Health & Medical

There are many federal and state regulations when it comes to long-term care.Using the South University Online Library and the Internet, research any four specific regulations related to long-term care and summarize them. Based on the regulations you identified, respond to the following questions: What are the benefits and shortcomings of your identified regulations? Which of these shortcomings have an effect on the quality and the cost of health care services? How? Do you believe there is a link between regulations and better care? Why or why not? Why do you think long-term care services are subjected to so much external control by government agencies? Provide a rationale for your responses. How is quality measured in long-term care? Is there only one, or are there several approaches to measure quality? What are they? Who should be given the responsibility to measure quality?

Discussion Module 2: Body Composition/Causes Of Obesity 10 10 unread replies. 10 10 replies. There are many different views and causes of obesity in our society. I have included three different materials that I thought you might like to discuss. 1. Scripps Research: (View attachment) Do you feel obesity and food addiction can be compared to drug addiction? 2. You Tube Paleo Diet: Paleo in a Nutshell Part 1: Food  (Links to an external site.)   Paleo Diet do you feel this is a realistic way of eating for our generation? 3. Yale Prevention Research Center Dr. David Katz (Google: Dr. David Katz public speaking) then click on March 18, 2010 PowerPoint. View slides 43-61 Dr. Katz sldes 43-61.pptx   What do you think about the polar bear and/or the turning the tide analogy? Also please share with the class ways that you have reduced fat in your diet and/or what type of physical activity you enjoy.

Share an experience when you have failed forward. Share an experience when you have not failed forward. What would you have done differently?

Students applying for admission to the Generic track of the Professional Nursing program at Jersey College must complete a reflective essay. The reflective essay involves interviewing a Registered Nurse and presenting the interview in an essay form. If you do not know a Registered Nurse your admission representative will assist you with identifying an interviewee. Students should use the questions below for the interview in developing the essay. Students may ask questions in addition to the ones below but should keep the interview limited to no more than one hour. The essay must include responses to the following questions: 1. Why did you choose nursing as a profession? 2. What was nursing school like for him or her? Ask them: o.How they managed and balanced work, family and life and the difficulties o·  The level of commitment to school required to be successful (hrs. required for studying, social life, workload, etc.) o .What their clinical and lab experiences were like o·  How they prepared for examinations and the NCLEX 3. Describe their top three patient memories and why they are memorable 4. What does the phrase “NurseLife” mean to this nurse? 5. What is the hardest thing about being a nurse? 6. Reflect and discuss what your thoughts are about the interview. Did the interview change your perspective on nursing, on nursing school or life? In asking the questions above, be sure to ask your nurse to be specific and provide examples and stories. Please do not use any identifying information (i.e., names, relatives, etc.) about any patients discussed during the interview in your essay. For each question limit your answers to no more than 2,000 characters (per question). The essay must be TYPED and should be singled spaced.

Effective patient care, safety, and experience is dependent upon the work and effort of numerous healthcare departments and workers including but not limited to medical practitioners, nurses, medical assistants, medical laboratory technicians, coding and billing specialists, and medical administrative assistants. Proper communication, respect, and teamwork is necessary for a clinic to operate efficiently and effectively. Please read the following patient scenario: You witnessed a coworker’s (Michael – who works in your department) interaction with another coworker, Flora, who works in a different department. Michael was very rude, disrespectful, and mad because he was arguing that Flora didn’t communicate important patient information to your department and caused a patient to have an extended wait time. Flora was obviously disturbed and hurt by this interaction and you know it wasn’t her fault, but rather Michael’s. Please discuss the following concepts in 1-2 pages: Identify and briefly describe two issues or concepts associated with the breakdown of teamwork in this scenario. How would you use internal customer service skills, tools, and techniques to resolve this issue? How can good and poor internal customer service affect patient experience and outcomes?

Synthesize the following: Finding Your True North: A Personal Guide “Complexity Leadership: Enabling People and Organizations for Adaptability” Your newly-emerged insights on authentic leadership and teaming Write a 525- to 700-word article that addresses the following: Who am I as a leader? What is my leadership purpose? How can I remain authentic? What insights from the course will you use immediately, and what strategies will you have to work on?

The United States spends significantly more on health care than any other country in the world. As a county, are Americans getting their money’s worth when it comes to Health Care? Write a 500-600 word response to this question. In your response, address these issues: 1.  Specific areas of health care that may be worse off than others 2. Special population, communities, or geographic areas that may be worse off compared to others. 3. What about the uninsured and the underinsured, do they deserve what they get? 4. What about Medicare and Medicaid, do you think that they are getting more than their fair share? 5. Hospital Care, Physicians’ Services, Prescription drugs 2

To prepare: Watch the media, Protecting Patient Data, Parts I & 2 (Laureate Education, 2012) Consider the differences between the two in terms of how individuals handled the ethics of the situation. Also view Privacy, Security, and Ethics (Laureate Education, 2018) and consider common issues health professionals face in the field. Consider how such factors as sensitivity and volume of data might cause privacy, security, and ethical issues. Reflect on the case study titled The Privacy, Security, and Ethical Risks of Collecting Data on Populations: Case Study. Consider the similarities and differences between the three scenarios. What were some of the motivations behind the stakeholders’ actions? What were some of the constraints related to obtaining data for the research? Write about: -An explanation of which of the seven guiding principles for ethical research as outlined by the NIH have been violated in this scenario. Be specific and provide examples. -Using the Pb.D. framework principles outlined in your course text (Joshi et al., 2019, pp. 338–339), propose two ethical strategies that Dr. Marks could have employed to achieve his goals of obtaining pilot data and ensuring the privacy and security of health system patients. Be specific and provide examples.

Chose three areas the listed below and answer the following three questions.You can use the strategies for managing tasks to help you answer the questions.  1. What would be your policy/procedures on that area? Explain what strategies you used to decide which elements you chose  from the guidelines. Write your policy.  2. How would you train and monitor staff and parents to follow the policy/procedures? Create a timeline for at least three months. 3. What resources would you need to implement the policy/procedures ? You can bullet this section.  Illness policy for children, staff and parents. Drop-off and pick-up Cleaning and disinfection Hand hygiene and toileting Keep staff and children in stable groups Physical distancing Limit sharing Meals and Snacks

Etiology: How one gets this/who gets it/ where it comes from Prognosis: How is the recovery? Course: How does it progress/ regress Details: points of interest: what issues does this patient face?What might this person look like (problems such as one-sided weakness, other features they have, specific characteristics) Medications person may take, what they help with, side effects How is Physical Therapy involved?  Types of treatments done? What would the role be for a Physical Therapist Assistant?Include case study information