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Program/policy evaluation is a valuable tool that can help strengthen the quality of programs/policies and improve outcomes for the populations they serve. Program/policy evaluation answers basic questions about program/policy effectiveness. It involves collecting and analyzing information about program/policy activities, characteristics, and outcomes. This information can be used to ultimately improve program services or policy initiatives. Nurses can play a very important role assessing program/policy evaluation for the same reasons that they can be so important to program/policy design. Nurses bring expertise and patient advocacy that can add significant insight and impact. In this Assignment, you will practice applying this expertise and insight by selecting an existing healthcare program or policy evaluation and reflecting on the criteria used to measure the effectiveness of the program/policy. To Prepare: Review      the Healthcare Program/Policy Evaluation Analysis Template provided (attached)      in the Resources. Select      an existing healthcare program or policy evaluation or choose one of      interest to you -your choice…US healthcare program or policy of your      choice. Review      community, state, or federal policy evaluation and reflect on the criteria      used to measure the effectiveness of the program or policy described . The Assignment: Based on the program or policy evaluation you selected, complete the Healthcare Program/Policy Evaluation Analysis Template (ATTACHED). Be sure to address the following: Describe      the healthcare program or policy outcomes. How      was the success of the program or policy measured? How      many people were reached by the program or policy selected? How      much of an impact was realized with the program or policy selected? At      what point in program implementation was the program or policy evaluation      conducted? What      data was used to conduct the program or policy evaluation? What      specific information on unintended consequences was identified? What      stakeholders were identified in the evaluation of the program or policy?      Who would benefit most from the results and reporting of the program or      policy evaluation? Be specific and provide examples. Did      the program or policy meet the original intent and objectives? Why or why      not? Would      you recommend implementing this program or policy in your place of work?      Why or why not? Identify      at least two ways that you, as a nurse advocate, could become involved in      evaluating a program or policy after 1 year of implementation.