by | Jun 25, 2022 | APA 7th edition, Applied Sciences
Introduction (1 page)
Briefly explain and summarize the case. Be sure to include the specific patient factors that may impact your decision making when prescribing medication for this patient.
Decision #1 (1 page)
Which decision did you select?
Why did you select this decision? Be specific and support your response with clinically relevant and patient-specific resources, including the primary literature.
Why did you not select the other two options provided in the exercise? Be specific and support your response with clinically relevant and patient-specific resources, including the primary literature.
What were you hoping to achieve by making this decision? Support your response with evidence and references to the Learning Resources (including the primary literature).
Explain how ethical considerations may impact your treatment plan and communication with patients. Be specific and provide examples.
Decision #2 (1 page)
Why did you select this decision? Be specific and support your response with clinically relevant and patient-specific resources, including the primary literature.
Why did you not select the other two options provided in the exercise? Be specific and support your response with clinically relevant and patient-specific resources, including the primary literature.
What were you hoping to achieve by making this decision? Support your response with evidence and references to the Learning Resources (including the primary literature).
Explain how ethical considerations may impact your treatment plan and communication with patients. Be specific and provide examples.
Decision #3 (1 page)
Why did you select this decision? Be specific and support your response with clinically relevant and patient-specific resources, including the primary literature.
Why did you not select the other two options provided in the exercise? Be specific and support your response with clinically relevant and patient-specific resources, including the primary literature.
What were you hoping to achieve by making this decision? Support your response with evidence and references to the Learning Resources (including the primary literature).
Explain how ethical considerations may impact your treatment plan and communication with patients. Be specific and provide examples.
Conclusion (1 page)
Summarize your recommendations on the treatment options you selected for this patient. Be sure to justify your recommendations and support your response with clinically relevant and patient-specific resources, including the primary literature.
by | Jun 25, 2022 | APA 7th edition, Social Science - Sociology
In practice, social workers engage with many programs drawn from federal polices to serve their clients. Those policies then have state or local variations that affect program delivery
- Refer to the Policy Research Starter in the Learning Resources. These resources provide a start for finding information on the policies for this Quick Guide. However, you may need to do additional research.
- Refer to the Social Welfare Policy: Search Tips site listed in the Learning Resources for tips on finding additional information. Also note that reputable non-profits and other organizations, some of which you will find throughout the Learning Resources in this course, can be good sources.
- Explore these policies: (Social Security Act, Economic Opportunity Act, Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act), Then briefly:
- Explain how the policy is addressed at the federal, state, and local levels.
- What programs were developed from this policy?
- Reflect on how the policy affects or may affect your community, geographic area, or potential clients.
Then, address this unique prompt for this weeks Quick Guide:
- Identify one opportunity for change for one of the policies.
Policy Resources:
Office of Family Assistance. (1996). TANF-ACF-PA-1997-01(Guidance concerning maintenance of effort, definition Assistance and other provisions in the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996). U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. https://www.acf.hhs.gov/ofa/policy-guidance/tanf-acf-pa-1997-01-guidance-concerning-maintenance-effort-definition
HHS.gov. (n.d.). Programs that use the poverty guidelines as a part of eligibility determination. https://www.hhs.gov/answers/hhs-administrative/what-programs-use-the-poverty-guidelines/index.html
by | Jun 25, 2022 | APA 7th edition, Nursing
Fear, according to the DSM-5-TR, is the emotional response to a real or perceived imminent threat, whereas anxiety is the anticipation of future threat (APA, 2022). All anxiety disorders contain some degree of fear or anxiety symptoms (often in combination with avoidant behaviors), although their causes and severity differ. Trauma-related disorders may also, but not necessarily, contain fear and anxiety symptoms, but their primary distinguishing criterion is exposure to a traumatic event. Trauma can occur at any point in life. It might not surprise you to discover that traumatic events are likely to have a greater effect on children than on adults. Early-life traumatic experiences, such as childhood sexual abuse, may influence the physiology of the developing brain. Later in life, there is a chronic hyperarousal of the stress response, making the individual vulnerable to further stress and stress-related disease.
