VARK ANALYSIS

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Complete “The VARK Questionnaire: How Do I Learn Best?”

http://vark-learn.com/the-vark-questionnaire/

Click “OK” to receive your questionnaire scores.

Once you have determined your preferred learning style, review the corresponding link to view your learning preference.

Review the other learning styles: visual, aural, read/write, kinesthetic, and multimodal (listed on the VARK Questionnaire Results page).

Compare your preferred learning strategies to the identified strategies for your preferred learning style.

Appraise how this awareness of learning attributes influences your perceptions of teaching and learning.

In a paper (750-1,000 words), summarize your analysis of this exercise. Include the following:

Provide a summary of your learning style.

List your preferred learning strategies.

Compare your preferred learning strategies to the identified strategies for your preferred learning style.

Discuss how the awareness of individual learning styles, preferences and strategies influence teaching (those who are in a position to teach) and learning (those who are in a position to learn).

Cite a minimum of three references in the paper.Although the topic of this assignment refers to your individual learning style, avoid the use of first person voice (words such as, “I, we, our”) in your essay.

APA Style Guide 6th edition, an abstract is not required.

NO PLAGIARISM because iam required submit this assignment to Turnitin.

REPORT ON ORGANIZATION VALUES

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Prepare a 10-minute presentation (10-15 slides, not including title or reference slide) on organizational culture and values.

Describe how alignment between the values of an organization and the values of the nurse impact nurse engagement and patient outcomes.

Discuss how an individual can use effective communication techniques to overcome workplace challenges, encourage collaboration across groups, and promote effective problem-solving.

Identify a specific instance from your own professional experience in which the values of the organization and the values of the individual nurses did or did not align. Describe the impact this had on nurse engagement and patient outcomes.

While GCU style format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected and in-text citations and references should be presented using GCU documentation guidelines, which can be found in the GCU Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment uses a grading rubric. Instructors will be using the rubric to grade the assignment; therefore, students should review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the assignment criteria and expectations for successful completion of the assignment.

EVALUATING PROJECT OUTCOMES

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Using 800-1,000 words, discuss methods to evaluate the effectiveness of your proposed solution and variables to be assessed when evaluating project outcomes.

Example: If you are proposing a new staffing matrix that is intended to reduce nurse turnover, improve nursing staff satisfaction, and positively impact overall delivery of care, you may decide the following methods and variables are necessary to evaluate the effectiveness of your proposed solution:

Methods:

  1. Survey of staff attitudes and contributors to job satisfaction and dissatisfaction before and after initiating change.
  2. Obtain turnover rates before and after initiating change.
  3. Compare patient discharge surveys before change and after initiation of change.

Variables:

  1. Staff attitudes and perceptions.
  2. Patient attitudes and perceptions.
  3. Rate of nursing staff turnover.

Develop the tools necessary to educate project participants and to evaluate project outcomes (surveys, questionnaires, teaching materials, PowerPoint slides, etc.).

Refer to the “Topic 4: Checklist.”

Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Refer to the directions in the Student Success Center. Only Word documents can be submitted to Turnitin.

Topic 4: Checklist

     Developing an Evaluation Plan and Disseminating Evidence 

Instructions:

This checklist is designed to help students organize the weekly exercises/assignments to be completed as preparation for the final, capstone project proposal. This checklist will also serve as a communication tool between students and faculty. Comments, feedback, and grading for modules 1-4 will be documented using this checklist.

REPORT ON HEALTH POLICY

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The purpose of this assignment is for you to identify an issue of concern for your role as an advanced practice nurse and to formulate a potential policy change to address that issue. There are many potential issues which can influence your practice setting or other issues which may negatively affect the patients with whom you work. All of the course reading will help you to identify a topic for this assignment. You can think about the issue as related to your health promotion project. The policy you consider may be in reaction to the health promotion issue or something larger that is still related to that issue. There are hundreds of possible issues, but here is a list of a few to consider:

  • Child and elder care
  • Civil rights
  • Domestic violence
  • Drug abuse/addiction
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Homelessness
  • Native American and migrant workers’ health
  • Long-term care
  • Immigration/illegal aliens
  • Legislative issues affecting advanced practice nursing
  • Barriers to practice
  • Access to care

As you begin to work on the possible policy change, the following ideas and steps should be considered:

  • Definition and description of the issue
  • Exploration of the background of the issue
  • Stakeholders
  • Issue statement or statement of clarity
  • Possible methods of addressing the issue
  • Goals and options for changes
  • Risks and benefits of the changes
  • Evaluation methodology
  • Recommendation or solution

By Monday, May 1, 2017, submit a Word document to the W3 Assignment 2 Dropbox. Be sure to use APA style and include all of your references.

