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Select a community organization or group

Select a community organization or group

Nursing Question

Ill do the audio voice over. I just need powerpoint and narrative script.

Select a community organization or group that you feel would be interested in learning about ethical and policy issues that affect the coordination of care. Then, develop and record a 10-12-slide, 20-minute presentation, with audio, intended for that audience. Create a detailed narrative script or speakers notes for your presentation, 4-5 pages in length.

Introduction

As coordinators of care, nurses must be aware of the code of ethics for nurses and health policy issues that affect the coordination of care within the context of the community. To help patients navigate the continuum of care, nurses must be proficient at interpreting and applying the code of ethics for nurses and health policy, specifically, the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Being knowledgeable about ethical and policy issues helps ensure that care coordinators are upholding ethical standards and navigating policy issues that affect patient care.

This assessment provides an opportunity for you to develop a presentation for a local community organization of your choice, which provides an overview of ethical standards and relevant policy issues that affect the coordination of care. Completing this assessment will strengthen your understanding of ethical issues and policies related to the coordination and continuum of care, and will empower you to be a stronger advocate and nursing professional.

It would be an excellent choice to complete the Vila Health: Ethical Decision Making activity prior to developing the presentation. The activity provides a helpful update on the ethical principles that will help with success in this assessment.

Preparation

Your nurse manager at the community care center is well connected and frequently speaks to a variety of community organizations and groups. She has noticed the good work you are doing in your new care coordination role and respects your speaking and presentation skills. Consequently, she thought that an opportunity to speak publicly about contemporary issues in care coordination would be beneficial for your career and has suggested reaching out to a community organization or support group to gauge their interest in hearing from you, as a care center representative, on a topic of interest to both you and your prospective audience.

You have agreed that this is a good idea and have decided to research a community organization or support group that might be interested in learning about ethical and policy issues related to the coordination of care. Your manager has suggested the following community organizations and support groups, but acknowledges that the choice is yours.

To prepare for this assessment, you may wish to:

  • Research your selected community organization or support group.
  • Review the Code of Ethics for Nurses With Interpretive Statements and associated health policy issues, specifically, the ACA.
  • Review the assessment instructions and scoring guide to ensure you understand the work you will be asked to complete.
  • Allocate sufficient time to rehearse your presentation before recording the final version for submission.

Instructions

For this assessment:

  • Choose the community organization or support group that you plan to address.
  • Develop a PowerPoint with typed speaker notes (the script for your voice recording) and audio voice-over recording, intended for that audience. Video is not required.
Presentation Format and Length

You may use PowerPoint (recommended) or other suitable presentation software to create your slides and add your voice over. If you elect to use an application other than PowerPoint, check with your faculty to avoid potential file compatibility issues.

Be sure that your slide deck includes the following slides:

  • Title slide.
    • Presentation title.
    • Your name.
    • Date.
    • Course number and title.
  • References (at the end of your presentation).

Your slide deck should consist of 10-12 slides, not including a title and references slide with typed speaker notes and audio voice over. Your presentation should not exceed 20 minutes.

Create a detailed narrative script for your presentation, approximately 4-5 pages in length.

Supporting Evidence

Cite 3-5 credible sources from peer-reviewed journals or professional industry publications to support your presentation. Include your source citations on a references page appended to your narrative script.

Grading Requirements

The requirements outlined below correspond to the grading criteria in the Ethical and Policy Factors in Care Coordination Scoring Guide, so be sure to address each point. Read the performance-level descriptions for each criterion to see how your work will be assessed.

  • Explain how governmental policies related to the health and/or safety of the community affect the coordination of care.
    • Provide examples of a specific policy affecting the organization or group.
    • Refer to the assessment resources for help in locating relevant policies.
    • Be sure influential policies include the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA).
  • Identify national, state, and local policy provisions that raise ethical questions or dilemmas for care coordination.
    • What are the implications and consequences of specific policy provisions?
    • What evidence do you have to support your conclusions?
  • Assess the impact of the code of ethics for nurses on the coordination and continuum of care.
    • Consider the factors that contribute to health, health disparities, and access to services.
    • Consider the social determinants of health identified in Healthy People 2020 as a framework for your assessment.
    • Provide evidence to support your conclusions.
  • Communicate key ethical and policy issues in a presentation affecting the coordination and continuum of care for a selected community organization or support group. Either speaker notes or audio voice-over are included for a proficient score; both speaker notes and the audio voice over are included for a distinguished score.
    • Present a concise overview.
    • Support your main points and conclusions with relevant and credible evidence.

