Describe a policy initiative implemented by nurse leaders from a national professional nursing association

Describe a policy initiative implemented by nurse leaders from a national professional nursing association, the processes used by the organization in formulating and implementing a policy agenda and the current outcomes of the initiative.

Suggested organizations include (but are not limited to):

American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) American Nurses’ Association (A.N.A.)
American Association of Nurse Practitioners (A.A.N.P.)
American Association for Nursing Leadership (AONL), effective May 2019 (formerly AONE)
The American Association for Men in Nursing (AAMN)

ANSWER

A policy initiative refers to a plan of action by an individual to make a difference in the profession and the type of service provided to the patients. Since the role of a nurse leader is to oversee the integration of the different aspects of healthcare in a facility, they are best suited to help in the creation and implementation of policies about the kind of health care services the organization will make available to the community (Epstein & Street, 2011). Patient-centered care is an example of a policy initiative, whose subtle definition was proposed in 2009 by Donald Berwick, the president of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI). The policy-making process involved the use of several stages.  The first is the agenda building where the people involved outline what it is they expect the policy to accomplish. The second is the formulation, the nurse leaders collect the necessary data too back up the idea (Udod & Lobchuk, 2017). The third is adoption and this is where the organization’s leadership agrees to try out the policy. The next stage is the implementation process, where everyone in the facility gets actively involved in playing their roles in making…