performance improvement data.

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Please respond to the following questions based upon these course objectives:

  • Discuss performance improvement models, health policy, national initiatives, and professional advocacy roles and their contributions to the design of quality and performance improvement programs.
  • Identify improvement opportunities based on performance measurement.
  • Use teamwork in performance improvement.
  • Aggregate and analyze performance improvement data.
  • Develop and manage performance improvement process using project management principles.
  • Review and evaluate the performance improvement programs.
  • Identify the components of risk management, incident reports, and sentinel reporting.
  • Identify the use of criteria sets and indicators that are used in preadmission screening, utilization management, and discharge planning.

Please answer the following questions with supporting examples and full explanations.

  1. For each of the learning objectives, provide an analysis of how the course supported each objective.
  2. Explain how the material learned in this course, based upon the objectives, will be applicable to the professional application.

Provide evidence (citations and references) to support your statements and opinions. Responses to these questions are due by Tuesday at noon.

All references and citations should in APA format.

There is no peer response required for this discussion, but feel free to discuss these topics with classmates.

Personal Strategic Plan

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Discussion: Identifying Resources

All change involves a negotiation of resources.
Think of a significant change you have made in your personal or professional life, such as your decision to enroll in this graduate program. Did you consider what resources would be needed in order to succeed with this planned change? If so, how did you evaluate the fiscal and time commitments you would need to make? How did you assess your readiness to take on the challenges that might lie ahead? What activities or milestones functioned as dependencies in your plan? What other obligations, plans, or aspirations did you deprioritize or delay to make available the necessary resources? Did you discover—after you were already invested in this change—that you needed more or different resources to continue on?

As you propose and evaluate changes with an organizational or systems-level impact, it is especially important to consider what resources may be required and what trade-offs may be needed to bring the change to fruition and achieve sustainability.

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

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Read the posted articles first and answer each of the questions briefly (in 3-4+ statements/sentences). You can provide longer responses if you want to and believe it will be useful to you, but the brief is fine (50 points).

The questions are listed in this Word document. You can submit by uploading the Word file or entering the text directly

Mental Illness

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Research Critiques and PICOT Statement Final Draft

Prepare this assignment as a 1,500-1,750 word paper using the instructor feedback from the previous course assignments and the guidelines below.

PICOT Question

Revise the PICOT question you wrote in the Topic 1 assignment using the feedback you received from your instructor.

The final PICOT question will provide a framework for your capstone project (the project students must complete during their final course in the RN-BSN program of study).

Research Critiques

In the Topic 2 and Topic 3 assignments, you completed a qualitative and quantitative research critique on two articles for each type of study (4 articles total). Use the feedback you received from your instructor on these assignments to finalize the critical analysis of each study by making appropriate revisions.

The completed analysis should connect to your identified practice problem of interest that is the basis for your PICOT question.

Refer to “Research Critiques and PICOT Guidelines – Final Draft.” Questions under each heading should be addressed as a narrative in the structure of a formal paper.

Dementia In The Aging Population

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Choose a health issue or problem pertinent to a specific population experiencing a health disparity. In a 1,500-1,750 word paper, discuss the factors that contribute to the health issue, identify a theory or model that relates to the health issue, and propose a health promotion intervention to improve health outcomes. You may use any relevant resources from your Annotated Bibliography from Topic 5 for support. Include the following components:

  1. Introduction: Identify and describe the health issue you are addressing and the population affected. Provide a concise synopsis of the purpose of the paper and a general introduction to the target population and the health issue.
  2. Relationship Between Health Issue and Target Population: Provide a description about the target population that you have selected, including demographic information about the population. Describe the health issue in relation to the population you chose.
  3. Contributing Factors/Social Determinants of Health: Describe the reasons or causes for the health issue. Analyze how social, cultural, behavioral, and psychological factors contribute to the health issue among this population, and the health disparity experienced by the population. Evaluate structural bias, social inequities, and racism that undermine health and create health inequity among this population. Describe under which level of interaction these causes and contributing factors fall: intrapersonal, interpersonal, community, or all three.
  4. Theory or Model: Identify the theory or model that best explains the behaviors associated with the health issue selected, as well as best matches the level of interaction for contributing factors. Discuss how this theory or model applies to the health issue you are addressing and provide a rationale for choosing this theory. Describe examples of how this theory has been used successfully in the research literature.
  5. Conclusion: Describe health promotion strategies or behavior change strategies to reduce health disparities and health inequity related to the health issue among this population.

