Question

Describe 4 activities the nurse can use to influence healthcare policy and why each is important.

Answer 1

Health care system is rapidly growing and changes were occurring.In health care setting nurses becoming a part and move forward along with changes made in the system.For this purpose,nurse can be influence in the formulation of health care policies rather that implementation of health policies.Nurses need to develop the health policies that to be better able to control their practices and should acquire policy making skills. Nurses can use influence health policies that should protect patient safety and facilitates to access the resources for developing the policies to promote quality of health care

Health care system to reform:

• Nurses should access to the highest quality and safety care.In 2019,Patient Protection and affordable act that they demonstrate that high profile attempt should change the health care legislation is one of the most important issues that was facing by our leader.
• Health care system is very important because in our world health is the most valuable thing among all.

Regulations and agencies:

• American Nurses association carries out that,nurses should play major role to interpret,enforce and legislation may affect our health care professions that was regulated by the federal government.
• Agencies such as Center for Medicare and Medicaid services,federal drug administration(FDA),Center of Disease control (CDC) and Health resources and service Administration (HRSA) that have a huge impact nurses who are working in the health care system.
• Regulation helps in taking decision making processes in the formulation of health care policy.

Health care Coordination:

• Health care coordination can be highlighted by hospitals,health care policy system and insurers are the tool in improving patient health and to optimize health care cost.
• American Nurse association is leading and also initiative number of ways to bring attention to nurses for coordination and demand payment for essential services for patient care.
• Coordination with other health care can help to implement health care policy.

Health information Technology

• These enabled health care coordination that allow health care provider to capture data that is used for patient care and to communicate with other health care professional across a range of clinical settings.
• Nurses should be a part in using technology for implementation of new procedures and new practices.
• Health care agencies took particular interest in health information technology and include nurses in using these technology in terms of opportunities and additional workload.