Healthcare statistics dp3

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 There are many users, sources, and purposes for health care statistics. One of the significant sources of health care statistics is the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP, pronounced “H-Cup”). As the HCA, you mention this to your new CEO, but he says he is not familiar with it and asks you to put together a short description of it on how you and your colleagues make use of the data and information provided.

You will prepare a 400w description of HCUP for the CEO. Include the following in your description:

  • 1–2-sentence introduction to HCUP, including the agency that administers the project and its purpose
  • What types of data and reports are provided and who uses this resource.
  • An example of a report available to anyone on the site
    • Go to the Reports tab on the Home page. Click on the tab, and then select “HCUP Statistical Briefs – Chronological List.” 
    • From the list, choose a recent brief (the most recent are listed first in the list). 
    • Open and review the brief, and describe what it contains and the types of health care statistics and graphical presentations included in it (e.g., line graphs or pie charts).
  • Finish by including your thoughts about this Web resource and what you find valuable about it. 

Interpersonal Communication

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APA FORMAT. 

THEY CHECK FOR PLAGERISM.

INSTRUCTIONS IN THE ATTACHMENT 

500 words 

assist week 7

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Signature Assignment: Create an Organizational Culture of Person-Centered Quality Health Care

There are two parts to complete your assignment for this week. Please review the instructions carefully.

Part 1:

 Access the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's Quality Improvement Essentials Toolkit at the link in your Weekly Resources. Once at the link, you may be prompted to create an account to access the IHI Toolkit and the Driver Diagram. By creating an account, you will have access to many resources provided by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement.  

 you will select the
Driver Diagram from the list of tools.

 Download the template and save the template to your computer with your standard file-naming protocol. Be sure this file name includes the words Driver Diagram. Note: When downloading the template using the Chrome browser and the download arrow, a message appears asking if the form is to be saved “with my changes” or “without my changes.” Be sure to save with your changes even if you haven't made any changes. This action will save the template with your work, otherwise, it will not be saved.

 Close your browser after saving the form.

 Find the file you just saved on your computer and open it up.

 Read the information about Drivers in the form and review the example in the template.

 Scroll down and start filling out the template using the title
Create an Organizational Culture of Person-Centered Quality Health Care as your Aim.

 Continue to fill out the entire diagram by reviewing your weekly reading assignments and conducting your own additional research.

An example of how the Driver Diagram should look as you begin filling in the template is shown in Figure 8. In this example, there are Primary Drivers listed which you may use in your diagram or you can select different Primary Drivers. 

Driver Diagram Example 

Driver Diagram Example

Part 2:

Once you have completed and saved your Driver Diagram, you will prepare a Perspective Paper discussing your rationale for selecting the Primary Drivers, the Secondary Drivers, and the specific ideas to move toward creating an organizational culture of person-centered quality health care. Keep in mind, your perspective will provide a reasoned argument why you selected the drivers and ideas.
Hint: A good method to use when preparing a perspective paper is the A-B-C-D-E method; answer the question why the selections were made, back up your decisions, critique your decisions, defend your decisions, and evaluate your decision against other alternatives.  

Be sure your Perspective Paper contains an Introductory section, a section with the Body of your report, and a Summary Section. In addition, you will submit your Driver Diagram in one of two ways. You may either take a screenshot of your completed Driver Diagram, paste it into a new Word document, crop it as seen in Figure 8, then right-click on the cropped area and select Save as Picture. Save the cropped area as a picture on your computer, giving it the same file name and the original Driver Diagram. Insert your saved picture of your Driver Diagram in your report as an Appendix. Enlarge the picture so it fills the Appendix page to the page margins. Be sure to consult APA formatting guidelines when using an Appendix. 

Alternately, in lieu of the Appendix page, you can upload your Driver Diagram as a separate document when you submit your Perspective Paper. Be sure to refer to the separate Driver Diagram document in your Summary Section.    

Part 1:
The Driver Diagram is one page if used as the Appendix in the Perspective Paper. If uploaded as a separate document, your completed Driver Diagram template is 1 page of the 4-page IHI document.  

Part 2: The Perspective Paper is a minimum of 3 pages, not including the title page, reference page, and Appendix page if used.

