Discuss how nurses can use their knowledge, perspective, experiences, and skills as communicators to change public policy at all levels of government. What are the most critical questions facing nursing for which policymakers need evidence to inform their decision making (refer to the Nurse Licensure Compact [NLC] compact, APRN Compact, and other required reading this week).
READING SOURCES:
APRN Consensus Work Group & the National Council of State Boards of Nursing APRN Advisory Committee. (2008). Consensus model for APRN regulation: Licensure, accreditation, certification & education (PDF). APRN Joint Dialogue Group Report.
American Association of Nurse Practitioners. (2018). State Practice Environment.
Nurse practice laws and regulations are specific to each state. This map identifies licensure and regulatory requirements, as well as practice environment details, for all 50 states and the U.S. territories.
National Council of State Boards of Nursing. (2020
Health Care Technology Terms
Assignment Content
Complete the Health Care Technology Terms worksheet that i have attached.
Select 10 of the 29 terms on the worksheet. Your answers must include the following:
A definition or explanation of the term and a description of its purpose in your own words
An example of the term and a summary of how it is used in a health care setting
Two references from scholarly sources, you only need 2 references for the entire worksheet
All items on the worksheet are located in the glossary of Handbook of Informatics for Nurses & Healthcare Professionals. An additional resource is required to verify information and substantiate the example.
Respond to the following questions:
1-In what ways is health care different from other consumer purchases?
2-What are the challenges of a market driven healthcare system and how can public and private insurances control premiums and co-payments?
Use two to four sources from this weeks required readings
REQUIRED SOURCES:
CrashCourse. (2016, April 6). The economics of healthcare: Crash course econ #29 (10:25 minutes) [Video]. YouTube.
The Economics of Healthcare Transcript
TEDx Talks. (2018). Healthcare: Is it a right or a luxury? Tarik Sammour, TEDx Adelaide (13:44 minutes) [Video]. YouTube.
Healthcare: Is it a Right or a Luxury? Transcript
Kaiser Family Foundation. (2012, April 24). Policy and political implications of the Supreme Court case on the Affordable Care Act (1:32 hours) [Video]. YouTube.
Affordable Care Act Transcript
NR226 RUA Concept Map (Mar20)
NR226 RUA Concept Map (Mar20)
Criteria Ratings Pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeIntroduction of Disease
Required criteria
1. Age
2. Medical diagnosis
3. Brief review of underlying pathophysiology
*List what functional changes are happening
*List process that initiated and maintained disorder or disease
10 pts
Highest Level of Performance
Includes no fewer than 3 requirements for section.
9 pts
High Level of Performance
Includes no fewer than 2 requirements for section.
8 pts
Satisfactory
Includes no less than 1 requirement for section.
4 pts
Unsatisfactory
Present, yet includes no required criteria.
0 pts
Section not present in paper
No requirements for this section presented.
10 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeAssessment Data
Required criteria
1. Include all assessment data, not simply information that
As a future nurse practitioner and/or nurse leader, you will oversee care for patients with many types of insurance plans and prescribe treatments which include follow up care/therapy and prescriptions. What would you recommend as options or strategies to improve access to care?
Assignment: Change Implementation and Management Plan
It is one of the most clich of clichs, but it nevertheless rings true: The only constant is change. As a nursing professional, you are no doubt aware that success in the healthcare field requires the ability to adapt to change, as the pace of change in healthcare may be without rival.
As a professional, you will be called upon to share expertise, inform, educate, and advocate. Your efforts in these areas can help lead others through change. In this Assignment, you will propose a change within your organization and present a comprehensive plan to implement the change you propose.
To Prepare:
Review the Resources and identify one change that you believe is called for in your organization/workplace.
This may be a change necessary to effectively address one or more of the issues you addressed in the Workplace Environment Assessment you submitted in Module 4. It may also be a change in response to something not
By Day 3
Respond to the following:
The disease I selected is "Measles"
Briefly summarize an article you selected and provide the reference. Then, address the following:
What implications does the disease have for nursing practice?
How does the emergence of this disease affect your personal practice?
Why do you think that this disease is emerging/re-emerging?
What is the nurses role in preventing and managing the impact of infectious diseases both from the patient and nurse perspective?
Support your response with references from the professional nursing literature.
Note Initial Post: A 3-paragraph (at least 350 words) response. Be sure to use evidence from the readings and include in-text citations. Utilize essay-level writing practice and skills, including the use of transitional material and organizational frames. Avoid quotes; paraphrase to incorporate evidence into your own writing. A reference list is required. Use the most current evi
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Instructions
Read the following scenario, then draft a 3 page business memorandum to Linda Hoff, Stanford's
CFO.In your memo, codify your findings and interpretations from the horizontal and vertical analyses
and the level of alignment in the company's fiscal management and its strategic direction. Include an
Excel spreadsheet as an attachment to the memo. In this memo you will:
1. Review the year-over-year variances contained in the audited Stanford balance sheets and
income statements for fiscal years 201518 in the Week 5 Assignment Spreadsheet [XLSX].
You'll be expected to pay particular attention to the negative variances (color coded in red) that
you believe to be potentially the most impactful to Stanford.
2. Speculate as to the reasons for the negative variances.
3. Examine the common size balance sheets and income statements looking for abnormally low or
high ratios based on what you know about the line item and what you observe in the d
Complete the following for this week's discussion:
Perform a cost volume profit (CVP) analysis on a couple of alternatives that management is considering for implementation (details to be worked out).
Download and review the case study in the Week 4 Discussion Question [DOCX] and the Week 4 Discussion Spreadsheet [XLSX].
These two files contain the data necessary to complete the CVPs (dollar breakeven and volume breakeven) and to create the CVP graphs for each alternative.
Prepare a narrated PowerPoint presentation (15 minutes in duration).
The DeYoung (2015) text describes characteristics for effective teaching in nursing, which include professional competence, interpersonal relationships with learners, personal characteristics, teaching practices, evaluation practices, teacher clarity, and efficient use of time. Effective teaching is not an innate skill that teachers are born with; it is a learned process that is cultivated over time. Knowledge of educational theory and research provides a framework for educators to improve their teaching abilities. DeYoung suggests the desire to learn new teaching methods and the willingness to evaluate one's own teaching are important teacher attributes.
As learners, you can easily recall your best teachers. For this discussion:
Identify (without naming) a nurse educator who taught you in the past and who you believe exemplified excellence in nursing education.
Describe the characteristics that made this educator "good."
How do this educator's characteristics compa