Glasier Health Products

In this case, management needs assistance in evaluating and classifying costs identified within Glaser Health Products in order to implement an activity-based costing system.  Please address Questions 1 through 6 at the end of the case.  Based on the case questions, you are required to provide a two to four double-spaced written report providing management with the necessary guidance in implementing an activity-based costing system.  The written report should be properly formatted according to APA guidelines and demonstrate research and critical thinking skills.  Explanations and recommendations should be supported by at least 3 scholarly sources from the Ashford Library or other external sources, excluding the textbook.

For Questions 1 through 3, create a chart to classify and identify a cost driver for each of the costs provided in the text.  The chart should be included as an appendix to the written report.  Explanations of the classifications and identifications within the chart should be included within the written report, supported by references to the appendix.

Questions 4 through 6 should be addressed in fully developed explanations/instructions as part of your written report.  The written analysis should be supported by at least three scholarly sources, excluding the textbook.

Week 3 Written Assignment should:

  • Demonstrate graduate level work including appropriate research and critical thinking skills.
  • Be presented as a written analysis (not a question/answer format).
  • Incorporate case questions into the overall analysis.
  • Follow APA formatting guidelines including title page, reference page and in-text citations.
  • Consists of two to four double-spaced pages of content.
  • Provide at least three scholarly sources, excluding the textbook.

Refrence:

Schneider (2012). Managerial accounting: Decision making for the service and manufacturing sectors. (2012). San Diego, CA: Bridgepoint Education.

research article critique (nursing)

The purpose of this assignment is for the student to learn to examine, analyze, critique, and summarize an original research article. Student is to select an article from a list located in Course Resources. There is a choice of articles from which you must choose ONE to complete this assignment.

Course Outcomes

Through this assignment, the student will demonstrate the ability to meet the following course outcomes:

CO1: Examine the sources of evidence that contribute to professional nursing practice. (PO #7)

CO2: Apply research principles to the interpretation of the content of published research studies. (POs #4 and 8)

CO4: Evaluate published nursing research for credibility and lab significance related to evidence-based practice. (POs #4 and 8)

CO5: Recognize the role of research findings in evidence-based practice. (POs #7 and 8)

Points

The assignment is worth a total of 200 points.

Due Date

You are to submit your paper to the Week 6 Research Article Review Dropbox by Sunday 11:59 p.m. MT at the end of Week 6.

Requirements

Through this assignment, the student will:

1.     Critique a peer-reviewed study, and in your own words, describe the research question, sample, design of study, data collection method, findings, and limitations of each. (CO 1, CO2,)

2.     Summarize the research article and evaluate the significance to nursing. Do not just quote the author’s words. Paraphrase the information. (CO 4, CO5).

Guidelines to writing the Paper

1.     Course Resources lists articles from which you are to select ONE to analyze.

2.     Retrieve the full-text version of the article from the library. Read it thoroughly.

  1. Introduction (one paragraph): The introduction should be interesting and capture the reader’s attention.
    1. Provide a brief description of the research article to be discussed.  
    2. Discuss the purpose of your paper. The purpose statement of the paper should relate to the research article reviewed and the implications that it has to evidence based nursing practice.
    3. You will need to summarize and analyze the information from the article in your own words

4.     Describe the research question for this study in a paragraph.

  1. Describe the research in greater detail.
  2. Include your observations about this question.
  3. Discuss events or trends that could have affected this question.
  4. You will need to summarize and analyze the information from the article in your own words

5.     Describe the research design of this study, and in your own words discuss the design.

a.     Discuss the research design of the study. 

b.     Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the type of design and hypothesize why the author                   utilized the design as opposed to others.

c.     You will need to summarize the information from the article in your own words

6.     Describe the sample.

a.     Briefly describe the sample size used for this study

b.     Make a judgment as to whether the sample size was adequate and defend your answer. 

c.     Describe the number or participants and determine if the number of participants was adequate compared to the research question and the intent of the study.

d.     Are these numbers adequate? Discuss gaps in that you identified.

e.     You will need to summarize and analyze the information from the article in your own words

