Nursing

Discussion:Future Of Nursing Recommendations
Discussion:Future Of Nursing Recommendations
In a reflection of 450-600 words, explain how you see yourself fitting into the following IOM Future of Nursing recommendations:
Recommendation 4: Increase the proportion of nurses with a baccalaureate degree to 80% by 2020.
Recommendation 5: Double the number of nurses with a doctorate by 2020.
Recommendation 6: Ensure that nurses engage in lifelong learning.
Identify your options in the job market based on your educational level.
How will increasing your level of education affect how you compete in the current job market?
How will increasing your level of education affect your role in the future of nursing?
While APA format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected and in-text citations and references should be presented using APA documentation guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.
You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.
Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.
Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.
The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argu
ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CLASS
Discussion Questions (DQ)
Initial responses to the DQ should address all components of the questions asked, include a minimum of one scholarly source, and be at least 250 words.
Successful responses are substantive (i.e., add something new to the discussion, engage others in the discussion, well-developed idea) and include at least one scholarly source.
One or two sentence responses, simple statements of agreement or “good post,” and responses that are off-topic will not count as substantive. Substantive responses should be at least 150 words.
I encourage you to incorporate the readings from the week (as applicable) into your responses.
Weekly Participation
Your initial responses to the mandatory DQ do not count toward participation and are graded separately.
In addition to the DQ responses, you must post at least one reply to peers (or me) on three separate days, for a total of three replies.
Participation posts do not require a scholarly source/citation (unless you cite someone else’s work).
Part of your weekly participation includes viewing the weekly announcement and attesting to watching it in the comments. These announcements are made to ensure you understand everything that is due during the week.
APA Format and Writing Quality
Familiarize yourself with APA format and practice using it correctly. It is used for most writing assignments for your degree. Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for APA paper templates, citation examples, tips, etc. Points will be deducted for poor use of APA format or absence of APA format (if required).
Cite all sources of information! When in doubt, cite the source. Paraphrasing also requires a citation.
I highly recommend using the APA Publication Manual, 6th edition.
Use of Direct Quotes
I discourage overutilization of direct quotes in DQs and assignments at the Masters’ level and deduct points accordingly.
As Masters’ level students, it is important that you be able to critically analyze and interpret information from journal articles and other resources. Simply restating someone else’s words does not demonstrate an understanding of the content or critical analysis of the content.
It is best to paraphrase content and cite your source.
LopesWrite Policy
For assignments that need to be submitted to LopesWrite, please be sure you have received your report and Similarity Index (SI) percentage BEFORE you do a “final submit” to me.
Once you have received your report, please review it. This report will show you grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors that can easily be fixed. Take the extra few minutes to review instead of getting counted off for these mistakes.
Review your similarities. Did you forget to cite something? Did you not paraphrase well enough? Is your paper made up of someone else’s thoughts more than your own?
Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for tips on improving your paper and SI score.
Late Policy
The university’s policy on late assignments is 10% penalty PER DAY LATE. This also applies to late DQ replies.
Please communicate with me if you anticipate having to submit an assignment late. I am happy to be flexible, with advance notice. We may be able to work out an extension based on extenuating circumstances.
If you do not communicate with me before submitting an assignment late, the GCU late policy will be in effect.
I do not accept assignments that are two or more weeks late unless we have worked out an extension.
As per policy, no assignments are accepted after the last day of class. Any assignment submitted after midnight on the last day of class will not be accepted for grading.
Communication
Communication is so very important. There are multiple ways to communicate with me: Questions to Instructor Forum: This is a great place to ask course content or assignment questions. If you have a question, there is a good chance one of your peers does as well. This is a public forum for the class.
Individual Forum: This is a private forum to ask me questions or send me messages. This will be checked at least once every 24 hours.Discussion:Future Of Nursing Recommendations
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Assignment: Early Language Development
Assignment: Early Language Development
Your initial discussion thread is due on Day 3 (Thursday) and you have until Day 7 (Monday) to respond to your classmates. Your grade will reflect both the quality of your initial post and the depth of your responses. Reference the for guidance on how your discussion will be evaluated.
Early Language Development
 
Take a moment to watch the above video, A Place of Our Own: Early Academics – Part 1. After reading about early language development in Chapter 5 of your text and watching the video, describe a learning center that would promote early language development. Your description must include the learning objective of the center, the materials provided, and step-by-step instructions for implementation of the activity. Make sure to include the specific areas of language that the center targets, the approach you will be using to introduce this center, and methods for assessing student’s development.
