An emerging political issue in nursing is healthcare payment reform to control spending by changing how providers are compensated. Nurses are the largest group of healthcare providers and can impact the system the most. The policy to separate nursing costs from patient and organization charges has advantages of giving nurses more autonomy and transparency into costs but disadvantages of increasing administrative burden and potentially decreasing nurses' compensation.

1. Political Issues in nursing
Political Issues in nursingReview the assigned article for this week, Buerhaus, P. I. (2010).
Healthcare payment reform: Implications for nurses. Nursing Economics, 28(1), 49– 54.An
emerging political issue is to change the way healthcare providers are compensated to
control healthcare spending. Nurses are the largest group of healthcare providers and can
make the greatest impact on the healthcare system. Compare and contrast two advantages
versus the disadvantages of the policy to disentangle nursing costs from the patient room
charges and/or organization charges. How can this policy affect your policy priority? Is
there evidence?