Nursing homework help

Physical Activity Resource Brochure
After reading the websites cited in the Overview and your peer’s Discussion posts develop a one-page Physical Activity Resource Brochure/infographic. Imagine that your peers all live in the same general location. Research one fun and unusual but accessible activity that will meet the physical activity goals of you and your peers.
Remember to search for activities on Living Social, Groupon, Department of Recreation and Parks brochures, club and meetings sections of the newspaper, bulletin boards in your favorite neighborhood coffee shop or grocery store, etc. Develop a one-page infographic as the brochure which offers information on:

  • a description of the activity
  • cost
  • when and where
  • website or copy of the listing location

The activity should be described as above noted with the addition of photos or graphics to enhance the brochure. Pictures and graphics are required.
You may submit your brochure/infographic in PowerPoint, PDF, Word or Microsoft Publisher format. View websites on how to create an 8 X 11.5 color infographic (one-page Word or pdf. document), but do not purchase formatting options.

Assignment Expectations:
Length: One-page
Structure: One-page colored infographic/brochure
References: Use appropriate APA style in-text citations and references for all resources utilized to answer the questions.  A minimum of two (2) scholarly sources are required for this assignment. Citations on infographic where used, references at the bottom of infographic.

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conduct a SWOT analysis for a health care organization.

Question Description

Assignment 1: SWOT Analysis

The SWOT analysis is a major component of the strategic planning process. It provides leadership with an evaluation of organizational performance in relation to competitors and external forces. This evaluation helps leaders capitalize on organizational strengths and improve its weaknesses in order to differentiate itself from competitors. For this Assignment, you conduct a SWOT analysis for a health care organization.

To prepare:

  • Review the Jasper Gardens Nursing Home case study in this week’s Learning Resources.
  • Analyze strengths of the organization. Consider the following questions:
    • What does this organization do particularly well? Does it have a specific and recognized niche?
    • What resources does the organization have that might set it apart from its competition or position it for future growth?
    • What does the market perceive as strengths of the organization?
    • What financial considerations are relevant to its strengths?
  • Analyze weaknesses of the organization. Consider the following questions:
    • What needs improvement within the organization?
    • What resource deficits might impact this organization?
    • What does the market perceive as weaknesses of the organization?
    • What financial considerations are relevant to weaknesses?
  • Analyze opportunities of the organization. Consider the following questions:
    • With strengths and weaknesses in mind, what opportunities are available to this organization?
    • Are there current trends that might translate into opportunities?
  • Analyze threats to the organization. Consider the following questions:
    • What competitive threats exist for the organization?
    • Do insufficient or outdated resources hamper the organization?
    • Are there any current trends that might translate into threats?
    • Do any market, regulatory, and/or legal issues present threats?

Note: Your Assignment should show effective application of triangulation of content and resources in your conclusion and recommendations.

The Assignment

Using the SWOT Analysis Template provided in this week’s Learning Resources, complete a 1-page SWOT analysis matrix. The matrix should include a bulleted list of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats for Jasper Gardens Nursing Home. Synthesize the information you have gathered from your analysis so that each bullet point clearly represents the most significant considerations within each category. While this is a 1-page document that might appear to be simple, each point must be the result of deep and critical thinking.

Note: Your Assignment must be written in standard edited English. Be sure to support your work with specific citations from this week’s Learning Resources and additional scholarly sources. Be sure to follow APA guidelines for your citations, title page, and reference page. Your matrix, however, does not need to follow APA formatting. Refer to the Essential Guide to APA Style for Walden Students to ensure that your in-text citations and reference list are correct. See the Week 3 Assignment Rubric for additional requirements related to research and scholarly writing.

Discussion: Operating and Financial Performance Indicators

Health care leaders depend on sound operating and financial performance indicators to make decisions regarding working capital management, capital budgeting, and resource allocation. These indicators help organizations maximize performance and strategically plan for new initiatives. For this Discussion, you select a health care organization and examine how its leaders and managers use operating and financial performance indicators in their decision making.

