Describe the boundaries of the neighborhood. Does the community have a name? Is the name displayed? Are there unofficial names for the community? Are there sub-sections within the community or neighborhood?

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Windshield Assessment Template

 

SECTION A

Boundaries

Describe the boundaries of the neighborhood. (Highway, railroad, lake, river, gated community)

Does the community have a name?

Is the name displayed?

Are there unofficial names for the community?

Are there sub-sections within the community or neighborhood?

Housing

How old are the houses, what style, of what materials are they constructed?

The oldest set of houses was constructed from the 1930s to the 70s. Usually of duplex style however there are newer modern style homes as well

Are all the houses similar?

Are there single and multi-family homes in the community?

What is the approximate lot size?

Are there vacant homes?

Does the community show sign of improvement?

Does the community show signs of decay?

Is there trash, abandoned cars, boarded-up buildings, rubble, poor drainage, or disease vector areas?

 

 SECTION B

Parks and Recreation

Are there parks and recreation facilities?  Describe.

Is the open space public or private?

Stores

What grocery stores and neighborhood stores are available?

How do the residents of the community travel to the stores?

Transportation

What is the condition of the streets?

What forms of public transportation are available?

Is there a major highway near the neighborhood?

 Service Centers

What social agencies, recreation centers, and schools are in the community?

Are there health care providers: physician offices, dentists, clinics, emergency rooms, hospitals?

 

SECTION C

 Population

Who is on the streets?

What animals do you see?

Is there police and fire protection available?

Does a specific ethnic group predominate in the community?

Are there churches or places of worship in the community?

Would you rate this community as upper, upper-middle, middle, working-class, or lower class?

How would you base this judgment?

 

SECTION D

Nursing Assessment of the Community

What zip code did you survey?

What would be a need for a community health nurse to begin a health promotion project in this community?

  • The ability to reach the retirement age group in the community to teach and educate them on activities that promote healthy living to promote quality of life.
  • Education on primary prevention such as safe sex practice, diabetes, hypertension, vaccinations, and drug abuse. Promotion of health and wellness programs like fitness, healthy meals, social activities and all.
  • Screening should be easily accessible to the residents in the community for health promotion and disease prevention
  • These will help promote and protect the community.

 

 

Post a brief description of the results of your Work Environment Assessment. Based on the results, how civil is your workplace? Explain why your workplace is or is not civil. Then, describe a situation where you have experienced incivility in the workplace. How was this addressed? Be specific and provide examples.

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Workplace Environment Assessment

This assignment is both a discussion post of 1-2 paragraphs with 3 APA citations that is due July 12th, 2022  and a paper of 4-6 pages (that is associated/continuation of the discussion post) that is due July 29th, 2022.

For the discussion post, I am providing a PDF file of the Clark Healthy Workplace Inventory that I completed, showing a score of 57 which is “barley healthy”. The instructions for the discussion post asked to reflect on the finding of this, and describe a situation where I experienced incivility in the workplace. I will describe a situation that you can use, and rewrite it however you find it necessary and I will also include the formal instructions given for this assignment.

In my workplace I have noticed, especially in the past 2 years since COVID, that morale is quite low and there is always a lot of tension. This stems from overworked nurses, managers that have lose site of how this effects nursing and patient safety and no sympathy for nurses. There is a high nurse turn over, there is constantly very high patient to nurse ratios that put patients and nurses at risk.  Management ignores nurse complaints and their response is usually “either do the job or quit”. It is overall a very unhealthy work environment. People feel unappreciated and disillusioned by their career choice. I am not surprised that the score was low, and more surprised that it was not lower.

An example of uncivil workplace is recently, a co-worker, who works in the ER with me, had 5 patients in her care, this is extremely high patient load in the ER. One of her patients was being worked up for an MI and another patient with a high fever, needed medications quickly. She asked me if I could help her, because I only had 3 patients, and I took her patient with a fever. About 20 minutes later, I had 2 more patients added to my roster, and now I ended up with 5 patients. I sent a message to my manager that I needed help with my patients. When I brought this up to my manager, her response was “You should have not taken this patient from her, you should have told me…but now I can’t do much about it, you will have to manage”. I explained that I had taken the patient because I was trying to help and at the time despite knowing I was already at the recommended patient load of 2-3 patients per nurse. One of the new patients I was given overheard this conversation, that the manager chose to have with me outside their room, and when I returned to the patients room, the patient said “I am so sorry, I didn’t mean to be a burden to anyone”, I quickly told the patient that they were not a burden and it was not about them at all. However, at this point I was embarrassed, I felt bad for the patients I was caring for and my manager never resolved the issue. This type of situations continues to happen.

