CHContinuous_Quality_Improvement_Plan.docx Continuous Quality Improvement Plan Your Na

CHContinuous_Quality_Improvement_Plan.docx    Continuous Quality Improvement Plan  Your Name  NRP/508  Date  Prof    Flowchart Depicting Legislative Process    Introduction  Continuous quality improvement in this writer™s instance is in the form of amending the Utah Nurse Practice Act, in favor of autonomy or full practice authority. The process of enabling full practice authority involves enacting or amending current state legislation (Bachtel et al., 2020). This author highlights the vast amount of steps, energy, effort, and pitfalls involved in enacting or amending legislation. However, this author notes this change is highly beneficial to both the quality and quantity of available healthcare. Fletcher (2017) demonstrates that full practice authority for advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) improves the quality of healthcare as a whole by several means; this includes increasing availability of healthcare, increasing amounts of primary care providers, as well as decreasing the overall cost of healthcare. This writer again notes the many stages involved in the process, beginning with identifying a problem (Utah has legislation that restricts practice for APRNs, therefore restricting patients in Utah from primary care providers). After this, providing a solution to the problem (changing or amending legislation in favor of full practice authority for APRNs in Utah), and lobbying legislatures to enact or amend legislation.  Coalitions  Coalitions are groups of individuals, banding together with common inte