Incidence of breast cancer in certain environments/communities

Description 1. Use at least 10 of the scholarly articles on your topic to create the first part of your unique annotated bibliography . Be sure you are using formal citation style. Each annotated bibliography entry must be on each work that you find. Remember: these 10 or more articles from library sources must be relevant to – must clearly center on – your chosen topic. In each entry you must explain how this work/article specifically concerns the women’s health issue that you chose. 2. Your Annotated Bibliography that you are turning in as your Desk Study Part 1 assignment must include a minimum of 10 entries and you must use formal citation style. In *each* (meaning, for everyone) of the 10 or more entries in your annotated bibliography, you must be sure to do the following: explain, in your own words, the main point of the article describe how this article relates to your chosen topic; in this section, be sure to include at least 1 direct quote per entry and recall that direct quoting requires formal in text citations state whether the article is most heavily an elaboration of the Statement of the Problem, a Design Study, a Review of the Literature, or an Analysis of Data. * An “article category” refers to how you are choosing to best/most accurately categorize/describe each of the articles you are citing in your Desk Study Part 1 and 2. These are the article categories from which you should be selecting for each of your 10 sources (5 for DS Part 1 and 5 for DS Part 2): * Statement of the problem: Use this if the article most evidently, clearly introduces/summarizes/conveys the problem being studied/examined/analyzed. Choose this if the article primarily and most strongly addresses the issue at hand (which is your DS Project topic). * Design study: Use this if the article’s authors’ study design — their approach/research methods used to analyze/study the topic at hand — is featured most heavily in the article. This means that the article primarily describes and presents the methods used to arrive at the results presented (methods could be field work, surveys, interviews, etc.). * Review of Literature: Choose this if the article is primarily and most heavily a review of the existing literature on the topic at hand (your selected Desk Study project topic). If you choose this category, you’re reporting that the article is best described as a work that offers readers a review of the scholarship published on your topic. * Analysis of data: Select this if the article is mostly useful to you because of the analyses of the data it includes. In other words, the article is most heavily a presentation of the analysis/interpretations of the statistics/collected information from the studies carried out on the topic at hand (your DS Project topic). 3. explain why you think that each article qualifies as that type of piece (see previous bullet); explain your justification for this designation 4. write 3-5 sentences per annotated bibliography entry (your annotated bibliography entries must be in alphabetical order by authors’ last names, of course) use formal citation style (this refers to paper headers, title, in text citations when directly quoting from the works 5. include a formal References page at the end of your assignment, double-spacing throughout, etc.) in addition to the annotated bibliography entries (your References list must be in alphabetical order by authors’ last names, of course)

In Intensive Care Units how effective is using hypochlorite-containing disinfectant bleach solution compared to ultraviolent light to disinfect patient rooms reduce the risk for Clostridium difficile (C-diff)?

PICOT question is, “In Intensive Care Units, how effective is using hypochlorite-containing disinfectant (bleach) solution compared to ultraviolent light to disinfect patient rooms reduce the risk for Clostridium difficile (C-diff)? I have include the references. You will need to pick 4 references out of the reference that I have on the attachment. I have attach the rubric with all the requirements that are need to be include in the paper. There is Part A and Part B.

HIV Case Study

Linda is a 28-year-old female in a discordant relationship with her boyfriend of 1 year. Linda is 12 weeks pregnant based on her last menstrual period. She is engaged in HIV-care and is naïve to antiretroviral therapy (ART) because her CD4 cell count is 538 per mm3 and viral load is 8,300. No tobacco, alcohol, or illegal or illicit drug use. Physical examination: Normal, healthy 28-year-old gravid female. She is overweight with a body mass index of 28.2. Laboratory and other tests: Genotype is pan-sensitive without HIV mutations. Ultrasound at her 2-day follow-up estimates she is 15 weeks pregnant.

What are the Public Health Service Panel on Antiretroviral Guidelines for Adults and Adolescents guidelines for HIV-positive pregnant females regarding starting ART? What antiretroviral medications are recommended as first line? Which drugs should be avoided? Provide a rationale for all answers. What education does Linda need regarding her medication? Are there any risks to the baby during labor? What should be done for the baby at birth if he/she tests positive for HIV? What will the providers need to do in terms of monitoring the baby? Instructions Prepare and submit a 3-4 page paper [total] in length (not including APA format). Answer all the questions above. Support your position with examples. Please review the rubric to ensure that your assignment meets criteria. Submit the following documents to the Submit Assignments/Assessments area: Case Study: HIV Patient

The Triple Aim of Health Care

The Triple Aim of Health Care

 

Paper details:

The subject for this paper is the Triple Aim of Health Care.

You should include the history and purpose of the Triple Aim, the progress that has been made to date on each aspect and the current affect it is having on health care delivery. This paper is to be in APA 6 th edition format. The papers are to be 5 pages of text. All papers are to be submitted into the assignment section using safe assign in Canvas no later than midnight of the day due. Writing is a focus for this class. A writing assessment rubric will be used when assessing your paper. This is included in canvas. Please review it carefully.