To prepare:

  • Select a health care organization and locate its operating (i.e., utilization rate) and financial data. You may want to use a not-for-profit health care system, as they usually post their annual reports online.
  • Identify one operating indicator (e.g., length of stay, admission, etc.) and two financial performance indicators (e.g., cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable, short-term loans, etc.).

Note: For this Discussion, you are required to complete your initial post before you will be able to view and respond to your colleagues’ postings. Begin by clicking on the “Post to Discussion Question” link and then select “Create Thread” to complete your initial post. Remember, once you click submit, you cannot delete or edit your own posts and cannot post anonymously. Please check your post carefully before clicking Submit!

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Describe and explain the role of the BRCA1 and breast cancer 2, early onset (BRCA2) gene in contribution as a risk factor for breast cancer. Analyze the risk factors for breast cancer and possible interventions to preventive health management for women and men.

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WHY IS GOOD PRENATAL CARE ESSENTIAL TO HEALTHY PRENATAL BRAIN DEVELOPMENT?

Research shows that children’s home lives exert a profound impact on their intellectual (brain) development. Consider the characteristics of the home environment that support children’s intellectual (brain) growth. Using examples to illustrate, answer the following questions:

Why is good prenatal care essential to healthy prenatal brain development?
How can families promote healthy prenatal brain development?
How can families support their children’s intellectual (brain) development after birth and through the toddler, early childhood and middle childhood years?
Is it necessary to buy expensive toys and materials for the home? Why or why not?
Identify one specific learning experience that a family can engage their child in that involves the use of materials readily available within the home. For example, when children help fold socks they are reinforcing concepts of matching, colors, size comparison, etc.

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Significance and Implications of Research Ethics to Nursing.

Hi, I need help with essay on Significance and Implications of Research Ethics to Nursing. Paper must be at least 1250 words. Please, no plagiarized work!Research ethics plays an important role in the nursing management and leadership. Since leaders and managers of healthcare institutions should abide by the highest ethical standards, they can guarantee ethical nursing practice only through research ethics. Both qualitative and quantitative research provides evidence that nurses can use to treat their patients or prevent specific medical conditions. Leaders and managers in nursing depend heavily on nursing research to provide effective directions and decisions that nurses can prefer in their medical undertakings. It implies that research ethics merits objectivity in nursing management through the provision of concrete results. Effective nursing management entails nursing practice and decision-making that is anchored on concrete evidence from research. Such research could either be qualitative or quantitative but either way, it must embrace ethical principles. Burns, Grove, and Gray list consequentialism, principlism, virtue ethics, and deontology as four major nursing ethical theories that concern research ethics. These ethical theories inspire the thinking of leaders and managers in healthcare institutions to make ethical decisions in nursing practice. With regard to consequentialism, the outcome of nursing research determines the morality of the research. It means that the response in connection with certain medical undertakings can only be valid if they are positive irrespective of the decision-making process or the ethical principles applied to the research.

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What additions/revisions would you anticipate making to your plan of care?

