Obtain clinical staff input, using a five-question survey, of specific methods to support transition to the new system; questions should be open-ended.

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Case Study

Read the following case study:

A small community hospital in the Midwest has used a homegrown information system for years. The system began in the early 1970s with a financial module. Over time, additional modules were added. A limited number of departments selected a commercial system and interfaces were used to integrate these into the overall functionality of the hospital information system. Except for physicians, most in-house clinical or care-related documentation is online. However, about 15% to 20% of this documentation is done by free text and is not effectively searchable. In addition, the screens, including the drop-down and default values, were built using terms selected by the in-house development team in consultation with clinical staff; thus there is no data dictionary or specific standard language. In the last few years, the hospital has purchased two outpatient clinics (obstetrics and mental health) and a number of local doctor practices. The clinics and doctors’ offices are now being converted to the hospital administrative systems. A few of the clinical applications that are tied directly to the administrative systems such as order entry and results reporting are also being installed.

A major change is being planned. A new chief information officer (CIO) was hired last year and she has appointed a chief medical information officer (CMIO) and a chief nursing information officer (CNIO). No other significant staff changes were made. With her team in place, one of the CIO’s first activities was to complete an inventory of all applications. Rather than continue to build, a decision was made to switch to a commercial vendor and the hospital selected a commercial system.

As a member of the clinical staff with informatics education, the CIO has requested that you develop a training and information presentation for the clinical staff that will:

1· Identify two or more issues with the existing system

2· Provide staff with appropriate “work-around” for using the existing system

3· Provide an overview of two of the standard languages used within the new system including discipline or specialty, updating frequency, and available cross-maps

– One standard language should pertain only to nursing

– One standard language should be multidisciplinary.

4· Obtain clinical staff input, using a five-question survey, of specific methods to support transition to the new system; questions should be open-ended.

 

PowerPoint Presentation

Directions:

1. Review the case study.

2. Download the provided PowerPoint template to create a presentation that includes:

· Your name on the title slide of the presentation

· Identification of two or more issues with existing system

· Identification of “work-a-round” solutions when using existing system

· Overview of standard language used only in nursing

· Overview of multidisciplinary standard language

· Set of five (5) open-ended survey questions for staff input on transitioning to the new system

Presentation is free of spelling and grammar errors.

Identify and arrange to interview an experienced nurse educator about the trends in nursing education that she/he has observed or experienced during her/his career in education.

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1-Identify and arrange to interview an experienced nurse educator about the trends in nursing education that she/he has observed or experienced during her/his career in education. You will also develop 10–12 interview questions.

2-Assignment GuidelinesThe person you select to interview must have a minimum of 5 years experience as a nurse educator currently practicing in academia, staff development, or a clinical nurse educator or patient educator. No family members please.You may arrange to conduct the interview in person, by phone, or by online web conferencing.In general, when you contact a prospective interviewee, state who you are and explain that the interview is for a university course assignment.Ask for a convenient time to meet for a 30-minute interview.Review the literature related to the nurse educator’s specific field of nursing education.Type 10–12 interview questions.Be prepared to record responses by: Leaving a space below each of your typed interview questions for jotting down responsesUsing a tape recorder, but you must ask permission for the interview to be recordedGeneral Guidelines for Developing Interview QuestionsYour interview questions will depend on the method of interview (formal or informal, face to face, or online web meeting/conferencing) and the specific area the nurse educator is practicing.Word your questions clearly and concisely.Ask open-ended questions.Begin the interview with simple, factual questions that are easy to answer (icebreakers). This will help put the nurse educator at ease and help you establish a rapport. For example: You may ask about qualifications, credentials, expertise, experience, level of education, responsibilities, and/or a typical day.You may wish to ask questions that elicit feedback about how the person became interested in nursing education, how education was selected as a career path, and what steps were taken to become a nurse educator.Next, seek information about personal experiences and opinions, such as: Teaching philosophy and goals related to nursing educationExperiences with curriculaExperiences with evaluationWays of knowing that student goals are metWays of engaging and/or enriching student learningOutlook on the future of nursing educationThe most effective teaching strategiesPositive experiences in teachingChallenges faced as a nurse educator

Assignment Guidelines:::::::::::::::::::::::Your interview paper should include:Who does the interviewee teach?What does your interviewee teach and where?Trends and changes in nursing education as experienced by the person you interviewed.A reflection that compares your interview data to class readings and the literature that you reviewed prior to conducting the interview (pay special attention to trends, themes, concepts, and changes in nursing education)What you learned as a result of this assignmentA conclusion discussing your personal thoughts, opinions, views, and insights related to the specific area of nursing education of your intervieweeYour paper should be at least 3–4 pages (excluding the cover and reference pages), typed in Times New Roman using 12-point font, and double-spaced with 1″ margins. Your paper should be written in APA format (6th edition) with correct spelling and grammar and include references as appropriate.