Guided Response: Analyze several of your classmates’ learning center activities. Respond to at least two of your classmates. Identify the strengths of their learning centers and/or extend their idea by suggesting ideas, materials, and assessments that could add to their learning center.
Ashford 4: – Week 3 – Discussion 2
Your initial discussion thread is due on Day 3 (Thursday) and you have until Day 7 (Monday) to respond to your classmates. Your grade will reflect both the quality of your initial post and the depth of your responses. Reference the for guidance on how your discussion will be evaluated.
Compensation and Benefits
What impact do benefit offerings have on marketplace competitiveness and the ability to attract and keep quality employees? Do you think pay is the primary motivating factor for most job applicants and existing employees? Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings.

Assignment: Human Reproduction
Assignment: Human Reproduction
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Introduction
Well, it is that time – yes, time for that talk. For this activity, you will develop a PowerPoint presentation about human reproduction. You are to pretend that the presentation is what you will use to give your son or daughter “the talk” about human reproduction.
Objectives
Identify the major structures and functions of the endocrine, skeletal, muscular, reproductive, and nervous systems.
Evaluate various risk factors for diseases within body systems.
Describe differences between male and female body structure and function.
Explain sexual reproduction and development in humans.
Differentiate between diseased states and homeostasis.
Distinguish between the functions of the various glands of the body.
Materials
Computer with internet access
Directions
Make sure you use correct terminology, and include the following in your presentation:
Overall purpose of the reproductive systems
Information about the male and female systems
At least two visual aids illustrating the two systems
Structure and function of the organs involved
Practicing “safe sex” and preventing pregnancy and STDs
Use bulleted information on slides (five lines or less)
Include detail in the speaker’s notes
Include a separate title slide and a separate reference slide
Use appropriate font and backgrounds
Include at least six slides (not counting your title slide or reference slide)
Human Reproduction
Unit VII assessment
Introduction
Well, it is that time – yes, time for that talk. For this activity, you will develop a PowerPoint presentation about human reproduction. You are to pretend that the presentation is what you will use to give your son or daughter “the talk” about human reproduction.
Objectives
Identify the major structures and functions of the endocrine, skeletal, muscular, reproductive, and nervous systems.
Evaluate various risk factors for diseases within body systems.
Describe differences between male and female body structure and function.
Explain sexual reproduction and development in humans.
Differentiate between diseased states and homeostasis.
Distinguish between the functions of the various glands of the body.
Materials
Computer with internet access
Directions
Make sure you use correct terminology, and include the following in your presentation:
Overall purpose of the reproductive systems
Information about the male and female systems
At least two visual aids illustrating the two systems
Structure and function of the organs involved
Practicing “safe sex” and preventing pregnancy and STDs
Use bulleted information on slides (five lines or less)
Include detail in the speaker’s notes
Include a separate title slide and a separate reference slide
Use appropriate font and backgrounds
Include at least six slides (not counting your title slide or reference slide)

Discussion: Research in Health Care
Discussion: Research in Health Care
Question Description
The interpretation of research in health care is essential to decision making. By understanding research, health care providers can identify risk factors, trends, outcomes for treatment, health care costs and best practices. To be effective in evaluating and interpreting research, the reader must first understand how to interpret the findings. You will practice article analysis in Topics 2, 3, and 5.
For this assignment:
Search the GCU Library and find three different health care articles that use quantitative research. Do not use articles that appear in the Topic Materials or textbook. Complete an article analysis for each using the “Article Analysis 1” template.
Refer to the “Patient Preference and Satisfaction in Hospital-at-Home and Usual Hospital Care for COPD Exacerbations: Results of a Randomised Controlled Trial,” in conjunction with the “Article Analysis Example 1,” for an example of an article analysis.
While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.
Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.
Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.
The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.
ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CLASS
Discussion Questions (DQ)
Initial responses to the DQ should address all components of the questions asked, include a minimum of one scholarly source, and be at least 250 words.
Successful responses are substantive (i.e., add something new to the discussion, engage others in the discussion, well-developed idea) and include at least one scholarly source.
One or two sentence responses, simple statements of agreement or “good post,” and responses that are off-topic will not count as substantive. Substantive responses should be at least 150 words.
I encourage you to incorporate the readings from the week (as applicable) into your responses.
Weekly Participation
Your initial responses to the mandatory DQ do not count toward participation and are graded separately.
