Nurse-sensitive outcomes refer to outcomes that are impacted by nursing care processes and actions. These outcomes include hospital-acquired conditions, lengths of stay, and complications. Since insurers began refusing payment for poor outcomes like hospital-acquired conditions, nursing has gained more visibility and attention because many outcomes are influenced by nursing care. The document discusses nurse-sensitive outcomes and asks students to find an article on these outcomes, as well as their perspectives on issues like healthcare reform in the United States as current or future healthcare providers.

1. nurse senstive outcomes
Ever since the introduction of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) refusal
of payment for hospital-acquired poor outcomes, nursing has gained visibility because these
outcomes are nurse sensitive. Locate an article or website that refers to these nurse-
sensitive outcomes and describe its findings. So we are back at nursing services for payment
and how technology and standardized languages will assist us in obtaining this. Your
textbook and the other resources will not give you enough to answer this question this
week. You are going to have to go above and beyond! The question, itself, requires it! Now I
know this is a really hot topic right now and you probably all have a lot of opinions about it
and that’ s good. That being said, even if you disagree with your classmates, please keep it
civil! Its totally acceptable and even encouraged to disagree but don’ t be rude. Debate and
disagreement are healthy and can actually help us go forward; rudeness and mean spirited
comments only hurt our ability to solve problems. Just remember, it’ s much easier to
misinterpret something in a written online forum like this than it is in a face to face
conversation. Please keep that in mind when you choose how to phrase your responses.
What do you think of socialized medicine? Do you think its worked pretty well in Europe?
Whether the answer in socialized medicine or something else, most people agree that health
care in the US needs reform. What do you think we should do about it? Since many of you
are going into nursing, what is your perspective as current or future health care providers?
HINT: If you use a website “ it MUST be scholarly! If it is not, it will not count for all your
points. You are all very adept at how to evaluate this! So, I would like to breakdown the
question to help you truly get a great grade this week! The green is the original question;
the blue is my interpretation. This MUST be answered in full by Wednesday to receive full
credit on your initial post. 1. Since the introduction of the Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid Services (CMS) refusal of additional payment for hospital acquired (HA) poor
outcomes (October 2008), nursing has gained visibility because these outcomes are nurse
sensitive. This is background information that you have to understand in order to put
together a detailed answer. Third Party Payors, not just CMS, are refusing to pay for
extended hospital stays if the hospital has caused the patient to have to stay longer than
˜ was’ expected for the admitting diagnosis. o The Hospital must ˜ eat’ this cost. o The
Insurances have determined a ˜ standard’ of care and a ˜ standard’ length of stay based on
diagnoses and treatments Give an example of Extended Stays that insurances will not pay
for, and their rationales. Give an example of how a hospital could refute your above
example, and get paid for services. 2. Nursing has gained visibility because these outcomes

2. are nurse sensitive. Locate an article or website that refers to these nurse sensitive
outcomes. What are Nurse Sensitive Outcomes? Based on your example, what does this
statement mean? So, why have nurses gained visibility? After all, we don’ t bill for services.