Category: Health Care

  • Reducing Violence Among Mental Health Patients: A Critique of Recent Literature and Appraisal of Solutions

    1. Title page
    2. Introduction (The word “introduction” is not used – include title of paper as level one heading)
    a. Introduce the selected practice problem.
    b. Literature chosen is < 5 years old. c. Provides incidence and/or prevalence of the problem. My practice problem: how to reduce violence among mental health patients. 3. Literary Search Strategy a. Identify the databases searched to locate the recent quantitative literature: PUBMED b. Include keywords used in your search: Violence and mental health c. Describe filters used: Make it up 4. Critique of Article Using the John Hopkins Appraisal Tool a. Present aim of the study. b. Share the research method and design used. c. Provide sample size and descriiption of the sample. d. Present overview of the findings. e. Share strengths and limitations of the study. f. Appraise the level and grade the quality of the study. 5. Summary (Using your own words- as if you were sharing the highlights with a friend) a. Provide a summary detailing the main points and overall findings. b. Discuss if this is a solution that can contribute to the practice problem. 6. Conclusion a. Provide a clear and logical conclusion in 1-2 concise paragraphs. b. Highlight the summary of findings. c. Highlight overall quality (level and grade). d. Conclude value of study to practice problem. 7. Reference page: strict APA 7th edition format 8. Johns Hopkins Appraisal Tool a. Include the completed Johns Hopkins Appraisal Tool with this assignment. Appraisal tool is completed and level and quality of the article are

  • Peer Responses to “The Importance of Critical Thinking in Decision Making” Response 1: Title: “Critical Thinking and Emotional Intelligence” I completely agree with my peer’s post on the importance of critical thinking in decision making. As they mentioned, critical

    respond to at least 2peer postings with each response being at least 75 words in length. Include references to support each response. Simply agreeing with a peer is not considered substantive. One reference per post. See attachment

  • Title: Building a Case for EMR Implementation at Geneva: Addressing Concerns and Promoting Adoption

    In your initial post, answer the following questions:
    What types of information/evidence should be collected to build the case for an EMR system implementation? What would you suggest that Dr. Johnson say to physicians who are concerned that an EMR will limit their ability to practice patient-centered medicine? How you would engage Ms. Chapman, the manager of medical records, to encourage her to embrace a new EMR system?
    How would adoption of an EMR affect organizational control systems at Geneva? How would it affect individuals? How would you communicate critical factors/steps needed for successful implementation?

  • Title: Evolution of Health Care Regulations and Quality Initiatives: A Historical Trend Analysis Trend Analysis of Access, Quality, and Cost in U.S. Health Care: A Historical Perspective “The Evolution of Health Care Regulations and Practice: Trends and Milestones in Access, Quality, and Cost”

