Healthcare

Short Paper — As you read Chapter Four in your textbook, pick a topic from the chapter that you find interesting. Research the topic and submit a one-page paper on the topic using your textbook and one additional source.

Textbook citation
Polgar, S., & Thomas, S. A. (2013). Introduction to research in the health sciences (6th ed.). Churchill Livingstone.

Why is the concept of family health important? Consider the various strategies for health promotion. How does a nurse determine which strategy would best enable the targeted individuals to gain more control over, and improve, their health?

Research a selected local, national, or global nonprofit organization or government agency to determine how it contributes to public health and safety improvements, promotes equal opportunity, and improves the quality of life within the community. Submit your findings in a 3-5 page report.

As you begin to prepare this assessment, it would be an excellent choice to complete the Nonprofit Organizations and Community Health activity. Complete this activity to gain insight into promoting equal opportunity and improving the quality of life in a community. The information gained from completing this activity will help you succeed with the assessment.

Professional Context
Many organizations work to better local and global communities’ quality of life and promote health and safety in times of crisis. As public health and safety advocates, nurses must be cognizant of how such organizations help certain populations. As change agents, nurses must be aware of factors that impact the organization and the services that it offers. Familiarity with these organizations enables the nurse to offer assistance as a volunteer and source of referral.

This assessment provides an opportunity for you gain insight into the mission, vision, and operations of a community services organization of interest.

Demonstration of Proficiency
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:

Competency 1: Analyze health risks and health care needs among distinct populations.
Explain how an organization’s work impacts the health and/or safety needs of a local community.
Competency 2: Propose health promotion strategies to improve the health of populations.
Explain how an organization’s mission and vision enable it to contribute to public health and safety improvements.
Competency 3: Evaluate health policies, based on their ability to achieve desired outcomes.
Assess the impact of funding sources, policy, and legislation on an organization’s provision of services.
Competency 4: Integrate principles of social justice in community health interventions.
Evaluate an organization’s ability to promote equal opportunity and improve the quality of life within a community.
Competency 5: Apply professional, scholarly communication strategies to lead health promotion and improve population health.
Write clearly and concisely in a logically coherent and appropriate form and style.
Note: Complete the assessments in this course in the order in which they are presented.

Preparation
Assume you are interested in expanding your role as a nurse and are considering working in an area where you can help to promote equal opportunity and improve the quality of life within the local or global community. You are aware of the work of several nonprofit organizations and government agencies whose work contributes to this effort in some way. You have particular interest in one of these organizations but would like to know more about how it contributes to public health and safety improvements. In addition, you would like to report the results of your research in a scholarly paper that you could submit for publication.

As you begin to prepare this assessment, it would be an excellent choice to complete the Nonprofit Organizations and Community Health activity. Complete this activity to gain insight into promoting equal opportunity and improving the quality of life in a community. The information gained from completing this activity will help you succeed with the assessment.

Then, choose the organization or agency you are most interested in researching:

American Heart Association.
World Heart Federation.
Peace Corps.
American Red Cross.
Habitat for Humanity.
United Way.
Doctors Without Borders.
The Salvation Army.
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Note: Remember that you can submit all, or a portion of, your draft research paper to Smarthinking Tutoring for feedback, before you submit the final version for this assessment. If you plan on using this free service, be mindful of the turnaround time of 24–48 hours for receiving feedback.

Instructions
Research your chosen organization and submit a report of your findings.

Document Format and Length
Format your paper using APA style.

Use the APA Style Paper Template. An APA Style Paper Tutorial is also provided to help you in writing and formatting your paper. Be sure to include:
A title page and references page. An abstract is not required.
A running head on all pages.
Appropriate section headings.
Your paper should comprise 3–5 pages of content plus title and references pages.
Supporting Evidence
Cite at least three credible sources from peer-reviewed journals or professional industry publications published within the past 5 years that support your research findings.

Graded Requirements
The research requirements, outlined below, correspond to the grading criteria in the assessment scoring guide, so be sure to address each point.

