Health Care Delivery Models and Nursing Practice
Assessment Description
Examine changes introduced to reform or restructure the U.S. health care delivery system. In a 1,000-1,250 word paper, discuss action taken for reform and restructuring and the role of the nurse within this changing environment.
Include the following:
Outline a current or emerging healthcare law or federal regulation introduced within the last 5 years to reform or restructure some aspect of the healthcare delivery system. Describe the effect of this on nursing practice and the nurse’s role and responsibility.
Discuss how quality measures and pay for performance affect patient outcomes. Explain how these affect nursing practice and describe the expectations and responsibilities of the nursing role in these situations.
Discuss professional nursing leadership and management roles that have arisen and how they are important in responding to emerging trends and in the promotion of patient safety and quality care in diverse healthcare settings.
Research emerging trends. Predict two ways in which the practice of nursing and nursing roles will grow or transform within the next five years in response to upcoming trends or predicted issues in health care.
You are required to cite a minimum of three sources to complete this assignment. Sources must be published within the last 5 years, appropriate for the assignment criteria, and relevant to nursing practice.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. A link to the LopesWrite technical support articles is located in Class Resources if you need assistance.
Resources
Trends in Health Care: A Nursing Perspective
Read Chapter 2 in Trends in Health Care: A Nursing Perspective.
https://www.gcumedia.com/digital-resources/grand-canyon-university/2018/trends-in-health-care_a-nursing-perspective_1e.php
Overview and Summary: Healthcare Reform: Nurses Impact Policy
Read "Overview and Summary: Healthcare Reform: Nurses Impact Policy," by Matthews, from The Online Journal of Issues in … Read More
http://ojin.nursingworld.org/MainMenuCategories/ANAMarketplace/ANAPeriodicals/OJIN/TableofContents/Vol-22-2017/No2-May-2017/OS-Healthcare-Reform.html
Summary of the Affordable Care Act (ACA)
Read "Summary of the Affordable Care Act," by the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation (2017), located at the HealthCare.gov website… Read More
http://files.kff.org/attachment/Summary-of-the-Affordable-Care-Act
What Is Pay for Performance in Healthcare?
Read "What Is Pay for Performance in Healthcare?" located on the NEJM Catalyst website.
https://catalyst.nejm.org/pay-for-performance-in-healthcare/
Promoting Prevention Under the Affordable Care Act
Read "Promoting Prevention Under the Affordable Care Act," by Chait and Glied, from Annual Review of Public Health (2018… Read More
https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/full/10.1146/annurev-publhealth-040617-013534
Implementation of the Provision of the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 Relating to the Dispensing of Narcotic Drugs for Opioid Use Disorder
Read "Implementation of the Provision of the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 Relating to the Dispensing of Narcotic … Read More
https://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/fed_regs/rules/2018/fr0123_2.htm
What Is the U.S. Opioid Epidemic?
Read "What Is the U.S. Opioid Epidemic?" located on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services web… Read More
https://www.hhs.gov/opioids/about-the-epidemic/
HCAHPS: Patients’ Perspectives of Care Survey
Read "HCAHPS: Patients’ Perspectives of Care Survey," located on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) website…. Read More
https://www.cms.gov/medicare/quality-initiatives-patient-assessment-instruments/hospitalqualityinits/hospitalhcahps.html
Demystifying National Healthcare Reform Proposals: Implications for Nurses
Read "Demystifying National Healthcare Reform Proposals: Implications for Nurses," by Buerhaus, from Nursing Economic$&#… Read More
https://lopes.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=142593288&site=ehost-live&scope=site&custid=s8333196&groupid=main&profile=ehost
From Facility to Home: How Healthcare Could Shift by 2025
Read "From Facility to Home: How Healthcare Could Shift by 2025," by Bestsennyy, Shah, Chmielewski, and Koffel, from McK… Read More
https://lopes.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www-proquest-com.lopes.idm.oclc.org/magazines/facility-home-how-healthcare-could-shift-2025/docview/2638063924/se-2?accountid=7374
Physicians Get a Temporary Reprieve From Congress, but Payment Challenges Loom
Read "Getting Paid in 2022: Physicians Get a Temporary Reprieve From Congress, but Payment Challenges Loom," by Shryock, from… Read More
https://lopes.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ofs&AN=155035608&site=ehost-live&scope=site&custid=s8333196&groupid=main&profile=ehost
Strategies for Creating a Business Case that Leverages the RN Role in Care Coordination and Transition Management
Read "Strategies for Creating a Business Case that Leverages the RN Role in Care Coordination and Transition Management," by Star… Read More
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Help and Resources: National Opioids Crisis
Explore the "Help and Resources: National Opioids Crisis," located on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services website.&#… Read More
Opioids
Explore "Opioids," located on the Centers for Disease Control Prevention website.
https://www.cdc.gov/opioids/
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