MARY JO IS THE VICE PRESIDENT OF NURSING SERVICES AT ST. LUKE’S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

Two Sample Test of Hypothesis
1. Mary Jo is the Vice President of Nursing services at St. Luke’s Memorial Hospital. Recently she noticed that in the job postings for nurses that those that are unionized seem to offer higher wages. She decided to investigate and gathered the following sample information.
Group Mean Wage Sample Std Deviation Sample Size
Union $20.75 $2.25 40
Nonunion $19.80 $1.90 ; 45
Would it be reasonable for her to conclude that union nurses earn more? Use the .02 significance level.

Discussion
Directions

  1. Review information found on the following website related to hospital compare http://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Quality-Initiatives-Patient-Assessment-Instruments/HospitalQualityInits/HospitalCompare.html (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
  2. Read the information carefully and then locate the following website. http://www.medicare.gov/hospitalcompare (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
  3. Search for hospitals within a 50-mile radius of the community where you are working or had your prelicensure clinical experiences. Type in your zip code. Select your hospital and two others. Select hospitals/facilities and choose compare. If you live in a remote area and there are no hospitals listed within a 50-mile radius, select a zip code for a family member or a close friend who does not live near you. The idea is to review comparative data.
  4. Click on the following topics to learn more.
    1. Survey of patient’s experiences
    2. Timely and effective care (focus your search on two of the conditions that apply to services provided at the hospitals)
    3. Readmissions, complications, and deaths
  5. Carefully read the information provided.
  6. Develop a PowerPoint slideshow consisting of 8-10 slides. Include the following, keeping in mind what all this data means.
    1. Title slide with information pertinent to the course.
    2. List reasons to recommend the website Hospital Compare to consumers (patients).
    3. List reasons to recommend the website Hospital Compare to staff who may seek employment.
  7. For the slides below, clearly label the name of each hospital:
    1. Summarize patient experiences data for each hospital.
    2. Summarize timely and effective care data for two conditions.
    3. Summarize data for readmissions and complications and deaths.
    4. List recommendations for improving data for one selected facility.
    5. Summarize what you learned from this experience.
One of the hardest tasks you may face in Web Analytics is to convince persons outside of your team or department of the importance of the reports and KPI’s that tell the story of how well or bad you are doing with your website. Communicating your information effectively to Management and the Board of Directors, whom we will call the stakeholders, can be a daunting task, they just do not have the time to understand the details of the reports you offer. Therefore, to communicate your information, you will have to learn how to summarize and format your reports in abridged versions.
Please explain the following:
300 Words Minimum
Explain what KPIs are they designed to accomplish.
Describe how to prepare a KPI.
Explain how you would present your KPI to the Stakeholders, in brief.

nursing

  1. Then, read the information provided at https://ce.nurse.com/course/,Florence Nightingale Connecting Her Legacy With Local-to-Global Health Today (note you do not have to pay anything to read this article).
  2. Review the information on Millennium Goals presented at the beginning of this lesson.
  3. Take the CE Test; you must score 100% on this to continue this assignment and receive a grade.
  4. Upload post test to this dropbox before completing the remaining items.
  5. Finally, answer the following questions:
    • Has Florence Nightingale’s legacy influenced your perception of the Millennium Goals? Why or Why not? (30%)
    • Choose three millennium goals that you can advance in your role as a nurse. Explain these goals and state how you plan to advance each of the goals. (30%)
    • Give two to three examples of how your community of nurses collectively or individually can help advance the UN Goals. (30%)
  6. Your answers should be in a WORD document and formatted per APA Style guidelines. Be sure to use standard English grammar and spelling in your responses. (10%)

Need paper done by Sunday, November 29

 Cyber-attacks have risen to unparalleled extremes. The impending threat and the way we create secure environments will change, or businesses will go under as a result of fines, malicious activity, and untethered loose ends. Successful security architecture follows a repeatable set of processes for securing our information systems.
For this assignment research and discuss the various security related components that must be addressed when implementing any system (HINT: the first is policy). Please state your answer in a 2 page paper in APA format.  Include citations and sources in APA style.
 
Requirements:
Meets or exceeds established assignment criteria
Demonstrates an understanding of lesson concepts
Clearly presents well-reasoned ideas and concepts
Uses proper mechanics, punctuation, sentence structure, spelling and APA structure.

Apply principles of nursing theory to the public health system

Apply principles of nursing theory to the public health system by analyzing determinants of health and the public health intervention wheel
Caring for Populations Milestone 3: Intervention and Evaluation PowerPoint Guidelines

Updated 4/27/2017

Purpose

The purpose of this PowerPoint presentation is to provide an opportunity to develop a community health nursing intervention and evaluation plan for a community health problem that you identified in your community (described in Milestone 2: Vulnerable Population Assessment). You will apply the components of the nursing process to assist this vulnerable population and develop a proposal that could be presented to community leaders.

Course Outcomes

This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes.

