Describe the impact of regulatory agencies on factors such as quality of care, nursing and health care provider performance, and organizational finances.

Week 3 

Nurs 420

This week we have focused on the regulatory aspect of healthcare and healthcare practice. In your discussion response this week, please address the following prompt:

1. Describe the impact of regulatory agencies on factors such as quality of care, nursing and health care provider performance, and organizational finances.

Please be sure to support your discussion with a scholarly source. Please also respond to at least two peers this week to achieve full participation points.

This activity aligns with:

Course Outcome   3. Discuss how regulatory agencies and professional organizations influence nursing practice and healthcare delivery to support optimal quality patient care.  

AACN BSN Essential V.4: Examine legislative and regulatory processes relevant to the provision of health care. 

AACN BSN  Essential Essential V.7: Examine the roles and responsibilities of the regulatory agencies and their effect on patient care quality, workplace safety, and the scope of nursing and other health professionals’ practice.  

Week 4

Consider what you have learned about access to and equity of healthcare this week. Address each of the following prompts in your discussion response:

1. Identify a nursing or healthcare issue related to the Affordable Care Act. How does this legislation influence equity, access, and affordability for patients?

2. How does this legislation work to decrease the disparity in care?

3. How does this legislation impact nursing care?

Please respond to two of your classmates’ postings. In your responses, comment on your experience with the issue identified.  

Please be sure to support your discussion with a scholarly source.

This activity aligns with:

Course Outcome 3. Discuss how regulatory agencies and professional organizations influence nursing practice and healthcare delivery to support optimal quality patient care.  

Course Outcome 4. Analyze the impact of sociocultural, economic, and environmental influences on health care policies to understand consumer challenges related to equity, access, affordability, and social justice in healthcare.  

Course Outcome 5. Evaluate the political advocacy process to identify opportunities for nursing professional involvement.  

Course Outcome 6. Delineate strategies that nurses can use to engage in advocacy for healthcare policy to support equity, access, affordability, and social justice for consumers and in support of the nursing profession.