Essay onH.R. 598: Quality Care for Nursing Home Residents and Workers During COVID–19 and Beyond Act
Your review of a bill paper should:
Discuss the major provisions of the bill.
Demonstrate an in-depth understanding of the legislation by explaining the background and all relevant facts.
Discuss any relevant history related to the legislation, pertinent votes, and issues that are stalling the legislation, etc.
Use primary sources for this information.
Identify key supporters and those who do not support the bill. Explain why some of these individuals support the bill and why some do not.
Explore the positions of the key stakeholders in the bill, both pros and cons. Do not make assumptions about potential key stakeholders. Examine this area carefully so you are correctly reflecting the stakeholders positions.
Discuss how the bill would impact a nurse’s ability to provide safe and quality care or to practice to the highest scope of the nursing license.
Explain specific actions that nurses can take to assist with the passage or defeat of the legislation
Use Current APA Style, headings and references as appropriate.
Going two years into the pandemic, the world has learned a lot from these disease-stricken times. Different sectors have learned how to adjust and try to live with the pandemic and being flexible seemed to be a good attitude towards this health problem. But perhaps if there is one thing that the pandemic shown us, it is the vulnerability of the health care sector to a sudden influx of patients, in this context those who have been infected with the Covid-19 virus. Health care practitioners and patients alike have personally experienced how hard life is in this sector, and so it is rightful enough that additional legislation be passed to support and to protect people especially those who are risking their lives everyday: the healthcare workers. This paper will review an active bill in Congress that has a direct influence in nursing practice in the United States of America.
