The Stark Law is a set of federal regulations about self-referrals and prevents fraud. Protection of referrals from financial interest for the physician also applies to the physicians relatives. #nur4108#w13
Dr. Campbell - What strategies can nurses use to effectively communicate with policymakers and advocate for policies that align with the nursing profession's values and goals? #NUR4108LC#M4W1#TL
The policy about ICU Assessment and it’s requirements for charting, so technology has had drastic effects making routine charting and changes in condition charting significantly easier, more accurate, and more efficient than paper charting in the past. #nur4108#w11#tl
Nurse Overtime and Patient Safety Act puts limits and guidelines on mandatory overtime, which helps minimize medication errors and improve patient safety when related to nursing exhaustion and burnout. I can contact my state representative to protect this right. #nur4108#w9#tl
Professional nurses can individually advocate and help increase policies and practices that promote health and safety in schools by getting involved in the local school board to give talks in schools about health and preventative care. #nur4108#w8#tl
The main stakeholder of the policy that outlines the guidelines for patient assessment in the ICU are nurses, physicians, respiratory therapists, and patients and their families. #NUR4108#W6#TL
The Bills being discussed in the Florida Senate would give autonomy to APRN and allow them to conduct their practices independently. Additionally, research shows that nurse practitioners provide effective and safe care, so this bill would be good for medicine. #NUR4108#W5#TL
The AHRQ report gives specific solutions and verbiage to issues patients and healthcare workers face in hospitals with an emphasis on patient safety. The drive to provide safe, high-quality patient care is based on providers, research, data, evidence, and PSOs/NPSDs #NUR4108#W3
Dr. Rhonda BeLue serves in several capacities: on the AUPHA Review Board, as the chair the City of St. Louis Board of Health and Hospitals, and a distinguished professor at St. Louis University. She specializes in diversity and inclusion in the workplace #NUR4108