Effective Approaches In Leadership And Management

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Effective Approaches In Leadership And Management

In this assignment, you will be writing a 1,000-word paper describing the differing approaches of nursing leaders and managers to issues in practice. To complete this assignment, do the following:

  1. Select an issue from the following list: bullying, unit closers and restructuring, floating, nurse turnover, nurse staffing ratios, use of contract employees (i.e., registry and travel nurses), or magnet designation. Effective Approaches In Leadership And Management

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  2. Describe the selected issue. Discuss how it impacts the quality of care and patient safety in the setting in which it occurs.
  3. Discuss how professional standards of practice should be demonstrated in this situation to help rectify the issue or maintain professional conduct.
  4. Explain the differing roles of nursing leaders and nursing managers in this instance and discuss the different approaches they take to address the selected issue and promote patient safety and quality care. Support your rationale by using the theories, principles, skills, and roles of the leader and manager described in your readings.
  5. Discuss what additional aspects managers and leaders would need to initiate in order to ensure professionalism throughout diverse health care settings while addressing the selected issue.
  6. Describe a leadership style that would best address the chosen issue. Explain why this style could be successful in this setting.

Use at least three peer-reviewed journal articles other than those presented in your text or provided in the course.

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

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

Effective Approaches In Leadership And Management

APNs As Healthcare Policy Leaders

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APNs As Healthcare Policy Leaders

explanation of how healthcare policy can impact the advanced practice nurse profession

2. An explanation of why advocacy is considered an essential component of the advanced practice nurse’s role

3. Discuss the four pillars of Transformational leadership and the effect it may have on influencing policy change  APNs As Healthcare Policy Leaders

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Description

explanation of how healthcare policy can impact the advanced practice nurse profession

Research healthcare policy for APNs on a state and national level and the impact on the APN profession

explanation of why advocacy is considered an essential component of the advanced practice nurse’s role

Describe advocacy in healthcare terminology.

Discuss how advocacy is an essential role of the APN and its impact on patient care.

Discuss the four pillars of Transformational leadership and the effect it may have on influencing policy change

Define transformational leadership.

Discuss how Transformational Leadership may have an effect on influencing policy change

Critically analyze how healthcare systems and APRN practice are organized and influenced by ethical, legal, economic, and political factors.

Demonstrate professional and personal growth concerning the advocacy role of advanced practice nursing in fostering policy within diverse healthcare settings.

Advocate for institutional, local, national, and international policies that foster person-centered healthcare and nursing practice.

All writing submitted should reflect graduate student quality and APA writing rules. All writing informed by outside sources should include APA-formatted citations and associated scholarly, current references. 1500 words

APNs As Healthcare Policy Leaders

Quality Improvement Initiative

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Quality Improvement Initiative

Overview

Deliver a 5–7-page analysis of an existing quality improvement initiative at your workplace. The QI initiative you choose to analyze should be related to a specific disease, condition, or public health issue of personal or professional interest to you.

Too often, discussions about quality health care, care costs, and outcome measures take place in isolation—each group talking among themselves about results and enhancements. Because nurses are critical to the delivery of high-quality, efficient health care, it is essential that they develop the proficiency to review and evaluate performance reports and be able to effectively communicate outcome measures related to quality initiatives. The nursing staff’s perspective and the need to collaborate on quality care initiatives are fundamental to patient safety and positive institutional health care outcomes. Quality Improvement Initiative

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By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:

  • Competency 2: Plan quality improvement initiatives in response to routine data surveillance.
    • Recommend additional indicators and protocols to improve and expand the quality outcomes of a quality initiative.
  • Competency 3: Evaluate quality improvement initiatives using sensitive and sound outcome measures.
    • Analyze a current quality improvement initiative in a health care setting.
    • Evaluate the success of a current quality improvement initiative through recognized benchmarks and outcome measures.
  • Competency 4: Integrate interprofessional perspectives to lead quality improvements in patient safety, cost effectiveness, and work-life quality
    • Incorporate interprofessional perspectives related to initiative functionality and outcomes.
  • Competency 5: Apply effective communication strategies to promote quality improvement in interprofessional care.
    • Communicate evaluation and analysis in a professional and effective manner, writing content clearly and logically with correct use of grammar, punctuation, and spelling.
    • Integrate relevant sources to support arguments, correctly formatting citations and references using the current APA style.

