List the different strategies that they plan to or have already utilized to inform/lobby legislators (e-mail campaign, on-sight lobby, testimony, protest etc.) 5 •List and describe any non-legislative strategies that were utilized to support the initiatives 

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Week 7: Signature Assignment Group Presentations

Web Page          Task: View this topic    Summary: Applying the principles from the Nursing Leadership and Health Policy learning modules students will explore the role of the Registered Nurse Leader in policy advocacy.  Group of 6 students will create a policy challenge presentation with focus on Collaboration. All members must participate to earn points.

Directions: 1.Interview a leader from a professional Nursing organization to collect ideas for the project.

2.Utilize your readings, research and resources to build the content. This should be a collaborative, team process.

3.Each group will utilize the Google Slides or Prezi to create a presentation to provide an overview of a grassroots policy challenges (present or past) that the identified organization supports, it can be a local, state or federal policy issue. 4.Each presentation should be between 8-10 minutes in length and will be followed by 5 min of Q&A by the audience. Each presentation is to include (but is not limited to):

•Brief description of the policy challenge the team has chosen and the Nursing Association that was identified. •Describe the “Agenda” for the identified policy challenge. Include how the policy issue was identified, (did they complete a review of the literature? did they do an environmental scan, SWOT analysis etc.) •Brief description of all key stakeholders (those who will be affected and those who can effect change), Interest groups, Opposition groups/individuals, Coalitions. •List the different strategies that they plan to or have already utilized to inform/lobby legislators (e-mail campaign, on-sight lobby, testimony, protest etc.) 5 •List and describe any non-legislative strategies that were utilized to support the initiatives 

6•Describe where this policy challenge is in the legislative process and the implications for the future.

What is the maximum length of time that a urine specimen should be left at room temperature?

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I need it if 15 hours time.

As a medical assistant, you are performing reagent chemical strip analyses on patient specimens when you discover a specimen that is more than 2 hours old and has been sitting at room temperature during this time.

When you remove the lid from the container, you smell a foul, ammonia-like odor. The chemical strip indicates positive protein, positive nitrite, and positive bacteria. The microscopic analysis reveals four bacteria but no evidence of white blood cells.

What is the maximum length of time that a urine specimen should be left at room temperature?

If analysis cannot be performed within that maximum length of time, how should the specimen be handled?

An ammonia-like or foul odor associated with a specimen ordinarily indicates what condition or disease?

Does the chemical analysis confirm your suspicion associated with the odor? Given the circumstances, can you trust the results on this specimen?

Determine the key reasons why health care marketing professionals should realize such complexity. Provide an example to support your rationale.

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  • Per the text, the health care industry is known as one of the most complex operational environments, placing a premium on excellence in strategic planning and management. Determine the key reasons why health care marketing professionals should realize such complexity. Provide an example to support your rationale.
  • Appraise the value offered by Ries and Trout’s Marketing Warfare Strategies in assisting in the understanding and implementation of competitor-oriented marketing strategies that can be employed to increase market share. Provide at least two (2) specific examples of the Ries and Trout’s Marketing Warfare Strategies Model that apply within a health care organization with which you are familiar.

Describe the organization you selected and the general services that would be offered to Medicare patients.

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ban and rural health care organizations throughout the industry are working together to coordinate care for Medicare patients. Accountable Care Organization (ACO) programs were established by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to help facilitate this cooperation.

Select a type of health care organization that would accept Medicare patients (e.g., family practice, hospital, urgent care, or nursing home).

Write a 700- to 1,050-word executive summary that discusses the purpose of joining an ACO and the funding available through one. Include the following:

  • Describe the organization you selected and the general services that would be offered to Medicare patients.
  • Describe the types of ACOs recognized by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
  • Evaluate industry dynamics that would influence your organization’s decision to participate in an ACO.
  • Identify the steps needed to participate in an ACO.
  • Justify participation in an ACO for your organization.

Cite 3 reputable references to support your assignment (e.g., trade or industry publications, government or agency websites, scholarly works, or other sources of similar quality).

