Why is it important for nurses to be aware of health care policy?

Describe a recent health care policy and discuss it’s implication to your personal clinical practice or health care as a whole. Why is it important for nurses to be aware of health care policy?

How can these competencies for nurses be implemented into the workplace or professional nursing setting if you are not currently working?

Explore the website for the Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) initiative athttp://www.qsen.org. How can these competencies for nurses be implemented into the workplace or professional nursing setting if you are not currently working?

What would you do in this situation? Apply ethical principles to explain the rationale for your decision making process

Nurses face many ethical issues on a daily basis. Consider the following scenario:
Your unit has team nursing. As luck would have it, you and your best friend, Jill, are paired as a team this shift. Jill is a new nurse so you feel this is a great opportunity to take her under your wing a bit and show her the ropes. It is a busy shift and you administered Mr. Smith his insulin dose based on the sliding scale before lunch. You chart your medication administration and continuing caring for your patients. An hour later, Jill comes to you terrified because she forgot to chart the insulin she gave Mr. Smith and realized that you also gave the medication. She rushed to take his blood sugar and it was 115. Mr. Smith felt fine and was eating a candy bar his family had snuck in for him. No harm done, in fact he probably needed the extra insulin to compensate for the candy bar he wasn’t supposed to have, Jill explained. Jill begs you not to report this since she is still on probation. She says that she has learned her lesson and since nothing bad happened, why does anyone need to know?
What would you do in this situation? Apply ethical principles to explain the rationale for your decision making process.

How is the information in each article applicable to your practice?

Discuss the two articles that you read from the Patient Safety and Quality: An Evidence-based Handbook for Nurses website. Give the title and the URL address for each article. How is the information in each article applicable to your practice?