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Select an active bill at the state or federal level that impacts the professional practice of nursing.In a3-4page paper(excluding the title and reference pages),summarize the provisions of the bill and clearly explain what the bill will accomplish.The paper should be no more than 4pages,typed in Times New Roman using12-point font,and double-spaced with1"margins.

Your review of a bill paper should:

Discuss the major provisions of the bill.

Demonstrate an in-depth understanding of the legislation by explaining the background and all relevant facts.

Discuss any relevant history related to the legislation,pertinent votes,and issues that are stalling the legislation,etc.

Use primary sources for this information.

Identify key supporters and those who do not support the bill.Explain why some of these individuals support the bill and why some do not.

Explore the positions of the key stakeholders in the bill,both pros and cons.Do not make assumptions about potential key stakeholders.Examine this area carefully so you are correctly reflecting the stakeholders positions.

Discuss how the bill would impact a nurse’s ability to provide safe and quality care or to practice to the highest scope of the nursing license.

Explain specific actions that nurses can take to assist with the passage or defeat of the legislation

Use Current APA Style,headingsand references as appropriate.

Dr. Vidhya · Accepted Answer

Running Head: NURSING							 	 	1
NURSING											2
NURSING STANDARDS FOR PATIENT SAFETY AND QUALITY CARE ACT OF 2017: A REVIEW
Table of Contents
A Brief Overview of the Bill	3
Major Provisions	3
Key Stakeholders, Pros and Cons	4
References	6
A Brief Overview of the Bill 
The healthcare sector confronts many challenges in delivering holistic care to the patients and it can only be processed through having sufficient number of workforce; at times, it has been felt over the course of years that shortage of nurses causes enormous amount of unnecessary issues surging out of nowhere in hospitals. Managing the same, The Patient Safety and Quality Care Act of 2017 has been proposed to ensure that the management of the nursing staff on behalf of the hospital management is done perfectly (World Health Organization, 2017).
On 4 May 2017, this bill was presented before the congress on behalf of Rep. Janice D and some of her cosponsors like Rush Bobby and Denis L etc. The Bill was sent to the House of Energy and Commerce for further review. Based on the approach taken positively by the bill, there were many supporters on the matter of improving the patient safety through the allocation of the staff members in hospitals (World Health Organization, 2017).
These supporters of the bill simply added that quality improvement in healthcare could only be achieved, if there are adequate workforces deployed in the hospitals. It should be made mandatory to the hospitals to have this required number of nursing professionals to develop integrated model of care. 
Major Provisions 
In the context of examining the major provisions,

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