How can the leader promote a healthy nutrition environment? What are behaviors that leaders can demonstrate to lead in this domain? Are there any resources that may be available for the leader to consider to promote a healthy nutrition environment? What innovative or evidenced-based strategies may already exist?

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Leader Inspired Nutrition (A Concept Analysis) using the Holistic Health and Fitness (H2F) as a Framework

Leaders play a critical role in the success or failure of an organization to accomplish their mission. Leaders depend highly upon the art and science of leadership. ADP 6-22 in Army doctrine defines leadership as the “activity of influencing people by providing purpose, direction, and motivation to accomplish the mission and improve the organization.” Leaders within the military must be able to effectively communicate, be mentally adept, agile, and understand the specific requirements to leverage their units at superior strength against multi-domain operational threats. One consistent factor remains is that operational readiness is strategically linked to Warfighters health and performance. Recent national public health reports have highlighted high rates of employee absenteeism related to mental health, lower employee work productivity, and rising employee associated hospital costs related to suboptimal nutrition and lifestyle behaviors. The military population is no exception; there has been an increased focus on human health performance with the introduction of Holistic Health and Fitness (H2F, FM 7-22).

Commonly, leadership discussions often focus on character, competence, context, communication, with less attention given to the leaders’ role in modeling and influencing healthy behaviors within their organization. Optimal nutrition and health of Warfighters within the military population are foundational to organizational effectiveness. Equipping leaders with greater knowledge on how to engage employees on nutrition and healthy lifestyle practices may help to maximize Warfighter health and workplace performance. Emerging evidence suggests positive outcomes on employee health and increased organizational effectiveness when leaders promote healthy behaviors in the workplace.

A new concept of Leader Inspired Nutrition (LIN) is proposed as a domain of leadership that embraces conscious promotion of Warfighter healthy lifestyle as a facilitator for optimal performance and operational readiness. LIN is an innovative approach in which leaders can influence their subordinates, transform their operational environments, and demonstrate investment in the Army’s most prized human capital, its Warfighters. The purpose of this concept paper is to raise awareness and insight of a leader’s potential influence on promoting healthy behaviors within their organizations and provide practical evidence-based guidance for positively engaging with Warfighters to create a healthy work environment. Within the concept paper, we will explore the concept of LIN as it relates to the Nutritional Readiness domain within the H2F model in a military context 2) describe the potential barriers to leaders assisting Warfighters towards optimal healthy lifestyle practices within the workplace 3) identify ways leaders can incorporate LIN in their daily work environment to cultivate a culture of wellness.

LIN is comprised of seven core proposed strategies leaders can use to foster an optimal nutrition and healthy lifestyle within their units: 1) Promote a Healthy Nutrition Environment 2) Model Positive Nutrition Behaviors 3) Assess Economic Factors that Affect Nutrition 4) Assess Nutrition Knowledge 5) Assess Employee Performance 6) Assess Employee Wellness 7) Promote Utilization of Wellness Resources. The following proposed strategies of how leaders can influence and inspire Warfighters through a nutrition-focused approach within their units and organizations will be addressed below.

Note (Model Question Prompts for below categories): author question prompts to address their respective core strategy- ie. How can the leader promote a healthy nutrition environment? What are behaviors that leaders can demonstrate to lead in this domain? Are there any resources that may be available for the leader to consider to promote a healthy nutrition environment? What innovative or evidenced-based strategies may already exist? What is the benefit of a leader promoting a healthy nutrition environment? This is an example motivation question prompt, but please feel free to address as the subject matter expert what may be relevant, important, or innovative from your perspective as you consider the concept of leader inspired nutrition or LIN.

  • Promote a Healthy Nutrition Environment
  • Model Positive Nutrition Behaviors
  • Assess Economic Factors that Affect Nutrition
  • Assess Employee Performance
  • Assess Employee Wellness
  •  Promote Utilization of Wellness
  •  Holistic Health and Fitness (FM 7-21)

 

Select a new or emerging HIT product (software/application) and provide a critique of the product including how it’s integrated, the cost of deployment, the impact on patient or organizational outcomes, the impact on internal staff/employees, integration with current systems, etc

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New Technology Critique Paper

Select a new or emerging HIT product (software/application) and provide a critique of the product including how it’s integrated, the cost of deployment, the impact on patient or organizational outcomes, the impact on internal staff/employees, integration with current systems, etc

What have you learned about HIT? Identify the top 3 takeaways from this course. How will your knowledge of HIT impact your future as a leader of change as a healthcare manager?

