Choose 1 interest group between:Federal and state government, Employers, Consumers and Insurers. What do you think are their main concerns regarding public health and the role of policy?

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Find a list of interest groups which are health care stakeholders. Choose 1 interest group. What do you think are their main concerns regarding public health and the role of policy?
a. Federal and state government
b. Employers
c. Consumers
d. Insurers
e. Practitioners/Providers
f. Provider organizations
g. Technology producers
2. Should the US ultimately implement a National Health Insurance (Canada) or National Health system (Britain) for example? Choose a country with a different health care delivery and financing system as an example and state your opinion. Why or why not?
As part of your analysis, be sure to compare the structure and function of the international public health care systems, with that in the US.

Create a nutritional care plan for your client. This will include an evaluation of nutritional risk, a list of interventions, and a list of expected outcomes.

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Create a nutritional care plan for your client. This will include an evaluation of nutritional risk, a list of interventions, and a list of expected outcomes.
List the goals of medical nutrition therapy for your patient and suggest an appropriate diet. Does your patient/client require a dietary modification of their regular diet? Are enteral feedings by tube necessary? If so, what formula will you use and why? Describe your recommended method of administration.

Describe your nutrition education teaching session with your patient and/or their family. What teaching methods will you use (explanation, discussion, demonstration, handouts, etc.)? In your own words, write a paragraph detailing three specific points that you will need to teach your patient about his/her new diet. In addition, give at least one tip to avoid potential herb/nutrient/drug interactions.

Discuss the problem of underserved populations and subgroups, including characteristics of those groups and barriers to delivery.Examine the structure of the delivery system and how this helps or hinders health delivery.

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Develop a policy analysis based on the scenario presented below. The product should be a minimum of 6 pages (excluding cover page, appendices, charts, and references), double spaced, contain tables and diagrams illustrating the information provided, strictly conforming to APA standards.

NOTE: Some of the facts in this scenario are hypothetical; others are actual.

TASK: As a mid-career health analysis, you have recently been hired as the Health Policy Coordinator for the Alliance for Rural Health. The Executive Director of the Alliance has requested that you prepare a policy briefing discussing the delivery of Health Care Services to the residents of Appalachian Kentucky.

The Appalachian region of Kentucky is comprised of 54 counties with a total population of approximately 1.2 million. In Appalachian Kentucky, 100% of the population would be considered rural by Federal standards, as only 2.6% live in a town of 20,000 or more, the single incident of Richmond city. The average adult in Appalachian Kentucky reports feeling physically unhealthy 47% more often than the average American and 23% more often than the average adult in non-Appalachian Kentucky. The average adult in Appalachian Kentucky reports feeling mentally unhealthy 25% more often than the average American and 15% more often than the average adult in non-Appalachian Kentucky.

In addition, recent surveys of the behavioral health system, clinics, and tribal health center report significant rates of depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, schizophrenia and substance abuse / dependence among Appalachian Kentucky residents. There is concern that these problems are related to high rates of suicide and domestic violence.
Finally, other reports from social service agencies report that there is a significant population in the region that is effectively homeless, living seasonally (or sometimes year-round) in campers, tents, or out of automobiles, moving between campgrounds or camping areas in the state park grounds. This population includes families with children in some cases.

The paper must accomplish the following:

1. Discuss the problem of underserved populations and subgroups, including characteristics of those groups and barriers to delivery.

2. Examine the structure of the delivery system and how this helps or hinders health delivery.

3. Discuss the impact of ACA.

4. Make clear recommendations as appropriate for meeting the health delivery challenges of
Appalachian Kentucky.

What coping strategies are most effective in reducing postpartum stress, focus on specific coping strategies for stress and test the effectiveness of these strategies for mothers who have recently given birth.

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What coping strategies are most effective in reducing postpartum stress?

For this topic, focus on specific coping strategies for stress and test the effectiveness of these strategies for mothers who have recently given birth. Be sure to review the literature to find appropriate measures for stress. Note: A successful paper in this area would not be too complicated and would consider realistic coping strategies that can be compared for effectiveness. It may be helpful to include a control group, but a control group that does something benign rather simply a “no condition” control would likely be stronger comparison.

For the above topic, please answer the following.

