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PROPOSE METHODOLOGIES THAT HAVE BEEN PROVEN TO INCREASE VALUE IN HEALTH CARE DELIVERY SYSTEMS.

Assignment 1: Value Proposition in Patient Care   Paradise Hospital, Inc. is a for-profit hospital. As the facility’s new  hospital administrator, you have been tasked with improving the service  value of the hospital. The administration has not done this process  since the hospital began operating in the year 1995. The investors are  not familiar with the […]

Quality Improvement Initiative

When attempting to garner support for a quality improvement initiative, it is important to demonstrate how the initiative supports the organization’s mission, vision, and values, as well as external factors that influence an organization’s priorities. Delivering a proposal for a quality improvement initiative requires clear, concise communication of the plan. By tomorrow Tuesday 01/09/18 by […]

history of and trends in nursing and nursing education. the role of the nurse educator has expanded with the times and moved beyond the faculty role in basic nursing education programs.

Instructions: write a 2-page article about the history of and trends in nursing and nursing education. the role of the nurse educator has expanded with the times and moved beyond the faculty role in basic nursing education programs. nurse educators are also staff development specialists, clinical nurse educators, nurse navigators, patient educators, researchers, and community […]

Evaluation

     An educational program’s worth is determined by a process that is defined as an evaluation (Keating & DeBoor, 2018).  “Evaluation is a broad term that describes the process of determining the value, worth, or quality” (Billings & Halstead, 2016, p. 385).  There are several evaluation models that are utilized by nursing programs and […]

Identify and state how the RN’s personal beliefs and feelings can impact having these end of life conversations with patients and families.

QUESTION Nursing When people are faced with terminal illnesses and death, they usually need support and guidance to identify how they want to live the end of their life. The RN can play a vital role in this process. Ellen Goodman started what is called “The Conversation project” in 2012 to champion this need. Initial […]

Define community activism and its impact on health outcomes.

1. Define community activism and its impact on health outcomes. 2. Examine the role of nursing professionals in community activism. 3. Review the components of successful coalition building, maintenance, and success. 4. Describe the key concepts underlying community activism and give examples of how each of these concepts applies to a specific context.  5. Examine […]

Drug Treatments For HIV/AIDS

While HIV/AIDS is still currently incurable, the prognosis for patients with this infectious disease has improved due to advancements in drug treatments. Consider the case of Kristy Aney. Kristy was diagnosed with HIV in 1992 and was told she would survive, at most, 10 more years. Despite unfavorable odds, Kristy is still alive 20 years […]

a. Construct an R-chart for the nursing care process

A hospital has used control charts continuously since 1978 to monitor the quality of its nursing care. A set of 363 scoring criteria, or standards, are applied at critical points in the patients' stay to determine whether the patients are receiving beneficial nursing care. Auditors regularly visit each hospital unit, sample two patients, and evaluate […]