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Reflection Paper

What have you learned about HIT? Identify the top 3 takeaways from this course. How will your knowledge of HIT impact your future as a leader of change as a healthcare manager?


In the past 20 years how has child abuse been more common? 
How has child abuse and neglect affected childhood?
 What mechanisms can help abused children to help manage from the aftermath of trauma?

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Childhood trauma

Research Q’s :
In the past 20 years how has child abuse been more common?
How has child abuse and neglect affected childhood?
What mechanisms can help abused children to help manage from the aftermath of trauma?
How can children be protected from neglect and abuse?
What is the population of abused children in the United States and in the world?
What is the percentage of abused children have trauma in their later years as adults?

Use Microsoft Visio to create a diagram that details the various types of applications within a healthcare setting. Also, explain the integration between each system. Include this diagram as Appendix A in your paper.

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Clinical Patient Workflow

Paper: For this assignment, you are tasked with an assignment to convert a healthcare organization from paper to an electronic health information system. Write a (5-8 page) paper to detail the types of applications you would implement that meet health record requirements and explain the integration between each system. Provide reasons to support your decision. In your paper:

Include a discussion of three clinical services (i.e., Diagnostic procedures, care plans)
Include a discussion of clinical information (i.e., medical treatment record, patient outcome)
Explain the importance of the role responsible for entering the data
Assess the benefits of using PDSA (Plan-do-study-act).

Diagram: Use Microsoft Visio to create a diagram that details the various types of applications within a healthcare setting. Also, explain the integration between each system. Include this diagram as Appendix A in your paper.

It should explain the clinical flowchart from patient registration to checkout.
It should discuss each data entry point.
It should explain the staff role at each data entry point.
It should determine areas for potential improvement.

Follow APA style for formatting and citing your references.

Select quantitative and qualitative data collection methods appropriate for a given public health context. Analyze quantitative and qualitative data using biostatistics, informatics, computer-based programming and software, as appropriate.

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FOUNDATIONAL COMPETENCIES

Evidence-based Approaches to Public Health

  1. Apply epidemiological methods to the breadth of settings and situations in public health practice
  2. Select quantitative and qualitative data collection methods appropriate for a given public health context.
  3. Analyze quantitative and qualitative data using biostatistics, informatics, computer-based programming and software, as appropriate.
  4. Interpret results of data analysis for public health research, policy or practice

 

Public Health & Health Care Systems

  1. Compare the organization, structure and function of health care, public health and regulatory systems across national and international settings
  2. Discuss the means by which structural bias, social inequities and racism undermine health and create challenges to achieving health equity at organizational, community and societal levels

 

Planning & Management to Promote Health

  1. Assess population needs, assets and capacities that affect communities’ health
  2. Apply awareness of cultural values and practices to the design or implementation of public health policies or programs
  3. Design a population-based policy, program, project or intervention
  4. Explain basic principles and tools of budget and resource management Select methods to evaluate public health programs

 

Policy in Public Health

  1. Discuss multiple dimensions of the policy-making process, including the roles of ethics and evidence
  2. Propose strategies to identify stakeholders and build coalitions and partnerships for influencing public health outcomes
  3. Advocate for political, social or economic policies and programs that will improve health in diverse populations
  4. Evaluate policies for their impact on public health and health equity

 

Leadership

  1. Apply principles of leadership, governance and management, which include creating a vision, empowering others, fostering collaboration and guiding decision making
  2. Apply negotiation and mediation skills to address organizational or community challenges

 

Communication

  1. Select communication strategies for different audiences and sectors
  2. Communicate audience-appropriate public health content, both in writing and through oral presentation Describe the importance of cultural competence in communicating public health content

Interprofessional Practice

  1. Perform effectively on interprofessional teams

Systems Thinking

  1. Apply systems thinking tools to a public health issue

 

DISCIPLINE-SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES

Biostatistics

A1. Describe basic concepts of probability, random variation and commonly used statistical probability distributions.

A2. Describe preferred methodological alternatives to commonly used statistical methods when assumptions are not met

A3. Distinguish among the different measurement scales and the implications for selection of statistical methods to be used based on these distinctions A4. Apply common statistical methods for inference

 

Epidemiology

B1. Identify the principles and limitations of public health screening programs.

B2. Explain the importance of epidemiology for informing scientific, ethical, economic and political discussion of health issues.

B3. Comprehend basic ethical and legal principles pertaining to the collection, maintenance, use and dissemination of epidemiologic data.

B4. Communicate epidemiologic information to lay and professional audiences. B5. Evaluate the strengths and limitations of epidemiologic reports.

