Discussion: Review of Current Healthcare Issues

**THIS DISCUSSION IS DIVIDE IN TWO PARTS –

1. MAIN DISCUSSION POST BY TUESDAY 6/1/2021 BEFORE 8:00 PM EST

2. TWO REPLIES BY FRIDAY 06/04/2021 BEFORE 8:00 PM EST

Discussion: Review of Current Healthcare Issues

If you were to ask 10 people what they believe to be the most significant issue facing healthcare today, you might get 10 different answers. Escalating costs? Regulation? Technology disruption?
These and many other topics are worthy of discussion. Not surprisingly, much has been said in the research, within the profession, and in the news about these topics. Whether they are issues of finance, quality, workload, or outcomes, there is no shortage of changes to be addressed.
In this Discussion, you examine a national healthcare issue and consider how that issue may impact your work setting. You also analyze how your organization has responded to this issue.

To Prepare:

· Review the Resources (see below and PDF documents) and select one current national healthcare issue/stressor to focus on.
· Reflect on the current national healthcare issue/stressor you selected and think about how this issue/stressor may be addressed in your work setting.

Discussion – Instructions:

1. Post a description of the national healthcare issue/stressor you selected for analysis. From the resources provided. See below…and attached PDF documents.
2. Explain how the healthcare issue/stressor may impact your work setting.
3. Describe how your health system work setting has responded to the healthcare issue/stressor, including a description of what changes may have been implemented.
4. Be specific and provide examples.
5. Use at least 3 references. (one of them from the resources provided)
6. Review the Grading Rubric

School Resources:

Auerbach, D. I., PhD., Staiger, D. O., PhD., & Buerhaus, Peter I,PhD., R.N. (2018). Growing ranks of advanced practice clinicians — implications for the physician workforce. The New England Journal of Medicine, 378(25), 2358-2360. doi:http://dx.doi.org.ezp.waldenulibrary.org/10.1056/NEJMp1801869

Gerardi, T. , Farmer, P. & Hoffman, B. (2018). Moving Closer to the 2020 BSN-Prepared Workforce Goal. AJN, American Journal of , 118(2), 43–45. doi: 10.1097/01.NAJ.0000530244.15217.aa.

Jacobs, B. , McGovern, J. , Heinmiller, J. & Drenkard, K. (2018). Engaging Employees in Well-Being. Administration Quarterly, 42(3), 231–245. doi: 10.1097/NAQ.0000000000000303.

Norful, A. A., de Jacq, K., Carlino, R., & Poghosyan, L. (2018). Nurse Practitioner-Physician Comanagement: A Theoretical Model to Alleviate Primary Care Strain. Annals of Family Medicine, 16(3), 250–256. https://doi-org.ezp.waldenulibrary.org/10.1370/afm.2230

How Evolving United States Payment Models Influence Primary Care and Its Impact on the Quadruple Aim
Brian Park, Stephanie B. Gold, Andrew Bazemore, Winston Liaw
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Jul 2018, 31 (4) 588-604; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2018.04.170388

Poghosyan, L. , Norful, A. A. & Laugesen, M. J. (2018). Removing restrictions on nurse practitioners’ scope of practice in New York State. Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, 30(6), 354–360. doi: 10.1097/JXX.0000000000000040.

Ricketts, T. C., & Fraher, E. P. (2013). Reconfiguring health workforce policy so that education, training, and actual delivery of care are closely connected. Health Affairs, 32(11), 1874-80. Retrieved from https://ezp.waldenulibrary.org/login?qurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.proquest.com%2Fscholarly-journals%2Freconfiguring-health-workforce-policy-so-that%2Fdocview%2F1458313016%2Fse-2%3Faccountid%3D14872

**THIS DISCUSSION IS DIVIDE IN TWO PARTS

–

1.

MAIN DISCUSSION POST BY TUESDAY

6/1/2021

BEFORE 8:00 PM EST

2.

TWO REPLIES BY FRIDAY

06/04

/2021 BEFORE 8:00 PM EST

Discussion: Review of Current Healthcare Issues

If you were to ask 10 people what they believe to be the most significant issue facing healthcare

today, you might get 10 different answers. Escalating costs? Regulation? Technology disruption?

These and many other topics are worthy of discussion. Not surp

risingly, much has been said in the

research, within the profession, and in the news about these topics. Whether they are issues of

finance, quality, workload, or outcomes, there is no shortage of changes to be addressed.

