American Nurses Association
A professional organization to advance and protect the profession of nursing
What is the American Nurses Association?
A local, state, or federally elected or appointed official who can propose and directly affect legislation, regulations, or programs that can become actualized
What is a policymaker?
A professional organization representing nurses in the state of Tennessee
What is the Tennessee Nurses Association?
The largest medical profession in the world
What is nursing?
Provides consumers with subsidies (premium tax credits) that lower costs for households with incomes between 100% and 400% of the federal poverty level
What is the Affordable Care Act?
Professional organizational unit member of the American Nurses Association that represents all professional nurses within a state
What is the State Nurses Association?
A set course of action undertaken by governments or health care organizations in order to achieve a particular health outcome
What is health policy?
When a new grad nurse would receive welcome letters from the TNA
What is soon after graduation?
A healthcare professional who speaks or acts on a patients behalf
What is a patient advocate?
The year the ACA was signed into law
What is 2010?
The protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human responses, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations
What is the ANA's definition of nursing?
Determines the types of health care systems in place and how they are paid for
What is health policy?
To promote and protect the RN and to advance the practice in order to assure a healthier Tennessee
What is the mission of TNA?
Protects nurses who speak out about unsafe situations from being fired or subjected to other disciplinary actions by their employers
What is Whistle-Blower Protection?
President responsible for ACA implementation
Who is Obama?
To articulate the voice of the RN at the highest level in order to influence health policy and development
What is the role of the ANA?
Health policy initiatives to effect significant changes in how health is promoted and health care is accessed, delivered, and paid for in the United States
What is health care reform?
To advance the nursing profession, improve health and healthcare in TN, and encourage future nursing leaders
What are the goals of TNA?
A powerful statement of rights that every registered nurse must have to provide high-quality patient care in a safe working environment
What is the Nurses' Bill of Rights?
Provides dependent coverage for children up to what age for all individual and group policies
What is 26?
The cost of an annual ANA membership
What is $191?
Actions taken at the local level to influence policymakers to make changes in health policy
What are grassroots political strategies?
The cost of annual TNA membership
What is $199?
This can cause burn out, moral distress, high turnover rates, & poor outcomes
What is an unhealthy working environment?
A joint federal-state program that provides health coverage or nursing home coverage to certain categories of low-asset people, including children, pregnant women, parents of eligible children, people with disabilities and elderly needing nursing home care
What is Medicaid?