NUR 530 - Healthcare Reform and Nursing

3 credit(s)
With the passing of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on March 23, 2010, nurses have a great opportunity to change healthcare practices and health outcomes within the United States. The ACA provides us the platform to be leaders to increase patient safety, improve quality of care, and promote better outcomes. This course reviews certain changes that are being implemented throughout the United States as part of the ACA. Topics to be reviewed: The National Partnership for Patients Initiative: Better Care, Lower Costs, Readmissions as an adverse event, Health Literacy, Care Transitions-working as a community, implementation of Patient Centered Medical Homes (PCMH) and Accountable Care Organizations (ACO). This course provides resources, tools, current literature, and tips and strategies on how to implement change to promote better care and better outcomes within healthcare organizations.
Prerequisite(s): Matriculation in the Master of Science in Nursing program.

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