Discuss the influence of politics on health care regulations, laws, and policies.

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Resources: Week Two Individual Assignment: Health Care Laws, Policies, and Regulations Timeline

Brainstorm with your team a list of laws, policies, and regulations selected for your Week Two Individual Assignment.

Select 2-3 laws, policies, or regulations as a team based on your discussion. Do not present on HIPAA.

Create a 10- to 12-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation with detailed speaker notes discussing your selections.

Include the following in your presentation:

  • Identify each of the laws, policies, or regulations selected.
  • Discuss the influence of politics on health care regulations, laws, and policies.
  • Describe the role and impact of governmental and non-governmental regulatory agencies on health care policy.
  • Explain the relationship between law and policy in health care.

Format your presentation according to APA guidelines.

What type of sampling strategy was used?

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Qualitative Mini Critique Due (10 points) Individual

Objectives

1. Identify an area of clinical interest

2. Find one peer-reviewed journal article (no older than 5 years) related to your clinical topic of interest. Do not use a meta-analysis or systematic review.

3. Critique the journal article, fully answering the following questions

4. This critique should be 3-4 pages (not including the cover page and reference page)

5. Utilize the APA levels of headings on page 62 of the APA Manual

6. APA formatting required (Include appropriate APA level/headings)

Ethical Aspects of a Study (1 point)

Were adequate steps taken to safeguard participant’s privacy?

How was confidentiality maintained?

Were vulnerable groups involved in research?

If yes, were special precautions instituted because of their vulnerable status?

Research Tradition (1 point)

Was the research tradition for the study identified?

If none was identified, can one be inferred? Are the data sources, research methods and analytic approach congruent with the research tradition?

Was there evidence of reflexivity in the design?

Sampling (1 point)

What type of sampling strategy was used?

Are sampling procedures clearly delineated in the study?

Data Collection (1 point)

Given the research question and characteristics of study participants, did the researcher use thebest method of capturing study phenomena (self-reports, observation)?

If self-report methods, did the researcher make good decisions about the specific method used to solicit information (focus group interviews, critical incident interviews)?

Were interviews tape recorded and transcribed?

Clinical Practice (1 point)

Did the researchers discuss the study’s implications for clinical practice or future research and if so, were the implications grounded in the study evidence, and in evidence from earlier research?

Data Collection (1 point)

What methods of data collection were utilized (Self-reports, Scales, Observation, and Rating Scales)? If self-report methods were used, did the researchers make good decisions about specific methods (in-person interviews, mailed questionnaires, etc.)?

If observational methods were used, did the report adequately describe what the observations entailed?

 

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escribe how this initiative supports patient quality care.

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Meaningful Use (70 Points)

In 2013, Health Information Exchanges are growing in number, the Meaningful Use initiatives within healthcare organizations are moving forward, and numerous healthcare facilities are considering forming or joining Accountable Care Organizations in their region. The management of health data and information is foundational to all of these initiatives and others.

Select one of these current initiatives (you may select one mentioned above or another) and discuss its importance to the future of healthcare.

  1. Describe how this initiative supports patient quality care.
  2. Discuss whether it will help decrease healthcare costs.
  3. Explain how health informatics is critical to the initiative.
  4. Discuss whether this initiative will impact patient access to care.

Complete your 2- to 4-page response using Microsoft Word using Times New Roman or a similar font, 12 point, double-spaced. Select 2-3 current articles from journals to support your responses. The CSU-Global Library is a great place to find these articles. Your paper should be formatted according to CSU-Global Guide to Writing and APA Requirements, with sources and references properly cited.

Describe why you have pursued the DNP degree and what changes in your professional stance will change as a result of obtaining the degree.

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Instructions:

In your paper address the following;

1.      Describe why you have pursued the DNP degree and what changes in your professional stance will change as a result of obtaining the degree.

a)       Provide your professional and personal accounts of why you are pursuing the degree.

b)       Provide your insight as to whether you feel there will be a change in your professional stance as a result of your degree.

c)       How will you be addressed by physicians and non-physicians?

2.      Identify and describe your ideal position and how you plan to meet the healthcare challenges, as well as transform practice (refer to two areas most relevant to you)?

a)       How will your new role contribute to improving the healthcare system in terms of cost, quality, and access?

b)       How will your new role contribute to changing practice to the clinical realm through evidence-based practice?

c)       How will your new role contribute to addressing policy changes that impact the clinical realm?

3.      In your new role as a DNP-prepared nurse, describe what skills and knowledge will you bring forth in the healthcare or academic setting (answer to the area most relevant to you).

a)       As a nurse leader, what new skills and knowledge will you bring forth compared to a nurse executive with his or her MSN or MBA?

b)       As a nurse faculty member, what new skills and knowledge will you bring forth compared to a tenured faculty member with their PhD?

c)       As a nurse politician, what new skills and knowledge will you bring forth compared to a nurse leader with his or her MSN or MPH?

d)       As a quality improvement specialist, what new skills and knowledge will you bring forth compared to a nurse quality consultant with his or her MSN or MPH?

