For the next newsletter, you have been asked to write about the effect of a specific communicable disease on your community.
Identify a communicable disease to research.
Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper summarizing your research. Include the following information:
- Describe the disease and discuss efforts to control it.
- Identify the environmental factors related to this disease.
- Explain the influence of lifestyles, socioeconomic status, and disease management.
- Identify gaps and how you might connect to other resources to meet needs that are not locally available.
- Include recommendations to expand the community’s programs if there are gaps.
- Describe what the public health department is doing to reduce the threat of the disease.
- Include data findings, evidence-based intervention, and a plan to ensure quality health.
Private vs. Public Control
The major payers in private healthcare (other than government programs) are employers, and this has been true since the inception of health insurance programs. There are several reasons why this is so, but one of the main reasons is employees are a defined risk pool based on the work performed for the company. Healthcare insurance companies are able to predict the financial risk (as in an experience rating) taken by the type of employees. If, for instance, the work is dangerous or injury prone, such as direct care in a nursing facility, then the cost to insure that group would be higher than for employees working at a telecommunications office. Government healthcare programs, such as Medicare and Medicaid, do not measure the cost of healthcare by the experience ratings.
Based on your understanding of the topic, answer the following:
- Can programs like Medicare and Medicaid adopt such methods to defray costs? If yes, how would they implement such methods? If no, what suggestions would you make to defray costs?
- How can the recipients of these programs be categorized into different risk pools? Explain.
- What does that mean to the viability of Medicare and Medicaid?
- Do you agree with this question? Why or why not?
- Would the US be able to transit to the British style of national healthcare? Why or why not?
- In comparison to the British system and US system, what would be some of the challenges the US would face in adopting a national healthcare system? Discuss at least three challenges.
- Employer-sponsored healthcare benefits should be maintained or done away with in favor of a government sponsored healthcare program? Why or why not? Think through this situation as representing both an incentive and a hindrance. If it is a hindrance, then what is it hindering in the way of government-sponsored healthcare programs?
Choose a Policy Issue Review the Unit 3 study activities to read a list of potential policy issues that will give you a foundation to help you determine which policy change you are interested in. Choose one issue to focus on. The area that you choose to focus on could include particular interests that would lead you to explore articles that look at legal, ethical, and regulatory process in health care or nursing practice.
What Is an Annotated Bibliography?
Use the four articles that you chose, keeping the following information in mind:- A bibliography is a list of sources (books, journals, Web sites, periodicals, et cetera) one has used for researching a topic. A bibliography usually just includes the bibliographic information (that is, the author, title, publisher, et cetera).
- An annotation is a summary or evaluation.
- Therefore, an annotated bibliography includes a summary or evaluation of each of the sources in the bibliography. For this assignment, you are expected to include both a summary and an evaluation.
- Your annotations should address the following three areas for EACH of the four articles you select:
- Summarize: What are the main arguments? What is the point of this article or chapter? What topics are covered? If someone asked what this source is about, what would you say?
- Evaluate: Is it a useful source? How does it compare with other sources in your bibliography? Is the information reliable? Is this source biased or objective? What is the goal of this source? (Or the goal of the writer?)
- Reflect: How does the source assist or fit into your practice? Was this source helpful to you? How might this source help you shape an argument (in favor of or against) the topic presented? Has the source changed how you think about this topic?
Assignment Grading
Be sure to consult the scoring guide for this assignment to see how your work will be graded. Notice that you will be expected to apply APA writing style to write clearly and logically, with correct use of grammar, punctuation, and mechanics. You may wish to consult Chapter 3 and Chapter 4 in the APA manual and the information listed in this unit’s Writing Resources study. Review your annotated bibliography and make sure it is complete, using the checklist below.Components of the annotated bibliography:
- Begins with a title page that includes your name.
- Lists citation information for the articles or chapters, formatted in APA style.
- Each citation is followed by an annotation, approximately one page in length.
- The bibliography comprises a variety of credible perspectives.
- The final page consists of a reference list that includes all of your APA-formatted citations, in alphabetical order.