Assessment Instructions

Preparation

You have been asked to prepare and deliver an analysis of an existing quality improvement initiative at your workplace. The QI initiative you choose to analyze should be related to a specific disease, condition, or public health issue of personal or professional interest to you. The purpose of the report is to assess whether specific quality indicators point to improved patient safety, quality of care, cost and efficiency goals, and other desired metrics.

Your target audience consists of nurses and other health professionals with specializations or interests in your selected condition, disease, or issue. In your report, you will define the disease, analyze how the condition is managed, identify the core performance measurements used to treat or manage the condition, and evaluate the impact of the quality indicators on the health care facility.

Note: Remember, you can submit all, or a portion of, your draft to Smarthinking for feedback before you submit the final version of your analysis for this assessment. However, be mindful of the turnaround time for receiving feedback if you plan on using this free service.

The numbered points below correspond to the grading criteria in the scoring guide. The bullets below each grading criterion further delineate tasks to fulfill the assessment requirements. Be sure that your Quality Improvement Initiative Evaluation addresses all of the content below. You may also want to read the scoring guide to better understand the performance levels that relate to each grading criterion.

  1. Analyze a current quality improvement initiative in a health care setting.
    • Evaluate a QI initiative and explain what prompted the implementation. Detail the problems that were not addressed and any issues that arose from the initiative.
  2. Evaluate the success of a current quality improvement initiative through recognized benchmarks and outcome measures.
    • Analyze the benchmarks that were used to evaluate success. Detail what was the most successful, as well as what outcome measures are missing or could be added.
  3. Incorporate interprofessional perspectives related to initiative functionality and outcomes.
    • Integrate the perspectives of interprofessional team members involved in the initiative. Detail who you talked to, their professions, and the impact of their perspectives on your analysis.
  4. Recommend additional indicators and protocols to improve and expand the quality outcomes of a quality initiative. Quality Improvement Initiative
    • Recommend specific process or protocol changes as well as added technologies that would improve quality outcomes.
  5. Communicate evaluation and analysis in a professional and effective manner, writing content clearly and logically with correct use of grammar, punctuation, and spelling.
  6. Integrate relevant sources to support arguments, correctly formatting citations and references using the current APA style.

Submission Requirements

  • Length of submission: a minimum of five but no more than seven double-spaced, typed pages.
  • Number of references: Cite a minimum of four sources (no older than seven years, unless seminal work) of scholarly peer-reviewed or professional evidence that support your interpretation and analysis.
  • APA formatting: Resources and citations are formatted according to current APA style and formatting.

Note: Faculty may use the Writing Feedback Tool when grading this assessment. The Writing Feedback Tool is designed to provide you with guidance and resources to develop your writing based on five core skills. You will find writing feedback in the Scoring Guide for the assessment once your work has been evaluated.

Quality Improvement Initiative

The Affordable Care Act

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The Affordable Care Act

Create a PowerPoint presentation of 14–16 slides with speaking notes on the new regulations impacting the practice as a result of the Affordable Care Act. The Affordable Care Act

Introduction

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA or ACA) was signed into law by President Barack Obama in 2010. The ACA attempts to increase access to care, reduce cost, and improve quality. Nearly 50 different reform initiatives were implemented between 2010 and 2017. Although primary care is a major focus of the act, these additional initiatives are focused on 10 different areas, including public health, prevention of disease, community health, and increasing revenue provisions to pay for the reform (Niles, 2021). The law has been controversial due to the mandate that all Americans must purchase health insurance.

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The U.S. government plays a significant role in the operation of the country’s health care system. Quality, access, funding, education, and preventative services are all influenced by the U.S. government (Niles, 2021), and the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has further increased the role and involvement of the government in health care. All health care administrators must be knowledgeable about the role of the government.

