Entries by Merit Writer

Black Community Culture and Health Related Goals

The purpose of this assignment is to research cultural differences and public health issues that are unique to specific communities. And cultures to address community public health needs. Throughout Weeks 1-4 of the course. You will participate in a series of Collaborative Learning Community (CLC) assignments. These assignments will build upon one another. And be […]

Medical Education Cooperation with Cuba Film Review

A film review is a popular way for critics to assess a film’s overall quality and determine whether or not they think the film is worth recommending.  For this course, you are considering whether or not the film we watch covers the course material well enough that it should be recommended for people who want […]

Stress Management Plan

In your last entry, you identified and discussed one of your personal stressors you would like to work on. Now for this PSMJ 3, you will be creating a small, 1-week plan to manage your chosen stressor, complete the plan, and write about how your plan works or does not work. There are three parts to this project. […]

Problem Solving and Delegation Process Worksheet

Complete the Processes worksheet. Open the “Processes Worksheet” link above. There are two sections to be thoroughly and accurately completed: Delegation Process and Problem Solving. Please indicate with reference and citation or simply identifying which resource you used for your process before or after each worksheet. Section One: Delegation Process Please review Course Strategy Guide for thoughts about this […]

Clinical Improvement Opportunity: Reducing Patient Falls

OPTION #1: CLINICAL IMPROVEMENT OPPORTUNITY Scenario: You are the director of quality in a 200-bed hospital. The organization has identified three clinical improvement opportunities: reduce surgical site infections, reduce patient falls, and improve compliance with congestive heart failure clinical guidelines. For this assignment, select one of these clinical improvement opportunities. Your task, as sponsor and team facilitator, […]

Budget and Variable Budget

Based on the following information, answer the questions shown below regarding a budget for year 2: Recent merit pay increases (usually 0- 5% provided annually) have resulted in the following salaries: 2 coder salaries each at $15/hour 1 coder salary at $14.50/hour Lead coder salary of $50,000/year 2 release of information specialists each at $13/hour […]

Quality Data Sources

The purpose of this assignment is to become familiar with various data sources. Used by health care organizations to obtain quality data. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) creates an annual report. The National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report. Which assesses the performance of the U.S. health care system. This report identifies strengths […]

the history of cannabis

Trace the history of cannabis use in medicine for the treatment and management of illness via nursing scholarly journal articles. Examine your sources for the following information below and describe the following: 1. Who are the stakeholders both in support of and in opposition to medicinal cannabis use? 2. What does current medical/nursing research say […]

tenets of nursing’s metaparadigm

 Personal Philosophy of Nursing  Discuss the tenets of nursing’s metaparadigm. Identify your personal philosophy of nursing. My personal philosophy is “treat your patients as if they were your family” – Discuss personal philosophy of nursing. – Articulate changes in personal philosophy over time. – Discuss factors that impacted change in your personal philosophy of nursing. […]

Vision Of Nursing

What is your vision for the future of nursing? How does your vision fit with the recommendations in the IOM report? What two action steps do you plan to take to promote this vision? 500 words, formatted and cited in current APA style with support from at least 2 academic sources. References: The future of nursing: […]