Your home health agency has received an order from a local hospital to evaluate and treat an elderly woman being discharged from its medical surgical unit.
Millie Gardner, an 83-year-old female patient, is being discharged home today to the care of her husband Fred (87 years old) following a 9-day hospitalization for pneumonia, dehydration, and failure to thrive. She has a history of hypertension (HTN), Type II Diabetes, and cerebral vascular accident (CVA) with left-sided weakness. Patient is alert and oriented but does have periods of forgetfulness during the overnight hours. Patient has intermittent incontinence of bowel and bladder and requires assistance with all activities of daily living (ADLs).
Medications:
Lopressor
Lisinopril
Plavix
Metformin
Novolin R per sliding scale *NEW*
Multivitamin
Colace
Zithromax *NEW*
Upon arrival you are greeted by Champ, the couple’s rambunctious miniature Doberman pinscher dog. Millie is in her wheelchair staring blankly out the window, and Fred is busy in the kitchen preparing the couple’s lunch.
Based on the scenario above, please use the general survey process to describe the areas that you would be observing immediately upon entry to the home.
What, if any, concerns related to Millie’s skin and nutritional status do you have?
What nursing interventions will you include in the plan of care to address these concerns?
What teaching strategies will you use to educate Millie and Fred on the new medications?
Using the SBAR, please include the information that you will communicate to the physician’s office at the completion of the visit.
2.
During a follow up visit, a strong smell of urine is apparent when assessing Millie and you notice that she seems a bit more restless than usual. When questioned, Millie reports feeling discomfort in her tailbone area. You suspect that Millie may be experiencing some skin breakdown.
What would you do next?
What additions/revisions would you anticipate making to your plan of care?

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NURSES ADVANCING OUR PROFESSION TO IMPROVE HEALTH FOR ALL AMERICAN NURSES ASSOCIATION.

Discussion 1: The Influence of Mission and Vision on PlanningAs you read the following mission statements think about what you might deduce about each organization:Nurses advancing our profession to improve health for all American Nurses AssociationThe American Red Cross prevents and alleviates human suffering in the face of emergencies by mobilizing the power of volunteers and the generosity of donors American Red CrossThe mission of Southwest Airlines is dedication to the highest quality of Customer Service delivered with a sense of warmth friendliness individual pride and Company Spirit Southwest AirlinesTo inspire hope and contribute to health and well-being by providing the best care to every patient through integrated clinical practice education and research Mayo ClinicProvide telehealth solutions and executive medical research management to enhance and support military healthcare and promote innovative medical technologies Telemedicine & Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC)Googles mission is to organize the worlds information and make it universally accessible and useful GoogleAn organizations mission describes its core purpose. In partnership with the organizations vision which communicates a future-focused direction the mission provides a basis for planning and decision making at all levels of the organization.For this Discussion you compare mission and vision statements from multiple organizations and consider how these statements relate to planning.To prepare:Review the information related to the planning hierarchy and mission and vision statements in this weeks Learning Resources.Research the mission and vision statements of three different types of organizations: a for-profit health care organization a not-for-profit health care organization and an organization outside of health care. As you examine the organizations mission and vision statements consider the following:How effectively do the mission statements articulate the organizations purpose?How effectively do the vision statements reflect future aims?Do the mission and vision statements convey who (which groups) the organizations serve? Do they indicate obligations to various stakeholders?Are the statements an appropriate length?What do you glean about how leaders in health care and in other industries envision and convey mission and vision?What do you discern about the interdisciplinary nature of crafting mission and vision statements by looking across organizations including those outside of health care?Identify key insights you have gained by comparing the mission and vision statements of these three organizations.Consider how an organizations mission and vision relate to the planning hierarchy. For each organization you have selected think about how the mission and vision could or should influence planning. What elements of each mission and vision stand out as especially significant?Post a comparison of the mission and vision statements of the three organizations selected. Explain how specific elements of each organizations mission and vision statements might inform planning in that organization. Include references/links for the organizations mission and vision statements in your post.Read a selection of your colleagues responses.Respond to at least one of your colleagues using one or more of the following approaches:Ask a probing question substantiated with additional background information or research.Share an insight from having read your colleagues postings synthesizing the information to provide new perspectives.Validate an idea with your own experience and additional resources.Required ReadingsSare M. V. & Ogilvie L. (2010). Strategic planning for nurses: Change management in health care. Sudbury MA: Jones and Bartlett.Review Chapter 4 Just What Is Strategic Planning? (pp. 5782)Chapter 7 The Three Key Elements of the Strategic Planning Process: A Vision That Guides Nursings Future Action (pp. 117143)Chapter 7 addresses elements of the strategic planning process which includes mission and vision.Cady S. H. Wheeler J. V. DeWolf J. & Brodke M. (2011). Mission vision and values: What do they say? Organization Development Journal 29(1) 6378.Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.This article addresses research on mission vision and values from 300 different organizations.Desmidt S. Prinzie A. & Decramer A. (2011). Looking for the value of mission statements: A meta-analysis of 20 years of research. Management Decision 49(3) 468483.Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.This article looks at the relationship of organizational mission and financial performance. It includes a discussion of what a mission statement is and the purpose(s) it serves.Hirota S. Kubo K. Miyajima H. Hong P. & Won Park Y. (2010). Corporate mission corporate policies and business outcomes: Evidence from Japan. Management Decision 48(7) 11341153.Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.The authors examine the implications of the mission statement for organizational practices and performance.King D. L. Case C. J. & Premo K. M. (2012). An international mission statement comparison: United States France Germany Japan and China. Academy of Strategic Management Journal 11(2) 93119.Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.This article examines the content of mission statements stakeholder involvement and the development of goals and objectives.Required MediaLaureate Education (Producer). (2013b). Case study: Mountain View Health Center [Interactive media]. Retrieved from CDN database. (NURS 6241)This interactive multimedia piece presents a case study of Mountain View Health Center with information about the types of activities performed there organizational structure strategic priorities and financial allocations. You will use this as a resource for Discussion 2.Optional ResourcesMarquis B. L. & Huston C. J. (2015). Leadership roles and management functions in nursing: Theory and application (8th ed.). Philadelphia PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.Chapter 7 Strategic and Operational Planning (pp. 138161)Review as needed.Desmidt S. & Prinzie A. A. (2011). The organizations mission statement: Give up hope or resuscitate? A search for evidence-based recommendations. Advances in Health Care Management 10 2541.

