Healthcare

Write an essay addressing each of the following points/questions. Be sure to completely answer all the questions for each number item. There should be three sections, one for each item number below, as well the introduction (heading is the title of the essay) and conclusion paragraphs. Separate each section in your paper with a clear heading that allows your professor to know which bullet you are addressing in that section of your paper. Support your ideas with at least three (3) citations in your essay. Make sure to reference the citations using the APA writing style for the essay. The cover page and reference page do not count towards the minimum word amount. Review the rubric criteria for this assignment.Identify the current role of the informatics nurse and predict the future role of the informatics nurse, based on scholarly sources.Explain what is meant by connected health. Provide three examples of connected health in today’s healthcare environment. Explain the benefits and drawbacks of each.In what ways has informatics impacted public health – please provide at least three examples.

In a maximum of 500 words, please tell us your educational and career goals. We are especially interested to learn why you have chosen the Bachelor of Science in Health Sciences, and why you believe you are a good fit for this program. 

Finalize your sustainability initiative by combining parts 1 through 5 of the sustainability initiative assignments: Sustainability initiative proposal analysis of the costs and benefits associated with your initiative evaluation of how your initiative will improve patient care and outcomes evaluation of how your initiative will reduce waste suggestions for community partnerships and education programsPetition to the leadership for resources to enact the initiative compiled a 6- to 8-page paper of your sustainability initiative. Include diagrams, flowcharts, and other visuals that support your initiative.Include your annotated bibliography that contains each article you identified in the Weeks Two through Five Article Search assignments and include it in your paper.Create a 2-minute executive summary video to advocate for your initiative. Summarize the initiative, discuss short- and long-term sustainable needs, identify obstacles, and emphasize the benefits of the initiative.Cite 3 reputable references to support your assignment (e.g., trade or industry publications, government or agency websites, scholarly works, or other sources of similar quality).Format your assignment according to APA guidelines.

Assignment: Academic Success and Professional Development Plan Part 2: Academic Resources and StrategiesNewconstruction projects begin with a design phase, where architects blueprint the vision complete with design details. They work in collaboration with builders who use the designs to prepare the appropriate strategies, tools, and materials to bring the vision to reality. You are both architect and builder of your success. You have started to blueprint your vision in your Academic Success and Professional Development Plan. You have identified others with whom you will collaborate. Now you can begin to prepare the appropriate strategies, tools, and materialsHow will you approach your studies? What types of resources are available to you, and how will you access and utilize them? Taking the opportunity to prepare these strategies, tools, and materials will help ensure you can “break ground” without incident and successfully move to the phase where you begin building your vision.To Prepare:Consider your goals for academic accomplishments while a student of the MSN program.Reflect on the strategies presented in the Resources for this week.The Assignment:Clearly identify and accurately describe in detail at least three academic resources or strategies that can be applied to the MSN program.Clearly identify and accurately describe in detail at least three professional resources that can be applied to success in the nursing practice in general or in a specialty.Clearly and thoroughly explain in detail how you intend to use these resources, and how they might benefit you academically and professionally.

Identify and read two to three articles that discuss how patient education can reduce health care costs.Note: If relevant articles are not found in the University Library, expand your search to outside sources and materials.Identify best practices you can use in your sustainability initiative.Write a 500-word summary for each citation that explains how the article supports the sustainability initiative you are developing in this course.Format your assignment according to APA guidelines. Format your assignment according to APA guidelines. Use an annotated bibliography from APA.