For this Assignment, you practice assessing and diagnosing patients with anxiety disorders, PTSD, and OCD. Review the DSM-5-TR criteria for the disorders within these classifications before you get started, as you will be asked to justify your differential diagnosis with DSM-5-TR criteria.
To Prepare:
- Review this weeks Learning Resources and consider the insights they provide about assessing and diagnosing anxiety, obsessive-compulsive, and trauma- and stressor-related disorders.
- Download the Comprehensive Psychiatric Evaluation Template, which you will use to complete this Assignment. Also, review the Comprehensive Psychiatric Evaluation Exemplar to see an example of a completed evaluation document.
- Consider what history would be necessary to collect from this patient.
- Consider what interview questions you would need to ask this patient.
- Identify at least three possible differential diagnoses for the patient.
by | Jun 25, 2022 | APA 7th edition, Nursing
In this weeks assignment, you will evaluate two products you believe may resolve your selected issue. The purpose of your evaluation is to find the product that would be the best fit for your health care workplace and would best resolve the existing issue. Remember each weekly assignment builds on the last assignment and will culminate in the Week 5 assignment.
Select two products currently available in the market from the category you identified in Week 3. For example, if you selected EHRs, then identify two specific EHR products, such as Cerner and Epic. If you chose two barcode scanners, you might compare Zebra and Honeywell.
Note: You may use the product websites for information to support your assignment and the websites do count as references.
Format your assignment as any one of the following formats:
12- to 15-slide powerpoint presentation with speaker notes or narration
Infographic or concept map
3 to 5 minute podcast
Explain the following related to each product in your assignment:
- How would each product mitigate the clinical or administrative issue?
- How will each product affect patients, staff, and the organization?
Determine the functionality of the two products as related to the following:
- ease of use (how easy are they to use?)
- clarity (are there clear instructions?)
- time element (is the product time consuming to use?)
- educational needs (what education needs to be provided to patient or nurse?)
- cost (how expensive is the product?)
Includea minimum of 3 peer-reviewed sources. The product websites count toward this requirement.
by | Jun 25, 2022 | APA 7th edition, Business Finance - Operations Management
Prompt: For Milestone Two, you will submit a draft of your proposed needs assessment. You should include a statement of need that allows the reader to learn more about your selected issue, presents evidence that supports the need for your program, and demonstrates that your organization understands the need and can address the issue. If the issue involves a specific affected population(s), such as employees or patients, be sure to identify that populations specific needs. Using what you learned about management theories in Module Two, discuss specific management theories that guided your identification of the issue. Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed: II. Proposal Needs Assessment Develop a statement of need that allows the reader to learn more about your selected issue, presents evidence that supports the need for your proposal, and demonstrates that your organization understands the need and can address the issue. If the issue involves a specific affected population(s), such as employees or patients, be sure to identify that populations specific needs. Refer to the Module Two resources to discuss specific management theories that will be useful for solving the issue. Rubric Guidelines for Submission: The draft of your Needs Assessment must be submitted as a 2- to 3-page Microsoft Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins, and any references cited in APA format. Use appropriate headings to identify each critical element.
