Healthcare Reform and Nurses: Challenges and Opportunities

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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) was passed into legislation in march of 2010. Identify the impact of this legislation on your nursing practice by choosing two key nursing provisions outlined in the topic material. ” Nursing and Health Reform.” Discuss how this two provisions have impacted , or will impact, your current practice of nursing.
Textbook

1. Contemporary Nursing: Issues, Trends, and Management

Read Chapters 2 and 26 in Contemporary Nursing: Issues, Trends, and Management.
http://evolve.elsevier.com

Electronic Resource

1. Establishing a Culturally Competent Master’s and Doctorally Prepared Nursing Workforce

Read “Establishing a Culturally Competent Master’s and Doctorally Prepared Nursing Workforce,” located on the American Association of College of Nursing website.
http://www.aacn.nche.edu/education-resources/CulturalComp.pdf

2. New Health Care Delivery Models in Health System Reform: Opportunities for Nurses and Their Patients

Read “New Health Care Delivery Models in Health System Reform: Opportunities for Nurses and Their Patients,” by Haney (2010), located on the American Nurses Association website.
https://www.nursingworld.org/~4af0e8/globalassets/docs/ana/ethics/new-delivery-models—final—haney—6-9-10-1532.pdf

3. Nursing and Health Reform

Read “Nursing and Health Reform,” located on the Wound Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society website.
http://c.ymcdn.com/sites/www.wocn.org/resource/resmgr/AdvocacyPolicy/PPACA_and_Nursing_-_Nursing_.pdf

4. The Affordable Care Act (ACA)

Read “The Affordable Care Act,” located at the HealthCare.gov website.
http://www.healthcare.gov/law/timeline/index.html

e-Library Resource

1. Accountable Care Organizations: The Future of Care Delivery

Read “Accountable Care Organizations: The Future of Care Delivery?” by Hart, from American Journal of Nursing (2012).
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2. Editor’s Notes: Integrating Health Promotion Into National Health Policy

Read “Editor’s Notes: Integrating Health Promotion Into National Health Policy,” by O’Donnell, from American Journal of Health Promotion (2009).
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3. From Sick Care to Health Care-Reengineering Prevention Into the US System

Read “From Sick Care to Health Care—Reengineering Prevention Into the US System,” by Marvasti and Stafford, from New England Journal of Medicine (2012).
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4. Goal-Oriented Patient Care – An Alternative Health Outcomes Paradigm

Read “Goal-Oriented Patient Care – An Alternative Health Outcomes Paradigm,” by Reuben and Tinetti, from New England Journal of Medicine (2012).
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5. Health Care Reform and Issues in Nursing. The PPACA and Its Impact on Medical-Surgical Nursing

Read “Health Care Reform and Issues in Nursing. The PPACA and Its Impact on Medical-Surgical Nursing,” by Hertel, from Med-Surg Matters (2011).
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6. Health Reform Act: New Models of Care and Delivery Systems

Read “Health Reform Act: New Models of Care and Delivery Systems,” by Haas, from AAACN Viewpoint (2011).
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7. Healthcare Reform and Nurses: Challenges and Opportunities

Read “Healthcare Reform and Nurses: Challenges and Opportunities,” by Stokowski, from Nevada RNformation (2010).
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8. Pragmatic Measures: What They Are and Why We Need Them

Read “Pragmatic Measures: What They Are and Why We Need Them,” by Glasgow et al., from American Journal of Preventive Medicine (2013).
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