Dropbox Assignment

Assignment 3: Dropbox Assignment( 3-4 pages).

 

Over the next few weeks, you will explore many of the critical components of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, commonly called the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Each week, a different provision will be introduced. Your assignments will include researching the provision and explaining the changes that will occur with the ACA.

 

The ACA: The Uninsured Population in the U.S.

 

Hernandez, Fornos, Mika, Urbanksy, and Villarreal (2009) reported the following:

 

“Lack of health insurance has detrimental effects on the health and well-being of people and creates financial pressure on health care institutions. Uninsured adults are more likely to postpone health care and are less able to afford prescription drugs or follow through with recommended treatments than the insured. The consequences to reduced access to care can be severe, particularly when preventable conditions go untreated.”

 

Reference:

 

Hernandez, G. B., Fornos, L. B., Mika, V. S., Urbanksy, K., & Villarreal, R.

(2009). One regional health system’s innovative steps to deal with the

uninsured. Journal of Health Care Finance, 36(1), 70–84.

 

Click the following link to learn about America’s uninsured population:

 

Who Are the Uninsured? An Analysis of America’s Uninsured Population, Their Characteristics and Their Health

 

O’Neil and O’Neil (2009) also published a comprehensive study in which they arrive at the following conclusion:

 

“We find as have others, that lack of health insurance is not likely to be the major factor causing higher mortality rates among the uninsured. The uninsured—particularly the involuntarily uninsured—have multiple disadvantages that in themselves are associated with poor health.”

 

Reference:

 

O’Neil, J., & O’Neil, D. (2009). Who are the uninsured? An analysis of

America’s uninsured population, their characteristics and their

health. Retrieved from http://www.epionline.org/studies/oneill_06-

2009.pdf

 

Tasks:

 

In this assignment, you will explore the uninsured population in the U.S. On the basis of the knowledge gained from your readings and Internet research, respond to the following:

 

Identify the population (number, demographics, etc.) of uninsured people in the U.S.

Discuss some of the reasons for and possible financial consequences of not having health insurance.

Discuss the socioeconomic consequences of having a large uninsured population in the U.S.

Describe the changes that will occur to assist the uninsured population with the Patient Protection and ACA.

Submission Details:

 

By Friday, May 13, 2016, submit your report to the W1 Assignment 3 Turnitin.

Cite the sources in APA format.

Assignment 3 Grading Criteria

Maximum Points

Identified the population of uninsured people in the U.S.

5

Discussed some reasons for and consequences of not having health insurance.

5

Discussed socioeconomic consequences of having a large uninsured population.

10

Described the changes via the Patient Protection and ACA that will assist the uninsured population.

20

Justified ideas and responses by using appropriate examples and references from texts, websites, and other references.

5

Used correct spelling, grammar, and vocabulary. Cited the sources in APA format.

 

Assignment 1: Discussion Assignment

 

The discussion assignment provides a forum for discussing relevant topics for this week on the basis of the course competencies covered.

 

For this assignment, make sure you post your initial response to the Discussion Area by Monday, April 11th, 2016.

 

To support your work, use your course and textbook readings and also use the South University Online Library. As in all assignments, cite your sources in your work and provide references for the citations in APA format.

 

Start reviewing and responding to the postings of your classmates as early in the week as possible. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ initial postings. Participate in the discussion by asking a question, providing a statement of clarification, providing a point of view with a rationale, challenging an aspect of the discussion, or indicating a relationship between two or more lines of reasoning in the discussion.

 

Multiple Performance Measurement Standards

 

Read the following article:

 

Safavi, K. S. (2006). The measurement conundrum. Journal of Healthcare

Management, 51(5), 287–290.

 

In the article, Safavi (2006, p. 290) asks: “Is the goal to establish relative rank or absolute levels of performance?” Safavi also states that the basic dilemma in selecting a measurement system is whether “to judge performance from the outside or to improve performance from the inside” (p. 287).

