Response 6

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PLEASE RESPOND TO THE FOLLOWING IN 50 WORDS OR MORE:

The Nursing Legislation and Advocacy page on the FNA website identifies 4-different ways for you to get involved with advocacy.  Discuss which way(s) you would most likely get involved with and why?

One of the four different ways to get involved with advocacy that I would get involved in according to the FNA website would be joining the Barbara Lumpkin Institute to have public policy education readily available to improve the healthcare system. By joining this group, I would be given the opportunity to annual symposium and provide financial support to nurses who are involved in healthcare policy (FNA). I love to enjoy researching different topics and interviewing my colleagues on how we can improve to be as safe as possible. I would emphasize the importance of patient-to-nurse ratios and how to manage the nursing shortage starting with staff burnout. There needs to be more support for bedside nursing as it seems like the rate of people going this route is less and less. 

Find and peruse the Barbara Lumpkin Toolkit (BLT).  What are your thoughts about the information provided in the toolkit and what did you learn that you didn’t know before?

I think that the Barbra Lumkin Toolkit (BLT) is an excellent tool to use for anyone looking to promote advocacy in the healthcare setting.  Advocacy is such an important part of nursing not only for our patients but for ourselves as nurses as well. I especially liked learning about the “Ten Commandments for successful living with your legislator”. Something that I didn’t know before is that anyone can call or write to the legislators regarding their reason for change or alteration to current bills. I think that it is so important that nurses get their voices heard and share their opinions with the people who are involved with making changes to the healthcare system. 

References 

Florida Nurses Association. Barbara Lumpkin Institute. (n.d.). https://www.floridanurse.org/Links to an external site.

Reply to your classmate

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Option 1

Democracy is a form of governance where people vote their elected representatives into parliament or power. A system of government of the people by the people and for the people. It is a system of control of an organization, country, or society by most of its members. It is the foundation of any country where the majority rules, thereby giving the common person the opportunity to have a voice in their political community. It gives its members power and civic responsibility directly or through their democratically elected representatives. Democracy also gives people the privilege to have the same rights, equal value and to be able to think and believe and express their views openly in writing or speech. According to Greenberg & Page, (2018) The basic idea behind democracy is for the citizens to express their political influence through regular elections. 

Although it is a fundamental human right to vote, the struggles and challenges that have faced this system of government since its conception are undoubtedly enormous.” Although the right to vote is fundamental to democracy, African Americans in the South were not able to vote in any numbers until after 1965, despite passage of the Fifteenth Amendment in 1870, which prohibited discrimination in voting on the basis of race, color, or previous condition of servitude” (Greenberg & Page, p. 670). It is difficult during a crisis when problems need immediate attention, too many ideas or opinions by the people and can cause some to feel devalued if their ideas are not followed, and the multiple perspectives to consider, makes decision making of this system of government to be slowed down. 

“Democracy works best when governments have incentives to pursue broadly encompassing policies that benefit the citizen as a whole.” Shapiro, I. and Froomkin,(2023). These benefits promote ways to resolve issues and conflicts, peaceful resolutions are encouraged. It creates involvement and respect for human dignity. The freedom to act, speak and think freely. Equality before the law. Promoting an egalitarian environment. Believing in the principle that all people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities, thereby discouraging sovereignty. 

Finally, a democratic system of government benefits cannot be overlooked. Democratically governed nations are more likely to secure the peace of the people, deter aggression, expand open markets, promote economic development, protect American citizens, combat international terrorism and crime, avoid humanitarian crises and refugee flows, improve the global environment that allow for future reform for the betterment of its community and the society at large.  

 

                                                                                                   Reference 

 

Greenberg, E. S., & Page, B. I. (2018).
The Struggle for Democracy, 2018 Elections and Updates Edition (12th ed.). Pearson.  

 
Shapiro, I. and Froomkin, . David (2023, July 12). challenges to democracy. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/challenges-to-democracy 

informatics

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The table below gives some operational statistics for two hospitals located in the same community. Use the table to answer the following questions.

  1. Calculate the following measures for each hospital (wherever appropriate, calculate the measure for each pay type). Discuss the meaning and significance of each measure and point out the differences between the two hospitals.
    1. Hospital capacity
    2. ALOS
    3. Occupancy rate
  2. Operationally, which hospital is performing better? Why?
  3. Do you think the nonprofit hospital is meeting its community benefit obligations in exchange for its tax-exempt status? Explain.
  4. Do you think the hospitals have a problem with excess capacity? If so, what would you recommend? In your answer to this question, please consider how hospital governance may impact the ability of an administrator to make changes.

Chapter 1: The History of Healthcare

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Hopefully you have seen how advances in science and technology have shaped and generated careers in the healthcare field. For this assignment please think about the career you are planning to pursue (this may change by the end of the course but that’s ok – just base your answer on what you are thinking of pursuing as of now). Write at least a paragraph (4-6 sentences makes up a paragraph; no more then 2 paragraphs total) describing at least two historical advancements or individuals from history (not family members) that you believe have been most influential in shaping your potential career. For example, if you are going to be a microbiologist in a hospital laboratory you may choose Dr. Koch’s postulates and the microscope as two of the major breakthroughs that influenced your field/career. Depending upon the degree of your familiarity with your intended career, these choices may take a bit of outside research. The advancements or individuals may be ones mentioned in the lecture or something or someone entirely different. In any case, you should be certain they are clearly relevant to your intended profession.