Explain how the organization’s mission and vision enable it to contribute to public health and safety improvements.
Include examples of ways a local and/or global initiative supports organizational mission and vision and promotes public health and safety.
Evaluate an organization’s ability to promote equal opportunity and improve the quality of life in the community.
Consider the effects of social, cultural, economic, and physical barriers.
Assess the impact of funding sources, policy, and legislation on the organization’s provision of services.
Consider the potential implications of funding decisions, policy, and legislation for individuals, families, and aggregates within the community.
Explain how an organization’s work impacts the health and/or safety needs of a local community.
Consider how nurses might become involved with the organization.
Write clearly and concisely in a logically coherent and appropriate form and style.
Write with a specific purpose and audience in mind.
Adhere to scholarly and disciplinary writing standards and APA formatting requirements.

Scope of Assignment
Each student will identify a problem (clinical or public health question) in their field of choice and identify (3) relevant peer-reviewed scientific papers that address their question. They will need to critically appraise the papers, evaluate the evidence, and consider the application of the evidence to practice – what knowledge gained could be passed to relevant stakeholders (e.g., clinical leads, public health professionals or policymakers)?

First
• Identify a problem (clinical or public health, e.g. diabetes, hypertension, vaccination, etc.);
Second
• Select (3) relevant peer-reviewed scientific papers from Pubmed/Medline/ or any other database you have access to.
• Your three studies selected must be different study designs. For example, you can select a case-control study, a cohort study and a randomized clinical trial.
Third
• Critically appraise the papers using appropriate quality assessment checklists (for observational studies use STROBE, for clinical trial use CONSORT).
Fourth
• Consider the application of the evidence to practice – what knowledge gained could be passed to relevant stakeholders (e.g., clinical leads, public health officials or policy makers)?
• Consider identifying the different biases you found in the studies. What are the weakness and strength of each study?
Formulating the Question
The question could come from issues you have come across in your workplace, classes taken during your training, or something you may have been asked by a family or a friend.

When thinking of a question it may be helpful to formulate

Written Report
Your report should include the following:
• The epidemiologic/clinical/public health scenario and question posed
• PICO interpretation of question
• Your search strategy and results of the search
• Brief comment on the body of evidence based on your inspection of the abstracts
• Critical appraisal of the identified (3) papers. These three papers could be individual studies or systematic reviews; however, a systematic review paper still counts for one paper only. At the beginning of each critical appraisal please provide the title of the paper.
• Overall synthesis of the evidence
• A lay summary of the evidence explaining the implications, using words that you might use to answer the question posed by the patient, parent or other non-medical person.

Style and Word Count
Your written report should be in 12pt font, 1.5 or double-spaced, and no more than 3000 words. This word limit includes everything that is a part of your submission except references (i.e. study question, Medline search strategy, tables etc).

Each report should have a cover sheet that includes your name, title for the report, and the word count. On each page of the report include your name in the top right (easiest if you include it in the ‘header’ of the page) and the page number on the bottom. Please also include the full versions of the 3 papers you have appraised.

Search strategy and abstracts
• Appropriate description of the clinical/public health scenario and formulation of PICO question
• Appropriate databases searched using reasonable strategy with MESH and text words as required
• Good summary of evidence from abstracts
• Reasonable justification for selection of papers to appraise in full

Critical appraisal of 3 papers / Application of epidemiologic skills • Demonstrate understanding of key concepts & study limitations
• Identifies the strengths of the study
• Writing skills i.e. ability to describe the original studies and their appraisal in a coherent and concise essay fashion rather than as a checklist
Synthesis of evidence and lay summary
• Arrive at reasonable conclusions from the evidence
• Ability to describe the findings in suitable lay terms
General
• Style and presentation

Discussion 3

View these videos related to finding a job in the healthcare administration field:

How to Find a Job in Healthcare Administration | Health Job

Here is a quick summary of the career path I took but keep in mind everyone’s path will be unique. Think Michael Jordan was a standout player at North Carolina University while LeBron James went straight to the NBA from high school, but I think both have been relatively successful in the basketball field ??