    Introduction
    The private and public health systems work in tandem to reduce the burden of disease. The line between public and private health has gotten very thin, as we have seen with the many private–public health partnerships. Programs such as Vaccines for Children (VFC) and Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), health care quality initiatives, and Healthy People (1990–2030) have evolved from collaboration. All of these private–public health programs and initiatives, in addition to the significant advancements in medical education, research, and technologies, have led to one of the most highly regulated industries in the United States and world today.
    In this assignment, you will review the private and public health legislation, regulatory agencies, and quality initiatives that have catapulted the United States into the quality revolution that we are experiencing today. As this quality revolution continues, health care professionals can expect to see more innovations contributing to individual and population health, as well as more regulations.
    Scenario
    You are a health care educator for a large, integrated accountable care organization (ACO). You are tasked to work with a group of hospital executives to identify milestone events for three eras, the 1800s, 1900s, and 2000s, and identify trends from those events that impacted the health care industry. The trend analysis will consist of three critical measures: access, quality, and costs. Milestone events and trends identified for these three measures over time should include legislation, regulatory agencies, and quality initiatives in the various time periods. The final paper will be used in an annual strategic planning session attended by the ACO and hospital executives to demonstrate how the quality movement has evolved into a quality revolution.
    Instructions
    Using the Historical Health Care Trend Analysis Template [DOCX] Download Historical Health Care Trend Analysis Template [DOCX], write a 2–3 page paper in which you explain and analyze health care regulations and medical practice evolutionary changes for access, quality, and cost, including the significant milestone events from different time periods. In addition, complete the Trend Analysis Table: Evolution of Access, Quality, and Cost in Health Care in the appendix of the assignment div.
    Complete the following:
    Study the Health Care Quality Evolution Milestone Events Chart [DOCX] Download Health Care Quality Evolution Milestone Events Chart [DOCX]to review the key regulatory or quality initiative events relative to the 1800s, the 1900s, and the 2000s.
    Use your textbook and at least two other resources included in What You Need to Know for this week or resources you find on your own to fill in the Trend Analysis Table: Evolution of Access, Quality, and Cost in Health Care table in the appendix of the assignment div. Use the History of Health Care ResearchLinks to an external site. tab in the Health Care Administration Undergraduate Library Research GuideLinks to an external site. to guide your research process.
    You are required to reference a total of three scholarly sources in your paper.
    Be sure to cite these references within the body of your paper correctly using APA style citations. Refer to Evidence and APALinks to an external site. in the Capella Writing Center for help with using APA style.
    Complete the Trend Analysis Table: Evolution of Access, Quality, and Cost in Health Care table in the appendix for the assignment div.
    For each time period, select 2 milestone events or regulations from the Health Care Quality Evolution Milestone Events Chart [DOCX] Download Health Care Quality Evolution Milestone Events Chart [DOCX]that have affected each topic: access to health care, quality of health care, and cost of health care.
    There should be a total of 18 milestone events or regulations in the completed table.
    Include bullet points with notes that describe each event or regulation and how it impacted access, quality, or cost.
    Write an introduction for the paper.
    Provide a brief explanation of the purpose of this historical trend analysis and how it might be used in your work as a health administrator (1 paragraph).
    Where appropriate, reference significant health care milestones, regulations, and measures for access, quality, and cost.
    Use the Trend Analysis Table: Evolution of Access, Quality, and Cost in Health Care table to write the body of your paper.
    Complete the Trends and Regulations section in the assignment div.
    Provide a brief description of the key measures of health care services, which are access, quality, and cost (1–2 paragraphs).
    In the Health Care Access subsection, explain the significant trends and regulatory milestones associated with access to health care over the recent eras (1–2 paragraphs).
    What U.S. legislation, regulatory agencies, and quality initiatives from the 1800s, 1900s, and 2000s have influenced access to health care services in the United States?
    What does your milestone trend analysis reveal for access to care?
    Include citations and references to specific regulations, events, or agencies.
    In the Health Care Quality subsection, explain the significant trends and regulatory milestones associated with health care quality over the recent eras (1–2 paragraphs).
    What U.S. legislation, regulatory agencies, and quality initiatives from the 1800s, 1900s, and 2000s have influenced care quality in health care services in the United States?
    What does your trend analysis reveal for care quality?
    Include citations and references to specific regulations, events, or agencies.
    In the Health Care Cost subsection, explain the significant trends and regulatory milestones associated with access to health care costs over the recent eras (1–2 paragraphs).
    What U.S. legislation, regulatory agencies, and quality initiatives from the 1800s, 1900s, and 2000s have affected health care costs for medical services?
    What does your trend analysis reveal for medical service costs?
    Include citations and references to specific regulations, events, or agencies.
    Complete the Trend Analysis section of the assignment div (1–2 paragraphs).
    Analyze the trends and regulations in health care access, quality, and cost to draw conclusions about the evolution of health care regulations and practice throughout the recent eras.
    Describe professional experiences or examples to illustrate the trends.
    Include citations and references to specific regulations, events, or agencies.
    Write the conclusion for the paper (1 paragraph).
    Briefly restate the trends revealed for health care access, quality, and cost.
    Draw a conclusion about how the milestones, regulations, and changes have improved, been neutral, or inhibited progress of the U.S. health care system.
    Summarize clear and concise conclusions of your trend analysis.
    Additional Requirements
    Your paper should be 2–3 pages, in addition to the title page, appendix, and references page.
    Double space your paper, and use Times New Roman, 12-point font, as indicated in the assignment div.
    Use a minimum of three resources, including your textbook and other course resources.
    Complete all parts of the assignment div, using the headings provided in the div.
    Support all points with credible evidence, in the form of APA citations.
    Include a references page in APA format with appropriate citations.
    Complete the Trend Analysis Table: Evolution of Access, Quality, and Cost in Health Care in the appendix of the assignment div.
    Competencies Measured
    By successfully completing this assignment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and scoring guide criteria:
    Competency 1: Analyze trends in the U.S. health care system from a historical perspective.
    Identify health care legislative, regulatory agency, and quality initiative events in a trend analysis table of different eras.
    Competency 2: Explain the development of health regulation and the evolution of medical practice.
    Explain the significant trends and regulatory milestones associated with access to health care over the recent eras.
    Explain the significant trends and regulatory milestones associated with health care quality over the recent eras.
    Explain the significant trends and regulatory milestones associated with health care costs over the recent eras.
    Analyze the trends and regulations in health care access, quality, and cost to draw conclusions about the evolution of health care regulations and practice throughout the recent eras.
    Competency 4: Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and respectful of the diversity, dignity, and integrity of others.
    Appropriately addresses all components of the assignment prompt, using the assignment description to structure text.
    Apply APA formatting to in-text citations and references.

