Category: Nursing

HE 325 Nutrition Journal Article Review

 

Choose one or two peer reviewed journal articles pertaining to nutrition that have been published in the last five years and review them. This assignment will be two to three pages of typed analysis on recent studies about nutrition.

Answers to the questions must be in Times New Roman 12 point font, standard one inch margins, typed, double spaced, spell-checked, grammar-checked, and proofread.
25 Points

 

Required pieces of assignment:

1) One page summary of journal articles you have chosen. (10 points)

a) What was the article about?

b) What was the purpose of the study described in the article?

c) What was the method of the study described in the article?

d) What was the conclusion of the study described in the article?

 

2) One to two pages of your analysis of the journal articles. (10 points)

a) What did you learn from the articles?

b) What did you find interesting from the articles?

c) What are some questions you have now that you have read the

articles?

 

3) Hardcopy of peer reviewed journal articles citation information and abstract. (5 points)

Lesson Plan Directions

 

Assignment:
You will successfully prepare an original lesson plan. This is a fundamental teaching skill and activity. Using the established lesson plan format, you will prepare and submit an original lesson plan suitable for the learners of your choice.

 

Lesson Topic:
You can choose the topic for the lesson plan.
Your lesson plan MUST meet the criteria as outlined below. Remember to include both essential health knowledge and a health skill in your lesson plan

 

As indicated on the attached Daily Lesson Plan Format, your lesson plan should include:

 

Audience/Grade Level

Minutes Required to Teach the Lesson

Health Topic

National Health Standard(s) and Healthy People 2020 Objectives(s) Addressed

Measurable Learning Objectives (at least one per activity)

Materials and Supplies list

Motivating Introduction

Content Outline (including both knowledge and skill)

At least two well described teaching strategies

Differentiation

Conclusions that signal the end of each strategy

Transitions that bridge to the next strategy

Lesson conclusion that focus students back on the lesson objectives

Assessment related to the behavioral objectives (all assessments listed on planning chart included)

 

Use of Resources:
It is OK to consult resources, including textbooks and websites, when preparing your lesson. You should not, however, copy lessons from the course textbook chapters or any other source. If you use resources,
give proper credit by listing them on a separate page using APA format.

 

Key Documents:
They are 1) “Questions to Answer Before Preparing a Lesson Plan” 2) Assessment Planning Chart, and 3) “Daily Lesson Plan Format” 4) Lesson Plan Rubric. You should answer all questions on the first document. Doing so should provide you with everything you need to develop your lesson plan. You should follow the directions on the second document to clarify your assessment strategies. Finally, you should use all this input to construct your actual lesson plan.
LIMIT YOUR LESSON PLAN TO THE TWO PAGES OF THE FORM. You can add a third page for references only.

 

How to be Successful:
1)
you should complete everything
on the “Assessment Planning Chart”, the “Questions to Answer Before Preparing a Lesson Plan” and the “Daily Lesson Plan Format” forms and hand these in. 2) Once you have completed your lesson plan,
compare your work to the criteria listed on the lesson plan rubric and determine the level of quality you have achieved
. 3) Additionally, you are not required to have a peer critique this assignment; however, having someone else review your work before you hand it in is always a good practice.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Questions to Answer Before Preparing a Lesson Plan

Adopted from
Powerful Lesson Planning Models
by Janice Skowron

 

 

What health topic will be addressed by the lesson? At what audience/grade level?

 

 

What National Health Content Standards and Healthy People 2020 Objectives will be addressed by the lesson?

 

 

Specifically, what should learners know and be able to do by the end of this lesson? (Hint: these should lead to attainment of the Standards/Objectives listed above)

 

 

 

How will I know that students achieved the lesson objectives? (
Note:
Use Assessment Planning Chart)

 

 

 

What health knowledge will be included in this lesson (progression)? (
Note
: Knowledge can be information related to important health concepts and/or knowledge about a skill)

 

 

 

Which health skill(s) will be included in this lesson?

 

 

 

What teaching strategy(s) would be best for teaching the health knowledge in this lesson? (
Hint:
What will
you
do during the lesson?   How will
learners
be actively involved?)

 

 

 

What teaching strategy(s) would be best for teaching the health skills in this lesson? (
Hint:
What will
you
do during the lesson?   How will
learners
be actively involved?)

