Intervention Presentation on Diabetes

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Identify a research or evidence-based article published within the last 5 years that focuses comprehensively on a specific intervention or new treatment tool for the management of diabetes in adults or children. The article must be relevant to nursing practice. Create a 3 slide PowerPoint presentation on the study’s findings and how they can be used by nurses as an intervention. Include speaker notes for each slide. Include the following: Explain why psychological, cultural, and spiritual aspects are important to consider for a patient who has been diagnosed with diabetes. Describe how support can be offered in these respective areas as part of a plan of care for the patient. Provide examples. Please use this article: International Journal of Medical Services. Titled – Risk Factors Contributing to Type 2 Diabetes and Recent Advances in the Treatment and Prevention. Web link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4166864/

Define Public Health Nursing/Analysis of Health Indicators and Nursing’s Role for Improvement details

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1. Define Public Health Nursing: Utilizing the information provided in the textbook and accompanying web resources, provide a definition for public health nursing. Discuss how the title “public health nurse” came to be and how nurses are addressing public health issues. 2. Analysis of Health Indicators and Nursing’s Role for Improvement – Go to the Healthy People 2020 website at:https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/leading-health-indicators/Healthy-People-2020-Leading-Health-Indicators%3A-Progress-Update (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. to view the 12 leading health indicators being worked on by the Department of Health and Human Services. Find two (2) research articles that discuss studies related to one of the 12 leading indicators of health as set forth by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (Healthy People 2020). Read both articles and analyze the evidence-based information, utilizing appropriate epidemiological rate definitions and descriptive variables. Rubric Prepare a summary of each article, at least 1 page in length, for the total discussion posting, not each article. The submitted work demonstrates a comprehensive understanding of the discussion topic. The information provided is accurate, in-depth, meets word number requirement, synthesizes information from the course materials and includes a minimum of three scholarly references.

Describe the pathophysiology of acute illness and any comorbidities

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1. Describe the pathophysiology of acute illness and any comorbidities. 2. What are the causes for the acute illness/reason for admission? 3. What are the clinical manifestations of the acute illness/admitting diagnosis? 4. Which clinical manifestations does your patient have related to the acute illness? 5. What diagnostic tests and lab would you be focusing that are relevant to this patient? 6. What is the priority nursing diagnosis and goal that would be relevant for your patient? 7. What would the nursing cares/interventions would be relevant for your patient? 8. What are the medications your patient has ordered? Why? What are some of the nursing considerations regarding each of these meds? (Fill Out Medication Cards/worksheet) 9. What are the potential complications for your patient? 10. What psychosocial needs would be important to address with your patient/family? 11. What discharge and teaching needs would you anticipate?

Health Organization Evaluation

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Description Research a health care organization or network that spans several states with in the United States (United Healthcare, Vanguard, Banner Health, etc.). Assess the readiness of the health care organization or network you chose in regard to meeting the health care needs of citizens in the next decade. Prepare a 1,000-1,250 word paper that presents your assessment and proposes a strategic plan to ensure readiness. Include the following: 1. Describe the health care organization or network. 2. Describe the organization’s overall readiness based on your findings. 3. Prepare a strategic plan to address issues pertaining to network growth, nurse staffing, resource management, and patient satisfaction. 4. Identify any current or potential issues within the organizational culture and discuss how these issues may affect aspects of the strategic plan. 5. Propose a theory or model that could be used to support implementation of the strategic plan for this organization. Explain why this theory or model is best.

SURGE CAPACITY AND THE ROLE OF HOSPITALS

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Medical surge refers to the ability of a medical community to respond to the increased need of medical care following a disaster or emergency. This also includes the ability of health care organizations to respond to this need with minimal impact of care to others already within the health care system. Hospitals could easily be overwhelmed without proper preparation in a mass casualty event. Assignment You are newly hired in the Emergency Disaster Unit of a local hospital. You are following your supervisor who was alerted of mass casualities incoming due to a major explosion at an elementary school. A medical surge is imminent. Your supervisor is activating a system-wide alert and Level 1 Triage. She is asking you to take notes on (a) setting up the Level 1 Triage, (b) the staff involved, (c) identity of the Community Disaster Management Liaison, (d) law enforcement agencies involved (i.e., federal, state, local), (e) protocol on who speaks with the local press, and (f) who speaks to the parents of the children involved. Explain the triage system and the different levels. A terrorist cell took credit for the explosion, although it is not confirmed. What extra precautions, if any, should the hospital take? Which agencies would be involved? Is the community emergency and disaster management team involved? If so, how? REFERENCES: American College of Healthcare Executives (2013). Healthcare executives’ role in emergency preparedness. Retrieved from https://www.ache.org/about-ache/our-story/our-commitments/policy-statements/healthcare-executives-role-in-emergency-management DHHS (2007). Medical surge capacity and capability: A management system for integrating medical and health resources during large-scale emergencies. Retrieved from https://www.phe.gov/Preparedness/planning/mscc/handbook/Documents/mscc080626.pdf Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (2006). Surge hospitals: Providing safe care in emergencies. Retrieved from https://www.jointcommission.org/assets/1/18/surge_hospital.pdf National Disaster Medical System (2016). NDMS Patient movement exercise. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHKdPv2fvNk On you mark, get set, triage! (n. d.). Emergency Physicians Monthly. Retrieved from http://epmonthly.com/article/on-your-mark-get-set-triage/

