NRS 440 Grand Canyon Topic 4 Assignment 1

CLC – Pros and Cons of Mandatory Continuing Nursing Education

Mandatory Continuing Nursing Education: Pros and Cons

Details:

This is a Collaborative Learning Community (CLC) assignment.

In your CLC group, create a PowerPoint presentation of 10-15 slides in which you compare the pros and cons of continuing nursing education related to the following:

• Impact on competency.
• Impact on knowledge and attitudes.
• Relationship to professional certification.
• Relationship to ANA Scope and Standards of Practice.
• Relationship to ANA Code of Ethics.

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Take a position with your CLC group: Should continuing nursing education be mandatory for all nurses? Support your position with rationale.

A minimum of three scholarly sources are required for this assignment.

While APA format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected and in-text citations and references should be presented using APA documentation guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment on Mandatory Continuing Nursing Education: Pros and Cons uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the Mandatory Continuing Nursing Education: Pros and Cons assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

CLC – Pros and Cons of Mandatory Continuing Nursing Education

NRS 440 Grand Canyon Topic 4 Discussion 1

Choose one legislator on the state or federal level who is also a nurse, and discuss the importance of their role as advocate for improving health care delivery. What specific bill(s) have they sponsored or supported that has/have influenced health care?

NRS 440 Grand Canyon Topic 4 Discussion 2

Discuss how the CMS reimbursement rules for never events required a shift in the patient care delivery model in inpatient facilities.

NRS 440 Grand Canyon Topic 4 Assignment 2

How a Bill Becomes a Law

Details:

As you have discovered through this course, nurses are influential members of the community and the political system. Therefore, for the purposes of this assignment you will identify a problem or concern in your community, organization, etc. that has the capacity to be legislated. You will conduct research and state a proposal. Through the legislative process, your proposal for the problem or concern may influence an idea for change into a law.

First, refer to the “How a Bill Becomes a Law” media.

http://lc.gcumedia.com/zwebassets/courseMaterialPages/nrs440v_how-a-bill-becomes-a-law-v2.1.php/.

Then, view the “Bill to Law Process” to watch the scenario.

After viewing the scenario, refer to the “Legislative Assignment.” You will need to save the document first in order to use it.

Submit the assignment to the instructor. You also reserve the right to submit your completed proposal to the respective government official. However, this is optional. If you select to submit your proposal as a part of the legislative process, refer to “Find Your Representative” or research the contact information on your own.