1. What can you add to this topic area and how might you go about conducting a quantitative study in this area?
2. What ethical considerations would you want to consider?

Briefly discuss the social, political, and economic implications of breast cancer prevention.Summarize the current legislation at the state and federal level that addresses breast cancer prevention and the shortcomings of each.

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Summarize the health problem, new findings on breast cancer prevention, and the consequences of not addressing this problem.

Briefly discuss the social, political, and economic implications of breast cancer prevention.

Summarize the current legislation at the state and federal level that addresses breast cancer prevention and the shortcomings of each.

Make 3-4 recommendations on what should be done in response to the issues identified.

How is critical thinking and analysis important to the leader of any organization? Give some examples of critical thinking you have seen in either people you work with, people in your lives, or people who are in the news.

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How is critical thinking and analysis important to the leader of any organization? Give some examples of critical thinking you have seen in either people you work with, people in your lives, or people who are in the news.

Can you think of some times when strong feelings have interfered with your ability to think critically and you’ve experienced negative consequences as a result? How do you think you might keep your strong feelings from interfering with your critical thinking?

Why was it decided that the definition of the quality indicators should become stricter?How could the data extraction methodologies used in this paper (physical therapy) be used in a family practice clinic?

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1. Summarize the article.

2. Why was it decided that the definition of the quality indicators should become stricter?

3. How could the data extraction methodologies used in this paper (physical therapy) be used in a family practice clinic?

4. How might these lessons in data extraction be applied to hospitals to improve the collection of quality measures?

Create a 6- to 8-page paper in APA format including a minimum of 4 to 5 references. Explain how you would lobby your legislators or local government for funds to support your issue or trend.

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Choose a current issue/trend topic from the following list:

Technology in health care
Collective bargaining
The impaired nurse
The global nurse workforce
Mentoring and coaching in nursing
The trimodal model of 21st-century effective nurse leaders

Create a 6- to 8-page paper in APA format including a minimum of 4 to 5 references. Explain how you would lobby your legislators or local government for funds to support your issue or trend. Include the following elements in your paper: share why you chose the specific topic, the current relevance of material, how it is integrated into clinical practice, and how the information is used in clinical settings.

What will be the process by which this intervention will achieve the goal of the program? What will be the anticipated outcome of this intervention?

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Assume that you are working in a community health department. The department has some federal money that it wants to allocate to two health promotion programs from the following:

  • Decrease in deaths from cardiovascular disease
  • Decrease in deaths from breast cancer
  • Decrease in teenage pregnancy
  • Decrease in cigarette smoking
  • Decrease in incidence of diabetes
  • Decrease in motor vehicle accidents
  • Decrease in osteoporosis and hip fractures among women
  • Decrease in obesity

Identify the health promotion programs that you would want to investigate and get them approved by your instructor.

Address the following questions:

  • Identify the risk factors associated with the selected health promotion programs.
  • What is the target population associated with the selected health promotion program? Consider the hypothetical target population, consisting of middle-aged women, male adolescent gang members, premature infants, etc., and describe the characteristics of each program.
  • What are the risk factors that you want to focus on in order to achieve the objective of the health promotion program?
  • What intervention would you recommend to be most appropriate to reduce exposure to these risk factors? You can choose at what level of intervention you want to implement each program (primary, secondary, tertiary health intervention).
  • What will be the process by which this intervention will achieve the goal of the program?
  • What will be the anticipated outcome of this intervention?

Public health; What are the potential strategies that would assist the client to a “better” life?

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As a public health nurse at a free clinic, you are assessing and interviewing a 21-year-old woman who has come to the clinic because she doesn’t have any energy and hasn’t felt good in weeks. During the interview, you learn that she averages one meal per day, smokes up to two packs of cigarettes per day, and rummages through trash to find items she can sell to purchase food, snacks, and cigarettes. She admits to using street drugs every once in a while when she can find someone who will share with her. She admits her life is a mess and she doesn’t know how to make it better.
• What data can you gather based on available client information?
• What questions should you ask yourself while interviewing this client?
• During planning, how can you, as the nurse, best assist this client?
• What are the potential strategies that would assist the client to a “better” life?
Your paper should be 2 pages in length, in APA format, typed in Times New Roman with 12-point font, and double-spaced with 1” margins. If outside sources are used, they must be cited appropriately.