7.     Describe the data collection method(s)’

a.     Who collected the data?

b.     What tools were used?

c.     What were the ethical considerations addressed and discuss gaps you identified.

d.     You will need to summarize and analyze the information from the article in your own words

8.     Describe the limitations of the study.

a.     Identify the limitations within the study

b.     Describe how the limitations could be overcome in subsequent studies

c.     Comment on why limitations are important to list and discuss within a study

d.     You will need to summarize and analyze the information from the article in your own words

9.     Describe the findings reported in the study.

a.     Describe the findings reported in the study

b.     Discuss whether the findings of the study answered the research question posed within the study

c.     Discuss the credibility of the findings

d.     If the findings do not support the research question posed within the study, what do you believe is the reason?

e.     You will need to summarize and analyze the information from the article in your own words

10.  Summary

  1. Summarize important points from the body of your paper including the key components of the paper.
  2. Include a statement about the research question and the findings.
  3. Discuss the probability of implementation into practice. Based on these findings, is the evidence that you found on your topic strong enough to suggest a change in practice, or an idea for practice?
  4. End with a concluding statement.

11.  Citations and References must be included to support the information within each topic area. Refer to the APA manual, Chapter 7, for examples of proper reference format. In-text citations are to be noted for all information contained in your paper that is not your original idea or thought. Ask yourself, “How do I know this?” and then cite the source.

  1. Reference Page: The Reference Page should start on a new page (insert a page break). All references should be cited within the body of the paperas (Author, year) and the full reference should be included in APA format on the reference page. A url link alone is not an adequate reference. See the APA Guidelines in Course Resources for examples of properly formatted references.

Introduction to Health Information Technology Systems and Nursing Informatics 

What brought you to the nursing profession and what are your strengths as a nurse? Many times, nurses are called upon to use skills that do not relate to the reasons that made them enter their profession. What is your attitude toward change, especially the increased reliance on technology in health care? Organizations such as TIGER are developing computer competency resources to improve nursing professionals’ understanding of health care informatics. How might nursing informatics and competencies increase quality, patient safety, and job satisfaction?To prepare:

  • Review this week’s media presentation, focusing on the benefits and challenges of health informatics.
  • Reflect on your professional nursing experiences and how informatics has impacted or changed your practice.
  • Examine the TIGER and ANA informatics competencies presented in the Learning Resources. What insights do these give you with regard to:
  • How these competencies influence nursing informatics, improve quality of care and patient safety, and promote excellence in nursing practice
  • Ways in which nursing practices have changed and/or will change as a result of informatics
  • Your personal skills, strengths, and preferences related to informatics
  • Potential challenges or areas in which you need to strengthen your capabilities, and at least one strategy for accomplishing professional growth in this area

By Tomorrow 08/29/17, write a minimum of 550 words in APA format with a minimum of 3 references from the list below which include the level one headings as numbered below:

post a cohesive response that addresses the following:

1)     Briefly share your nursing background and professional interests. (background: cardiac nurse, critical care, nurse informatics).

2)     Summarize how informatics has impacted or changed nursing practice. Provide an example from your professional experience.

3)     Evaluate how established informatics competencies influence quality of care, safety improvements, and excellence in nursing practice.

4)     Assess your informatics strengths and preferences, as well as potential challenges and areas for development. (Be sure to refer to specific TIGER and ANA competencies.)

5)     Describe one strategy for enhancing your informatics skills and competencies.

Required Readings

Course Text: Ball, M. J., Douglas, J. V., Hinton Walker, P., DuLong, D., Gugerty, B., Hannah, K. J., . . . Troseth, M. R. (Eds.) (2011). Nursing informatics: Where technology and caring meet (4th ed.). London, England: Springer-Verlag.

Chapter 1, “Nursing Informatics: Transforming Nursing”

Chapter 12, “The Evolving National Informatics Landscape”

 Chapter 1 introduces the need for health care reform by detailing cost concerns and future needs of the nursing profession. A look at the beginning stages of the TIGER collaborative is also given, detailing its start at the 2006 Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland. Chapter 12 provides an overview of technology’s emergence into the health care industry.

