Assignment: Staying Current: Online Resources NURS 8100
Assignment: Staying Current: Online Resources NURS 8100
Assignment: Staying Current: Online Resources
Technology is providing increasingly rich and credible resources for staying abreast of
the latest trends and issues in health care. Many recognized organizations provide
regularly disseminated updates via their websites, and offer this information free to
subscribers. As you proceed through the DNP program, you will find that receiving
these updates will support your professional growth as a scholar practitioner.
To prepare:
Explore the following resources found inthis week’s Learning Resources:
AHRQ Patient Safety Network
Modern Healthcare Alerts
RWJ Nursing News Digest
The Commonwealth Fund
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
To complete:
Select one service and subscribe to receive e-mail alerts or updates.
Copy and paste your successful subscription notification into a Word document.
By Day 7
Submit the Assignment.
Submission and Grading Information
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Please save your Assignment using the naming convention “WK1Assgn+last name+first
initial.(extension)” as the name.
Click the Week 1 Assignment link.
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you saved as “WK1Assgn+last name+first initial.(extension)” and click Open.
If applicable: From the Plagiarism Tools area, click the checkbox for I agree to submit my
paper(s) to the Global Reference Database.
Click on the Submit button to complete your submission.
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Learning Resources
Required Readings
Bodenheimer, T., & Grumbach, K. (2016). Understanding health policy: A clinical
approach (7th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Medical.
Chapter 1, “Introduction: The Paradox of Excess and Deprivation”
This chapter introduces the concept of “excess and deprivation”—p eople receiving either too
little or too much health care, which contributes to the weakness of the health care system.
Chapter 2, “Paying for Health Care”
This chapter discusses the evolution of health care financing, including out-of–pocket payments,
individual private insurance, employment-based insurance, and government-financed insurance.
Chapter 3, “Access to Health Care”
This chapter focuses on financial and nonfinancial barriers to health care and concludes with
influences to one’s health status unrelated to health care.
Chapter 4,“Paying Health Care Providers”
This chapter provides information on how physicians and hospitals are paid.
HealthCare.gov. (n.d.). Understanding the Affordable Care Act. Retrieved
from http://www.hhs.gov/healthcare/rights/index.html
Posted by U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, this article provides an
introduction to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (PPACA).
HealthCare.gov. (n.d.). Understanding the Affordable Care Act: About the
law. Retrieved from http://www.hhs.gov/healthcare/rights/law/index.html
Also posted by U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, this article focuses on
specific provisions of the law and outlines how it will increase access to affordable
health coverage.
In Week 1 of this course, you are required to subscribe to one of the health information
services listed below. In preparation, review these different sites:
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. (2010). AHRQ PSNet Patient Safety
Network. Retrieved from http://psnet.ahrq.gov/
ModernHealthcare.com. (n.d.). Registration is free: The news is invaluable. Retrieved
from https://home.modernhealthcare.com/clickshare/addAccountFree.do
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. (2011). Publications and research. Retrieved from
http://www.rwjf.org/?topicid=1318
The Commonwealth Fund. (2010). The Commonwealth Fund. Retrieved from
http://www.commonwealthfund.org/
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. (2011). New & noteworthy. Retrieved from
Required Media
Laureate Education, Inc. (Executive Producer). (2011). Healthcare policy and advocacy:
The policy process. Baltimore: Author.
Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 11 minutes.
In this media presentation, Dr. Kominski and Dr. Zelman discuss the policy process and
provide an overview of the influence of policy on health care practices. Dr. Zelman also
discusses the challenges of passing new policy and relates this to health care reform
efforts.
Accessible player
Optional Resources
Hammer, D., Phillips, B., & Schmidt, T. L. (2010). The intended and unintended
consequences of health care reform. Healthcare Financial Management, 64(10), 50–55.
Rettenmaier, A. J., & Saving, T. R. (2011, January 5). Reforming Medicare: The
Affordable Care Act versus the Rivlin/Ryan proposal. National Center for Policy
Analysis. Retrieved from http://www.ncpathinktank.org/pub/ba736
Stephens, J. H., & Ledlow, G. R. (2010). Real health care reform: focus on primary care
access. Hospital Topics, 88(4), 98–106.