NURS 1110 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Political Action Committee, Non-Governmental Organization, Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act
Document Summary
Chapter 5 - health policy and political action: critical actions for nurses. Healthcare delivery is influenced by health policy. Understanding healthcare policy requires nurse to understand how the broader picture impacts individual care. Nurses offer expertise, understanding, and experience to health policy- making. Policy: a course of action that affects a large number of people and is stimulated by a specific need to achieve certain outcomes. Health policy: policy that focuses on health and health-related issues. Policy planning: development of a plan to change the value system or laws and regulation. Importance of health policy and political action. Policy: relevance to the nation"s health and to nursing. Policy influences all aspects of health and healthcare delivery. Access to care is influenced by policy. Some are of concern to nurses, nursing, and healthcare delivery. How policy is developed, or if policy exists, varies from issue to issue. Health policy most commonly developed at state and federal levels.