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Assess current economic trends that influence the cost, quality, and access to healthcare

Assess current economic trends that influence the cost, quality, and access to healthcare

  1. Suggest at least one (1) method by which capitation rates are set for health maintenance organizations in Medicare. Provide one (1) example of an HMO with these types of set rates in order to support your response.
  2. Compare the primary available economic resources that health insurance payers may use to monitor, assess, and regulate health care providers’ behavior. Evaluate the degree to which alternative provider payment methods (e.g., capitation, pay for performance, etc.) impact HMO economic and business performance. Provide one (1) example of such a type of method to support your response.
  1. Examine the Aging Population and Non-employment and describe their short- and long-term impact on promoting the competitive market model in the healthcare environment.
  2. Evaluate the fundamental reasons why price and utilization economic factors in the healthcare setting influence competitive market status in regard to supply and demand for health care services. Provide at least one (1) example of such factors to support your response.
  1. Take a position on whether or not monopolistic competition works within a healthcare setting. Support for your position should include a discussion of the monopoly model being used to predict the allocation of resources in healthcare markets within preferred provider organizations.
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CONSIDER THE CHALLENGES OF PROVIDING HEALTH CARE IN UNDERDEVELOPED COUNTRIES.

   Discussion: What Can Nurses Do?

    Many people, most of them in tropical countries of the Third World, die of preventable, curable diseases. . . . Malaria, tuberculosis, acute lower-respiratory infections—in 1998, these claimed 6.1 million lives. People died because the drugs to treat those illnesses are nonexistent or are no longer effective. They died because it doesn’t pay to keep them alive.

    –Ken Silverstein, Millions for Viagra. Pennies for Diseases of the Poor, The Nation, July 19, 1999

Unfortunately, since 1998, little has changed. For many individuals living in impoverished underdeveloped countries, even basic medical care is difficult to obtain. Although international agencies sponsor outreach programs and corporations, and although nonprofit organizations donate goods and services, the level of health care remains far below what is necessary to meet the needs of struggling populations. Polluted water supplies, unsanitary conditions, and poor nutrition only exacerbate the poor health prevalent in these environments. Nurses working in developed nations have many opportunities/advantages that typically are not available to those in underdeveloped countries. What can nurses do to support their international colleagues and advocate for the poor and underserved of the world?

