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1. Discussion: Steps Related to Legal/Regulatory Issue
Discussion: Steps Related to Legal/Regulatory IssueDiscussion: Steps Related to
Legal/Regulatory IssueThis paper will be graded on quality of information, use of citations,
use of Standard English grammar, sentence structure, and organization based on the
required components.Create this assignment using Microsoft (MS) Word, which is the
required format for all Chamberlain documents. You can tell that the document is saved as a
MS Word document because it will end in “.docx.”Submit to the appropriate assignment
area by 11:59 p.m. MT on Sunday of the week due. Any questions about this paper may be
discussed in the weekly Q & A Discussion topic.The length of the paper is to be
approximately three pages, excluding the title page and reference list.APA format (6th
edition) is required in this assignment, including a title page and reference page. Use APA
level 1 headings for the organizational structure of this assignment. Remember that the
introduction does not carry a heading that labels it as a level heading in APA format. The
first part of your paper is assumed to be the introduction. See APA manual for details. See
resource under the course Library Guide, “Guidelines for Writing Professional Papers.” Use
the suggested format and headings to organize your assignment.Include introduction (do
not label as a heading in APA format)Steps Related to Legal/Regulatory IssueState-Board
Recovery ProgramStrategies ing EvidenceConclusionPreparing the paperAs the nurse
executive of a healthcare organization, it was reported to you that one of your nurses may
be chemically impaired (legal/regulatory issue) and has allegedly been taking drugs from
the unit. This nurse also had two recent medication errors in the past week. Discuss the
steps you would take to validate this allegation and how you would proceed after the
allegation was confirmed to be true.Clearly introduce your legal/regulatory issue in the
introduction paragraph; including a sentence that states the purpose of your paper.Clearly
articulate the steps you would take as the nurse leader to investigate the allegation of this
legal/regulatory issue as stated above and how to proceed when the allegation is confirmed
to be true.Investigate/research and discuss if your state board of nursing offers some type
of recovery program for chemically-impaired nurses (a strategy). If they do not offer a
program in your state, discuss a proposed recovery program for chemically-impaired
nurses that you would like to have implemented for your state.Contact a state
representative who may have an interest in this topic area and share their comments on
this issue in an addendum (not included as part of the three page limit). Include your
correspondence eg. Emails in your addendum, as well. This will demonstrate you contacted
a state representative, in the event you do not receive a response.4. Clearly articulate your

2. specific strategies to improve costs and improve the quality of healthcare at your
organization related to the legal/regulatory issue stated above. How do your strategies
relate to the Person-Centred Nursing Leadership Framework by McCormack and McCance
(2017); specifically the contextual domain?5. Include of a minimum of three sources of
scholarly, empirical evidence that s your strategies to improve costs and quality of
healthcare.6. Provide concluding statements that should summarize your overall
assignment content.7. The paper should be no longer than three pages, excluding title and
reference page(s).8. Title and reference page(s) must be in APA format (6th edition).9. Use
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