This week, you must submit the following information to your faculty for approval:Name of the person you will be interviewingTitle of the person you will be interviewingSpecific area of education of the person you will be interviewingLength of time the person has worked in the current position as a nurse educatorDate and time of your scheduled interviewYour list of 10–12 interview questions

Evaluate the importance of reconciling and distinguishing both physical and mental disabilities and how they are perceived by society.

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  1. pointsAccording to the text, mental disorders may be caused organically or via chemical or genetic causes. In either case, if left untreated the cost is usually dire. In this case study, you will explore a mental disorder that was not properly controlled via the case of Adam Lanza. Read the article titled “Adam Lanza”, located at http://www.biography.com/#!/people/adam-lanza-21068899#synopsis. Next, view the article that discusses Lanza’s psychiatric treatments titled “Lanza’s Psychiatric Treatment Revealed In Documents”, located at http://articles.courant.com/2013-12-28/news/hc-lanza-sandy-hook-report1228-20131227_1_peter-lanza-adam-lanza-nancy-lanza.Write a three to five (3-5) page paper in which you:
    1. Compare and contrast three (3) key similarities and three (3) differences between mental illnesses and mental disorders. Provide one (1) example of each similarity and difference to support your response.
    2. Speculate whether or not Adam Lanza’s engagement with violent video games was a stressor that caused him to act out his obsession with mass murders. Next, hypothesize whether or not Adam Lanza would have been a good candidate for treatment of his mental illness if he had not committed suicide. Justify your response.
    3. Since Lanza was diagnosed at a young age with a mental illness, suggest one (1) action psychologists should have suggested that could have prevented the assault that occurred at Sandy Hook elementary. Support your response.
    4. Differentiate between the key characteristics associated with functional mental disorders, minor mental disorders (i.e., neuroses), and manic-depressive behavior. Next, support or criticize the notion that one disorder is more severe than the other. Justify your response.
    5. Use at least three (3) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note:Wikipedia and similar type Websites do not qualify as academic resources.
    6. Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
    • Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
    • Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.
    • The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
    • Recommend improvements to societal stigmas associated with physical disabilities.
    • Evaluate the importance of reconciling and distinguishing both physical and mental disabilities and how they are perceived by society.
    • Use technology and information resources to research issues related to the criminal mind.
    • Write clearly and concisely about the criminal mind topics using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions.
    • Click here to view the grading rubric.
  2. By submitting this paper, you agree: (1) that you are submitting your paper to be used and stored as part of the SafeAssign™ services in accordance with the Blackboard Privacy Policy; (2) that your institution may use your paper in accordance with your institution’s policies; and (3) that your use of SafeAssign will be without recourse against Blackboard Inc. and its affiliates.

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Select articles that demonstrate three different styles of leadership

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Personal Leadership Style 

locate and read three scholarly research articles on the role of leadership in managing quality and safety initiatives in healthcare in Saudi Arabia. Select articles that demonstrate three different styles of leadership (e.g., servant, transformational, transactional).
Based on your readings, prepare a power point presentation summarizing the three leadership styles you researched, and their pros and cons as they relate to quality and safety initiatives. Then share which style of leadership more closely aligns with your current leadership style. Then explain the impact leadership styles have on Saudi healthcare quality improvement initiatives.

Your power point should meet the following requirements:

  • · Be 6 slides, not including the cover or reference pages.
  • . Be organized, using professional themes and transitions
  • · Be formatted per APA writing style for PPT
  • . Provide in each slide detailed speakers notes—a minimum of 100 words in length. Notes must draw from, and cite, relevant reference materials
  • · Provide full APA citations for articles selected along with associated in-text citations.
  • · Utilize headings to organize the content in your work.
  • . Add cited and colored images .

Create a plan of care for your chronic illness group.

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Creating a Plan of Care

Utilizing the information you have gathered over the weeks regarding the specific illness group you identified, this week, you will create a plan of care for your chronic illness group.