Text for the paper does not include title page, abstract or references. Each paper is to have a minimum of 5 refereed (scholarly) references. The textbook may be used, cited and referenced in the reference sheet but does not count as one of the minimum 5 references. These references should be 2010 to present. If the textbook is used incorporate concepts from class, canvas and the text into the paper. The paper is to be written in 3 rd person, with text double spaced in 12 font and with one inch margins.

Organizational Model/Healthcare Performance Quality Assessment and leadership

Describe benefits of technology related to patient safety, workflow processes and patient outcomes. Provide 1 example. Describe Pros and Cons of Technology. Please describe if cons of technology and if benefits outweigh cons and provide 1 example. Describe the role of the nurse leader in selecting, implementing and sustaining technology. Provide 2 examples of effectiveness of technology of patient safety, workflow processes and patient outcomes. What are the (Bridgeport Hospital in CT) organization’s quality program goals and objectives? What is the organization’s quality management structure? If there is not a formal structure, who is responsible for quality management in the organization? How are the quality improvement projects selected, managed and monitored? Does the nursing staff have any input? State if quality improvement inservice programs are available for staff in your facility and describe a brief overview of the content. What quality methodology and quality tools/tecniques are utilized? Are they effective? Why or why not? Provide rationale. How are QI activities and process communicated to staff? Is the communication effective? How could it be improved? How does the organization evaluate QI activities for effectiveness? What is the process when the QI activity is not effective? Provide 2 examples of a QI initiative that has been effective in hospital organization? Describe the QI process that occurred. Why was the impact on patient outcomes? Did it result in a change in practice? APA citations 2 peer reviewed nursing journals

Social determinants of health

Social determinants of health

 

Paper details:

For this week’s essay, I’d like you to critically reflect on the social determinants of health. First, identify a public health issue that you think has an especially social etiology (i.e. cause). You should seek out background information on this issue and include this in your essay, along with an appropriate citation. I highly recommend looking into whether or not the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has a “fact sheet” on this issue. Complete an Internet search as follows: “issue x + CDC fact sheet.” Beyond the background information, however, you will want to outline the social/structural causes and contributors to this issue within your essay. Please follow the instructions above accordingly, you can choose a public health issue. I also have included a file that you can use a guide/reference

Communication in healthcare

Base the outline on the following. • Make sure to provide the title of the case study or empirical article, or book chapter, the name of the author, and the source (e.g., publication outlet) and how it relates to health care communications (e.g., theory or practice). • Talk about your selected reading’s main points (e.g., problem/purpose, method/strategies, results) and critique your selected reading (e.g., strengths and weaknesses) with examples, or illustrations from your selected reading. • Lastly guide the discussion by preparing 3 to 5 insightful open-ended questions (e.g., what are your reactions towards the findings of article? How would you apply the findings of this article into your health care practice?)

Cultural Competency Organizational Assessment and Solutions

Cross, Bazron, Dennis and Isaacs (1989) defined cultural competence as “a set of congruent behaviors, attitudes, and policies that come together as a system, that system, agency or those professionals to work effectively in cross-cultural situations”.

Cultural Competency is vital to the sustainability of a healthcare organization and its capability to provide high-quality healthcare to the community it serves. Cultural competency consists of a blend of ethics, values, morals, healthcare organization’s mission and commitment hat all employees, patients and visitors shall be treated equally.

A new community health center has opened in your county offering basic healthcare services, preventative care and education to migrant workers, illegal residents, and recent immigrants. To ensure the health center promotes and establishes a culturally competent environment, as the health center’s chief privacy and compliance officer (CPCO), you have been tasked to develop a cultural competency training toolkit. Deliverables:

The final product to be submitted is a robust cultural competency training toolkit for the department- and organization-wide use. proposal for language assistance as an effort to offer additional pay for bilingual employees willing to serve as a designated language interpreter Process identifying language interpreters Determine supplemental pay Schedule of interpreters (be sure schedule does not interfere with regular work schedule) The process to locate identified interpreters when needed

Magnet Hospital Assessment

Description Magnet Hospital Assessment Instructions 1. Magnet Recognition Program (Links to an external site.) – The ANCC Magnet Recognition Program was created for health care organizations who truly value nursing talent. Magnet Recognition is not merely an award, or a badge of honor. It is steadfast proof of a hard-earned commitment to excellence in health care, with contented nurses at its heart. 2. Look at the Magnet information 3. Find the 5 components of the Magnet Model 4. List each component, and a brief description of each. Then write an assessment of how your workplace meets these criteria, and how they could improve. Include ways in which you could personally help move your facility toward Magnet ideals. If your facility is not a hospital or would not qualify for Magnet designation, you can still evaluate it on those characteristics and make suggestions 5. Include a cover page and a reference page in APA style. Your reference will be the ANCC website. Be sure to cite your descriptions of the model components. This paper should be at least 500 words.

Computer use in healthcare

Describe the different types of computer information systems that may be present within a healthcare system, how they affect each other, and why they are important. -Describe how the computer information systems either improve and/or hinder patient safety in the current healthcare systems. -Describe how computer information systems effect continuity of patient care. -Feel free to also give examples and experiences that you have experienced in your role as a member of the healthcare team to this point.