Health Disparities

One of the goals of Healthy People 2020 is to reduce health disparities among populations. Select one of the leading health indicators as identified by Healthy People 2020 and write a research paper of 750-1,000 words on the health disparities related to that condition. For the health indicator selected, the paper should include a discussion on the following:

Health Problem

1) Definition of the problem

2) Descriptive epidemiology (person, place, time)

3) Etiology (causes, risk factors)

Health Disparities

1) What disparities do we know exist for this disease?

2) Why do these disparities exist?

3) What explanations have been offered or supported?

4) What research questions have not been studied that may provide new, insightful information regarding this health problem?

Public Policy

1) Why is it an important public health problem?

2) What are some social, political, or economic barriers in our current health  

    care system that impede disease prevention and health promotion for this 

    health problem?

3) How would you educate/disseminate information about this health problem to  

    the public? (target group, financial constraints)

    How could one of a health administrator/manager’s general policies or 

    policies specific to this health condition impact the health status of the target  

    population?

You are required to use a minimum of three scholarly resources.

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.

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Dropbox Assignment

Personality

This assignment will help you understand your personality type. Through this assignment, you will analyze how your specific personality type can enhance or hinder effective leadership in the health care environment.

Using the South University Online Library or the Internet, research about personality types.

Note: You can use the following link to access the online assessment:http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp

Based on your research and understanding, write a 3- to 4-page Microsoft Word document that:

  • Integrates how your specific personality type can enhance or hinder effective leadership in the health care environment.
  • Explains all four aspects of your personality gleaned from the assessment.
  • Includes 2- to 3-journal article references.

Support your responses with examples.

On a separate references page, cite all sources using APA format.

  • Use this APA Citation Helper as a convenient reference for properly citing resources.
  • This handout will provide you the details of formatting your essay using APA style.
  • You may create your essay in this APA-formatted template.
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Social Exchange Theoryessentially

As written in our textbook,  “Social exchange theoryessentially entails a weighing of the costs and rewards in a given relationship. Rewards are outcomes that we get from a relationship that benefit us in some way, while costs range from granting favors to providing emotional support.”

1.  Identify two (2) personal relationships  (remember these relationships meet emotional, relational, and instrumental needs, as they are intimate, close, and interdependent relationships such as those we have with best friends, partners, or immediate family)

2. Write a few sentences describing the first relationship (without using names).  

3.  Write three (3)  paragraphs about this relationship explaining  the costs, rewards, interdependence, and commitment.  Be sure to include:

Material Rewards
Time Rewards
Health Rewards
Emotional Rewards

Material Costs
Time Costs
Health Costs
Emotional Costs

4.  Write a few sentences describing the second relationship (without using names).  

5. Write three (3)  paragraphs about this relationship explaining  the costs and rewards (listed above), interdependence, and commitment.

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Contributions of Nursing Theorists

150-200 words needed, along with 2 creative peer questions related to following nursing theorists, attached is my personal philosophy which can be incorporated into the answer to make it more personal.

  • Hildegard Peplau
  • Ida Orlando
  • Madeline Leininger

Contributions of Nursing Theorists Discussion

Instructions:

  1. After reading the assigned chapters, please post two discussion questions based on the readings along with your answers to the following questions:
    • If these chapters influenced your philosophy? Why or why not?
    • Did anything surprise you? What?
  2. Do not summarize the chapters. Provide your thoughts and discussion questions that makes your classmates think.
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The research design must include a nursing theory, the theory's application to nursing, and identify outcomes impacted nursing practice.

The research design must include a nursing theory, the theory’s application to nursing, and identify outcomes impacted nursing practice.

Assignment Criteria:

For this assignment:

Search the literature for one qualitative research study related to your area of research interest (i.e. non clinical or clinical practices).

Make sure the article has a nursing theory, the theory has been applied to the nursing environment, and has impacted nursing practice.

The article must be peer-reviewed articles within the last five years.

Identify the study’s methodology (qualitative) to complete the framework grid from Polit & Beck (2017) textbook. ATTACHED TEMPLATE

Only select one article that reflects the methodology required for this assignment.

You should be able to find the article’s method under the article’s section entitled “methodology.â€

You are required to critique one qualitative nursing research study (i.e. refer to Assignment Criteria #13 a).

The article will be critiqued using the framework grid from Polit & Beck (2017) textbook-TEMPLATE ATTACHED-YOU MUST USE!