  • “Exploring Mental Health Disparities: A Literature Search and Synthesis of Peer-Reviewed Research Articles” “APA 7 Formatting Guidelines for Academic Papers”

    Taking the first step to think about a research topic or area of interest and filtering that topic using a series of keywords and operations will be a fundamental component for performing a literature search in Walden Library’s databases. While the ultimate goal is to produce a set or results that match your search criteria, you must keep in mind that that the quality of the research articles obtained will likely vary. Thus, you must critically examine and analyze the aims of the research produced and how it aligns, confirms, or negates your topic or area of research. As you develop proficiency in this area, you will discover that you can extract content themes and frameworks to enhance future research and the need to identify additional research support.
    For this Assignment, consult the Walden Library webinars and resources provided. These resources serve as a general good first step for performing literature searches and engaging with the databases of research available to you. Think about a research topic or area of interest to focus on for this Assignment. Then, search the Walden Library to locate and retrieve peer-reviewed research articles that pertain to your topic or area of interest. Review the Walden Library webinars presented in the media Learning Resources for this week.
    Then, search the Walden Library and locate three peer-reviewed primary research articles that pertain to your practice area and are of particular interest to you.
    Message from instructor- Last week you identified needs, challenges, and/or issues within your community or organization, and analyzed your role, as a DNP graduate, in addressing these needs, challenges, and/or issues. This week you will begin to prepare for the Module 4 Assignment. You will search the library to identify peer review articles that relate to an area of interest to you. The Required Media resource in Week 8/9, presents helpful tips for searching the library to locate articles pertaining to your topic area. You will be required to summarize and synthesize the articles you retrieved from your search. The Required Reading section includes two videos that will help you to understand how to synthesize the research articles you obtained from the library search. I am also attaching the link to those here for you. Please be sure to review and address all the areas on the Rubric for this assignment. https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/writingcenter/evidence/synthesisLinks to an external site.
    In my previous assignment I spoke about Mental health desparities and how ensuring adequate screenings such as PHQ-9 screenings are complete regularly to identify and prevent suicidal ideation in teens and adults. I also discussed how monitoring lab work, vitals, and side effects to medications prescribed regularly can identify health concens caused by medications and interventions can be completed to prevent things like metabolic syndrome for example. I also discussed how monitoring childrens BMI to reduce the risk of malnutrician from prescribing stimulant medications is also a preventive step to ensure optimal health outcomes. The Assignment:
    Write a 6-paragraph APA-formatted paper in which you do the following:
    Write a 1-pararaph introduction of how you conducted your literature search and the databases consulted in your search in relation to your practice area or area of interest. Be specific and provide examples.
    Write a 1-paragraph summary of each of the articles you have selected (a total of 3 paragraphs).
    Write 1 paragraph that synthesizes the three articles using a scholarly voice.
    Write a final paragraph in which you discuss the differences between summarizing and synthesizing research. Be specific and provide examples.
    Reminder: The College of Nursing requires that all papers submitted include a title page, introduction, summary, and references. The Sample Paper provided at the Walden Writing Center provides an example of those required elements (available at https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/writingcenter/templates/general#s-lg-box-20293632). All papers submitted must use this formatting.
    Follow APA 7 format