Competencies Measured

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

  • Competency 4: Defend decisions based on the code of ethics for nursing.
    • Assess the impact of the code of ethics for nurses on the coordination and continuum of care.
  • Competency 5: Explain how health care policies affect patient-centered care.
    • Explain how governmental policies related to the health and/or safety of a community affect the coordination of care.
    • Identify national, state, and local policy provisions that raise ethical questions or dilemmas for care coordination.
  • Competency 6: Apply professional, scholarly communication strategies to lead patient-centered care.
    • Communicate key ethical and policy issues in a presentation affecting the coordination and continuum of care for a selected community organization or support group. Either speaker notes or audio voice-over are included.

Requirements: 4-5 pages

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Discussion4: imbalances in the muscularsystem

Discussion4: imbalances in the muscularsystem

Research DANON DISEASE and tell us about certain aspects of the disease. Make sure to include:

Each section of your post should contain these headings. Include at least two pictures in your post (i.e. an unusual sign and/or symptom, a chart, a graph, a diagnostic tool). Use the Insert/Edit Image icon; do not include your picture as an attached file.

Some of these diseases affect other organ systems as well; please mention these systems but mostly focus on their effects on the muscular system since that is this module’s topic.

Warning: Do not copy and paste from online sources.Create original descriptions using words from your A&P vocabulary that you have learned this semester. Cite your sources at the end of your post.

Requirements: 400+   |   .doc file

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Please respond to the following discussion post

Please respond to the following discussion post

discussion response

please respond to the following discussion post as a peer making a comment. There are various tools that a healthcare organization can use to increase their logistic efficiency like root cause analysis, six Sigma, lean management, and managing your key performance indicators. RCA is a strategic problem-solving technique that allows you to examine a problem and implement a process to solve that problem to keep it from reoccurring again. This tool can improve patient safety and improve the quality of care, leading to better logistical efficiency. Six Sigma is a strategy hospital management uses to analyze a specific process and analyze the data from your performance tools to implement better outcomes. Six Sigma processes can help reduce waste, improve profits and gains, employee morale, and quality of products and services. (Al-Qatawneh et al., 2019). Lean management tools help an organization create maximum value by reducing waste. This method can change an organization’s way of thinking and value and ultimately changes the behavior and culture over time. (Lawal et al., 2014). Finally, keep and monitor your key performance indicators to be managed and put different processes in place to improve these indicators like inpatient engagement scores, utilization rates, readmission rates, and overall improve the quality of care given at your organization.

Measuring the capacity or throughput of various resources like x-ray equipment and exam rooms can give the organization the value of volumes that can equal the revenue brought in per day. An organization can get an overall view of the average revenue volume that each room or x-ray equipment they can produce per year. By looking at the capacity of a machine and ER volumes, you can also regulate your staff’s productivity per day, which could control staffing costs. Healthcare performance measurements allow leaders to reduce costs and improve the quality and efficiency of care that they deliver. In addition, capacity utilization helps the administration make well-educated decisions on their facility’s capital budget and staffing matrix. Knowing the value of volumes put out by a piece of imaging equipment can give the administration the knowledge to see the return on the investment that they are getting. For example, having low capacity utilization levels can indicate that resources may be over or under-allocated. The resource can be supply cost and staffing. Having an overall view of the capacity utilization for your industry can help leaders make better-educated decisions regarding ordering and long-term utilization strategies.

References:

Al-Qatawneh, L., Abdallah, A. A. A., & Zalloum, S. S. Z. (2019). Six Sigma Application in Healthcare Logistics: A Framework and A Case Study. Journal of Healthcare Engineering, 2019, 9691568. https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/9691568

Capacity Utilization—Manufacturing KPI Examples. (n.d.). Sisense. Retrieved March 8, 2022, from https://www.sisense.com/kpi-library/manufacturing-kpis/capacity-utilization/

Donovan, M. (n.d.). Performance Measurement: Connecting Strategy, Operations, and Actions. Retrieved March 1, 2022, from https://www.reliableplant.com/Read/140/performance-measurement

Healthcare Performance Measurements | Healthcare Outcome Measures | IBM. (n.d.). Retrieved March 1, 2022, from https://www.ibm.com/topics/healthcare-performance-measurements

Hughes, R. G. (2008). Tools and Strategies for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety. In R. G. Hughes (Ed.), Patient Safety and Quality: An Evidence-Based Handbook for Nurses. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK2682/

Lawal, A. K., Rotter, T., Kinsman, L., Sari, N., Harrison, L., Jeffery, C., Kutz, M., Khan, M. F., & Flynn, R. (2014). Lean management in health care: Definition, concepts, methodology, and effects reported (systematic review protocol). Systematic Reviews, 3, 103. https://doi.org/10.1186/2046-4053-3-103

What is Root Cause Analysis (RCA)? | ASQ. (n.d.). Retrieved February 24, 2022, from https://asq.org/quality-resources/root-cause-analysis

Requirements: 200 words

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This paper will require you to research a specific genetic condition.

