HSM 300L Norfolk State University Week 6 Hospice Care Site Review

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The student will utilize online resources to gather information for each site. Review the PowerPoint from Week 6 for a review of the things to consider for this assignment Also, refer to the attached scoring rubric for the expectations for the assignment.

Site Review— HOSPICE CARE

The student will utilize online resources to gather information for:

Kindred Hospice

5544 Greenwich Road

Virginia Beach, VA 23462

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The site review report should address and include the following:

Using the facility website:

  • State and Discuss the Mission of the institution. (What do they want to do and how do they want to function for their patient/clients?) 

(10 points)

  • Describe the type of healthcare facility and the services that the facility provides.  (10 points)
  • Using the facility website, describe the population that they serve based on the service provided and the information given both in written and picture form. Consider using the US Census and geographic data bases to give you some ideas also. e.g. age, SES, gender (10 points)
  • Discuss, IN DETAIL, the ratings for four indicators regarding the facility as indicated on the government website below. (What do the ratings indicated about the services and care that the patient might receive? What does that tell a patient and/or family about the facility) (16 points)

https://www.medicare.gov/forms-help-resources/find-compare-doctors-hospitals-other-providers

For this site, scroll down to Quality and then click the arrow on right to see Family Care Experience and Quality of Patient Care for details

  • Explore the comments from two other sites (e.g. yelp or caring.com) and discuss your findings. (How do the ratings at the social media site help you to judge the facility?) (16 points)
  • Describe at least two impressions that you have for this healthcare facility and support the impressions with examples. (Considering everything that you found, think about if you were looking for services for yourself or a family member, what would you think?) (20 points; given this number of points it should be detailed)

NUR 4590 Rasmussen College Impact of Organizational Structure on Healthcare Delivery Paper

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Scenario

You have been hired as a consultant for a large healthcare organization. In your role, you have been tasked with examining the current organizational structure at the micro, meso, and macro levels, including the impact on healthcare delivery.

As you develop your plans, you will reflect how these roles individually and collectively influence the ability of the organization to deliver high quality client services.

The roles and titles of people working in the three levels of systems may vary. A brief definition of each is offered to clarify the contributions of leaders at each level. 

Micro system: This is the point of contact with the client or customer. In the health care setting the micro level may be a specific unit. Roles of those in the micro system include all that come in contact with the client and the manager of the unit or department. 

Meso system: This level reflects a collection of micro systems, such as a Surgical Services Department including multiple units. The meso level aims to group and coordinate similar micro system levels of service. 

  • Macro system: This level is a larger scale of groups and departments typically more at the administration level. 
  • Nursing Hierarchy
  • Nursing heirarchy
Macro Level: Vice President of Nursing Services

Potential Titles: Chief Nursing Officer, Vice President of Nursing, Director of Nursing Services.

Meso Level: Program Manager

Potential Titles: Department Head, Service Manager, Director.

Micro Level: Unit Manager

Potential Titles: Bedside Nurse, Unit Nurse, Unit Manager, Change Nurse.

Instructions

Research a healthcare organization and include their mission statement, vision, or philosophy in your memo.

Describe how the organization’s mission, vision, and philosophy influence the expectations of leaders at the three system levels: micro, meso, and macro.

Describe how nursing leaders in each of these levels of the organization’s operations address health care delivery goals.

  • Describe nurse leaders at the micro, meso, and macro level of the organization including a discussion of how these three levels may integrate to improve outcomes.

Paper Outline Worksheet

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How to write an Outline for a Paper

What is an outline?

An outline can be defined as an organizational plan to help you draft a paper. Writing an outline before beginning a paper is the most effective way to organize your thoughts. An outline breaks down the parts of your thesis in a clear, hierarchical manner to help you see the overall format of your paper.

Remember: The three parts of a paper included in your outline are: an INTRODUCTION, a BODY, and a CONCLUSION.

INTRODUCTION? State your thesis and the purpose of your research paper clearly. What is the chief reason you are writing the paper? State also how you plan to approach your topic. Is this a factual report, a book review, a comparison, or an analysis of a problem? Explain briefly the major points you plan to cover in your paper and why readers should be interested in your topic.