Be sure to include information on who/what the discovery/advance was and when it occurred/when the person lived or made their mark on the field. It should be clear from reading your post why this person or advance is important to your future career.

questions

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Original Work, No Plagiarism, Cite and Reference

Mary admires the NIH-funded work of her postdoctoral advisor, Henryk, who pioneers research on alternative treatments for fever due to infectious diseases. Mary is one of many co-workers who has assisted Henryk in compiling the most comprehensive database ever assembled, tracking many different infectious agents, species of animals, and different interventions and their outcomes. Henryk’s interpretation of this rich dataset suggests that some “alternative medicines” are highly effective in certain species, but have no therapeutic value in others. He is completing his analysis and interpretation, and is preparing a manuscript for submission. Mary will be a co-author because of her part in collecting data for the study.

Mary is preparing to seek an Assistant Professor position and wants to build on her postdoctoral work.  She asks Henryk for permission to use the dataset to develop her own project. However, she plans to use a different methodology for analysis and interpretation of the dataset to address a different aspect of the outcomes of treatment. At that point, she will develop a career development proposal to submit to the NIH.

Henryk is unwilling to share the entire dataset prior to publishing his interpretation of these data. However, Mary has access to the database as part of her current project, and therefore she decides that it is ethical for her to look more closely at the data. Mary spends quite a lot of time looking at the data and Henryk’s analysis, and realizes that he has excluded specific datapoints that impact his interpretation. Henryk’s draft manuscript carefully justifies the exclusion of these data in the methods section so that there is no issue with data falsification.

Mary realizes that if she includes these datapoints, an entirely new understanding of therapies to treat fever could emerge. Mary is excited about her impending grant proposal, but is concerned about how to broach the discussion of her use of the data with Henryk.

Discussion Questions

1. Must Henryk share his database with Mary before publication? After publication? Must he share it with others, outside his lab, and if so, when?

2. Who owns the database at this point: Henryk? The institution? NIH? The public?

3. Why is sharing a dataset beneficial to the person who collected it? How is it potentially risky?

4. Is Henryk obligated to document how datapoints were included or excluded in the methods section of his paper?

article prompt

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Choose one of the articles below,

Park, M. (2009). Ethical issues in nursing practice. Journal of Nursing Law, 13(3), 68-77. doi:10.1891/1073-7472.13.3.68

Link:  Ethical issues in nursing practice Links to an external site. 

 Prompt: Identify primary areas for legal and ethical issues faced by oncology nurses in this study (Park, 2009), and strategies they may have developed to work with those ethical issues.

Or,
Croke, E. (2006). Nursing malpractice: determining liability elements for negligent acts. Journal of Legal Nurse Consulting, 17(3), 3.

Link: Nursing malpractice: determining liability elements for negligent actsLinks to an external site.

Prompt: Identify primary problems that led to the malpractice suits (Croke, 2006), and identify the role the nurse played and what the nurse did wrong.

Self Care activity

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Setting boundaries and making self-care a priority is extremely important when practicing as a nurse. Discuss methods of self care that you have found to be effective when dealing with an emotional reaction to a situation.

Once you have selected a topic, post a discussion about why that self-care technique is beneficial, how it helps you, how it can benefit your nursing practice, and why self-care is so important when caring for individuals with mental illness. 

250 words or less simple discussion

Unit 1 551

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A 23-year-old woman presents to the OB-GYN office you work at. She was recently surprised to learn that she is pregnant. She estimates that she is about 8 weeks along. The woman tells you that she regularly drinks on the weekends with her friends. She asks you “Is that a problem? As long as I don’t drink very much, I can still have a drink occasionally while I’m pregnant, right?”

  1. How would you answer her questions?
  2. What types of abnormalities can be caused by alcohol, and how does genetics influence this?

Instructions: This is a discussion post, 1 page to 1 page and a half of content is enough. APA style references. 3 of them. 

CMHA

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Assignment A Rubric

1-
Criteria

Identify and describe key issue and population

Mark (30%)

Provides a near flawless, succinct, accurate and well referenced outline of the problem / issue

2-
Criteria

Proposal for policy / legislative change to address problem.

Mark (40%)

Policy changes well-articulated, realistic and provides exemplary knowledge of mental health system

3-
Criteria

Anticipated change in outcomes as a result of policy change.

Mark (10%)

Excellent precis of measurable outcomes articulated as a consequence of policy change

4-
Criteria

Writing

Mark (20%)

Excellent academic writing style. It is very well organised and contains no spelling, grammar or referencing errors.

Excellent choice and integration of evidence. Adheres almost flawlessly to APA citing style.

Role of Leadership IP

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  • Week 2: The Role of Leadership
    • Research and summarize senior management’s role in successful quality improvement programs. Be sure to use real, researched examples to demonstrate your points. The Baldrige Award site list of recipients could be a good resource for examples.
    • In general, identify senior management’s specific role in these large-scale strategic quality programs? Cheerleader? Role model? Decision maker? Resource provider? What else?
    • Why must firms adopt the identified roles? What is the risk of not using the roles?
    • Indicate how senior and middle management should derive the metrics to use to monitor and communicate performance?