Introductory Paragraph, Problem Statement and Justifications for the Study

For this assignment you are expected to submit a file attached to the assignment dropbox reflecting the introduction and statement of problem/research question of your Capstone Project or Thesis (the introduction and statement of problem/research question should be one paragraph of your work). This will be followed by your Justifications for the Study section (the second section of your work that will contain four paragraphs where each reflects a solid argument that explains why your research is important).

I recommend you present the research question or statement of research problem at the end of an informative and well-written discussion that first introduces the topic at a general level and then walks the reader through to the more specific research question or statement of problem that reflects the four elements emphasized in my notes and in our initial discussion regarding your topic (see my pdf under Writing the Research Question or Statement of Problem.pdfPreview the document ).

For the Justifications for the Study section, I expect you to develop no less than four valid arguments for the justifications section that clearly make a case for why your research is important. These four arguments should be supported by the published literature (see my pdf under Writing the Justifications for the Study.pdfPreview the document ).

Cite your sources in-text using the APA style and prepare an APA formatted reference page.

You will also need to create a cover page (see my pdf under Capstone Project Cover Page and Abstract Formatting Guide.pdfPreview the document) and Executive Summary or Abstract. The Executive Summary or Abstract should be no more than 150 words.

This is the topic of this assignment. The health system how to affect the personal economy in Africa

First of all, the topic of paper is health system how to affect the economy in Africa. In the paper, I will divide the article into seven parts. The capstone project will conclude with series of recommendations and strategies of how a health system affect the people economy in Africa. How can be better run and what kind of plans, strategies will help them develop.

We all know is that population is the most important factor in the development of the country. The development of country requires the existence of human beings as a precondition. The better health system is the foundation of a country’s development. We all know that the situation of economy in Africa is not good. The developing of the society is not fast as other countries, The health system has not been developed. People’s medical conditions is not good too.

The capstone of this project will focus on the current economic situation in Africa, the existing medical system in Africa. I am trying to find the relationship between the health system and the economy. I will select some special countries as examples, carefully analyze the status and shortcomings of the country, and use those examples to find out the rules. There is no doubt that a person’s economy is matter for country, the medical system is the most basic guarantee for everyone. I will mainly analyze the relationship between the individual economy and the medical system from the paper and analyze how they promote each other. And from several aspects to analyze the important role of medical systems in the development of the personal economy, and how an imperfect medical system consumes personal wealth and damages the development of the individual economy.

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The use of social media in healthcare

Rosemary Mosco

The use of social media in healthcare

The Deliverables for this Paper Include:

A well-developed 4-5-page paper that conforms with APA guidelines. Your paper must include a title page, running head and references page (this is in addition to your 4-5-page paper). Please reference at least 3 professional journals and 3 websites.
After reading the above statistics on the use and impact of social media in healthcare, you will conduct your own literature review and provide a reflection on both the positive and negative impact that social media has had on:

The overall field of healthcare; the way patients now obtain medical information and emotional support; the patient-provider relationship; patient engagement; the implications of providers obtaining/referring medical information for their patients; the possible use of social media in hospital outreach to specific populations; and the role of federal, state and local public health agencies in governing social media’s use in healthcare.

3. You will need to have the following sections as headings in your paper (except for the introduction which does not need a heading):

Introduction (no heading)

– This is where you describe the impact social media has had on the overall field of healthcare including the manner that patients obtain medical information and emotional support.