BODY? This is where you present your arguments to support your thesis statement. Remember the Rule of 3, i.e., find 3 supporting arguments for each position you take. Begin with a strong argument, then use a stronger one, and end with strongest argument for your final point.

CONCLUSION– Restate or reword your thesis. Summarize your arguments. Explain why you have come to this particular conclusion.

What is a thesis statement?

A thesis statement declares what you believe and what you intend to prove. A good thesis statement makes the difference between a thoughtful research project and a simple retelling of facts. A good tentative thesis will help you focus your search for information. Remember, your reader will be looking for your thesis. Make it clear, strong, and easy to find. Sample idea for creating an outline for a paper I will create an outline that focuses on the life of Senator Barack Obama.

Walden University Current Issues in Public Health Discussion

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    Throughout history, the issues that affect population health have changed as new problems, technologies, and treatments have emerged. The future of public health will also be met with new challenges and issues, and these are likely to change and evolve over time. Consider, for example, the issue of fighting infections in humans. One hundred years ago, we did not have penicillin and had to rely on other means to reduce symptoms. Now, we have a plethora of medications designed to fight infection, and we face yet another issue: antibiotic resistance. Public health is a dynamic field that will likely always have issues and challenges through which to work.

    Photo Credit: Getty Images

In this Assignment, you will locate peer-reviewed research on different public health topics, compare the articles, and describe potential changes within the topic area.

To Prepare for this Assignment:

  • Choose a topic from the following list of current emerging issues:
    • Air pollution in developing countries
    • Global pandemics
    • Water scarcity due to climate change
    • Antibiotic resistance
    • Prescription drug overdose
    • Vector-borne disease distribution due to climate change
    • Emerging diseases
    • Food insecurity

      The Assignment: 3–5 pages, excluding title page and references

      After critically reading and reviewing the scholarly papers you selected, write a cohesive paper in which you address the following:

      • Provide a background of the topic you chose.
      • Explain the magnitude of the issue.
      • Summarize the information in the peer-reviewed articles.
      • Compare and contrast the articles.
      • Describe the projected future trends in the topic area.
      • Explain what public health efforts/initiatives are needed to address the issue.
      • Describe the ethical issues to be considered in addressing the issue.

      Your paper should reflect the skills you have gained through this course, including:

      • Engaging in critical analysis
      • Writing in a scholarly voice
      • Citing references using proper APA format
      • Including a title page at the beginning and a reference list at the end of the paper (these are not counted in the page length)

EDP University Presentación del Poem A Ti Viva

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Question Description

I’m working on a nursing exercise and need an explanation and answer to help me learn.

Objetivo de la actividad

Mediante esta actividad el estudiante logrará desarrollar una presentación con las siguientes características:

  • Utilizar diferentes “layouts” (adicional a Title Slide” y Title and Content”
  • Aplicar un “Theme”
  • Incluir imágenes e integre audio o video
  • Aplicar movimientos de transición a los “slides” y movimientos de animación en texto e imágenes

Instrucciones

El propósito de esta actividad es que el estudiante desarrolle una presentación utilizando MS PowerPoint.

¿Qué vamos a hacer?

La meta consiste en construir una presentación de forma creativa que lleve el mensaje de forma atractiva.

Visite la página Ciudad Seva del escritor Luis López Nieves. En la sección de poemas, disponible en https://ciudadseva.com/biblioteca/indice-alfabetico-poemas/, seleccione el poema de su preferencia.

¿Cómo vamos a hacer la actividad?

Leer las instrucciones y los criterios de evaluación.

  • Acceder a la aplicación para crear presentaciones.
  • Crear las plantillas con el texto dado para cada una. Recuerde las reglas 10/20/30 y 1/7/7.
  • Aplicar “background” o fondo a toda la presentación.
  • Añadir gráficos (imágenes y/o fotos).
  • Aplicar movimientos de transición en los “slides” y movimiento de animación en texto y gráficos.

Una vez desarrollada la presentación, guarde el documento final en su computadora con el título del poema seleccionado. El nombre del documento debe incluir su nombre, por ejemplo: A mi hija – Maria Olivero.

Cotejar que su presentación cumple con los criterios de evaluación enunciados en la rúbrica.

Antes de realizar el ejercicio acceda a los recursos, incluyendo los tutoriales. Esta actividad se califica una sola vez.

