Examine legislative and regulatory processes relevant to the provision of healthcare.
Overview
The purpose of this activity is to help you get familiarized with your own country/state health care legislation.
Objectives
This activity is aligned with the course objective 4 and the following module objective:
Students will be able to examine legislative and regulatory processes relevant to the provision of healthcare.
Time: The time estimated to complete this activity is 30 minutes.
Instructions
To be successful, complete the following steps in order:
STEP 1. Go to your own country’s or state health care websites.
STEP 2. Create a new Word document, compile a list of five (5) healthcare issues that are currently under legislation.
STEP 3. Save the document with the filename:
Required Resources
Textbooks:
Nursing: Scope and Standards of Clinical Nursing Practice
Read Pages 1-30 from the book (CO 3 & MO c)
Ethics and Issues in Contemporary Nursing
Read chapter 14 (Health Policy Issues) – (CO 4 & MO d)
Recommended Resources
Websites:
ANA: Scope and Standards of Practice website – http://www.nursingworld.org/
(CO 3 & MO c)
Answer preview Examine legislative and regulatory processes relevant to the provision of healthcare.