Create the plan in a 4- to 6-page Microsoft Word document (the 4–6 pages include the holistic care plan). Include the following in your plan:

  • Start the paper with a brief introduction describing the chronically ill group you selected and provide rationale for selecting this illness and the participants. Clearly identify the Healthy People 2020 topic chosen and why this topic was chosen.
  • You will want to compile the information gathered from Weeks 1–4 over 2 to 3 pages   (((((SEE ATTACHED DOCUMENTS)))). . This should be in APA format and paragraph form. This is not to be copied and pasted from previous assignments. It is to be a summary of each week. 
  • The paper should include the care plan for your chronic illness group organized under the following headings:
    • Nursing Diagnoses
    • Assessment Data (objective and subjective)
    • Interview Results
    • Desired Outcomes
    • Evaluation Criteria
    • Actions and Interventions
    • Evaluation of Patient Outcomes
  • You will need to ensure that the care plan is holistic and includes at least 3 nursing diagnoses related to the topic and interview results from the previous weeks.
  • Include strategies for the family or caregiver in the care plan and provide your rationale on how they will work.
  • Include a reference page to provide reference for all citations for the paper as well as the care plan.

On a separate references page, cite all sources using APA format.

Endocrinology and Neurology Departments

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Writing and Pronunciation—Endocrinology and Neurology Departments

By the due date assigned, you will write the final 2 reports, referring to the departments of Endocrinology and Neurology and use them as your script for your Week 5 Oral Report. Your writing section for this assignment will include 2 paragraphs for each department.

In order to earn the maximum credit for the written report you need to incorporate at least 10 medical terms for each department, using them in a manner that demonstrates your knowledge of their meaning.

  • Include the major or most common diseases or conditions seen in each department.
  • Include at least three of the principal procedures that are relevant to each department.
  • Highlight pertinent laboratory and radiological diagnostic services relevant to each department.
  • Limit your analysis of each department to two paragraphs.

How can this tool assist you in providing appropriate interventions to meet the needs of your patient?

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This assignment requires you to interview one person and requires an analysis of your interview experience.

Part I: Interview

Select a patient, a family member, or a friend to interview. Be sure to focus on the interviewee’s experience as a patient, regardless of whom you choose to interview.

Review The Joint Commission resource found in topic materials, which provides some guidelines for creating spiritual assessment tools for evaluating the spiritual needs of patients. Using this resource and any other guidelines/examples that you can find, create your own tool for assessing the spiritual needs of patients.

Your spiritual needs assessment survey must include a minimum of five questions that can be answered during the interview. During the interview, document the interviewee’s responses.

The transcript should include the questions asked and the answers provided. Be sure to record the responses during the interview by taking detailed notes. Omit specific names and other personal information through which the interviewee can be determined.

Part II: Analysis

Write a 500-750 word analysis of your interview experience. Be sure to exclude specific names and other personal information from the interview. Instead, provide demographics such as sex, age, ethnicity, and religion. Include the following in your response:

  1. What went well?
  2. Were there any barriers or challenges that inhibited your ability to complete the assessment tool? How would you address these in the future or change your assessment to better address these challenges?
  3. How can this tool assist you in providing appropriate interventions to meet the needs of your patient?
  4. Did you discover that illness and stress amplified the spiritual concern and needs of your interviewee? Explain your answer with examples.

Submit both the transcript of the interview and the analysis of your results. This should be submitted as one document. The interview transcript does not figure into the word count.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide,

Create a PowerPoint presentation that demonstrates your chosen public health intervention and provides information about your MAPP matrix and the pertinent FOA.

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Instructions

 MAPP Model Needs Assessment and Identification of an FOA Presentation In this assignment, you will complete a public health needs assessment MAPP matrix template. Next, you will utilize the FOA that addresses the public health intervention that addresses your chosen topic. You will then create a PowerPoint presentation that demonstrates your chosen public health intervention and provides information about your MAPP matrix and the pertinent FOA.

Part I: Conduct an MAPP Matrix Needs Assessment

Conduct a public health needs assessment using the MAPP model. It will result in a MAPP matrix, which identifies a public health need in which you are personally interested.

All MAPP information can be obtained from the National Association of City and County Health Officials (NACCHO) Web site at the following:

  • National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO). (2012). Mobilizing for action through planning and partnerships (MAPP). Retrieved from http://www.naccho.org/topics/infrastructure/mapp/index.cfm

Four assessments of the MAPP model and the issues they address are described below:

  • Community Themes and Strengths Assessments: This assessment results in a deeper understanding of the issues that residents feel are important by answering the questions:

a. What is important to our community?

b. How is quality of life perceived in our community?

c. What assets do we have that can be used to improve community health?

  • Local Public Health System Assessment (LPHSA): This assessment focuses on all the organizations and entities that contribute to the public’s health. The LPHSA answers the questions:
    1. What are the components, activities, competencies, and capacities of our local public health system?
    2. How are the essential services being provided to our community?
  • Community Health Status Assessment: This assessment identifies priority community health and quality-of-life issues. Questions answered include:

a. How healthy are our residents?

b. What does the health status of our community look like?