 

 

How will you differentiate the lesson for different learners?

 

 

 

How will you conclude each strategy and transition (bridge) to the next strategy?

 

 

 

What would be a motivating introduction to the lesson?

 

 

 

How will the lesson conclusion return the focus to the learning objectives?

 

 

 

 

What specific materials and supplies will be needed to teach the lesson?

Christian concept of the imago dei and healthcare

This is a discussion post, about 250 words, tittle page not require In- text citation is required original work please, reference source.

QUESTION

What is the Christian concept of the imago dei? How might it be important to healthcare, and why is it relevant?

Purpose:
Comment
on the Discussion

Thing to Remember:

Answer this discussion with opinions/ideas creatively and clearly. Supports post using several outside, peer-reviewed sources.

1 References, find resources that are 5 years or less

No errors with APA format 6 Edition

 

To Comment:

Discussion Topic 1:
Third-party Payment from

 

Healthcare is driven not by patient care but by insurance companies. The patient is no longer considered the customer, insurance companies and our government are the customers (Stafford, 2012).  Private insurance companies are often referred to as third-party payers (U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs. (n.d.). According to Stafford, “Third-party payers have so many requirements and expectations that they crowd out whatever time, energy, and resources might otherwise be focused on patient care” (2012). The third-party payment system has also made it difficult for some physicians to remain in practice because of rising costs and demands associated with third-party payers (Stafford, 2012).  A study showed that third-party payers complicated the discharge process when the hope was that it would make things smoother and more efficient (Drew, Angeli, Dave & Pavlova, 2016). Basically when a third-party payer is involved, there is no specifics about costs for treatments and supplies.

Medicare somewhat sets the standards for reimbursements for other private insurance companies to follow (Nickitas, Middaugh & Aries, 2014).  It is also the plan that provides health insurance coverage for our elderly aged 65 and older. Unfortunately, our elderly population deal with many different health conditions that can be very costly to the private insurance sector (Nickitas, Middaugh & Aries, 2014). Another factor is that most elderly are retired and not working anymore which does not qualify them to take in employer sponsored health insurance plans that help offset costs to the consumer.

 

Drew, B., Angeli, F., Dave, K., & Pavlova, M. (2016). Impact of patients’ healthcare payment methods on hospital discharge process: evidence from India. 
International Journal 

of Health Planning & Management, 31
(3), e158-e174. doi:10.1002/hpm.2310

Nickitas, D. M., Middaugh, D. J. & Aries, N.  (2014). 
Policy and politics for nurses and other health professionals.
  (2nd ed.).  Jones & Bartlett.

Stafford, K. (2012). Patient-centric? Third-party payers interfere…J Fam Pract. 2012 Feb;61(2):70. 
Journal of Family Practice
, 
61
(4), 187.

U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs. (n.d.). 
VHA office of community care. 
 Retrieved from https://www.va.gov/COMMUNITYCARE/revenue_ops/payer_info.asp

What factors affect hospital catheter acquired urinary tract infections (CAUTI) in the adult critical care population  

Problem Statement

The healthcare field has been instrumental in offering care, support, and treatment to patients suffering from various illnesses.  Patients require care in variety of levels; ranging from standard to critical care. CAUTIs are one of the most common hospital acquired infections (HAI) associated with the critical patient. Urinary tract infections (UTI) are a great concern for the intensive care unit (ICU) patient due to the common use of inserting indwelling urinary catheters. Indwelling urinary catheters are necessary in the ICU population for accurate measurements of urine output and core temperature (Temiz et al., 2012). The use of an indwelling urinary catheter increases the risk of the critically ill patient to acquire UTIs as compared to other patient populations. According to Lee, Kim and Cho (2013) the presence of indwelling urinary catheter in critical care patients makes them vulnerable to CAUTI. Lee et al (2013) states that due to the effects of the indwelling catheter, which are more critical at this stage of illness. There are several studies that focus on CAUTI within the acute care setting, but few studies explore the critical care adult population. Daniels, Lee & Frei (2014) studied the trend of CAUTI within the acute adult care setting in a nine-year time frame. Increased catheterization in the ICU adult patients facilitate the occurrence of bacterium in the urinary catheter. This increases the risk of the critical care patient acquiring CAUTI as the duration of the patient’s stay in ICU increases (Derya-Keten & Keten, 2014)

The purpose of this research question is to explore the factors that affect hospital acquired CAUTI in the adult critical care population.