Numerous governmental organizations exist, such as the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and the Office of the Surgeon General, to name a few. Each organization exists for a specific purpose and has a specific mission. Your role as an administrator will be to understand the scope of these agencies and to help your organization meet or exceed the governmental mandates imposed by each.

Reference

Niles, N. J. (2021). Basics of the U.S. health care system (4th ed.). Jones & Bartlett Learning.

Demonstration of Proficiency

By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the course competencies through the following assessment scoring guide criteria:

  • Competency 1: Analyze current health reform, policy, and regulation in U.S. health care.
    • Explain the Affordable Care Act and its impact on the U.S. health care system and on the practice of health care in the United States.
    • Analyze current trends in policy and predict future reforms.
    • Explain how health care reform and policy have impacted health care quality and cost.
    • Explain how regulatory agencies have evolved to address health reform and policy.
  • Competency 4: Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and respectful of the diversity, dignity, and integrity of others.
    • Produce a presentation that conveys understanding of the topic, its context, and its relevance.
    • Use academic writing conventions such as APA formatting and citation style, or others as required. The Affordable Care Act
    • Produce writing that includes minimal grammar, usage, and mechanical errors, including spelling.

Instructions

Imagine you are an office manager for a ten-physician primary care practice. You have been asked by the physician group to do research and give a presentation on the new regulations impacting the practice as a result of the Affordable Care Act. Using the resources provided, plus at least two other peer-reviewed articles based on your own research, develop a PowerPoint presentation of 14–16 slides, complete with speaking notes. Address the following:

  • Explain the Affordable Care Act and its impact on the U.S. health care system and on the practice of health care in the United States.
  • Analyze current trends in policy and predict future reforms as a result of the current state.
  • Explain how regulatory agencies have evolved to address health reform and policy.
  • Explain how health care reform and policy have impacted health care quality and cost.

You might want to (but do not have to) organize your presentation using the following outline:

  • Slide 1: Title of the Presentation.
  • Slide 2: A brief explanation of the purpose of the presentation.
  • Slide 3: The Affordable Care Act.
  • Slide 4: Impact on the U.S. Health Care System.
  • Slide 5: Impact on the Practice of Health Care in the United States.
  • Slides 6–7: Current Trends in Policy.
  • Slide 8: Future Reforms.
  • Slides 10–12: The Role of Regulatory Agencies (one slide per agency you address).
  • Slide 13: Impact on Quality.
  • Slide 14: Impact on Cost.
  • Slide 15: Concluding Summary. The Affordable Care Act
Presentation Requirements

Your presentation should consist of:

  • 14–16 bulleted slides.
  • Speaker notes that fully explain each slide.
  • A minimum of two peer-reviewed references, in addition to the resources offered in this course or that you find yourself, including government websites.
  • Appropriate APA citations and peer-reviewed references on each slide, as necessary.
General Guidelines for PowerPoint
  • Keep the design simple. Font: Arial or Verdana, size 24-point, minimum.
  • Keep the slides concise: 5–7 bullet points per slide and 5–7 words per bullet. Use speaker notes to explicate the bullets.
  • For best color contrast, use light text on a dark background (for example, yellow on black, white on dark blue).
  • Use the proper slide layout. For example, if a slide has a title and text, it is created using the correct title and text layout.

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Ethical Drug Administration

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Ethical Drug Administration

You see another nurse practitioner writing a prescription for her husband, who is not a patient of the nurse practitioner. The prescription is for a narcotic. You can’t decide whether or not to report the incident.

