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What is the ACA? - ANS Affordable Care act- 2 laws 1) Patient protection and affordable care act 2) Health care and education affordability reconciliation act -Passed in 2010 What did the ACA do? - ANS changed how Amer access healthcare and how it is paid for -Nurses get to...

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What is the ACA? - ANS Affordable Care act- 2 laws
1) Patient protection and affordable care act
2) Health care and education affordability reconciliation act
-Passed in 2010

What did the ACA do? - ANS changed how Amer access healthcare and how it is paid for
-Nurses get to help improve and redesign healthcare (cool)

What type of people make up nursing? - ANS 83.2% women
8% male
19% ethnic minority

91% nurses younger than 50 are employed

Ho wmany nurses were ther ein 2016 - ANS over 4 million

Nursing push/pull factors - ANS push: instability, money, political instability, lack of career
opp
pull: opp fo rbetter quality of life, bette rpay, better hospitals

Practice settings - ANS 63.2- hospitals
10.5 ambulatory care (clinics, medical offices, SNFs)
7.8- public and comm health
6.4- home health
5.3- extended care facilities
6.8 other

3 ways to qualify for NCLEX - ANS 1) 4 year BSN
2) 2 year ADN
3) 3 year diploma in nursing

How did nursing start? - ANS in homes
-In hospitals for 150 years

Direct patient care is - ANS medical or surgical conditions

Practice settings for nurses - ANS Direct patient care
Research (teaching students)

, Advanced education (masters, phd)
Advanced practice nurses (APNs): NPs, Clinical nurse specialists (CNS), Certified nurse
midwives (CNM), CRNA

Telehealth
Upsides
downsides - ANS Upsides: can look up labs online, patient daa monitored even when
patients are home, get healthcare to underserved populations
Downsides: legal and regulatory issues, patient may not have internet or lighting

New legislation concerning telehealth - ANS Veteran bill- nurses can now serve veterans
nationwide

--> Corona Virus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act (payers
reimburse Telehealth at same rate as clinic visit, setting restrictions lifted)

Nurse entrepreneurs - ANS -Identify need and provide services
-Ex: nurse managed center, consultatnts to hospitals, health equipment agencies, home health
agencies, stethoscope cover

Adv. of nurse ent - ANS great autonomy
Freedom to control own practice

Disadv of nurse entre - ANS lose financial investment if it fails, regular paychecks are rare,
pressure created becaues responsibility of meeting deadlines, and paying bills falls on you

Employment outlook for nurses - ANS -Expected 15% employment growth from 2016 to
2026
-Tech advnacements
-Increasing emphasis on primary care (cheaper than urgent c)
-Aging population so jobs are opening up

Wage compression - ANS Wage growth occurs early on and then flattens out quickly
-Leave nursing to seek higher education

What did nursing becoming a profession do for it - ANS -defines and establishes
parameters and boundaries of a profession and clarifies the work of nursing
-Guides edu prep
-Helps aspiring practitioners guide
-Makes the work of nursing visible to outsides and policy makers

Flexner Report
-Year
-What he did

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