Addressing Patient Safety and Quality of Care Through Policy

California Nurse ratio staffing law ( AB 394)

Please address the following questions about the California Nurse ratio staffing law

*In what ways does your policy address safety, quality, or improved outcomes of care for patients?
*Does your policy do an effective job of addressing the issue? Why or why not? Be specific and use examples.
*Explain the role of the nurse in addressing the quality and safety standards within your policy.
*Based on your assessment of the effectiveness of your policy on patient safety and quality of care, as well as your research from Weeks 1 and 2, what position do you plan to take in your Position Paper (which is due in Week 5)? Be specific on your viewpoint and reasoning.
*Support your position with scholarly references in addition to weekly resources.
*Support your ideas or those of others with references from the professional nursing literature.

*Provided a fully developed analysis of ways the policy addresses safety, quality, and/or improved health outcomes related to the Triple Aim initiatives with insightful analysis of concepts and related issues.

*Provided a fully developed analysis of the effectiveness of the policy on patient safety or quality of care with insightful analysis of concepts and related issues.

*Provided a fully developed evaluation of the role of the nurse in patient safety and quality improvement with insightful analysis of concepts and related issues.

*Provided a fully developed initial position on the policy based on an assessment of the effectiveness on patient safety and quality of care with insightful analysis of concepts and related issues.

*Demonstrates fully developed sentence, paragraph, and essay level skills. Displays academic expression through fully developed use of evidence from multiple sources to support content.