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Running head: HEALTH CARE POLICY 1 Title in Upper and Lower Case Your Name Miami Regional College MSN 5400: Health Care Policy and Delivery Systems HEALTH CARE POLICY 2 Title of Paper in Upper and Lower Case (Centered, Not Bold) Paragraph one is the introduction to the paper. It should begin with something that will grab the reader’s attention and provide a citation to support your opening sentence (Norwood, 2002). Next, support that opening sentence with discussion or explanation with one or multiple sentences which will make up the body of the introductory paragraph. The last sentence of the introduction should highlight areas to be covered in the paper. APA success requires knowledge of the format and skill in concise, clear written communication. Literature Review Select the information and summarize the purpose of your literature review. Explain why the literature is important to support your standpoint. Express in a few sentences here. Do not exceed more than one paragraph. Use only one or two references, none is acceptable. You will write the body of the information in detail below. Adpapsdufas dfoaidfoakds. Lijaofijasdijfalsd adifasdiufa osdifuaosdfaisdufad fjsdif asdoif. Poiofapdfiasdpfoi asdpf poifpadofiadf. Issue Overview Select five scholarly peer reviewed articles that help support your concern/issue/problem. The articles cannot be textbooks or dictionaries. Select information relevant and convincing about your issue. Explain the issue or concern in lay terms. Type content of paper here. Use as many paragraphs as needed to cover the content appropriately. Policy History What has been done prior to this policy being built? What are prior policies or laws that affect this topic? Who wrote this policy? Why did they build it? When did they try to launch it? HEALTH CARE POLICY 3 Was it rejected? When and why? Type content of paper here. Use as many paragraphs as needed to cover the content appropriately. Beneficiaries / Outcomes In order to pass a policy or a bill to become a law someone of interest must benefit. Who will benefit from this policy passing and converting into a bill? What benefits will this make on the community? On healthcare? How will this law affect the community? Type content of paper here. Use as many paragraphs as needed to cover the content appropriately. Adkjfasdojfa dfoasidfjaod. Aff fasdfjasod faosdijfaosdjfaodjfasdjdklfljkadf. Adpapsdufas dfoaidfoakds. Lijaofijasdijfalsd adifasdiufa osdifuaosdfaisdufad fjsdif asdoif. Poiofapdfiasdpfoi asdpf poifpadofiadf. Financial Impact Nothing come to us for free (Personal communication, Calvo, 2017). Therefore, there must be a financial impact to this bill/policy. How much will this cost to pass? How much time will it take to pass? Does this affect the budget allotted to the implementation of the bill? How much is left in budget (usually it is public information). Type content of paper here. Use as many paragraphs as needed to cover the content appropriately. Ladkjfasdojfadfoasidfjaod. Aff fasdfjasod faosdijfaosdjfaodjfasdjdklfljkadf Adpapsdufas dfoaidfoakds. Lijaofijasdijfalsd adifasdiufa osdifuaosdfaisdufad fjsdif asdoif. Poiofapdfiasdpfoi asdpf poifpadofiadf. Support System Are we alone in the fight for the cause of this bill? Who else supports the cause? What organizational group? What individuals? Are these support groups raising money? Making petitions? Do they have a vote or say in any other forum? Type content of paper here. Use as HEALTH CARE POLICY 4 many paragraphs as needed to cover the content appropriately. Ladkjfasdojfadfoasidfjaod. Aff fasdfjasod faosdijfaosdjfaodjfasdjdklfljkadf Adpapsdufas dfoaidfoakds. Lijaofijasdijfalsd adifasdiufa osdifuaosdfaisdufad fjsdif asdoif. Poiofapdfiasdpfoi asdpf poifpadofiadf. Statistics Numbers make an impact. Provide statistical findings here. Please obtain from a primary source. Example of primary sources are the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Florida Department of Health, Board of Nursing, Commission on Social Determinants of Health, World Health Organization, Center for Economic and Social Rights Human rights advocacy, American Nurses Association, and National League of Nursing (NLN). Use as many headings as necessary to organize your paper. Short papers may only have first level headings. Longer papers may require more organizational detail. See your APA Manual page 62 for instructions on formatting multiple levels of headings. Nurse Practitioner Role This section is for you to describe and explain why nurses and or NPs care about this issue. To inform Viewpoint readers about the most pressing legislative topics of interest to nurses. Describe how nurses' influence on policy making and the legislative process takes place or how you plan or foresee this taking place. Why has this topic