 

Discuss the following from the perspective of a provider:

 

(1) Assuming the measurement system is intended to judge the performance from outside, evaluate the use of a standard based on relative rank and absolute levels of performance. Which one would you use? Why or why not?

(2) Assuming the measurement system is intended to judge the performance from inside, evaluate the use of a standard based on relative rank and absolute levels of performance. Which one would you use? Why or why not?

(3) How will different circumstances impact performance measurement when it is based on relative rank and absolute levels? Support with examples.

Justify your responses using examples.

 

Presents the grading criteria and rubric for this assignment.                        Maximum Points

Quality of initial posting                                                                                                        50

Participation in discussion                                                                                                      25

Writing mechanics (spelling, grammar, APA) and information literacy                         25

Total

Assignment: Application:
Using the Data/Information/Knowledge/Wisdom Continuum

Have you ever gone online to search for a journal article on a specific topic? It is amazing to see the large number of journals that are available in the health care field. When you view the library in its entirety, you are viewing untapped data. Until you actually research for your particular topic, there is little structure. Once you have narrowed it down, you have information and once you apply the information, you have knowledge. Eventually, after thoughtful research and diligent practice, you reach the level of wisdom—knowledge applied in meaningful ways.

Are there areas in your practice that you believe should be more fully explored? The central aims of nursing informatics are to manage and communicate data, information, knowledge, and wisdom. This continuum represents the overarching structure of nursing informatics. In this Assignment, you develop a research question relevant to your practice area and relate how you would work through the progression from data to information, knowledge, and wisdom.

To prepare:

• Review the information in Figure 6–2 in Nursing Informatics and the Foundation of Knowledge.

 

 

 

 

• Develop a clinical question related to your area of practice that you would like to explore.

  What is the sepsis core measures 2016?

 

 

• Consider what you currently know about this topic. What additional information would you need to answer the question?
• Using the continuum of data, information, knowledge, and wisdom, determine how you would go about researching your question.
  • Explore the available databases in the Walden Library. Identify which of these databases you would use to find the information or data you need.
  • Once you have identified useful databases, how would you go about finding the most relevant articles and information?
  • Consider how you would extract the relevant information from the articles.
  • How would you take the information and organize it in a way that was useful? How could you take the step from simply having useful knowledge to gaining wisdom?

By Day 7 of Week 4

Write a 4-page paper that addresses the following:

• Summarize the question you developed, and then relate how you would work through the four steps of the data, information, knowledge, wisdom continuum. Be specific.
  • Identify the databases and search words you would use.
  • Relate how you would take the information gleaned and turn it into useable knowledge.
• Can informatics be used to gain wisdom? Describe how you would progress from simply having useful knowledge to the wisdom to make decisions about the information you have found during your database search.

Your paper must also include a title page, an introduction, a summary, and a reference page.

RUBRIC – Evaluation Criteria for Applications and Formal Papers

 

	Levels of Achievement
Criteria	Outstanding Performance	Excellent Performance	Competent Performance	Proficient Performance	Room for Improvement
QUALITY OF WORK SUBMITTED – 1. The extent to which work meets the assigned criteria and work reflects graduate level critical and analytic thinking (0-30 Points)	30 to 30 points Assignment exceeds expectations. All topics are addressed with a minimum of 75% containing exceptional breadth and depth about each of the assignment topics	25 to 29 points Assignment exceeds expectations. All topics are addressed with a minimum of 75% containing exceptional breadth and depth about each of the assignment topics	20 to 24 points Assignment meets expectations. All topics are addressed with a minimum of 50% containing good breadth and depth about each of the assignment topics.	16 to 19 points Assignment meets most of the expectations. One required topic is either not addressed or inadequately addressed.	0 to 15 points Assignment superficially meets some of the expectations. Two or more required topics are either not addressed or inadequately addressed.
QUALITY OF WORK SUBMITTED: Purpose of the paper is clear (0-5 Points)	5 to 5 points A clear and comprehensive purpose statement is provided which delineates all required criteria.	5 to 5 points A clear and comprehensive purpose statement is provided which delineates all required criteria.	4 to 4 points Purpose of the assignment is stated, yet is brief and not descriptive.	1 to 3 points Purpose of the assignment is vague.	0 to 0 points No purpose statement was provided.
ASSIMILATION AND SYNTHESIS OF IDEAS The extent to which the work reflects the student’s ability to- 1. Understand and interpret the assignment’s key concepts (0-10 Points)	10 to 10 points Demonstrates the ability to critically appraise and intellectually explore key concepts.	9 to 9 points Demonstrates the ability to critically appraise and intellectually explore key concepts.	8 to 8 points Demonstrates a clear understanding of key concepts.	5 to 7 points Shows some degree of understanding of key concepts.	0 to 4 points Shows a lack of understanding of key concepts, deviates from topics.

