Current Trends in Nursing Practice
Discussion question:
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 these two provisions have impacted, or will impact, your current practice of nursing.
NB: Use below information to respond to the above question.
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