In a paper of 800 words, describe the relationship between health care cost and quality. Address the following: Select one public agency and one private agency and differentiate their roles and major activities in addressing cost and quality in health care. See Topic 4 readings for sources regarding health care agencies. Analyze current and projected initiatives to improve quality while simultaneously controlling costs. Describe any unintended […]

  Identify a quality improvement opportunity in your organization or practice. In a 1,250-1,500 word paper, describe the problem or issue and propose a quality improvement initiative based on evidence-based practice. Apply “The Road to Evidence-Based Practice” process, illustrated in Chapter 4 of your textbook, to create your proposal. Include the following: Provide an overview of the problem and the setting in which the problem […]

This assignment will incorporate a common practical tool in helping clinicians begin to ethically analyze a case. Organizing the data in this way will help you apply the four principles and four boxes approach. Based on the “Case Study: Healing and Autonomy” and other required topic study materials, you will complete the “Applying the Four Principles: Case Study” document that includes the following: Part 1: […]

  Assignment: Determine a work area in your organization that you would like to use for assignments in this course. Focusing on one area will help you organize your work for any future assignment.   Construct a presentation using PowerPoints® with voice over and create a twelve-step project charter for your workflow redesign. This should be about a health care system component (Example of a system […]

   Topic: Multidimensional Care for Sarah  Directions Sarah is a 69-year-old female that presented to the emergency department with shortness of breath. Her past medical history includes anxiety and PTSD. Her pulse oximetry on room air is 82% and she complains of numbness in her fingers. You notify the provider, and he orders oxygen at 2 L via nasal canulla NC. Sarah’s chest x-ray reveals […]

Please refer to uploaded image   Nursing model and theories   Write on this two theories and apply in the case study. traditonal:dorothea orem nursing theory comtempary :peplau nursing theory   Case study: for case study section   mr Marc is a patient who has just been admitted to the surgical ward after undergoing right shoulder surgery .marc suffered a break to his left collarbone […]

McGonigle, D., & Mastrian, K. G. (2015). Nursing informatics and the foundation of knowledge (3rd ed.). Burlington, MA: Jones and Bartlett Learning. Huser, V., Rasmussen, L. V., Oberg, R., & Starren, J. B. (2011). Implementation of workflow engine technology to deliver basic clinical decision support functionality. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 11(1), 43–61. Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.   In this article, the authors describe […]

    Case 2: Volume 1, Case #7: The case of physician do not heal thyself     PATIENT FILE 69 The Case: The case of physician do not heal thyself The Question: Does the patient have a complex mood disorder, a personality disorder or both? The Dilemma: How do you treat a complex and long-term unstable disorder of mood in a diffi cult patient? Pretest […]

 Rate yourself using the results from the “Nurse Manager Skills Inventory”: http://www.aone.org/resources/nurse-manager-skills-inventory.pdf Write a reflection of 750-1,000 words in which you identify your strengths and weaknesses related to the four content areas below: Personal and professional accountability Career planning Personal journey disciplines Reflective practice reference behaviors/tenets Discuss how you will use your current leadership skill set to advocate for change in your workplace. Identify one personal goal […]

   Measurement Systems and Methods  The process of constructing a balanced scorecard for either financial goal setting or tracking of patient and employee satisfaction can be controversial. For example, a hospital’s financial scorecard provides a snapshot of gathered data for the hospital, but the data may be out of context, which makes it difficult to identify specific problems. It is evident that both scorecards and […]