Maintaining Standards
Choose a topic and discuss the standards in detail. Analyze how these concepts/ processes influence the standards in your organization, including staffing, decision making or workplace issues, both positively and negatively.
Affordable Care Act
Agency for Healthcare, Quality and Research
Benchmarking Tools and Organizations
Certification for Nursing
Electronic Health Care Record
Electronic prescribing / Telehealth
Institute for Healthcare, Quality Improvement
Lean Project Management
Outcomes Management
Patient Care Pathways
Population Health Management
Practice Guidelines
Quality Management
Risk Management
Sentinel Event Management
Standards of Nursing Practice
Standards of Patient Care
Structure Standards
TJC Accreditation
Utilization Management
Value based care
Support your discussion and opinions with facts and relevant examples from personal nursing practice.
Reading and Resources
Review chapter 13 & 23 in Marquis, B. L., & Huston, C. J. (2021). Leadership roles and management functions in nursing: Theory and application. Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer.
Aroh, D., Colella, J., Douglas, C., & Eddings, A. (2015). An example of translating value-based purchasing into value-based care. Urologic Nursing, 35(2), 61-74. doi:10.7257/1053-816X.2015.35.2.61
Kizer, K. W. (2015). Clinical integration: A cornerstone for population health management. Journal of Healthcare Management, 60(3), 164-168.
Spruce, L. (2015). Back to basics: Implementing evidence-based practice. AORN Journal, 101(1), 106-112. doi:10.1016/j.aorn.2014.08.009
Visit the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Visit the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Visit the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
Visit The Joint Commission
Visit Affordable Care Act
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