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Quality improvement in healthcare organization

You will select an opportunity for improvement from within your healthcare organization. To do so, you must have data that supports performance that is not in line with organizational/national benchmark data (ex. Falls, Patient Satisfaction, Infection rates, ED through-put, lengths of stay, etc). You will discuss your idea with someone from the organization to determine priority projects. You will write a Quality Improvement Paper that will be no more than 20 pages, in APA 7th edition format (double spaced, 12 point font), excluding title and reference pages.
This project will be guided by the FOCUS-PDSA quality improvement framework. To assist you with this process, throughout the course, we will discuss each component of the model and have corresponding assignments that will help you shape your project.
Assignment:
Quality Improvement Paper/Project
MANDATORY PROJECT COMPONENTS
The following are requisites for this project:
Title Page (running head is NOT required for student papers)
Introduction (approx. 1-2 pages), to include:
Problem statement
Background
Data that is specific to your unit/organization that serves as the basis for a QI initiative. (May include graphs and charts as appendices, if allowed by the organization)
Literature Review (approx. 2-3 pages) (This should provide evidence to support interventions to address your issue)
Body – approx.12-15 pages
Evidence-based intervention that is being implemented
Plan for implementation, including the who, what, when, where and why
Ethical considerations
Required resources
Leadership theory to help guide implementation and sustain it
Change theory that will facilitate implementation
Evaluation procedures
Alternative processes, plan for sustainability
How will this improve outcomes? Are there any next steps?
Conclusion (approx. 0.5 page)
Summary and provide closure
References – a minimum of seven recent (within last 5-7 years), peer-reviewed sources. Remember, each reference must be cited as an “in-text citation”
(within the body of the paper/project).

National Health Service England

Analyse how changes to funding have impacted the NHS over the last 25 years

Maria is a 34-year-old woman with who presents to a healthcare provider to establish primary care

Case Presentation

Maria is a 34-year-old woman with who presents to a healthcare provider to establish primary care and management of her diabetes. She was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes 3 years ago, and has a history of polycystic ovary syndrome and hypertension. She works as a pharmacy technician at a local pharmacy chain, and has been married for 1 year. She lives with her husband and recently moved to the area from across the country for better job opportunities. Her A1C 1 year ago was at the recommended goal of 7.0%. Her current medications include metformin ER 2000 mg daily, enalapril 10 mg daily, and a prenatal vitamin daily. She has no allergies, and does not smoke or drink alcohol. She has been checking his glucose levels at home once daily, and readings vary from 110 to 165 mg/dL. She walks for 30 minutes 2 days a week (her days off), as she feels she is on her feet enough when she is at work. She would also like a referral to obstetrics/gynecology, as she and her husband want to start a family in the coming year and are not using any contraception.

Vital signs are as follows: weight, 72.5 kg; height, 63 in.; body mass index, 29.5; temperature, 98.4°F; pulse, 84 beats/min; respiratory rate, 20 breaths/min; and blood pressure, 140/82 mm Hg.

Lab results are as follows: A1C, 7.6%; glucose, 155 mg/dL; sodium, 135; blood urea nitrogen, 19; creatinine, 0.8; total cholesterol, 186 mg/dL; triglycerides, 186 mg/dL; HDL, 44; and LDL, 104.

 

Case Analysis Questions

1. What is your overall assessment of Marla’s current diabetes management status?
2. What considerations should be made regarding Marla’s desire to get pregnant?
3. How should Marla focus her self-management activities prior to becoming pregnant?

Five Stages of Grief

In 2-3 pages, please explain the five stages of grief. Include the following information in your discussion.

Who is the nurse theorist we associate with the five stages of grief?
Name the five stages of grief and describe the manifestations we would expect to see with each one.
Are the five stages of grief considered to be a healthy coping mechanism? Why or why not?
What can nursing do to help support the families and the clients during this time?
How do we provide our clients dignity in dying?

Please use proper APA formatting to include title page, in-text citations, and at least 2 references.

Your writing assignment will be graded based upon the thoroughness and thoughtfulness of how you answer each of the questions below. In answering these questions, refer to specifics in the book and/or use outside resources as necessary.