In addition to the DQ responses, you must post at least one reply to peers (or me) on three separate days, for a total of three replies.
Participation posts do not require a scholarly source/citation (unless you cite someone else’s work).
Part of your weekly participation includes viewing the weekly announcement and attesting to watching it in the comments. These announcements are made to ensure you understand everything that is due during the week.
APA Format and Writing Quality
Familiarize yourself with APA format and practice using it correctly. It is used for most writing assignments for your degree. Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for APA paper templates, citation examples, tips, etc. Points will be deducted for poor use of APA format or absence of APA format (if required).
Cite all sources of information! When in doubt, cite the source. Paraphrasing also requires a citation.
I highly recommend using the APA Publication Manual, 6th edition.
Use of Direct Quotes
I discourage overutilization of direct quotes in DQs and assignments at the Masters’ level and deduct points accordingly.
As Masters’ level students, it is important that you be able to critically analyze and interpret information from journal articles and other resources. Simply restating someone else’s words does not demonstrate an understanding of the content or critical analysis of the content.
It is best to paraphrase content and cite your source.
LopesWrite Policy
For assignments that need to be submitted to LopesWrite, please be sure you have received your report and Similarity Index (SI) percentage BEFORE you do a “final submit” to me.
Once you have received your report, please review it. This report will show you grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors that can easily be fixed. Take the extra few minutes to review instead of getting counted off for these mistakes.
Review your similarities. Did you forget to cite something? Did you not paraphrase well enough? Is your paper made up of someone else’s thoughts more than your own?
Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for tips on improving your paper and SI score.
Late Policy
The university’s policy on late assignments is 10% penalty PER DAY LATE. This also applies to late DQ replies.
Please communicate with me if you anticipate having to submit an assignment late. I am happy to be flexible, with advance notice. We may be able to work out an extension based on extenuating circumstances.
If you do not communicate with me before submitting an assignment late, the GCU late policy will be in effect.
I do not accept assignments that are two or more weeks late unless we have worked out an extension.
As per policy, no assignments are accepted after the last day of class. Any assignment submitted after midnight on the last day of class will not be accepted for grading.
Communication
Communication is so very important. There are multiple ways to communicate with me:Questions to Instructor Forum: This is a great place to ask course content or assignment questions. If you have a question, there is a good chance one of your peers does as well. This is a public forum for the class.
Individual Forum: This is a private forum to ask me questions or send me messages. This will be checked at least once every 24 hours.

NURS530 Advanced Physiology and Pathophysiology Week 6 Assignment
Case Study
The purpose of the case study is to have you expand upon the pathophysiological disease process by searching for evidence-based practice treatment and advanced practice nursing role implications related to the disease.
Case Study Topic:
Select a cardiovascular or respiratory disease process (hypertension, heart failure, dyslipidemia, ischemic heart disease, asthma, COPD, or pneumonia) and discuss how the patient’s lifestyle and environment impacts the disease process.
Identify evidence-based pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions appropriate for the selected disease process. ?
Include evidence-based treatment guidelines for the selected processes.
Analyze current evidence-based treatment modalities specific to the aging population and include evidence-based treatment guidelines for the selected processes.
Conduct an evidence-based literature search to identify the most recent standards of care/treatment modalities from peer reviewed articles and professional association guidelines (www.guideline.gov). These articles and guidelines can be referenced, but not directly copied into the clinical case presentation. Cite a minimum of three resources.
Include the following in your clinical case presentation:
NURS530 Advanced Physiology and Pathophysiology Week 6
A discussion of the pathophysiology of the disease, including signs and symptoms.
An explanation of diagnostic testing and rationales for each.
A review of different evidence-based treatment modalities for the disorder obtained from guideline.gov or a professional organization.
Next, address the following questions:NURS530 Advanced Physiology and Pathophysiology Week 6 Assignment
How does the information in this case inform the practice of a master’s prepared nurse?
How should the master’s prepared nurse use this information to design a patient education session for someone with this condition?
What was the most important information presented in this case?
What was the most confusing or challenging information presented in this case?
Discuss a patient safety issue that can be addressed for a patient with the condition presented in this case.
The use of medical terminology and appropriate graduate level writing is expected.
Your paper should be 3–4 pages (excluding cover page and reference page).
Your resources must include research articles as well as reference to non-research evidence-based guidelines.
Use APA format to style your paper and to cite your sources. Your source(s) should be integrated into the paragraphs. Use internal citations pointing to evidence in the literature and supporting your ideas. You will need to include a reference page listing those sources. Cite a minimum of three resources.