In this Discussion, you will consider the challenges of providing health care for the world’s neediest citizens, as well as how nurses can advocate for these citizens.

                                                  To prepare:

    Consider the challenges of providing health care in underdeveloped countries.
    Conduct research in the Walden Library and other reliable resources to determine strategies being used to address these challenges.
    Using this week’s Learning Resources, note the factors that impact the ability of individuals in underdeveloped nations to obtain adequate health care.
    Consider strategies nurses can use to advocate for health care at the global level. What can one nurse do to make a difference?

                                        Required Readings

    Knickman, J. R., & Kovner, A. R. (Eds.). (2015). Health care delivery in the united states (11th ed.). New York, NY: Springer Publishing.

        Chapter 4, “Comparative Health Systems” (pp. 53–72)

        The chapter showcases different models of health care systems in order to help policymakers and managers critically assess and improve health care in the United States.

        Chapter 10, “The Health Workforce” (pp. 213–225)

        Review this section of Chapter 10, which details health workforce issues for nurses and nurse practitioners.

    Milstead,  J. A. (2019). Health policy and politics: A nurse’s guide (6th ed.).  Burlington, MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers.

        Chapter 11, “The Impact of Globalization: Nurses Influencing Global Health Policy” (pp. 192-204)

        This chapter addresses how the health status of individuals and populations around the world can affect policymaking in a country.

    Bloch, G., Rozmovits, L., & Giambrone, B. (2011). Barriers to primary care responsiveness to poverty as a risk factor for health. BMC Family Practice, 12(1), 62–67.

    Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.

    This article details a qualitative study that was conducted to explore the barriers to primary care responsiveness to poverty. The authors explicate a variety of health impacts attributable to poverty.

    Harrowing, J. N. (2009). The impact of HIV education on the lives of Ugandan nurses and nurse-midwives. Advances in Nursing Science, 32(2), E94–E108.

    Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.

    This article explores the impact of an HIV/AIDS education program for Ugandan nurses and nurse-midwives. The author details the motivations behind the program and recommendations for the future.

    Koplan, J. P., Bond, C., Merson, M. H., Reddy, K. S., Rodriquez, M. H., Sewankambo, N. K., & Wasserheit, J. N. (2009). Towards a common definition of global health. The Lancet, 373(9679), 1993–1995.

    Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.

    This article provides a full description of the components that comprise global health care in detail.

    Gapminder. (2011). Retrieved from http://www.gapminder.org

    This website explains statistical graphs and tables of life expectancy and incomes around the world.

    Global Health Council. (2012). Retrieved from http://www.globalhealth.org

    This website houses the productivity and efforts of the Global Health Council as the world’s largest alliance dedicated to improving health throughout the world.

    Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation: U.S. Global Health Policy. (2010). Retrieved from http://kff.org/globaldata/

    This website focuses on major health care issues facing the United States, as well as the U.S. role in global health policy.

    International Council of Nurses. (2011). Retrieved from http://www.icn.ch/

    This website documents the efforts of the International Council of Nurses to ensure quality nursing care for all, as well as sound health policies globally through the advancement of nursing knowledge and presence worldwide.

    United Nations Statistics Division. (2011). Retrieved from http://unstats.un.org/unsd/default.htm

    This website examines global statistical information compiled by the United Nations Statistics Division.

    University of Pittsburgh Center for Global Health. (2009). Retrieved from http://www.globalhealth.pitt.edu/

    This website analyzes health issues that affect populations around the globe through research at the University of Pittsburgh.

    The World Bank (n.d.) The costs of attaining the millennium development goals. Retrieved from http://www.nationalacademies.org/hmd/Global/News%20Announcements/Crossing-the-Quality-Chasm-The-IOM-Health-Care-Quality-Initiative.aspx.

