Introduction

This assessment provides an opportunity for you to develop a presentation for a local community organization of your choice, which provides an overview of ethical standards and relevant policy issues that affect the coordination of care. Completing this assessment will strengthen your understanding of ethical issues and policies related to the coordination and continuum of care, and will empower you to be a stronger advocate and nursing professional.

Preparation

It would be an excellent choice to complete the Vila Health: Ethical Decision Making activity prior to developing the presentation. The activity provides a helpful update on the ethical principles that will help with success in this assessment.

Scenario

Your nurse manager at the community care center is well connected and frequently speaks to a variety of community organizations and groups. She has noticed the good work you are doing in your new care coordination role and respects your speaking and presentation skills. Consequently, she thought that an opportunity to speak publicly about contemporary issues in care coordination would be beneficial for your career and has suggested reaching out to a community organization or support group to gauge their interest in hearing from you, as a care center representative, on a topic of interest to both you and your prospective audience.

You have agreed that this is a good idea and have decided to research a community organization or support group that might be interested in learning about ethical and policy issues related to the coordination of care. Your manager has suggested the following community organizations and support groups, but acknowledges that the choice is yours.

• Homeless shelters.
• Local religious groups.
• Nursing homes.
• Local community organizations (Rotary Club or Kiwanis Club).

To prepare for this assessment, you may wish to:

• Research your selected community organization or support group.
• Review the Code of Ethics for Nurses With Interpretive Statements and associated health policy issues, specifically, the ACA.
• Review the assessment instructions and scoring guide to ensure you understand the work you will be asked to complete.
• Allocate sufficient time to rehearse your presentation before recording the final version for submission.

Recording Equipment Setup and Testing

Check that your audio speaker and PowerPoint software are working properly. You can record audio directly to your slides, using PowerPoint or other presentation software. 

Instructions

• For this assessment:

Choose the community organization or support group that you plan to address.

Develop a PowerPoint with typed speaker notes (the script for your voice recording) and audio voice-over recording, intended for that audience. Video is not required.

For this assessment, develop your presentation slides and speaker notes, then record your presentation. You are not required to deliver your presentation to an actual audience.

• Explain how governmental policies related to the health and/or safety of the community affect the coordination of care.
  • Provide examples of a specific policy affecting the organization or group.
  • Refer to the assessment resources for help in locating relevant policies.
  • Be sure influential policies include the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA).
• Identify national, state, and local policy provisions that raise ethical questions or dilemmas for care coordination.
  • What are the implications and consequences of specific policy provisions?
  • What evidence do you have to support your conclusions?
• Assess the impact of the code of ethics for nurses on the coordination and continuum of care.
  • Consider the factors that contribute to health, health disparities, and access to services.
  • Consider the social determinants of health identified in Healthy People 2020 as a framework for your assessment.
  • Provide evidence to support your conclusions.
• Communicate key ethical and policy issues in a presentation affecting the coordination and continuum of care for a selected community organization or support group. Either speaker notes or audio voice-over are included for a proficient score; both speaker notes and the audio voice over are included for a distinguished score. 

What evidence do you have to support your conclusions?

• Assess the impact of the code of ethics for nurses on the coordination and continuum of care.
• Consider the factors that contribute to health, health disparities, and access to services.
• Consider the social determinants of health identified in Healthy People 2020 as a framework for your assessment.
• Provide evidence to support your conclusions.
• Communicate key ethical and policy issues in a presentation affecting the coordination and continuum of care for a selected community organization or support group. Either speaker notes or audio voice-over are included for a proficient score; both speaker notes and the audio voice over are included for a distinguished score.

Present a concise overview.

Support your main points and conclusions with relevant and credible evidence.