EXPLORATION OF HEALTH AND POLICY WEBSITES

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Exploration of Health and Policy Websites

The State representatives of Illinois are eighteen congressmen where each represents one district. Each member of congress in Illinois has committee assignment that they should fulfil in the service duty for a maximum of two years. For example, District 1 of Illinois has a Democratic representative, Rush, Booby L whose committee assignments are energy and commerce. The senators of Illinois in the 113th Congress are Durbin, Richard J representing Democratic Party and Kirk, Mark representing the Republican Party. Durbin Richard belongs to Class II whereas Kirk; Mark belongs to class III. The major roles of the Illinois senators are discussing legislative acts and acting as eye-watch on the federal government (United States Senate, 2014).

Senator Dick Durbin is also an assistant majority leader. He has duties on implementation of affordable health care act on Illinois residents. Senator Durbin belongs to a committee that pushes for an affordable cost of health care in order to avoid millions of Illinois families to be in debt. Affordable health care act will reduce the prescription drugs cost, avoid substance abuse of health, and expand coverage on millions of people that could not afford (HHS, 2013). Senator Durbin belongs to subcommittee of Department of Health and Human Services for the provision of affordable care on Illinois people. Senator Mark Kirk belongs to the committee on health for the purpose of reforming laws governing the health sector especially for American students. Senator Mark has jurisdictions of ensuring efficient education on health issues, provision of employment of qualified health professionals and formulation of retirement policies of health professionals (United States Senate, 2014).

Illinois has Regional action coalition that assists in the implementation of the recommendations of the future of nursing. The coalition supports the efforts of the Illinois Governor as he provides the affordable care in Illinois. In addition, Illinois Nursing Centre is developing a workforce program that prioritizes the needs of the nursing sector towards improvement of health in the future. The working conditions of nursing professionals in Illinois should also improve for the purpose of the provision of quality services. Education sector has the responsibility of providing quality health programs that are beneficial in future careers, in nursing. Future of nursing campaign ensures provision of enough workers in the health sector, delivery of high quality services, and provision of patient-centred care of every Illinois resident. The campaign for action has responsibilities of improving the healthcare system towards provision of services on the Illinois residents. Nursing sector requires advanced research, quality practices and improved technology.

The relevant part of the website in the current practice of nursing is the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. The website provides helpful information on management of health sector and regional programs that are helpful towards health improvement. The website diversifies the activities present in the nursing sector through provision of Public health programs, social services programs, research, and responsive development (HHS, 2013). The website also gives the leadership hierarchy present in the nursing sector in order to offer efficient services on the people of Illinois. The strategic plan of Illinois nursing sector involve addressing issues that face the health and human services in terms of safety, confidentiality, and transparency (Nehring, Lashley & Ellis, 2002). The website that has relevant information for future advanced practice on nursing is the initiative on the future of nursing. The website gives evident cases on nursing investments. In addition, the website gives examples of support groups that boost advancement in nursing professional (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 2011).

References:

HHS (Aug. 1, 2013). How the Health Care Law is making a Difference for the People of Illinois. Retrieved from HYPERLINK “http://www.hhs.gov/healthcare/facts/bystate/il.html” http://www.hhs.gov/healthcare/facts/bystate/il.html

Nehring, W. M., Lashley, F. R., & Ellis, W. E. (2002). Critical Incident Nursing Management

Using Human Patient Simulators. Nursing education perspectives, 23(3), 128-132.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (2011). Initiative on the Future of Nursing. Retrieved from HYPERLINK “http://www.thefutureofnursing.org/” http://www.thefutureofnursing.org/

United States Senate (2014). Senators of the 113th Congress. Retrieved from HYPERLINK “http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm?State=IL” http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm?State=IL