NE1 - Update on the ACA: What It Means for Women and Nurses

Title: NE1 - Update on the ACA: What It Means for Women and Nurses

Disciplines: Childbearing (CB), Newborn Care (N), Professional Issues (PI), Women’s Health (WH)

Learning Objectives:
  1. Describe the basic implications of the ACA for women’s health.
  2. Describe the basic implications of the ACA for maternal child health.
  3. Identify the major success and challenges in implementation of the ACA.
Submission Description:
Increased access to women's preventive services; contraceptive coverage; maternity care as an essential health benefit; expansion of Medicaid; increased opportunities for nurses - you've likely heard a lot about the ACA, and it can be confusing. This update will provide an update and cover what's hot in implementation of the ACA, with a focus on the challenges and successes in implementation of the ACA.
Sunday, June 15, 2014: 3:30 PM-4:45 PM
Coronado H (Disney Coronado Springs)
Presenting Author:
Lisa Summers, CNM, DrPH
Moderator:
Betsy Kennedy, PhD, RN, CNE
The Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.