The Quadruple Aim provides broad categories of goals to pursue to maintain and improve healthcare. Within each goal are many issues that, if addressed successfully, may have a positive impact on outcomes. For example, healthcare leaders are being tasked to shift from an emphasis on disease management often provided in an acute care setting to health promotion and disease prevention delivered in primary care […]

  Start by reading and following these instructions: Quickly skim the questions or assignment below and the assignment rubric to help you focus. Read the required chapter(s) of the textbook and any additional recommended resources. Some answers may require you to do additional research on the Internet or in other reference sources. Choose your sources carefully. Consider the course discussions so far and any insights […]

Quite often, nurse leaders are faced with ethical dilemmas, such as those associated with choices between competing needs and limited resources. Resources are finite, and competition for those resources occurs daily in all organizations. For example, the use of 12-hour shifts has been a strategy to retain nurses. However, evidence suggests that as nurses work more hours in a shift, they commit more errors. How […]

Topic: Public Health Promotion Project Plan  Assignment Criteria:Choose one of the following target group areas and a health focus area from the table below (for example target group youth, focus area suicide)*Target groupHealth issueChildren and AdultsMandatory reporting of child abuse/domestic violenceYouth/teenagers (middle/upper school age)Suicide, alcohol usePrisonersMental health, illicit drug usePeople who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or intersex (LGBTI)Sexual health, mental healthPeople identified 40 years and […]

     PICO and Concept Map Assignment ( at least 3 pages and a page for concept map) Instructions:  Locate the PICOWorksheet in the Resources Tab in this      Module.  See PICO worksheet attached. Review the instructions attached to the worksheet.  Make sure you understand how to write a PICO question. Formulate a PICO question for your “Design A Research Study” assignment.  Your PICO question can be […]

Read the following case study and answer the reflective questions.  Please provide  rationales for your answers.  Make sure to provide a citation for your answers.  CASE STUDY: Family Member with Alzheimer’s Disease: Mark and Jacqueline Mark and Jacqueline have been married for 30 years. They have grown children who live in another state. Jacqueline’s mother has moved in with the couple because she has Alzheimer’s disease. Jacqueline […]

  Objectives / Topics for Case Study Develop a clear understanding of measures needed to ensure coordination between public health and law enforcement agencies, and between federal and state/local agencies, during the pre-event phase of an influenza pandemic. Acquire knowledge about the coordination of public health and law enforcement in declared emergencies. Understand the legal authorities of public health, law enforcement, and other agencies available […]

This week you will be creating an Implementation Plan that will be attached to your final Evidence Based Project. In the article read last week, “EBP Step by Step Following the evidence: Planning for sustainable change” an Implementation Plan is provided for an example.  In your text (4th ed) the ‘ARCC Model Timeline for an EBP Implementation Project” (Appendix I) template is available for guidance. […]

  Personal Philosophy of Nursing Essay  The essay is to be typewritten and double-spaced (1,000 words) and should include the following: Introduction that includes who you are and where you practice nursing Definition of nursing Assumptions or underlying beliefs Definitions and examples of the major domains of nursing  A summary that includes answers to the following questions:  a. How are the domains connected?   b. What is your vision of nursing […]

 For this assignment, you will research and prepare a community-level strategic plan that addresses a key public health issue.Potential topics may include: Using prenatal and infancy home visits to prevent child abuse and neglect Preventing falls in the elderly Reducing population salt intake Reducing tobacco use among adults Preventing risky sexual behavior among youth and young adults Reducing drug experimentation among young adults Include the […]