References: Include a minimum of 3 peer-reviewed resources. Other scholarly and credible sources may also be used as supplemental support.

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Write 1 sentence that explains your understanding of communication.

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  • Write 1 sentence that explains your understanding of communication.
  • Expand on your ideas by highlighting the following in your meeting:
    • What are 2 components of the communication process that you think are important, and why?
    • How can you spot miscommunication? Illustrate with an example.

The materials found in the MUSE may help you with this assignment such as the article Elements of Communication. 

BHA415 Module 1 Case SLP Module 1

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10/9/23, 8:16 AM SLP – BHA415 Topics in Health Care Policy (2023OCT09FT-1)

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POLICYMAKING IN THE GOVERNMENT AND THE PRIVATE
SECTOR

Explain the difference between regulatory health policies and allocative health
policies.

What are determinants of health? How are they related to the determinants of
health policy?

SLP Assignment Expectations

1. Conduct additional research to gather sufficient information to justify/support your
analysis.

2. Limit your response to a maximum of 3 pages.

3. Support your paper with a minimum of 3 reliable sources. The course textbook
counts as one, and at least one of the others should be a peer-reviewed article.
Use How to Recognize Peer-Reviewed (Refereed)
Journals – http://www.angelo.edu/services/library/handouts/peerrev.php

4. Please use Evaluating Internet Resources for evaluating information found on the
internet to ensure that you are using reliable sources:
https://www.library.georgetown.edu/tutorials/research-guides/evaluating-internet-
content

5. You may use Purdue OWL to assist in formatting your assignment:
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/.

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Evidence-Based Population Health Improvement Plan

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For this assessment, you will create a 5-7 slide PowerPoint presentation about a population health improvement plan. You will then record a video of no more than five minutes presenting your PowerPoint.

Introduction

Master’s-level nurses need to be able to think critically about the evidence, outcomes data, and other relevant information they encounter throughout their daily practice. Often the evidence or information that a nurse encounters, researches, or studies is not presented in the exact context of that nurse’s practice. A key skill of the master’s-level nurse is to transfer evidence from the context in which it was presented and apply it to a different context in order to maximize the benefit to patients in that new context.

Professional Context

Master’s-level nurses need to be able to think beyond the bedside. It is important to be able to research, synthesize, and apply evidence that will result in improved health outcomes for the communities and populations that are part of your care setting. Improving outcomes at a community or population level, even incrementally, can create noticeably significant, aggregate health improvements for patients across all of a care setting.

Scenario

Your organization has created an initiative to improve one of the pervasive and chronic health concerns in the community. Some examples of possibilities for health improvement initiatives include type 2 diabetes, HIV, obesity, and communicable diseases. You will need to do your own research to gather and evaluate the relevant data for your chosen issue.

Once you have created a presentation for the initiative, you have been asked to present to a group of community stakeholders. The purpose of your presentation is to inform and enlist support for the initiative from your audience.

Instructions

The optional Evidence-Based Population Health Improvement Plan Presentation Template [PPTX] is provided to help you prepare your slides. If you choose to work without the template, consider referring to Creating a Presentation: A Guide to Writing and Speaking and Guidelines for Effective PowerPoint Presentations.

The suggested headings for your presentation are:

  • Community Data Evaluation.
  • Meeting Community Needs.
  • Measuring Outcomes.
  • Communication Plan.
  • Evidence.

In your presentation, you will:

