Summary: The Evolution Of Nursing And Patient Care Delivery
The Evolution of Nursing and Patient Care Delivery
Tree Princess Jones
Trends in Nursing Practice
The Evolution of Nursing and Patient Care Delivery
With the enactment of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and the influx of complex patients expected to accompany it, nurses will soon be taking on a more active role in patient care. This paper will discuss how the role of nurses’ in the evolving health care system will be crucial in post ACA era in providing quality care across the continuum across the nation.
Patient-Centered Medical Home
Currently primary care leans more towards treatment of acute and periodic illnesses with management of chronic conditions, rather than preventative care for the patient and their families (Bleser, et al., 2014). …show more content…
With population health being a top goal in the changing healthcare system, Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) will need to be more directly linked to the public health system. While PCMH models will focus on transforming primary care with improved delivery systems that will address the whole patient, including their health and social needs, ACO’s will be held responsible for improving the quality of care and reducing costs across the health continuum (AM J Health-Syst Pharm, 2013). Promoting continuity of patient care will require communication among health care professionals to ensure patients are treated in the most cost-effective locations to avoid unnecessary hospitalizations and readmissions by focusing on chronic and preventative care (AM J Health-Syst Pharm, 2013). The new paradigm with ACO’s will require a change in health-system leadership from personnel having narrowly defined responsibilities to team members being well equipped to assume additional responsibilities (AM J Health-Syst Pharm, 2013) and It will be imperative that nurses and APRN’s are utilized to their full extent of skills and education to assist in primary care and prevention services to meet the …show more content…
The increased possibilities and new diverse roles that many RN’s will obtain will bring a new outlook to not only seasoned nurses, but also the potential new professionals that will soon join the field. Although the needs of the healthcare system, will undoubtedly bring many new stressors and concerns to the workforce, the government is attempting to alleviate some of those stressors with grants, scholarships and educational incentive programs that will hopefully assist in rebuilding the nursing workforce to allow for a more healthy and rewarding career decision that will assist the nation in rebuilding the health of America and bring back the autonomy and feeling of empowerment that citizens will obtain with the knowledge and support from trusted professionals of the nursing industry to prevent chronic diseases and lead healthier lives into the future for themselves and their
Tree Princess Jones
Trends in Nursing Practice
The Evolution of Nursing and Patient Care Delivery
With the enactment of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and the influx of complex patients expected to accompany it, nurses will soon be taking on a more active role in patient care. This paper will discuss how the role of nurses’ in the evolving health care system will be crucial in post ACA era in providing quality care across the continuum across the nation.
Patient-Centered Medical Home
Currently primary care leans more towards treatment of acute and periodic illnesses with management of chronic conditions, rather than preventative care for the patient and their families (Bleser, et al., 2014). …show more content…
With population health being a top goal in the changing healthcare system, Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) will need to be more directly linked to the public health system. While PCMH models will focus on transforming primary care with improved delivery systems that will address the whole patient, including their health and social needs, ACO’s will be held responsible for improving the quality of care and reducing costs across the health continuum (AM J Health-Syst Pharm, 2013). Promoting continuity of patient care will require communication among health care professionals to ensure patients are treated in the most cost-effective locations to avoid unnecessary hospitalizations and readmissions by focusing on chronic and preventative care (AM J Health-Syst Pharm, 2013). The new paradigm with ACO’s will require a change in health-system leadership from personnel having narrowly defined responsibilities to team members being well equipped to assume additional responsibilities (AM J Health-Syst Pharm, 2013) and It will be imperative that nurses and APRN’s are utilized to their full extent of skills and education to assist in primary care and prevention services to meet the …show more content…
The increased possibilities and new diverse roles that many RN’s will obtain will bring a new outlook to not only seasoned nurses, but also the potential new professionals that will soon join the field. Although the needs of the healthcare system, will undoubtedly bring many new stressors and concerns to the workforce, the government is attempting to alleviate some of those stressors with grants, scholarships and educational incentive programs that will hopefully assist in rebuilding the nursing workforce to allow for a more healthy and rewarding career decision that will assist the nation in rebuilding the health of America and bring back the autonomy and feeling of empowerment that citizens will obtain with the knowledge and support from trusted professionals of the nursing industry to prevent chronic diseases and lead healthier lives into the future for themselves and their