EJEMPLO:

Entregable

Entregue su presentación a través de este espacio virtual dentro de la fecha estipulada. La actividad es de carácter individual. El trabajo debe ser entregado a tiempo, sin errores ortográficos ni gramaticales. Los trabajos serán sometidos a la herramienta para detectar similitud de contenidos (ahora Urkund).

LIU Visit to a Nursing Care Unit Discussion

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talks about how we didn’t meet patient ; talks about orientation where the director of the nursing home explain the policy of clinal to us; she also takes us on the different unit and introduce us to the different nurse manager and what types of patient they have in the different floor. just use what i give you in details to make it one page.

  • Length: 1 to 3 pages double-spaced, depends on the content and what happened in clinical
  • Mandatory subjects: 2 (see above)

Reflect in your journal

  • The purpose of reflective writing is for you to write about your clinical experiences in a journal.
  • Nothing is right or wrong; content is not graded but you must submit 5 journals to pass clinical.
  • There are 2 mandatory subjects you must write about at some time in the journal, otherwise there are no restrictions.

The mandatory subjects are:

  • Decision-making: who made the decision, how did they go about it? If you made it what were your thoughts before, during and after the decision, did it work out well or not? Why do you think? Would you decide differently if the same situation arose again?
  • A significant clinical incident or experience: Describe the situation; what were your feelings about the care given? What didn’t you know at the time but found out later? Did you have to look up information? What was it and where did you find it? Was there anything that could have been done differently?

Typically, you may describe anything that happened; fears, expectations, disappointments, surprises, a clinical situation and analysis and/or reactions to the situation. A good time to write the journal is the same day or evening of clinical so you can easily recall the day and events.

St Thomas University Adult Gerontology Acute Discussion

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Case 5

A 79-year-old male remarks on his first visit that he has noticed a gradual decrease in vision in both his eyes since last year. His old medical record has not yet arrived at your office. He states that since he moved from Florida a year ago, he has not had an eye examination and does not yet know an ophthalmologist. He is having difficulty carrying on his activities of daily living that involve his sight. He states that he cannot recognize people at some distance until they come quite close and he is often frightened by his perception of strangers speaking to him. Watching television and reading are becoming increasingly difficult for him. He states that glare is a problem and notes that a few times he almost tripped over something on the floor. He still drives his car in the local community. He asks if you think he may have a cataract. He says his wife had two cataracts in the past and he remembers her complaining of vision problems which have now resolved.

Vital Signs: BP 128/84; HR 82; RR 18; BMI 24.

Chief Complaint: Decrease in my vision; glare is very bothersome!

Discuss the following:

1) What additional subjective data are you seeking to include past medical history, social, and relevant family history?
2) What additional objective data will you be assessing for?
3) What are the differential diagnoses that you are considering?
4) What laboratory tests will help you rule out some of the differential diagnoses?
5) What radiological examinations or additional diagnostic studies would you order?
6) What treatment and specific information about the prescription that you will give this patient?
7) What are the potential complications from the treatment ordered?
8) What additional laboratory tests might you consider ordering?
9) What additional patient teaching may be needed?
10) Will you be looking for a consult?

MDC Immunology Generalized Anxiety Disorder Discussion

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    Psychological disorders, such as depression, bipolar, and anxiety disorders can present several complications for patients of all ages. These disorders affect patients physically and emotionally, potentially impacting judgment, school and/or job performance, and relationships with family and friends. Since these disorders have many drastic effects on patients’ lives, it is important for advanced practice nurses to effectively manage patient care. With patient factors and medical history in mind, it is the advanced practice nurse’s responsibility to ensure the safe and effective diagnosis, treatment, and education of patients with psychological disorder.

Generalized Anxiety Disorder is a psychological condition that affects 6.1 million Americans, or 3.1% of the US Population. Despite several treatment options, only 43.2% of those suffering from GAD receive treatment. This week you will review several different classes of medication used in the treatment of Generalized Anxiety Disorder. You will examine potential impacts of pharmacotherapeutics used in the treatment of GAD. Please focus your assignment on FDA approved indications when referring to different medication classes used in the treatment of GAD.

