Do you get your health insurance through your employer, or from another source?

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One of the main critiques of healthcare is that it is complicated. Its vitally important that people understand the health insurance products they have so that they can effectively manage their health and costs. For this assignment, reflect on your own health care insurance.

What type of health insurance do you have?
Do you get your health insurance through your employer, or from another source?
What does it cost YOU?
what is the TOTAL monthly cost?
What is the deductible?
What are the out of pocket costs, including co-pays?
What restrictions are placed on you?
How much do you have to pay for medications?

Identify two coalitions that your state nursing association actively works with.

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The American Nurses Association describes advocacy as a core pillar in nursing.

Describe the role of advocacy within the history of nursing’s development in the United States.
What is the relevance of nursing’s history to political advocacy today?
Read the Case Study: Strengths in Coalitions (Nickitas, page 16)

Identify two coalitions that your state nursing association actively works with.
Describe the policy issues that these coalitions address.

Discussion should be a robust 2-3 paragraphs long. Incorporate this week’s readings into your response.

What elements that are currently in your self-care protocol have been most beneficial for you?

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Process:
In order to be successful in this assessment you are required to complete the following steps:
Choose an area/ team in your current work environment
Spend 1 week observing the style and process of communication taking place
Document your observations / field notes in…..(I uploaded my files )
Request a minimum of 5 colleagues to discuss and record their answers to the following questions:
What is the reason you believe denial is so prevalent in the healthcare setting with respect to stress for physicians, nurses, and allied health personnel?
When you think of the terms “burnout,” “compassion fatigue,” and “chronic secondary stress,” what do you think of in terms of your own life?
What are the issues that make you most anxious?
What are the ones you deal with the best?
What elements that are currently in your self-care protocol have been most beneficial for you? What are the least?
What do you struggle with most in your efforts to take care of yourself?
What are the “bad habits” of the people you observe in your profession that you do not want to emulate?
5. Analyze you colleague answers to the questions and identify common ‘themes’ across the responses – watch the following video to learn a quick and easy method for thematic analysis
Review your thematic analysis against the field notes that you took during your week of observation

How important do you think it is to counsel parents with young children to avoid toxic chemicals in their homes?

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Write 500 words on the following topic below:

Topic : How important do you think it is to counsel parents with young children to avoid toxic chemicals in their homes? Do you think that medical practitioners should include teachings about environmental risks for cancer during well visits for children?

Support your response with at least 2 APA-cited scholarly references. One of the references must include UpToDate.

Describe bullying, incivility and horizontal violence and provide strategies for dealing with each using support from the text and current research.

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Please answer the situation.

Situation #3

Workplace violence, bullying and incivility remain a current issue in nursing.  Describe bullying, incivility and horizontal violence and provide strategies for dealing with each using support from the text and current research.

Compare and contrast natural disasters versus man made disaster

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View Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Management.

An F2 tornado touches down on the edge of Johnson County without much advance warning from the National Weather Service. The Johnson County disaster preparedness plan is implemented, but it has not been tested for over 3 years. There seems to be some confusion at the command center on who may be in charge due to changes in personnel since the last test of the disaster preparedness plan. Nurse Judy and nursing student Madison arrive at the command center to volunteer, but they have to wait for some time to receive their assignment.

Login to view community case: Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Management

https://thepoint.lww.com/student
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you should be able to find it under recourse type, then its under video cases.

 Respond to the following questions.

  • Compare and contrast natural disasters versus man made disasters.
  • Describe the phases in disaster management.
  • Who implements a community disaster plan? How often should a community disaster plan be reviewed and tested?
  • How would you address the confusion at the incident command center of this video?
  • Briefly describe resources in your community for disaster preparedness

 

Explain how joints’ structure will determine their function by picking one joint of the body and explaining what would happen to us if we replace it with any other joint type.

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We have different types of joints in our bodies. We can classify them by structure or by how much movement they allow.
Explain how joints’ structure will determine their function by picking one joint of the body and explaining what would happen to us if we replace it with any other joint type.

Explain what evidenced based practice is and an example of what reflective nursing practice involves.

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Reflective Essay on Professional Nursing Practice

This is a reflective scholarly paper. Utilizing reflection, you will develop an understanding of Professional Nursing practice and skill development.  You will provide evidence to support your reflection on nursing practice by the use of scholarly readings, skill development and competencies and resources from professional organizations.  This paper will not exceed 3 pages (not including title page and references), APA formatted – Times New Roman 12p Font.  Margins as per APA 6th edition.