    This article states that many countries will have to reform their policies and improve service delivery to make additional spending effective because the additional aid for education and health with not be enough.

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Government homework help

Congressional Debate Packet: Part One:
                              Topic: PUBLIC COLLEGE SHOULD BE TUITION FREE.
Bill: For this part of your congressional debate assignment, you will choose a topic that you are passionate about and write a bill to change/modify current U.S. laws or policies concerning your topic. Use the template and example below to write your bill.
-Your Section 1 should be at least one complete sentence.
-Your Section 2 should include at least three definitions.
-Your Section 3 should reference a legitimate government agency and SPECIFY the ways they will enforce your bill.
-Your Section 4 should include a specific date and time frame.
-Your Section 5 should be exactly phrased: “All laws in conflict with this legislation are hereby declared null and void.”
 

  1. Author’s Speech: Write an author’s speech defending your bill using specific research that lasts 3 minutes when spoken aloud.

FURTHER DIRECTIONS, TEMPLATES, AND EXAMPLES ON NEXT PAGE
 
Bill Template:
A Bill to [Action Word] [Object] [Preposition] [Summarize the Solution Specifically]
 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE CONGRESS HERE ASSEMBLED THAT:
SECTION 1.   State the new policy in a brief declarative sentence, or in as few sentences as possible.
SECTION 2.   Define any ambiguous terms inherent in the first section.
SECTION 3.   Name the government agency that will oversee the enforcement of the bill along with the specific enforcement mechanism.
SECTION 4.   Indicate the implementation date/timeframe.
SECTION 5.   All laws in conflict with this legislation are hereby declared null and void.
Bill Example:
A Bill to Promote Green Energy by Providing Federal Tax Credits to Small Businesses Using Green Energy Sources
 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE CONGRESS HERE ASSEMBLED THAT:
SECTION 1.   This bill shall grant Federal tax credits to small businesses that use alternative, green sources of
energy.
SECTION 2.   Small Business: a “small business” is defined by the United States Small Business Administration Office of Advocacy as an independent business having fewer than 500 employees.
Green Energy: “green energy” is defied by the United States Environmental Protection agency as electricity supplied from the following renewable sources of power: solar, geothermal, biomass, landfill gas, hydro, and wind.
Tax Credits: A tax credit is a type of tax incentive that can reduce the amount of money a taxpayer owes the government. Unlike a tax deduction, which reduces taxable income, a taxpayer can subtract a tax credit from the amount of taxes they owe, lowering their tax liability dollar-for-dollar.
SECTION 3.   The Department of Energy will oversee this measure by assessing whether the small businesses’ energy practices are “Green Energy”, then by referring the business to the Internal Revenue Service for a federal tax credit.
SECTION 4.   This bill shall go into effect by the new fiscal year of 2020 (October 1, 2020).
SECTION 5.   All laws in conflict with this legislation are hereby declared null and void.
Author’s Speech Outline: 
 

  1. Introduction (15 to 30 seconds)
    1. Relate the speech to ideas that are, or might be, brought to the floor for debate.
      1. Use a quotation; and/or
      2. Use an analogy; and/or
      3. Use statistics to raise awareness of a problem
  1. State purpose/thesis (about 10 seconds)

 

  1. Body (approximately 2 minutes)

Each claim you make (whether constructive or refuting the opposition) should be supported with analytical reasoning and/or evidence with a good combination of quantitative statistics or facts, and qualitative case studies and quotations from experts. Be sure to state the importance, or impact that claim has for the overall topic of debate and why it supports or opposes those views. Example structure:

  1. Claim: issue of debate; point or points that are in conflict.
  2. Proof: evidence and reasoning to support the argument; explain how the proof relates to the claim (link).
  3. Impact: why the argument is important/significant, especially to the particular side debated. Challenge the opposition to respond to an issue. Give two to three meaningful arguments.

 

  1. Conclusion (about 30 seconds)
  1. State primary points and issues
  2. Summarize key arguments

 

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