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USU Unique Roles of A Nurse Discussion

 

Can you help me understand this Nursing question?

Identify the unique purpose of nursing that is NOT performed by any other profession.  What do nurses do that no other profession or discipline is dedicated to perform? Identify this concept and link it to a concept in any theoretical framework.  

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AU Nursing First as A Job of Caring and Making a Difference Discussion

 

PART I

Discussion Question:

It is critical to synthesize all of the knowledge, skills, and abilities of nursing into an integrated whole that moves nurses from task completers to an overall demonstration of compassion and caring.

Thinking of nursing first as a job of caring and making a difference, as well as the work of giving medications on time, checking an X-ray to see if the doctor needs to be called, or taking an admission at 2:00 a.m. with a smile on our faces, reminds us of the synthesized whole of nursing work.

Write a reflection about this thought. Incorporate elements from this module’s objectives, as well as what you have learned in this course about leadership. You may include personal experiences and professional opinions if you wish.

Your initial posting should be at least 400 words in length and utilize at least one scholarly source other than the textbook. 

PART II

Signature Assignment Title: What Makes a Good Leader?

Signature Assignment Description/Directions:

Choose one or more leadership topic(s) from your textbook or from a scholarly source from a previous discussion or assignment from this course and write about its application to nursing practice. Provide definitions, history/background, and major concepts of chosen topic.  Describe the topic’s function in nursing practice by examining at least three different nursing roles (for example, bedside nurse, public health nurse, CNO, unit manager, etc.). Discuss how the leadership topic can be used in your own practice. Discuss your personal growth in regard to your chosen leadership topic. Evaluate personal strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats to your career advancement.

Then, discuss the top three traits you feel makes a good nurse leader. Support your statements with examples from your practice experience and scholarly sources.

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CU Framework and Evidence to Develop Care Practices Essay

 

  • Create a 3-5-page submission in which you develop a PICO(T) question for a specific care issue and evaluate the evidence you locate, which could help to answer the question.Introduction
    PICO(T) is an acronym that helps researchers and practitioners define aspects of a potential study or investigation. It stands for:

    • P – Patient/population/problem.
    • I – Intervention.
    • C – Comparison (of potential interventions, typically).
    • O – Outcome(s).
    • T – Time frame (if time frame is relevant).
    • The end goal of applying PICO(T) is to develop a question that can help guide the search for evidence (Boswell & Cannon, 2015). From this perspective, a PICO(T) question can be a valuable starting point for nurses who are starting to apply an evidence-based model or EBPs. By taking the time to precisely define the areas in which the nurse will be looking for evidence, searches become more efficient and effective. Essentially, by precisely defining the types of evidence within specific areas, the nurse will be more likely to discover relevant and useful evidence during their search.You are encouraged to complete the Vila Health PCI(T) Process activity before you develop the plan proposal. This activity offers an opportunity to practice working through creating a PICO(T) question within the context of an issue at a Vila Health facility. These skills will be necessary to complete Assessment 3 successfully. This is for your own practice and self-assessment and demonstrates your engagement in the course.Reference
      Boswell, C., & Cannon, S. (2015). Introduction to nursing research. Jones & Bartlett Learning.Professional Context
      As a baccalaureate-prepared nurse, you will be responsible for locating and identifying credible and scholarly resources to incorporate the best available evidence for the purposes of enhancing clinical reasoning and judgement skills. When reliable and relevant evidence-based findings are utilized, patients, health care systems, and nursing practice outcomes are positively impacted.PICO(T) is a framework that can help you structure your definition of the issue, potential approach that you are going to use, and your predictions related to the issue. Word choice is important in the PICO(T) process because different word choices for similar concepts will lead you toward different existing evidence and research studies that would help inform the development of your initial question.Scenario
      For this assessment, please use an issue of interest from your current or past nursing practice.If you do not have an issue of interest from your personal nursing practice, then review the optional Case Studies presented in the resources and select one of those as the basis for your assessment.Instructions
      For this assessment, select an issue of interest an apply the PICO(T) process to define the question and research it.Your initial goal is to define the population, intervention, comparison, and outcome. In some cases, a time frame is relevant and you should include that as well, when writing a question you can research related to your issue of interest. After you define your question, research it, and organize your initial findings, select the two sources of evidence that seem the most relevant to your question and analyze them in more depth. Specifically, interpret each source’s specific findings and best practices related to your issues, as well explain how the evidence would help you plan and make decisions related to your question.If you need some structure to organize your initial thoughts and research, the PICOT Question and Research Template document (accessible from the “Create PICO(T) Questions” page in the Capella library’s Evidence Based Practice guide) might be helpful.In your submission, make sure you address the following grading criteria:
    • Define a practice issue to be explored via a PICO(T) approach.
    • Identify sources of evidence that could be potentially effective in answering a PICO(T) question.
    • Explain the findings from articles or other sources of evidence.
    • Explain the relevance of the findings from chosen sources of evidence to making decision related to a PICO(T) question.
    • Communicate using writing that is clear, logical, and professional with correct grammar and spelling using the current APA style.
    • Example Assessment: You may use the following to give you an idea of what a Proficient or higher rating on the scoring guide would look like:
    • Assessment 3 Example [PDF].
    • Additional Requirements
      Your assessment should meet the following requirements:
    • Length of submission: Create a 3–5-page submission focused on defining a research question and interpreting evidence relevant to answering it.
    • Number of references: Cite a minimum of four sources of scholarly or professional evidence that support your findings and considerations. Resources should be no more than 5 years old.
    • APA formatting: Format references and citations according to the current APA style.
    • Portfolio Prompt: Remember to save the final assessment to your ePortfolio so that you may refer to it as you complete the final capstone course.Competencies Measured
      By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the course competencies through the following assessment scoring guide criteria:
    • Competency 1: Interpret findings from scholarly quantitative, qualitative, and outcomes research articles and studies. 
      • Explain the findings from articles or other sources of evidence.
    • Competency 2: Analyze the relevance and potential effectiveness of evidence when making a decision. 
      • Identify sources of evidence that could be potentially effective in answering a PICO(T) question.
      • Explain the relevance of the findings from chosen sources of evidence to making decision related to a PICO(T) question.
    • Competency 3: Apply an evidence-based practice model to address a practice issue. 
      • Define a practice issue to be explored via a PICO(T) approach.
    • Competency 5: Apply professional, scholarly communication strategies to lead practice changes based on evidence. 
      • Organize content so ideas flow logically with smooth transitions; contains few errors in grammar/punctuation, word choice, and spelling.