4.      Review the Eight Recommendations for Transforming the Future (2011). Expand on two of the recommendations that resonate most with you and in alignment with your ideal position.

a)       How may you support the two recommendations from your new skills and knowledge as a DNP-prepared nurse?

5.      Conclusion

 

a)       Summarize the main points from the content of your paper.

What was your greatest loss so far in your life?

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Background:  This project will involve interviewing three individuals about their most significant loss in Life.  You will then analyze your findings in relation to concepts from the text/class.

 

 

 

  1. Interview 3 people about the thoughts and feelings they experienced relative to the GREATEST loss in their lives.  Ask each person, “What is the greatest loss that you have experienced in your life so far?”  Remember the loss does not have to be about death!  Let each person decide his/her own greatest loss.  If at all possible you will want to interview relatives for this project.  You may be surprised at the insights you gain into your own family.
  2. Before you interview your interviewees, be sure to compose a list of questions that you will ask.  Ask each person the same questions.  You may also use some of the sample questions listed below.  You must ask a minimum of five (5) questions.

     

 

  • What was your greatest loss so far in your life?
  • What exactly happened?
  • Did you experience any different physical symptoms as a result of this loss?
  • Were there any unusual emotional thoughts or feelings you had as a result of this loss?
  • Were there any changes in your daily routine following this loss?
  • How were your sleep patterns affected by this loss?
  • What words best describe exactly what you lost from your life?
  • Has this loss changed you as a person?  If so, how?
  • Has this loss helped you to understand others who have had a similar loss?  In what ways?

 

  1. Face-to-face interviews are strongly recommended!  Skype interviews are allowed.  Email and telephone interviews are NOT permitted.  It is important for you to see the facial expressions of the person you are interviewing.  Sometimes these will tell you more than the person verbalizes.
  2. Be probative in your interviews.  When a person gives a one word answer, follow up with something like, “Tell me how that felt.”  “Describe what you mean when you say….”
  3. Summary Section: Write a summary of your 3 interviews.  Compare the answers from your respondents.  How do their loss experiences compare with yours?
  4. Conclusion Section : What was most remarkable to you about this project?  Did any of your interviewee’s answers surprise you or were they exactly what you expected?  What lessons did you learn while doing this assignment?

     

     

    Formatting Instructions _ Paper must include:

 

  • Title Page with the title of project, class name, class number, your full name, and date.
  • Name of each person you interviewed and their relationship to you.
  • Exact time, dates, and locations that you interviewed each person.
  • Each person’s signature,  These will be hand written on a separate piece of paper.
  • Each person’s answers as verbatim as possible.  Do not write it from the 3rd person, “He said that…” typed directly beneath each question(single space the answers)  Use bold type for the questions and regular type for the answers.
  • A summary section Double-space this section.
  • A conclusion section. What was most remarkable or noteworthy to you?  Why? What did you learn from this assignment?
  • 1” margins on all sides.  Please use Microsoft Word.  12 point font size.  Number your pages in the top right hand corner.

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Identify a health problem or need for health promotion for a particular stage in the life span of a population from a specific culture in your area.

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  1. Identify a health problem or need for health promotion for a particular stage in the life span of a population from a specific culture in your area. Choose one of the Leading Health Indicators (LHI) priorities from Healthy People 2020 (see the Healthy People.gov 2020 Leading Health Indicators website). Research a topic related to health and wellness associated with one of the Healthy People 2020 LHI topic areas. Students in a cultural concentration will use that specific cultural focus to complete this assignment.
  2. 2.      You will develop an educational health promotion project addressing the population/culture in your area. For or example, if you are in the Hispanic concentration, your project might be educational interventions to address how food choices are related to the high rates of diabetes among Latinos; or, a community project that addresses the statistic that Hispanics experience new HIV infections at more than twice the rate of whites; or, finding opportunities to intervene with Puerto Ricans, a Hispanic.
  3. 3.      Select a minimum of three (3) scholarly nursing or research article (published within the last 5years) related to your topic that include health promotion and wellness content.
  4. 4.      Students in a cultural concentration will select at least one article specifically related to the cultural focus for this assignment.

Instructions:

Write a 2-3 pages paper (excluding the title and reference pages) using the following guidelines:

  1. 1.      Write brief introduction of the topic and describe why it is important to health promotion in the specific cultural population in your area.
  2. 2.       Include a description of the topic and the targeted sub culture or population (include statistics)
  3. 3.       Explain how the project relates to the Healthy People 2020 topic area you have chosen.
  4. 4.      Summarize the articles; include key points or findings from the articles.
  5. 5.      Discuss how you used the information from the articles for your Health Promotion Project. Provide specific examples.
  6. 6.       Describe the approach/approaches you developed to educate the target population about the topic. Include specific ways to promote lifestyle changes within the specified population relative to your specific culture. The approach should be appropriate for your cultural concentration.
  7. 7.      Write your conclusion and summary.

