What factors contribute to generating a low Th1/Th2 ratio and what are some of the consequences?

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What factors contribute to generating a low Th1/Th2 ratio and what are some of the consequences? What is the Th1/Th2 ratio in utero?

What did you learn from Dr. Sagar’s lecture? What were some of the major problems that plagued Flint, Michigan and how did that play a role in the Flint Water Crisis?

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What did you learn from Dr. Sagar’s lecture? What were some of the major problems that plagued Flint, Michigan and how did that play a role in the Flint Water Crisis?

 

Use Edmund Pellegrino’s schema of the four elements of the moral event to analyze the case given below by describing significant factors in each of the elements of the event

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Analysis of a Case Using Pellegrino’s Four Elements of the Moral Event

Use Edmund Pellegrino’s schema of the four elements of the moral event to analyze the case given below by

1) describing significant factors in each of the elements of the event (i.e., agent, act, circumstances and consequences); also

2) having made explicit all of the ethically relevant factors in the situation, make an argument as to what a sound course of action would be, and under whose agency. Be aware of how your own experiences, values, perspectives and interests affect your ability to discuss this case!

The Case:

A woman enters the emergency room with stomach pain. She undergoes a CT scan and is diagnosed with an abdominal aortic aneurysm, a weakening in the wall of the aorta which causes it to stretch and bulge (this is very similar to what led to the actor John Ritter’s death). The physicians inform her that the only way to fix the problem is surgically, and that the chances of survival are about 50/50. They also inform her that time is of the essence, and that should the aneurysm burst, she would be dead in a few short minutes. The woman is an erotic dancer; she worries that the surgery will leave a scar that will negatively affect her work; therefore, she refuses any surgical treatment. Even after much pressuring from the physicians, she adamantly refuses surgery. Feeling that the woman is not in her correct state of mind and knowing that time is of the essence, should.

1) the surgeons decide to perform the procedure without consent, should

2) they do nothing except keep her under supervision in the hospital or

3) should they allow her to leave if she chooses to?

Outline the founding principles of the Welfare State in UK which were laid down in the Beveridge Report

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Outline the founding principles of the Welfare State in UK which were laid down in the Beveridge Report

and compare this with a later approach to welfare in UK, considering the change in ideology.

How can you use leadership skills to improve patient safety through better communication with your patients?

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Course Learning Objectives: 1-6
American Association Colleges of Nursing: DNP Essentials 1-VIII

Purpose: The purpose of this assignment is for you to reflect on the how you understand yourself, your understanding and approach to health communications. Notice how your thoughts evolved over time throughout the course. Consider:

  1. What have you learned this term? What will you do differently going forward? How will what you have learned impact your practice?
  2. Influences that affect attitudes and communication with the health-care system and optimum health.
  3. How can you use leadership skills to improve patient safety through better communication with your patients?
  4. Your thoughts and feelings related to readings and assignments, or discussion with your classmates.

Step one:

Review course readings and assignments. See suggestions above and complete your reflection. This is for you to develop skill in reflection and to think about how the material applies to you.

Step two:

Using a WORD document, label the file Last Name_First Name_Reflection (example: Luckey_Sonia_Week8_Reflection). Length should be 1-2 pages. While in-text APA formatted references are not required, you may wish to reference materials to help you in the future as you try to remember a source you read or a web page you visited.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DNP Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs):
AACN (2006) Essentials of Doctoral Education for Advanced Nursing Practice

  1. Scientific underpinnings for practice

Recognizes the philosophical and scientific underpinnings essential for the complexity of nursing practice at the doctoral level.

  1. Organizational and systems leadership for quality improvement and system thinking

Recognizes the competencies essential for improving and sustaining clinical care and health outcomes, eliminating health disparities, and promoting patient safety and excellence in care.

III. Clinical scholarship and analytical methods for evidence-based practice

Recognizes competencies essential for translation of research into practice, evaluation of practice, practice improvement, and the development and utilization of evidence- based practice.

  1. Technology and information for the improvement and transformation of patient-centered health care
    Recognizes competencies essential to manage, evaluate, and utilize information and technology to support and improve patient care and systems.
  2. Health care policy for advocacy in health care

Recognizes the responsibility nurses practicing at the highest level have to influence safety, quality, and efficacy of care, and the essential competencies required to fulfill this responsibility.

  1. Interprofessional collaboration for improving patient and population health outcomes

Recognizes the critical role collaborative teams play in today’s complex health care systems and the competencies essential for doctoral prepared nurses to play a central role on these teams.

VII. Clinical prevention and population health for improving the nation’s health

Recognizes nursing’s longstanding focus on health promotion and disease prevention within the context of current national calls for all health educators to respond to the changing needs of the population and include this content in curricula.

VIII. Advanced Nursing Practice

Recognizes the essential competencies reflective of the distinct, in-depth knowledge and skills that form the basis for nursing practice at the highest level regardless of practice role.

Summarize in a one page paper the following article and include how the effectiveness of a compliance program can be determined.

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Summarize in a one page paper the following article and include how the effectiveness of a compliance program can be determined. https://www.compliance.com/resources/compliance-program-gap-analysis-vs-effectiveness-evaluation/. Be sure to cite your references and us APA format.

Write a paper that evaluates the difference between leadership and board governance in establishing strategic planning for a health care organization.

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Write a paper that evaluates the difference between leadership and board governance in establishing strategic planning for a health care organization.

Cite 3 reputable references to support your assignment (e.g., trade or industry publications, government or agency websites, scholarly works, or other sources of similar quality).

Format your assignment according to APA guidelines.

Write a paper that explores how Medicaid participation has affected organizational finances and what can be done to reduce any loss incurred.

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Select a health care facility or service that accepts Medicaid.Identify ways that Medicaid discounting can cause hardships on the type of facility that you selected.Write a paper that explores how Medicaid participation has affected organizational finances and what can be done to reduce any loss incurred.

Locate the APA Resources and print the APA 7th Edition Sample Paper.** This will help you tremendously for citing references and intext citations.

Academic Paper Includes the following:

title page
title of paper on page 2
5 space indent for paragraphs
Intext citations throughout the paragraph. Intext citation is author’s last name and date within parenthesis
Headings-Level I or Level II should be all that you need (see sample paper)
Reference page-is its own page-this does not start at the end of the body of the paper but has its own page.
References are to be APA formatted. Please refer to sample paper placed in Course Introduction and Materials
Pages are number with title page being page 1Cite 3 reputable references (no Wiki anything) to support your assignment (e.g., trade or industry publications, government or agency websites, scholarly works, or other sources of similar quality).

Identify and examine various types of workplace health hazards including both physical and emotional hazards. What laws are

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Identify and examine various types of workplace health hazards including both physical and emotional hazards. What laws are employers required to comply with? What can employers do to reduce stress, burnout and employee depression in the workplace?