Discussion: Chromosomal DNA Movement
Discussion: Chromosomal DNA Movement
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What major event occurs during interphase?
A person, residing in a location where they are exposed to the sun often, develops a mutation in some of their skin cells resulting in cancer. Consider whether their offspring will be born with the same mutation. Use scientific evidence to support your answer.
Experiment 1: Following Chromosomal DNA Movement through Meiosis
Data Tables and Post-Lab Assessment
Part 1 – Meiotic Division Beads Diagram without Crossing Over
Prophase I
Metaphase I
Anaphase I
Telophase I
Prophase II
Metaphase II
Anaphase II
Telophase II
Cytokinesis
Part 2: Meiotic Division Beads Diagram with Crossing Over
Prophase I
Metaphase I
Anaphase I
Telophase I
Prophase II
Metaphase II
Anaphase II
Telophase II
Cytokinesis
Post-Lab Questions
1. What is the ploidy of the DNA at the end of meiosis I? What about at the end of meiosis II?
2. How are meiosis I and meiosis II different?
3. Why do you use non-sister chromatids to demonstrate crossing over?
4. What combinations of alleles could result from a crossover between BD and bd chromosomes?
5. How many chromosomes were present when meiosis I started?
6. How many nuclei are present at the end of meiosis II? How many chromosomes are in each?
7. Identify two ways that meiosis contributes to genetic recombination.
8. Why is it necessary to reduce the number of chromosomes in gametes, but not in other cells?
9. Blue whales have 44 chromosomes in every cell. Determine how many chromosomes you would expect to find in the following:
Sperm Cell:
Egg Cell:
Daughter Cell from Meiosis I:
Daughter Cell from Meiosis II:
10.Research and find a disease that is caused by chromosomal mutations. When does the mutation occur? What chromosomes are affected? What are the consequences?
11.Diagram what would happen if sexual reproduction took place for four generations using diploid (2n) cells.
Experiment 2: The Importance of Cell Cycle Control
Data
Post-Lab Questions
1. Record your hypothesis from Step 1 in the Procedure section here.
2. What do your results indicate about cell cycle control?
3. Suppose a person developed a mutation in a somatic cell which diminishes the performance of the body’s natural cell cycle control proteins. This mutation resulted in cancer, but was effectively treated with a cocktail of cancer-fighting techniques. Is it possible for this person’s future children to inherit this cancer-causing mutation? Be specific when you explain why or why not.
4. Why do cells which lack cell cycle control exhibit karyotypes which look physically different than cells with normal cell cycle.
5. What are HeLa cells? Why are HeLa cells appropriate for this experiment?

Assignment: General Study Guide
Assignment: General Study Guide
Assignment: General Study Guide
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Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. One of the reasons to study psychology is to
a. better understand human behavior.
b. learn how to manipulate others for personal gain.
c. utilize it in combination with the field of astrology in predicting human behavior.
d. have the answers to all of life’s questions.
2. An industrial-organizational psychologist conducts an experiment to determine whether having control over difficult
tasks reduces stress for game designers and finds this explanation to be true. Drawing on the results of similar
experiments, this psychologist explains these overall findings by creating a
a. hypothesis.
b. testable observation.
c. theory.
d. law.
3. The more general the prediction a fortune teller or palmist makes, the more believable are the results. This fact has been
called the
a. Guilford effect.
b. phenologist’s fallacy.
c. Barnum effect.
d. Gall fallacy.
4. Simister and Cooper decided to find out if there is a relationship between crime and the weather. They obtained data on
temperatures and criminal activity in Los Angeles over a four-year period. When they graphed air temperature and the
frequency of aggravated assaults, they found that assaults and temperatures rise and fall more or less in parallel.
Therefore, knowing the temperature in Los Angeles now allows us to
a. predict the number of aggravated assaults.
b. explain why aggravated assaults occur.
c. prevent aggravated assaults from occurring.
d. do all of these.
5. Which of the following is NOT one of the six elements of the scientific method?
a. making observations
b. intuitive analysis
c. proposing a hypothesis
d. theory building
6. In an experiment to determine if meditation increases mental concentration, the group of subjects who would be
required to meditate would be the __________ group.
a. dependent
b. independent
c. experimental
d. control
7. Which of the following psychological approaches is matched correctly to its view of human nature?
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a. behaviorist——————positive, philosophical view
b. humanistic——————neutral, scientific, somewhat mechanistic view
c. psychodynamic————somewhat negative, pessimistic view
d. cognitive——————–positive, philosophical view
8. A person who praises his or her dog for its loyalty and devotion to its master is committing a(n)
a. deductive-inductive confusion.
b. scientific generalization.
c. the Barnum effect.
d. anthropomorphic error.
