The healthcare world and the world overall is now a very different place since the COVID-19 global pandemic uprooted people’s daily lives. Healthcare policy had to change on a dime in many places. For example, hospitals fearing the worst limited the visitation of family members to those loved ones struck with illness (both COVID and non-COVID). New parents had to take turns seeing their newborns. Telehealth has taken on a new leading role in many healthcare organizations because face-to-face visits were no longer acceptable due to nationwide lockdowns. Many organizations did this to mitigate risk and follow strategic national policy. Your organization has decided to take a stand to implement the same strategy. Its policy is to not allow any visitors during a lockdown.
In this class debate, you are going to be placed on a side of the new visitation policy. Your task is to argue for or against the new policy based on your last name. Those with last names beginning in A–M will argue against, and those with last names beginning in N–Z will argue for. You are tasked with presenting your case to the class on why or why not the policy should stand. Cover the following:
Consider how this has changed the way that you view healthcare access and equality.
Consider the risk to the organization.
Consider the impact of the decision.
Should there be exceptions to the policy? Why or why not?
Use data and evidence from literature to support your argument.
Remember that in healthcare administration, you are often tasked with supporting unpopular policy; it is not your job to change this policy; rather, your job is to defend the side that you are on respectfully.
Category: Health Care
Multidimensional nursing care for optimal health
Describe how you achieved each course competency, including at least one example of new knowledge, gained related to that competency.
Describe how you achieved the transferable skills (listed below), including at least one example of new knowledge, gained related to the transferable skill.
Describe how this new knowledge will impact your nursing practice.
Course Competencies
Design relevant, multidimensional nursing care for optimal health inclusive of client preferences, values, and beliefs.
Select approaches to client care which incorporate care and comfort, risk reduction, health promotion, and disease management.
Prioritize evidence-based, client-centered nursing care as a foundation for emotional, mental, spiritual, and social well-being.
Utilize data-driven nursing care strategies inclusive of continuous quality improvement.
Synthesize components of clinical judgement, professional nursing identity, and reflective practice for lifelong learning.
Determine effective responses to clinical problems integrating information technology, evidence-based practice, quality improvement, and interprofessional collaboration.
Clinical performance.
(1) Select TWO Core Competencies from the form below and articulate how you applied it to your clinical performance. Comment on a minimum of 3 points in each section, as applicable.
(2) Discuss the developmental appropriateness of one of your patients in terms of Erikson’s and Piaget’s developmental theories. Did he/she meet the expected milestones for development?
Ramifications of having proxy subjective health status
Discuss the underlying assumptions and potential ramifications of having proxy subjective health status or evaluation measures for children or those unable to speak for themselves.
Review Of Current Healthcare Issues
If you were to ask 10 people what they believe to be the most significant issue facing healthcare today, you might get 10 different answers. Escalating costs? Regulation? Technology disruption?
These and many other topics are worthy of discussion. Not surprisingly, much has been said in the research, within the profession, and in the news about these topics. Whether they are issues of finance, quality, workload, or outcomes, there is no shortage of changes to be addressed.
In this Discussion, you examine a national healthcare issue and consider how that issue may impact your work setting. You also analyze how your organization has responded to this issue.
Post a description of the national healthcare issue/stressor you selected for analysis, and explain how the healthcare issue/stressor may impact your work setting. Then, describe how your health system work setting has responded to the healthcare issue/stressor, including a description of what changes may have been implemented. Be specific and provide examples.
Conduct a comprehensive health assessment of a child/adolescent
How do you conduct a comprehensive health assessment of a child/adolescent?
The management of health care organizations
Statistics play an important role in the management of health care organizations and in decision making and strategic planning. Collecting, analyzing, and utilizing data appropriately impacts financial management of the organization and the quality of patient care delivered. Decisions in clinical medicine are driven by evidence-based practice, as are those in health care management. A health care manager must understand and use evidence in making informed decisions that improve the operations and financial status of the organization as well as deliver quality of care accessible to those who need it and with consideration of the costs involved.
In this assignment, you will choose a utilization review statistic from the following list.
Choose a health care statistic that health care managers would use, such as one of the following:
Hospital-acquired condition (HAC)
Emergency department visits
Labor and delivery suite usage
Ambulatory surgery procedures
Hospital death rates
Cesarean-section rate
Wait time
Adverse drug events
Research your chosen statistic, and provide information from an outside source—such as a journal article, accreditation agency report, government site, and so forth—that discusses the health care statistic in a real-life setting or situation.
What was the reason for the research that was performed or for the data being collected?
What was the source of the data presented?
What types of descriptive statistics and graphical representations of data were used?
What were the research question(s) and the significant findings of the article?
How could the information presented be used to inform decisions or improvements?
Quality improvement topic and its impact on patient outcomes and healthcare
write about a quality improvement topic and its impact on patient outcomes and healthcare. Evaluate system level performance/quality improvement strategies to determine best practice for safe, effective patient centered care. Synthesize recommendations for change in health practice or policy to meet an identified health disparity.
Answer the questions:
Why is this QI (quality improvement) topic relevant to patient outcomes/safety?
What has changed in health care as a result of improvement strategies?
Could advanced technologies/informatics have contributed to the QI strategy?
How will you use what was learned from QI outcomes in your own practice as a nurse leader?
Healthcare Quality
Overview
Before attempting this assignment, it is recommended that you refer to this week’s readings for helpful information related to healthcare quality. Examining quality and performance in the healthcare organization enables healthcare professionals to deliver reliable, cost-effective, and sustained healthcare processes. Quality initiatives enable healthcare organizations to achieve their goal of improving care while enhancing patient outcomes. This week, you will review quality improvement initiatives as a way to measure, analyze, improve, and control the ways care is delivered to patients.
Instructions
Write a 2-3 page paper in which you:
Explain the importance of healthcare quality in healthcare organizations by providing at least three examples.
Analyze three quality initiatives found in the chapter readings that are prevalent in healthcare organizations.
Explain quality in a healthcare system using three real world examples of quality initiatives in current use at a healthcare organization.
In addition to the textbook, provide two sources to support your writing. Choose sources that are credible, relevant, and valid. Cite each source listed on your source page at least one time within your assignment. For help with research, writing, and citation, access the library or review library guides.
This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards. For assistance and information, please refer to the Strayer Writing Standards link in the left-hand menu of your course. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:
Propose initiatives to increase quality while reducing healthcare costs, medical errors, and adverse events.
Types of individual patient rights associated with the healthcare system
Analyze two types of individual patient rights associated with the healthcare system, including a summary of the related law. Provide at least two specific examples to support your rationale.