NRSG 2210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Environmental Health, Telehealth, Health Informatics
4 Jan 2017
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Lecture 1 nursing in today"s evolving health care environment. Aca is actually two laws: the patient protection and affordable care act, the health care and education affordability reconciliation. Incremental but progressive change to the way that americans access and pay for their health care. It affords a nurse a considerable opportunity: to act as full partners with other health professionals, to lead in the improvement and redesign of the health care system and its practice environment. 2013 more than 4 million held licenses as rns. Gender: dominated by women, 2000-2008 men in nursing increased by 50% Overall 7% of nurses are men: among ncsbn/fsnwc survey. 76% of male nurses and 62% of female nurses work in hospitals. Men (41%) are overrepresented in the advance practice role of certified registered nurse anesthetists. Men (7%) are staff nurses and administration have proportional representation. Men (6%) are slightly less proportional as nps and other positions.