This situation happens often, and the only reason I do not quit or continue to help is because I feel that my co-workers needs me and I need them. My co-workers depend on me and I depend on them.

I hope this is an example you can use, and you can rewrite it however is the most appropriate and correct. Here is the instructions for this discussion post:

How healthy is your workplace?

You may think your current organization operates seamlessly, or you may feel it has many issues. You may experience or even observe things that give you pause. Yet, much as you wouldn’t try to determine the health of a patient through mere observation, you should not attempt to gauge the health of your work environment based on observation and opinion. Often, there are issues you perceive as problems that others do not; similarly, issues may run much deeper than leadership recognizes.

There are many factors and measures that may impact organizational health. Among these is civility. While an organization can institute policies designed to promote such things as civility, how can it be sure these are managed effectively? In this Discussion, you will examine the use of tools in measuring workplace civility.

To Prepare:

  • Review the Resources and examine the Clark Healthy Workplace Inventory, found on page 20 of Clark (2015).
  • Review and complete the Work Environment Assessment Template in the Resources.

Post a brief description of the results of your Work Environment Assessment. Based on the results, how civil is your workplace? Explain why your workplace is or is not civil. Then, describe a situation where you have experienced incivility in the workplace. How was this addressed? Be specific and provide examples.

What data are we presenting? Is the data accurate, complete, and in-context, ie trusted data? What does the data mean and what does it tell us? Is there additional context to make the data more meaningful? What was happening in the month XXX 2022 during the pandemic? What about prior months? What about outside the U.S.? What message does this presentation intend to deliver and how does the data support it? Is there a pattern to the data you want to point out? Do you need to use the optional slide to address any of these questions or will you just talk about it when presenting? Do you need to add summary information? What do you want your audience to take away from the presentation?

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Semester project summary

Healthcare Informatics Summer 2022

6. You are going to prepare your presentation based on the monthly average for daily new cases/100K for each state. The following four data categories should appear on separate slides in your team presentation:
• Green – Threshold: <= 10 daily new cases per 100,000 people
• Indicates: close to containment
• Yellow – Threshold: 11–50 daily new cases per 100,000 people
• Indicates: community spread
• Orange – Threshold: 51–100 daily new cases per 100,000 people
• Indicates: escalating community spread
• Red – Threshold: >= 101 daily new cases per 100,000 people
• Indicates: unchecked community spread

Each slide must include the following information:
• A map of the United States showing the states included in the data category
• A legend with the data category color, threshold definition, and indicates definition
• A data summary with the lowest, most often occurring (i.e., mode), and largest number of cases You may add additional information so long as doesn’t make your slides too busy. When you present though, you’re going to need to describe the information in the slides.

7. A final slide in the presentation should include at least three questions that your team would like to further investigate based on your analysis and presentation of the data (e.g., why are rural states experiencing unchecked community spread?).

8. Here is some general guidance for presentation slides. Make sure your slides are easy to read. La Salle University Mathematics and Computer Science Department
CSC 154 Healthcare Informatics Summer 2022

9. Your team will decide how you will present the slides. I’ve given you data and I’d like to get knowledge and wisdom back from the presentation. By turning the raw data into map charts you’ve created information. The presentation should transform the information into knowledge and wisdom.
Some questions to think about are:
• What data are we presenting?
• Is the data accurate, complete, and in–context, ie trusted data?
• What does the data mean and what does it tell us?
• Is there additional context to make the data more meaningful?
o What was happening in the month XXX 2022 during the pandemic?
o What about prior months?
o What about outside the U.S.?
• What message does this presentation intend to deliver and how does the data support it?
• Is there a pattern to the data you want to point out?
• Do you need to use the optional slide to address any of these questions or will you just talk about it when presenting?
• Do you need to add summary information?
• What do you want your audience to take away from the presentation?

As a team you need to consider these and other questions you may come up with.

