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NRS 440 Assignment: Health Care Delivery Models and Nursing Practice
NRS 440 Assignment Health Care Delivery Models and Nursing Practice
Description:
Examine changes introduced to reform or restructure the U.S. health care delivery system. In a 1,000-1,250 word paper, discuss action taken for reform and restructuring and the role of the nurse within this changing environment.
Include the following:
1. Outline a current or emerging health care law or federal regulation introduced to reform or restructure some aspect of the health care delivery system. Describe the effect of this on nursing practice and the nurse’s role and responsibility.
2. Discuss how quality measures and pay for performance affect patient outcomes. Explain how these affect nursing practice and describe the expectations and responsibilities of the nursing role in these situations.
3. Discuss professional nursing leadership and management roles that have arisen and how they are important in responding to emerging trends and in the promotion of patient safety and quality care in diverse health care settings.
4. Research emerging trends. Predict two ways in which the practice of nursing and nursing roles will grow or transform within the next five years to respond to upcoming trends or predicted issues in health care.
You are required to cite to a minimum of three sources to complete this assignment. Sources must be published within the last 5 years and appropriate for the assignment criteria and relevant to nursing practice.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to theLopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance.
Description
Objectives:
1. Examine the role of nursing in the reformation or restructuring of the health care delivery system.
2. Predict how the nursing profession will grow or transform to respond to emerging trends.
Study Materials
Trends in Health Care: A Nursing Perspective
Description:
Read Chapter 2 in Trends in Health Care: A Nursing Perspective.
The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health
Description:
Refer to “The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health,” located on the National Academies of Sciences Engineering Medicine website, as needed to complete your assignment.
Overview and Summary: Healthcare Reform: Nurses Impact Policy
Description:
Read “Overview and Summary: Healthcare Reform: Nurses Impact Policy,” by Matthews, from The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing (2017).
Summary of the Affordable Care Act (ACA)
Description:
Read “Summary of the Affordable Care Act,” by the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation (2017), located at the HealthCare.gov website.
The Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act
Description:
Read “The Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act,” located on the Senate Democratic Leadership website.
What Is Pay for Performance in Healthcare?
Description:
Read “What Is Pay for Performance in Healthcare?” located on the NEJM Catalyst website.
Nurse and Health Care Worker Protection Act
Description:
Read “Nurse and Health Care Worker Protection Act,” located on the American Nurses Association (ANA) website.
Promoting Prevention Under the Affordable Care Act
Description:
Read “Promoting Prevention Under the Affordable Care Act,” by Chait and Glied, from Annual Review of Public Health
(2018).
Implementation of the Provision of the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 Relating to the Dispensing of Narcotic Drugs for Opioid Use Disorder
Description:
Read “Implementation of the Provision of the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 Relating to the Dispensing of Narcotic Drugs for Opioid Use Disorder,” from Rules – 2018 of Federal Register Notes (2018), located on the U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) website.
What Is the U.S. Opioid Epidemic?
Description:
Read “What Is the U.S. Opioid Epidemic?” located on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services website.
HCAHPS: Patients’ Perspectives of Care Survey
Description:
Read “HCAHPS: Patients’ Perspectives of Care Survey,” located on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) website.
NRS 440 Assignment Health Care Delivery Models and Nursing Practice Grading Rubric
Performance Category | 100% or highest level of performance
100% 16 points |
Very good or high level of performance
88% 14 points |
Acceptable level of performance
81% 13 points |
Inadequate demonstration of expectations
68% 11 points |
Deficient level of performance
56% 9 points
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Failing level
of performance 55% or less 0 points |
Total Points Possible= 50 | 16 Points | 14 Points | 13 Points | 11 Points | 9 Points | 0 Points |
Scholarliness
Demonstrates achievement of scholarly inquiry for professional and academic topics. |
Presentation of information was exceptional and included all of the following elements:
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Presentation of information was good, but was superficial in places and included all of the following elements:
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Presentation of information was minimally demonstrated in all of the following elements:
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Presentation of information is unsatisfactory in one of the following elements:
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Presentation of information is unsatisfactory in two of the following elements:
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Presentation of information is unsatisfactory in three or more of the following elements
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16 Points | 14 Points | 13 Points | 11 Points | 9 Points | 0 Points | |
Application of Course Knowledge
Demonstrate the ability to analyze and apply principles, knowledge and information learned in the outside readings and relate them to real-life professional situations |
Presentation of information was exceptional and included all of the following elements:
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Presentation of information was good, but was superficial in places and included all of the following elements:
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Presentation of information was minimally demonstrated in the all of the following elements:
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Presentation of information is unsatisfactory in one of the following elements:
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Presentation of information is unsatisfactory in two of the following elements:
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Presentation of information is unsatisfactory in three of the following elements
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Interactive Dialogue
Initial post should be a minimum of 300 words (references do not count toward word count) The peer and instructor responses must be a minimum of 150 words each (references do not count toward word count) Responses are substantive and relate to the topic. |
Demonstrated all of the following:
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Grammar, Syntax, APA
Points deducted for improper grammar, syntax and APA style of writing. The source of information is the APA Manual 6th Edition Error is defined to be a unique APA error. Same type of error is only counted as one error. |
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Participation
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Due Date Requirements | Demonstrated all of the following:
A minimum of one peer and one instructor responses are to be posted within the course no later than Sunday, 11:59 pm MT. |
Demonstrates one or less of the following.
A minimum of one peer and one instructor responses are to be posted within the course no later than Sunday, 11:59 pm MT. |