9. You have discovered a new vitamin that you believe will improve memory in the elderly. Your best bet for accurately
testing the effectiveness of the vitamin would be to use
a. naturalistic observation.
b. the experimental method.
c. case histories.
d. the survey method.
10. The study of similarities and differences in the behavior of different species is called
a. biology.
b. comparative psychology.
c. environmental psychology.
d. differential psychology.
11. Many teachers underestimate the abilities of ethnic minority children in their classes, which may hurt the students’
chances for success due to the occurrence of a(n)
a. Barnum effect.
b. anthropomorphic error.
c. placebo effect.
d. self-fulfilling prophecy.
12. Regarding psychology and cultural diversity, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Currently, over 100 million Americans are African American, Hispanic, Asian American, Native American, or
Pacific Islander.
b. In some large cities, “minority” groups are already the majority.
c. In the past, psychology was based mostly on the cultures of North America and Europe.
d. The interactionist view of human nature that emphasizes that behavior is related to one’s environment is
referred to as the evolutionary perspective.
13. Which of the following is the best description of a research method?
a. an intuitive process by which cause and effect can be established
b. a systematic process for answering scientific questions
c. any experiment that lacks a control group
d. an investigative observation that relies on commonsense reasoning
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14. Which of the following psychological professionals is allowed to prescribe drugs in all 50 states of the United States?
a. counselor
b. therapist
c. psychiatrist
d. psychologist
15. An environmental psychologist helps redesign a college dorm to reduce feelings of crowding. The psychologist’s
work reflects which of psychology’s goals?
a. description
b. control
c. prediction
d. understanding
16. Placebos have such a strong effect on people because
a. only medical doctors can prescribe them.
b. their impact is immediate.
c. their impact is long-term.
d. they alter conscious and unconscious expectations.
17. Brain mechanisms involved in hunger and thirst would most likely be studied by a
a. personality theorist.
b. sensory psychologist.
c. learning theorist.
d. biopsychologist.
18. To assess your personality, a graphologist would want to
a. study your handwriting.
b. examine the shape of your skull.
c. study your palm.
d. record your brain waves with an EEG.
19. After a football game, several well-respected citizens of this town participate in tearing down the goal posts. This
behavior that occurs in groups would be of primary interest to __________ psychologists.
a. comparative
b. developmental
c. social
d. community
20. Experiments can determine cause-and-effect relationships with the effects being measured by the __________variable.
a. extraneous
b. independent
c. correlational
d. dependent
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21. Jake is a psychologist, who is interested in how people’s behavior is affected by the language they speak, the foods
they eat, the laws they obey, and how their families disciplined when they were children. Jake is most likely a
__________ psychologist.
a. learning
b. cultural
c. community
d. cognitive
22. In an experiment, if the obtained results would occur by chance in less than five experiments out of 100, the results
a. were randomly assigned.
b. cannot be replicated.
c. were statistically significant.
d. were part of a meta-analysis.
23. The functionalists were interested in how thoughts, feelings, perceptions, and habits help people and animals
a. form meaningful Gestalts.
b. introspect and experience the phi phenomenon.
c. adapt to their environment.
d. form connections between stimuli and responses.
24. Which psychologist said, “Give me a dozen healthy infants … and I’ll guarantee to take any one at random and train
him to become any type of specialist I might select …”?
a. William James
b. Ivan Pavlov
c. Sigmund Freud
d. John Watson
25. You see a psychologist and tell her that you are feeling depressed. The psychologist talks to you about your past and
attempts to link your present situation with unconscious patterns developed in your childhood as you interacted with your
parents. The psychologist would probably belong to which school of psychology?
a. humanistic psychology
b. behaviorism
c. psychoanalytic psychology
d. Gestalt psychology

Health Insurance Case Assignment
Health Insurance Case Assignment
Health Insurance Case Assignment
An MCO is a type of health care system that links health insurance with care delivery for a defined population. An MCO delivers health care through a network of providers, determines the prices for services, coordinates care, and manages appropriate use of health care services. According to the National Accountable Care Organization Summit (n.d.), ACOs are provider collaborations that support the integration of groups of physicians, hospitals, and other providers in different ways around the opportunity to receive additional payments by achieving continually advancing patient-focused quality targets and demonstrating real reductions in overall spending growth for their defined patient population. According to Shortell, Casalino, and Fisher (2010), there are at least five different types of practice arrangements that could serve as ACOs: the integrated or organized delivery system, multispecialty group practices, physician-hospital organizations, independent practice associations, and “virtual” physician organizations. The Accountable Care Model (ACO), the health care providers develop and drive the models’ respective agendas (McWilliams et al., 2016).