Grading CriteriaMaximum Points
Identify the type of legislation, such as state, federal, scope of practice, reimbursement, loan repayment, or others.10
Review of the literature consists of a minimum of 3–4 peer-reviewed articles and 6–7 other outside sources.15
Describe the current policy or health policy issue and specify how it would impact nursing or healthcare.10
Describe the specific aspects of the proposed policy or policy change.10
Identify the individuals who would benefit from the policy change and explain where support for the change would be found.10
Describe the impact of the policy change on nursing practice and health care.5
Provide an analysis of the policy from your point of view and how this will influence your practice.10
Use good writing skills, appropriate grammar, and application of APA formatting throughout paper, citations, and references.5
Total:75

REPORT ON HEALTH AND ILLNESS

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Evaluate your perception of health and illness in the community in which you work/live. Include an experiential experience of how you either observed or where involved in a stereotyping experience and how this impacted the health care of the patient, family or community.

Instruction:

  1. Review Chapter 4.3 – 4.3C Health of Vulnerable Populations pg 77-83 regarding groups include: ethnic, religious, racial, tribal minorities, immigrants, refugees and internally displaced people, prisoners, persons with mental illnesses, physical impairments and older persons.
  2. Write a 2-3 page paper, excluding the abstract
    • Describe a specific situation where you were involved or observed  health care inequalities for one the vulnerable populations identified on page 77 of your textbook
    • Describe the inequity that was avoidable, unfair or unjust. 
  3. Use APA style:  Abstract (blocked comprehensive) running head, title page, citations, reference page).  
  4. Use standard English grammar and spelling.
  5. Must use a minimum of 2 references from the module. 
  6. Copy/save your results and upload the file by clicking “Browse My Computer” for Attach file. 
  7. View grading rubric.
Guidelines:Your paper should be a WORD document.Your paper should be 2-3  pages long excluding the abstract title page and reference page; in other words, the body of your paper paper should be 2 to 3 pages.Your paper should be organized as follows:Title page:  Health and Illness in Your CommunityAbstractIntroduction:  One paragraph (minimum of 4 to 5 sentences)Describe a specific situation where you were involved or observed  health care inequalities for one the vulnerable populations identified on page 77 of your textbookDescribe the inequity that was avoidable, unfair or unjust. Summary and Conclusion (minimum of one paragraph of 4 to 5 sentences)Use APA style:  Abstract (blocked comprehensive) running head, title page, citations, reference page).  Use standard English grammar and spelling.Must include references from the modulebe sure to include the textbook and citations.interviews can be used for information.cite in the paper

Critical Review

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For your dropbox assignment, using the South University Online Library or the Internet, research and select three current epidemiological studies regarding risk factors that are associated with any health problem. You can also use the following websites to search for studies as they are often used as the major sources of information for health research and often report on the most current health problems affecting the United States and global populations:

  • U.S. National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • World Health Organization

Based on your research, create a report in a 3- to 4-page Microsoft Word document addressing the following questions:

  • What were the criteria that you used to select these papers? (For example, only English language, peer reviewed articles, only a specific age group, only United States studies, etc.)
  • What were the types of risk factors studied in your chosen articles? (For example, environmental, socio-economic, behavioral, etc.)
  • Which study design was used for this study? Why do you think the researchers chose this specific study design? Provide examples from your research.
  • What are the proximate or underlying determinants of risk factors that are associated with any health problem for each study?

Answer the questions posted below in the Template for Assessment of Causality for Reviewing Epidemiological Studies, for each study. You should number each study, list the title, and state each question in the format it appears in the template.

Click here to download the template.

Support your responses with examples.

Cite any sources in APA format.

WORKFLOW ANALYSIS

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Workflow analysis aims to determine workflow patterns that maximize the effective use of resources and minimize activities that do not add value. There are a variety of tools that can be used to analyze the workflow of processes and clarify potential avenues for eliminating waste. Flowcharts are a basic and commonly used workflow analysis method that can help highlight areas in need of streamlining.