Copy and paste the grid into a Word document. This will make it easy for you to add your typed comments into the grid.

This is a critique assignment which focuses on the analysis or your scholarly perspective of the publication. Support your scholarly opinion only with references/citations if further explanation is needed. Use the comment section of the grid to write your comments and any additional citation(s). Each comment cited from another source to support your analysis or scholarly perspective of the critiqued article will require a citation (i.e. Campbell, 2016) in the comment section. Each citation must be documented on the reference page of the assignment (i.e. In accordance with the 6thedition APA Manual).

Include the citation information associated with the one qualitative article used for this critique. The course faculty will retrieve the article for assignment review and grading

 

Write a summary of how the research data/findings are related to the researcher’s recommendations. This is a one page summary separate from the framework grid from Polit & Beck (2017) textbook.

Use APA format and appropriate level heading(s) (i.e. Level One and/or Level Two).

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pharmacological interventions.

Question Description

Assessment Instructions

Imagine your supervisor has asked you to conduct a lunch and learn session to educate your fellow nursing staff on pharmacological interventions.

PREPARATION

Select a disease or health condition that requires pharmacological intervention. You may choose any disease or health condition you wish, but the disease or health condition must be relevant to nurses from a variety of settings (for example: ER, pediatrics, public health, et cetera).

REQUIREMENTS

Once you have selected a disease or health condition, create a PowerPoint presentation you could use in your lunch and learn session, including the following:

  • Identify the disease or health condition you have chosen, along with the areas where nurses are likely to see it. (Do this in the agenda slide or next slide after the agenda.)
  • Identify the three drugs used most often in the treatment of the disease or health condition.
  • Explain the types of actions, side effects, indications, and contraindications that could be expected from the pharmacological treatment.
  • Describe the treatment regime most often prescribed for the disease or health condition. This should include pharmacology but not be limited to pharmacology.
  • Explain how the treatment regime (including pharmacology) may impact a client’s lifestyle. Consider things such as finances, ease or complexity of administration, instructions (frequency, duration), et cetera.
  • Describe how a nurse should monitor a client being treated for the disease or health condition in order to obtain a quality patient outcome.
  • Explain any controversies associated with the drugs used in the treatment. For example, is there a black box warning with any of the drugs?

Use the notes section of each slide to expand your points or draft your mock oral presentation (or both) and reference your resources. Use at least 3 peer-reviewed or professional resources to support your work in this assessment. Be sure your PowerPoint includes a title slide, a slide with your agenda or list of topics to be covered, and a reference slide. Follow current APA style and formatting guidelines for your citations and references.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

  • Number of slides: 10–12, not including the title and reference slides.
  • Be creative. Consider your intended audience.

SUGGESTED RESOURCES

Library Resources

The following e-books or articles from the Capella University Library are linked directly in this course:

  • Ward-Abel, N., Vernon, K., & Warner, R. (2014). An exciting era of treatments for relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis. British Journal of Neuroscience Nursing, 10(1), 21–28.
  • Cohen, M. R. (2015). Medication errors. Nursing, 45(3), 72.
  • Hernandez, J., Goeckner, B., & Wanzer, L. (2011). Perioperative pharmacology: Pharmacotherapeutics, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics. AORN Journal, 93(2), 259–266; 267–269 (quiz).
  • Cooper, G. A. A., Kronstrand, R., & Kintz, P. (2012). Society of Hair Testing guidelines for drug testing in hair. Forensic Science International (Online), 218(1), 20–24.
  • Drach-Zahavy, A., Somech, A., Admi, H., Peterfreund, H., Peker, H. & Priente, O. (2014). How do we learn from errors? A prospective study of the link between the ward’s learning practices and medication administration errors. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 51(3), 448–457.
  • Eisenberg, S. (2012). NIOSH safe handling of hazardous drugs guidelines becomes state law. Journal of Infusion Nursing, 35(5), 316–319.
  • Molloy, L., Field, J., Beckett, P., & Holmes, D. (2012). PRN psychotropic medication and acute mental health nursing: Reviewing the evidence. Journal of Psychosocial Nursing & Mental Health Services, 50(8), 12–15.
  • Fleming, S., Brady, A., & Malone, A. (2014). An evaluation of the drug calculation skills of registered nurses. Nurse Education in Practice, 14(1), 55–61.
  • Bench, S., Day, T., & Metcalfe, A. (2013). Randomised controlled trials: An introduction for nurse researchers. Nurse Researcher, 20(5), 38–44.
  • Jenny, J. L., Jenny, C., Jayadevan, S., Jayakumary, M., Mohamed, A., Arun, S., & Mohamed, F. M. (2012). Nurses opinion on the attributes of polypharmacy in patient safety. Acta Medica Iranica, 50(7), 516–521.
  • Patel, N. K., Wood, R. C., & Espino, D. V. (2012). Cultural considerations: Pharmacological and nonpharmacological means for improving blood pressure control among Hispanic patients. International Journal of Hypertension, 2012, 831016.
  • Cleary-Holdforth, J., & Leufer, T. (2013). The strategic role of education in the prevention of medication errors in nursing: Part 2. Nurse Education in Practice, 13(3), 217–220.

