The Healthy People 2020 campaign, developed by member agencies of the federal government, provides the 10-year agenda for improving our Nation's health. The campaign includes topic areas and goals and objectives for each topic area. Provided below are four (4) goals from the topic area "Access to Health Services".
Increase the proportion of persons who have a specific source of ongoing care
Reduce the proportion of individuals who are unable to obtain or delay in obtaining necessary medical care, dental care or prescription medications
Increase the proportion of persons who receive appropriate evidence based clinical preventive services
Reduce the proportion of hospital emergency department visits in which the wait time to see the emergency department clinician exceeds the recommended timeframe
Using information from your textbooks and from the literature, write a four page paper which includes a cover page (page 1), your response to the items below (pages 2 & 3), and a reference page (page 4):
Define in your own words the mission and vision of The Healthy People 2020 campaign.
Choose one goal from the list above and describe how it will improve the health of our Nation.
List at least two (2) strategies that can be employed to achieve the chosen goal.
Describe the role of the RN in achieving the chosen goal.
Compose your work using a word processor (or other software as appropriate) and save it frequently to your computer. Use a 12 font size, double space your work and use APA format for citations, references, and overall format. Assistance with APA citations and references is available through the free resource Citation MachineTM. Assistance with APA format, grammar, and avoiding plagiarism is available for free through the Excelsior College Online Writing Lab (OWL). Be sure to check your work and correct any spelling or grammatical errors before you submit your assignment.
You are required to submit your paper to Turnitin(a plagiarism prevention service) prior to submitting the assignment in the course submission area for grading. Access was provided by email to the email address on record in your MyExcelsior account prior to the start of the course. Once you submit your paper to Turnitin check your inbox in Turnitin for the results. After viewing your originality report correct the areas of your paper that warrant attention. You can re-submit your paper to Turnitin after 24-hours and continue to re-submit until the results are acceptable. Acceptable ranges include a cumulative total of less than 15% for your entire paper, and no particular area greater than 2% (excluding direct quotes and/or references).
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This activity will be assessed according to the AD Nursing: Writing Assignment Rubric.