M 5 Health Policy Flashcards
OSHA responsibilities
Work environment free of harm
Determine compliance with safety standards
Investigate safety events
Creating a workplace that is free of danger is the responsibility of the
employer
OSHA work employee rights
File safety complaint
Receive hazard training
Receive safety equipment
Report injury
OSHA information rights of the employee
Request records of work related injury
See results of tests taken to fine hazards
OSHA employers must
Train staff about hazards
Keep accurate records
Post OSHA info
Inform OSHA within 8h of fatality
Inform OSHA within 24h of hospitalization
If you file an OSHA complaint the employer can not
retaliate
When to file and OSHA complaint
Signed complaints =
ASAP
Onsite inspections
How to file OSHA complaints
Online
Fax
Email
Call
Visit local office
BON members
6 nurses
3 school of nursing faculty
4 representatives of the public
4 main jobs of BON
Licensure
School approval
Enforcement
Information
BOCN Licensure involves
Evaluation (testing)
Renewal (every 2 years by birth month)
Issue (in different states)
Disciplinary action (suspension, revocation)
Endorcement
Issuance of license without examination after determination of standards
To be endorsed you must
Have graduate from nursing school
Taken school exams
Taken US NCLEX within last 4 years
Requirements for maintaining license
Good character
Continued competence
No criminal record
Compliance with state provisions
Determination of school approval by BON based on
Compliance with BON requirements
Program resources
Passing rate of at least 80%
Classroom to clinical hours ratio
1 to 3
Nursing practice act does what
Determines nursing titles
Sets qualification for licensure
Sets scope of practice
Sets consequences for not following law
Mission of the HHS
Health and Human Services
Improve well being by
Providing effective health and human services
What HHS region is Texas in
region 6
Types of HHS programs
SNAP
Head start
Dietary and physical activity guidelines
Center of Medicare and Medicaid
Who certifies hospitals for government funding
CMS
Center for medicare/medicaid services