Course Text: American Nurses Association. (2008). Nursing informatics: Scope and standards of practice. Silver Spring, MD: Author.

“Introduction” (pp. 1–2)

“Informatics Competencies” (pp. 33–40)

 The 2-page excerpt from the introduction offers a brief description of the field of informatics and presents the rationale for referring to the scope and standards throughout your nursing career. The excerpt from the “Informatics Competencies” section uses research and matrices to correlate informatics competencies with the education and roles of nursing professionals.

Cesnik, B., & Kidd, M. R. (2010). History of health informatics: A global perspective. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 151, 3–8.

Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.

 The authors of this article begin by summarizing the rise of computer development and use. They then examine how technology will build the capabilities of future businesses.

Hovenga, E. J., Kidd, M. R., Garde, S., & Hullin Lucay Cossio, C. (2010). Health informatics: An introduction. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 151, 9–15.

Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.

 A brief explanation of informatics principles is given in this article.

Ozbolt, J. G., & Saba, V. K. (2008). A brief history of nursing informatics in the United States of America. Nursing Outlook, 56(5), 199–205.

Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.

 Examine the initiatives and technological developments that have informed the field of informatics by using this article as a guide.

Technology Informatics Guiding Education Reform (TIGER). (n.d.). The TIGER Initiative: Informatics competencies for every practicing nurse: Recommendations from the TIGER collaborative. Retrieved from: http://www.mhsinformatics.org/CI-Fellowship/Workforce-Development/Competencies/Tiger.Report_Competencies_final.pdf

 For this week, focus on the executive summary and Appendix A, B, and C for review of the TIGER initiative and resulting competencies.

Required Media

Laureate Education, Inc. (Executive Producer). (2011). Transforming nursing and healthcare through technology: What is health informatics? Baltimore, MD: Author.

 Note:  The approximate length of this media piece is 13 minutes.

 In this week’s media presentation, the presenters discuss the extensive applications, implications, and benefits of health informatics for patients, practitioners, and health care organizations as a whole.

HIMSS/AMDIS Physician Community Podcast Series. (Producer). (2009). Episode #15: TIGER initiative – technology informatics guiding education reform. [Audio podcast]. Retrieved from http://podbay.fm/show/popout.php?id=285132709&e=1246544022

 Joyce Sensmeier, vice president of informatics at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), presents the Technology Informatics Guiding Education Reform (TIGER) initiative that is aimed at educating nurses on new digital technologies. This podcast also highlights the organizational accomplishments and future informatics goals of the TIGER initiative.To access the podcast, scroll through the page linked above to find Episode #15.

American Medical Informatics Association. (2011). Video Library 1: Nursing informatics pioneers.

 Retrieved from http://www.amia.org/programs/working-groups/nursing-informatics/history-project/video-library-1

 The AMIA developed a Nursing Informatics History Project, aimed at documenting and preserving the history of nursing informatics. This project consists of two video libraries. Video Library 1 portrays the viewpoints and accomplishments of those recognized as pioneers in the informatics field.

Optional Resources

 Gugerty, B. Delaney, C. (August, 2009). Technology Informatics Guiding Educational Reform (TIGER). TIGER Informatics Competencies Collaborative (TICC) Final Report. Retrieved from http://tigercompetencies.pbworks.com/f/TICC_Final.pdf

Technology Informatics Guiding Education Reform (TIGER). (n.d.). Evidence and Informatics Transforming Nursing: 3-Year Action Steps toward a 10-Year Vision. Retrieved from http://www.aacn.nche.edu/education-resources/TIGER.pdf

