A nurse is preparing a teaching session about contemporary influences on nursing. Which examples should the nurse include? (Select all that apply.)
a. Human rights
b. Affordable Care Act
c. Demographic changes
d. Medically underserved
e. Decreasing health care costs
ANS: A, B, C, D
Multiple external forces affect nursing, including the need for nurses' self-care, Affordable Care Act (ACA) and rising (not decreasing) health care costs, demographic changes of the population, human rights, and increasing numbers of medically underserved.
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