Nurses are the
most trusted healthcare providers and are ideally positioned to play an
integral role in moving the U.S. healthcare system forward. With the passage
into law, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) have provided
opportunities that may help achieve health equity.
Communicating
aspects of the law with patients, families, and
communities is a major objective of nursing leaders. Fellows of the Leadership
Institute for Black Nurses (LIBN) have a duty, as healthcare providers, to be
equipped with the tools that promote health equity.
LIBN Fellows were
immersed in healthcare both professionally and educationally, and it was
expected that they would have more knowledge of PPACA than those of the general
public who were surveyed by Kaiser in 2010. Understanding provisions in the law
is fundamental to healthcare leadership, and nurse leaders have a mandate to
remain current in policy and practice.
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