 Analyze the ethical principles that were breached by the researchers or organizations in your selected case as well as the possible cause of the breach(es).

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Ethical Dimensions of Research Studies

In the best-selling book, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Skloot, 2010), the author highlights the true story of an African-American woman who died in 1951 from cervical cancer. What makes her story unique is that prior to her death, cells from her tumor were removed and successfully grown in a petri dish. This was the first time scientists were able to successfully replicate cells outside the body, and it is estimated that billions of Lacks’ cells have been used in medical research. However, Henrietta Lacks was never asked for permission to take a sample and her family was never made aware of the widespread use of her cells. Although the culturing of her cells has been pivotal for advancing research, strong ethical concerns later arose about using these cells without patient or family approval.

Reference:
 Skloot, R. (2010). The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks. New York, NY: Crown Publishing Group.

 

This week’s readings describe historical examples of unethical research, such as a study of syphilis among African-American men in which treatment was withheld and a study in which live cancer cells were injected into elderly patients. Today, stricter controls that seek to protect study participants are placed on researchers, but breaches still occur. Careful attention must be given toward preventing unethical behavior. In this Discussion, you explore ethical considerations and issues in research.

To prepare:

  • Select a current health-related case involving research ethics. (If none come to mind, browse the Internet to familiarize yourself with recent cases.)
  • As you review the case that you have selected, reflect on the ethical principles discussed in “What Are the Major Ethical Issues in Conducting Research?” article found in this week’s Learning Resources. Which principles were breached in the case you have identified?

 

Post  a (1) description of the case that you selected and the ethical issues involved. (2) Analyze the ethical principles that were breached by the researchers or organizations in your selected case as well as the possible cause of the breach(es). (3) Suggest how the research might have been conducted differently to avoid or minimize the ethical problems. (4) Discuss how research can be done on sensitive issues while still protecting the rights of the rights of the research subjects

, explain the pathophysiology of the type of anemia that you diagnosed, as well as potential treatment options.

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In clinical settings, patients often present with many different types of anemia. Each type of anemia has its own causes and implications. For this reason, you must be able to differentiate between types of anemia as well as identify factors that put patients at greater risk of experiencing related complications. As you prepare for this Discussion, consider the following patient case studies:

 

 

 

Case Study 2:

 

A 28-year old female presents for a routine physical. She has no complaints. Her personal medical history reveals asthma that is well controlled with an albuterol inhaler prn and Advair 250/50 1 puff BID. Social history reveals she is a nursing student who is a non-smoker, rarely uses alcohol, and is mostly vegetarian. Her physical exam is negative, and she is sent for a CBC/differential and lipid profile. Laboratory results reveal the following: Hemoglobin 10, Hematocrit 30.1, MCV increased.

 

 

 

prepare:

 

•Review Chapter 213 in Part 18 of the Buttaro et al. text.

 

•Select one of the three case studies. Reflect on the provided patient information including history, physical exams, and lab reports.

 

•Think about a differential diagnosis. Consider the role the patient history, physical exam, and lab reports played in the diagnosis.

 

•Reflect on the pathophysiology of the type of anemia that you diagnosed, as well as potential treatment options. Consider the causes of this type of anemia. Think about whether the patient should be referred for specialized care.

 

 

 

Post  1 to 2 pages on : an explanation of the differential diagnosis for the patient in the case study that you selected. Describe the role the patient history, physical exam, and lab reports played in the diagnosis. Finally, explain the pathophysiology of the type of anemia that you diagnosed, as well as potential treatment options. Include causes for this type of anemia

 

 

Briefly discuss two possible reasons why each of these diseases might have increased or decreased over this period. Reference this discussion.

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The Australian government Department of Health (federal) produces reports each year containing data on notifiable diseases which are of great use to those studying changes in disease distributions with space or time with the aim of planning country-wide control initiatives. To facilitate similar regional operations, states and territories produce annual Public Health Bulletins, zooming-in on the data at a higher level of resolution.

Part 1:  Access a table for NSW showing disease incidence for the years 2003 to 2012, and produce labelled, computer-generated time trend graphs for giardiasis and HIV infections using an application such as Excel®.

Part 2: Briefly discuss two possible reasons why each of these diseases might have increased or decreased over this period. Reference this discussion.

 

Aims of the exercise:

i. To acquire skills in the extraction, presentation, analysis and use of quantitative information from a large-area epidemiological report.

ii. To develop early perspectives on risk factors for specific diseases, and insight as to how and why these might change with time.

 

Hints:

i. Public Health Bulletins usually include data up to the year before they were published (eg: a 2012 bulletin usually contains data up to 2011).

ii. Departments are sometimes a few years behind with their bulletins, so a bulletin for the year 2013 might not be available until 2015.

iii. For comparison of disease incidence by places or by year, rates (not absolute numbers) are always used in epidemiology. Disease notification rates are usually given per 100,000 population.