US Healthcare Policy Presentation

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US Healthcare Policy Presentation

Student will develop a PPT presentation to address the following concepts:

Describe the state of the United States Healthcare System as we know it today

Define and analyze how the three legs of the healthcare system are interrelated

Describe barriers to healthcare access today and how these barriers are associated with determinants of health

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Describe the Patient Protection Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and the current events affecting it

Identify three initiatives to take place under the PPACA and/or current opposing legislation

Analyze advantages and disadvantages with those three initiatives

Analyze how nurses and nurse leaders can improve quality, cost and access within this new role

To prepare for the online presentation, you will write your intended speech to the Note area in the PPT.  Limit your entire speech to 20 minutes and 300 words on each Note. The PPT will be submitted on the due date and your colleagues will comment on the presentation to clarify the contents. A minimum of 20 slides PPT is required, not including title and reference slides.

US Healthcare Policy Presentation

NURS 6665 week 19

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NURS 6665 week 19

Explain the controversy that surrounds dissociative disorders.

Explain your professional beliefs about dissociative disorders, supporting your rationale with at least three scholarly references from the literature.

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Explain strategies for maintaining the therapeutic relationship with a client that may present with a dissociative disorder.

Finally, explain ethical and legal considerations related to dissociative disorders that you need to bring to your practice and why they are important

NURS 6665 week 19

HEALTHCARE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TRENDS

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HEALTHCARE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TRENDS

Reflect on the Resources related to digital information tools and technologies.

Consider your healthcare organization use of healthcare technologies to manage and distribute information.

Reflect on current and potential future trends, such as use of social media and mobile applications/telehealth, Internet of Things (IoT)-enabled asset tracking, or expert systems/artificial intelligence, and how they may impact nursing practice and healthcare delivery.

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Post a brief description of general healthcare technology trends, particularly related to data/information you have observed in use in your healthcare organization or nursing practice. Describe any potential challenges or risks that may be inherent in the technologies associated with these trends you described. Then, describe at least one potential benefit and one potential risk associated with data safety, legislation, and patient care for the technologies you described. Next, explain which healthcare technology trends you believe are most promising for impacting healthcare technology in nursing practice and explain why. Describe whether this promise will contribute to improvements in patient care outcomes, efficiencies, or data management. Be specific and provide examples.

HEALTHCARE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TRENDS

ETHICAL AND LEGAL IMPLICATIONS OF PRESCRIBING DRUGS

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ETHICAL AND LEGAL IMPLICATIONS OF PRESCRIBING DRUGS

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

Scenario: 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 decide whether or not to report the incident.

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Explain the ethical and legal implications of the scenario you selected on all stakeholders involved, such as the prescriber, pharmacist, patient, and patient family.

Describe strategies to address disclosure and nondisclosure as identified in the scenario you selected. Be sure to reference laws specific to your state.

Explain two strategies that you, as an advanced practice nurse, would use to guide your decision making in this scenario, including whether you would disclose your error. Be sure to justify your explanation.

Explain the process of writing prescriptions, including strategies to minimize medication errors.

Attached are the rubric and weekly learning resource

ETHICAL AND LEGAL IMPLICATIONS OF PRESCRIBING DRUGS

Child Health Case

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Child Health Case

Severely underweight 12-year-old Hispanic girl with underweight parents who has been bullied in school just recently.

Assignment (3 4 pages, not including title and reference pages):

Assignment: Child Health Case:

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Include the following:

An explanation of the health issues and risks that are relevant to the child you were assigned.

Describe additional information you would need in order to further assess his or her weight-related health.

Identify and describe any risks and consider what further information you would need to gain a full understanding of the child health. Think about how you could gather this information in a sensitive fashion.

Considering the parents and caregivers’ potential sensitivities, list at least three specific questions you would ask about the child to gather more information.

Provide at least two strategies you could employ to encourage the parents or caregivers to be proactive about their child health and weight.

Child Health Case

 

NURS 6665 week 3

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NURS 6665 week 3

Panic disorder is the assigned disorder

Recommend one FDA-approved drug, one off-label drug, and one nonpharmacological intervention for treating your assigned disorder in children and adolescents.

Explain the risk assessment you would use to inform your treatment decision making. What are the risks and benefits of the FDA-approved medicine? What are the risks and benefits of the off-label drug?