- The assignment is 6-8 pages long, including the title page and references.
Each annotation should contain some or most of the following:
- Provides the reader with more information about the content of the sources.
- Consists of a paragraph that is both descriptive and evaluative (about 150 words).
- Offers both a description and a critical assessment of the articles or chapters being annotated.
- Gives the reader a sense of the quality of the source.
- Gives a sense of the argumentative position of the author relative to others in the field.
- Informs the reader of the relevance, accuracy, and quality of the sources cited.
- Concisely exposes the author’s point of view and the clarity of the work.
- Evaluates the appropriateness of expression, and authority.
- Summarizes the central theme and scope of the article or chapter.
- Evaluates the authority or background of the author.
- Comments on the intended audience.
- Compares or contrasts this work with another you have cited.
- Explains how this work illuminates your bibliography topic.
http://lc.gcumedia.com/hlt307v/allied-health-community/allied-health-community-v1.1.html) In a 750-1,200 word paper, describe the scenario involving Mike, the lab technician, and answer the following questions: 1. What were the consequences of a failure to report? 2. What impact did his decision have on patient safety, on the risk for litigation, on the organization’s quality metrics, and on the workload of other hospital departments? 3. As Mike’s manager, what will you do to address the issue with him and ensure other staff members do not repeat the same mistakes? A minimum of three academic references from credible sources are required for this assignment. Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required. This assignment uses a grading rubric. Instructors will be using the rubric to grade the assignment; therefore, students should review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the assignment criteria and expectations for successful completion of the assignment. You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Refer to the directions in the Student Success Center. Only Word documents can be submitted to Turnitin. Rubric: 1. Thesis and/or main claim are comprehensive; contained within the thesis is the essence of the paper. Thesis statement makes the purpose of the paper clear. 2. There is a sophisticated construction of paragraphs and transitions. Ideas progress and relate to each other. Paragraph and transition construction guide the reader. Paragraph structure is seamless. 3. Writer is clearly in command of standard, written, academic English. 4. All format elements are correct. 5. In-text citations and a reference page are complete. The documentation of cited sources is free of error.]]>
Part One: Please begin by responding to the following questions. 1. What factors must a researcher consider in selecting an existing instrument for use in a study? 2. How does a researcher locate an existing instrument? Part Two: Search and locate an existing instrument that will be used to address your research question. Post the title of the instrument selected and the level of measurement on the tool. Next, post a description of the type of scale used in the instrument. Include a brief discussion of data collection procedures that will be presented in your proposal. Provide constructive, supportive feedback to your classmates’ posts. ]]>
Purpose The purpose of this assignment is to: a) identify and reflect upon key concepts related to your planning a policymaker call b) provide empirical evidence to support new insights gained regarding your policy issue and the policymaking process, and c) present ideas in a clear, succinct, and scholarly manner. Course Outcomes This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes: (CO#1) Analyze application of theories to the development of policies that affect nursing and health care. (PO 9, 10) (CO#3) Communicate with policymakers to advocate for effective policies that affect nurses and nursing, consumers, or the health care system. (PO 2, 3, 10) (CO#4) Analyze the historical, ethical, and political contexts of healthcare policy and the consequences of policy implementation. (PO 6, 10)
| (CO#6) Investigate the interrelationship between policy decisions and evidence-based practice. (PO4, 7, 10) |
| Category | Points | % | Description |
| Introduction and Conclusion | 35 | 20 | Introduction clearly introduces your policy priority issue.Concluding statements summarizing content. |
| Key Points | 40 | 23 | Identification of all key points of your policy-priority issue (review sections of Healthcare Policy Ungraded Worksheet) are clearly analyzed and fully articulated. |
| Empirical Evidence | 40 | 23 | Provide a critique of empirical evidence thatsupports your chosen policy issue and analysis. |
