What could a nurse achieve by participating in the scholarly activity?

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Scholarly Activity Summary (Topic- infection control. Setting- elementary school, Brooklyn NY)

This document describes the scholarly activity elements that should be included in a five paragraph summary. You may use this resource to help guide the preparation of the Scholarly Activities assignment, due in Topic 10.

Overview 

This section consists of a single paragraph that succinctly describes the scholarly activity that you attended/participated in, the target market for the activity, and the benefit of the activity to you.

Problem 

This section consists of either a short narrative or a list of bullet points that concisely identifies the problems the scholarly activity is designed to solve. Educate: What is the current state of the activity topic? Explain why this is a problem, and for whom is it a problem? Inspire: What could a nurse achieve by participating in the scholarly activity? Use declarative sentences with simple words to communicate each point. Less is more.

Solution 

This section consists of either a short paragraph or a list of bullet points that concisely describes the solution to a proposed practice problem that the scholarly activity addressed and how it addresses the problem outlined in the previous section.

Opportunity 

This section consists of short paragraphs that define the opportunity that the scholarly activity is designed to capture. It is important to cover the objectives and goals that were met. How will attending/participating in this scholarly activity help you grow as a nurse?

Program Competencies Addressed

This section consists of a list of program competencies that were addressed in this scholarly activity. Please use the list from the ISP.

The United States Navy Diving Manual contains a wealth of information about diving from the history of diving to underwater physics and physiology.

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Week 3 discussion DQ1 The United States Navy Diving Manual contains a wealth of information about diving from the history of diving to underwater physics and physiology. Start by browsing the U.S.Navy Diving Manual (located within the weekly readings) and then post a response to the following questions: How do the pressure variations with depth affect our ability to explore the ocean? In particular, what are some of the challenges of scuba diving? DQ2 Energy.gov is the official website of the United States Department of Energy (located within the weekly readings). On this website, you can find a variety of helpful resources, including resources on how to conserve energy. Read the information about thermostats then consider the following question: On a hot summer day, you need to leave your house for 30 minutes. To use the least amount of energy, should you turn off your air conditioning system, turn up the thermostat, or leave it set at your normal temperature? For those of you more familiar with cold winter days, you may consider the same about your heating system on a cold winter day: Should you turn it off, turn the thermostat down, or leave it set at your normal temperature? Explain your answer.

DESCRIBE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE GOVERNMENTS INVOLVEMENT IN HEALTH CARE REGULATION.

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Week 1 discussion DQ1 Describe your thoughts on the government’s involvement in health care regulation. Do you think there should be more or less than what exists today? Why DQ2 Describe the type of role you would like to play in health care finance. Would you prefer to be a personnel manager or a financial manager? Why? Week 2 discussion DQ1 What do you consider the biggest challenge as a health care operations manager regarding financial planning and budgeting? How would you address that challenge? DQ2 Describe your preference: managing a fixed expense department or variable expense department. Why? What are the pros and cons of both? Week 3 discussion DQ1 Briefly discuss your reaction to the numerous financial terms and the complexity of reporting required in health care. What would your level of comfort be in a discussion with a CFO regarding the key measurements used by organizations to track financial performance? DQ2 Describe your thoughts on protecting investors and contributors from losing trust in how the organization manages the investment they have made. Do you think the abuse that occurred at Enron could happen in health care? Do you think legislation such as Sarbanes-Oxley should apply to health care? Why? Week 4 discussion DQ1 Describe what you think it would be like to be the CEO presenting poor financial results to the board of directors. What would you focus on in your presentation? Why? DQ2 Describe your thoughts about having an outside auditor review your financial management of your department. What would be your reaction if the auditor found that supplies were unaccounted for, and what causes would you consider for this finding? Week 5 discussion DQ1 Describe what you think is the greatest challenge for the health care manager when it comes to managing productivity. What methods would you use to overcome resistance from coworkers? DQ2 How would you communicate to administration that the new supply they have chosen is causing staff to react adversely and claim that the new product is of poor quality? What would be your approach and what reaction would you expect from administration when the new supply reduces costs of operation significantly? Week 6 discussion DQ1 Your coworkers are upset that the current theme in the organization is cost containment and they see that money is being spent on remodeling the emergency department, which is unable to keep up with the demand due to inadequate space. Describe how you would react to your coworkers. What factors are possibly being taken into consideration by administration? Your coworkers think that the money being spent to remodel the emergency department should go to securing raises. How would you explain use of funds? DQ2 How would you react to a physician who wants the organization to purchase a new piece of technology that the competing hospital already has so he can bring his patients to your hospital rather than to the competition? What factors would you consider in evaluating the wisdom of supporting his request? Week 7 discussion DQ1 Choose a news article or a story on health care services from the media and share a brief synopsis and your opinion on the future implications. DQ2 Think about what excites you most about the future of health care, focusing on the opportunities for health care reform. What are possible effects of health care reform from a financial and accounting perspective?

prepare a well-organized and thoughtful four- to five-page research paper on strategic planning that expands on what you learned during this course.

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Unit VIII Research Paper Please use the topic you selected in Unit IV, and prepare a well-organized and thoughtful four- to five-page research paper on strategic planning that expands on what you learned during this course. Be sure to consider the following in your essay: The introduction should engage the reader in the topic and clearly present a summary of the main points. Discuss current issues impacting EMS systems related to planning and development. Examine relationships between public and private EMS. The discussion should be appropriate and should provide evidence of critical thinking tied to strategic planning in regard to EMS. The organization should be clear and present logically arranged points. Please use at least five academically credible sources, three of which must be from the CSU Online Library. One of these may also be the course textbook. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations. All references and citations used must be in APA style. Information about accessing the grading rubric for this assignment is provided below.