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APA FORMAT ACTIVE VOICE TIMES ROMAN 12 FREE OF
GRAMMATICAL SPELLING SENTENCE STRUCTURE ERRORS FIRM GRASP OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE
ZERO USE OF CONVERSATIONAL ENGLISH IN TEXT CITATIONS REFERENCE PAGE
Grading Rubric
A=4=Mastery
Competencies
- Analyze the components of political action in nursing.
- Explain the process of policy-making in healthcare delivery.
- Apply the principles of economics as they relate to nursing and healthcare.
- Appraise economical aspects that influence healthcare delivery systems.
- Analyze legal components related to nursing practice.
- Determine strategies that minimize legal risks in nursing practice related to negligence and malpractice.
Scenario
Your nurse manager has asked you to partner with the nurse educator that coordinates orientation for new nursing hires. The nurse educator suggests that the following areas (policy, economics, and legal) are not well-represented in nursing orientation materials and that your input would be welcome. You are told that the orientation materials should be brief, as they are part of the notebook that each nurse is given regarding hospital and nursing policies and procedures, as well as tips for best practice.
Instructions
Prepare resource insert sheets for the nursing orientation manual that contains the following:
Part One – Policy Section
- Examines the importance of staying up to date with federal and state health policy.
- Provides resources for staying up to date.
- Illustrates ways nurses can get involved in the policy process.
Part Two – Economics Section
- Identifies key economic principles for nursing.
- Explains the concept of HCACPS Scoring and CMS payment.
- Summarizes ways nurses can be stewards of resources.
- Discusses the revenue sources and budgeting.
Part Three – Legal Section
- Identifies the basic principles of malpractice.
- Assesses best practices for avoiding nursing malpractice.
- Summarizes the State Board of Nursing Disciplinary Process and resources to find Nursing Practice Standards.
- Provides stated ideas with professional language and attribution for credible sources with correct APA citation, spelling, and grammar in the nursing orientation resource insert sheets.
Explanation & Answer
Attached.
Policy, Economics and Legal Guidelines for Best Practices
Policy Section
Why you should know legal requirements
How to Stay Updated
Nursing practice is guided by standard legal
requirements that determine decision making
in healthcare (Buppert, 2017).
Every nurse should learn these requirements to
help in better communication and delivery of
services
The legal requirements helps nurses to know
their scope of practice and roles during patient
care (Buppert, 2017).
Since policies may change, staying abreast
with them ensures compliance and reduces
issues of malpractice.
Nurses should follow up with state and federal
regulations as they may impact their duties and
responsibilities (Buppert, 2017).
Nurses have several resources where updates
on scope of practice and legal requirements
can be found (Staebler et al., 2017).
CMS website offers changes in rules regarding
compensation or patient care. OSHA website
updates on occupational safety for nurses and
personal care. NCQA website indicates quality
requirements and how nurses can contribute.
Each health center has a regulatory and
compliance office that can offer information
regarding changes in policies (Staebler et al.,
2017).
Seminars and conferences are also vital
platforms to note changes in policy. Further,
nurses should endeavor to study research
materials and newsletters that help clarify the
legal requirements (Buppert, 2017).
How to be involved in Nursing Policy
A nurse should use learned skills to review literary works
and know how to propose policies in the healthcare
environment (Staebler et al., 2017).
In daily practice, a nurse should note issues that require
reforms and document how they influence patient care.
The nurse should be ready to support other practitioners
who propose policies that...
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