Community Nursing

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.Why do many people seem to have negative feelings toward elders? What do you think that they fear when interacting with or touching older people? How can you as a nurse can overcome some of those fears or hesitations?

2. What types of rights do feel older adults should have when it comes to the end or prolong their life? If older adults with dementia or longtime chronic illnesses choose to withhold food/water or refuse treatment for an illness, do you feel that is within their rights? How would you counsel family members to deal with these types of issues?

3. Mention some strategies for assisting older adults in avoiding the problems of polypharmacy and organizing their medications in an easy to understand and use format. What are the different strategies that could be used? How would strategies change if the patient had hearing or vision deficits? What about if the patient were illiterate?

As stated in the syllabus the assignment must be presented in an APA format word document, Arial 12 font attached to the forum on the discussion board.

– A minimum of 3 evidenced-based references must be used, and one of them must be from a Geriatric Nursing Journal. References must be no older than 5 years.

– A minimum of 700 words is required.

– No plagiarism.

How do you think current health policy legislation will impact health disparities in your community?

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sing the weekly readings, the South University online library resources, and the Internet, research the major differences between Medicare, Medicaid, Children’s Health Insurance Program, and the Affordable Care Act.

Based on your research, respond to the following:

  • How do you think current health policy legislation will impact health disparities in your community?

Give reasons and examples in support of your responses. Be sure to cite any relevant resources.

Write your initial response in approximately 300 words. Your responses should clarify your understanding of the topic. They should be your own, original, and free from plagiarism. Follow the APA format for writing style, spelling and grammar, and citation of sources.

By the due date assigned, post your response to the appropriate Discussion Area. Through the end of the week, review and comment on at least two peers’ responses. Participate in the discussion by analyzing each response for completeness and accuracy and by suggesting specific additions or clarifications for improving the discussion question response.

Evaluation Criteria:

  • Explained the impact of current health policy legislation on health disparities in your community.
  • Responses demonstrated in-depth research and analysis.
  • Justified your answers with appropriate research and reasoning.
  • Commented on the postings of at least two peers.

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CHILDWOOD OBESITY

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TOPIC: CHILDWOOD OBESITY

Identify a specific evidence-based practice proposal topic for the capstone project. Consider the clinical environment in which you are currently working or have recently worked. The capstone project topic can be a clinical practice problem, an organizational issue, a quality improvement suggestion, a leadership initiative, or an educational need appropriate to your area of interest as well as your practice immersion (practicum) setting. Examples of the integration of community health, leadership, and an EBP can be found on the “Educational and Community-Based Programs” page of the Healthy People 2020 website.

Write a 750 word description of your proposed capstone project topic. Make sure to include the following:

  1. The problem, issue, suggestion, initiative, or educational need that will be the focus of the project
  2. The setting or context in which the problem, issue, suggestion, initiative, or educational need can be      observed.
  3. A description providing a high level of detail regarding the problem, issue, suggestion, initiative, or      educational need.
  4. Impact of the problem, issue, suggestion, initiative, or educational need on the work environment, the      quality of care provided by staff, and patient outcomes.
  5. Significance of the problem,  issue, suggestion, initiative, or educational need and its implications to      nursing.
  6. A proposed solution to the identified project topic

You are required to retrieve and assess a minimum of 8 peer-reviewed articles.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide.

PLEASE NO PLAGIARISM. CHECK FOR PLAGIARISM BEFORE GIVING IT TO ME

Hospital Organization External Environmental And Service Area Competitor Analysis For A New Health Care Service.

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APA Format

500-700 words

You will select a service category and a service area and conduct an external environment and a service area competitor analysis for a new health care service for your selected hospital organization

Select a service category and a service area and conduct a complete external environment and service area competitor analysis for a new health care service.

-The project tends to have two phases – one is to identify the general/societal and health care industry issues and the second phase deals with service area competitor issues.

For this portion of the project, students should identify the general issues (legislative/political, economic, social/demographic, technological, and competitive; I recommend actual statistic facts and figures for this information) that affect all industries and organizations.

Some recommended sources to use for your external environment and service area competitor analysis.

https://www.census.gov/

http://www.city-data.com/

http://www.esri.com/data/esri_data/ziptapestry

Intro

following outline as an initial guide:

I. Specify the Service Category.

II. Delineate the Service Area.

o General

o Economic

o Demographic

o Psychographic

o Health Status

III. Perform a Service Area Structure Analysis.

o Threat of New Entrants

o Intensity of Rivalry

o Threat of Substitutes

o Power of Customers

o Power of Suppliers