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1. The importance of discretion: Public Management
The importance of discretion: Public ManagementThe importance of discretion: Public
Management5 REFERENCES NOT MORE THAN 5 YEARSTo Prepare:Review the Resources
and reflect on your thinking regarding the role of the nurse in the design and
implementation of new healthcare programs.Select a healthcare program within your
practice and consider the design and implementation of this program.Reflect on advocacy
efforts and the role of the nurse in relation to healthcare program design and
implementation.The Assignment: (2–4 pages)In a 2- to 4-page paper, create an interview
transcript of your responses to the following interview questions:Tell us about a healthcare
program, within your practice. What are the costs and projected outcomes of this
program?Who is your target population?What is the role of the nurse in providing input for
the design of this healthcare program? Can you provide examples?What is your role as an
advocate for your target population for this healthcare program? Do you have input into
design decisions? How else do you impact design?What is the role of the nurse in healthcare
program implementation? How does this role vary between design and implementation of
healthcare programs? Can you provide examples?Who are the members of a healthcare
team that you believe are most needed to implement a program? Can you explain
why?Tummers, L., & Bekkers, V. (2014). Policy implementation, street level bureaucracy,
and the importance of discretion. Public Management Review, 16(4), 527–547.
doi:10.1080/14719037.2013.841978.Note: You will access this article from the Walden
Library databaseORDER NOW FOR ORIGINAL, PLAGIARISM-FREE PAPERSYou must
proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and
grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect
your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical
mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before
handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend
proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to
uncorrected mistakes.Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface.
Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to
read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to
compress it into fewer pages.Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-
spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between
letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are
unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.The paper must be neatly

2. formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each
page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If
it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.