SHOW LESS

Course Library Guide

A Capella University library guide has been created specifically for your use in this course. You are encouraged to refer to the resources in the BSN-FP4016 – Pharmacology for Patient Safety Library Guide to help direct your research.

Internet Resources

Access the following resources by clicking the links provided. Please note that URLs change frequently. Permissions for the following links have either been granted or deemed appropriate for educational use at the time of course publication.

  • Institute for Safe Medication Practices. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://ismp.org/
  • Healthy People 2020. (2015). Retrieved from http://www.healthypeople.gov/
  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/
  • Heart Failure Society of America. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.hfsa.org/
    • You may wish to explore this Web site and review information related to heart failure classification.
  • Montalvo, I. (2007). The National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators (NDNQI). OJIN: The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing, 12(3).
Bookstore Resources

The resources listed below are relevant to the topics and assessments in this course and are not required. Unless noted otherwise, these materials are available for purchase from the Capella University Bookstore. When searching the bookstore, be sure to look for the Course ID with the specific –FP (FlexPath) course designation.

  • Burchum, J., & Rosenthal, L. (2016). Lehen’s pharmacology for nursing care (9th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Elsevier Saunders.
    • Chapters 1, 2, 4, 5, 43, 47, 48, 21, 23, 31, 32, 50, 57, 58, and 76.
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Discuss the challenges to collaboration facing business and public health partnerships in relation to emergency preparedness.

Please respond to the following:

Summarize the article’s major points.

  • Discuss the challenges to collaboration facing business and public health partnerships in relation to emergency preparedness.
  • Discuss the facilitators to collaborations between business and public health partnerships in relation to emergency preparedness.
  • What are some limits of business-public health partnerships in relation to emergency preparedness.
  • Discuss an example of a public health and business partnership by a business model in relation to emergency preparedness.

The assignment is to be written as a paper. One source should be given to support your response in addition to citing the assigned article. USE APA format, 12 font, double space, and write between 450 words maximum

Reference

Buehler, J. W., Whitney, E. A., & Berkelman, R. L. (2006). Business and public health collaboration for emergency preparedness in Georgia: A case study.  BMC Public Health, 6 (285). doi: 10.1186/147-2458-6-285.

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Factors that impact health and health care delivery

Develop a 6–8 page, APA-formatted article on a global health topic for publication. Describe the factors that impact health and health care delivery, and the interventions that have been implemented. Explain the influence of altruism on global health, and identify evidence-based interventions to address the global health topic.

By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:

  • Competency 1: Explain the factors that affect the health of communities.       
    • (IMPORTANT) -Describe the factors that impact health and health care delivery associated with a global health care issue.
    • (IMPORTANT) -Explain the influence of altruistic organizations on health and health care practices associated with a global health care issue.
    • (IMPORTANT) -Explain how health care decisions and practices at a local level relate to health and health care delivery on a global scale.
  • Competency 2: Apply evidence-based interventions to promote health and disease prevention and respond to community health issues.       
    • (IMPORTANT) -Describe interventions implemented to address a global health care issue.
    • (IMPORTANT) -Identify evidence-based interventions to promote wellness and disease prevention associated with a global health care issue.
  • Competency 4: Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with expectations of a nursing professional.       
    • (IMPORTANT) -Provide background information and statistics on a global health care issue.
    • (IMPORTANT) -Write content clearly and logically with correct use of grammar, punctuation, and mechanics.
    • (IMPORTANT) -Correctly format paper, citations, and references, using current APA style. 

