Financial/Economic Issues Concerning Healthcare

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Financial/Economic Issues Concerning Healthcare

ALTERATIONS IN CELLULAR PROCESSES

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ALTERATIONS IN CELLULAR PROCESSES

Scenario: An 83-year-old resident of a skilled nursing facility presents to the emergency department with generalized edema of extremities and abdomen. History obtained from staff reveals the patient has history of malabsorption syndrome and difficulty eating due to lack of dentures. The patient has been diagnosed with protein malnutrition.

At its core, pathology is the study of disease. Diseases occur for many reasons. But some, such as cystic fibrosis and Parkinson’s Disease, occur because of alterations that prevent cells from functioning normally.

Understanding of signals and symptoms of alterations in cellular processes is a critical step in diagnosis and treatment of many diseases. For the Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN), this understanding can also help educate patients and guide them through their treatment plans.

For this Discussion, you examine a case study and explain the disease that is suggested. You examine the symptoms reported and explain the cells that are involved and potential alterations and impacts.

 

Post an explanation of the disease highlighted in the scenario you were provided. Include the following in your explanation:

  • The role genetics plays in the disease.
  • Why the patient is presenting with the specific symptoms described.
  • The physiologic response to the stimulus presented in the scenario and why you think this response occurred.
  • The cells that are involved in this process.
  • How another characteristic (e.g., gender, genetics) would change your responses.

WHERE IN THE WORLD IS EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE?

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WHERE IN THE WORLD IS EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE?

March 21, 2010, was not EBP’s date of birth, but it may be the date the approach “grew up” and left home to take on the world.

When the Affordable Care Act was passed, it came with a requirement of empirical evidence. Research on EBP increased significantly. Application of EBP spread to allied health professions, education, healthcare technology, and more. Health organizations began to adopt and promote EBP.

In this Discussion, you will consider this adoption. You will examine healthcare organization websites and analyze to what extent these organizations use EBP.

To Prepare:

  • Review the Resources and reflect on the definition and goal of EBP.
  • Choose a professional healthcare organization’s website (e.g., a reimbursing body, an accredited body, or a national initiative).
  • Explore the website to determine where and to what extent EBP is evident.

Post a description of the healthcare organization website you reviewed. Describe where, if at all, EBP appears (e.g., the mission, vision, philosophy, and/or goals of the healthcare organization, or in other locations on the website). Then, explain whether this healthcare organization’s work is grounded in EBP and why or why not. Finally, explain whether the information you discovered on the healthcare organization’s website has changed your perception of the healthcare organization. Be specific and provide examples.

Family Tree

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Family Tree

Tsitsi Ella Jaji’s “Family Trees” is a series of poems based on the tradition of Zulu “praise songs.” These poems take the analogy of a family tree and pluralize it into “Family Trees” to suggest that we are not only members of a tree but also trees unto ourselves—how is this true?  This piece is taken from a book titled Beating the Graves—this phrase might be referring to defeating death in some way but is more likely about knocking on the door of the grave to talk to the ancestors. Do we still believe this cross-generational communication to be possible?

The Nigerian author Ben Okri imagines a dimension in which souls wait to be born in “Spirit Children,” the first chapter from his novel The Famished Road. Why does Okri seem to believe that these spirits resist birth into human form and regard it as a curse and a punishment? Is this a purely negative view of moral existence or are there other dimensions to this tale?

MHI-815-INFORMATICS FOR ADVANCED PRACTICE

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MHI-815-INFORMATICS FOR ADVANCED PRACTICE

1.  Read the attached article titled An_Ethnography_of_Parents__Perceptions_of_Patient.12.pdf and share your thoughts about the parent as a patient care advocate. What lessons can be gleaned from the perspectives of these NICU parents? What is the role of technology in promoting better patient outcomes?

2.  List 2-3 latest trends in healthcare-related technology.

3.  What are the benefits and/or challenges created by these trends.

Please provide 4-5 other outside references to support your response. References MUST be within the last 5 years ONLY

Nursing Nursing Homework

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Nursing Nursing Homework

Directions:

Role in Conflict Management

As a nurse leader or manager, you are responsible for conflict management.

First Post

Describe how you would handle a conflict between two nurses on the unit. Include how you would meet with each nurse and how you will document the situation. Is there anyone else you would ask for assistance and how you would identify if the conflict has been resolved or you need to escalate to your supervisor.

Reply Post

Respond to at least one of your peers. Expand on your peer’s idea

Nursing Leadership

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Nursing Leadership

Collaboration to Improve Outcomes

Competency

Collaborate in healthcare delivery systems settings for improved patient outcomes.

Transferable Skill

Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion.

Scenario

You have a final interview for your first registered nurse position.

All candidates must come prepared to discuss a time when they collaborated with others to solve a problem in a healthcare delivery setting. The collaborative solution must have improved patient outcomes and incorporate diversity, equity, and inclusion.

To prepare for the interview, you will create notes.

Directions

Select an example that demonstrates collaboration with others to solve a problem in a healthcare delivery setting to improve patient outcomes. The collaborative solution must incorporate diversity, equity, and inclusion.

  • Describe the problem, including the healthcare delivery setting and impact on patient outcomes.
  • Explain the collaborative solution, including the people involved and the improvement in patient outcomes.
  • Describe how diversity, equity, and inclusion were incorporated into the collaborative solution.

Resources

RasGuide: Transferable Skills: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Submit your completed assignment by following the directions linked below. Please check the Course Calendar for specific due dates.

Save your assignment as a Microsoft Word document. (Mac users, please remember to append the “.docx” extension to the filename.) The name of the file should be your first initial and last name, followed by an underscore and the name of the assignment, and an underscore and the date. An example is shown below:

please I want a unique answer not a duplicated one

Good Communication Skills With Employees

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Good Communication Skills With Employees

For a health care manager, it is important to develop good communication skills with employees, peers, and supervisors. Discuss the following in regard to this:

  • Discuss the types of communication and the barriers to communication.
  • Does good communication build trust in an organization?
  • Does electronic communication help or hinder organizational communication?

As A Health Care Manager, You Will Be Involved In Strategic Management.

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As A Health Care Manager, You Will Be Involved In Strategic Management.

As a health care manager, you will be involved in strategic management. Discuss the following in regard to this:

  • Does strategic management involve long-term or short-term activities?
  • Describe how strategic management helps your facility control the future.

As Health Care Manager, Your Facility Will Soon Be Implementing An Electronic Health Record (EHR)

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As Health Care Manager, Your Facility Will Soon Be Implementing An Electronic Health Record (EHR)

As health care manager, your facility will soon be implementing an electronic health record (EHR). Some employees feel that they are not technologically gifted. Some employees feel the computer will soon cause them to be laid off. Employees are discussing this implementation and passing rumors about whether the implementation will actually improve the medical record.

  • How does change impact motivation of employees?
  • Discuss how you would communicate with these employees and what you will tell them about the EHR implementation.
  • Discuss how employers will explain about the training that will be offered to all employees and how employee job skills will change with the implementation.