D223 – UKM2 – Performance Assessment Task 2
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College of Health Professions, Western Governors University
D223: Healthcare Policy and Economics
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DO NOT USE AI-GENERATED WORK: For example, sources and generated reference data resulting from AI use will not provide accurate author, title, date, or location information, as AI often identifies an article that does not exist. Using AI-generated sources is not approved in this course and puts you at risk for an academic integrity violation
D223 – UKM1 – Performance Assessment 2
Federal Healthcare Law Analysis
A1: Federal Healthcare Law
Identify and discuss one enacted federal public healthcare law that impacts patient care and healthcare delivery. (Do not use Medicare/Medicaid or any program). Include a source for this law with an in-text citation and corresponding reference.
A2. Legislation Functionality
Explain how the selected federal law works as listed in the task requirements.
A3. Population Impact
Discuss the effect of the law on different populations by addressing the five areas listed in the task requirements.
A4. Supporting Evidence
Discuss the evidence that supports the federal law itself (or a topic that relates to the law) with a scholarly article published in the last five years. Include an in-text citation and corresponding reference.
State Healthcare Law Analysis
B1. State Healthcare Law
Identify and discuss one enacted state healthcare law that impacts patient care and healthcare delivery. The enacted state law must be from your place of residence or practice. The law does not need to be the same topic as federal law. (Do not use Medicare/Medicaid or any program). Include a source for this law with an in-text citation and corresponding reference.
B2. Legislation Functionality
Explain how the enacted state law works as listed in the taskrequirements.
B3. Population Impact
Discuss the effect of the law on different populations by addressing the five areas listed in the task requirements.
B4. Supporting Evidence
Discuss the evidence that supports the law itself (or a topic that relates to the law) with a scholarly article published in the last five years. Include an in-text citation and corresponding reference.
Role of the Nurse in Healthcare Policy at the Organizational Level
C. Role of the Nurse
Explain the role of the nurse within healthcare policy at the organizational level in each of the following areas: Development, Administration, Revision
C1. Barriers to Engagement
Explain the barriers to the nurse’s engagement in each of the following healthcare policy areas: Development, Administration, Revision
C2. Personal Engagement
Explain the ways that you will engage with healthcare policy in one of the following areas in your future nursing practice: Development or Administration or Revision (give 2 examples).
D. Sources
Each reference must have a corresponding in-text citation within the written task portion, and each in-text citation must have a corresponding source on the reference page.
The references must include information on each source’s author, date, title, and source location; also, any links provided as sources must be working links for the sourced information to be retrieved.
Sources and generated reference data resulting from AI use will not provide accurate author, title, date, or location information, as AI often identifies an article that does not exist. Using AI-generated sources is not approved in this course and puts you at risk for an academic integrity violation.
Should you have any questions regarding referencing sources, please visit or contact the Academic Coaching Center, your best WGU resource for writing. You can find the WGU’s Guide to Writing and Citing through your student portal or at https://lrps.wgu.edu/provision/257839846 for specific instructions on in-text and reference list citations.
E. Professional Communications
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