Analyze the extent to which educational resources and materials are available in languages other than English. Be sure to provide specif

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Evaluate the cultural competence of the healthcare organization presented in the Integrated Safety-Net Health Care System case study using a population health approach. Please also read the supplemental Interpreting Services Program document to ensure that you have all of the information about the Montefiore Medical Center you will need to address the critical elements.

Specifically the following critical elements must be addressed:

I. Patient engagement activities and communication strategies

a) Critique the organization’s translation and interpretation services that may be available to non-English-speaking patients. In other words, does

the organization provide such services? How many different languages are supported? How might the organization communicate with a speaker

of a language that is not supported? Be sure to provide evidence that supports your claims.

b) Analyze the extent to which educational resources and materials are available in languages other than English. Be sure to provide specific

examples.

c) Assess organizational staff training on patient engagement and communications for its potential to foster cultural competence. Be sure to provide

evidence to support your claims.

d) Identify gaps or deficiencies that may exist in the organization’s patient engagement and communications strategies, and provide evidence to

support your claims. If you feel there are none, be sure to explain your reasoning.

How do you judge Palin’s quote? [“And who will suffer the most when they ration care? Effective strategy to oppose Democrats’ plans for health care reform or unethical scaremongering?

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  • How do you judge Palin’s quote? [“And who will suffer the most when they ration care? Effective strategy to oppose Democrats’ plans for health care reform or unethical scaremongering?

Palin’s quote was not only inaccurate, it could be said it was a scare tactic.  For those relying on politicians to define changes, especially as they relate to a lengthy new health care act, I view it as a scare tactic to sway voters against the ACA.  Nowhere in the ACA or AHCA does it enforce a “death panel” (Mason et. al., 2016). This quote from a politician is why it is so important for nurses to understand politics in health care and provide accurate, unbiased, and honest information.

  • Reflect on what informs your judgment: commitment to advance care planning, analysis of facts, and/or political party loyalties?

When it comes to my judgement, research and understanding of the facts are key.  Had I simply listened to Palin, I would not have understood the changes in health care the ACA implemented.  Although far from perfect, this act did increase the number of Americans with health coverage to 20 million people and seeks to provide better health promotion, allowing nurses to practice to the full extent of their education and licensure (Collins, 2018).

  • Is it right for nurses to endorse health reform legislation even if the legislation is not perfect? Does this apply to the recently failed American Health Care Act?

Few things in life are truly perfect.  As a nurse, I have learned you simply cannot make everyone happy and that applies to healthcare.  Nurses should seek to endorse healthcare policies that allow them to practice as nurses; teaching patients to be as independently healthy as possible.  This certainly applies to the failed AHCA.  Again, the debate is not over universal health coverage, but as to who should pay for it.  Nurses have identified the need for access to health care since the beginning of time.  Advocating and endorsing legislative that is supportive of this idea should be the nurses priority.

Advance Care Planning and Analysis

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Advance Care Planning and Analysis

For this assignment, make sure you post your initial response to the Discussion Area by the due date assigned.

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

Read the section titled “Reflective Practice: Pants on Fire” from chapter “Health Policy, Politics, and Professional Ethics” (see attached Chapter 15) and address the questions below:

· How do you judge Palin’s quote? [“And who will suffer the most when they ration care? The sick, the elderly, and the disabled, of course. The America I know and love is not one in which my parents or my baby with Down Syndrome will have to stand in front of Obama’s death panel so his bureaucrats can decide, based on a subjective judgment of their level of productivity in society, whether they are worthy of health care. Such a system is downright evil.] Effective strategy to oppose Democrats’ plans for health care reform or unethical scaremongering?

· Reflect on what informs your judgment: commitment to advance care planning, analysis of facts, and/or political party loyalties?

· Is it right for nurses to endorse health reform legislation even if the legislation is not perfect? Does this apply to the recently failed American Health Care Act?

Determine best practices for establishing and maintaining strategic alliances within the health care industry or enterprise.

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Imagine that you are a senior consultant at Practical Health Care Consulting firm. Your supervisor has instructed you to spend three (3) months at the Caring Angel Hospital to help improve the quality of care, add value to the organization, improve employee morale, design an efficient organizational chart, create a strong team environment, and create the hospital’s competitive advantage. The hospital has traditionally made losses year after year. Furthermore, it is not performing well financially, and the banks are not willing to lend it large sums of money for more effective marketing.

After spending two (2) months within the hospital, you are very happy with your progress, and you think you are capable of acquiring more patient base and expanding the hospital market. However, with a closer look, you notice that your patients are still hopping from one specialized hospital to another in search of various specialized treatments. You also notice that the seats are not comfortable in the waiting area, and the patients continuously show up for appointments on the wrong dates. The nurses and the employees are not smiling during patient conversations, and everyone looks for ways to blame others for failures in the patient treatment process. Everyone seems to work alone and hide what they do from their colleagues.

At the end of the three (3) month period, you must provide a report with your recommended strategies designed to help Caring Angel Hospital achieve its goals.

Note: You may create and / or make all necessary assumptions needed for the completion of this assignment.

Write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you:

1. From a consulting perspective, propose the major steps that Caring Angel Hospital could take to achieve each of the following goals:

a. Improve the quality of care

b. Add value to the organization

c. Improve employee morale

d. Design an efficient organizational chart

e. Create a strong team environment

f. Create the hospital’s competitive edge.

2. Recommend one (1) approach that the hospital could use for acquiring a larger market share given the prevailing financial circumstances. Justify your recommendation.

3. Investigate at least two (2) value-added services that Caring Angel Hospital could offer to strengthen its value proposition. Provide at least two (2) examples of the advantages of these value-added services to the hospital.

4. Use four (4) recent (within the last five [5] years) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other websites do not qualify as quality academic resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

  • Be typed, double      spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all      sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format.      Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
  • Include a cover      page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the      professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the      reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

  • Propose      methodologies that have been proven to increase value in health care      delivery systems.
  • Examine leadership      and management frameworks that are most applicable to a certain      organization type within the health care industry.

· Assess how politics in a health care organization motivates and demotivates employees, and recommend strategies to mitigate the challenges presented with each aspect.

  • Create a      communication strategy to address an ethical dilemma within a health care      organization regarding the quality of service and cost.
  • Craft a strategic      plan that leads to a competitive advantage within a certain market.

· Determine best practices for establishing and maintaining strategic alliances within the health care industry or enterprise.

· Use technology and information resources to research issues in health care management.

  • Write clearly and      concisely about health care management using proper writing mechanics.