Tag: Clinical-Nursing

Clinical Epidemiology

In this Unit, you have discussion and a large point assignment. Please be sure to listen to the seminar archive and also do the learning activities in both Unit 1 and Unit 2. These relate to the assignment directly.

I look forward to our discussion and your research one on the options for preventive screening in the assignment directions.

Melody

Course Outcome(s) practiced in this unit:

MN505-1: Interpret epidemiological data on morbidity and mortality related to acute and chronic disease states.

Unit 2 Introduction

Clinical Epidemiology: Risk

There are a number of statistics used in epidemiology to describe health status, quantify the extent of disease, and estimate the risk for developing disease or injury. It is essential that nurses be able to locate and interpret these statistics because this information is used to plan and evaluate health services and guide health policy.

Characteristics that result in increased chances of disease or injury are known as risk factors. Some are not changeable, such as age or sex, or perhaps geographic location in certain instances. However, many can be altered. Recognizing risk, and risk calculations is an important part of epidemiology. Concepts in risk include, exposure, time, causal and non-causal factors, and risk prediction or stratification.

Hospital Research

A hospital marketing director at a very large hospital in an urban setting has several research projects to undertake this quarter. The hospital is continuing to expand its offerings in the metropolitan area and ensure a strong relationship with the top physicians in the community.

The 3 current projects that he is currently researching include the following:

The hospital urology department wants to establish a sexual dysfunction clinic. The department head wants to get an estimate of the number of men ages 35 to 60 in the community suffering with some form of sexual dysfunction.

A primary care medical group is trying to determine whether patients are being greeted and serviced appropriately by the billing and admitting departments.

An MCO is trying to determine what concerns physicians have in agreeing to become part of its panel of physicians who will treat its subscribers.

He has asked you to assist by developing a report analyzing how each of these 3 projects would help the hospital improve its relationship with the public. Given that the projects would be presented to the hospital’s Board of Trustees, the marketing director indicated that your report needs to include a critique of current literature (scholarly references) to support a position on each.

The body of the resultant report should be 5-7 pages and include at least 5 relevant peer-reviewed academic or professional references published within the past 5 years.

Community-Based patient Advocacy and Accrediting Agencies

You are working for a community-based patient advocacy group. Your boss sends you an email asking for publicly available information that your organization can compile for consumers. Your boss wants to know about accrediting agencies and provider report cards that exist for various types of public and private healthcare institutions (hospitals, managed care plans, long term care facilities, etc.).

Reply to your boss with a one page email that describes the types of accrediting agencies and provider report cards that currently exist. Be sure to include examples and hot links so that your boss can readily follow up on this information if she so chooses.

Process Flow Analysis

Have you ever encountered a process that had too many steps or was overly complicated? Perhaps you examined the process and looked for areas where you could remove steps or simplify its flow. If you did, you were conducting a process flow analysis. Process analysis is an important step in determining the financial well-being of an organization and pinpointing areas where changes could help improve the bottom line. In this Assignment, you will create a process flow analysis (also known as workflow diagramming) for an activity in your own organization (or one with which you are familiar).

To prepare:

Review the information in the Learning Resources (including the Media) for this week dealing with how to perform a process flow analysis.

Identify a process that is completed on a consistent basis in your organization (or one with which you are familiar). Examples of a process include such things as how a patient is moved through the system, or what must occur to prepare an examination room or hospital room for the next patient.

Create a simple flow analysis map detailing the process using Microsoft Word using one of the methods below:

Select SmartArt from the Insert menu and select a diagram that matches the flowchart structure you would like to use.

Select Shapes from theInsert menu and select the shape that matches the flowchart piece you would like to use. Continue inserting shapes and connect them using the arrow shapes.

Reflect on the ease or difficulty of obtaining the necessary information to create your flow analysis map.

Identify “white space” as defined in the article, “Hospital Operating System: Unleashing Throughput Potential” found in the Learning Resources for this week.

Determine strategies for improving the process flow.

Reflect on the role of the process flow analysis in financial decision making and how it can have positive impacts on the process. Attach your Flow Analysis Map to your Discussion post.

Describe the process you analyzed and how you went about gathering the necessary information to create your flow analysis map. Identify specific areas of white space that need to be addressed and propose strategies for improving the process. Analyze how process flow analysis can be a useful tool in financial decision making and the ramifications of not using it. Be sure and include your flow analysis map when you turn in your paper.

Reminder: This Discussion assignment serves as your Portfolio Assignment for this course. Be sure to save this Discussion Assignment on both your hard drive and on an external drive.