  • Title: Interdisciplinary Collaboration: Successes and Challenges

    Reflect on an interdisciplinary collaboration experience, noting ways in which it was successful and unsuccessful in achieving desired outcomes.
    Explain aspects of the collaboration that helped the team make progress toward relevant goals or outcomes.
    Explain aspects of the collaboration that could have been improved.
    Identify how poor collaboration can result in inefficient management of human and financial resources, citing supporting evidence from the literature.
    Discuss the ways in which the interdisciplinary team did not collaborate effectively.
    Discuss the negative implications for the human and financial resources of the interdisciplinary team and the organization as a whole.
    Cite the literature for support.
    Identify best-practice leadership strategies from the literature that would improve an interdisciplinary team’s ability to achieve its goals, citing at least one author from the literature.
    Identify at least one leadership best practice or strategy that you believe would improve the team’s ability to achieve their goals.
    Identify the strategy and its source or author and provide a brief rationale for your choice of strategy.
    Cite the literature for support.
    Identify best-practice interdisciplinary collaboration strategies to help a team achieve its goals and work together, citing the work of at least one author.
    Identify at least one best practice or strategy for interdisciplinary collaboration to help the team achieve its goals and work more effectively together.
    Identify the strategy, its source, and reasons why you think it will be effective.
    Communicate in a professional manner, is easily audible, and uses proper grammar. Format reference list in current APA style.
    Submit an APA-formatted reference list for any sources that you cited specifically in your video or used to inform your presentation.
    The Example Kaltura Reflection will show you how to cite scholarly sources in the context of an oral presentation.

  • Understanding the 80/20 Rule of Eating and Reducing Empty Calories Title: Striving for Balance: The 80/20 Rule of Eating and Reducing Empty Calories

    1. The dietitian discusses that you “eat to live, not live to eat.” She describes that 80/20 rule of eating. What percentage of “empty calories” do you think you consume in a day, and what results mentioned in the video do you experience when you eat “too many” empty calories?
    2. What interventions can you apply to help meet the ratio of good calories/empty calories

  • “Transforming Nursing Practice: A Capstone Clinical Project on Implementing Evidence-Based Change in Patient Care” “Final Presentation and Poster: Showcasing My Research and Findings”

