Class: Influencing Health Policy
Agency Synopsis
Identify regulatory agencies that regulate health and the health care system within the US, create a table listing your 5 regulatory agencies and address the following:
- Describe the agency, level of regulatory authority (local, state, federal), scope of regulatory authority, and role within the US healthcare system.
- Address relevance of the organization or the organization’s authority to the APRN/DNP graduate.
- Describe relevance to specialty area, area of practice, or setting of practice. For an example, mental health.
Submission Requirements:
- In the table, write the 3 criteria above and respond to them.
- The table is to be clear and concise and students will lose points for improper grammar, punctuation and misspelling.
- The table is to be complete and thorough. It should include all items indicated in the assignment.
- Incorporate at least 3 current (published within last five years) scholarly journal articlesor primary legal sources (statutes, court opinions) within your work.
- Complete and submit the chart by 11:59 PM ET Sunday.
Work is Check via TURN it In… anything greater than 20% gets an automatic ZERO
Answer preview
A diligent APRN should ensure they are familiar not only with various health care regulatory agencies but also understand what role these agencies play in the country’s health care system. This is because doing so helps an APRN implement regulation aimed at improving the quality and safety of care accorded to patients. For instance, understanding the role played by the Food and Drug Administration agency will help an APRN graduate learn of the various medicines or medical devices they can recommend to patients since they are approved by the FDA and thus are safe (Darrow et al., 2020). Another illustration will involve the CDC. Understanding what role the CDC plays will help an APRN graduate implement the regulations and directives given by the agency. For the DHHS, APRN graduates should familiarize
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