Given the similarities seen between MCOs and ACOs it is clear that MCOs have a more monopoly set up on their delivery method of care; while ACOs allows for free movement outside or within their integrated networks. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (2015) states that participation in ACO is voluntary. This implies that the patient consumers have the freedom to select the Primary Care Physician of their choice, the hospitals they want and their favorable specialist. Given the current healthcare environment over time MCOs and ACOs can evolve into more organized networks of practices that will actively engage in practice redesign, quality improvement initiatives, and implementation of much more innovate technologies moving forward, for example one of their noteworthy success has been the implementation of electronic health records. The Electronic Health Records (EHRs) are now giving doctors and physicians real time secure access to patients records to better assist them across both MCO and ACO networks alike, saving time, money and creating more vital time providing much needed focused patient care.
Reference
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. (2015). Accountable care organizations (ACO). (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www. cms. gov/Medicare/Medicare-Fee-for-Service-Payment/ACO/index. html.
National Accountable Care Organization Summit. (n.d.). What is an ACO? Retrieved from http://www.acosummit.com/past2011/overview.html
Shortell, S. M., Casalino, L. P. & Fisher. E. S. (2010). How the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation Should Test Accountable Care Organizations. Health Affairs, 29 (7), 1293-1298.

Discussion:Healthcare Profession HLT 314
Discussion:Healthcare Profession HLT 314
Discussion:Healthcare Profession HLT 314
Select an allied health care profession and provide a description of the jobs and services provided by that profession. Research regulatory or professional organizations that serve the profession you chose, and describe an area in which the profession seeks to improve or expand. In what other ways might the profession grow to better serve the ever-changing health care population?
HLT 314V Week 1 Discussion 2
Select and describe one of the key factors that influenced the evolution of the U.S. health care delivery system to what it is today. What challenges and opportunities are still relevant? How is the selected key factor affecting health care delivery today? How might it affect future health care delivery?
You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.
Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.
Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.
The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.

Discuss How Different People Are
Discuss How Different People Are
PART=1 Clearly define variables in your research; however, many concepts studied in psychology have multiple or ambiguous meanings.
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Provide research definitions for psychological terms, such as the following list:
· Intelligence
· Socioeconomic status
· Personality
· Warmth
· Happiness
· Delinquency
· Depression
· Aggression
· Health
· Overeating
· Motivation
Discuss how different people in your class may have had different ideas about these definitions–how one variable can be defined in different ways.
PART-2 Pose a variety of good and bad research questions.
Discuss what makes questions good or bad and how the bad ones can be improved. Do the same with hypotheses
PART3- Read Chapters 1 -5 in the History of Psychology Textbook and comment on at least 1 piece of history that interested you. Respond to one or more of the following prompts in one to two paragraphs:
1. Provide citation and reference to the chapter you discuss. Describe what you found interesting regarding this topic, and why.
2. Describe how you will apply that learning in your daily life, including your work life.
PART 4- Read one of the ERRs for this week and discuss one of the articles or vidoes you found interesting and why. week. Respond to one or more of the following prompts in one to two paragraphs
1. Provide citation and reference to the material(s) you discuss. Describe what you found interesting regarding this topic, and why.
2. Describe how you will apply that learning in your daily life, including your work life.
3. Describe what may be unclear to you, and what you would like to learn.
Discuss how different people in your class may have had different ideas about these definitions–how one variable can be defined in different ways.
PART-2 Pose a variety of good and bad research questions.
Discuss what makes questions good or bad and how the bad ones can be improved. Do the same with hypotheses
PART3- Read Chapters 1 -5 in the History of Psychology Textbook and comment on at least 1 piece of history that interested you. Respond to one or more of the following prompts in one to two paragraphs:
1. Provide citation and reference to the chapter you discuss. Describe what you found interesting regarding this topic, and why.
2. Describe how you will apply that learning in your daily life, including your work life.