sparked nurses' interest in the legislative process? Demonstrate the importance of nurses' collective voice. Explain what nurses need to know about legislation and this bill. Illustrate why this knowledge is important to nurses. Show how (and when) nurses can get involved in the legislative process to help support you. Type content of paper here. Use as many paragraphs as needed to cover the content appropriately. Ladkjfasdojfadfoasidfjaod. Aff fasdfjasod faosdijfaosdjfaodjfasdjdklfljkadf HEALTH CARE POLICY 5 Adpapsdufas dfoaidfoakds. Lijaofijasdijfalsd adifasdiufa osdifuaosdfaisdufad fjsdif asdoif. Poiofapdfiasdpfoi asdpf poifpadofiadf. Conclusion Most papers should end with a conclusion or summary, which consists a short description of the key points of the paper. It should be concise and contain little or no detail. No matter how much space is left on the page, the References are always on the next page. HEALTH CARE POLICY 6 References (centered, not bold) American Psychological Association. (2010). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). Washington, DC: Author. You next reference. HEALTH CARE POLICY 7 Appendix A(centered, not bold) CHAPTER 2018-107 Committee Substitute for Committee Substitute for House Bill No. 1373 An act relating to medication administration; amending s. 393.506, F.S.; revising training requirements for unlicensed direct service providers to assist with the administration of or to supervise the self-administration of medication under certain circumstances; providing validation requirements for the competency and skills of unlicensed direct service providers; requiring unlicensed direct service providers to complete an annual inservice training course in medication administration and medication error prevention developed by the Agency for Persons with Disabilities; providing construction; requiring the validation and revalidation of competency for certain medication administrations to be performed with an actual client; requiring the agency to adopt rules; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. 393.506 Section 393.506, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: Administration of medication.— (1) An unlicensed A direct service provider who is not currently licensed to administer medication may supervise the self-administration of medication or may administer oral, transdermal, ophthalmic, otic, rectal, inhaled, enteral, or topical prescription medications to a client if the unlicensed direct service provider meets the requirements of as provided in this section. (2) In order to supervise the self-administration of medication or to administer medications as provided in subsection (1), an unlicensed a direct service provider must satisfactorily complete an initial a training course conducted by an agency-approved trainer of not less than 6 4 hours in medication administration and be found competent to supervise the selfadministration of medication by a client and or to administer medication to a client in a safe and sanitary manner. Competency must be assessed and validated at least annually in an onsite setting and must include personally observing the direct service provider satisfactorily: (a) The competency of the unlicensed direct service provider to supervise and administer otic, transdermal, and topical medication must be assessed and validated using simulation during the initial training course, and need not be revalidated annually. Supervising the self-administration of medication by a client; and (b) Competency must be validated initially and revalidated annually for oral, enteral, ophthalmic, rectal, and inhaled medication administration. The initial validation and annual revalidations of medication administration 1 CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. Ch. 2018-107 LAWS OF FLORIDA Ch. 2018-107 must be performed onsite with an actual client using the client’s actual medication and must include the validating practitioner personally observing the unlicensed direct service provider satisfactorily: 1. Supervising the oral, enteral, ophthalmic, rectal, or inhaled selfadministration of medication by a client; and 2. Administering medication to a client by oral, enteral, ophthalmic, rectal, or inhaled medication routes. (c)1. An unlicensed direct service provider who completes the required initial training course and is validated in the oral or enteral route of medication administration is not required to retake the initial training course unless he or she fails to maintain annual validation in the oral or enteral route, in which case, the provider must complete the initial 6-hour training course again and obtain all required validations before he or she may supervise the self-administration of medication by a client or administer medication to a client. 