College > internship while in college > obtained undergraduate degree > entry-level position > switched companies for a project management role > obtained masters degree while working > promoted > enrolled in doctoral program > started teaching as a collegiate adjunct instructor part-time > switched companies for a manager position > obtained doctorate > currently seeking full time collegiate faculty position.
By day 3 of this week, make an initial post that is at least 200 words in length (but the post can be longer). Answer these questions:
Describe your career path and where you eventually want to end up. It’s OK to include your high school endeavors. Hey, you have to start somewhere.
Based on the video, what additional steps are you going to take to help expedite your desired end goal?

Develop a health promotion plan, 2-3 pages in length, addressing a specific health concern for an individual or a group in your community.

Note: You will create a plan for enlisting the participation of a hypothetical individual or group in a clinical learning activity based on a health promotion plan addressing a particular health concern affecting these members of your community. A hypothetical nonprofit group is highly recommended.

Although study materials in this course refer to face-to-face communication and meetings with individuals and groups, all assignments in the course are based upon hypothetical individuals or groups.

For this assignment, you will plan for and enlist the participation of a hypothetical individual or group in a clinical learning activity based on a health promotion plan, addressing a particular health concern affecting these members of your community.

Professional Context
The first step in any effective project or clinical patient encounter is planning. This assessment provides an opportunity for you to plan a clinical learning experience focused on health promotion associated with a specific community health concern. Such a plan defines the critical elements of who, what, when, where, and why that establish the foundation for an effective clinical learning experience for the participants. Completing this assessment will strengthen your understanding of how to plan and negotiate individual or group participation.

Demonstration of Proficiency
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:

Competency 1: Analyze health risks and health care needs among distinct populations.
Analyze a community health concern that is the focus of a health promotion plan.
Competency 2: Propose health promotion strategies to improve the health of populations.
Explain why a health concern is important for health promotion within a specific population.
Establish agreed-upon health goals in collaboration with participants.
Competency 5: Apply professional, scholarly communication strategies to lead health promotion and improve population health.
Write clearly and concisely in a logically coherent and appropriate form and style.
Note: Assessment 1 must be completed first before you are able to submit Assessment 4.

Preparation
The first step in any effective project or clinical patient encounter is planning. This assessment provides an opportunity for you to plan a clinical learning experience focused on health promotion associated with a specific community health concern. Such a plan defines the critical elements of who, what, when, where, and why that establish the foundation for an effective clinical learning experience for the participants. Completing this assessment will strengthen your understanding of how to plan and negotiate individual or group participation.

You will need to satisfactorily pass Assessment 1 (Health Promotion Plan) before working on your last assignment (Assessment 4).

To prepare for the assessment, consider various health concerns that you would like to be the focus of your plan, the populations potentially affected by that concern, and hypothetical individuals or groups in your community who may be willing to take part in a presentation about that concern and suggested strategies for health improvement.

As you begin to prepare this assessment, you are encouraged to complete the Vila Health: Effective Interpersonal Communications activity. The information gained from completing this activity will help you succeed with the assessment. Completing activities is also a way to demonstrate engagement.

Please choose one of the topics below:

Bullying.
Home safety.
Fall prevention.
Immunizations.
Tobacco use (vaping, e-cigarettes, hookah, chewing tobacco, or smoking) cessation.
In addition, you are encouraged to:

Complete the Vila Health: Effective Interpersonal Communications simulation.
Review the health promotion plan assessment and scoring guide to ensure that you understand the work you will be asked to complete.
Review the MacLeod article, “Making SMART Goals Smarter.”
Note: Remember that you can submit all, or a portion of, your draft assessment to Smarthinking Tutoring for feedback before you submit the final version for this assessment. If you plan on using this free service, be mindful of the turnaround time of 24–48 hours for receiving feedback.