In this Assignment, you select a common event that occurs regularly in your organization and create a flowchart representing the workflow. You analyze the process you have diagrammed and propose changes for improvement.

To prepare:

  • Identify a common, simple event that frequently occurs in your organization that you would like to evaluate.
  • Consider how you would design a flowchart to represent the current workflow.
  • Consider what metrics you would use to determine the effectiveness of the current workflow and identify areas of waste.

To complete:

Write a 4- to 5-page paper which includes the following: APA style

  • Create a simple flowchart of the activity you selected. (Review the Sample Workflow of Answering a Telephone in an Office document found in this week’s Learning Resources for an example.)
  • Next, in your paper:
    • Explain the process you have diagrammed.
    • For each step or decision point in the process, identify the following:
      • Who does this step? (It can be several people.)
      • What technology is used?
      • What policies and rules are involved in determining how, when, why, or where the step is executed?
      • What information is needed for the execution of this step?
    • Describe the metric that is currently used to measure the soundness of the workflow. Is it effective?
    • Describe any areas where improvements could occur and propose changes that could bring about these improvements in the workflow.
    • Summarize why it is important to be aware of the flow of an activity.
  • Remember to include a cover page, introduction, and summary for your paper

The Growth of Hospice Care in U.S. Nursing Homes

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Use the school Library to find at least one journal article describing a change that occurred in a health care submarket and how this change impacted particular health care institutions.

· The article is attached to this assignment in which to answerer the below questions:

A cohesive response to the following:

· Identify the submarket you have selected in the first line of your posting.

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· Describe the change in the health care submarket you researched this week.

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· Explain in economic terms why this change occurred and how it has impacted the larger system. If the journal article does not describe this impact, describe the impact you would expect and provide your rationale.

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· Propose one or two ways that health care institutions can actively influence the supply of, or demand for, this good or service.Document Preview:

The Growth of Hospice Care in U.S. Nursing Homes w w w w Susan C. Miller, PhD, Julie Lima, PhD, Pedro L. Gozalo, PhD, and Vincent Mor, PhD OBJECTIVES: To inform efforts aimed at reducing Med- Key words: hospice; nursing homes; end of life; Medi- icare hospice expenditures by describing the longitudinal care; reimbursement policy useofhospicecareinnursinghomes(NHs)andexamining how hospice provider growth is associated with use. DESIGN: Longitudinal study using NH resident assess- ment(MinimumDataSet)andMedicaredenominatorand claims data for 1999 through 2006. SETTING: NHs in the 50 U.S. states and the District of half-million older adults die in U.S. nursing homes Columbia. 1 A(NHs) each year, but although NHs are increasingly PARTICIPANTS: Persons dying in U.S. NHs. 1 sitesofend-of-lifecare, thereareconcernsaboutthequal- MEASUREMENTS: Medicarebene?ciariesdyinginNHs, ityofthatcare.Painassessmentandmanagementareoften receipt of NH hospice, and lengths of hospice stay were 2–8 inadequate, and family members of dying residents re- identi?ed. The number of hospices providing care in NHs port stress due to limited physician visits and insuf?cient was also identi?ed, and a panel data ?xed-effect (within) 9 staf?ng. TheuseofMedicarehospicecaretoaugmentend- regression analysis was used to examine how growth in of-life care in NHs is a viable option for addressing such providers affected hospice use. concerns, and there is a long history of NH–hospice col- RESULTS: Between 1999 and 2006, the number of hos- 10 laborations; in 2004, 78% of U.S. NHs contracted with picesprovidingcareinNHsrosefrom1,850to2,768,and 11 hospice providers. Documented bene?ts of NH hospice rates of NH hospice use more than doubled (from 14% to careprovidedtoNHresidentsincludebetterpainmanage- 33%).Withthisgrowthcameadoublingofmeanlengthsof 12 13 ment, fewerhospitalizations, greaterfamilysatisfaction stay (from 46 to 93 days) and a 14% increase in the pro- 14–16 with end-of-life care, and lower…

NEEDS ASSESSMENT

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Using the South University Online Library, and the Internet, select two completed needs assessments and compare and contrast the steps and results used to carry-out the assessments.

Write a 3-page paper that addresses the following:

  • What is measured in assessing health?
  • Describe the two assessments you chose. What data was collected in the needs assessments?
  • Identify and discuss the theory(ies) that influenced these needs assessments.
  • How were the results of the needs assessments used in program planning and design?