10. Your team must participate in at least one review cycle of your PowerPoint presentation with me. This review must be completed before the end of Week 5 of classes. That is, before 5:00 PM on

11. Your project team will determine how the data will be analyzed and verified, and how the presentation will be developed and delivered. Your team will have 15 minutes to delivery its presentation, and 15 minutes to answer questions. Each team member should be prepared to answer questions about the presentation, as well as the following:
• How did you decided to organize, communicate, and work as a team?
• How did you measure and manage progress (i.e., individual progress, team progress)?
• What challenges were encountered and how were challenges overcome by the team?

12. Your team will need to schedule a Zoom meeting with me by email to make your presentation. This meeting must be completed during Week 7 of classes. I am flexible on the time since I am not working outside this class. Afternoons or evenings are preferred. Your presentation must be complete before 5:00 PM on Friday July 8, 2022.

13. One team member will submit the final version of the team presentation on Canvas as an MS– PowerPoint document by the due date (July 1).

Discuss the connection between data, information, knowledge, and wisdom. Identify, acquire, and generate trusted data. Identify and discuss the connection between people, processes, and technology. Apply the techniques of continuous improvement.

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Week 7 assignment – Course objectives

INSTRUCTIONS
Follow the instructions given below. This assignment is worth 20 points. Read this entire document before you begin working on the assignment, so you know what is expected. Complete this assignment before the due date and submit your results on Canvas to be graded. If you have questions about how to complete this assignment, schedule a time to meet with me during student hours or send questions to me by email.

1. Use MS–Word to create a document named course–objectives.docx to answer the questions that follow. Include at the top of your document the assignment name, the course number and section, my name, and your name. Include each assignment question and number in your document to give the proper context for your response. se complete sentences when answering each question and be sure to check your work before submitting it on Canvas (i.e., grammar and spelling).

2. Given the course objectives below, briefly discuss for each objective (i) why it is considered a core skill for the study and practice of informatics, (ii) an example of how it was illustrated during this course, and (iii) how you may use it in your future work as a student and working professional.

• Discuss the connection between data, information, knowledge, and wisdom.
• Identify, acquire, and generate trusted data.
• Identify and discuss the connection between people, processes, and technology.
• Apply the techniques of continuous improvement.

Consider how you format and present your responses. Remember that your goal is to clearly and effectively communicate your responses to the reader.

3. Submit your course–objectives.docx document on Canvas before the due date so you can participate in at least one document review cycle with me. This review cycle is part of the assignment. Feedback will be provided to you using Canvas or the Review features of MS–Word (i.e., comments, track changes).

What did we do well as a team? What did we do poorly as a team? What can we commit to change as a team? Give at least two examples of what the team did well, what the team did poorly, and assuming the team will work together in the future what they can commit to change.

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Semester project retrospective

IN S T R U C T IO N S
Follow the instructions given below. This assignment is worth 10 points. Read this entire document before you begin working on the assignment, so you know what is expected. Complete this assignment before the due date and submit your results on Canvas to be graded. If you have questions about how to complete this assignment, schedule a time to meet with me during student hours or send questions to me by email.

1. Use MS–Word to create a document named project–retrospective.docx to answer the questions that follow. Include at the top of your document the assignment name, the course number and section, my name, and your name. Include the original numbered questions in your document to put your work into context. Use complete sentences when answering each question and be sure to check your work before submitting it on Canvas (i.e., grammar and spelling).

2. Complete a team retrospective for the semester project. That is, ask and answer these questions:
• What did we do well as a team?
• What did we do poorly as a team?
• What can we commit to change as a team?
Give at least two examples of what the team did well, what the team did poorly, and assuming the team will work together in the future what they can commit to change.

3. Submit your project–retrospective.docx document on Canvas before the due date so you can patriciate in at least one document review cycle with me. This review cycle is part of the assignment. Feedback will be provided to you using Canvas or the Review features of MS–Word (i.e., comments, track changes).

Describe characteristic cultural phenomena that may be associated with each cultural/ethnic group. Discuss the health care beliefs, practices, and behaviors commonly associated with the cultural group for each individual. List two reasons for learning cultural health care practices for each individual. Describe one cognitive, one affective, and one behavioral strategy in overcoming communication barriers with each individual.

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Different cultural \ethnic group

Select a different cultural or ethnic group different from your own cultural group and answer the following topics. You may use one of your selections from DB.

