In this assignment, you will assess the impact of health legislation on nursing practice and communicate your analysis to your peers. GovTrack.us provides a list of federal health bills that are currently in process in Congressional Committees.
Cite all sources on the appropriate slides with (author, year) as well as on the Reference slide.
 

Please review the infographic as way to guide you in getting started with your assignment:
Developing an Assignment with Integrity (Links to an external site.)
Getting Started: Interprofessional teams are part of practice trends we see developing in all
aspects of care delivery. Consider you own work environment (or recent clinical setting).
For this assignment, consider the concept of interprofessional teamwork and patient outcomes.
Look to your current workplace as an example. (If you are not currently employed, look to a past
workplace or clinical practice area.)
Apply the components of the iCARE concept to interprofessional teams in a short paper. (Body of
the paper to be 3 pages, excluding the title page and references page)
iCARE components are:
C ompassion
A dvocacy
R esilience
E vidence-Based Practice (EBP)
How could you contribute to an interprofessional team and patient outcomes through nursing
actions of: compassion, advocacy, resilience, and evidence-based practice?
Select one scholarly nursing article from CINAHL as a resource for your paper. Additional
scholarly sources can be used but are optional.
Use APA format throughout, particularly in citations and on the References page.
Please paraphrase throughout. One short quote is permitted.
The prepared paper template is RECOMMENDED for this assignment.
Download the assignment template here: iCare Assignment Template (Links to an external site.)
A short tutorial with tips for completing this assignment may be viewed here: iCARE Paper (Links
to an external site.)
Elements of iCARE paper
Title page
Below are the headings to be used for this assignment.
Introduction: (No heading needed here in APA) Explain the type of work setting you are
discussing and whether interprofessional teams are currently present. If interprofessional teams
are present, indicate a team function that could be improved. If interprofessional teams are NOT
present, indicate what type of team you think might be possible in the setting.
Describe a nursing action item for each component below that could contribute to:
interprofessional team support; how this might impact the culture of your unit or organization; and
possible impact on patient outcomes.
Compassion
Advocacy
Resilience
Evidence-Based Practice
Summary: Include a summary statement of how iCARE components can support
inter-professional teams and patient outcomes. Address how you may be able to influence this
process of support for inter-professional teams overall in your unit or organization.
References page: List any references used in APA format.
Reminder
Before preparing your assignment, please review this “Crediting Sources Made Simple (Links to
an external site.)” resource. This tool is intended to help you understand scholarly writing, APA,
referencing, and crediting. Please reach out to your instructor with any questions as you prepare
your assignment.

Directions:
After completing the assigned readings for a given week, complete one of the following exercises
(reader’s choice!):
1. Write a paragraph summarizing the readings
2. Write a letter to a friend or family member who is not taking this class, and explain what you
learned.
3. Write a few sentences each about:
a. 3 things you have learned
b. 1 thing about which you still have questions
4. Write short précis, 25 words in length (exactly 25 words), summarizing the main idea(s) of the
readings. Note: I think this one might be the hardest! Your words must be chosen very carefully.
5. Draw a picture summarizing one concept from the readings.
6. Write a poem about one or more concepts from the readings

This is about your unit/job. Look at your place of employment, select ONE (1) problem that is currently being addressed; or, one that you think needs to be addressed. (Feel free to create the problem of your choise)
1. For the first part of this assignment, use your work-unit to fill out the attached SWOT grid and then analyze your unit’s results.
Writer: You don’t have to fill out the sheet, just create the answers of each topic Strengths, Weakness, Opportunities, Threats. I attached one SWOP example I found online, just create one on your own words and I will will fill out the sheet my self)
For the second part of this assignment, using at least three references, you will
1. Analyze each area of the worksheet.
2. Write an analysis of each SWOT area of the worksheet. Your summary should be a 3-5 page APA essay with a title page, headings, citations, and references (at least two (2). There is no word count for this assignment.
1. Write a brief introduction to the nursing organization/unit.
2. Explain at least three major strengths and two major weaknesses of the organization/unit. o For each weakness, discuss what the organization could do to minimize that weakness.
3. Include in your analysis an explanation of how each of the opportunities and threats will likely impact the organization/unit.
4. Briefly summarize your SWOT analysis. (conclusion)
 Discuss how the organization/unit can capitalize on the opportunities that are occurring from within the general environment;
 How the organization can neutralize the threats that are occurring.
o To organize your 3-5 page APA essay, (title and reference pages are not part of the essay page count).
 Use the headings in the rubric to help organize your essay.
 Three (3) scholarly references.