This paper will require you to research a specific genetic condition.

Writing Question

This paper will require you to research a specific genetic condition. You will need to choose one genetic condition/disorder from the list below:

  1. Prader-Willi syndrome: This is a genetic disorder which includes of physical, intellectual and behavioral challenges.
  2. Angelman syndrome: This is a genetic disorder which physical and intellectual challenges
  3. Cystic fibrosis: This is a genetic disorder characterized by health problems with lungs and digestive system (Links to an external site.).
  4. Fragile X syndrome: This is a genetic disorder which includes intellectual disability, behavioral and learning challenges as well as certain physical characteristics.
  5. Rett syndrome: This is a genetic disorder affecting the nervous system, causing intellectual and physical disability.
  6. Tay-Sachs disease: This is a genetic disorder that leads to the premature death of young children.
  7. Turner syndrome: This is a genetic disorder affecting some females, it includes hearing, vision and infertility issues.
  8. Huler’s syndrome:This is a genetic disorder affecting intellect and has physical features. Premature death.
  9. Williams syndrome: This is a genetic disorder affecting development and health.
  10. “Cry of the cat.” This is a genetic disorder which includes severe intellectual delay , microcephaly, cat-like cry and distinctive facial features .
  11. Phenylketonuria (PKU): This is a genetic disorder which includes if not treated): Mental deterioration, hypopigmentation (blond hair and blue eyes)
  12. Sickle Cell Anemia: This is a genetic disorder which affects physical health.
  13. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: Syndrome caused by the exposure to alcohol during pregnancy
  14. Tourette’s Syndrome: It is a neurological disorder characterized by repetitive, involuntary physical and verbal tics.

Questions to answer: 3 ½ to 4 pages long

  1. Which genetic disorder or syndrome did you select?
  2. Explain the history and causes of the syndrome (when it was discovered, how, by whom, where?)
  3. How can the syndrome be diagnosed? (tests? What type?)
  4. What are the biological characteristics and symptoms (learning challenges, intellectual delays, language delays, etc.…) of this syndrome?
  5. What is the prognosis? (is there a cure, can it be improved, can be prevented, does it get worse, life expectancy? etc.)
  6. Bibliography: List the two books or journals used for your paper..
  7. Did you use in text citations for each of your answers? Did you follow the question and answer format? If you answered, no, then revise and redo 🙂

Please pick any of the 14 disorders and answer all 7 questions. I’m looking to have questions / answer format. Thank you!

Requirements: 4 pages

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Prepare an issue analysis of an incident that occurred in a health care organization

Prepare an issue analysis of an incident that occurred in a health care organization

Collaborate on Quality: Issue Analysis and Leadership Action Plan (9 page(s) or 2700 Words, 0 slides)

Prepare an issue analysis of an incident that occurred in a health care organization and create a leadership action plan (8-10 pages) that will help to address the specific incident but will also help to drive safety and quality improvements throughout the organization.

 

 

In this third assessment in the course, you will assume the role of a newly promoted quality manager at your local hospital. This role requires you to address deficiencies by improving organizational culture, providing leadership oversight, and cultivating staff relationships within the organization. While you have many priorities in this new role, one of your first is to analyze a recent incident that occurred within the organization and to create a leadership action plan with recommended strategies and tactics to address not just the specific incident, but to drive safety and quality improvement throughout the organization.

This assessment differs from the first assessment in that with this assessment, as the quality manager, your focus is broader. Rather than focusing only on identifying specific actions the organization can take to remedy a particular incident that occurred, you are concentrating on what steps you will take as the quality manager to influence the organization\’s leadership to cultivate a fair and just culture. You will determine what departments, what leaders, and what personnel you will collaborate with to improve quality for the whole organization. In this type of culture, safety is at the forefront of everyone\’s job and all associates welcome the opportunity to highlight issues—without fear of reprisal—so that they can be addressed at a systemic level throughout the organization. 

You may find it useful to review the short document CQI Importance and Features [PDF] as you gather your thoughts about the key elements you want to include in your assessment, Issue Analysis and Leadership Action Plan.