By Day 3

Describe the process you analyzed and how you went about gathering the necessary information to create your flow analysis map. Identify specific areas of white space and propose strategies for improving the process. Analyze how process flow analysis can be a useful tool in financial decision making and the ramifications of not using it. Be sure and include your flow analysis map as part of your post.

Ethical Dilemma in Nursing Practice

Discuss an ethical dilemma that you have encountered in your nursing practice, or one that another nurse has encountered that you have heard about. Explain why it is an ethical dilemma. Analyze the situation step-by- step using Catalano’s (2009) ethical decision making algorithm. Catalano’s ethical decision making algorithm is discussed in Chapter 4 of your textbook. Illustrate possible solutions and how the dilemma was actually resolved. The paper should be no more than 4 pages in length, not including the reference and title pages, and in APA format. Grading Rubric Criteria Comments Possible Score Student Score 1. Describe the ethical situation, and why it is an ethical dilemma. 4 2. Analyze situation using Catalano’s ethical decision making algorithm. 16 3. Illustrate various solutions to the dilemma. 8 4. Discuss how the dilemma was actually resolved. 4 5. Writing Skillsgrammar, format, spelling, APA 8 Possible Score 40 Once you have completed the paper and saved as a Word document, you must submit the paper to your instructor via Turnitin

Statistics in Nursing

1. What are basic service classifications and how can understanding these classifications be important to data collection and statistics?

a. endometriosis

b. hemophilia

c. ventricular tachycardia

Your response should be at least 200 words in length.

2. What is the importance of Government Data Collection? What departments might be associated in the gathering of public data?

Your response should be at least 200 words in length.

3. What is ambulatory care and how does it differ from traditional residential care? Why are current trends in ambulatory care important to statistically monitor and evaluate? Please provide examples.

Your response should be at least 200 words in length.

4. What are descriptive statistics and inferential statistics? How do they compare and contrast? Provide examples of descriptive statistics and inferential statistics under Statistics in Nursing.

Your response should be at least 200 words in length.

Evaluation Plan for Evidence-Based Practice Project

develop an evaluation plan to be included in your final evidence-based practice project. Provide the following criteria in the evaluation, making sure it is comprehensive and concise:

Describe the rationale for the methods used in collecting the outcome data.

Describe the ways in which the outcome measures evaluate the extent to which the project objectives are achieved.

Describe how the outcomes will be measured and evaluated based on the evidence. Address validity, reliability, and applicability.

Describe strategies to take if outcomes do not provide positive results.

Describe implications for practice and future research.

You are required to cite three to five sources to complete this assignment. Sources must be published within the last 5 years and appropriate for the assignment criteria and nursing content.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required for this Evaluation Plan for Evidence-Based Practice Project.

residential care

Article Review

For this assignment, choose a peer-reviewed article to review. Choose the article from one of the following topics:

statistics in health care

data collection related to health care

ambulatory care

residential care

The purpose of this assignment is for you to practice reviewing articles that contribute to the industry. The authors of these articles are researchers and professionals who have shared or experimented with ideas that demonstrate potential to improve the industry. As a professional in the industry, it is in your best interest to review the literature and trends. This provides you with the opportunity to read about what was successful and how it was accomplished. Plus, it allows you to analyze what was unsuccessful, how you can improve it, or at least how you can avoid repeating the mistakes of others. Use these skills to contribute to research papers and other scholarly writings. If you have not already, hopefully, you will contribute to the industry by publishing an article and sharing with your community of peers.

As you read the article you choose for this assignment, consider the following questions: How could the topic of this article apply to your personal or professional life? How could it apply to an organization you have observed?

The article you choose must meet the following requirements:

be peer reviewed, relate to the concepts within this course, and be at least ten pages in length.

The writing you submit must meet the following requirements:

Be at least two pages in length, identify the main topic/question, identify the author’s intended audience, and summarize the article, analyze the article, evaluate how the article is related to your topic, and explain what you learn from this article.

Format your Article Review using APA style. Use your own words, and include citations and references as needed to avoid plagiarism.

Healthcare Career Areas Reflection Paper

Compare/Contrast

This reflection paper will be written about two healthcare career areas or positions or subsets that you have chosen or will select or have an interest in. These should be career areas that you have considered, but not reviewed or written about. They can also be anything that you have an interest.

This is a comparison and contrast reflection in that you will look at both careers areas and compare and contrast the two careers with each other.