Establishing a culture of sound business ethics within an organization is challenging, to say the least. Companies that market products that are not considered to be “healthy” for consumers have additional challenges. Using the CSU Online Library, research a company that markets “unhealthy” products. Examples might include tobacco or alcohol companies but these examples are not exclusive. Respond to the following questions. 1. Briefly describe the company and its product and the ethical dilemma associated with the production and distribution of its products. 2. Examine how the perception of the product differs within cultures both within the United States and globally. 3. How has this company handled the ethical implications of its product with a focus on social responsibility, integrity, and business ethics? 4. Explain how leadership within the organization can instill a culture of ethics within the marketing department as they strive to advertise a product that is not healthy for the customer. 5. What conclusions can be made about the organization in relation to the concepts of business ethics? Your response should be a minimum of 2 double-spaced pages not including the title and reference pages. You are required to use at least 1 peer-reviewed source. Referenced sources must have accompanying citations complying with APA guidelines. Your essay should be formatted in accordance with APA style. For step-by-step instructions for formatting a paper in APA style, please refer to the CSU Citation Guide (http://www.columbiasouthern.edu/downloads/pdf/success/citation-guide). Instructions for formatting formal documents can be found on page 17.

Complete this week’s assigned readings, chapters 86 & 87. After completing the readings, post a short reflection, approximately 1 paragraph in length, discussing your thoughts and opinions about one or several of the specific topics covered in the textbook readings. pertaining to politics in associations and interest groups. Identify which one MSN Essential most relates to your selected topic in your discussion.

As a reminder, no scholarly sources are required and students do not have to reply to a classmate’s original post. This post does not have an end date but please make an effort to complete your post before next week’s discussion post is posted and/or due in order to avoid falling behind.

Chapter 86  Family and sexual violence : Nursing and US Policy.  Kathryn Laughton and angela Frederick         Amar

Chapter 87 Human Trafficking :the need for nursing advocacy . Barbara Glickstein

The book is:

Mason, D. J., Leavitt, J.K., Chaffee, M.W. (2016). Policy and Politics: In Nursing and Health

Care. (7th• Ed) St. Louis, Missouri: Elsevier, Saunders. ISBN-13: 9780323299886

https://books.google.com/books?id=NGGuCAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false

Self-Assessment of TIGER Nursing Informatics Competencies Guidelines and Rubric PURPOSE Each student will assess their Nursing Informatics competencies. COURSE OUTCOMES Through this assignment, the student will demonstrate the following abilities. (CO1) Define key terms in informatics, healthcare informatics, and nursing informatics (PO 3). (CO2) Recognize the importance of synthesizing nursing science with computer, information, and cognitive sciences. (POs 1, 11) . MT at the end of Wks. 1 and 7 . POINTS This assignment is worth 25 points Wk1; 25 points Wk7. DIRECTIONS Understanding one’s own competencies in nursing informatics enables the planning of strategies to enhance knowledge and skills. A graded, online self-evaluation of your informatics competencies is required. The grade, however, is only for completing the assignment. No grade is assessed for any individual responses or any summation regarding your level of competence in any area of the tool. The self-evaluation is based on the TIGER competencies, developed as part of a large-scale endeavor entitled Technology Informatics Guiding Education Reform (TIGER). The focus is on the minimum informatics competencies for all nurses and students graduating from pre-licensure programs. There are no incorrect answers. The tool addresses three areas, listed below. • Basic Computer Competencies • Information Literacy • Information Management (including use of an electronic health record) More information on these competencies and the TIGER Initiative may be found at: TIGER Initiative

How you would define sustainability?click here for more information on this paper

Sustainability can be defined as being capable of being continued with minimal long-term effect on the environment. This idea of longevity is often broken down into the “three pillars” of social, environmental and economic sustainability. Sustainability can impact all the areas of operation within a company including manufacturing, distribution, development, and support functions. All entities including employees, supply chain partners, customers, investors and stakeholders involved in a company’s operations should understand the importance of achieving and establishing sustainability. Creating a successful sustainability and implementation strategy is an important factor to a company’s financial success. Sustainability is about looking after things now, so our future generations can enjoy it later. Sustainability is also concerned with relationships and how the different aspects of the earth system unite in order to best work together.

Your personal views on sustainability.

