NR 447 Week 1 Discussion: The Affordable Care Act

NR 447 Week 1 Discussion: The Affordable Care Act

NR 447 Week 1 Discussion: The Affordable Care Act

The Affordable Care Act (graded)

Healthcare reform is a term that is ever present in our practice settings and will not disappear any time soon.

1. Share with the class implementation of the Affordable Care Act in your organization. (If you are not working as a nurse, think about what was happening when you were a pre licensure student).
2. How did your fellow healthcare workers react to implementation of the ACA?
3. How were citizens in your community impacted?

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AACN Essentials Self-Assessment and Patient-Centered Care (graded)

Locate and complete the Self-Assessment of the AACN Essentials located in Doc Sharing (Week 2). Follow the directions on the form. Note your total score. Next, review the article cited below:

Kramer, M., Schmalenberg, C., Maguire, P., Brewer, B., Burke, R., Chmielewski, L., … Meeks-Sjostrom, D. (2009). Walk the talk: Promoting control of nursing practice and a patient-centered culture. Critical Care Nurse, 29(3), 77–93. Click to link.

Answer the following:

1. If you are willing, please share your total score on the AACN Essentials Self-Assessment
2. Candidly identify and share with your classmates areas where knowledge, skills or abilities (KSAs) are lacking
3. Describe the relationship between the Essentials and your new-found knowledge about Patient Centered Care. Are there opportunities for your improvement?

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Conflict and Collaboration (graded)

Please watch the video and listen to the dialogue before posting.

Second Life Video

Transcript

At times the needs of our families conflict with our work responsibilities. Could this possibly be the underlying issue here?

Explain the conflict resolution skills displayed by the leader in the scenario. On a scale of 1-10, how would you rate those of the leader.

How might earlier collaboration have been beneficial?

Some organizations utilize non Registered Nurses in the Case Manager role. What additional skills, knowledge and attributes would the BSN-prepared Registered Nurse bring to case management in this scenario?