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Aspen University Physical Assessment of Healthy Older Adult Do You Expect Discussion

 

PART I

Discussion Question:

In general, what findings in the physical assessment of a healthy older adult do you expect to be different than that of a healthy 35-year-old?

Learning Materials

  • Binkley, L. (2017). Bates’ guide to physical examination and history-taking (12th ed.). Wolters Kluwer. ISBN: 978-1469893419. Review Unit 2 as needed.

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Grand Canyon University Apple Store Price Fixing Case Discussion

 

I’m studying for my Health & Medical class and need an explanation.

Apple is returning money to ebook buyers after losing the price-fixing lawsuit

Kastenakes, J. (2016). Apple is returning money to ebook buyers after losing price-fixing lawsuit. The Verge. Retrieved http://www.theverge.com/2016/6/21/11991526/apple-ebook-price-fixing-refunds-begin-for-consumers

  • What specific price-fixing act was Apple being accused of?
  • What was the verdict and consequences?

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GCU Yang et al Discussion

 

respond to the following as a peer. According to Brock (2003), a group purchasing organization (GPO) is a business purchases supplies in volume from manufacturers to pass along cost savings to member hospitals that each pay an up-front membership fee. The GPO achieves volume purchasing from each seller/manufacturer to achieve a quantity discount per unit along with a single administrative purchasing fee, allowing member hospitals to achieve savings they could not achieve alone (Brock, 2003). Some GPOs were able to gain proprietary information that individual purchasers could not obtain and perform product testing and comparison that individual healthcare facilities could not achieve, thus contracting with a “best” manufacturer for their members. This and other behaviors brought GPOs under the scrutiny of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) (Brock, 2003).

Despite violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Act, which makes it unlawful for buyers and sellers of goods and services from entering into contracts or collusions to jointly set prices at which they will jointly buy or sell goods, the Supreme Court has recognized that GPOs provide value to its member healthcare organizations that outweigh the anticompetitive effects of its purchasing model (Brock, 2003). In 1996, the U.S. Department of Justice and the FTC issued the Statement of Antitrust Enforcement Policy in Health Care, noting that most GPOs did not raise antitrust concerns, but addressed specific issues to develop policies or safety zones with goals to prevent market disruption through monopoly purchasing or price fixing (Brock, 2003). Brock notes that the Statement requires that 1) GPO membership services must total 35% or less of total sales of a product or service, and 2) the total costs of the products purchased by the hospital must be less than 20% of its total revenues.

Brock’s article was written in 2003. A Bing search using the terms “group purchasing organization and FTC” yielded an article referenced below by O-Brien et al., (n.d.); though undated the reference section lists publications as recent as 2016. The article delineates multiple additional requirements applicable to GPO’s and members for legal compliance. A search at FTC.gov using terms “group purchasing organization and healthcare” resulted in several articles recovered discussing group purchasing of pharmaceutics but nothing regarding purchase of general medical supplies.

Certainly, with the coming changes in healthcare focused on creating high value healthcare through emphasis on reduced costs and high quality through MACRA legislation, group purchasing organizations make sense in helping hospitals to reduce costs. These groups must be monitored to ensure their market footprint does not result in market dominance, cost control, limitations on research and development, and supplier harm.

References

Brock, T. H. (2003). Hospitals, group purchasing organizations, and the antitrust laws. Healthcare Financial Management, 57(3). Retrieved from https://search-ebscohost-com.lopes.idm.oclc.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=edsbig&AN=edsbig.A98953926&site=eds-live&scope=site

O’Brien, D., Liebowitz, J., and Anello, R. (n.d.). Group purchasing organizations: How GPOs reduce healthcare costs and why changing their funding mechanism would raise costs. Retrieved from https://www.bing.com/search?q=ftc+group+purchasing…

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NR 503 Chamberlain University College Oral Health in Florida State Essay

 

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West Coast University Effects of Unsolved Homelessness on a Community Question

 

Without a solution to the problem of homelessness, what will happen to the community itself? (such as will they become too ill and die or will they spend several days without food). Elaborate on several adverse outcomes as a result of leaving the homeless issue unsolved.

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Crime Colorado Technical University Personalized Medicine Discussion Post

 

Personalized medicine, or individualized medicine, is a growing trend in the delivery of health care that is specific to the individual patient. Healing Hands Hospital wants to make sure that all staff understand the meaning of personalized medicine. You have been asked to provide a brief summary of personalized medicine that will be shared with the staff. For this discussion, your response should include the following:

  • Define personalized medicine, and provide 1 example.
  • Discuss 1 pro and 1 con of personalized medicine.