Identify two mechanisms used to transport oxygen and three mechanisms used to transport carbon dioxide in the body Determine whether there is sufficient oxygen delivery to the tissues using the arteriovenous difference or C(a-v)O2 calculation. Normal cellular function and survival depend upon a continuous supply of oxygen. Inspired oxygen from the environment moves across the alveolar-capillary membrane into the blood and is then transported to the tissues. This delivery of oxygen sustains aerobic cellular metabolism throughout the body. Aerobic cellular metabolism is metabolism that takes place at the cellular level with the use of oxygen. This type of metabolism allows our cells to convert proteins, carbohydrates, and fats into adenosine triphosphate (ATP) also known as energy. This energy allows for normal body functions such as muscle movement, digestion, respiration, and circulation. As oxygen and glucose are utilized by the mitochondria of the cell to produce ATP, one of the gases produced is carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide is a byproduct of aerobic cellular metabolism and is of no use to the cells; therefore, it is excreted by the cells. Carbon dioxide (CO2) is removed from the body through the process of ventilation. Understanding oxygen and carbon dioxide transport help respiratory therapists identify problems that occur with certain pulmonary and airway emergencies. Keeping in mind that ventilation is controlled by the hypothalamus of the brain, you are working the night shift at a local hospital and a 26-year-old victim of a motorcycle accident arrives in the emergency department. He sustained significant head trauma and it has been determined that he has increased intracranial pressures as a result. You notice he has irregular breathing. You obtain an ABG and report a PaCO2 of 55 and a pH of 7.25. Respiratory therapists respond to these types of emergencies often. We must be able to recognize when our patients are deteriorating and when they are doing well. ABGs allow us to measure changes in status and help us determine our plan of action. The ABG you obtained reveals that our 26-year-old motorcycle victim is in respiratory failure and is unable to ventilate effectively, which means he is not breathing out enough CO2. The increase in CO2 has caused an imbalance in his acids and bases and therefore, a decrease in his pH has caused his blood to become more acidotic. Prompt Watch the video from Khan Academy before completing the assignment. This video will help you to understand how oxygen (O2) and carbon dioxide (CO2) is transported in the body. Hemoglobin moves O2 and CO2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QP8ImP6NCk (Links to an external site.) In your own words, provide detailed responses to the following: In detail, describe the two ways that oxygen is transported from the lungs to the tissues. Describe the three ways that carbon dioxide is transported from the tissues to the lungs. Explain the chemical reason most of the CO2 carried from the tissues to the lungs in the form of HCO3- through the RBC. Explain what is arterial oxygen content (CaO2) and the clinical importance of the CaO2 value. What basic information is provided by the venous oxygen content (CvO2)? Provide the extensive information that is provided by the Arterial-venous Oxygen Content Difference (C(a-v)O2) value; how is it important in a clinical assessment? Give the full formula for the C(a-v)O2. Describe the following: Oxyhemoglobin Carbaminohemoglobin Requirements (read these carefully): Submit your responses, in your own words, as an essay form, complete sentences, in at least 500 words on a Word document (excluding the prompt, title, cover page, citations/references, quotations). This is a formal written project, grammar, and spelling count. You must include at least two references (the course text being one of your references) to defend and support your position. APA is encouraged.

This week is about choosing your topic for your final paper. I’ve provided a list of possible topics. You can choose from the list or select one of your own. Choose a topic that’s appropriate to the length of your paper (5 pages – not including title page and references). Choose a topic that interests you! List of Healthcare Services Administration research paper topics • Technical impact on the improvement of health • What is the role of the healthcare management team to maintain the security of patients? • Healthcare education & training • What is the importance of good human resources in the healthcare industry? • Challenges confronted by the healthcare management team to manage the privacy of patients. • Role of financial management software and its knowledge in the healthcare department for the management. • Healthcare management & leadership • Advantages and Challenges of E-health Technology. • Scientific innovations + progress • Several ways the government invest in the development of healthcare services in the United States • Challenges confronted by the healthcare management team to manage the privacy of patients. • Inequalities that exist in healthcare & medicine • How to motivate your staff of the hospital to bring out the maximum output from their work for the hospital? • Controversial Issues in the US Healthcare System • A shift from inpatient hospitalization to ambulatory care • How are the prisoners treated regarding health? • A culture of quality improvement • Cost cutting measures and effectiveness of healthcare models • Decreasing waiting times in in private hospitals • Patient satisfaction in public versus private hospitals • Waste disposal management in hospitals • Absenteeism in public hospitals • Methods used to improve staff relations in healthcare environment • The correlation between the quality of patient service and revenue • Efficiency of the ongoing breast cancer research studies • Third-party Payers • The primary problems associated with the mental health economy • The impact of regular staff training on the quality of patient services • Legal responsibility of the hospital administration • Bioethic: what is this and why it emerged? • Euthanasia and assisted suicide: the moral aspects. Is it still healthcare? • The most dangerous illnesses of 21 century • The differences between public and private healthcare • How Can We Achieve Health Equity? • The Biggest Health Challenges Facing Youth nstructions: You will use proper MLA format to write an annotated bibliography that includes at least eight sources. You will begin the paper with your tentative thesis statement or at least an idea of how you are narrowing your topic. Then, you will provide citations (in alphabetical order) for sources that you think will be useful for your research. After each citation, you will write a paragraph that discusses the main ideas of the source and the ways that you can use the information in the source for your research paper. The annotated bibliography should be more than three pages long. Source Requirements: 8 total sources. You will use at least six scholarly sources, any combination of six books and scholarly journal articles. If you choose to use a website, you must be able to show that the site is credible by providing information about the author or organization that published the website. You may also use magazines, newspaper articles, documentaries, interviews, and other non-traditional sources, but these types of sources are not required. Annotation Requirements: In the paragraphs following your citations, you must provide specific examples of the kinds of information found in the source. You also must explain how this specific source will be useful in your research. What kind of information do you find in this source that you are not getting from other sources? You can also write about the accessibility of the source, and if you are using a website, you must write about the author’s credibility. Evaluation: This assignment will be worth 100 points: 10 points for the thesis, 10 points for alphabetical order and proper MLA format, 5 points for each citation (for a total of 40 points), and 5 points for each annotation (for a total of 40 points). Rough Draft Due: March 23 by 8:00 PM. Final Draft Due: Apr. 2 in Class Instructions: You will use proper APA format to write an annotated bibliography that includes at least six (6) sources. You will begin the paper with your tentative thesis statement or at least an idea of how you are narrowing your topic. Then, you will provide citations (in alphabetical order) for sources that you think will be useful for your research. After each citation, you will write a paragraph (150 – 200 words) that discusses the main ideas of the source and the ways that you can use the information in the source for your research paper. Requirements: Six (6) total sources. You should use at least 2 scholarly sources, any combination of books and scholarly journal articles. If you choose to use a website, you must be able to show that the site is credible by providing information about the author or organization that published the website. You may also use magazines, newspaper articles, documentaries, interviews, and other non-traditional sources. Annotation Requirements: In the paragraphs following your citations, you must provide specific examples of the kinds of information found in the source. You also must explain how this specific source will be useful in your paper. What kind of information do you find in this source that you are not getting from other sources? You can also write about the accessibility of the source, and if you are using a website, you must write about the author’s credibility. Most importantly, an annotated bibliography is an ORIGINAL WORK CREATED BY YOU for your instructor to evaluate and grade. Copying any part of the source and including it in your annotated bibliography is plagiarism and intellectual dishonesty. Evaluation: This assignment will be worth 25 points: 7 points for alphabetical order and proper APA format 1 point for each citation (for a total of 6 points), 2 points for each annotation (for a total of 12 points).

