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ethical and legal physician practices

In Week 5, you will discuss more specific issues as they relate to ethical and legal physician practices, patient abuse, and the efforts many healthcare organizations take to uphold ethics, including healthcare ethics committees. Your Learning Objectives for the Week: Apply legal and ethical principles, procedures, and cases to practical management problems frequently found in healthcare […]

historical changes in the organization

Week 3 – Discussion No unread replies.No replies. Discussion Board Choose 2 of the following: • How; have historical changes in the organization, financing, and delivery of health services in the United States impacted how it functions today. • has the growth of the health insurance industry and the “corporatization” of health care changed the […]

Sustaining change

 Sustaining change Sustaining change can be difficult, as there are many variables that can affect implementation. One critical component of EBP is to ensure that practice change is part of an organization’s culture so it will continue to impact outcomes over time. Name two potential barriers that may prevent your EBP change proposal from continuing […]

Organizational Policies And Practices To Support Healthcare Issues

Quite often, nurse leaders are faced with ethical dilemmas, such as those associated with choices between competing needs and limited resources. Resources are finite, and competition for those resources occurs daily in all organizations. For example, the use of 12-hour shifts has been a strategy to retain nurses. However, evidence suggests that as nurses work […]

Social/Emotional Intelligence (SEI)

Social/Emotional Intelligence (SEI) Create a three column Social/Emotional Intelligence (SEI) table that includes the following: · the five SEI Power Skills (described in the course material): · Self-Awareness · Self-Management · Interpersonal Communication · Executive Function · Social Awareness · two skill sets needed to demonstrate each of the SEI Power Skills in your professional life   · for each SEI […]

Issues On Dying

Issues On Dying “Issues on Dying” to complete this assignment. While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. This assignment […]

clinical issue of interest

By Day 3 of Week 4 Post a brief description of your clinical issue of interest (one page 4 APA style PP with clinical issue of interest included) . This clinical issue will remain the same. For the entire course and will be the basis for the development of your PICOT question. Then, post your […]

The practice of using herbal supplements

Herbal Supplements: The practice of using herbal supplements dates back thousands of years. Today, there is a renewal in the use of herbal supplements among American consumers. However, herbal supplements are not for everyone. In fact, some herbal products may cause problems for people treatments for chronic ailments. Because they are not subject to scrutiny by […]

spiritual care

5 DQ 1 Spiritually is one’s connection to their perceived purpose in life. It is a human trait that relates to how people seek. And express meaning and purpose. It is the deeper connection of self that extents outwardly. Spiritually is expressed through various extensions such as religion, nature, or meditation. It is rituals or […]

Professional Boundaries

 In your discussion , read and review the Professional Boundaries document docx. – and answer the following questions: Your initial response should be at least of 200 words in length, reflecting on the prompt below.   According to the Professional Boundaries readings there are numerous  workplace boundaries that, if crossed, lead to serious ethical and […]