Identify and analyze how 2 social determinants of health affected Henrietta Lacks and/or her family. Use excerpts from the book to support why you chose these 2. If Henrietta and her family were not afflicted with these SDOH, do you think that we would have HELA cells today? Why or why not? Be sure to highlight by bolding or underlining the social determinants of health you are discussing.

Identify 2 ethical violations. Using readings from the book and course readings/outside sources, support why you chose these 2. Be sure to highlight by bolding or underlining the ethical violations you are discussing.

 

The purpose of this paper is to analyze healthcare reform as it relates to one chosen healthcare population of interest, such as women, children, elderly, homeless, and other vulnerable populations or populations with healthcare disparities. According to Artiga, Orgera, and Pham (2020), “health and health care disparities are commonly viewed through the lens of race and ethnicity, but they occur across a broad range of dimensions”, including age, socioeconomic status, gender and gender identity, as well as disability (What are health and health care disparities? section, para. 3). You will then choose a health concern related to your chosen population of interest (pregnancy, specific cancers, HIV, home healthcare, diabetes, heart disease, etc.) and review the benefits and challenges of health reform in care for the health topic of the chosen population of interest. It may helpful to think about healthcare issues of the population you currently care for in professional practice.

The paper should be no more than six pages in length, including the title page, 3-4 page body, and references page. Be sure to utilize the course writing resources, as well as Grammarly, to assist with writing (organization, APA, and grammar/punctuation).

Three of the references should come from peer-reviewed journal articles (review the library resource video from the Intro to Scholarly Writing course), and the others may come from legitimate professional and/or governmental websites.

The paper is to be written as a Word document in APA format (be sure to review use of appropriate APA header levels) to include:

Title page

Body of paper:

• Introduction: write a minimum of five complete sentences paragraph introducing the topic and include a purpose statement. Provide an introduction paragraph to the final paper. Remember, there is no header needed for the introduction paragraph.

• Analysis of Healthcare Reform (use a first level header): After setting up the Analysis of Healthcare Reform first level header, create second level headers for each section below included in the analysis:

o Healthcare Reform: provide an overview of healthcare reform with evidence to support from the textbook resource AND peer reviewed journals and reputable websites (i.e. Kaiser Family Foundation, CDC, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Institute of Medicine, World Health Organization (WHO), American Public Health Association, HRSA, state departments of health, American Nurses Association, etc.). Although WebMD is a good resource for information, it is not a reputable website for supporting a topic for a scholarly paper. Information should not be earlier than 2014, unless information is coming from the Affordable Care Act summary. For this section, you can take key information from peer reviewed articles and reputable webpages in the annotated bibliography assignment (see separate annotated bibliography assignment guidelines and rubric in the course).

o Chosen Population of Interest and Health Concern: describe the chosen population of interest and health concern and the reason you chose them in relation to healthcare reform. Support this section with information/evidence as noted above. For this section, you can use the chosen population and healthcare topic assignment once you make corrections and updates from faculty feedback.

o Benefits and Challenges of Health Reform for the Population of Interest: For this section, you can again take key information from the annotated bibliography assignment pertaining to benefits and challenges of health reform in relation to the chosen population of interest and their health concern.

o The Role of the Nurse: describe the role of the nurse when caring for the population of interest and their health concern and healthcare reform in five or more complete sentences. Support with information/evidence as noted above. For this section, add a five complete sentences paragraph of the nurses role.

•vConclusion (first level header) paragraph (minimum of five complete sentences): write a minimum of five complete sentences summarizing what was described in the healthcare reform paper.

• References page (first level) header and start on new page after the conclusion paragraph): the paper should include a minimum of FIVE references. Three of the references should come from peer-reviewed journal articles (review the library resource video from the Intro to Scholarly Writing course), and the others may come from legitimate professional and/or governmental websites (see above in the description of healthcare reform in general) or books/textbooks.

o Unless you are specifically citing and referencing information that has historical significance, such as the Affordable Care Act (2010), references should be no more than seven years old (no earlier than 2014).

