Healthcare quality initiatives

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In general, topics responses should be in the form of a short application paper, 2-3 pages in length in APA formatting, not including the required cover page and page for your reference list used to write about your chosen topics. In your paper: 1) introduce your topics, 2) discuss your topics, and then 3) make a conclusion about your topics.

In this assignment, the student will need to address the following healthcare quality initiatives in a short application paper: TOPIC: Healthcare quality initiatives.  Explain the pay-for-performance quality initiatives under the Medicare Part A and Part B systems.

 Describe the important characteristics of screening tests and how they are used in both private and community health as a quality initiative.  Go to CMS Hospital Compare, find a hospital in your area and describe your findings on its quality measures. See: http://www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov/

Assessing a Healthcare Program/Policy Evaluation

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Assessing a Healthcare Program/Policy Evaluation

Assessing a Healthcare Program/Policy Evaluation Program/policy evaluation is a valuable tool that can help strengthen the quality of programs/policies and improve outcomes for the populations they serve. Program/policy evaluation answers basic questions about program/policy effectiveness. It involves collecting and analyzing information about program/policy activities, characteristics, and outcomes. This information can be used to ultimately improve program services or policy initiatives. Nurses can play a very important role assessing program/policy evaluation for the same reasons that they can be so important to program/policy design. Nurses bring expertise and patient advocacy that can add significant insight and impact. In this Assignment, you will practice applying this expertise and insight by selecting an existing healthcare program or policy evaluation and reflecting on the criteria used to measure the effectiveness of the program/policy. To Prepare: Review the Healthcare Program/Policy Evaluation Analysis Template provided in the Resources. Select an existing healthcare program or policy evaluation or choose one of interest to you and get approval to use it from your Instructor. Review the healthcare program or policy evaluation and reflect on the criteria used to measure the effectiveness of the program or policy described. The Assignment: (2–3 pages) Based on the program or policy evaluation you selected, complete the Healthcare Program/Policy Evaluation Analysis Template. Be sure to address the following: Describe the healthcare program or policy outcomes. How was the success of the program or policy measured? How many people were reached by the program or policy selected? How much of an impact was realized with the program or policy selected? At what point in program implementation was the program or policy evaluation conducted? What data was used to conduct the program or policy evaluation? What specific information on unintended consequences was identified? What stakeholders were identified in the evaluation of the program or policy? Who would benefit most from the results and reporting of the program or policy evaluation? Be specific and provide examples. Did the program or policy meet the original intent and objectives? Why or why not? Would you recommend implementing this program or policy in your place of work? Why or why not? Identify at least two ways that you, as a nurse advocate, could become involved in evaluating a program or policy after 1 year of implementation.

Health Impact Assessment Paper

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Health Impact Assessment Paper

Choose one of the following models mentioned in Chapter 9: Geriatric Resources for Assessment and Care of Elders (GRACE); Guided Care; or Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) program. Provide an overview of this approach to population health in older adults with multiple chronic conditions. Develop a Health Impact Assessment for your chosen program incorporating demographics, trends, and barriers as well as opportunities for the individual and the administrator. This 3-4 page paper should be written following current APA style guidelines. 3 or more resources are required. Competency: Analyze the expanding model of population health and its effect on community-integrated healthcare and wellbeing. 
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 Chapters 3 and 9 in the Population Health: Management, Policy and Technology textbook.[28, 44 pages]
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 Miedzianowski, S. [cghdesigners]. (2018, October 23). Social policy in aging [Video file]. Retrieved from

Health care policy development to influence nursing practice and health care

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Participate in health care policy development to influence nursing practice and health care. Research public health issues on the “Climate Change” or “Topics and Issues” pages of the American Public Health Association (APHA) website. Investigate a public health issue related to an environmental issue within the U.S. health care delivery system and examine its effect on a specific population. Write a 750-1,000-word policy brief that summarizes the issue, explains the effect on the population, and proposes a solution to the issue. Follow this outline when writing the policy brief: Describe the policy health issue. Include the following information: (a) what population is affected, (b) at what level does it occur (local, state, or national), and (c) evidence about the issues supported by resources. Create a problem statement. Provide suggestions for addressing the health issue caused by the current policy. Describe what steps are required to initiate policy change. Include necessary stakeholders (government officials, administrator) and budget or funding considerations, if applicable. Discuss the impact on the health care delivery system. Include three peer-reviewed sources and two other sources to support the policy brief. Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

Addressing Nutritional Needs with a medical condition

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An in-depth evaluation of both objective and subjective data related to an individual’s food and nutrient intake, lifestyle, and medical history. • APA formatted • Minimum 3 references within 5 years • Include: Pathophysiology, Nutritional Needs for assigned disease process, How Nutrition contributes to improving their disease process and health outcomes, educational needs of the patient (including foods from food group/mineral, vitamins), food supplements, and any special diet as it relates to their condition. • Topics include: Hypertension, Diabetes Mellitus, Crohn’s disease, Thyroid disorders, low BMI, high BMI, Cancer, Cystic fibrosis, AIDS, Anorexia Nervosa, Hepatitis B, CAD. • APA formatted paper, 3 pages excluding title page and reference page. • Minimum 3 references within 5 years