 

Describe the CHA and CHIP processes based on the information provided in the excerpt. You should note the demographics of the population and the community described and the final analysis of priorities.

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Population Health Question

Assignment Instructions:

Go to the following website and review the embedded case/exemplars of High Quality CHA’s and CHIP’s:

http://www.naccho.org/topics/infrastructure/CHAIP/guidance-and-examples.cfmhttps://www.naccho.org/index.php?p=programs/public-health-infrastructure/performance-improvement/community-health-assessment

East Central Kansas Public Health Region, CHA

https://www.naccho.org/programs/public-health-infrastructure

After which, each student is to answer the following questions in detail:

1) Describe the CHA and CHIP processes based on the information provided in the excerpt. You should note the demographics of the population and the community described and the final analysis of priorities.

2) Do you agree with the community’s rationale for addressing the identified health issues they selected to work on? Explain your answer.

Describe a project that required input from many people at different levels of the organization.

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Interview questions

Answer the following interview questions.

Analytical skill

What steps do you take to analyze a problem?

Communication Skills

Describe a time when you were assigned a project without clear direction. What did you do?

Leadership

Who do you consider a great leader?

Team Player

Chose one question to answer of the following 5 questions

  • Tell me about a recent team project. What was your role?
  • Describe a project that required input from many people at different levels of the organization.
  • Tell me about a rewarding team experience.
  • Describe a project with a challenging team dynamic. How did you handle it?
  • Give me an example of how you have dealt with a difficult team member.
  • Tell me about a time when you led a cross-functional team.

Tech General

Chose one question to answer of the following 8 questions

  • Walk me through your technical background.
  • Why would you be a good fit for this position?
  • Tell me about a time when it was necessary for you to communicate technical information, clearly, to a non-technical audience.
  • Do you plan any additional technical training in the near future?
  • Give me an example of an assignment, which you have recently worked on, that involved the learning of a new technical skill.
  • What operating system do you prefer and why?
  • Tell me about the most difficult IT problem you ever faced and how you handled it. Would you handle it the same way now?
  • How do you stay informed about your profession?
  • Your network is experiencing periods of slow response, and you are asked to find a solution. What troubleshooting techniques would you use?
  • Tell us about one of the technical problems you had to solve recently

Work Ethic

Chose one question to answer of the following 5 questions

  • Tell me about a time that you exceeded the boss’ expectations.
  • Describe a situation in which you went above and beyond the call of duty.
  • Give me an example of when you worked the hardest.
  • When’s the last time you stayed late to finish a project on time?
  • Tell me about a time when you had to sacrifice your quality standards to meet a deadline.

Provide an essay that addresses your goals, strengths, skills, and experiences that will contribute to your success in the program and the profession.

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Application Essay

Provide an essay that addresses your goals, strengths, skills, and experiences that will contribute to your success in the program and the profession. You should also include a brief statement discussing your interest in the field and reasons for applying to the University of Pittsburgh.

Describe the Review of Literature, addressing why and how it is done. Explain what design means in research. Describe how the sample is selected in research and the significance of sample size.

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Researching Starting an Observation Unit in a Hospital

Develop an essay describing the steps for qualitative research
Begin developing an abstract for your project idea. (This is due week 6)

Assignment 1:

Write an essay outlining the steps of conducting a qualitative research.

Describe what a Research Problem and Research Question/s are, addressing how and why they are identified and developed.
Describe the Review of Literature, addressing why and how it is done.
Explain what design means in research.
Describe how the sample is selected in research and the significance of sample size.
Explain data collection for Qualitative Research, addressing various tools that may be utilized.
Explain data analysis in Qualitative Research, addressing how it may be done/what tools may be used.
Explain reporting the results of a qualitative study, addressing how it may be done and the significance of reporting results.
Prepare your document in APA-essay format using appropriate headers and at least three citations other than your textbook. The essay should include the required introduction and conclusion.

You will need Microsoft Word or a compatible word processing application to complete this assignment.

 

Assignment 2:

Begin working on an abstract based on your scholarly project and your review of literature from Modules 2 and 5 by following these instructions:

Prepare an abstract that will describe your DNP project as if it was complete and you were submitting your abstract for peer review for a poster/paper presentation to a professional audience.
Complete the sample abstract submission materials for a national conference as if you were going to submit your scholarly work. Follow the Southern Nursing Research Society (SNRS) Abstract Submissions packet as snrs_abstract_guidelines_2022_2.pdf.
You will submit your abstract in Module 6 and will also use this work to create a poster presentation in Module 8.