In this Discussion, you examine a

national healthcare issue and consider how that issue may impact

your work setting. You also analyze how your organization has responded to this issue.

To Prepare:

·

Review the Resources

(see

below and PDF documents)

and select one current national

heal

thcare issue/stressor to focus on.

·

Reflect on the current national healthcare issue/stressor you selected and think about how this

issue/stressor may be addressed in your work setting.

Discussion

–

Instructions:

1.

Post a

description of the national healthcare issue/

stressor you selected for analy

sis

.

From

the

resources provided

. See below

…

and attached

PDF documents.

2.

E

xplain how the healthcare issue/stressor may impact your work setting.

3.

D

escribe how your health system work setting has responded to the healthcare issue/stressor,

including a description of what changes may h

ave been implemented.

4.

Be specific and provide examples.

5.

Use at

least

3

references.

(one

of them

from the resources provided)

6.

Review the Grading Rubric

School Resources:

Auerbach, D. I., PhD., Staiger, D. O., PhD., & Buerhaus, Peter I,PhD., R.N. (2018). Growing ranks of advanced

practice clinicians

—

implications for the physician workforce

.

The N

ew England Journal of Medicine,

37

8

(25), 2358

–

2360. doi:http://dx.doi.org.ezp.waldenulibrary.org/10.1056/NEJMp180186

9

Gerardi, T. , Farmer, P. & Hoffman, B. (2018). Moving Closer to the 2020 BSN

–

Prepared Workforce Goal. AJN, American

Journal of , 1

18(2), 43

–

45. doi: 10.1097/01.NAJ.0000530244.15217.aa.

Jacobs, B. , McGovern, J. , Heinmiller, J. & Drenkard, K. (2018). Engaging Employees in Well

–

Being.

Administration Quarterly, 42(3), 231

–

245. doi: 10.1097/NAQ.0000000000000303.

**THIS DISCUSSION IS DIVIDE IN TWO PARTS –

1. MAIN DISCUSSION POST BY TUESDAY 6/1/2021 BEFORE 8:00 PM EST
2. TWO REPLIES BY FRIDAY 06/04/2021 BEFORE 8:00 PM EST

Discussion: Review of Current Healthcare Issues

If you were to ask 10 people what they believe to be the most significant issue facing healthcare
today, you might get 10 different answers. Escalating costs? Regulation? Technology disruption?
These and many other topics are worthy of discussion. Not surprisingly, much has been said in the
research, within the profession, and in the news about these topics. Whether they are issues of
finance, quality, workload, or outcomes, there is no shortage of changes to be addressed.
In this Discussion, you examine a national healthcare issue and consider how that issue may impact
your work setting. You also analyze how your organization has responded to this issue.

To Prepare:
 Review the Resources (see below and PDF documents) and select one current national
healthcare issue/stressor to focus on.
 Reflect on the current national healthcare issue/stressor you selected and think about how this
issue/stressor may be addressed in your work setting.

Discussion – Instructions:

1. Post a description of the national healthcare issue/stressor you selected for analysis. From the
resources provided. See below…and attached PDF documents.
2. Explain how the healthcare issue/stressor may impact your work setting.
3. Describe how your health system work setting has responded to the healthcare issue/stressor,
including a description of what changes may have been implemented.
4. Be specific and provide examples.
5. Use at least 3 references. (one of them from the resources provided)
6. Review the Grading Rubric

School Resources:

Auerbach, D. I., PhD., Staiger, D. O., PhD., & Buerhaus, Peter I,PhD., R.N. (2018). Growing ranks of advanced
practice clinicians — implications for the physician workforce. The New England Journal of Medicine, 378(25), 2358-
2360. doi:http://dx.doi.org.ezp.waldenulibrary.org/10.1056/NEJMp1801869

Gerardi, T. , Farmer, P. & Hoffman, B. (2018). Moving Closer to the 2020 BSN-Prepared Workforce Goal. AJN, American
Journal of , 118(2), 43–45. doi: 10.1097/01.NAJ.0000530244.15217.aa.

Jacobs, B. , McGovern, J. , Heinmiller, J. & Drenkard, K. (2018). Engaging Employees in Well-Being.
Administration Quarterly, 42(3), 231–245. doi: 10.1097/NAQ.0000000000000303.