| Impact and Importance to Nursing | 35 | 20 | Demonstrate the importance and impact of the chosen policy issue to nursing. |
| APA Format | 10 | 6 | Text, title page, and references are consistent with APA format. |
| Writing Quality | 15 | 8 | Rules of grammar, word usage, sentence, and paragraph format and punctuation. |
| Total | 175 | 100 | A quality assignment will meet or exceed all of the above requirements. |
| Assignment Criteria | A (100 – 92%) Outstanding or highest level of performance | B (91-84%) Very good or high level of performance | C (83-76%) Competent or satisfactory level of performance | F (75-0%) Poor or failing or unsatisfactory level of performance | |
| Content Possible Points = 150Points | |||||
| Introduction clearly introduces your issue. Concluding statements summarizing content are present. | 35-32Points | 31-29Points | 28-27Points | 26-0 Points | |
| Introduction clearly introduces your issue. Concluding statements summarizing content are present, clear, and well written. | Introduction introduces your issue. Concluding statements summarizing content are present. Minor clarity or detail issues. | Introduction and conclusion are included; could include more detail, clarity or improvement of format. | Lacking introduction and/or conclusion. | ||
| Identification of all key points of your policy-priority issue are clearly analyzed and fully articulated. | 40-37Points | 36-34Points | 33-30Points | 29-0Points | |
| Key points are well described, and analysis is fully articulated. | Key points are described with some lack of clarity, and/or analysis is lacking detail or clarity. | Key points are not well described, and/or analysis is lacking detail or clarity. | Key points and/or analysis is missing. | ||
| Empirical evidence supporting your policy-priority issue is clearly critiqued. | 40-37 Points | 36-34 Points | 33-30 Points | 29-0 Points | |
| Empirical evidence supporting your policy- priority issue is clearly critiqued in a comprehensive and accurate manner. | Empirical evidence supporting your policy- priority issue is critiqued but lacking clarity or not substantive. | Empirical evidence supporting your policy- priority issue is noted but not critiqued. | Empirical evidence supporting your policy priority issue is lacking. | ||
| Your policy priority issue clearly demonstrates the impact and or importance of your issue to nursing or the intended impact to patient outcomes. | 35-32 Points | 31-29 Points | 28-27 Points | 26-0 Points | |
| Impact to patient outcomes or nursing practice is thoroughly discussed. | Impact to patient outcomes or nursing practice has rare inaccuracy. | Impact to patient outcomes or nursing practice lacks occasional important elements or specificity. | Impact to patient outcomes or nursing practice has multiple instances of inaccuracies and/or is vague. | ||
| Content Subtotal | _____of points | ||||
| Format Possible Points = 25Points | |||||
| APA Format: Text, title page, and reference page(s) are completely consistent with APA format 6thedition. | 10-9 Points | 8-7 Points | 6-5 Points | 5-0 Points | |
| Paper is free from APA errors throughout. | There are 1-2 APA format errors in the text, title page, and/or reference page(s) | There are 3-4 APA format errors in the text, title page, and/or reference page(s) | There are 5 or more APA format errors in the text, title page, and/or reference page(s) | ||
| Writing Quality: Paper is appropriate in length. References include a minimum of 5 scholarly references excluding the course text. Rules of grammar, spelling, word usage, and punctuation are consistent with formal written work. | 15-14 Points | 14-13 Points | 12-11 Points | 10-0 Points | |
| Paper is appropriate in length. References include more than the minimum number of scholarly references, excluding the course text. Rules of grammar, spelling, word usage, and punctuation are consistent with formal written work. | Paper is short/long in length and/or contains a minimum of scholarly references excluding course text, or references utilized are not scholarly. Rules of grammar, spelling, word usage, and punctuation are consistent with formal written work with1-2 exceptions. | Paper is short/long in length and contains only 1 scholarly reference. Additional references are not scholarly. Rules of grammar, spelling, word usage, and punctuation are consistent with formal written work with 3-4 exceptions. | Paper is short/long two or more pages in length and does not contain scholarly references. References utilized are not scholarly. Rules of grammar, spelling, word usage, and punctuation are not followed with 5 or more errors. | ||
| Format Subtotal | _____of points | ||||
| Total Points | _____of points | ||||