To Prepare
  • Review the Resources for this module and consider the principles of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics.
  • Reflect on your experiences, observations, and/or clinical practices from the last 5 years and think about how pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic factors altered his or her anticipated response to a drug.
  • Consider factors that might have influenced the patient’s pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic processes, such as genetics (including pharmacogenetics), gender, ethnicity, age, behavior, and/or possible pathophysiological changes due to disease.
  • Think about a personalized plan of care based on these influencing factors and patient history with GAD.
By Day 3 of Week 8

Post a discussion of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics related to anxiolytic medications used to treat GAD. In your discussion, utilizing the discussion highlights, compare and contrast different treatment options that can be used.

The Cubic Shaped Voxel and The Slice Select Gradient Question

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1.)Which of the following statement is/are TRUE?

A long TR increases SNR

A short TE increases SNR

A shorter flip angle decreases SNR

2. 

An isotropic voxel refers to a:circular shaped voxelcubic shaped voxelrectangular shaped voxeltriangular shaped voxel
3.) QUESTION 3

Which of the following would achieve the highest SNR for a given sequence?using a Gradient Echo pulse sequenceusing a fine matrixusing thick slicesusing the smallest FOV possible

a diagram of a gating procedurea Fourier transformationa pulse sequencethe Larmour equation
QUESTION 5

pixel sizevoxel sizesignal to noise ratiocontrast to noise ratio

QUESTION 6

slice select gradientphase encode gradientfrequency ecode gradientreadout gradient

QUESTION 7

large volumes of datamultiplanar reconstructionvariable sized sliceshigh resolution

QUESTION 8

without increasing scan time is to:increase slice thicknessincrease the number of signal averagesdecrease the voxel sizeincrease the number of slices

QUESTION 9

T1T2T2*PRoton Density (PD)

QUESTION 10

is considered false about a coarse matrix.

A course matrix contains a large number of voxelsA coarse matrix has a low number of frequency and phase encode steps

A course matrix increases the signal to noise SNR relative to a fine matrix

All of the above answers are false

QUESTION 11

Decreasing the FOV will decrease the voxel volume size, which will decrease SNR.
True False

QUESTION 12

lDoubling the number of signal averages (NSA, NEX, AQS) will double the SNR

True False

QUESTION 13

A Short Tau Inversion Recovery (STIR) is an ideal sequence for post contrast (GBCA) imaging. True False

QUESTION 14

GRE sequences have more signal than spin echo or fast spin echo sequences becuase GRE sequences convert all of the longitudinal magnetization into the transverse plane.
True False

QUESTION 15

List 2 ways to improve spatial resolution

QUESTION 16

According to Westbrook (p.234 – 235) what are two advantages of using rectangular field of view (recFOV)?

QUESTION 17

What is a volume image?How is volume imaging achieved?How does voxel dimensions affect image resolution?

QUESTION 18

What is a 3D volumetric aquisition?What are the advantages of volumetric imagingWhat is slice encoding?Westbrook, p. 207 – 208

The Agencies that Can Assist Families in Need of Food Sources Essay

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Students will be provided five scenarios. Each scenario describes a family/person who needs additional services beyond routine health care services. For each scenario, provide the the names of TWO community resources for this family/person, their website addresses, a list of the services they provide, and determine if each is a government resource or a not-for-profit.

Exercise details. For each of the following five scenarios, find 2 public health, health, and/or social services as appropriate that are available for you in San Diego County. You must find at least two sources of services for each of the five scenarios. For each of the five scenarios, please include the following: a) the names of the appropriate agencies or organizations that can provide you with help or assistance; b) the agency/organizations’ mission statement and the population this agency/organization serves (e.g. adults, children); c) provide a website (URL) where a person can get more information for each agency/organization you cite; and d) is this organization a for- profit, not-for profit, or government sponsored service/agency. You may submit this exercise in a bullet format.

1) You are having trouble feeding your family week-to-week and need to find additional food sources.

2) You believe that a significant water pipe on public property has broken and flooding will occur soon in your area.

3) A neighbor is putting up a large shed in his/her back yard but you do not think it is properly permitted and will cause a safety hazard if not properly built.

4) You have a child who is partially blind and you need assistance finding special resources including schooling options.

5) You believe you were recently exposed to a person with tuberculosis and need information on what to do to follow up on the situation.