health care as a privilege | NURS 4105 – Advocacy Through Healthcare Policy | Walden University

 Health care as a privilege

A 3-paragraph (at least 350 words) response. Be sure to use evidence from the readings and include in-text citations. Utilize essay-level writing practice and skills, including the use of transitional material and organizational frames. Avoid quotes; paraphrase to incorporate evidence into your own writing. A reference list is required. Use the most current evidence (usually less than or equal to 5 years old). Mason, D. J., Gardner, D. B., Outlaw, F. H., & O’Grady, E. T. (2016). Policy & politics in nursing and health care (7th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Elsevier.
Chapter 6, “A Primer on Political Philosophy” (pp. 52–60)
Chapter 84, “How Community-Based Organizations Are Addressing Nursing’s Role in Transforming Health Care” (pp. 664–669)

American Nurses Association. (2015a). Nursing’s social policy statement: The essence of the profession (3rd ed.). Silver Spring, MD: Author.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
Guide to Nursing’s Social Policy Statement—16 Elements of Social Contract: Expectation # 9—Promotion of the Health of the Public (p. 21) 

Fowler, M. D. M. (2015a). Guide to the code of ethics for nurses with interpretive statements: Development, interpretation, and application (2nd ed.). Silver Spring, MD: American Nurses Association.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
Provision 8: “Collaboration to Reach for Greater Ends” (p. 129)
8.1, “Health Is a Universal Right” (pg. 131)
8.2, “Collaboration for Health, Human Rights, and Health Diplomacy” (p. 132)
8.3, “Obligation to Advance Health and Human Rights and Reduce Disparities” (p. 137)

PLEASE FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTOR ASK FOR:This discussion is not intended as a comparison of the two positions, and you are not able to choose the position you argue in your discussion.  Please provide an evidence-based argument in support of your assigned topic.