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Write a 2- to 3-page document that addresses the following:

  • Explain the ethical and legal implications of the scenario for all stakeholders involved, such as the prescriber, pharmacist, patient, and patient’s family.
  • Describe strategies to address disclosure and nondisclosure as identified in the scenario. Be sure to reference laws specific to Florida.
  • Explain two strategies that an advanced practice nurse would use to guide your decision-making in this scenario, including whether you would disclose this incident. Be sure to justify your explanation.
  • Explain the process of writing prescriptions, including strategies to minimize medication errors

Ethical Drug Administration

Assignment 2: The Pathophysiology Of Disorders

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Assignment 2: The Pathophysiology Of Disorders

During the last 5 weeks, you have explored various body systems: neurological, cardiovascular, respiratory, and hematological. These four systems work together, along with other body systems, to complete a myriad of functions. For this reason, when disorders occur within one body system, they can have potentially devastating effects throughout the entire body. For instance, Parkinson’s disease is a disorder of the central nervous system, yet its alterations actually affect multiple body systems, from the cardiovascular system to the gastrointestinal system. In this assignment, you examine alterations associated with disorders as well as the impact of the alterations on multiple body systems. Assignment 2: The Pathophysiology Of Disorders

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To Prepare

  • From the list below, select a disorder of interest to you:
    • Alzheimer’s disease
    • Asthma in children
    • Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
    • Congestive heart failure
    • Hepatic disease (liver disease)
    • Hypertension
    • Hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism
    • Seizures
    • Sepsis
  • Identify alterations associated with your selected disorder. Consider the pathophysiology of the alterations. Think about how these alterations produce pathophysiological changes in at least two body systems.
  • Reflect on how patient factors such as genetics, gender, ethnicity, age, and behavior might impact the pathophysiology of the alterations you identified, as well as the diagnosis and treatment of your selected disorder.
  • Review the “Mind Maps—Dementia, Endocarditis, and Gastro-Oesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)” media in the Week 2 Learning Resources. Use the examples in the media as a guide to construct a mind map for the disorder you selected. Consider the epidemiology and clinical presentation of your selected disorder.

To Complete

Develop a 5- to 10-slide PowerPoint presentation that addresses the following:

  • Describe your selected disorder as well as associated alterations. Explain the pathophysiology of the alterations, including changes that occur in at least two body systems.
  • Explain how genetics, gender, ethnicity, age, and behavior might impact the pathophysiology of the alterations you identified, as well as the diagnosis and treatment of your selected disorder.
  • Construct a mind map for the disorder you selected. Include the epidemiology, pathophysiology of alterations, risk factors, and clinical presentation, as well as the diagnosis and treatment of the disorder.

Assignment 2: The Pathophysiology Of Disorders

Pathophysiology of Alzheimer Disease

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Pathophysiology of Alzheimer’s Disease

During the last 5 weeks, you have explored various body systems: neurological, cardiovascular, respiratory, and hematological. These four systems work together, along with other body systems, to complete a myriad of functions. For this reason, when disorders occur within one body system, they can have potentially devastating effects throughout the entire body. For instance, Parkinson’s disease is a disorder of the central nervous system, yet its alterations actually affect multiple body systems, from the cardiovascular system to the gastrointestinal system. In this assignment, you examine alterations associated with disorders as well as the impact of the alterations on multiple body systems. Pathophysiology of Alzheimer’s Disease

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To Complete

Develop a 10- to 15-slide PowerPoint presentation that addresses the following:

  • Describe the Alzheimer disorder as well as the associated alterations. Explain the pathophysiology of the alterations, including changes that occur in at least two body systems.
  • Explain how genetics, gender, ethnicity, age, and behavior might impact the pathophysiology of Alzheimer’s disease, as well as the diagnosis and treatment of the disorder.
  • Construct a mind map for Alzheimer’s disease. Include the epidemiology, pathophysiology of alterations, risk factors, and clinical presentation, as well as the diagnosis and treatment of the disorder.