 

ASSIMILATION AND SYNTHESIS OF IDEAS 2. Apply and integrate material in course resources (i.e. video, required readings, and textbook) and credible outside resources (0-20 Points)	20 to 20 points Demonstrates and applies exceptional support of major points and integrates 2 or more credible outside sources, in addition to 3-4 course resources to support point of view.	15 to 19 points Demonstrates and applies exceptional support of major points and integrates 2 or more credible outside sources, in addition to 3-4 course resources to support point of view.	10 to 14 points Integrates specific information from 1 credible outside resource and 3 to 4 course resources to support major points and point of view.	3 to 9 points Minimally includes and integrates specific information from 2-3 resources to support major points and point of view.	0 to 2 points Includes and integrates specific information from 0 to 1 resource to support major points and point of view.
ASSIMILATION AND SYNTHESIS OF IDEAS 3. Synthesize (combines various components or different ideas into a new whole) material in course resources (i.e. video, required readings, and textbook) by comparing different points of view and highlighting similarities, differences, and connections. (0-20 Points)	20 to 20 points Synthesizes and justifies (defends, explains, validates, confirms) information gleaned from sources to support major points presented. Applies meaning to the field of advanced nursing practice.	18 to 19 points Synthesizes and justifies (defends, explains, validates, confirms) information gleaned from sources to support major points presented. Applies meaning to the field of advanced nursing practice.	16 to 17 points Summarizes information gleaned from sources to support major points, but does not synthesize.	14 to 15 points Identifies but does not interpret or apply concepts, and/or strategies correctly; ideas unclear and/or underdeveloped.	0 to 13 points Rarely or does not interpret, apply, and synthesize concepts, and/or strategies.
WRITTEN EXPRESSION AND FORMATTING 1. Paragraph and Sentence Structure: Paragraphs make clear points that support well developed ideas, flow logically, and demonstrate continuity of ideas. Sentences are clearly structured and carefully focused–neither long and rambling nor short and lacking substance. (0-5 Points)	5 to 5 points Paragraphs and sentences follow writing standards.	5 to 5 points Paragraphs and sentences follow writing standards.	4 to 4 points Paragraphs and sentences follow writing standards 80% of the time.	3 to 3 points Paragraphs and sentences follow writing standards 70% of the time.	0 to 2 points Paragraphs and sentences follow writing standards < 70% of the time.

 

WRITTEN EXPRESSION AND FORMATTING 2. English writing standards: Correct grammar, mechanics, and proper punctuation (0-5 Points)	5 to 5 points Uses correct grammar, spelling, and punctuation with no errors.	5 to 5 points Uses correct grammar, spelling, and punctuation with no errors.	4 to 4 points Contains a few (1-2) grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors.	3 to 3 points Contains several (3-4) grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors. 3	0 to 2 points Contains many (≥ 5) grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors that interfere with the reader’s understanding.
WRITTEN EXPRESSION AND FORMATTING 3. The paper follows correct APA format for title page, headings, font, spacing, margins, indentations, page numbers, running head, parenthetical/in-text citations, and reference list (0-5 Points)	5 to 5 points Uses correct APA format with no errors.	5 to 5 points Uses correct APA format wit