Instructions
Health Promotion Plan
Choose a one of these specific health concern as the focus of your health promotion plan.
Bullying.
Home safety.
Fall prevention.
Immunizations.
Tobacco use (vaping, e-cigarettes, hookah, chewing tobacco, or smoking) cessation.
Then, investigate your chosen concern and best practices for health improvement, based on supporting evidence.
Identify populations potentially affected by this health concern. Determine what their related concerns may be and explain why addressing this health concern is important for health promotion.
Identify a hypothetical individual or community group among the affected population who would benefit from an educational session about your chosen health concern and associated health improvement strategies.
Identify expectations for an educational session, determining goals, and suggestions on how the individual or group needs can be met. The hypothetical audience needs to be described and the educational plan should be outlined.
Then, research and document their potential learning needs and health promotion goals.
Document Format and Length
Your health promotion plan should be 2–3 pages in length. In a separate section of the plan, identify the hypothetical individual or group you have chosen.

Supporting Evidence
Support your health promotion plan with peer-reviewed articles, course study resources, and Healthy People 2020 resources. Cite at least three credible sources.

Graded Requirements
The requirements outlined below correspond to the grading criteria in the scoring guide, so be sure to address each point. Read the performance-level descriptions for each criterion to see how your work will be assessed.

Analyze the health concern that is the focus of your health promotion plan.
Consider underlying assumptions and points of uncertainty in your analysis.
Explain why a health concern is important for health promotion within a specific population.
Examine current population health data.
Consider the factors that contribute to health, health disparities, and access to services.
Explain the importance of establishing agreed-upon health goals in collaboration with hypothetical participants.
Write clearly and concisely in a logically coherent and appropriate form and style.
Write with a specific purpose and audience in mind.
Adhere to scholarly and disciplinary writing standards and APA formatting requirements.

Description
In this discussion, you will examine steroids, their effects on the body, and their uses as endocrine system supplements.

Objectives

List the functions of major hormones and their effects on the body.
Contrast the methods by which steroid and nonsteroid hormones are introduced to target tissues.
Instructions

Step 1: Respond to the following:

The endocrine system is responsible for distributing various chemicals such as hormones and steroids throughout the body. Some people may add to their bodies’ natural steroids by taking either prescribed medications or supplements.

How do steroids affect the body?
Identify two or more reasons why athletes may take steroid supplements. In your opinion, do these reasons justify athletes’ steroid use? Why or why not?
Should there be more or less regulation of steroid use, particularly for athletes? Explain.

Please free to choose the topic you feel most comfortable writing.

Student’s Choice – You choose ONE topic as your case study:

1) “Defunding the Police” and how you feel that might, if at all, impact healthcare from an ethics/legal standpoint.

2) COVID-19 – How do “Stay-at-Home” mandates impact healthcare from an ethics/legal standpoint?

Be sure to represent all aspects of the topic (both positive and negative and from ALL perspectives – not just your own). Good academic writing explores all perspectives and provides data to support those perspectives rather than personal opinion. You likely will have a strong opinion of your own regarding both of the above mentioned topics, and I hope you do! However, you will undoubtedly be faced with a patient or other individual in your future healthcare careers that holds the exact opposite opinion of yours. It’s tough, but you’ll still need to provide them quality patient care. Think about those aspects as you conduct your research.

Your submission should be double spaced, no title page. See other formatting parameters listed in the syllabus as those will apply as well. A minimum of 2 full pages is required (no partial credit given if you shorten the submission; shortened submissions will receive a zero). Make sure you have a bibliography with proper citations. The bibliography does NOT count in the 2 page requirement.

You must locate at least 5 peer reviewed sources or government websites that correlate with the case study. Use APA format. Submissions not using proper APA citations will be given a zero and may be referred for further disciplinary action due to plagiarism as discussed in the Student Code of Conduct.

2-Pages
1. Explain the difference between an adjustment disorder and anxiety disorder. Provide examples to illustrate your rationale.
2. Explain the diagnostic criteria for Panic disorder.
3. Explain the evidenced-based psychotherapy and psychopharmacologic treatment for Panic disorder.
1-page: Compare the differential diagnostic features of Panic disorder to the diagnostic features of
1. Agoraphobia,
2. Acute stress disorder and
3. Social anxiety disorder.

How does psychotherapy work to enhance our psychological well-being? How does our psychological well-being impact our physical health and our ability to function socially? Choose a specific topic from this week’s readings, summarize it, and make it relatable to everyday life…. any more questions I’m here to ask.