Impact of Social Media on Patient-Provider Relationships

Impact of Social Media on Patient Engagement

Implications of Providers Obtaining Medical Information from Social Media sites

Possible Use of Social Media in Hospital Outreach to Populations

Role of Government in the Use of Social Media in Healthcare

Conclusion

Examples of Social Media Sites Include:

Social networking sites, such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Linkedin

2. Collaborative projects such as Wikis (like Wikipedia), social bookmarking applications (like Mendeley)

3. Blogs or microblogs such as WordPress, Twitter (microblog)

4. Content-generated online/virtual communities such as Book Crossing, Flickr, YouTube, Slideshare

5. Virtual gaming or social worlds such as Second Life, Shadow health

Impact of Social Media on Healthcare Field

The use of social media by healthcare consumers has risen rapidly over the past 5 – 10 years. In 2005, only 5% of healthcare consumers in the U.S used a social media platform. By 2011, that percentage had risen to 50%, and in 2018, over 78% of consumers use some type of social media multiple times per day (http://www.pewinternet.org/2018/03/01/social-media-use-in-2018/). The implications this has on the healthcare industry is staggering when you consider that of all the users who participate in social media, 80% are searching for health information (http://www.pewinternet.org/fact-sheet/social-media/). Social media has so greatly influenced the opinions and interactions of both patients and providers, that the IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics has described it as an ‘innovative and disruptive force within the healthcare field’. (https://www.pwc.com/us/en/health-industries/health-research-institute/publications/health-care-social-media.html; http://www.pewinternet.org/2018/03/01/social-media-use-in-2018/).

Impact on Patient Engagement

A 2014 systematic review of the literature published in the Informatics Journal, reported how both video and text-based social media are used and perceived by patients. Their review found that social media can support patient empowerment, engagement, and build communities

Impact (http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1460458213476969).

Impact on Providers

A 2016 survey (https://bmcmedinformdecismak.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12911-016-0327-y ) of the role of social media for providers found that over 76% of them used social media for career advancement, a means to stay current with the latest literature and for immediate healthcare information for patients. The use of social media by providers brings about a whole new set of potential issues including patient privacy concerns, professionalism, breach of contract between providers and other entities, as well as, possibly incorrect healthcare information. On the other hand, 80% of providers felt that having access to social media enhanced their level of patient care.

The National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN, 2011) has collaborated with the ANA to develop specific guidelines for the use of social media by nurses. See www.ncsbn.org/Social_Media.pdf to read a white paper discussing common misconceptions about social media, consequences for breaching confidentiality using social media, guidelines for appropriate use of social media, and case scenarios with discussion.

BOOK: Nursing Informatics and the Foundation of Knowledge

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Which dosage forms are most appropriate for administering drugs to pediatric patient

Rosemary Mosco

Which dosage forms are most appropriate for administering drugs to pediatric patient

Week One Assignment Questions

Homework is to be presented as a short (70‐100‐word) paragraph response for each question. The assignment is to be submitted as a Microsoft Word document electronically to the instructor.

Which dosage forms are most appropriate for administering drugs to pediatric patients? Adults?
What are the processes involved in disintegration and dissolution?
Give a definition of pharmacokinetics.
Examine the processes of absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion, and explain why they occur in this order.
What determines the absorption ability of a drug?
Give a definition of the term pharmacodynamics.
Compare the different ways drugs can interact with the body, depending on their mechanism of action.
What relationship is there between drug response relationships, serum‐concentration profile, and drug manufacturing?
How does an adverse effect of a drug occur? What are the causes of some drug‐drug interactions?

APA format is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.

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Question Description: Assignment: Evidence-Based Project

Rosemary Mosco

Question Description: Assignment: Evidence-Based Project

Tittle: Evidence-Based Project
Choose Topic: Health and Medical
Select number of pages: 4
Question Description: Assignment: Evidence-Based Project

Is there a difference between “common practice” and “best practice”?
When you first went to work for your current organization, experienced colleagues may have shared with you details about processes and procedures. Perhaps you even attended an orientation session to brief you on these matters. As a “rookie,” you likely kept the nature of your questions to those with answers that would best help you perform your new role.
Over time and with experience, perhaps you recognized aspects of these processes and procedures that you wanted to question further. This is the realm of clinical inquiry.
Clinical inquiry is the practice of asking questions about clinical practice. To continuously improve patient care, all nurses should consistently use clinical inquiry to question why they are doing something the way they are doing it. Do they know why it is done this way, or is it just because we have always done it this way? Is it a common practice or a best practice?
In this Assignment, you will identify clinical areas of interest and inquiry and practice searching for research in support of maintaining or changing these practices. You will also analyze this research to compare research methodologies employed.