EBP question
 What factors affect hospital catheter acquired urinary tract infections (CAUTI) in the adult critical care population

Literature Review

Research Synthesis

Clinical Protocol

“
(Excerpt from grading rubric
) Clinical guideline is clear, comprehensive, and justified by evidence. Guideline is introduced to help users understand the purpose as well as the process. Expected patient outcomes to be used for evaluation are identified and realistic.”

Implementation Plan

-include timeline

-include criteria for outcome evaluation

-Barriers/Obstacles should be identified and addressed

“The implementation plan for the protocol should include a timeline with criteria for evaluating the outcomes. Barriers/Obstacles or drivers for change should be identified and addressed.”

“
(Excerpt from grading Rubric
) Plan for implementation (including timeline and criteria for evaluating outcomes) is detailed, clear, and feasible. Barriers and drivers for change are identified and addressed in implementation plan”

Patient Outcomes

-Realistic

-Specific

Reference Page

Temiz, E., Piskin, N., Aydemir, H., Oztoprak, N., Akduman, D., Celebi, G., & Kokturk, F. (2012). Factors associated with catheter-associated urinary tract infections and the effects of other concomitant nosocomial infections in intensive care units.
Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases
,
44
(5), 344-349. http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/00365548.2011.639031

Daniels, K. R., & Lee, G. C. (2014). Trends in catheter-associated urinary tract infections among a national cohort of hospitalized adults, 2001-2010.
American Journal of Infection Control
,
42
(1), 17-22.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2013.06.026

Lee, J. H., Kim, S. W., & Cho, Y. H. (2013). Factors that affect nosocomial catheter-associated urinary tract infection in intensive care units:2-year experience at a single centre.
Korean Journal of Urology
, 59-63. http://dx.doi.org/10.411/kju.2013.54.1.59

Derya-Keten, F. A., & Keten, H. S. (2014, Nov 14). Catheter -Associated urinary tract infections in intensive care units.
Bosnian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences, 227-233
,
14
(4), 227-233. Retrieved from HTTPS://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov./pmc/articles/PMC4333973/#!po=65.4762[JL1]

Should be in alphabetic order

–alphabetical order

–Every in-text citation should be accounted for in the reference page, what we do not use should be deleted from the final reference page;

Purpose:
Comment on
 the Discussion

Thing to Remember:

Answer this discussion with opinions/ideas creatively and clearly. Supports post using several outside, peer-reviewed sources.

1 References, find resources that are 5 years or less

No errors with APA format 6 Edition

 

To Comment:

Discussion Topic 1: Third-party Payment

 

In health care, third party payments are derived from insurance companies. Insurance companies have driven up the price of health care, therefore “distorting” the market. Insurance companies can only cover insurable risk. For example, getting hit by a car is an insurable risk because the chance of such an occurrence is small, but the required medical services are too expensive for many individuals to afford, so insurance companies spread the risk over a large group to make the premiums are affordable (Buff & Terrell, n.d.). The problem is that many of the services covered by health insurance do not fit this definition, and instead involve predictable expenses or minor care (Buff & Terrell, n.d.). It is in my opinion that wealthy countries continue to encourage the use third party payors to promote incentive to consumers with coverage, while using their premiums to add to the wealth, and unfortunately driving up the cost of health care in general.

Despite general improvements in the economic situation of the elderly population over the last 3 decades, many elderly Americans continue to struggle to pay living expenses on low or modest incomes (Rowland & Lyons, n.d.). When medical care is needed, these 6 million poor and near-poor elderly Americans depend on Medicare for assistance with their medical bills (Rowland & Lyons, n.d.). Aside from the abilities to pay for health care, people in the U.S. are living longer than ever before and many seniors live active and healthy lives, but as they age, their bodies and minds change which may be may just be part of normal aging, while others may be a warning sign of a medical problem (“Seniors’ Health: MedlinePlus,” n.d.). Because of this increasing demand for seniors seeking health care and limited ways of paying for service, a separate payment program is carved out for them.