Assessment Instructions 

Preparation

Suppose you have been asked to submit an article for publication in your organization’s newsletter, about a global health topic and how policies and practices at the local level can affect global health. Choose one global health topic from the list (or use another of your choice):

  • Mental health.
  • Communicable diseases (HIV/AIDS, influenza, malaria, tuberculosis).
  • Non-communicable diseases (cancer, lung, and heart disease).
  • Maternal and child health (prenatal care, midwife education, childhood vaccinations).
  • LGBT health.
  • Disabilities.
  • Global water supply and safety (GlobalHealth.gov, n.d.).

Look in the Capella library and on the Internet for very recent peer-reviewed articles, statistics, and professional nursing information on the global health topic you selected.

Requirements

For this assessment, develop an APA-formatted research review article that covers one global health topic of your choice. In this assessment:

  • Identify your topic. Provide background information and statistics on the topic, including the global areas most affected by the topic and the types of health care issues most often associated with the topic.
  • Describe the factors that impact health and health care delivery in the global areas most affected by the topic you selected. These factors may include not only culture and tradition, but also politics, economics, and social attitude.
  • Explain the influence of altruistic organizations (Peace Corps, Project Hope, religious and non-religious missions, and so on) on health and health care practices in the global area specifically associated with the topic.
  • Describe the interventions implemented to address the health care issues associated with the topic. Include both conventional and unconventional interventions.
  • Explain how the health care decisions and practices at the local level (the area most impacted by the topic) relate to health and health care delivery in other global areas. This is not limited only to best practices, but could include poor health care decisions and practices.
  • Identify evidence-based interventions that are effective, efficient, cost-effective, and equitable for promoting wellness and disease prevention in the specific area and population.

Additional Requirements

Complete your assessment using the following specifications:

  • Title page and reference page.
  • Number of pages: 6–8 (not  including the title and reference pages).
  • At least 3 current scholarly or professional resources.
  • APA format for citations and references.
  • Times New Roman font, 12-point, double-spaced.
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Choose a contemporary school of nursing, hospital, nursing home, or other facility in the healthcare arena and research the nursing theory used there. Describe the changing role of the nurse today and how they are influenced by the organizational nursing theory.

Choose a contemporary school of nursing, hospital, nursing home, or other facility in the healthcare arena and research the nursing theory used there. Describe the changing role of the nurse today and how they are influenced by the organizational nursing theory.

Your presentation should include (60 pts.):

How the nursing theory enhances professional nursing practice in the roles of advocate, provider, teacher, manager, researcher, and leader. (20 pts.)

How using nursing theory and theory from other disciplines as a basis for the nursing process helps promote health and healing. (10 pts.)

How we can use nursing theory to challenge professional and organizational assumptions, explore alternatives, and guide nursing actions. (30 pts.)

This assignment is a PowerPoint presentation only. (40 pts.) The presentation should include no more than 20 slides. If you use graphics be sure they are small in size, so your presentation can be loaded quickly.

When you have completed this assignments, you will be able to differentiate the concepts of person, environment, health, and nursing, as they relate to select nursing theories by: (Competency 1)

identifying and defining the nursing metaparadigms. (10 pts.) analyzing the philosophical bases of the concepts as they relate to specific theorists. (10 pts.) differentiating the concepts as they relate to selected nursing theories. (10 pts.) constructing a personal nursing philosophy by integrating the metaparadigms and the his/her individual values. (10 pts.)

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Leadership and Managing

Assignment Description

Leadership and Managing

This week you reflected upon the difference between a “manager” and a “leader” and discussed this concept with your classmates and professor in the discussion board. In a written essay please answer the following questions:

  • What are the differences between leaders and managers? What characteristics are similar and what are different?
  • Provide a total of three examples. First, of someone who has great managerial skills. Second, another individual with great leadership skills. Third, another person with poor managerial skills. These can be made up individuals or examples you have seen without any identifying information. Discuss how the staff of each individual would be affected by the skills of the leader/manager.
  • Complete the Emotional Intelligence Test Discuss your scores and what they mean. What did you learn about yourself as a leader? (Note that a 10 on the EI test means strong. On the score page, click on the blue “here” under “interpreting your GEIT scores, click here” for more information on each section and what it means. 

Assignment Expectations:

Length: 1500 to 2000 words total (at least 500 words per question prompt)

Structure: Include a title page and reference page in APA format. These do not count towards the minimum word count for this assignment. Your essay must include an introduction and a conclusion.

References: Use appropriate APA style in-text citations and references for all resources utilized to answer the questions. A minimum of three (3) scholarly sources are required for this assignment.

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