2. If the unlicensed direct service provider has already completed an initial training course of at least 4 hours and has a current validation for oral or enteral routes of medication administration on or before July 1, 2018, he or she is not required to complete the initial 6-hour training course. If for any reason the unlicensed direct service provider fails to meet the annual validation requirement for oral or enteral medication administration, or the annual inservice training requirement in subsection (4), the unlicensed direct service provider must satisfactorily complete the initial training course again and obtain all required validations before he or she may supervise the self-administration of medication by a client or administer medication to a client. 3. If an unlicensed direct service provider has completed an initial training course of at least 4 hours but has not obtained validation for otic, transdermal, or topical medication administration before July 1, 2018, that direct service provider must obtain validation before administering otic, transdermal, and topical medication, which may be performed through simulation. (3) Only an unlicensed direct service provider who has met the training requirements of this section and who has been validated as competent may administer medication to a client. In addition, a direct service provider who is not currently licensed to administer medication may supervise the selfadministration of medication by a client or may administer medication to a client only if the client, or the client’s guardian or legal representative, has given his or her informed written consent. (4) An unlicensed direct service provider must annually and satisfactorily complete a 2-hour agency-developed inservice training course in medication administration and medication error prevention conducted by an agency-approved trainer. The inservice training course shall count 2 CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. Ch. 2018-107 LAWS OF FLORIDA Ch. 2018-107 toward annual inservice training hours required by agency rules or by the rules of the Agency for Health Care Administration. This subsection may not be construed to require an increase in the total number of hours required for annual inservice training for direct service providers. Administering medication to a client. (3) A direct service provider may supervise the self-administration of medication by a client or may administer medication to a client only if the client, or the client’s guardian or legal representative, has given his or her informed consent to self-administering medication under the supervision of an unlicensed direct service provider or to receiving medication administered by an unlicensed direct service provider. Such informed consent must be based on a description of the medication routes and procedures that the direct service provider is authorized to supervise or administer. Only a provider who has received appropriate training and has been validated as competent may supervise the self-administration of medication by a client or may administer medication to a client. (5)(4) The training, determination of competency, and initial and annual validations validation required in this section shall be conducted by a registered nurse licensed pursuant to chapter 464 or by a licensed practical nurse in accordance with the requirements of chapter 464. A physician licensed pursuant to chapter 458 or chapter 459 may validate or revalidate competency. (6)(5) The agency shall establish by rule standards and procedures that an unlicensed a direct service provider must follow when supervising the self-administration of medication by a client and when administering medication to a client. Such rules must, at a minimum, address qualification requirements for trainers, requirements for labeling medication, documentation and recordkeeping, the storage and disposal of medication, instructions concerning the safe administration of medication or supervision of selfadministered medication, informed-consent requirements and records, and the training curriculum and validation procedures. The agency shall adopt rules to establish methods of enforcement to ensure compliance with this section. Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2018. Approved by the Governor March 23, 2018. Filed in Office Secretary of State March 23, 2018. 3 CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.
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Healthcare Policy Outline
Thesis Statement: Setting the standards high and promoting healthcare policies and bills is the
only way to achieve quality healthcare for all communities around the country and
medication administration is vital in setting the pace, instilling discipline and
professionalism and enhancing preparedness.
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Introduction