Assignment Instructions Create either a 5 Whys or a Fishbone diagram for each of the two short-term opportunities and the one long-term opportunity you identified during your Gemba Walk. Work through each step of the 5 Whys or Fishbone processes to find the root cause(s) of each problem. You are creating 3 different diagrams.

In this course, you will progressively work on a system implementation process in six stages: Week 1: System planningWeek 2: System analysisWeek 3: System selectionWeek 4: System implementationWeek 5: User training and system maintenance  This week you will start with system planning  while considering the following components: Describe a fictional healthcare organization: type, size of staff, and amount and type of patients it is able to serve.Establish the need for a system.Set achievable goals and objectives.Allocate a budget.Identify a project manager (a fictitious name and title) and project team (fictitious names and titles).Determine whether to build in-house or acquire from outside, and support your decision with reasoning.Set a timeline for system implementation or project completion.

On the basis of your observations, create a 1- to 2-page report. Your report should address the following questions: After going through the statistics: What information or statistic you find either surprising or reasonable? Do you anticipate the statistics will be similar in ten years? Why or why not? The current structure of healthcare coverage in the United States has a combination of employer-based coverage and public program (e.g., Medicare, Medicaid) coverage, with a large uninsured population. If a single-payer system is implemented where Medicare is expanded to cover all citizens for those who prefer private insurance, there will be comparable coverage under the same range of private insurance plans already available. Keeping in mind these considerations, answer the following questions: What do you think about allowing some people to purchase additional insurance, thereby creating a two-tier health system based on affordability? What are the advantages and disadvantages of this initiative? Considering the fact that healthcare is not a guaranteed right for everyone in the United States, there are different kinds of barriers and obstacles in obtaining healthcare. In contrast to this fact, the notions of equity and fairness are considered very important. You will notice that these notions aren’t considered when we discuss people’s access to other goods, such as cars and computers. What are these barriers? Give examples of the different barriers to health care under the following headings: Financial barriers Scarcity of healthcare providers Barriers to access healthcare Cultural barriers Barriers of healthcare resources How would you define the term, “equity and fairness”, in the context of the healthcare situations prevailing in the United States and Canada? Why are they considered important when discussing people’s access to care? It is believed that government funded healthcare for all citizens is consistent with a capitalist economy and the cultural values of self-determination and free enterprise. Do you agree with this statement? If not, what other approaches do you think will resolve the current inequities in the system?