    Overview The Capstone Clinical Project is the culminating academic endeavor of nursing students who earn a baccalaureate degree in nursing from Felician University. The clinical project provides students with the opportunity to explore a problem or issue that is related to one of the following nursing competencies: patient-centered care, teamwork/collaboration, evidence-based practice, quality improvement, safety, or informatics. The capstone project is worth 40% of your final grade in Clinical Immersion. The project must demonstrate the student’s ability to synthesize and apply the knowledge and skills acquired in this academic program to real-world nursing issues and problems. This final project will affirm one’s ability to think critically and creatively, solve practical problems related to nursing practice or the facilitation of patient-centered care, make reasoned and ethical decisions, propose change, and demonstrate both oral and written communication effectively with peers, nursing staff and members of the health care team. Objectives At the completion of this capstone project, the student will: Collaborate with clinical partners to identify a practice problem or issue relevant to the nursing profession. Integrate Lewin’s Change Theory in human systems when identifying the practice problem or issue. Propose an innovative solution or change to a system-related patient care problem identified on the unit where the student is practicing. Analyze the outcomes of nursing interventions using research-based evidence and data. Formulate evidence-based conclusions and recommendations related to the problem identified. Disseminate recommendations to nursing staff, peers, and interdisciplinary health care team. Project Timeline Identify a practice/problem/policy on your assigned unit. Be specific as to how this affects the unit you are working on. Discuss with your professor and prepare a draft of your proposed change between Week 2-5. Find evidence to support this practice/policy change. You may use research articles, meta-analysis, and integrative reviews from peer-reviewed journals. Summarize the evidence from at least five to eight professional sources. Evaluate the evidence. Is the evidence strong enough to change practice/policy or support a current practice/policy? Does the evidence support the practice/policy? Make recommendations based on the evidence. How could you apply your recommendations to your unit? Submission of Change Project Proposal – which will then need to be approved by your instructor is due by Week 6. Submission of Literature Matrix by Week 6. Prepare a Live presentation (using PP, Prezi, or Google Slides) and poster presentation to disseminate your findings. After approval from the nurse manager and professor, disseminate your findings to your assigned unit. Posters may be constructed using the following website: http://www.makesigns.com Links to an external site.. Follow the link to scientific posters and utilize the templates provided. Posters should be 24×36 or larger. (You may use another website if you prefer). You will make a first draft of this poster, once approved by your instructor you will then send this to a printing service, which must be at least a 24×36 poster board. The first draft of the presentation and poster template proposed change project was submitted to the professor by Week 9. Final Capstone Presentation with Poster due by Week 13. Seminar presentations will be held in Week 14. The presentation and poster will be assessed on adherence to APA format, organization, and spelling. The following statement is required on all written assignments with respect to the Felician University Honor Code. It must be included on the cover page: “I pledge my honor that I have neither given nor received inappropriate aid on this assignment.” Tasks Make sure to review the rubric below prior to completing your Capstone Final Project. Upload and submit your Capstone Final Project to this assignment page. You will submit your Final Presentation and Poster on the next assignment page. Turn-It-In Assignment

  • “Improving Patient Outcomes in the Emergency Department: A Comprehensive Education Program at Discharge”

    Specific instructions are included in the General guidelines file.
    There are two files with the foundation name in them. You can copy and use parts of these two papers.
    The scholar project overview file describes the project that I am implementing in the emergency department. The chapters should be based on it.
    There is an example paper that can be used as a reference for how it should look at the end. For now, you are writing only Chapters 1, 2, and 3. Chapters 4 and 5 will be written after I implement education at discharge and collect data after follow-up.
    Please send me a message right away if there are any questions! Thank you!

  • Title: The Effectiveness of Thermal or Cryotherapy for Rotator Cuff Tendinopathy: A Meta-Analysis Study

    Using APTA or PubMed, find a clinical practice guideline or meta-analysis (Cochrane Review) for a diagnosis that uses a thermal or cryotherapy agent. Has this modality been shown to be effective for this diagnosis? Why or why not? Please list your reference in APA format in your discussion.
    Here are some possible links to help in your search:
    https://www.apta.org/patient-care/evidence-based-practice-resourcesLinks to an external site.
    https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Links to an external site.
    https://www.cochranelibrary.com/Links to an external site.
    You can use the APTA webpage to isolate CPG’s, use the advanced search in pubmed and select meta-analysis and systematic review for your filters to get both CPGs and meta-analyses, and use the Cochrane Library to exclusively search for meta-analysis.