CO1: Apply principles of nursing theory to the public health system by analyzing determinants of health and the public health intervention wheel. (PO 1)

CO3: Plan prevention and population-focused interventions for vulnerable populations using professional clinical judgment and evidence-based practice. (PO 4, 8)

CO4: Evaluate the delivery of care for individuals, families, aggregates, and communities based on theories and principles of nursing and related disciplines. (PO 1)

6052 Discussion 8

Data collection is an important part of both quantitative and qualitative research. Although the actual approach to gathering information may vary, for either research design, researchers need to plan in advance how the data will be gathered, reported, and stored, and they need to ensure that their methods are both reliable and valid. As nurses review research when considering a new evidence-based practice, it is important to be familiar with sound collection practices in order to ascertain the credibility of the data presented.
Consider the following scenario:
Nurses and other health care professionals are often interested in assessing patient satisfaction with health care services. Imagine that you are a nurse working in a suburban primary care setting that serves 10,000 patients annually. Your organization is very interested in understanding the patient’s point of view to help determine areas of care that can be improved. With this focus in mind, consider how you would create a survey to assess patient satisfaction with the services your organization provides. You may wish to consider variables such as the ease of accessing care, patient wait time, friendliness of the staff, or the likelihood that a patient would recommend your organization to others.
For this Discussion, you generate questions and an overall plan for data collection that would be appropriate for a patient satisfaction survey in relation to the above scenario.
To prepare:
· Consider the guidelines for generating questions presented in this week’s Learning Resources.
· Review the scenario and formulate at least five questions that you could use to evaluate patient satisfaction.
· Reflect on the different methods or instruments that can be used for gathering data described in Chapter 13 and Chapter 23 of the course text.
· Which methods or instruments would work well for the scenario? Determine an appropriate sample size for the scenario.
Post the questions that you created for gathering information about patient satisfaction based on the above scenario. Explain which method or instrument you would use to gather data. Describe the sample size appropriate for the population and how you would select participants. Provide a rationale for your choices, and explain how you can ensure high standard of reliability and validity.

Reference the “Turnitin Requirement” section of the course Syllabus (or Using Turnitin for Assignments on the Topic List Page) for general instructions. Please note: You will need to submit the final version of your assignment in the course space as well as to Turnitin.

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is for the student to reflect on the historical and current image and voice of nursing and the profession of nursing are affected. The student will project how to enhance the image and voice of nursing in the future in order to recruit, retain, and reward nurses.


Guidelines for Writing the Paper

This paper is a comprehensive assessment of nursing image and voice. You will conduct a review of literature about the image and voice of nursing and how it affects rewards, recruitment, and retention in nursing. Future challenges and strategies for improvement will be included. The paper will be a minimum of 7 double-spaced pages in length and maximum of 14 pages, excluding the title sheet and the reference list, and must address these criteria:

  1. Description of historical image of nursing
  2. Overview of how nursing image is portrayed by, and affected by the media
  3. How nursing leaders impact image
  4. How nursing staff impact image
  5. Description of how the image of nursing can be improved
  6. Future challenges
  7. Summary


Grading Criteria for Assignment 3: Image and Voice of Nursing Paper

This assignment, which is in the form of a scholarly paper, is worth 15% of your grade. The paper will be a minimum of 7 double-spaced pages in length and maximum of 14 pages, excluding the title sheet and the reference list, and minimally must address these criteria:

  • Description of historical image of nursing: (10 points)
  • Overview of how nursing image is portrayed by and affected by the media: (20 points) Include various forms of media such as print, television, and film media Explanation of how nursing leaders and nursing staff impact image: (15 points)
  • Description of how the image of nursing can be improved: (20 points)
  • Combine a summary of findings from the literature with your thoughts; include at least two behaviors you can implement to improve the image of nursing.
  • Future challenges: (10 points)
  • Summary: (5 points) Briefly summarize the past image of nursing, the current image of nursing, and projections for the future image. Summarize the importance of image to nursing as a profession.
  • Uses correct grammar. Paper flows in a logical, organized sequence. (10 points)
  • Uses APA format throughout the paper. Includes at least five professional references. (10 points)


APA format of paper includes:

  • Title page
  • Body of paper: references cited in paper, margins, page numbers, paragraph structure, use of headings.
  • References: correct APA citation; minimum of five professional references


Mentor’s tip for this paper:

The references listed in the back of From Silence to Voice may be helpful to identify possible resources for this paper.

Note: These directions will be used to evaluate and grade your assignment. Please refer to the details when preparing your assignment.


Use the Add submission button to submit your written assignment.

Using the Internet, research on a series of topics that will help you understand the current issues regarding managed care. You can use keywords, such as (but not limited to) managed care, current trends and issues in managed care, pharmacy benefit management, or utilization management. Like many other aspects of health care, managed care is continually changing and evolving to meet current consumer and market demands. The following topics:

Pharmacy benefit management

Utilization management

Use the following guidelines for developing your essay:

Select  at least two articles for each topic, and write a review for each source  of information.

Present a summary for each topic tying together the information learned about that topic.

Describe  and evaluate the market forces, current trends, and changes in drug benefit programs over the last fifteen years.

Discuss basic approaches and techniques used in utilization management.

Analyze the future of utilization management approaches. How might they change and why?

Justify your ideas and responses by using appropriate examples and references from reputable and scholarly texts, websites, and other references.

Based on your research, summarize your findings on the selected topics and compile your observations in a 5 page Microsoft Word document.

Support your responses with examples.

Cite any sources in APA format