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Explain whether clinical practice guidelines exist for this disorder and, if so, use them to justify your recommendations. If not, explain what information you would need to take into consideration.

Support your reasoning with at least three scholarly resources, one each on the FDA-approved drug, the off-label, and a non-medication intervention for the disorder. Attach the PDFs of your sources

NURS 6665 week 3

ASTHMA AND STEPWISE MANAGEMENT

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ASTHMA AND STEPWISE MANAGEMENT

Create a 5- to 6-slide PowerPoint presentation that can be used in a staff development meeting on presenting different approaches for implementing the stepwise approach for asthma treatment. Be sure to address the following:

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Describe long-term control and quick relief treatment options for the asthma patient from your practice as well as the impact these drugs might have on your patient.

Explain the stepwise approach to asthma treatment and management for your patient.

Explain how stepwise management assists health care providers and patients in gaining and maintaining control of the disease. Be specific.

ASTHMA AND STEPWISE MANAGEMENT

Depressive Disorders in Adolescents

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Depressive Disorders in Adolescents

For this assignment, you will develop a patient medication guide for treatment of depressive disorders in adolescents. Be sure to use language appropriate for your audience (patient, caregiver, parent, etc.). You will include non-copyright images and/or information tables to make your patient medication guide interesting and appealing. Limit your patient medication guide to 5 pages. You will create this guide as an assignment; therefore, a title page, introduction, conclusion, and reference page are required. You must include a minimum of 3 scholarly supporting resources outside of your course provided resources. Depressive Disorders in Adolescents

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In your patient guide, include discussion on the following:

Depressive disorder causes and symptoms

How depression is diagnosed for the vulnerable population of your choice, why is this population considered vulnerable

Medication treatment options including risk vs benefits; side effects; FDA approvals for the vulnerable population of your choice

Medication considerations of medication examples prescribed (see last bullet item)

What is important to monitor in terms of labs, comorbid medical issues with why important for monitoring

Special Considerations (you must be specific, not general and address at least one for EACH category; you must demonstrate critical thinking beyond basics of HIPPA and informed consent!): legal considerations, ethical considerations, cultural considerations, social determinants of health

Where to follow up in your local community for further information

Provide 3 examples of how to write a proper prescription that you would provide to the patient or transmit to the pharmacy.

Depressive Disorders in Adolescents

PROMOTING SAFETY AND QUALITY

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PROMOTING SAFETY AND QUALITY

To prepare for this Discussion:
Review the information at the Joint Commission and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services websites on the core measures and standards presented in this week Resources.
Consider the nurse role in supporting the organization strategic agenda as it relates to improving clinical outcomes.

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Conduct an Internet search for either a Never Event or a core measure and select one to address in your post.
****Respond to the following:
How has the emphasis on quality of care, patient safety, and clinical care outcomes been impacted by specific standards emanating from TJC and/or CMS? Cite your selected core measure or Never Event in your response.
What is the impact of the nurse role in clinical outcomes for the organization?
Discuss nurse-specific challenges in influencing change in quality improvement.
How does this influence the ability of the organization to achieve its strategic agenda?
Support your response with references from the professional nursing literature.

PROMOTING SAFETY AND QUALITY

Psychopharmacologic treatments for patients with multiple mental health disorders

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Psychopharmacologic treatments for patients with multiple mental health disorders

Consider the potential effects these psychopharmacologic treatments may have on co-existing mental health conditions and/or their potential effects on your patient overall health.

Address the following Short Answer prompts for your Assignment. Be sure to include references to the Learning Resources for this week.

  1. In 3 or 4 sentences, explain the appropriate drug therapy for a patient who presents with MDD and a history of alcohol abuse. Which drugs are contraindicated, if any, and why? Be specific. What is the timeframe that the patient should see resolution of symptoms?
  2. List 4 predictors of late onset generalized anxiety disorder.

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  3. List 4 potential neurobiology causes of psychotic major depression.
  4. An episode of major depression is defined as a period of time lasting at least 2 weeks. List at least 5 symptoms required for the episode to occur. Be specific.
  5. List 3 classes of drugs, with a corresponding example for each class, that precipitate insomnia. Be specific.

Psychopharmacologic treatments for patients with multiple mental health disorders