The final project for this course is the creation of a comprehensive program proposal. Over the course of the term, you will immerse yourself in integrating what you have learned in your coursework and practice to create an authentic demonstration of your abilities as a healthcare administrator by developing a program proposal to address an identified healthcare issue. This artifact will serve as evidence of your professional identity and represent the knowledge, skills, abilities, and dispositions you can bring to a potential employer. Evaluation of Capstone This capstone will be assessed somewhat differently than other courses you have taken online at SNHU. Your final artifact will be evaluated in determining whether you have demonstrated proficiency in the outcomes listed below. Your instructor will guide you through this process, keeping a running narrative of your strengths and weaknesses in relation to the outcomes as you progress through the class. The project is divided into six milestones, which will be submitted at various points throughout the course to scaffold learning and ensure quality final submission. These milestones will be submitted in Modules Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, and Seven. The final comprehensive program proposal will be submitted in Module Nine. Your final submission will be a culmination of the work you complete for each milestone assignment. In this assignment, you will demonstrate your mastery of the following course outcomes: Demonstrate interpersonal skills, effective collaborative practices, and cultural competence through meaningful verbal and written communication in individual and group interactions Assimilate management principles and functions to foster organizational development, promote effective use of human resources, enhance operations, and position the organization through application of market analysis Integrate knowledge of microeconomic, macroeconomic, and financial principles to monitor, analyze, and interpret healthcare financial and economic data for decision making and strategic planning Appraise the effectiveness, utilization, and integration of information-management systems within the organizations microsystems and mesosystems Translate the knowledge of the U.S. healthcare delivery system, healthcare reimbursement, health policy, governance, and ethical considerations to promote population health and strategic planning at the organizational level Propose strategies that foster a dynamic organizational culture that clearly defines its strategic vision, identifies opportunities, and methodically engages in data analysis using epidemiologic and statistical principals to support strategic planning, operations management, and continuous quality improvement 2 Prompt You will develop a comprehensive, professional proposal that addresses an identified healthcare issue by interpreting the existing literature regarding the issue and developing a proposal that uses evidence-based resources throughout. Program Proposal For your capstone proposal, you should first conduct a preliminary search of literature to help you define a healthcare problem that health-service organizations face. Limit yourself to evidence-based sources only. Select a specific issue or problem confronting a health-service organization that you can effectively address through your capstone program proposal. Examples might include financial challenges, implementation/operationalization of new legislation (such as the No Surprises Act), patient safety and quality, improving internal cybersecurity, or improving the organizational culture. You will identify a target audience or governing body, such as the CEO or board of directors, who would review and approve implementation of your proposal. You will also identify who will be affected by implementation. You must include, but are not limited to including, the following sections in your program proposal. If certain elements of your program are important but not covered below, you should also include them in your proposal. Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed: I. Introduction This should include a brief statement of the issue/problem, purpose of program, and its impact. Identify the issue to be addressed and include an accurate and detailed overview of the issue, including a discussion of the effect of your identified issue on your health-service organization and any affected population. You may consider negative patient outcomes, financial implications, cultural implications, etc. In general, include all information necessary to establish a comprehensive analysis and foundation for understanding your chosen issue and proposed program. This section should also describe the target audience to whom you would present your proposal for implementation (such as healthcare executives, administrators, and board of directors) in relation to this proposal and explain why your proposal would be relevant for this audience. For example, how might your proposal help hospital administrators make effective and ethical decisions surrounding patient safety and quality, culture, finance, etc.? II. Proposal Needs Assessment Develop a statement of need that allows the reader to learn more about your selected issue, presents evidence that supports the need for your proposal, and demonstrates that your organization understands the need and can address the issue. If the issue involves a specific affected population(s), such as employees or patients, be sure to identify that populations specific needs. Refer to the Module Two resources to discuss specific management theories that will be useful for solving the issue. 