Health Policy Project- Medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid use disorders

Topic: Medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid use disorders

Health policies affect all aspects of nursing practice (National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties [NONPF, 2022). The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) describes policy as “a law, regulation, procedure, administrative action, incentive, or voluntary practice of governments and other institutions” (CDC, 2015, para. 1). It is important for nurses to understand health policy processes and issues that are affected by health policy such as “racism and health, affordable health care, health care spending, health care access and use, health equity, determinants of health, pharmaceuticals, medical technology, environmental health, global health, and quality of care (NONPF, 2022, p. 10). 

Instructions

1. In this assignment, you will choose a health policy issue in the community that poses a problem.                          Health policy issue: Medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid use disorders
2. You will then create a PowerPoint presentation with 20 slides of content that address and analyze this problem. The slides should be visually appealing.
3. There should be at least two (2) additional slides:
   1. The first slide should contain the title/topic of the presentation, the name of the presenter, the course name and number, and the due date.
   2. The last slide should contain the reference slide in APA Style format (7th ed.).
4. The remaining 20 slides should address the following:
   
   • Description of the problem to be addressed
   • A brief history of the health policy topic
   • An overview of the causes of the problem
   • Level(s) of government programs and/or policies involved 
   • How this affects vulnerable populations
   • How this affects nursing practice
   • A statement on what needs to be implemented or changed, and the recommendation for action (why/how the current approach is failing)
   • Describe the evidence (nurse’s role, socioeconomic effect on health care delivery)
5. Slides should be supported by the literature.
6. Please include 150-200 words per slide in the notes section as well as citations.