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-on the policy brief there are two websites you can use for the bill but they are not peer-reviewed articles

-scholarly papers can't be older than 5 years

-Third person please, not first!

-the bill is H.R 3889 safer prescribing of controlled substances act, for the organization I'm representing is the state of board of nursing

-I'm not sure who are the stakeholders: I believe my professor told me its the following but I don't remember exactly

House Energy and Commerce

House Judiciary

? Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations

Assignment 2: Scholarly Paper: Policy Analysis Paper

Assignment 2 builds upon Assignment 1. Expand the brief and write an in-depth analysis of your bill/issue. In this assignment, select the "point of view" you will represent in your written analysis (e.g. chronic illness in the elderly; reduce hospital readmission related to rural areas lack of providership; etc). Policy analysis and recommendations are particularly reliant on the perspective of the individual or an organization.

Assignment Criteria:

For this assignment you will build upon Assignment #1 brief and write an in depth analysis on yourslected bill:

1. Select a "point of view" you want to represent in the written analysis (e.g. chronic illness in elderly; reduce hospital readmissions related to rural areas lack of providership; etc.)

2. Make a case for or against the policy change.

3. Select the organization you want to represent for this assignment (i.e. legislative staff, hospital Chief Nursing Office, president of a professional nursing organization, state board of nursing, or a government official, etc.)

4. Follow the topic outline bullets below. Use each bullet as a level heading for your paper.

5. Search the literature for four (4) evidence-based interventions on the bill or policy of interest. The literature can be individual studies or systematic reviews. A systematic review counts as one (1) intervention.

If using a systematic review, report on the review, not on the studies identified in the review. All of the studies MUST be intervention studies. Review what constitutes an intervention study.

o Identify the databases (e.g., CINAHL, Medline) and key terms used in initiating the collective search for all of the studies (not each study)

o Describebill or policy found in the literature as it relates to your state and other states where the bill/policy has been implemented.

6. The scholarly paper should not more than six pages excluding the title and reference pages.

7. Include level 1 and level 2 headings, an introductory paragraph, bullet topics below and a conclusion.

8. Write the paper in third person, not first person (meaning do not use ‘we' or ‘I').

9. Four (4) references from professional peer-reviewed journals to support the paper. References should be from scholarly peer-reviewed journals (review in Ulrich Periodical Directory) and be less than five (5) years old.

10. APA 6th edition format is required (attention to spelling/grammar, a title page, a reference page, and in-text citations).

11. Submit the assignment to TurnitinDirectprior to the final submission to the assignment drop box. You have an opportunity to submit to the NSU Blackboard Turnitin at least twice for grammar and originality checks before the scheduled assignment due date. Note: It takes 24-hours to see the results for any subsequent submission after the first time.

12. Please be sure to review the originality report and make any needed changes.

13. Submit to the assignment drop box by the posted due date under the Assignment Dropbox.

Attachment:- policy_brief.docx