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Part 2: minimum 1 page
Part 3: Minimum 1 page
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Part 1: Trends and Issues in Health Care
Examine changes introduced to reform or restructure the U.S. health care delivery system. Discuss action taken for reform and restructuring and the role of the nurse within this changing environment.
Include the following (Mandatory):
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.
2. Describe the effect of law or federal regulation on nursing practice and the nurse’s role and responsibility.
3. Discuss how quality measures and pay for performance affect patient outcomes.
a. Explain how these affect nursing practice and describe the expectations and responsibilities of the nursing role in these situations.
4. Discuss professional nursing leadership and management roles that have arisen
a. How they are important in responding to emerging trends and in the promotion of patient safety and quality care in diverse health care settings.
5. Research emerging trends (2) in nursing. 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.
Part 2: Ethical and Legal Aspect of Nursing Practice
Case Study, Chapter 16, Whistle-Blowing in Nursing
A student nurse asks a faculty member to explain whistle-blowing. The student nurse wants to know the work conditions that would have to be met before whistle-blowing occurs, as well as situations in which whistle-blowing is clearly indicated. The faculty member reviews key concepts with all members of the class.
Being a whistle-blower takes great courage and self-conviction because it requires the whistle-blower to avoid groupthink.
1. Analyze how groupthink affects the process of whistle-blowing.
2. Discuss the pros and cons of whistle-blowing.
3. What are the key guidelines for blowing the whistle?
Part 3: Ethical and Legal Aspect of Nursing Practice
Case Study, Chapter 18, Academic Integrity in Nursing Education: Is it Declining?
A group of nursing students are in the middle of an exam when two students witness another student pull out his phone and look up answers. Neither student informs the faculty member but after the exam they discuss what they witnessed.
1. Describe the most common forms of cheating in the classroom and in the clinical area.
2. What should the nursing students do in regard to what they witnessed during the exam?
3. Why is it important for them to do anything?