Pathophysiology of Alzheimer’s Disease

 

Benchmark – Change Initiative: Implementation, Evaluation, And Sustainability

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Benchmark: Change Initiative: Implementation, Evaluation, And Sustainability

You will utilize your change model for this assignment. Review the feedback submitted by your instructor on your previous change model assignment. Make any changes or modifications necessary for the submission of this assignment.Evaluate the performance of your organization or department. Identify an area that would significantly benefit from initiating a change. Write a paper (1,500–1,750 words) in which you describe the particular area you propose to address through a change initiative. Include the following for your company: Benchmark: Change Initiative: Implementation, Evaluation, And Sustainability

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  1. Discuss the issues in this area and the current outcomes as a result of the issues.
  2. Describe the external and/or internal driving forces, contributing issues, and the people affected.
  3. Evaluate the stakeholders involved and discuss how they will be affected by your change initiative.
  4. Clarify your role and responsibility as a change leader. Discuss the leadership theory (or theories) you will use to guide the change process.
  5. Discuss the change agents you need to recruit in order to successfully implement your change. Describe the roles of these change agents.
  6. Utilize your change model to develop strategies: (a) Explain the relevance of this model to your organization; and (b) present the strategic aspects using your model. Be sure to clearly define the purpose of each aspect, the people involved, and the actions that need to be taken.
  7. Identify, or predict, the potential barriers to change. Discuss possible ways to overcome these obstacles, including methods for dealing with emerging or unforeseen circumstances that could impede implementation.
  8. Describe the evaluation methods you will use to determine the level of success of your change initiative. Discuss what metrics or measureable determinates you will use.
  9. Propose strategies to anchor change or support continuous change.
  10. Establish how your change plan supports the organizational mission/goal, genuinely addresses stakeholder concerns, and will serve as an equitable contribution for the community or society overall.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance.

Benchmark: Change Initiative: Implementation, Evaluation, And Sustainability

REVIEW OF CURRENT HEALTHCARE ISSUES

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REVIEW OF CURRENT Health ISSUES

If you were to ask 10 people what they believe to be the most significant issue facing healthcare today, you might get 10 different answers. Escalating costs? Regulation? Technology disruption? Social determinants such as environment, community, education, access, and quality of healthcare? REVIEW OF CURRENT Health ISSUES

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These and many other topics are worthy of discussion. Not surprisingly, much has been said in research, within the profession, and in the news about these topics. Whether they are issues of finance, quality, workload, or outcomes, there is no shortage of changes to be addressed.

In this discussion, you examine a national healthcare issue and consider how that issue may impact your work setting. You also analyze how your organization has responded to this issue.

To Prepare:

  • Review the resources and select one current national healthcare issue/stressor to focus on.
  • Reflect on the current national healthcare issue/stressor you selected and think about how this issue/stressor may be addressed in your work setting.

Post a description of the national healthcare issue/stressor you selected for analysis, and explain how the healthcare issue/stressor may impact your work setting. Which social determinant(s) most affect this health issue? Then, describe how your health system work setting has responded to the healthcare issue/stressor, including a description of what changes may have been implemented. Be specific, and provide examples.

REVIEW OF CURRENT Health ISSUES

Benchmark – Patient’s Spiritual Needs: Case Analysis

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Benchmark: Patient’s Spiritual Needs: Case Analysis

In addition to the topic study materials, use the chart you completed and questions you answered in Topic 3 about “Case Study: Healing and Autonomy” as the basis for your responses in this assignment.

Answer the following questions about a patient’s spiritual needs in light of the Christian worldview:. Benchmark: Patient’s Spiritual Needs: Case Analysis

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  1. In 200–250 words, respond to the following: Should the physician allow Mike to continue making decisions that seem to him to be irrational and harmful to James, or would that mean a disrespect of a patient’s autonomy? Explain your rationale.
  2. In 400–500 words, respond to the following: How ought Christians think about sickness and health? How should a Christian think about medical intervention? What should Mike, as a Christian, do? How should he reason about trusting God and treating James in relation to what is truly honoring the principles of beneficence and nonmaleficence in James’s care?
  3. In 200–250 words, respond to the following: How would a spiritual needs assessment help the physician assist Mike in determining appropriate interventions for James and for his family or others involved in his care?

Remember to support your responses with the topic study materials.

While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite.

Benchmark: Patient’s Spiritual Needs: Case Analysis