  • Forces of Change Assessment: This assessment focuses on identifying forces such as legislation, technology, and other impending changes that affect the context in which the community and its public health system operate. This answers the questions:

a. What is occurring or might occur that affects the health of our community or the local public health system?

b. What specific threats or opportunities are generated by these occurrences?

Part II: Identify Funding Opportunity

After you have completed your public health needs assessment matrix template, you will create a presentation that addresses the following:

  • Identify your chosen public health intervention that relates to your MPH coursework.
  • Explain how (using the MAPP Model) you completed the matrix template to identify your chosen public health intervention. 
  • Explain why the intervention is an important initiative.
  • Identify whom the intervention will assist (target audience).
  • Explain the general requirements of the FOA.
  • Describe, at a high-level, your intended approach in response to your chosen public health intervention, if awarded this grant.

Develop an 8–10-slide presentation in Microsoft PowerPoint format. Be sure to use speaker notes at the bottom of each slide to provide detailed information. If you know how to insert an audio file, feel free to use that approach as well. Your goal is to fully inform your audience about your chosen public health intervention and chosen FOA. Utilize at least 3–5 scholarly sources in your research and be sure to include a references page. Cite all sources on a separate page using APA standards. Write in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrate ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; and display accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation. Use the following file naming convention: LastnameFirstInitial_W3_A2.ppt.

Submission Details:

  • By the due date assigned, deliver your assignment to the Submissions Area.
  • On a separate page, cite all sources using the APA format

Using your city or county public health department identify an epidemiological and surveillance data related to population based communicable illnesses

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INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Go to http://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/default.aspx and review the Healthy People 2020 initiative. Pay close attention to the objectives, goals and the indicators.

2. Using your city or county public health department identify an epidemiological and surveillance data related to population based communicable illnesses described in table 5-1 page 72 of our class text book. Besides the illnesses describe you can also choose influenza or any other illnesses that are currently affecting your community.

3. Once you have chosen your topics you must send me an e-mail telling me what illnesses  you choose.

4. Choose 3 population based communicable illness and prepare an analysis discussing how this 3-communicable illness affect your community and how they were identified and a plan of action to contained them base on healthy people 2020.

5. Presentation must be in APA format word document, Arial 12 font attach to the forum/thread in the assignment tab and turnitin with a minimum of 1000 words (excluding first and references page) with a minimum of 3 evidence based references (excluding the class textbook) no older than 5 years are required. The assignment must include the zip code of the city or county chosen. Follow the APA example paper that was sent to you at the beginning of the course for guidance. Make sure references are use according to APA guidelines and electronic references must be from reliable sources such as CDC. Once again, the assignment will be posted in turnitin under the tab epidemiology assignment to verify originality and on the discussion tab of the blackboard under forum/thread epidemiology assignment. You are posting the assignment twice but only you will receive one grade.

6. Assignment is due in the discussion tab of the blackboard for discussion and in turnitin for grading .

If the team were to determine that pedestrian walkways need to be constructed, discuss at least two factors that would facilitate the development of the walkways and two that would hinder the development.

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Suppose a community team identifies lack of access to exercise modalities as a public health issue. If the team were to determine that pedestrian walkways need to be constructed, discuss at least two factors that would facilitate the development of the walkways and two that would hinder the development. For the hindrances, discuss ways that the team might work to overcome those hindrances.

Identifying public health issues is an important task that requires attention in order to implement change. Often times, change is opposed and not welcomed. With reference to the situation presented, there are benefits and hindrances that could arise. The need for access to pedestrian walkways would be presented based on the safety that these walkways would offer as well as the health benefit that these walkways would offer. With the walkways, there would be no reason for people to be walking in the roadway or close to the road, risking being injured by a motorist. There is less risk of injury since the walkways would provide safe and level paved ground to walk on. The health benefit would come from the walkways giving persons wanting to walk, a safe spot to walk or run and not be in the way of cars traveling the roadways. Walking has many health benefits that include:

  • increased cardiovascular and pulmonary (heart and lung) fitness
  • reduced risk of heart disease and stroke
  • improved management of conditions such as hypertension (high blood pressure), high cholesterol, joint, and muscular pain or stiffness, and diabetes
  • stronger bones and improved balance
  • increased muscle strength and endurance
  • reduced body fat.

Two different hindrances that could be expected include cost and space. The need for the walkways would be a good tool for encouraging those in the city council and/or county commission to approve the funding. Space may be a problem if the roadways are close to housing and stores. Dealing with the right of way laws, and getting private citizens to be onboard with the construction could also become a problem. Educating the public on what these sidewalks could mean for the health of the community could potentially increase the approval as well as recruit others to promote the idea.