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. Discuss the definitions, roles and interplay among the three essential components of successful HIT implementation: technology, policies and procedures and organization culture.

1. Given the complex problems of system interoperability resulting from vendors’ differing software and data management platforms, should the federal government become involved in regulating the features and types of HIT software products available on the market? 2. Discuss the definitions, roles and interplay among the three essential components of successful HIT implementation: technology, policies […]

What strategies might nurses use to have their voices heard? 

Reflect on the role that the electoral process and government plays in one’s daily work and family life. As nurses, health policy can influence both arenas of our lives. What policy issues might drive nurses to lobby Congress and/or get involved in campaign politics? What strategies might nurses use to have their voices heard? Discussion […]

How do you honor requests as submitted? What if two of the requests for vacations came from RNs scheduled to work the same weekends, and they both asked for exactly the same days off?

You are the nurse manager on a large unit that has 14 FTE RNs on staff, 25 FTE LPNs, and 15 FTE nursing aides, orderlies, and clerks. The schedule for the next 2 months is due in administration by next week, and you are beginning to work on it. Various requests have been submitted by […]

Should the physician allow Mike to continue making decisions that seem      to him to be irrational and harmful to James?

Write a 1,200-1,500 word analysis of “Case Study: Healing and Autonomy.” In light of the readings, be sure to address the following questions: Under the Christian narrative and Christian vision, what sorts of      issues are most pressing in this case study? Should the physician allow Mike to continue making decisions that seem      to him to […]

Discuss a selected chronic illness in relationship to a specific culture (e.g., a Chinese patient with cancer using traditional Eastern medicine, a Hispanic patient with a high probability of contracting adult-onset diabetes being treated by a curandero).

 Discuss a selected chronic illness in relationship to a specific culture (e.g., a Chinese patient with cancer using traditional Eastern medicine, a Hispanic patient with a high probability of contracting adult-onset diabetes being treated by a curandero).