 

References

Buff, M., & Terrell, T. (n.d.). The Role of Third-Party Payers in Medical Cost Increases. Retrieved from http://jpands.org/vol19no3/buff.pdf

Rowland, D., & Lyons, B. (n.d.). Medicare, Medicaid, and the Elderly Poor. Retrieved from https://www.ssa.gov/history/pdf/RowlandandLyons.pdf

Seniors’ Health: MedlinePlus. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://medlineplus.gov/seniorshealth.html

Emotional Intelligence Paper

Empathy, motivation, self– and social awareness—what thoughts or images arise as you read these words? These terms relate to skills for understanding, expressing, and managing emotions in self and others, which are attributes of emotional intelligence.

Research frequently demonstrates the importance of emotional intelligence for leaders and managers. In health care, nursing leaders who demonstrate emotional intelligence can positively influence organizational outcomes by contributing to improved nurse retention, increased job satisfaction, and better health outcomes for patients (Codier, Muneno, Franey, & Matsuura, 2010).

To further your self–knowledge, you examine your own emotional intelligence and consider strategies for developing this important leadership characteristic.

To Prepare

Review the leaning resources for Week 10. There are 2 tests that are available to you to assess your personal Emotional Intelligence. Take both the tests and consider your personal attributes of emotional intelligence..

Identify strategies for developing any areas of opportunity or areas for enhancing your emotional intelligence. What do you need to do to achieve or sustain a high level of performance in this area?

Also consider how to work with leaders who do not demonstrate strong emotional intelligence (EI) or whose EI strengths differ from yours. Include these strategies as well.

To Complete

Write
a 2– to 3–page paper that describes the results of your emotional intelligence assessment and include your strategies for developing your EI. Be sure to refer to your week 10 resources to develop these strategies and of course cite any references that you use. Also consider how to work with leaders who do not demonstrate strong emotional intelligence (EI) or whose EI strengths differ from yours. Include these strategies as well. Refer to your assignment rubic for grading criteria.

 

Learning Resources

Note:

To access this weeks’s required library resources, please click on the link to the Course Readings List, found in the 
Course Materials
 section of your Syllabus.

Required Readings

Review the information found at Mind Tools: http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newCDV_59.htm

Trivella, P., Gerogiannis, V., & Svarna, S. (2013). Exploring Workplace Implications of Emotional Intelligence (WLEIS) in Hospitals: Job Satisfaction and Turnover Intentions. 
Procedia–Social and Behavioral Sciences 73(
27). 701–709.

Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.

Van der Linden, D., Tsaousis, I., & Petrides, K. V. (2012). Overlap between General Factors of Personality in the Big Five, Giant Three, and trait emotional intelligence. 
Personality and Individual Differences
, 
53
(3), 175–179.

Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.

Greater Good. (2012). 
Body language quiz: Test your emotional intelligence
. Retrieved from http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/ei_quiz/

Take this free online assessment, and note your results for this week’s Discussion.

Institute for Health and Human Potential. (2015). 
Emotional Intelligence Quiz
. Retrieved from http://www.ihhp.com/free–eq–quiz/

Purpose:
Comment
on the Discussion

 
Thing to Remember:

Answer this discussion with opinions/ideas creatively and clearly. Supports post using several outside, peer-reviewed sources.

1 References, find resources that are 5 years or less

No errors with APA format 6 Edition

 

To Comment:

Topic 1: Third-party Payment

 

Third party payment is distorting the market for health care due to how it has contributed to the increased level of spending in healthcare. The insurance companies that do the third party payments lack transparency. It is impossible for consumers to trace the real price of the medical services (Boyer, & Hammersla, 2012). Therefore, they have taken the advantage of rising prices and yet the quality of the services given is very poor. If there was transparency, then there would be healthy competition by the suppliers of medical services and this would lower the cost. This would also create a free market in the healthcare sector.

These countries insist on the third party intermediaries because they consider them as schemes for the poor. Due to the rising health care costs, they have argued that people would be in a position of acquiring health services through the low deductible premium policies and copayments (Danzon, et al., 2013). Further still, these third parties enable them to acquire great dividends due to the goodwill generated from them. The amount taxed from them enables these countries to advance to new medical technologies and drugs. However, the high-value technology doesn’t match up with the services given which are instead dwindling every single day.

Separate payment program for the elder citizens is carved out to enable them to acquire benefits that are convenient and ease the financial burden of healthcare (Abaluck, & Gruber, 2014). Also, they give minimum deductible rates for those that are earning. Those with no source of income are also considered since the government chips in. Elder citizens are at a high chance of getting health issues that are factored by age. The benefits they get cover acute diseases and prescription drugs. It also provides them with hospital insurance, skilled nursing care, and home care services especially for those with long-term ailments.

References

Boyer, D. F., & Hammersla III, W. E. (2012). 
U.S. Patent No. 6,208,973
. Washington, DC:          U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Danzon, P. M., Towse, A., & Mulcahy, A. W. (2013). Setting cost-effectiveness thresholds as      a   means to achieve appropriate drug prices in rich and poor        countries. 
Health    Affairs
, 
30
(8), 1529-1538.

Abaluck, J., & Gruber, J. (2014). Choice inconsistencies among the elderly: evidence from            plan    choice in the Medicare Part D program. 
The American economic review
, 
101
(4),    1180-   1210.

Birth Control Availability in the Community Essay

Instructions:

As an adult, you theoretically have many options for controlling your fertility. If you were a teenager under 18, your options may be different and/or more difficult to implement.

 

Individuals can seek out services through private providers, hospitals, clinics, and/or purchase over-the-counter products. Their ability to do that may depend upon such factors as finances, insurance, transportation, and education about options. In addition, one’s belief system and relationship status may also impact options and choices.

 

One organization committed to providing services, regardless of a woman’s ability to pay, has been Planned Parenthood. The current election season has shown some politicians going after funding Planned Parenthood. Governor Christie proudly states how he defunded PP in New Jersey. Go online and visit the National Planned Parenthood website-

Click on: “Find a health center near you”

http://www.plannedparenthood.org/

Put in New Jersey.

Compare two centers in the state—one in a city, and one in another part of the state—suburban/rural. Identify the location of the sites you’re describing.

What kinds of services are available on site?

What are their hours?

What kind of transportation is available and/or required to get there?

What kinds of payment are accepted? How much money is needed for a typical visit?

Briefly comment on the differences in services between the two facilities.

Making the Purchase- Being an educated consumer. Visit each of the following types of stores where birth control methods may be purchased:•         Retail pharmacy—Rite Aid, CVS, Walgreens•         Supermarket (Speak with me if there are transportation problems related to completing the assignment.)            Do an availability and comparison price check comparison for the following methods: •         Seasonale/ Seasonique•         NuvaRing•         Sponge

 

•         Condoms

•         Spermicides—foam, cream, gel, suppositories. Note the variety available.

•         OrthoEvra Patch

•         Monthly birth control pills

•         Comprehensive retail store—i.e., Walmart, Target

•         Small, local pharmacy

       Female Condom

       Emergency Contraception- Next Choice One Dose, Plan B One Step, Ella

       Other

You can submit a chart, or describe the differences in sentences.
Make sure to identify the location of the store you visited.

Thoughts, reactions and conclusions Conclude with 1-2 paragraphs on your reaction to the experience of “birth control shopping.” How did it feel to check the stores? What impressions related to access have resulted?Imagine that you were still a high school student. How would you feel shopping at each type of store? What challenges would you have to be able to access products and services?
Grading:
This assignment is worth
15
points.   Check the rubric posted in Blackboard.

Police arrest procedures  making people confused, fearful, and dehumanized

Please login to the following Web page:
http://www.prisonexp.org/
and take a tour through the slide show, which shows actual footage of the Stanford Prison study.

Please respond to three (3) of the following discussion questions;

What police procedures are used during arrests, and how do these procedures lead people to feel confused, fearful, and dehumanized?

If you were a guard, what type of guard would you have become? How sure are you?

What prevented “good guards” from objecting or countermanding the orders from tough or bad guards?

If you were a prisoner, would you have been able to endure the experience? What would you have done differently than those subjects did? If you were imprisoned in a “real” prison for five years or more, could you take it?

Why did our prisoners try to work within the arbitrary prison system to effect a change in it (e.g., setting up a Grievance Committee), rather than trying to dismantle or change the system through outside help?

What factors would lead prisoners to attribute guard brutality to the guards’ disposition or character, rather than to the situation?

What is “reality” in a prison setting? This study is one in which an illusion of imprisonment was created, but when do illusions become real?

Post your answers to the discussion board and comment on at least two posts of your classmates.