Be sure to support your statements with scholarly references and appropriate examples.

Cite all sources using the APA format. Make sure all references are cited in APA format. References should be current at least within the last 5 years. Remember that references should be used to support your peer responses.

Assignment 2 Grading Criteria Maximum Points
Adequately explained the aspects measured when assessing health.20
Described the assessments selected, explaining the data collected in the needs assessments.20
Explained the influence of theory(ies) on the selected needs assessments and how the results were used in program planning and design.20
Used at least three scholarly journal articles for examples and support.20
Used correct spelling, grammar, and professional vocabulary. Cited all sources using the APA format.20
Total100

Health Care Services & Institute of Medicine

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Before the digital revolution, health information technology supplied very limited support for evidence-based practice. If nurses wanted to be informed about cutting-edge research, their best bet was to either subscribe to leading journals or make periodic trips to the library. With the establishment of research databases, however, nurses became empowered to learn about and facilitate interdisciplinary and translational research. Databases are just one example of how health information technology supports evidence-based practice.

To prepare:

Read the following scenario from the text (McGonigle & Mastrian, 2012, p. 482):

Twelve-hour shifts are problematic for patient and nurse safety, and yet hospitals continue to keep the 12-hour shift schedule. In 2004, the Institute of Medicine (Board on Health Care Services & Institute of Medicine, 2004) published a report that referred to studies as early as 1988 that discussed the negative effects of rotating shifts on intervention accuracy. Workers with 12-hour shifts realized more fatigue than workers on 8-hour shifts. In another study done in Turkey by Ilhan, Durukan, Aras, Turkcuoglu, and Aygun (2006), factors relating to increased risk for injury were age of 24 or less, less than 4 years of nursing experience, working in the surgical intensive care units, and working for more than 8 hours.

Consider how the resources identified in the scenario above could influence an organization’s practice.

Select an issue in your practice that is of concern to you (my area of practice area of concern is the nursing shortage, we often have to work short in my hospital which creates many issues). Using health information technology, locate at least three evidence-based practice resources that address your concern and that could possibly inform further action.

post a description of your practice concern. Outline how you used health information technology to locate evidence-based practices that address this concern. Cite and include insights from the resources. Analyze how health information technology supports evidence-based practice.

Required Resources

Readings

  • McGonigle, D., & Mastrian, K. G. (2012). Nursing informatics and the foundation of knowledge (Laureate Education, Inc., custom ed.). Burlington, MA: Jones and Bartlett Learning.

·         Chapter 26, “Nursing Research: Data Collection, Processing, and Analysis”

The authors of this chapter relate nursing research to the foundation of knowledge model. The chapter assesses informatics tools for collecting data, storing information, and processing and analyzing data.

·         Chapter 27, “Translational Research: Generating Evidence for Practice”

In this chapter, the authors differentiate evidence-based practice and translation research. They also describe models used to introduce research findings intro practice.

  • Hynes, D. M., Weddle, T., Smith, N., Whittier, E., Atkins, D., & Francis, J. (2010). Use of health information technology to advance evidence-based care: Lessons from the VA QUERI program. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 25(Suppl. 1), S44–S49.

Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.

This article presents a study that evaluated the role of health information technology (HIT) in the Department of Veteran Affairs’ Quality Enhancement Research Initiative. The authors convey their findings on how HIT provided data and information to aid implementation research, and how implementation research helped further HIT development. Additionally, the text details methods of overcoming common HIT barriers to implementation research.

  • Jamal, A., McKenzie, K., & Clark, M. (2009). The impact of health information technology on the quality of medical and health care: A systematic review. Health Information Management Journal, 38(3), 26–37.

Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.

This text details a study that reviews the published evidence concerning the impact of health information technology (HIT) on the quality of health care. The study investigated the use of HIT in medical care and allied health and preventive services. The authors primarily focus on the impact of electronic health records, computerized provider order-entry, and decision support systems.

  • Umscheid, C. A., Williams, K., & Brennan, P. (2010). Hospital-based comparative effectiveness centers: Translating research into practice to improve the quality, safety and value of patient care. JGIM: Journal of General Internal Medicine, 25(12), 1,352–1,355.

Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.

This article revolves around the usage of the hospital-based comparative effectiveness (CE) center model. The authors highlight the model’s benefits and the increasing usage of CE evidence. The article also reviews solutions to overcoming many of the challenges to operating hospital-based CE centers.