Demonstration of Proficiency

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

  • Competency 4: Apply leadership strategies to quality improvement in a health care organization.
    • Apply the IHI Triple Aim to develop a health care leadership strategy that focuses on optimizing health care system performance.
    • Propose evidence-based leadership strategies that will help to establish a safety and quality culture.
    • Propose evidence-based leadership and collaboration strategies to enlist the aid of key organizational leaders in establishing a safety and quality culture.
    • Determine opportunities to enlist the governing board\’s aid in fostering a fair and just culture.
  • Competency 5: Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and respectful of the diversity, dignity, and integrity of others and is consistent with health care professionals.
    • Write a clear, organized, persuasive, and generally error-free issue analysis and leadership action plan that promotes a culture of safety and quality and is reflective of professional communication in the health care field.
    • Provide citations and title and reference pages that conform to APA style and format.

Preparation

To help prepare for successfully completing this assessment:

  • Select one of the three incidents from the Vila Health: Patient Safety simulation you completed in Assessment 1. These are common incidents you are likely to encounter in the health care field. These included a patient identification error, a medication error, and a HIPAA/privacy violation. You may select one of the incidents you worked with in the previous assessments or select another one. Pick one that holds the most interest for you.
  • Consider these analysis questions once you have selected the incident on which you will focus:
    • What information do you possess about the issue? (Note: You may not be able to answer all of these questions; just include the information you know.) Consider:
      • Who was involved?
      • During what process (clinical, communication, operational) did the issue occur?
      • When did the issue occur? During a particular shift? On a particular day? During peak hours? Under certain clinical circumstances?
      • Where did the issue occur?
    • What additional data about the incident would you like to collect and analyze?
    • Which best practices may not have been adhered to that may have contributed to the issue? (Note: This information will prove useful to you as you complete your analysis and leadership action plan.)

Instructions

Write an analysis and leadership action plan for the issue you selected that will enable you to address the issue on an organization-wide basis. Please make sure to include all of the following headings and answer all of the questions underneath each heading.

Issue Summary

  • How would you summarize the key elements of the incident that occurred?
  • What is your goal in addressing the issue?
  • Which two to three key items will be your focus? For example, you may elect to focus on nursing staffing levels if being short staffed in nursing is contributing to compromises to patient safety.

IHI Triple Aim

  • What is the IHI Triple AIM?
  • How does the IHI Triple Aim apply to this specific incident?
  • What IHI Triple Aim elements will you incorporate into your organizational improvement strategy?

Culture

  • What is culture?
  • Why is culture a critical organizational priority for safety and quality?
  • Based on the knowledge you have about the selected issue, what do you know about the existing organizational culture?
  • What are some of the evidence-based strategies you are considering you could employ to cultivate a culture of safety?

Collaboration

  • Which key departments need to be directly involved with the corrective action process?
  • What is your rationale for selecting these departments? For example, you may want to involve nursing because many of errors involve nurses and obtaining their buy-in is critical to achieving the organizational priority.
  • Which specific senior leader, front line staff member, and clinical expert will you include in your action plan and hold accountable for implementation?
  • What are the implications of not engaging with all departments toward making safety and quality top of mind?
  • How might you involve other departments in addressing the specific issue and the cultural issue?

Leadership

  • Which specific leaders within the organization could assist you in addressing this issue and in making patient safety and quality top of mind throughout the organization? Examples for you to consider include the chief nursing officer, the chief medical officer, the patient safety officer, et cetera.
  • What role do you expect these leaders to play in addressing the specific issue and the issue of culture?
  • What best practices would you employ to enlist their aid in the improvement effort?
  • What role does the organization\’s governing board have in terms of quality and safety in the organization?
  • How could you enlist the governing board\’s aid in your improvement initiative?
  • What additional information could you provide them to increase their involvement in the organization\’s safety and quality improvement efforts?

Leadership Action Plan

  • What are three evidence-based actions you recommend that would help to solve the incident that arose?
  • What are three evidence-based best practices you recommend to address the issue on an organizational level?

Conclusion

  • How will you summarize your analysis of the incident and your leadership action plan?

Remember that health care is an evidence-based field. You will need to cite a minimum of two credible references to support your analysis and action planning process.

In addition, in the health care field, your analysis and action plan would not typically be written in APA format. Do ensure that it is clear, persuasive, concise, organized, and without errors in grammar, punctuation, and spelling. Do provide citations and title and reference pages in APA format. Other leaders in your organization are going to want to know what sources you relied on to prepare your analysis and action plan.

Additional Requirements

  • Length: Your incident analysis and leadership action plan will be 8–10 double-spaced pages, not including title and reference pages.
  • Font: Times New Roman, 12-point.
  • APA Format: Your citations and title and reference pages need to be in APA format. The body of your analysis does not need to be written in APA format. It does need to be well written, include the headings specified in the instructions, and address the questions listed under each heading.
  • Scoring Guide: Please review this assessment\’s scoring guide to ensure you understand how your faculty member will evaluate your work.
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