Describe how process innovation, risk taking, health policy analysis, and governance “sense-making” provide balance for stakeholders

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Maintaining the Loyalty of Stakeholders

To maintain political, governmental, staff, and patient loyalty, the healthcare organization must provide a sense of organizational stability and view of the legislative landscape. In Chapters 14 and 15 we have researched and investigated the need to align both public opinion with staff trust. The political landscape is the basis for healthcare policy, guidance, state, local, and community support (both fiscal and legal) engaging in political trade-offs to stabilize the healthcare industry (such as in the cost, pharmaceuticals, insurance premiums, and organizational ROI in the healthcare industry). Healthcare organizations must provide the necessary guidance and advocacy for stakeholders in the setting of both state and federal legislature as a voice of reason, authority, and integrity. Provide information on the following:

  • Research a policy associated with the Affordable Care Act in your home state or another state that may affect healthcare reform and/or the way health care is provided in the chosen state.
  • Describe the policy and who wrote and/or promoted the policy legislature (provide statistical data).
  • What are the trade-offs offered to bring balance to the healthcare stakeholders?
  • What role have public perception and disinterestedness played in the valuation of healthcare performance?
  • Describe how process innovation, risk taking, health policy analysis, and governance “sense-making” provide balance for stakeholders.

Your paper

  • Must be 4 double-spaced pages in length (not including title and reference pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
  • Must include a separate title page with the following:
    • Title of paper
    • Student’s name
    • Course name and number
    • Instructor’s name
    • Date submitted
  • Must use at least four scholarly sources in addition to the course text.
  • Must document all sources in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
  • Must include a separate reference page that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

Medical health disorder- Endocrine disorders of The Thyroid gland and Mental health disorder – Dementia

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Medical health disorder- Endocrine disorders of The Thyroid gland and Mental health disorder – Dementia

Using APA format, write a six (6) to ten (10) page paper (excludes cover and reference page) that addresses the comparison of collaborative care for a patient with a mental health disorder versus a patient with a medical disorder in the acute care setting. The paper consists of three (3) parts and must be submitted by the close of week six. Each part must be a minimum of two (2) pages in length.

A minimum of three (3) current professional references must be provided.  Current references include professional publications or valid and current websites dated within five (5) years.  Additionally, a textbook that is no more than one (1) edition old may be used.

Part 1

  1. Select one (1) mental health disorder and one (1) medical disorder covered within the modules of NUR212 as a basis for your paper

 

Medical health disorder- Endocrine disorders of The Thyroid gland (specific, not to include parathyroid).

 

Mental health disorder – Dementia

 

Compare the two (2) disorders demonstrating similarities and differences.

  1. Discuss how the efforts and resources required to manage the disorders compare to one another.  Is the burden a patient with a mental health disorder endures comparable to the burden experienced by a patient with a medical disorder? Explain your response.
  2. Identify two (2) issues that may arise for the patient and/or family when caring for the patients with the identified disorders. Provide two (2) descriptive examples.

Part 2

  1. Identify ethical and legal implications the RN considers when caring for patients with a mental health disorder and medical disorder.
  2. Discuss similarities and differences in the RN’s approach to address the identified implications.

Part 3

Based on the disorders chosen above, adress the following:

  1. Provide an example of how the interprofessional team members can provide collaborative and continuous care in the acute care setting.
  2. Discuss the role of the professional nurse within the team and provide three (3) examples.
  3. Describe how to ensure adherence to medication regimen and follow-up visits – Provide three (3) examples.
  4. What measures would evaluate the effectiveness of the interprofessional plan of care?
  5. How does the RN evaluate the interprofessional team efforts and identify modifications that might be necessary?

National Institutes of Health (2007). National Institute of Allergy and Infectious

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Clinical Trial

Between 2004 and 2007, the National Institutes of Health conducted a STEP vaccine clinical trial—Phase IIB “test-of-concept” study.

The STEP study is the name of a clinical trial to test an experimental human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) vaccine. The STEP study enrolled 3,000 participants at sites in Australia, Brazil, Canada, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Peru, Puerto Rico, and the United States. The study was designed to test an HIV vaccine, which aimed to stimulate production of immune system T-cells that can kill HIV-infected cells.

Based on its first evaluation of vaccine efficacy, the findings showed there were 24 cases of HIV infection among the 741 volunteers who received at least one dose of the investigational vaccine compared with 21 cases of HIV infection among the 762 volunteers who were vaccinated with the placebo. In volunteers who received at least two vaccinations, there were 19 cases of HIV infection among the 672 volunteers who received the investigational vaccine and 11 instances of HIV infection among the 691 volunteers who received placebo. The study investigators of the vaccine trials have decided to cease immunizations and are contacting study volunteers to inform them of the developments.

Reference:

National Institutes of Health (2007). National Institute of Allergy and Infectious

Diseases: Immunizations are discontinued in two HIV vaccine trials.

