When rating health care around the world, show how the health care rankings for each country can be used to justify the need for health care reform in these countries.

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For your final presentation (Key Assignment) you will revise your Unit 4 Individual Project assignment presentation of 8-10 slides (not including title or reference slides) and add at least 3 additional slides (total of 11-13 content slides) with information on:

  • When rating health care around the world, show how the health care rankings for each country can be used to justify the need for health care reform in these countries.
  • Choose 2 low-income countries that you feel will benefit from health care reform, and explain why you feel this way.

Be sure to have 150-200 word speaker notes for each content slide.  Remember to revise your Unit 4 presentation material using the suggestions from your classmates’ reviews of your Key Assignment Outline and the grade book feedback from your instructor.  Be sure to support your information by citing at least 3 scholarly references using APA format.

In what way does managed care actually manage cost? Does it do so without diminishing the quality of care? If so, how does it accomplish this?

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Discussion Topic: Third-party Payment 3 250 words, at least 2 scholarly references, APA

How does third-party payment distort the market for health care? If it is so distorted why does every wealthy country insist on using third-party intermediaries to purchase health care? Why do we carve out a separate payment program for our elder citizens?

Discussion Topic: Managed Care 4: 250 words, at least 2 scholarly references, APA

In what way does managed care actually manage cost? Does it do so without diminishing the quality of care? If so, how does it accomplish this?

 

Assignment: Windshield Survey/Community Assessment

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Assignment: Windshield Survey/Community Assessment

Conduct a “Windshield Survey” in a section of your community. Instructions for the survey can be found in Stanhope and Lancaster (2020) on page 383, Table 17.5.  As you notice, conducting a Windshield Survey requires that you either walk around or drive around a particular section of the community and take notes about what you observe. A Windshield Survey cannot be conducted by reviewing websites or Google Earth only. It requires actually taking a look at the selected area of the community. This survey should be focused on the problem and population you have selected for your practicum project. If you choose, for example, obesity among Hispanic schoolchildren, you might want to locate a section of the community where many Hispanic children live, or you might want to conduct the Windshield Survey around where Hispanic children attend school. If Hispanic children are not found in a specific section of your community (e.g., Chinatown in San Francisco or Harlem in New York), then you may select the section of the community where you live or work but pay particular attention to your practicum population and practicum problem as you conduct a survey of the community as viewed through the eyes of the public health nurse.

Submit a 3- to 4-page paper including:

  • Introduction to the community, including the name of the community and any interesting or historical facts you would like to add about where you live
  • Photographs of the selected area of the community that serve as evidence of your observations and hypotheses
  • Windshield Survey findings, including a description of the section of your community that you chose to survey
  • Description of the Vulnerable Population and Available Resources
    • Demographics of the vulnerable population
    • What social determinants create their vulnerable status?
    • What community strengths exist to assist this population?
  • Conclusions based on Nursing Assessment of the Community
  • Select at least 5 scholarly resources to support your assessment. Websites may be included but the paper must include scholarly resources in its development.

For this Assignment, review the following:

  • AWE Checklist (Level 4000)
  • BSN Program Top Ten Citations and References
  • Walden paper template (no abstract or running head required)
  • The Assignment 3 Rubric

NO NEED FOR PICTURES TO BE ADDED. I HAVE MY OWN PICTURES I CAN INSERT IN THE PAPER ONCE COMPLETE

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Placing taxes on junk food and fatty snacks: Can we tax people healthy?

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Cause & effect essay

Placing taxes on junk food and fatty snacks: Can we tax people healthy?

You are asked to model a scenario in which it is possible for the government to introduce taxes for food with low nutritional value and high in fats. The prompt: Is it possible to introduce this legislation and what consequences will it cause?

You need to base your opinion on scientific data and reason the possible outcome:

for the population
for the budget
for healthcare
Consult APA style guidelines to format your paper and references. It must be 4 full pages.

Academic level – High School;Discipline – Nutrition/Dietary;Style – APA;Paper sources – 3;Pages – 4.