Reflection Requirement/Objectives(Healthcare Career Areas Reflection Paper)

1) Introductory paragraph Introduce the reader to the healthcare related career you will be job discussing, and the types of research you have completed (the internet, and a book other sources). You will also clearly establish what your reflection is about and provide a preview to the paper. Here you will explain the two careers that you are comparing and contrasting.

2) Career Description(Healthcare Career Areas Reflection Paper) – Describe each healthcare career you selected. Include the following information:

• Overview and title of career/position and setting/environment.

o Administration

o Managerial

o What field in healthcare: Hospital, clinic, supply chain, policy, specific department etc.—describe where this career is in healthcare.

• Common and specific work activities (what does the position/career entail)

• Skills and abilities required

o Early skills or beginning skills

o Middle level skills

o Advanced skills

• Preparation (training, qualifications)

• Outlook for the job (career)

o Expected growth

o Number of opportunities

3) Aspects of the career that interest you:

Why are you interested in these careers?

• Describe the parts of the career that interest you the most

o Do not do all—select a couple

How do the interests align with your assessments?

How do the careers align with your goals about a career in healthcare?

5) Compare/Contrast: (Healthcare Career Areas Reflection Paper)

Review both careers and compare and contrast them against your goals and or interests. Answer the basic question: In looking at these two careers, which one appeals to me more?

Compare and Contrast Questions to Guide You:

List the most significant point concerning these job? What makes this significant about the job?

Are the careers in the same field/setting: Example: Hospital or clinic.

If they are in the same discuss that. If they are in different, discuss the differences.

What are some key positive attributes of the positions?

What education and/ or training are required?

What is the outlook for these particular careers?

Compare the salaries at entry, middle and end career.

Describe the career entry into these positions. Is one easier to enter? Compare them.

What is the career growth, compare if there is a significant difference in growth?

What mentorship is available for you to succeed? Compare.

What education and/ or training are required? Compare.

What is the outlook for these positions and compare and contrast that outlook?

Compare and contrast what the daily work life experience will be:

Do you interact with people?

Is it routine or diverse?

Do you make decisions and act on them or do you take direction from others?

How much autonomy do you have?

What type of impact do the careers have?

What is the satisfaction level?

Reflection: Write the reflection.

Summative Reflection (Healthcare Career Areas Reflection Paper)

•After comparing and contrasting—determine what careers you are leaning toward. Explain your selection.

•What did you learn that surprised you about these careers?

•What skills are going to have to be built on to succeed in this position or career?

Evaluative Reflection

•What are the strengths and weaknesses your current education that you need to be aware of for this position.

•Reflect on a path to get this position: What might you do to best get this position.

Do your personal assessments fit the career choices? Explain.

Paper format must include the following:

1. Title page/

2. Introduction with clear purpose, preview and direction for the paper.

2. The body of the paper needs to be 5-7 pages (no more than 7) double spaced, typed pages in length. Include all sections of the above that requires reflection and content.

* Size 11-12 Ariel or New Times Roman font is required.

* No bold fonts

* 1″ margins on sides, top, and bottom of paper required.

3. Cite Sources on the final page, after the body of the paper.

4. College level writing expected.

Sources:

• Two sources are required.

o Must be sources that are established and reliable and validated sources.

o One source from any published hard-copy source.

Ambulatory Care

Unit I Article Review

For this assignment, choose a peer-reviewed article to review. Choose the article from one of the following topics:

statistics in health care

data collection related to health care

ambulatory care

residential care

The purpose of this assignment is for you to practice reviewing articles that contribute to the industry. The authors of these articles are researchers and professionals who have shared or experimented with ideas that demonstrate potential to improve the industry. As a professional in the industry, it is in your best interest to review the literature and trends. This provides you with the opportunity to read about what was successful and how it was accomplished. Plus, it allows you to analyze what was unsuccessful, how you can improve it, or at least how you can avoid repeating the mistakes of others. Use these skills to contribute to research papers and other scholarly writings. If you have not already, hopefully, you will contribute to the industry by publishing an article and sharing with your community of peers.

As you read the article you choose for this assignment, consider the following questions: How could the topic of this article apply to your personal or professional life? How could it apply to an organization you have observed?

The article you choose must meet the following requirements:

be peer reviewed, relate to the concepts within this course, and be at least ten pages in length.

The writing you submit must meet the following requirements:

Be at least two pages in length, identify the main topic/question, identify the author’s intended audience, and summarize the article, analyze the article, evaluate how the article is related to your topic, and explain what you learn from this article.

Format your Article Review using APA style. Use your own words, and include citations and references as needed to avoid plagiarism.