Healthcare
Quality of care and patient safety
In this assignment, you will be writing a 1,000-1,250 word paper describing the differing approaches of nursing leaders and managers to issues in practice. To complete this assignment, do the following:
Select an issue from the following list: bullying, unit closers and restructuring, floating, nurse turnover, nurse staffing ratios, use of contract employees (i.e., registry and travel nurses), or magnet designation.
Describe the selected issue. Discuss how it impacts quality of care and patient safety in the setting in which it occurs.
Discuss how professional standards of practice should be demonstrated in this situation to help rectify the issue or maintain professional conduct.
Explain the differing roles of nursing leaders and nursing managers in this instance and discuss
High Blood Pressure in Adults
Jeff is 11 years old and slightly overweight. His father is a truck driver who was recently diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. His mother is a licensed practical nurse at the local hospital. At a recent health science fair at his school, a student-led screening clinic documented Jeff’s blood pressure at 140/92 mm Hg.
a. Is Jeff at risk? If so, for what?
b. Utilizing the Guidelines for High Blood Pressure in Adults (American College of Cardiology, 2017), what is Jeff’s future risk from adolescence through adulthood?
c. How does epidemiologic data define hypertension in a child of Jeff’s age?
d. Are there health promotion activities that you would recommend?
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (most often referred to as the Affordable Care Act or ACA) is the largest piece of federal health legislation of the last 50 years in the United States and has had widespread impact on health insurance and health care delivery. The ACA was signed into law in 2010 by President Barack Obama, and implementation of the ACA has been an ongoing, dynamic process met by opposition and challenges. For this assignment, create a presentation that outlines the past, current, and future of the ACA. In a presentation of 10-15 slides, address the following:
Briefly outline the process by which the Affordable Care Act became law. Include a timeline of key milestones.
Articulate competing viewpoints of the ACA, including supporting evidence for each viewpoint.
Describe successful and unsuccessful attempts to challenge the ACA since its passage, including grounds for appeal and repeal attempts.
Analyze the current impact of the ACA on Medicaid, Medicare, and CHIP/SCHIP.
Describe future issues, needs associated with the ACA by key stakeholders including health care
Primarily Process essay
You will write a primarily Process essay based on the topic of your choice You will use the MLA style format and the Word 2016 template.
You will submit your essay here as a Word document (regular Word, no Google doc, or Notepad, or similar).
Remember: these are general topics. Your title should derive from the topic you choose.
A favorite recipe
A daily routine
Learning to drive / Getting a driver’s license.
How to properly warm up and stretch before working out.
How to rent an apartment
Steps to US citizenship
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that the back is flat and feet are stretched out together. The elbows move out rhythmically with the pushup
Health insurance policies
Select the state where you plan to practice as a nurse practitioner and/or nurse leader and investigate the state’s policies on access to maternal health resources such as contraceptive care including abortion for women with and without health insurance coverage. Identify what are the state’s infant and maternal mortality rates and discuss the possible relationship between these factors.
I plan to practice in Florida..
all discussion posts must be minimum 300 words, references must be cited in APA format 6th Edition, and must include minimum of 2 scholarly resources published within the past 5-7 years.