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Culturally aware nurses recognize that states of health are revealed differently across cultures and ethnicities. Culture and ethnic background will affect the way each individua

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Practicum Discussion: Culturally aware nurses recognize that states of health are revealed differently across cultures and ethnicities. Culture and ethnic background will affect the way each individua

Practicum Discussion: Culturally aware nurses recognize that states of health are revealed differently across cultures and ethnicities. Culture and ethnic background will affect the way each individual responds to health, illness, and death (Stanhope & Lancaster, 2016). These nurses are also aware of their own biases, which may affect the care they provide to others (Stanhope & Lancaster, 2016). Because most nurses work in institutions with individual patients, they are accustomed to delivering culturally competent care on a one-on-one basis. When a public health nurse deals with a population, he or she must consider how the population culture affects the ways in which the community nurse may interact. This can be with regard to the provision of education or mass health care needs such as those required in a foodborne illness, if mass vaccinations are needed for a communicable disease outbreak, or if education is required to prevent heart disease. In addition to understanding the nuances of the culture of a population, community health nurses must understand the role genetics play in health. Some disorders, such as glaucoma and diabetes, have a genetic link, as do some cancers, such as breast and ovarian.

Please discuss the following questions in your Practicum Discussion:

Provide a few examples of community resources that should be put in place to assist your population in resolving their health care needs. What gaps in service do you see that affect your population?
Are there any cultural considerations that might inform your approach to caring for this population?
Does your population have a genetic predisposition to the health care problem you have identified?
Identify at least one evidence-based, culturally competent behavior change that would promote health for your selected population and for the specific health care problem you are addressing?
Read two or more of your colleagues’ postings from the Discussion question. As a community of practice, help each other refine and clarify the health problem remembering that this project focuses on primary prevention strategies at the community and system level of care

Respond to at least two colleagues. Your responses should be substantial and should contribute ideas, tools, alternate points of view, resources, and information related to identified health problems.

***attached is a peer response to the above discussion that I need to give feedback on their response

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Al Harman was a patient in Ross Community Hospital for a ruptured appendix which resulted in an appendectomy and 4 weeks of intensive antibiotic therapy. The severity of Mr. Harman’s condition was exacerbated by his obesity and the length of time from his first symptom and when he sought care. D

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Al Harman was a patient in Ross Community Hospital for a ruptured appendix which resulted in an appendectomy and 4 weeks of intensive antibiotic therapy. The severity of Mr. Harman’s condition was exacerbated by his obesity and the length of time from his first symptom and when he sought care. During his stay he complained to the charge nurse that he was not receiving an adequate dose of antibiotics which was the cause of his infection and the length of his stay in the hospital. The charge nurse followed the hospitals risk management procedure, objectively documented the patient’s complaint in the patient’s record, and completed an incident report.

  1. If a lawsuit is subsequently brought against the hospital, what role does the patient’s record play in this situation?
  2. Decide whether the incident report would or would not be subject to discovery by Mr. Harman’s attorney.
  3. Judge whether this incident represents a sentinel event as defined by The Joint Commission.

Using AHRQ’s definition, what is health services research used for?

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isit the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality ( https://www.ahrq.gov/funding/training-grants/hsrguide/hsrguide.html ) and after reading their “An Organizational Guide to Building Health Services Research Capacity”, discuss the following:

Using AHRQ’s definition, what is health services research used for? How can health services research affect policy?
Then, refer to pages 34-40 in your text and describe the process of health services research. What topic in HSR would you choose to research? What problems in health services would you like to solve?
To begin discussing in this forum, select the forum title, “Week 4 Discussion”. Then, select Create Thread on the Action Bar to post your initial reply. To reply to a fellow participant, select the title of the initial post, then select Reply.

You are the PHN working at your local public health department in the nursing division. It is the middle of summer, and you have been receiving telephone calls asking about “the flu season” since the vaccine wasn’t accurate in predicting the strains of influenza

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Discussion: Disaster Planning

Scenario: You are the PHN working at your local public health department in the nursing division. It is the middle of summer, and you have been receiving telephone calls asking about “the flu season” since the vaccine wasn’t accurate in predicting the strains of influenza that affected your community last year, and many people contracted the virus. Business and community leaders are concerned because they don’t want a repeat performance of last year. You have been asked to develop some solutions to community concerns. Select two of the scenarios and respond to the questions that are posed in each. As you consider the scenarios you have selected, think about the following considerations as you develop your responses.

