A nurse is lobbying for a bill to allow more third-party reimbursement for expanded nursing roles, such as those in retail clinics. To best make the argument for expanded reimbursement, the nurse should provide data on
a. how many other countries have similar reimbursement.
b. marketing to increase expanded community nursing roles.
c. quality, cost effectiveness, and need for these services.
d. patient dissatisfaction with traditional medical practices.
C
Nurses need to demonstrate the quality, cost effectiveness, and need for services in justifying their current and future roles and benefits of third-party reimbursement for care.
Global trends may be of interest, but this would not be the most important information to provide.
A marketing plan would not help make the argument for expanding third-party reimbursement.
Patient dissatisfaction with traditional medical practices might be part of the data set, but focusing on this would not be the best method of demonstrating the need for third-party reimbursement.
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