An increased growth of industrial activities in the past has led to natural resources being depleted at a rate that is faster than the rate of restoration. There is also a growing recognition that the effects of climate change will continue to drive up the cost and the demand for health services around the world. Rising temperatures will increase the need for the use of air conditioning; rising sea levels will put coastal hospitals at risk of flooding; changing weather patterns and damaging natural disasters will increase demands for services.  If this trend continues, most of the admired companies will be forced to close. Growth of businesses will always be dependent on the resources available. And if there are no resources, there really will be no business to do anywhere. Sustainability is crucial for financial success, and if not followed correctly could cause legal trouble, impact stock prices, impact sales and ability to continue to produce products, and even the ultimate downfall of a corporation. Companies that do implement sustainability into their operations have to continue to improve their processes and practices to grow in their “do good” commitments.

How you think sustainability fits within health care?

Climate change, loss of biodiversity, material inequality, overpopulation, and resource depletion all have an impact on how health care organizations are managed and organized. These issues have led to numerous health care crises such as increased chronic disease diagnoses, increasing costs to provide health care, increased carbon use, and, in some cases, a lack of compassion. From an economical stand point the organization is tapping into a booming market (going green market) that will translate into profits. People are leaning towards products for the mere fact that an organization is doing its part to preserve the environment, which also makes them feel socially responsible by purchasing these products. From a social standpoint, the organization is providing a positive influence for other companies as well as consumers to follow suit in terms of being sustainable. Applying sustainability into any health care organization can save money, improve health outcomes, decrease carbon use and improve our environment. As a result of environmental changes, the health sector is facing an unprecedented scale of change that will require public, private and non-governmental organizations to come together to identify and develop innovative solutions in order to make available resources work harder towards creating a sustainable model of health.

Theories are derived from conceptual models and are comprised of concepts and propositions. The only concepts that are common to all nursing theories, in some shape or form, are patient, nurse, health, and environment. These are sometimes referred to as the basic metaparadigms of the nursing domain. Identify two additional concepts that are relevant to your personal practice of nursing and explain how they relate to your practice and why they are important to your practice. APA format.

Nursing

Long-Term Care Today

Demographics and epidemiological transitions result in dramatic changes in the health needs of individuals throughout the globe. In recent times, there has been increase in the prevalence of long-term disability in the population—causing increasing need for long-term care services. In addition, the present developing world is experiencing an increase in the demand for long-term care services at a cost much lower than industrialized countries.

Prepare a report in a 3- to 4-page Microsoft Word document comparing the US long-term care system with the long-term care system of a developing country. Research the Internet to find relevant content. 

Include the following information in your report:

What are the chronic illness trends of each country?

What is the incidence and prevalence of elderly consumers of long-term care in the United States as compared to your chosen developing country?

How does each country expect these numbers to change in the next ten years?

What are the main characteristics of the elderly population in both the countries? Is there any difference in the long-term health care needs of consumers in both the countries? Provide a rationale for your answer.

Who are the institutional and noninstitutional caregivers in both the countries? Support your answer with relevant examples. Explain the factors that affect care giving in each country.

Is there any difference in the status of quality of care of the elderly consumers in the United States as compared to the developing country?

Is there any difference in the health care cost provided in the United States as compared to the developing country? Define any social support that may exist to cover health care in both countries.

Support your responses with examples.

Cite any sources in APA format.

As an advanced practice nurse, you will examine patients presenting with a variety of disorders. You must, therefore, understand how the body normally functions so that you can identify when it is reacting to changes. Often, when changes occur in body systems, the body reacts with compensatory mechanisms. These compensatory mechanisms, such as adaptive responses, might be signs and symptoms of alterations or underlying disorders. In the clinical setting, you use these responses, along with other patient factors, to lead you to a diagnosis.