Retrieved from http://www.niaid.nih.gov/news/newsreleases/2007/

Pages/step_statement.aspx

Using the South University Online Library or the Internet, research further on STEP study and STEP vaccine clinical trials and its parameters.

Based on your research, understanding, and above information, answer the following questions:

  • Prior to beginning this study, how would you have described the risks and benefits of the study to participants?
  • What are the ethical issues surrounding this study at the beginning and when the decision was made to terminate the study?

Describe how Gastrodiplomacy might help countries like Thailand, Korea

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150 points

 

Describe how Gastrodiplomacy might help countries like Thailand, Korea,

3-4 pages typed, double spaced, 12 pt. font, and proper spelling/grammar.Plagiarism will immediately be reported and result in an E grade for the course.

Hard copy to be turned in on the last day of class.

 20 pts
Describe how Gastrodiplomacy might help countries like Thailand, Korea, India, China, the U.S. and others strategically help trade, foreign relations, and human rights advance globally. 20 Pts
Explain how you are participating in Gastrodiplomacy through weekly food selection.  Examples could include but aren’t limited to – types of foods you purchase and eat, restaurants you patronize, cookbooks you purchase, food blogs you subscribe to, and ingredients you select. Thoroughly describe at least 3 ways you participate in Gastrodiplomacy. 30pts
Describe how this class (lecture or lab) has increased your understanding of at least 3 specific aspects of food culture.  Describe the importance and significance of these things within their specific region or within your own day to day life. 30 pts
Explain how NUTR 3620 has increased your understanding of global issues as well as your understanding of individuals within those cultures. 30 pts
Total 150 pts

 

Read the following article to get a clearer understanding of gastrodiplomacy. The link is posted along with the actual article.

 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-rockower/the-gastrodiplomacy-cookb_b_716555.htm

 

Paul Rockower

Gastronomist

The Gastrodiplomacy Cookbook

“Food is our common ground, a universal experience.” — James Beard

 

One of the more delicious forms of public diplomacy has recently emerged in the global consciousness: gastrodiplomacy. Public diplomacy is a field predicated on the communication of culture and values to foreign publics; gastrodiplomacy, most plainly put, is the act of winning hearts and minds through stomachs. It is a public and cultural diplomacy endeavor that the governments of Korea and Taiwan have recently embarked on. There is an old American public diplomacy maxim, “to know us is to love us;” Taiwanese and Korean gastrodiplomacy posits it a little differently and declares “to taste us is to love us.”

 

Gastrodiplomacy was a technique perfected by Thailand, which first used its kitchens and restaurants as outposts of cultural diplomacy. Given the growing popularity of Thai restaurants around the globe, in 2002, the government of Thailand implemented the “Global Thai program” as a means to increase the number of Thai restaurants. The Thai government’s rationale, The Economist noted, was that the boom in restaurants, “will not only introduce delicious spicy Thai food to thousands of new tummies and persuade more people to visit Thailand, but it could subtly help deepen relations with other countries.”

 

More recently, both Korea (“Kimchi Diplomacy”) and Taiwan (“Dim Sum Diplomacy”) have been engaging in culinary diplomacy to help increase global recognition of their respective nation brands.

 

Seoul initiated the “Korean Cuisine to the World” campaign in April 2009, with stated goals of increasing Korean restaurants abroad fourfold to nearly 40,000 by 2017. The ₩50 billion (US$40 million) fund will be used to promote Korean cooking classes an internationally-acclaimed cooking schools, help support Korean culinary students with grants and scholarships to attend culinary schools and international food fairs. Korean cuisine also got added attention with the local Los Angeles creation of the Korean-taco truck, which quickly gained a culinary cult status and has been popping up all over America.

 

Meanwhile, Taipei recently unveiled a plan to promote Taiwanese culinary diplomacy. The sad culinary reality is that most people associate Chinese food with the heavy, sauce-laden fare that is promoted as typical Middle Kingdom cuisine; meanwhile, for those not of the foodie bent, the notion of Taiwanese cuisine draws a blank. That creates a tremendous opportunity for Taiwan to conduct gastrodiplomacy in order to brand its own cuisine as a healthy, light alternative to the heavy image associated with Western versions of Chinese food. The lighter, healthier side of Taiwanese cuisine, with its unique flavors and textures could really tempt global tummies as it creates awareness of what Taiwanese food entails.

 

Through the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Taiwan is set to invest NT$1.1 billion (US$34.2 million) through 2013 to engage in Taiwanese gastrodiplomacy and promote Taiwanese cuisine at the global dining table. As part of the campaign, Taiwan will host international gourmet festivals as well as help send local chefs to ply their culinary skills at global culinary competitions. The initiative will support the introduction of Taiwanese restaurants abroad, with a focus on major overseas shopping malls and department stores as well as sampling stations for Taiwanese cuisines at international airports. Moreover, the gastrodiplomacy plan is anticipated to enable local businesses to set up 3,500 restaurants in both Taiwan and abroad, and generate close to NT$2 billion in private investments.