Description and Rubric:

This is an individual assignment, to be written individually using your own ideas and thoughts. Please refer to the APA guidelines and Academic Integrity information to ensure you are meeting the needed requirements.

For this paper you will focus on the following:

  1. Reflection written about what professional nursing practice and skill development means to you.
  2. Explain what evidenced based practice is and an example of what reflective nursing practice involves.  Give an example of the best practices you have participated in.
  3. After your readings the last few weeks and your investigations of the nursing professional associations in Canada
    (CNA, RNAO, RPNAO, CNO) explain how they have influenced your personal understanding of being a reflective practitioner in skill development.
  4.  Conclude your paper with a paragraph that clearly overviews the discussions you presented in your paper.

It will be Max 3 pages in length, not including title page and reference page

  • Follow APA formatting (6th edition)
  • Size 12 font
  • Times new roman
  • Reference list APA formatted
  • In text referencing
  • See APA guidance linked to library website

PLEASE MUST FELLOW Rubric Instructions

  1. Introduction/thesis statement/Conclusion

Introduction “grabs” the reader and very effectively tells the reader where the paper is headed.

Conclusion correlates with introduction. Very effectively summarizes argument.

Leaves reader with a memorable thought.  Does not raise any new points.

  1. Personal Reflection on Canadian Nursing Practice and skill development

Identify each specialty and describe the focus and the role that graduates are prepared for.

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Directions: Complete Step 1 by writing 2-3 paragraphs in the space below comparing the nursing specialty you have selected – or the one you prefer if your choice is still under consideration – to your second preference.

Identify each specialty and describe the focus and the role that graduates are prepared for. Identify any other differentiators you feel are significant, especially those that helped or may help you reach a decision.

Complete Step 2 by writing a paragraph identifying and justifying your reasons for choosing your MSN specialization.

Complete Step 3 by examining and identifying one professional organization related to your selected or preferred specialty. Explain how you can become a member of this organization.

Step 1: Comparison of Nursing Specialties

Use the space below to write 2-3 paragraphs comparing the nursing specialty you have selected – or the one you prefer if your choice is still under consideration – to your second preference. Identify each specialty and describe the focus and the role that graduates are prepared for. Identify any other differentiators you feel are significant, especially those that helped or may help you reach a decision.

Step 2: Justification of Nursing Specialty

Use the space below to write a paragraph identifying and justifying your reasons for choosing your MSN specialization.

Step 3: Professional Organizations

Use the space below to identify and examine one professional organization related to your selected or preferred specialty. Explain how you can become a member of this organization.

 

Review the updated data and identify a possible meaningful policy change to improve care, lower costs, and reduce health disparities in your current role and place of practice, or the role you are pursuing.

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Assignment Content
To analyze an issue is to understand the problem and context of the problem. Nurses engage in policy analysis through the creation of policy briefs, which promote awareness of the problem and provide the context of the problem, resolution options and their pros and cons, and a recommended solution. Nurses use policy briefs to communicate issues and solutions to government policy analysts.

This assignment links with the Policy Brief Outline you completed in Week 4. It will also link with your Week 6 assignment.

Read the 2016 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report (or the most up to date version available) on the Agency for

Healthcare Research and Quality website

Review the updated data and identify a possible meaningful policy change to improve care, lower costs, and reduce health disparities in your current role and place of practice, or the role you are pursuing. You will use this issue as you complete your policy brief.

Search the Internet for the Association of Rehabilitation Nurses Health Policy Tool Kit
and explore the toolkit.
*You do not have to choose a topic from the 2016 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report.
Choose a topic that represents an interest/passion for you. It can be related to local, state, federal, or international policy OR you can also choose a policy that needs formation/optimized in your own workplace.
*You may choose a policy that is already in place and needs to be revised OR you can create a completely new policy.

Research the policy change further and write a 5-7 page paper in which you identify the following:
· Underlying issue
· Stakeholders
· Resolution
· At least 2 specific alternative resolutions
· Positive consequences of each resolution
· Negative consequences of each resolution
· Cost of each resolution (Give real dollar amounts, not just “will cost a lot”)
· Financial implications of each resolution (Will it continue to cost $ or will it eventually save $)
· Resources
· Quality of care
· Patient outcomes
· Ethical considerations of each resolution
· Legal and regulation considerations of each resolution
· Include one legal case as supporting evidence for each resolution.

· Include one existing regulation as supporting evidence for each resolution.

*****ALL areas need to be addressed!! *****

Cite at least three scholarly articles, one of which can be Health Policy and Politics, to support your findings.
Format your paper according to APA guidelines.
Submit your assignment.