  • Evaluate the environmental and epidemiological data about your community to determine a population-focused priority for care.
    • Identify the relevant data. This can be communicated in a table or chart. 
    • Describe the major population health issue suggested by the data within your community.
    • Explain how environmental factors affect the health of community residents.
    • Identify the level of evidence, validity, and reliability for each source.
    • Explain what evidence in the current literature (within the last 5 years) supports your evaluation of the data and the population focused priority of care you have selected.
  • Develop an ethical health improvement plan with outcome criteria that addresses the population health priority that you identified in your evaluation.
    • Consider the environmental realities and challenges existing in the community.
    • Include interventions that will meet community needs.
    • Address potential barriers or misunderstandings related to various cultures prevalent in the community.
    • Propose criteria that can be used to evaluate the achievement of the plan’s outcomes for your population health improvement.
      • Explain why your proposed criteria are appropriate and useful measures of success.
  • Explain a plan to collaborate with a specific community organization to support the implementation of the population health improvement in an ethical, culturally sensitive, and inclusive way.
    • Identify the community stakeholders that are relevant to your Population Health Improvement Plan.
    • Develop a clear communication strategy that is mindful of the cultural and ethical expectations of colleagues and community members regarding data privacy.
    • Ensure that your strategy enables you to make complex medical terms and concepts understandable to members of the community regardless of disabilities, language, or level of education.
  • Explain the value and relevance of the evidence and technology resources used as the basis of a population health improvement plan.
    • Explain why the evidence is valuable and relevant to the community health concern you are addressing.
    • Explain why each piece of evidence is appropriate and informs the goal of improving the health of the community.
  • Communicate the Evidence-Based Population Health Improvement Plan in a professional, effective manner that engages the community organization stakeholders and the community-at-large to implement and sustain change.
    • What specific actions can the community stakeholders take themselves to build a feeling of community ownership in your plan?
  • Integrate relevant sources to support assertions, correctly formatting citations and references using APA style.

Submission Requirements

  • Length of submission: 5–7 slides. Balance text with visuals. Avoid text-heavy slides. Use speaker’s notes for additional content.
  • Length of Video Presentation: No more than five minutes.
  • Font and font size: Appropriate size and weight for a presentation, generally 24–28 points for headings; no smaller than 18 points for bullet-point text. Use a suitable professional typeface, such as Times or Arial, throughout the presentation.
  • Number of references: Cite a minimum of 3–5 sources of scholarly or professional evidence that support your evaluation, recommendations, and plans. Current source material is defined as no older than five years unless it is a seminal work.
  • APA formatting: Resources and citations are formatted according to current APA style.

Competencies Measured

By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and scoring guide criteria:

  • Competency 1: Apply evidence-based practice to plan patient-centered care.
    • Explain a plan to collaborate with a specific community organization to support the implementation of the population health improvement in an ethical, culturally sensitive, and inclusive way.
  • Competency 2: Apply evidence-based practice to design interventions to improve population health.
    • Develop an ethical health improvement plan with outcome criteria that addresses the population health priority for care identified in the evaluation.
  • Competency 3: Evaluate the value, relevance, and ethics of available evidence upon which clinical decisions are made.
    • Evaluate the environmental and epidemiological data about your community to determine a population-focused priority for care.
    • Explain the value and relevance of the evidence and technology resources used as the basis of a population health improvement plan
  • Competency 5: Communicate effectively with diverse audiences, in an appropriate form and style, consistent with organizational, professional, and scholarly standards.
    • Communicates the Evidence-Based Population Health Improvement Plan in a professional, effective manner that engages the community organization stakeholders and the community-at-large to implement and sustain change.
    • Integrate relevant and credible sources of evidence to support assertions, correctly formatting citations and references using APA style.

informed consent

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Choose a patient-care situation in which the RN should intervene and advocate for the patient.  An example of such a situation might be when a patient has not been given complete informed consent.

  • Describe the clinical situation concisely and descriptively. It can be an actual situation or a hypothetical one.
  • Apply the Bioethical Decision Making Model to the specific clinical ethical situation that you choose. Address each section of the model. Conclude with a discussion of nursing advocacy in the clinical setting and the nurse’s role as a patient advocate.  

You must reference and cite 1-2 scholarly sources other than your text. Include a title page and a reference page to cite your text and adhere to APA formatting.

Topic: (End of Life: Physician Assisted Suicide)

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1) Discuss the technical aspects of your topic in general terms.

2) Discuss the public policy debates relevant to the topic you choose. This section should cover arguments that favor and oppose the use of the techniques or products.

3) Express your personal opinion regarding the topic’s importance and the validity of the pro and con arguments. Within the personal opinion/conclusion, frame your position with an ethical theory from the six workable theories (Kant, Act Utilitarianism; Rule Utilitarianism; Care Ethics; Virtue Ethics; and Social Contract).

