1.                National Policy Issue Paper: DUE Saturday  November 19 th, 2022 by 11:59PM

Include rubric when submitting the National Policy Issue paper

Topic:Nursing interventions to prevent opioid crisis.

Choose a national health policy issue and submit it for approval by Friday October 21 ^wt 2022 by 11:59PM. Students will be assigned to groups and each group should choose a different topic. That means first come first served on topics. You will be notified if your topic is approved or not approved.   Each group will research the chosen topic/issue and write an 8-10-page academic paper (exclusive of the title page and references), using proper APA format-References must be no older than 2018.

Criteria for the evaluation of the national policy paper are: (See Grading Rubric) 

1. Introduction of the topic/issue, background information/data, importance of topic, (5 points)
2. Exploration and analysis of facts related to your topic. Current state of the policy and your plan(s) to make changes to the policy (15 points)
3. Relevance of your topic to the nursing profession and what you will do as an advanced practice nurse to advocate for this topic (5 points)
4. Use of evidenced based research literature (5 points)
5. Conclusions and follow up needed (2 points)
6. Adherence to APA format, grammar, spelling, structure (3 point)

Total: 35 Points