This assignment is to develop a health-related program and write a proposal for funding for the program. Below are the requirements for the program grant proposal. The idea program would include an after-school nutrition and healthy cooking program for children in underserved populations. Please use the bolding headings in the paper. Please read the transcript of the video of how the proposal should write. I was hoping to find out if I can send over the audio of the instructions. If you can let me know I can send to you so you can understand what professor wants.
Program Grant Proposal Guidelines
Requirements:
3-4 double-spaced, typewritten pages (can be longer but does not need to be longer), 12-point font and one inch margins. Pages/paragraphs listed below are only approximations.
Specific Aims (1-2 paragraphs)
State the aim of the program.
Identify the problem the program aims to solve
Must use research or data-based facts for the specific aims (citations needed)
General Program Description (1-2 paragraphs)
1. Write a 1 paragraph description of your program
Target Population (1-2 paragraphs)
Describe the population that will benefit from the program.
Why do they need the program?
Must use research or data-based facts to describe the target population
Project Description (1-2 pages)
Goal(s) (at least one) (may need more to cover entire project)
Objectives (2 objectives)
Activities (specific activities that will take place to achieve each objective)
Evaluation Plan
1) Construct a logic model
Budget (1 table) Include:
1) a line-item budget with dollar amounts for each activity/need
Conclusion (1 paragraph)
Summary of the proposal’s main points
Reference List, Appendices (does not count in page limit) References in APA format; Appendices

The paper subheadings are as the following:
– The importance of patient safety
Outline the emergence of patient safety as a discipline and the significant achievements achieved during the last two decades.
– Patient safety terminology
Provide definitions of key terms commonly used in patient safety. This includes types of incidents in healthcare.
– Definition of secondary care
Provide a definition of secondary care and discuss the difference between levels of harm and types of incidents commonly found in secondary care.
– Organisation of the healthcare system in Ireland
Include a short description of the health systems’ structures, organization and financing.

“Complete the Leadership Style Quiz from the University of Southern California and/or the Leadership Framework Self-Assessment Tool from the NHS. From your results and through reflection, post your personal mission statement (no more than 250 words)

How to Write a Personal Mission Statement”
LINKS:
1) https://eml.usc.edu/leadership-style-quiz?hsCtaTracking=dc0a70a1-90e3-4ece-8bf0-cb297dee3f51%7Ccd749b02-37c4-4140-8590-e4e71c4b8d31
2) https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/career-development/personal-mission-statement-examples
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Include all of the following components in the final version of your Application Paper.
The body of the paper should be 2,000-2,500 words in length (approximately 10-12 pages) building on the outline you previously submitted.
Number all pages except the title page.
This installment is the finished product. Make it shine in content, grammar, formatting—the works. It’s a good idea to have someone competent in writing proofread your paper for sense and errors. If you need more help make an appointment with the Graduate Writing Center, but do it early enough to benefit from their guidance. SafeAssign checks for text originality and proper source attribution. Failure to properly credit your sources is a form of plagiarism and carries stiff academic and even civil penalties. See the syllabus for more details about academic integrity. Include all of the following:
1. Title page. Include a separate title page with title of paper, assignment name, your name, course number and title, date, and word count. This page does not count toward the minimum 2,000-2,500 words of your paper.
2. Abstract. Provide a short summary of the content of the paper (no more than 150 words). An abstract says something about each of the main divisions of your paper, including your findings or conclusions. The abstract is not a part of the body of the paper and is not included in your minimum word count.
3. Body. This is a narrative paper, not an outline. Flesh out in more detail the content you began in your outline, using as sectional titles the major Roman numeral headings in your outline. Make sure your intervention addresses the need you identified and fully incorporates one behavioral construct. Use proper AMA style for all in-text citations. Except when quoting a source, always use your own words; clearly cite all of your sources. If you use quotes, do not excerpt more than 100 words total from all sources. This section constitutes your 2,000-2,500 word count.
4. Citations. Cite the same references as you used in your outline in section V (you may modify or expand your list, if needed). Check again for proper AMA citation style. This section is not included in your minimum word count.
5. Grading rubric. Cut and paste the following grading rubric at the end of your paper.