Entries by Linus

Verifying the Variance

Required Readings Penner, S. J. (2017). Economics and financial management for nurses and nurse leaders (3rd ed.). New York, NY: Springer Publishing. Chapter 4, “Measuring Nursing Care” (pp. 85–110) Chapter 5, Reporting and Managing Budgets” (pp. 111–135) Healthcare Financial Management Association. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.hfma.org/ Walden University. (2018). ASC software assistance: Microsoft Excel. Retrieved from https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/ASCsoftware/mso… Document: Week 4 Sunnyside […]

community health assessment plan for Johnson County

For the duration of this course, you will be working to create a community health assessment plan for Johnson County, Missouri. You will gather the information from a variety of different web sites. You will be working on the various components of a community health assessment throughout the course. ************ In the document you created in […]

Behavioral Theory Interventions

Select a health behavior intervention for a patient/client. Using the constructs of the Health Belief Model (HBM), describe how you, as a health professional, would develop an intervention to address this health behavior concern. What information would you need to gather from the patient/client? When possible, find support in peer-reviewed literature for the use of […]

Terminating Pregnancy

Assignment: Write a research paper describing Abortion the case , the outcome, and implications for health care providers or administrators resulting from the case. The main focus of your paper should be on the implications for the healthcare manager from your case example. Undergraduate Students will write a 7 – 10 page research paper on […]

Customers for A Hospital and Customer Satisfaction

Discussion: 250 words minimum with 4 references. 1 Identify the key customers for a hospital and discuss how each of these different customers might view quality. Complete: 1500 words with at least 4 references. 1 It defines one of the key concepts to providing quality patient services in a healthcare organization: Customer satisfaction, retention and […]

The social marketing theory

The social marketing theory is a combination of theories that aim to influence attitudes and behavior. The theory has been applied extensively in the public health field to influence both healthy and unhealthy behavior. While behavior influence is one main objective of the theory, it relies on four basic principles. Identify and describe the four […]

privacy and confidentiality in public helath

Write a two-page paper explaining why privacy and confidentiality are of fundamental importance in public health research. Describe the difference between privacy and confidentiality. What are the HIPAA privacy rules and how is that relevant to public health practice? Also, what is the IRB’s role in protecting privacy?

How Focusing on Prevention Saves Money

There is strong evidence that by focusing on prevention, a health promotion program reduces the costs (both financial and human) that individuals, employers, families, insurance companies, medical facilities, communities, the state, and the nation would spend on medical treatment. Please describe how the focus on prevention enables local communities, for example, to save money or […]

Health Inequalities

Health inequalities arise from the societal conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age. Why do you think such inequalities are more prevalent in third world countries and are less prevalent in the industrialized ones? What are some of the key contributors to common health inequalities? your response should be at least […]

the concept of responsibility centers

After reviewing all of this week’s materials, consider the concept of responsibility centers. Write a 3-5 page APA-formatted paper explaining the four types of responsibility centers. Include discussion of the value of this model in human services. Include at least 2 resources (the link provided with this week’s Readings and Resources may serve as one). […]