Long Term Solar Radiation Exposure Impact on Airline Pilot’s Health

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Problem: Pilot’s solar radiation exposure is harming their overall health condition. Question: How harmful the impact is it compared to other grounded people? Can it cause a critical health problem in the future? The purpose of the research is to identify airline pilot’s solar radiation exposure’s impact on their health condition and whether it can cause a critical medical issue or not compared to general office workers. The project is hypothesized to show that constant solar radiation exposure for a long period of time will negatively impact human health conditions. Therefore, due to the pilot’s workplace characteristic, it is expected to gain results of pilot’s health condition will be relatively below the compared group due to constant long-term radiation exposure. However, the possibility of the cause of critical disease due to the radiation is not expected since there will be very minimal difference between exposure strength between the two groups. The study will require airline pilots with the flying hours of a minimum of 1500 hours within an age range between 30- and 60-years old. Year of their initial start of flight training will also require for precise record of their exposure time. At least 50 volunteers for both male and female pilots will be needed for the study to analyze whether the difference in sex impacts in a certain way or not. The research project requires grounded people mainly targeting office workers who are not exposed to solar radiation at least 40 hours in 5 consecutive days. Age group between 30- and 60-years old office workers are required for the project. To identify possible outcome difference in sex, at least 50 volunteers for each male and female is required.

Population Health Approaches to Managing Complex Diseases

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Complex diseases can be challenging to manage. Effective disease management involves incorporating a patient-centered approach to care. Patients and families are encouraged to be an active part of developing, implementing, and evaluating the plan of care. When detection, diagnosis, and treatment moves from the individual to population management, care can become exponentially more complicated, and often requires a different and more comprehensive approach. In the context of a biopsychosocial approach, health care providers are tasked with implementing collaborative and interdisciplinary strategies to care. The effective and efficient management of population health means collaborating with community entities and includes patients, families, health care organizations, community organizations, and associations. In addition, a biopsychosocial approach to care includes incorporating evidence-based practice and standards as well as the regulatory and national health care initiatives as considerations in care planning. For your initial post, select a population and a complex disease (this could be the health issue and population you wrote about in your Unit 3 assignment, the disease you chose for the first discussion of this unit, or another appropriate disease and population) and address the following. Be sure to follow the requirements for initial postings found in the Faculty Expectations Message (FEM). Briefly describe your chosen disease and population. Analyze best-practice population health approaches to disease prevention and interventions. Reference benchmarking data (if available), national or regulatory guidelines, or standards identified by a professional association. Cite two standards or best practices that are most relevant and applicable to your chosen disease and population. Cite a minimum of one current reference (within the last five years) to support initial post.

Health Campaign

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Health Campaign

 

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Section 1: Introduction – Write a brief identifying the health issue that you will address in your paper and why you chose to address this issue introduction (about ½ page) – 2 points. • Section 2: Research – This section should have the header “Research.” In it, you should write a summary of the research that you conducted about your health issue. Based on the research you conducted, you will define the problem, and explain why it is a problem, who is affected and why, the context surrounding the development of this problem, and the strategies that have been or could be implemented to improve the situation. When you are citing research in this section, be sure to use APA style guidelines for your citations (see APA handout on TRACS). This means that you need to cite information even when you are paraphrasing (rephrasing in your own words) (about 1-2 pages) – 9 points. • Section 3: Health Campaign – This is where you will write about the steps of your campaign that you designed/outlined in the previous step (designing the campaign). You will explain the current situation and benefits of your campaign; the target audience characteristics; goals and BURKE objectives of your campaign; the message features and dissemination strategy; as well as your plan to implement, evaluate, and maintain your campaign (about 3-4 pages) – 12 points. • Section 4: Conclusion – Write a conclusion that sums up why you think your health promotion campaign will effectively help you achieve your campaign goals (about ½ page) – 2 points

Learning to Manage Stress for Optimum Health

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Read pages 421 – 442 Our textbook mentions the relationship between stress and health and the importance of learning positive measures to ensure our physical and mental well-being. The authors explain “a stressor is a condition or event that challenges or threatens a person” (Coon, Mitterer, & Martini, 2019, p. 425). We also read that, “Burnout occurs when workers are physically, mentally, and emotionally drained” (Leiter, Gascon, & Martinez-Jarreta, 2010 as cited in Coon, Mitterer, & Martini, 2019, p. 423). This highlights the importance of knowing good coping skills and setting boundaries for ourselves where our obligations are concerned.

Take the Social Readjustment Rating Scale (SRSS) on page 424. Reference: Coon, D., Mitterer, J.O., & Martini, T. (2019). Introduction to psychology: Gateways to mind and behavior (15th ed.). Belmont, CA: Cengage Learning. For this week’s main post, answer the following questions. Be sure to include factual, properly cited information in your post. What did you learn about yourself? What stressors and or “hassles” do you recognize in your life? What measures can you take in order to lower your stress and optimize your health and well being? How will this enable you to become a more productive student? Do you see a mind, body, soul connection? **You might also enjoy visiting: http://www.mentalhealthamerica.net/self-help-tools or here: http://marc.ucla.edu/ for more information and self-help.

Intelligent Hospital Pavillion ICU

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Watch these 3 videos. https://youtu.be/V42yuH4xmyQ https://youtu.be/8zLtdlpQC9I https://youtu.be/S2Rj4nz0zmc Write a paper in which you identify and describe elements that you feel are of benefit or risk to both patients and nurses. Explain the benefits/risks and why you do or do not support this type of available technology. Your paper should be a minimum of three pages and written in APA format with at least three outside credible references