Describe the importance of healthcare coverage (insurance).  End with a clearly worded purpose statement for this project. Discuss two ways healthcare coverage is beneficial (helpful) for the vulnerable/ uninsured populations.

Baccalaureate education includes learning opportunities of healthcare policy, finance, and regulatory environments (AACN, 2008).

Complete the Nursing Quality Indicators (NQI) virtual simulation activity to explore the impact of nursing designs on quality measures, including cost, systems, processes, and outcomes of various points of care. The goal of this activity is to think about basic quality and safety investigations that are used to create and measures outcomes of quality improvement processes.

Describe the importance of healthcare coverage (insurance).  End with a clearly worded purpose statement for this project. Discuss two ways healthcare coverage is beneficial (helpful) for the vulnerable/ uninsured populations.

Describe the purpose of Diagnosis Related Groups (DRGs).  Explain the impact of DRGs on length of stay and payment of services.  Discuss how payments for DRGs are now impacted by quality indicators and measures.

Select one of the patients from the cases you reviewed in NQI.  Summarize two care options provided by the plan that facilitates access for your selected patient.  Summarize two care options that limit access to care for your selected patient.

Repeat this activity with the same patient.  Summarize two care options provided by the second plan that facilitates access for your selected patient.  Summarize two care options that limit access to care for your selected patient.

Summarize at least four priority nursing interventions or considerations to promote self-care for your selected patient to provide high quality, safe healthcare considering nursing-sensitive indicators.  Provide a rationale for each of your selected nursing decisions.