Critique of Healthy Communities Healthy Lifestyles in Aotearoa NewZealand

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Critique of Healthy Communities, Healthy Lifestyles in Aotearoa NewZealand Assessment 2: Critique of Healthy Communities, Healthy Lifestyles in Aotearoa New Zealand (essay) (30% of final mark) 1500-2000 words (excluding references) From your reading, in-class discussion, and consideration of evidence available nationally and/or in your local community, respond critically to the question: Is the achievement of healthy communities and healthy lifestyles through health promotion, a utopian ideal or an achievable goal in Aotearoa New Zealand? To provide context for your essay, it is recommended that you relate your discussion to a particular example of health and wellbeing currently the focus for health promotion, although this is optional.

For this assessment a critical response requires you to take a position in relation to the question posed. You need to use a range of ideas from a selection of relevant literature (at least 5 references) to support your position and sustain your argument throughout the essay. In your argument make particular reference to the: Te Pae Mahutonga Ottawa Charter (or other frameworks or models for health promotion may be included as relevant), The social determinants of health, Health inequities; and The opportunities and challenges for health promotion in New Zealand. Format: Size 12 font, Times New Roman, double spaced.

Assess healthcare finance issues and fraud

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This assignment will assess competency 2. Assess healthcare finance issues and fraud. Directions: Part 1: Prioritize the 13 interventions in Case 40 in the Prioritization and Allocation of Funding Chart and list them in order. Below each intervention justifies why you rated each intervention in the order you selected. Part 2: Answer discussion question 3 in Case 34. • Design a method for product evaluation that would eliminate bias and assure the collection of accurate data.

Ovarian cancer

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ovarian cancer  Introduction to the disease  Identify all risk factors/contributing factors for the disease (Refer to content in chaps 4-6) and explain why important to development of disease. o Choose 2 major risk factors and explain the pathophysiology of how they increase the risk of the disease. Based on the evidence (research), argue which risk factor you feel contributes to the disease or increases the risk the most and why. Substantiate your opinion with research/evidence).  “I feel/think _______ increases the risk of __________ the most.” Then go on to explain why this is your choice.  Role of genetics and epigenetics in the disease (Refer to chaps 4-6)  References: Minimum 1 textbook, 4 journal articles and 1 reputable website

Health Inspection Research Assignment

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Health Inspection Research Assignment

 

Paper details:

Please make sure that it is a high school level. Do not use any big words or old words. For this assignment, the student will analyze a venue on the SNHD website that received a downgrade to a C (more than 20 points) or closure.

The analysis will review the demerits earned and then offer suggestions for how the venue would correct the violations in the future. Students will research a failed restaurant from the SNHD reports and provide a recap as well as recommendations for how the licensee could have avoided the reported failures. Building upon the dirty dining assignment, students will search under the SNHD website for a venue that received a “C” grade.

The student will then in 1-2 pages maximum, report the venue and failure along with what should be corrected to be in full compliance with the health codes. The web link to the SNHD is http://www.southernnevadahealthdistrict.org/permits-and-regulations/restaurant-inspections/restaurant-inspection-search/ Assignments are to be completed double spaced, times new roman font size 12. Each assignment should contain a header with the student’s name and assignment title. Citations are not required. Documents submitted in apple software (i.e. pages), will not be accepted

Article Critique: Toxicology and Epidemiology Tools of the Trade

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Description Introduction Evaluate the article and provide a scholarly critique of the content. Your response must include the following: Describe the public health significance of the study. Discuss whether the impact is local or global and what important public health gap might be filled by this article. Critique the methodology. Support your analysis of how effective this methodology was and what might have been done differently to be more effective. Interpret the results in your own words and explain whether you agree or disagree with the author’s interpretation. Appraise whether the findings are actionable and if so, describe at least one action.