*CASE STUDY SCENARIO** Nursing administrators have a responsibility to remain current with knowledge of emerging trends in healthcare and their potential impact on nursing practice, safe and quality patient care, and the costs, risks, and/or benefits to the organization. How these trends or issues translate into practice is often determined by legal and regulatory actions as well as nursing standards of practice. The focus of the quarterly regional meeting of your state nurses’ association is on current issues/trends affecting nursing practice. The meeting will be divided into three group forums, each focused on a different trend/issue. You have been asked to provide a short paper on TELEHEALTH/TELEMEDICINE which is a current trends/issues occurring in healthcare delivery that will be the focus of one of the group forums. You will develop an expository type of essay to be shared among the members of the group forum. (An expository essay is one that presents factual, unbiased information on a subject.) Each section provides calls for specific and factual information about the topic, with one section at the end for your opinion and rationale based on your findings from your exploration. Therefore, following the provided outline/format provided is key to a successfully written paper. PAPER TEMPLATE**Notice there is NO HEADING for the introductory paragraph, and the title of the paper should be at the beginning just before the introductory paragraph. There is also no running head. Legal/Regulatory Issue Assignment (Paper title) Statement of paper’s purpose Rationale for choosing the trend for exploration Overview of what will be included in the paper Trend/Issue Thorough description of chosen trend/issue Prevalence in healthcare, your state, and your organization Current Legal and Regulatory Status Current and/or pending legislative actions described Current and/or pending regulatory agency actions described Impact on Nursing Practice State Board of Nursing Position Relationship to Standards of Practice Patient Impact Impact on patient safety and quality of care Two examples of positive impact Two examples of negative impact with strategy for mitigation Organization Impact Impact of topic on organization clearly articulated Costs to organization in human and material resources Potential liability risks with strategy for mitigation Potential benefits to the organization Personal Position Personal position with rationale on the trend/issue based on exploration Two strategies to use to advocate for or against the trend/issue Conclusion A restatement of the paper’s purpose A summary of what was covered in the paper
Nursing administrators have a responsibility to remain current with knowledge of emerging trends in healthcare and their potential impact on nursing