Module Components

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NURS 810 Evidence-Based Policy Development

Module 2: Evidence-Based Policy: Definition and Barriers to Use

Learning Activities

• View the Schoolhouse Rock "I'm Just a Bill" by clicking on this link. This video gives a quick overview of the legislative process.
• Review the schematic below and view the nine short videos (30 minutes total) which will help you  understand the stages of the legislative process.

  

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  Nine videos explain each of the common legislative stages, and that the process by which a bill becomes law is rarely predictable.
  (Source: Congress.gov. (2015, July 30). The legislative process. Retrieved from https://www.congress.gov/)

• As you watch the videos, identify  barriers to enacting a bill, and implications for advocacy and lobbying strategies.
• Meet with your small group and answer the following questions based on the readings, knowledge from prior courses, and your experience: 
• How are evidence based policy and evidence based practice similar and different?
• Based on the Payan & Lewis (2019) California state legislative example and the 2014 VA research report and the subsequent changes in VA APRN policy (independent practice for three of the four advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) roles), discuss the role of evidence in policy change.