NURS 504 Leadership In Advanced Nursing Role

Summary Of The Bill

The federal bill in my paper involves Palliative care and hospice education and training act. The number of the federal bill is H.R.1676 (GovTrack.us,2018).The bill involves the department of health and human services to support palliative care and hospice education to institutions offering the nursing and physician assistant education. This bill also advocates for the department of health and human services to offer support to institutions training physicians who want to train and teach palliative care.

According to this bill, the department of health and human services should award individuals who are willing to progress their careers and support psychologists, pharmacists, physician assistants and nurses who are willing to advance in palliative care. This bill requires the department to support nursing schools teaching palliative and hospice education. This bill seeks to enhance awareness amongst healthcare professionals on palliative care & promote research by health care professionals on the area of research.

Impact Of This Bill On Professional Nursing Practice

According to the American Nurses Association(2010), professional nursing practice standards include a high level of quality practice. Passing this bill will ensure that advanced nurses in palliative care are equipped with skills to handle terminally ill patients. Palliative nursing is a critical area as it involves offering the best of the end of life care while having excellent communication skills to pass devastating news to relatives.Stajduhar(2011) states that there is a need to undertake more research in palliative care nursing. This bill supports research in palliative care by nurses which is also a professional nursing standard. Research spearheads newly improved outcomes which result in evidenced-based practice in palliative and hospice care.

The Bill Is Not Passed

The bill provides major opportunities to improve the state of the end of life care for terminally ill patients. If the bill is not passed the nurses and other healthcare professionals who are willing to advance their career in palliative care will have minimal chances to do so.Brazier and Cave(2016) state that terminally ill patients like other patients deserve the right to be treated by specialists in the practice. Rejecting this bill translates to decreased chances of nursing students learning about palliative care during their nursing education. This is disastrous as the rising cases of chronic illnesses in the United States demand every healthcare worker to have basic skills in palliative care.

The Bill Affecting My Nursing Practice

The bill provides an opportunity for the provision of grants to nursing schools and centers providing palliative provides a chance for me to find a place to advance my specialty in palliative care. The bill provides an opportunity for funding research in palliative care nursing and this would not only lead to advancements in palliative care nursing but also provide evidence-based care.

Conclusion

The federal government is in charge of healthcare laws which may drastically improve or deteriorate health care in America. This review covers a bill regarding palliative and hospice care and its support from the department of health and human services would make hallmark changes in the field of nursing.

References

American Nurses’ Association. (2010). Nursing: Scope and standards of practice. American Nurses Association.

Brazier, M., & Cave, E. (2016). Medicine, patients and the law. Oxford University Press.

GovTrack.us (2018).H.R 1676 – 115^th Congress.Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act.Retrieved from https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/hr1676

Stajduhar, K. I. (2011). Chronic illness, palliative care, and the problematic nature of dying. CJNR (Canadian Journal of Nursing Research), 43(3), 7-15.