The four key elements of professional regulation have been identified as health professional registration, the setting of standards and codes, accreditation and the management of risk to the public through complaints handling

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The four key elements of professional regulation have been identified as health professional registration, the setting of standards and codes, accreditation and the management of risk to the public through complaints handling (Chiarella & White, 2013). With reference to relevant disciplinary case law (from UK, Australia or New Zealand) and peer reviewed professional literature, explain how these four elements of the regulation of nursing contribute to public safety.

Structure & Marking Criteria
– Registration and accreditation: Appropriate and relevant use and analysis of case law and literature in relation to the requirements for registration as a nurse, including the accreditation of educational programs (900 words)

– Standard setting: Appropriate and relevant use and analysis of case law and literature in relation to the setting of standards and codes (900 words)

– Dealing with performance, health and conduct complaints and notifications: Appropriate and relevant use and analysis of disciplinary case law and peer reviewed literature in relation to management of risk to the public through performance, health and conduct matters ( 1200 words)

Explain the Concepts of Co-morbidity, Chronicity and Complexity

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Case Study Report: Length: 2000 Words
Case Study for Part A
Angela is a 69 year old lady who was born in England and moved to Australia when she was 14 with her family. She is married and lives with her 74 year old husband, and has three daughters who live close by, and has seven grandchildren that she helps care for when her daughters work.
Angela has a 24 pack per year history of smoking and has been diagnosed with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), with an FEV1/FVC ratio of 52%. She quit smoking 6 years ago, but her husband continues to smoke. Her inhalers for COPD include Symbicort 400/12mcg (Budesonide and Eformetorol) and Spiriva 18mcg (tiotropium Bromide). She uses salbutamol via inhaler as required.
Angela worked as a cleaner for many years and has some arthritic changes related to the wear and tear secondary to this work. She takes paracetamol only to manage this. Angela is compliant with all medications and efforts to manage her COPD and arthritis.
On a routine visit with her GP, Angela was noted to be hypertensive with a BP of 164/96. She has been commenced on an angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor, perindopril arginine, 2.5mg daily, to be reviewed in 4 weeks. Her weight has increased from 64kg to 72kg in the 3 months since her last review and she reports increased discomfort when mobilising, particularly from her spine. This is limiting her ability to exercise and she is now finding she is increasingly breathless when walking any distance, and is finding caring for the grandchildren more difficult.

Rationale
It is known that chronic disease is the leading cause of death across the world (Johnson & Chang, 2014). Nurses need to be able to provide care to all health consumers, with a significant role in assessing a person, planning care, communicating with colleagues and ensuring that the holistic needs are met and evaluated. The ongoing nature of the conditions can result in longer term debilitating outcomes if not addressed appropriately. Children, young people, adults and older adults all experience the full range of health issues yet manage them differently.
This assessment task addresses the following subject learning outcomes:
• Plan nursing care for patients with complex co-morbidities demonstrating rationale for how one affects the other.
• Plan nursing care of a patient with a co-morbidity in consultation with individuals/groups significant others and the interdisciplinary health care team in the clinical setting.
• Explain and describe common physiological, mental health and developmental chronic conditions.

Requirements:
Discusses the Pathophysiology of the mentioned Chronic and Complex Conditions and their Related Clinical Manifestations

There is a detailed, succinct and accurate discussion of the disruptions to normal physiological processes that underlie each condition, with consistently clear links to all of the clinical manifestations.
All clinical manifestations are clearly linked to underlying pathophysiology

Explains the Concepts of Co-morbidity, Chronicity and Complexity

The definitions of each of the key terms have been integrated into a detailed, succinct and accurate discussion of the chronicity and complexity of the patient’s condition.

Discusses the Impact of Chronic and Complex Conditions on the Patient

There is a comprehensive, accurate and integrated discussion of two ways in which the conditions may impact on each other and the possible effects of the conditions on the patient in the case study, with substantial links made to the previously discussed pathophysiology and clinical manifestations.

Use of Evidence to Support the Discussion

An extensive range of highly relevant and current sources have been located, evaluated and synthesised to
substantially support the discussion throughout the paper

Academic Writing and Presentation
The report is logically and succinctly structured according to academic writing conventions.
The content is presented in such a manner that it creates a cohesive, coherent and analytical report.
There is use of formal academic language throughout, including the accurate use of nursing terminology.
The content consistently adheres to grammatical conventions. There are no spelling mistakes or errors in punctuation.
Referencing

All sources are explicitly acknowledged in-text.
APA guidelines for in-text referencing and the reference list are consistently adhered to.
All sources cited-in text match those cited in the reference list.

Quality Management Product Recall

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Quality Management Product Recall
Review the article “USPlabs Recalls OxyElite Pro Supplements Amid Links to Liver Illness” which can be found in your weekly reading. This article pertains to a recall of a popular health supplement. Assume you are the manager for the OxyElite Pro supplement. How can you use focus groups and surveys to determine your customer’s feelings about their products despite the recall that has occurred? Use your course materials and outside research to generate a solid analysis on why these methods would be helpful. Your analysis should be supported by research.
Directions for obtaining the file: Log into the Grantham University library by clicking on the Resources tab from the main page. You will then login to EBSCOHost. Once you have accessed the database, simply copy and paste the title of the article and press enter to search and you should now have the file accessible to review.
The requirements below must be met for your paper to be accepted and graded:
Write between 750 – 1,250 words (approximately 3 – 5 pages) using Microsoft Word in APA style, see example below. Use font size 12 and 1” margins. Include cover page and reference page. At least 80% of your paper must be original content/writing. No more than 20% of your content/information may come from references. Use at least three references from outside the course material, one reference must be from EBSCOhost. Text book, lectures, and other materials in the course may be used, but are not counted toward the three reference requirement. Cite all reference material (data, dates, graphs, quotes, paraphrased words, values, etc.) in the paper and list on a reference page in APA style. References must come from sources such as, scholarly journals found in EBSCOhost, CNN, online newspapers such as, The Wall Street Journal, government websites, etc. Sources such as, Wikis, Yahoo Answers, eHow, blogs, etc. are not acceptable for academic writing.

What is the proper role of the government? What are its central responsibilities? What are the limits to governmental power?

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A first term Senator has just been elected to US Senate. He has spent his entire career as a medical doctor. Given the significance of health related public policy issues, he ran for office and won his first election. There is one problem. Because of the Senator’s lack of experience in government and with policy issues, he has asked three staff persons to help him formulate his approach to government. He has asked his Chief of Staff, his Legislative Director, and one of his Legislative Assistants to help him. You have just been brought on to serve as one of his Legislative Assistants. Because of your expertise in public policy, you are the one LA he asks for assistance. He wants your insights, based on research from your course work and outside research that will help him formulate his approach to government. His rationale is that if he clarifies his vision of the government’s role then he will be able to apply it to practical, real world issues. Specifically, the Senator is asking you to answer the following questions:
What is the proper role of the government? What are its central responsibilities? What are the limits to governmental power?