All written assignments require 5 pages APA format.
In addition, you must also include a title and reference page (not included in the page requirement). A minimum of three (3) references required.

A. Describe characteristic cultural phenomena that may be associated with each cultural/ethnic group.
B. Discuss the health care beliefs, practices, and behaviors commonly associated with the cultural group for each individual.
C. List two reasons for learning cultural health care practices for each individual.
D. Describe one cognitive, one affective, and one behavioral strategy in overcoming communication barriers with each individual.
E. Discuss the correlation between race, culture/ethnicity, and class on health and illness as related to one of the individuals.
F. Discuss the initiative to eliminate racial and ethnic disparities in health care as it may relate to one of the individuals.
G. Identify any bio-cultural variations that may be of significance in the cultural assessment of any of the individuals chosen.

Write a 7-8-page paper that will be completed in incremental graded assignments according to a set schedule. Provide students with peer and limited instructor feedback on their writing skills.

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Nursing practice issue

Purpose: To write a 7-8-page paper (excluding title and reference page) that will be completed in incremental graded assignments according to a set schedule. This is intended to provide students with peer and limited instructor feedback on their writing skills. This will allow students to make revisions that clarify and strengthen their final paper.

Topic: About a nursing practice issue and how the professional nursing role approaches the identified issue to analyze, and problem solve. This paper should demonstrate an understanding of professional role concepts. Examples of issues in professional practice can be derived from the ANA’s Scope and Standards of Practice.

Identify a problem at my practice area then discuss the problem and then write a reflection of how this has helped to improve or the outcome this has helped to improve practise .

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The effect of education of fluid management in haemodialysis patients

Identify a problem at my practice area (which is fluid management or fluid overload among haemodialysis patients ) then discuss the problem and then write a reflection of how this has helped to improve or the outcome this has helped to improve practise .

According to your self-assessment, which conflict approach do you prefer? Which do you use the least? What factors determine if you respond in a specific manner? When considering the types of conflicts you have, what are the strengths and weaknesses of your preferred conflict-management style?

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Managing Conflict

INSTRUCTIONS:

Compose a two to three-page self-reflection essay (in addition to cover page and reference page) that analyzes your approach to conflict resolution and addresses the following:
WRITE THE PAPER ON THE FOLLOWING * 3-DISCUSSION PROMPTS*

Under Instructions #4

(a.)According to your self-assessment, which conflict approach do you prefer? Which do you use the least? What factors determine if you respond in a specific manner? When considering the types of conflicts you have, what are the strengths and weaknesses of your preferred conflict-management style?

(b.)Identify one common personnel problem that requires intervention from the nurse manager. Discuss effective strategies that as a nurse leader you would take in addressing the identified problem.

(C. )A high percentage of nurses report having experienced incivility. What specific steps can a nurse manager take with his/her staff members to reduce incivility in the workplace?

Explain what a primary care provider can do to best manage the selected chronic disease as it pertains to the Chronic Care Model? How can the gaps be filled? Be specific in your ideas for improvement. How do you expect the management of this disease to improve if these changes/improvements are implemented? What community resources would be beneficial to be established based on the best evidence?

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Chronic Care Model

The purpose of this paper is to apply the Chronic Care Model to a chronic disease to identify best practices in Primary Care. You must select a chronic disease of your choice, one that is prevalent in the area/State of your practice. This assignment requires you to examine the literature on chronic illness and explore how the Chronic Care Model can be applied to this disease.

The paper must include the following components:

Introduce the chronic disease and discuss its significance in the United States and your State of practice today (morbidity, mortality, financially).
Explain the current issues related to the management of this chronic illness in primary care today (i.e., are patients not well controlled, are they not getting needed to follow up care, do they utilize a lot of health care dollars?)
Apply the components of the Chronic Care Model to the selected chronic disease. You must identify the stakeholders and specify the desired outcomes.
For the “Community” portion of the model, look at the local resources available in your area.
Identify what is missing (i.e., what are the gaps in the management of this disease related to the Chronic Care Model?).
Explain what a primary care provider can do to best manage the selected chronic disease as it pertains to the Chronic Care Model? How can the gaps be filled? Be specific in your ideas for improvement.
How do you expect the management of this disease to improve if these changes/improvements are implemented?
What community resources would be beneficial to be established based on the best evidence?

Present a summary of the highlights along with a concluding paragraph.