Topic: The Role of the Advanced Practice Nurse in a Changing Health Care Environment
Analyze the role of the advanced practice nurse in the changing health care environment. How will this role augment physicians\' practices? What implications will the Affordable Care Act have on this new delivery system?
Require reading
Textbook Readings
Read the following topics in Policy and Politics for Nurses and Other Health Professionals:
\"Physicians: From Solo Practitioners to Team Leaders\"
\"Healthcare Quality\"
Journal Readings
Please retrieve and read the following journal articles from the Library.
Blewett, L., Planalp, C., & Alarcon, G. (2018). Affordable care act impact in Kentucky: Increasing access, reducing disparities. American Journal of Public Health, 108, 924-929.
Brom, H., Salsberry, P., & Graham, M. (2018). Leveraging health care reform to accelerate nurse practitioner full practice authority. Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, 30, 120-130.
Fontenot, S. (2014). The affordable care act, the FTC and the independent practice of nurses. Physician Executive Journal, 40, 98-101.
Parente, S., Feldman, R., Spetz, J., Dowd, B., & Baggett, E. (2017). Wage growth for the health care workforce: Projecting the affordable care act impact. Health Services Research, 52, 741-762.
