APNs And Healthcare Policy Leadership Discussion Paper
Running head: POLICY LEADERS 1 APNs and Healthcare Policy Leadership Student’s Name Institutional Affiliation POLICY LEADERS 2 APNs and Healthcare Policy Leadership Nurses are a critical part of healthcare systems. While the roles of APNs in healthcare practice have been in place for many decades, their participation in the development of healthcare policies has increased rapidly. Since nurses spend the highest amount of time with patients when compared with other healthcare providers and are usually involved in patient advocacy, APNs And Healthcare Policy Leadership Discussion Paper
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their influence in healthcare policy development can promote better patient protection, increase the quality of care offered to patients, and improve healthcare practitioners’ access to resources that they need to offer quality services to their patients. Healthcare policy can impact APNs profession as APNs have a better understanding of the changes related to approaches used in healthcare practice that need to be implemented in nursing practice. Healthcare policies can lead to better clarifications of the roles played by APNs in different caregiving settings, increase participation of APNs in patient care from the point of diagnosis to treatment and prescription of drugs or other therapies, improved standards of healthcare service delivery, and utilization of evidence-based approaches in care provision (Lamb, Martin-Misener, Bryant-Lukosius, & Latimer, 2018)APNs And Healthcare Policy Leadership Discussion Paper