I NEED A POSITIVE COMMENT BASED IN THIS ARGUMENT..BETWEEN 100-120 WORDSThe Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) was passed into legislation in March of 2010.Identify the impact of this legislation on your nursing practice by choosing two two areas that will affect you.Provision 5305and Provision 5310In order to meet our nation’s healthcare needs, an integrated national healthcare workforce that looks beyond physicians must be put into action. Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs), in particular Nurse Practitioners and Certified Nurse-Midwives, are proven providers of high-quality, cost effective primary care. ANA has been advocating for the use of provider neutral language throughout the House and Senate bills. We also believe that any type of demonstration or pilot project that focuses on primary care should include nurse practitioners and certified nurse midwives and that nothing should preclude them from leading those models ( ANA, 2010). My Goal is to become a nurse practitioner and be able to treat my patients based upon my education and training. I reside in California and here a NP would still have to practice under a MD that would sign off on the charts and I would be under their malpractice insurance. There are 22 states in our nation where a NP can have their own practice.The Nurse Loan Repayment and Scholarship Program, section 5310 also benefited me. Unfortunately, I did not qualify for any scholarships or grants but I was able to apply to obtain a student loan that has given me the opportunity to continue with my education. This will allow me the opportunity to repay my loan at a lower rate and for a longer duration of time (ANA, 2010). This takes effect until six months after I finish school but will stop if I continue to move towards a Master’s degree.References:American Nurses Association. (2010). Health Care Reform. Key provisions related to healthcare. Retrieved from http://www.rnaction.org/site/DocServer/KeyProvisions_Nursing-PublicLaw.pdf?docID=1241&verID=1