 

Pharm: Bipolar Type II with Diabetes Type 1

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ASSESSING AND TREATING PATIENTS WITH BIPOLAR II DISORDER AND DIABETES TYPE 1.

For this Assignment, as you examine the patient case study in this week’s Learning Resources, consider how you might assess and treat patients presenting with bipolar disorder.

For this assignment, you will write a 5–6-page paper on the topic of bipolar and bipolar and related disorders. You will create this guide as an assignment; therefore, a title page, introduction, conclusion, and reference page are required. You must include a minimum of 3 scholarly supporting resources outside of your course provided resources.

In your paper, you will choose one of the following diagnoses: Bipolar I, Bipolar II, Cyclothymic Disorder, Substance/Medication-Induced Bipolar and Related Disorder, Bipolar and Related Disorder Due to Another Medical Condition. Your paper will include discussion for your chosen diagnosis of bipolar and related disorder on the following:

· Prevalence and Neurobiology of your chosen disorder ( Bipolar II and Type 1 Diabetes)

· Discuss the differences between your chosen disorder and one other bipolar and related disorders in relation to the diagnostic criteria including presentation of symptoms according to DSM 5 TR criteria

· Discuss special populations and considerations (children, adolescents, pregnancy/post-partum, older adult, emergency care) for your chosen bipolar and related disorder; demonstrating critical thinking beyond basics of HIPPA and informed consent with discussion of at least one for EACH category:  legal considerations, ethical considerations, cultural considerations, social determinants of health

· Discuss FDA and/or clinical practice guidelines approved pharmacological treatment options in relation to acute and mixed episodes vs maintenance pharmacological treatment for your chosen bipolar and related disorder

· Of the medication treatment options for your chosen disorder discuss side effects, FDA approvals and warnings.  What is important to monitor in terms of labs, comorbid medical issues with why important for monitoring.
(use Escitalopram for Bipolar II and Insulin for Diabetes Type 1)

 

References:

Stahl, S. M. (2021). 
Stahl's essential psychopharmacology: Neuroscientific basis and practical applications (5th Ed.) Cambridge University Press.

· Chapter 7, “Treatments for Mood Disorders: So-Called “Antidepressants” and “Mood Stabilizers” (pp. 338-358)

American Psychiatric Association. (2010b). 


Practice guideline for the treatment of patients with bipolar disorderLinks to an external site.


 (2nd ed.)
. 
https://psychiatryonline.org/pb/assets/raw/sitewide/practice_guidelines/guidelines/bipolar.pdf.

Hirschfeld, R. M. A. (n.d.). 


Guideline watch: Practice guideline for the treatment of patients with bipolar disorder

Links to an external site.
 (2nd ed.)
.  https://psychiatryonline.org/pb/assets/raw/sitewide/practice_guidelines/guidelines/bipolar-watch.pdf

Nursing Homework

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Aron Ralston, an avid outdoorsman, was hiking in a narrow canyon in Southern Utah when he upset a large boulder that rolled down the canyon after him. As it fell, the boulder relodged itself between the narrow canyon walls and in the process pinned Aron’s right wrist between the boulder and the canyon wall. Aron was alone and was unable to free himself from the situation. After being trapped for five days, with no help arriving, Aron eventually made the decision to free himself by breaking the bones in his forearm with the weight of his body and amputating his hand with a dull pocketknife. After freeing himself, he hiked an additional seven miles before the search and rescue crews found him. His arm required further surgery to repair it. After the surgery, the nurses would ask Aron, “On a scale of 0-10, what is your pain level with 0 being no pain and 10 being the most pain you have ever experienced?”. Aron would reply, “0.25”. When asked about giving such an odd answer, he stated that even though he was in pain after the surgery, it was minimal compared to the pain he experienced when he cut through his ulnar nerve to free himself from being trapped by the boulder.

1. As you reflect on this story, how does it help you understand that pain is a subjective experience for your client? What types of questions will you ask your client to adequately assess their pain level?

2. Why is it important to understand that not all clients experience pain the same?

3. What objective data may be noted when a client is in pain?

4. How might pain be manifested in vital sign measurements?

5. What effects might chronic pain have on the general health of a client?