3 III. Resource Allocation Provide an in-depth description of the resources required to implement your program, such as qualified staff, information-management systems, other technology and equipment, and financial resources, among others. Also describe your plan for accessing and assigning available resources in the most economical way to achieve your programs future goals. In other words, how will you schedule activities and acquire the resources required for those activities while considering both resource availability and the project timeline? IV. Planning Provide a comprehensive program plan that includes its objectives (i.e., measurable improvements in behavior, performance, process, or a tangible item that will result from your program); ethical and legal considerations, including a review of the four ethical principles, ensuring appropriate legal and social responsibility of your proposal; financial considerations and their anticipated effect on internal policy and operations; anticipated issuerelated outcomes and your plan to address them; and a timeline for meeting program objectives. V. Implementation Provide a detailed description of the activities leading to achieving the objectives identified, including your rationale behind their selection, their sequence, and your reasoning behind why these methods may work. VI. Evaluation Methodologies Provide a comprehensive description of how your organization (and potential funders) will know the program is successful. Items to consider include methods for measuring success, who will be performing the evaluation, which two methods will be used (you must include one type of financial evaluation). You should also include your plan for gathering data, including the identification of the sources from where the data will be acquired (CMS, quality data, leapfrog, turnover rates, etc.), analyzing data, using evaluation for program improvements, and producing any specific evaluation reports. Your program proposal should be submitted in a professional format. The final product is suggested to be in the range of 15 to 20 pages; however, design and proper professional presentation are more important than page count because in the real world, there are usually not any page-length requirements. Therefore, the 15- to 20-page range is a suggestion, and you should use your best professional judgment regarding the length of your proposal. Milestones Milestone One: Introduction In Module Two, you will submit a draft of your introduction (Section I). Milestone One will encompass the introduction. You should first conduct a preliminary search of literature to help you define a healthcare problem health-service organizations face. Select a specific issue or problem confronting a health-service organization that you can effectively address through your capstone program proposal. Examples might include financial challenges, implementation/operationalization of new legislation (such as the No Surprises Act), patient safety and quality, improving internal cybersecurity, or improving the organizational culture. You will identify a target audience or a governing body, such as the CEO or board of directors who would review and approve 4 implementation of your proposal, and you will also identify who will be affected by implementation. This milestone will be graded with the Milestone One Rubric. Milestone Two: Needs Assessment In Module Three, you will submit a draft of your proposal needs assessment (Section II). You should include a statement of need that allows the reader to learn more about your selected issue, presents evidence that supports the need for your program, and demonstrates that your organization understands the need and can address the issue. If the issue involves a specific affected population, be sure to identify that populations specific needs. Using what you learned about management theories in Module Two, discuss specific management theories that guided your identification of the issue. This milestone will be graded with the Milestone Two Rubric. Milestone Three: Resource Allocation In Module Four, you will submit a draft of your resource allocation (Section III). Provide an in-depth description of the resources required to implement your program, such as qualified staff, information-management systems, other technology and equipment, and financial resources. Also explain your plan for accessing and assigning available resources in the most economical way to achieve your programs future goals. This milestone will be graded with the Milestone Three Rubric. Milestone Four: Planning In Module Five, you will submit a draft of your planning (Section IV). Provide a comprehensive program plan that includes its objectives (i.e., measurable improvements in behavior, performance, process, or a tangible item that will result from your program); ethical and legal considerations, including a review of the four ethical principles, ensuring appropriate legal and social responsibility of your proposal; financial considerations and their anticipated effect on internal policy and operations; anticipated issue-related outcomes and your plan to address them; and a timeline for meeting program objectives. This milestone will be graded with the Milestone Four Rubric. Milestone Five: Implementation In Module Six, you will submit a draft of your implementation (Section V). Give a detailed description of the activities leading to achieving the objectives, including your rationale behind their selection, their sequence, and your reasoning behind why these methods may work. This milestone will be graded with the Milestone Five Rubric. Milestone Six: Evaluation Methodologies In Module Seven, you will submit a draft of your evaluation methodologies (Section VI). Provide a comprehensive description of how your organization (and potential funders) will know the program is successful. Items to consider include methods for measuring success, who will perform the evaluation, and how the methods will be selected. You should also include your plan for gathering data, using test instruments, analyzing data, using evaluation for program improvements, and any specific evaluation reports that should be produced. This milestone will be graded with the Milestone Six Rubric. 5 Capstone Final Submission: Comprehensive Program Proposal In Module Nine, you will submit your comprehensive program proposal. It should be a complete, polished artifact containing all of the critical elements of the final product. It should reflect the incorporation of feedback gained throughout the course. This submission will be graded using the Final Project Rubric.