To Prepare:
• Review the Resources and identify a clinical issue of interest that can form the basis of a clinical inquiry.
• Based on the clinical issue of interest and using keywords related to the clinical issue of interest, search at least four different databases in the Walden Library to identify at least four relevant peer-reviewed articles related to your clinical issue of interest. You should not be using systematic reviews for this assignment, select original research articles.
• Review the results of your peer-reviewed research and reflect on the process of using an unfiltered database to search for peer-reviewed research.
• Reflect on the types of research methodologies contained in the four relevant peer-reviewed articles you selected.

Part 1: An Introduction to Clinical Inquiry
Create a 4- to 5-slide PowerPoint presentation in which you do the following:
• Identify and briefly describe your chosen clinical issue of interest. This clinical issue will remain the same for the entire course and will be the basis for the development of your PICOT question
• Describe how you used keywords to search on your chosen clinical issue of interest.
• Identify the four research databases that you used to conduct your search for the peer-reviewed articles you selected.
• Provide APA citations of the four peer-reviewed articles you selected.

Part 2: Identifying Research Methodologies
After reading each of the four peer-reviewed articles you selected, use the Matrix Worksheet template to analyze the methodologies applied in each of the four peer-reviewed articles. Your analysis should include the following:
• The full citation of each peer-reviewed article in APA format.
• A brief (1-paragraph) statement explaining why you chose this peer-reviewed article and/or how it relates to your clinical issue of interest, including a brief explanation of the ethics of research related to your clinical issue of interest.
• A brief (1-2 paragraph) description of the aims of the research of each peer-reviewed article.
• A brief (1-2 paragraph) description of the research methodology used. Be sure to identify if the methodology used was qualitative, quantitative, or a mixed-methods approach. Be specific.
• A brief (1- to 2-paragraph) description of the strengths of each of the research methodologies used, including reliability and validity of how the methodology was applied in each of the peer-reviewed articles you selected.
Submit Part 1 and Part 2 of your Evidence-Based Project.
Note: Part 1 is a 4-5 slide PowerPoint and Part 2 is the Matrix. Be sure to attach both of your documents (Part 1 and Part 2)

Please see attachment for the worksheet.

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Diabetes and Health Disparities

Rosemary Mosco

Diabetes and Health Disparities

I need support with this Health & Medical question so I can learn better.

Select one (or more) of the Federal issues in which the American Diabetes Association (ADA) is asking you to act upon. https://www.diabetes.org/advocacy/take-action

Participate in the selected issue by sending a letter. Enter your letter in the format provided in the ADA website. When you personalize your response, use the knowledge that you have acquired in this course to frame it as a health disparity issue using the concepts you have learned in the readings.

It is good idea if you identify yourself as a pharmacist in training and provide your clinical knowledge. You can state your institutional affiliation (NSU) or your affiliation with any other group that seems related to your argument. If applicable, share any personal experience with diabetes. Try to be passionate, assertive and professional in your arguments.

You will receive confirmation from the ADA and/or from your elected officials.

Upload an integrated PDF or Word document with the confirmation of your submission, a copy of your letter, a brief reflection of what you thought of this assignment (Required).

As you can see on the document, it has several parts.

Part 1 is a discussion about reading .

Part 2, when you access the website and select the federal issue, you’re going to see that the letter is pre-built there, you just have to work on the PERSONALIZE YOUR MESSAGE section of the letter.

Also, this part requires a brief reflection on the thoughts on this assignment.

In summary, there’s 3 things to work on:

The discussion
The letter
The brief reflection

when you click on the link I provided you, it takes you to the American diabetes association website, then you click on the ACT NOW bottom and the letter should be there on the right side. Part of the letter is done (pre-built), you just have to work on the PERSONALIZE YOUR MESSAGE section of the letter. Once everything is done I will personally submit it.

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