Consider the following scenarios:

Scenario 1:

Jennifer is a 2-year-old female who presents with her mother. Mom is concerned because Jennifer has been “running a temperature” for the last 3 days. Mom says that Jennifer is usually healthy and has no significant medical history. She was in her usual state of good health until 3 days ago when she started to get fussy, would not eat her breakfast, and would not sit still for her favorite television cartoon. Since then she has had a fever off and on, anywhere between 101oF and today’s high of 103.2oF. Mom has been giving her ibuprofen, but when the fever went up to 103.2oF today, she felt that she should come in for evaluation. A physical examination reveals a height and weight appropriate 2-year-old female who appears acutely unwell.  Her skin is hot and dry. The tympanic membranes are slightly reddened on the periphery, but otherwise normal in appearance. The throat is erythematous with 4+ tonsils and diffuse exudates. Anterior cervical nodes are readily palpable and clearly tender to touch on the left side. The child indicates that her throat hurts “a lot” and it is painful to swallow. Vital signs reveal a temperature of 102.8oF, a pulse of 128 beats per minute, and a respiratory rate of 24 beats per minute.

Scenario 2:

Jack is a 27-year-old male who presents with redness and irritation of his hands. He reports that he has never had a problem like this before, but about 2 weeks ago he noticed that both his hands seemed to be really red and flaky. He denies any discomfort, stating that sometimes they feel “a little bit hot,” but otherwise they feel fine. He does not understand why they are so red. His wife told him that he might have an allergy and he should get some steroid cream. Jack has no known allergies and no significant medical history except for recurrent ear infections as a child. He denies any traumatic injury or known exposure to irritants. He is a maintenance engineer in a newspaper building and admits that he often works with abrasive solvents and chemicals. Normally he wears protective gloves, but lately they seem to be in short supply so sometimes he does not use them. He has exposed his hands to some of these cleaning fluids, but says that it never hurt and he always washed his hands when he was finished.

Scenario 3:

Martha is a 65-year-old woman who recently retired from her job as an administrative assistant at a local hospital. Her medical history is significant for hypertension, which has been controlled for years with hydrochlorothiazide. She reports that lately she is having a lot of trouble sleeping, she occasionally feels like she has a “racing heartbeat,” and she is losing her appetite. She emphasizes that she is not hungry like she used to be. The only significant change that has occurred lately in her life is that her 87-year-old mother moved into her home a few years ago. Mom had always been healthy, but she fell down a flight of stairs and broke her hip. Her recovery was a difficult one, as she has lost a lot of mobility and independence and needs to rely on her daughter for assistance with activities of daily living. Martha says it is not the retirement she dreamed about, but she is an only child and is happy to care for her mother. Mom wakes up early in the morning, likes to bathe every day, and has always eaten 5 small meals daily. Martha has to put a lot of time into caring for her mother, so it is almost a “blessing” that Martha is sleeping and eating less. She is worried about her own health though and wants to know why, at her age, she suddenly needs less sleep.

To Prepare

· Review the three scenarios, as well as Chapter 6 in the Huether and McCance text.

· Identify the pathophysiology of the disorders presented in each of the three scenarios, including their associated alterations. Consider the adaptive responses to the alterations.

· Construct a mind map for the disorder described on the Scenario 1: Consider the epidemiology, pathophysiology, risk factors, clinical presentation, and diagnosis of the disorder, as well as any adaptive responses to alterations.

To Complete

Write a 2- to 3-page paper excluding the title page, reference page and Mind Map that addresses the following:

· For each of the three scenarios explain the pathophysiology, associated alterations and the patients’ adaptive responses to the alterations caused by the disease processes.  You are required to discuss all three scenarios within the paper component of this assignment.

· Construct one mind map on the disorder described on Scenario 1. Your Mind Map must include the epidemiology, pathophysiology, risk factors, clinical presentation, and diagnosis of the disorder, as well as any adaptive responses to alterations.

Instructor Requirements

As advanced practice nurses, we are scholars, nurse researchers and scientists. As such, please use Peer-Reviewed scholarly articles and websites designed for health professionals (not designed for patients) for your references. Students should be using the original citation in Up to Date and go to that literature as a reference. The following are examples (not all inclusive) of resources/websites deemed inadmissible for scholarly reference:

  1. Up to Date (must use original articles from Up to Date as a resource)
  2. Wikipedia
  3. Cdc.gov- non healthcare professionals section
  4. Webmd.com
  5. Mayoclinic.com