The ANA also expressed support for the following CMS proposals that directly affect nursing practice and patient care for the roughly 60% of U.S. RNs who work in hospitals:
• Allowing the nursing care plan to be part of the interdisciplinary care plan.
• Expanding the use of standing orders and protocols for nurses to give medications.
• Permitting patients to take their own medications under certain circumstances.
• Deleting the requirement for verbal orders to be signed within 48 hours.
• Allowing flexibility for infection control programs, which nurses often lead.
To see the current CMS Conditions of Participation for hospitals, visit http://go.cms.gov/uKSLVy.
via ANA supports changes to Medicare participation terms | National Nursing News.
It’s a slow, long hard battle, but it seems to be happening one piece at a time. Read the entire post over at National Nursing News.