Health Care System Issue

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Using a recent media article on a health care system issue that you identified.

Students will have to comment on their media posts and the article. Students should engage in and evidence-based discussion on the topic.

You may include links to articles or websites that support your discussion of the article.

pharmacological treatments used for dementia

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Discuss and differentiate the pharmacological treatments used for dementia. Are their any contraindications?

Discuss pharmacological treatments used for Autism Spectrum Disorder. What are the target symptoms?

Disinvestment in US Health

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The purpose of this assignment is to help you effectively communicate one current issue in the area of public health. Select one current issue in public health and write a paper about that area of public health. See The Nation’s Health website for current public health issues to choose from if you need some ideas. You do not have to limit your choice to these and are able to select any current event topic you are interested in.

The total assignment should include a minimum of 4 pages of writing. Include in your paper the following: a discussion about the current issue, why the issue is important to public health, and what can be done to improve the issue in the future.

See Final Paper Rubric for further grading details.

Final Project (60 pts total: 40 pts for Final Paper, 4 pages minimum, and 20 pts for Final Presentation): The purpose of this assignment is to help you effectively communicate (both orally and in writing) about a current issue in public health. It is a research project so it should NOT be written in first person, but rather objectively. After selecting one current important public health issue, you will write a research paper (minimum 4 pages) and do a class presentation (approximately 5-7 minutes) about that issue. Both the paper and presentation should include the following:

  • Discuss/describe the issue in detail, including epidemiological facts.
  • Why is the issue important to public health today?
  • What can be/has been done to improve the issue, including public health prevention strategies?
  • NOTE: As a research paper, this assignment should be thoroughly referenced, with a minimum of 5 references.

Patient Driven and Adaptive Techniques in Patient Care

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The authors of the assigned article, “A Patient-Driven Adaptive Prediction Technique to Improve Personalized Risk Estimation for Clinical Decision Support have found that using patient-driven, adaptive technologies to guide clinical decision making are influencing the quality of patient care. How might these technologies minimize risk, promote health, and encourage patient engagement in their own care?

Performance Improvement Plan

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  • Due Sunday by 11:59pm
  • Points 35
  • Submitting a text entry box, a website url, a media recording, or a file upload

Performance Improvement programs and effective project management require an understanding of the four phases of the project life-cycle: initiation, planning, execution/implementation, and closure. It is important to have each phase of the project mapped on a timeline and to be sure the project team has the appropriate members with the right skills to ensure a successful program. Using a case study from the text, students will demonstrate their ability to review and evaluate a performance improvement program by arranging the information provided into a timeline and devising a team with the appropriate skills and knowledge to work the plan.

Instructions

  • Read Chapter 18 in the text, and focus your assignment on the Case Study on pages 461-462.
  • Answer the following questions based on the case study:
    • Draft a timeline showing the major phases of the project cycle (see Figure 18.1) and the key tasks for each phase.
    • Develop a team of up to seven representatives from different departments to serve on a multidisciplinary project team. Construct a list of the types of individuals you would want to serve on this project team.
    • What departmental areas of the healthcare organization should be represented on the team?
    • What specific skills, knowledge, and expertise should team members possess?
  • Your submission should include your timeline (use the Gantt chart in Figure 18.3 as a guide), as well as a minimum of 2 additional pages that answers questions 2, 3 and 4.
  • Please prepare the paper in APA style, including cover and reference pages, with an introduction and conclusion.
  • Your references should include the textbook and at least two other outside resources.