The death of an elderly individual may occur in a variety of settings and circumstances. For example, an individual may die painlessly at home surrounded by the support of many loved ones, or an individual may suffer severe pain for months before dying in a health facility with little social support. In addition, it is possible that many health and helping professionals may interact with the dying person and his or her family.
For this Assignment, you consider a social worker’s role in end-of-life care. In addition to reading this week’s resources, conduct your own research and obtain at least one additional journal article that addresses how a social worker might support clients as they plan end-of-life care.
Submit a 2- to 4-page paper that analyzes the role of the social worker in helping to plan end-of-life care. Include possible consideration of palliative care, euthanasia, hospice care, the living will and advanced directives, and other factors. Research and cite at least one journal article to support your analysis.
Support your Assignment with specific references to the resources. Be sure to provide full APA citations for your reference
Nurses recognize there is more to nursing than skill performance. What nurses know – the knowledge base that underlies performance, formulates a holistic approach to health and well-being.
What are the assumptions that color/shape your approach to care?
APA Styles
Provide three references that are relevant to the content and published within the last five years.
HCAD 650: Legal Aspects of Health Care Administration Discussion 2 Questions –
Instructions: Please answer using your own words in a minimum of 300, maximum 450 words (2.5-3 paragraphs). PER QUESTION 4 in total. Referenced with Three (3) peer-reviewed journal articles or qualified text publish within the past five years and follow APA Manual 6th or 7th editions scholarly writing guidelines. APA in-text Citation formatting is required. When writing replies, please provide your experiences, new ideas, add probing questions to engage readers and new literature on the topic to enhance the learning opportunity.
Questions 1.Federal Laws & the Court System
Part 1: Critical Analysis of the Law
Address ALL questions in part 2 in a minimum of 300, maximum 450 words
EMTALA and Court Cases
The Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) requires emergency rooms to evaluate, treat and stabilize emergency room patients regardless of ability to pay. This has been referred to as an unfunded mandate.
Review St. Anthony Hospital v. HHS (10th circuit) on reverse dumping at https://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-10th-circuit/1432730.html Evaluate the court decision and indicate whether you agree or disagree with the court and the reasons it relied on to reach its conclusion. Include case examples in your response.
Review the HHS Georgia Hospital Settlement dated 4-20-2020 at https://oig.hhs.gov/fraud/enforcement/cmp/cmp-ae.asp (Scroll down the page) State whether you would have agreed to the settlement agreement if you were an executive with Georgia Hospital. Evaluate the pros and cons of accepting the agreement instead of going to court, and factors to consider in deciding whether to settle a case.
Part 2: Strategic Application of the Law
Address ALL questions in part 2 in a minimum of 300, maximum 450 words
You are an emergency department manager at Big Health Hospital. Your hospital is in a large city and serves the needs of the inner city as well as visitors who are injured while visiting the city. You have grappled with problems of overcrowding and have the following metrics:
Door to doctor time: 130 minutes
Decision to transfer time: 390 minutes
Decision to discharge time: 115 minutes
Patients Left without being seen (LWBS) percentage: 24%
You have been asked to create a strategic plan to improve emergency room care. The plan must be presented to the Executive VP of Hospital Operations for approval prior to implementation.
Discuss how you would create a strategic plan. (Don’t create an actual plan, but be specific about what you would include in your plan) The plan should:
Explain what your plan would involve and how it would meet these three requirements.
Explain the resources that would be required to implement your plan in terms of people, time, and money.
Describe the arguments you would make to the Executive VP in support of your plan and describe how it will benefit the hospital.
Question 2. Federal and State Agencies.
Part 1: Critical Analysis of the Law
Address ALL questions in part 2 in a minimum of 300, maximum 450 words
You are a senior compliance officer at a medical device company. The Director of Compliance has requested you review the following two articles:
(1) Innovation, Risk and Patient Empowerment/FDA Mandated Withdrawal of 23andMe and
Prepare a short post for the internal employee blog summarizing the FDA’s activities concerning 23 and Me. What role does the FDA play? Why did it take this action?
How would this apply to future products or services you might develop?
Part 2: Strategic Application of the Law
Address ALL questions in part 2 in a minimum of 300, maximum 450 words
You live in Shiprock, New Mexico – in what is called the Four Corners Region — and hold a professional license to practice as a physician. You would like to open satellite offices and offer services in the neighboring states of Utah, Arizona, and Colorado.
What federal and or state agencies will you need to contact? What is the role of state agencies in licensing?
Does it matter if you are an allopathic or osteopathic physician? Why or why not?
What actions would you need to take to practice in each of the states?
Instructions: Please answer using your own words in a minimum of 350, maximum 500 words (2-3 paragraphs). PER QUESTION 5 in total. Referenced with two (3) peer-reviewed journal articles or qualified text publish within the past five years and follow APA Manual 6th or 7th editions scholarly writing guidelines. APA in-text Citation formatting is required. When writing replies, please provide your experiences, new ideas, add probing questions to engage readers and new literature on the topic to enhance the learning opportunity.
Questions:
4.1. Leadership
Address (Answer) ALL questions in a minimum of 350, maximum 500words
Healthcare organizations are, by definition, in the community. Healthcare leaders should be of the community. What are some ways you – as an individual healthcare executive – can contribute to the community beyond the boundaries of your organization?
4.3. Regulatory influence of the operations
How is the design of aprogram will be influenced by the regulatory environment in which the organization operates? Some jurisdictions are quite prescriptive, requiring Certificate of Need submissions for major projects and even (in the State of Maryland) mandating hospital reimbursement rates.In other places, market forces are left to drive healthcare.What are the relative merits of these divergent approaches?
4.4. Strategizing: Tools of the Trade
Briefly describe one of the tools or best practices of strategic planning or execution (implementation) (SWOT, Service-Value Chain, Appreciative Inquiry, etc.). Provide a URL/web link or reference for that tool or best practice that contains more information. The challenge will be to not repeat any of the tools or resources.
Demonstrate insightful thought and critical analysis about the approach. Propose an improvement.
4.5. Anticipating Change
Identify a disruptive innovation in healthcare (i.e. one that completely changed the market). Why was it revolutionary? How did it change healthcare? How can you be prepared for change?
NOTE: The concept of disruptive innovation can be confusing. It is not a better method to do something, but a new and different way that often causes the disappearance of what it replaces. Think of photography; the emergence of digital technology virtually destroyed the film industry (e.g., Kodak
Requirements: .doc file
Attached are the readings you can also use others materials that you deem appropriate. Please make sure you 3 use in-text citations per question.
Group A will complete the following discussion and then respond to Group B discussion. Emergency Contraception: A16 year old reports to the local Family Planning clinic with concerns regarding pregnancy. She relates she had unprotected intercourse 2 nig
Group A
Emergency Contraception:
A16 year old reports to the local Family Planning clinic with concerns regarding pregnancy. She relates she had unprotected intercourse 2 nights ago and believes she may be ‘fertile’. She wants to learn more about the ‘morning after pill’
What additional information should you obtain from her?
Please use 7th edition APA format. One reference and one incitation. 200 words.
I would suggest you use your textbook as your reference for your first post.
Maternal-Child Nursing Care Optimizing Outcomes for Mothers, Children, & Families (with The Women’s Health Companion) by Susan Ward and Shelton Hisley.
