Instructions  The senior leadership has stressed that they hope you are precise and professional in your proposal, as well as persuasive in demonstrating the merit of your proposed actions. They have stressed that the following must be addressed in your proposal.  Note: The bullet points below correspond to grading criteria in the scoring guide. Be sure your proposal is, at minimum, addressing each of the bullets. You may also want to read the Policy Proposal Scoring Guide and Guiding Questions: Policy Proposal (both linked in the Resources) to better understand how each criterion will be assessed: •An explanation of the need for creating an organizational policy or practice to address a shortfall in meeting a prescribed metric benchmark. •Recommendations of ethical, evidence-based strategies to resolve the performance issue related to the relevant local, state, or federal health care policy or law. •An analysis of the potential effects of environmental factors on your recommended strategies. •Propose a succinct policy and guidelines to enable a team unit or the organization as a whole to implement your recommended strategies. •A proposal regarding which stakeholders and groups would need to be involved in further development and implementation of your recommended strategies, policy, and guidelines. •Communicate the proposal in a professional and persuasive manner, writing content clearly and logically, with correct use of grammar, punctuation, and spelling. •Integrate relevant sources to support arguments, correctly formatting citations and references using APA style.  Submission Requirements •Length of proposal: 2–4 double-spaced, typed pages. Your proposal should be succinct yet substantive. ◦Please include a title page and a reference list in addition to your 2–4 page proposal.  •Number of references: Cite a minimum of 3-5 sources of scholarly, professional, or policy evidence to support your analysis and recommendations. •APA formatting: Resources and citations are formatted according to current APA style.