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Literature Review
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Issue Overview

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Policy History

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Beneficiaries and Outcomes

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Financial Impact

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Support System

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Statistics

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Nurse Practitioner Role

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Conclusion


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Medication Administration
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Health Care Policy and Delivery Systems

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Medication Administration

Medical administration is an essential aspect in today's world as it sets the standards into
what is required to achieve universality and professionalism. Medication administration requires
the concerned government entities and agencies to focus on aspects that would make health safe
for its citizens. In a bid to ensure this happens, it is always prudent for the agencies to provide a
thorough assessment and elaborate plan that can control medication administration. Health
systems require leadership and general management that would ensure that the utilization of
resources is done in the right way (Parry, Barriball, & While, 2015). According to recent reports
and studies, creating sustainable health systems requires a one on one basis assessment that
eradicates all the risk factors that might be a hitch to the goals of the administrators and those
concerned with health and medication. Management of medical and health systems is a
sophisticated task that cannot be achieved without the input of different agencies. Specialists
involved in the management of specific healthcare departments and offices are not only the most
important policymakers in this regard but are also among the important decision makers in the
industry. Medication administration requires a high-level of accountability and the desire to
achieve orientation. Collaborating with the different entities and agencies is also an asset in
medication administration (Berdot, Roudot, Schramm, Katsahian, Durieux, & Sabatier, 2016).
Ensuring the success of most projects especially those that are capital intensive requires
prudence in financial skills. Innovative thinking is one single value that cannot be replaced in
matters of medication administration.
All in all, professionalism must be at the highest level to ensure that the goals and
objectives set are achieved. Based on the needs of a health center and the staff at such a cent er, it
is important to ensure that team leadership, talent development and the ability to handle

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challenges that arise is possible. The paper focuses on issues of significance that touch on the
administration of medication especially for unlicensed service providers (Parry et al., 2015). In
dealing with matters that are related to training, requirements, and determination of competency,
the paper provides insights into what other scholars and practitioners have researched about
medication administration and how this literature could be used to improve the situation. The
history of the policies that touch on medical administration is also discussed and the beneficiaries
and outcomes of such administration. Financial impact and the support systems available to
make medication administration for unlicensed practitioners are also discussed in an in-depth
manner (Wang, Jin, Feng, Huang, Zhu, Zhao, & Zhou, 2015). The paper also touches on
statistics available on medication administration and the roles that the practitioner nurses would
be playing on the field in general. Much is discussed in the paper, but the whole idea is to
develop a relationship by which relatability is guaranteed and working to improve the future of
administration in medication is done (Keers, Plácido, Bennett, Clayton, Brown, & Ashcroft,
2018). Setting the standards high and promoting healthcare policies and bills is the only way to
achieve quality healthcare for all communities around the country and medication administration
is important in setting the pace, instilling discipline and professionalism and enhancing
preparedness.
Literature Review
The literature review is important in highlighting the scholarly and research steps taken in
finding out about medication administration. The purpose of the review, in this case, is to dig in a
more profound way the literature provided on medication administration and probably find the
best way to improve the quality of such knowledge in the future (Parry et al., 2015). Explaining
the standpoint is not only important, but it is also the way to help unearth the many myths and

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beliefs that individuals have conc3erning medication administration. According to Parry et al.
(2015) medication administration is not only a prerequisite to achieving universality in health
care, but it is also crucial in setting the standards and codes of conduct by the professionals who
in most cases are unlicensed (Bucknall, Fossum, Hutchinson, Botti, Considine, Dunning, &
Manias, 2019). Building a network of these practitioners and creating an enabling environment
for them to operate on not only eases the burden on the agencies but it also boosts the confidence
of citizens on matters to do with healthcare. Bucknall et al., (2019) provide further information
that by allowing medication administration to be at the forefront while regulating the
practitioners not only promotes research on a higher level but also makes healthcare providers
reliable. Keers et al. (2018) in his works, says that restricting healthcare practitioners only brings
harm to the whole industry and exposes the weaknesses in healthcare provision and by allowing
medication administration to be a priority, these weaknesses will be minimized and kept at bay
(Parry et al., 2015).
Issue Overview
Medication administration plays an important role especially in supporting healthcare
facilities. The scope of medication administration is broad and cannot be limited to just matters
of administration only. According to Keers et al. (2018), medication administration means so
much in terms of how patients recover, improve and how they respond to the medication as well.
Healthcare institutions are always tasked to ensure that the administration of medication is d...

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