Format your assignment according to APA guidelines

Do you think that Southwest should try to expand who their customers are? Do you think that it hurts them at all not playing in the market of a ‘fancy flight’?

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QA: In line with the HBS case reprint, Southwest’s plan to serve La Guardia. Do you think that Southwest should try to expand who their customers are? Do you think that it hurts them at all not playing in the market of a ‘fancy flight’?

QB: In line with tendencies that change management professionals/leaders will face some sort of obstacles in the process of carrying out the projected change.

I wonder though if you take a look at what and who a stakeholder is – it could be the community, it could be suppliers, it could be employees – can you discuss a bit more some of the various objections that each type could have?

  Describe the health care beliefs of the German and French Canadian heritages and mention the influence in the delivery of evidence-based health care.

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People of French Canadian Heritage.

People of German Heritage.

Read chapter 14 and 29 of the class textbook Transcultural Health Care. A Culturally Competent Approach (4th ed.)

Purnell, L.D.(and review the attached PowerPoint presentations.   Read Content chapter 29 in Davis Plus Online Website.  Once done answer the following questions;

1.  Describe the health care beliefs of the German and French Canadian heritages and mention the influence in the delivery of evidence-based health care.

2.  Discuss if there is any similarity in the health care beliefs and practices of the German and French Canadian heritage with the health care beliefs of your heritage.

3.  If you have to change your health care beliefs for any of one study this week, which one will you choose and why?

The assignment must be presented in an APA format word document, Arial 12 font attached to the forum on the discussion board.  A minimum of 3 evidenced-based references must be used  with the appropriate references must be posted.

References must be no older than 5 years.  A minimum of 700 words is required.

PLEASE DO NOT PLAGIARIZE.

 What special challenges are associated with trying to treat septic shock in a patient with cardiovascular disease?

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A patient who is 48 hours post–mitral valve replacement surgery has become progressively more hypotensive, tachycardic, tachypneic, and restless over the past several hours. You suspect that the patient is going into shock.

a.            Since this patient is at high risk for both cardiogenic and septic shock, how would you go about determining what type of shock (if any) is present? Support your approach.

b.            What special challenges are associated with trying to treat septic shock in a patient with cardiovascular disease?

What kinds of foods provide fiber in the diet and what does fiber help with?

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1. What kinds of foods provide fiber in the diet and what does fiber help with?

2. What are the different kinds of fats and some properties of them?

3. Why do we need water in our diet?

4. How is obesity defined?

5. What is the most prevalent underlying source of death in the United States?

6. What happens when a person goes on a very low calorie diet?

7. How many calories do one pound of fat represent?

8. What are the daily-suggested lower limits of calorie consumption for both men and women?

9. What happens when you exercise at a low-intensity rate as compared to a high intensity rate as far as types of calories burned?

10. What causes blood cholesterol to be raised?

11. How many calories does a gram of fat, protein or carbohydrate contain?

12. What are some risk factors for coronary heart disease?

13.  How does cancer start in the body?

14.  How many minutes of daily activity are required to prevent weight gain and to maintain substantial weight loss?

15. What kind of results can be expected when a person exercises and exhibits good lifestyle choices?

16. What mechanism seems to regulate how much a person weighs?

17. What are some results of sleep deprivation?

18. What are the different types of stresses?

19. What causes the stress response to occur?

20. What is the purpose of the “stress response” and what are some of the manifestations it has been turned on?

21. Are certain types of individuals at a greater risk of disease related to stress?

22. What are some good techniques to deal with stress?

Explain the diagnostic criteria for your assigned personality disorder. 

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Explain the diagnostic criteria for your assigned personality disorder. 

Explain the evidenced-based psychotherapy and psychopharmacologic treatment for your assigned personality disorder.

Describe clinical features from a client that led you to believe this client had this disorder. Align the clinical features with the DSM-5 criteria.

Support your rationale with references to the Learning Resources or other academic resources.