  • Which agencies are available to lead and assist in the disaster response?
  • What resources are available in your community?
  • How might resources be used most efficiently?
  • Are there any gaps that may pose a problem?
  • Identify potential strengths and weaknesses in the community

Scenario 1: The numbers of influenza victims has reached 25% of the population. Many of the large grocery stores in your community are short-staffed due to employee sick calls. Shelves are bare since many of the workers are home with the flu, and even if the storeowner could stock the shelves, cashiers are home sick, too. In-store pharmacists are struggling to keep their pharmacies open to serve the public. Consumables like bread and milk are in short supply since many delivery drivers are home sick. What two actions can you recommend to these storeowners so that your community doesn’t suffer?

Scenario 2: With 25% of the total population sick with influenza, your hospital is short of staff at a time of very high census. While many of the administrative positions are unaffected by illness, at least 40% of the nurses have called in sick or are at home caring for very sick children. Name two recommendations that you can give your hospital administration to keep their services available for the community

Support your response with references from the professional nursing literature.

Notes Initial Post: This should be a 3-paragraph (at least 350 words) response. Be sure to use evidence from the readings and include in-text citations. Utilize essay-level writing practice and skills, including the use of transitional material and organizational frames. Avoid quotes; paraphrase to incorporate evidence into your own writing. A reference list is required. Use the most current evidence (usually ≤ 5 years old).

Disaster Planning for Public Health

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ssignment: Disaster Planning for Public Health

Select a potential natural or man-made disaster that could happen in your community. Then, write a 3- to 4-page paper about the disaster from the community nurse’s perspective.

Section 1: The Disaster, Man-Made or Natural

  • What disasters may strike your community and why? For example, do you live in “Tornado Alley,” or has climate change resulted in unusual cold weather snaps or blizzards in your community? Are you located in a flood plain? Include possible diseases that may result from a natural disaster, such as tetanus or cholera.

Section 2: The Nursing Response

  • Formulate responses to the disaster, considering systems and community levels of intervention.
  • Review websites where a disaster plan may be available for the public, or if one is not currently available, call public health department to see if a disaster plan exists for your community and what the plan contains.

Section 3: Is My Community Prepared for a Disaster?

  • What conclusions can you draw about your community’s preparedness plan from having completed this evaluation?

The 2016 NINR five-year strategic plan lists five priority areas for nursing research:

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Discussion Question:

The 2016 NINR five-year strategic plan lists five priority areas for nursing research:

  • Enhance health promotion and disease prevention.
  • Improve quality of life by managing symptoms of acute and chronic illness.
  • Improve palliative and end-of-life care.
  • Enhance innovation in science and practice.
  • Develop the next generation of nurse scientists.

First, do you agree with the priorities or would you recommend addition or elimination of some of the priorities? Second, describe how these research initiatives can be translated into evidence-based practice in your own work environment.

Assignment:

Identifying A Clinical Question

Write a 1000-1500 word essay addressing each of the following points/questions. Be sure to completely answer all the questions for each bullet point. There should be three main sections, one for each bullet below. Separate each section in your paper with a clear heading that allows your professor to know which bullet you are addressing in that section of your paper. Support your ideas with at least five (5) sources using citations in your essay. Make sure to cite using the APA writing style for the essay. The cover page and reference page in correct APA do not count towards the minimum word amount. Review the rubric criteria for this assignment.

Identify a clinical question related to your work environment, write the question in PICOT format and perform a literature search on the identified topic.

Purpose

To enable the student to identify a clinical question related to a specified area of practice and use medical and nursing databases to find research articles that will provide evidence to validate nursing interventions regarding a specific area of nursing practice.

Review the Application Case Study for Chapter 3: Finding Relevant Evidence to Answer Clinical Questions as a guide for your literature search.

Guidelines

  1. Identify a clinical question related to your area of clinical practice and write the clinical foreground question in PICOT format utilizing the worksheet tool provided as a guide.
  2. Describe why this is a clinical problem or an opportunity for improving health outcomes in your area of clinical practice. Perform a literature search and select five research articles on your topic utilizing the databases highlighted in Chapter 3 of the textbook (Melnyk and Finout-Overholt, 2015).
  3. Identify the article that best supports nursing interventions for your topic. Explain why this article best supports your topic as you compare the article to the other four found in the literature search.

Assignment Expectations:

Length: 1000 – 1500 wordsStructure: Include a title page and reference page in APA format. These do not count towards the minimum word count for this assignment. Your essay must include an introduction and a conclusion.References: Use appropriate APA style in-text citations and references for all resources utilized to answer the questions. A minimum of five (5) scholarly sources are required for this assignment to support the topic.