In the near future, advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) will be the leading providers of care coordination in various healthcare settings. In this paper, discuss how care coordination by APRNs can positively affect patient care in various clinical settings.
The paper should include the following information:
- Select a health setting and describe the various ways in which an APRN could implement care coordination and care management activities in that setting. It can be any settings (i.e. acute care, rehab, long-term aka skilled nursing facility… chose whatever you feel comfortable with or based on the scholarly sources you found)
- Explain how information technology and electronic health records influence patient care and coordination (you should talk about both, information technology and electronic health record)
- Analyze facilitating factors as well as barriers and challenges related to the adoption of care coordination practices in healthcare settings (you should discuss BOTH facilitating factors and barriers)
- Explain how APRN advocacy at the local, state, and federal levels influences legislative practices. What effect does this have on the future of advanced nursing practice in your home state? (you should talk about all 3 levels. For the state level, use California)
Your paper should be 4 pages not including title and reference pages. Incorporate information from the course text plus a minimum of 3 scholarly references published within the last five (5) years. Textbooks are not to be considered scholarly references.
