Healthcare Policy, Regulation and Finance

Nurses are not just limited to the tasks of bedside care. Many nurses are creative and come up with innovative ideas to improve the areas in which they work. Nurses influence cost in healthcare organizations mainly because they are on the front lines. Change from high in the leadership chain does not work without information and feedback from front-line staff. Many department managers implement improvement projects while involving those on the front lines, from receptionists to nurse’s aides to registered nurses.

In addition to the listing of Boards of Nursing, https://www.ncsbn.org/index.htm , the following resources might be helpful:

*Representatives from six leading organizations whose members are health care regulatory licensing boards, including NCSBN, have created a practical document designed to assist legislators and regulatory bodies with making decisions about changes to health care professions’ scopes of practice.
*The AANA State Government Affairs Division , https://www.aana.com/ , publishes summaries of state legislative and regulatory requirements
*ACNM , org/State-Resource-Center” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener” data-saferedirecturl=”https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.midwife.org/State-Resource-Center&source=gmail&ust=1658581047956000&usg=AOvVaw2p3XgfZmJuW-ev0a_cloxN”>http://www.midwife.org/State-Resource-Center , publishes a series of state fact sheets as well as Summaries of State Laws and Regulations Affecting CNMs/CMs.
*The Citizen Advocacy Center, org/cac/SOP” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener” data-saferedirecturl=”https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.cacenter.org/cac/SOP&source=gmail&ust=1658581047956000&usg=AOvVaw0_g2M26Ldiu60RH_GEw6r8″>http://www.cacenter.org/cac/SOP , an organization devoted to assisting public members of regulatory bodies, has developed a series of excellent resources on scope of practice for consumers: a white paper, a toolkit, and a series of FAQs.
For example, nurses can round to identify which supplies are unnecessary and maybe go unused for long periods of time, and possibly even eliminate certain supplies from stock. Nurses are a valuable asset to healthcare organizations as they not only provide direct patient care, but also insight into cost-saving measures to reduce waste. ASSIGNMENT: Is healthcare a right and social good that should be available to all OR a market-based commodity, readily available to those who can pay for it?

Discuss and reflect on the assigned topics in terms of:

1) How the content and assignments met the course objective(s)?

2) Provide examples of actual or potential applications of the course week’s course concepts.

3) Successes or challenges that you had for the week in terms of the course content. STUDY MATERIAL: https://youtu.be/Cv3tAz_SLYk , https://youtu.be/pPjGVul5UYE , https://www.reflectionsonnursingleadership.org/commentary/more-commentary/Vol42_2_nurses-have-a-unique-role , https://youtu.be/7NUhWIl1Io0 , READINGS: Patton, Zalon, & Ludwick (Nurses Making Policy: From Bedside to Boardroom) ISBN: 978-0826142221 , Chapters 1, 2 and 5 , PERSONAL INFORMATION: I have been a registered nurse for 15 years. I practice in California.. FORMAT: APA 7th edition