meaningful response to at least two of your peers’ posts by Friday night at 11:59pm Mountain Time.  Read other students’ initial postings and respond to at least two other students.  Expand on their comments to progress the discussion.

· Your initial post should be 2-3 paragraphs long and follow the requirements outlined in the discussion rubric. Please add to the discussion in your peer responses with informative responses, instead of posts similar to “great idea! I really agree with you.”   The initial post and the peer responses have different deadlines. Make sure that your discussion adheres to these deadlines.

· APA guidelines and plagiarism prevention matter in discussion posts just like with other scholarly assignments. Cite all references appropriately using APA format.

Please respond to the two discussion responses below: