Tag: Clinical-Nursing

As a member of ABC Consultants, you have been hired by a large organization to develop an innovated approach using current technology in health care delivery. This can be a product, a service, or an application. Choose an organization in a sector including, but not limited to, pharmaceutical, insurance, manufacturing, software development, or facility design. Review its website and any recent articles about the organizations. Resource: Technology and Health Care Grading Criteria Write a 1,050- to 1,750-word paper and include the following: Describe your product, service, or application (m-health, e-therapy, virtual physician visits, and so forth). Discuss the impact of your product, service, or application on quality of care, quality of life, cost of care, and access. Discuss the social, ethical, and economic impact of your product, service, or application to the organization.

Imagine a life threatening event or a natural disaster in your community such as a severe weather event, terrorist attack, or other type of public health emergency. Propose an overall strategy that medical providers and public health agencies should include in the response plan that combines the efforts of both groups. Determine how these groups could work collaboratively to effectively manage this emergency. Imagine a life threatening event or a natural disaster in your community such as a severe weather event, terrorist attack, or other type of public health emergency. Propose an overall strategy that medical providers and public health agencies should include in the response plan that combines the efforts of both groups. Determine how these groups could work collaboratively to effectively manage this emergency.

Mr. P is a 76-year-old male with cardiomyopathy and congestive heart failure who has been hospitalized frequently to treat CHF symptoms. He has difficulty maintaining diet restrictions and managing his polypharmacy. He has 4+ pitting edema, moist crackles throughout lung fields, and labored breathing. He has no family other than his wife, who verbalizes sadness over his declining health and over her inability to get out of the house. She is overwhelmed with the stack of medical bills, as Mr. P always took care of the financial issues. Mr. P is despondent and asks why God has not taken him. Question Considering Mr. P’s condition and circumstance, write an essay that includes the following: · Describe your approach to care. · Recommend a treatment plan. · Describe a method for providing both the patient and family with education and explain your rationale. · Provide a teaching plan (avoid using terminology that the patient and family may not understand).

Critiquing the validity and robustness of research featured in journal articles provides a critical foundation for engaging in evidence-based practice. In Weeks 5 and 6, you explored quantitative research designs. In Week 7, you will examine qualitative and mixed methods research designs. For this Assignment, you critique a quantitative and either a qualitative or a mixed methods research study and compare the types of information obtained in each. To prepare: 1. Select a health topic of interest to you that is relevant to your current area of practice. The topic may be your Course Portfolio Project or a different topic of your choice. 2. Using the Library, locate two articles in scholarly journals that deal with your portfolio topic: 1) Select one article that utilizes a quantitative research design and 2) select a second article that utilizes either a qualitative OR a mixed methods design. These need to be single studies not systematic or integrative reviews (including meta-analysis and metasynthesis). You may use research articles from your reference list. If you cannot find these two types of research on your portfolio topic, you may choose another topic. 3. Locate the following documents in this week’s Learning Resources to access the appropriate templates, which will guide your critique of each article:

A. Critique Template for a Qualitative Study B. Critique Template for a Quantitative Study C. Critique Template for a Mixed-Methods Study

4. Consider the fields in the templates as you review the information in each article. Begin to draft a paper in which you analyze the two research approaches as indicated below. Reflect on the overall value of both quantitative and qualitative research. If someone were to say to you, “Qualitative research is not real science,” how would you respond? To complete this Assignment: a. Complete the two critiques using the appropriate templates. b. Write a 2- to 3-page paper that addresses the following: c. Contrast the types of information that you gained from examining the two different research approaches in the articles that you selected. 1. Describe the general advantages and disadvantages of the two research approaches featured in the articles. Use examples from the articles for support. 2. Formulate a response to the claim that qualitative research is not real science. Highlight the general insights that both quantitative and qualitative studies can provide to researchers. Support your response with references to the Learning Resources and other credible sources. d. As you complete this Assignment, remember to: e. Reminder: The School of Nursing requires that all papers submitted include a title page, introduction, summary, and references. All papers submitted must be well formatted. f. Combine all three parts of this assignment into one Word document including both critique templates and the narrative with your references. Submit this combined document.

The fundamental-cause theory suggests that those with greater access to resources will experience better health because of those resources, regardless of changes in cause, time, or situation. Do you agree with this theory? Do you believe that this truth only applies to those with a higher social status? Explain your position and provide at least one supporting fact to Fundamental-Cause Theory. Your response should be at least 300 words in length. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations. Any references or citations used should be in APA style.

From Private to Non-Profit—The Organizational Change Process

Your Learning Team is a Quality Management Team at a health care organization. Your company is preparing for a large organizational change and has asked your team to ready the managing staff for the upcoming change. Resources: Barriers of Change Product grading criteria on the student website Prepare an original product that outlines the barriers to change and factors that influence change. Products might include one of the following: 3 slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation for group training Include the following in your product: Describe possible organizational and individual barriers to change.

The Joint Commission provides some guidelines for creating spiritual assessment tools for evaluating the spiritual needs of patients. Using these resources and any other guidelines/examples you can find, make up your own tool for assessing the spiritual needs of patients. The spiritual-needs assessment tool should include a minimum of five questions that can either be answered by the patient and/or by your observation of the patient. The information can be presented in a Word document, in a table, or in questionnaire format. Using your assessment-tool questions, practice completing a spiritual assessment with a patient, family member, or friend. Once complete, analyze your results in 750-1000 words, with the following: Write a brief summary of your assessment findings. What significant discoveries did you make about the individual you chose to assess? What went well? What would you do differently in the future? Were there any barriers or challenges that inhibited your ability to complete the assessment tool? How would you address these in the future or change your assessment to better address these challenges? Describe the spiritual experience you had with your patient, family member, or friend using this tool. How does this tool allow you to better meet the needs of your patient?

Write a paper describing the approach to care of cancer. In addition, include the following in your paper: 1. Describe the diagnosis and staging of cancer. 2. Describe at least three complications of cancer, the side effects of treatment, and methods to lessen physical and psychological effects. 3. Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines. An abstract is not required.

You are a mid-level manager in a health care organization and you have been asked to prepare a report, with appropriate exhibits, for the senior financial officer. a. Discuss the roles played by financial ratios in general and analyze the commonly used financial ratios by categories. b. Additionally, select a local hospital and compare its financial ratios for the most recent three years against the national norms for this type of institution. Include analytical comments and how the organization compares to the national norms as well as any suggestions as to how results could be improved. Your paper must include an introduction, thesis, and conclusion and be four to five page double-spaced (excluding title and reference pages) and formatted according to APA style

Prepare a PowerPoint presentation that reviews a managed care program centered on disease management. Prepare 15-20 slides (excluding title and reference slides) documenting the major points of this program. Include detailed speaker notes with your presentation beneath each slide. The project must include these components: Title Slide with the following: Title of the managed care program Student’s name Course title/number Instructor’s name Date submitted Introduction/Thesis Statement introducing your managed care program based on disease management. The role of preventing disease Patient incentives Physician incentives Case management Facilities Quality of care Prescription benefits The future of data use and informatics Conclusion which includes a restatement of the opening thesis statement and summary of the managed care program discussed. Reference Slide (include a minimum of four scholarly and/ or peer reviewed sources cited according to APA guidelines) Your PowerPoint presentation slides should: Be sequenced and organized clearly. Have a clear, logical progression of ideas. Utilize bullet points or short sentences, if necessary, not dense paragraphs. Have relevant visuals, such as graphs, tables, data summaries, sound and/or animation which enhance the understanding of concepts, ideas, and relationships. Have a consistent theme, format, and font which augment the readability. In addition to the presentation, please submit a Word document containing the same information as the title slide. This document will be used for your instructor to provide you with feedback regarding your work.