Category: Health Care

You have successfully passed your advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) certification course and received your credentials to practice as an APRN. Although you have worked in a hospital for several years, you are interested in pursuing other practice areas and have received several requests for interviews. To prepare for your formal interview, you are creating a list of questions to ask the interviewer. You identified the practice specialty, environment, and patient population in your first telephone interview. What other questions should you ask? Minimum 270 words) Cite your sources in APA format

please submit a 500-1000 word essay outlining what you would do to improve healthcare. Topics of discussion can be broad and span areas such as systematic issues (e.g insurance structures), treatment methodologies,patient psychological well-being, or even specialty areas. Don’t be afraid to be creative.

Governance Question 1: What is the role of the governing board in developing a strategic plan? Does it vary by organization, industry, or organization structure? Does the board review and approve or actually develop the strategic plan? Organizational Structure Question 2: What role does governance play in determining the structure of the organization?
Fiduciary Responsibility Question 3: Research the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Pub.L. 107–204, 116 Stat. 745, enacted July 30, 2002), Richard Scrushy, and HealthSouth. What responsibility does the board hold in monitoring organizational activities, collectively and individually?
Please provide two sources per each question.

Assignment Content

The decade since the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act went into effect in 2010 has seen fundamental shifts in the cost and practices in health care and insurance. Studying the data from this period of transformation in the United States can help us to understand the movement of health care costs in the years to come.
Review the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care 2018 Data Update.
https://data.dartmouthatlas.org/downloads/reports/2018_data_report_081821.pdf
Write a 525- to 700-word analysis that includes the following:
Identify the results for your area of the United States (state or region).
Analyze the results for your area and write a 525- to 700-word summary of why you think the trends in utilization and cost are either positive or negative.
Examine and explain whether you think the utilization and costs information for your organization or geography can be used to build a stronger brand for health care.
Cite any references to support your assignment.
Format your citations according to APA guidelines.

For this assignment, assume that you are a healthcare administrator at a Washington State Hospital. Leadership at your hospital has heard rumors about House Bill 1983 but has not had time to learn more about it. It is possible that this bill will be reintroduced during the 2024 legislative session and your hospital wants to better understand the bill and be prepared to voice any concerns. Leadership asks you to review House Bill 1983 (2022 Regular Session) and provide: 1) a bill summary, and 2) a proposed amendment that the hospital might want to propose to the legislature through its state hospital association.

Discuss a situation in which a security breached of patient information occurred. There are lots of articles about this topic on the internet. Summarize the article, be sure to include:
The reason the breach occurred.
Who caused the breach?
Who and/or how many people were impacted?
How the victims were impacted?
When and where the situation occurred?
What consequences were faced by the people/person responsible?
What is being done or was done to prevent a similar situation from occurring again?

Professional Portfolio Part 1 This professional portfolio assignment will prepare the students to market and negotiate for employment as an advanced nurse practitioner. The assignment must contain the following: Copy of NP job description (include current APA citation of source) One letter of recommendation Resume as an NP Cover Letter for NP job The cover Letter Sample can be found in the course textbook on page 543, Box 20-2. Submission Instructions: The cover letter and resume should be 12 font times new roman and no more than 2 pages.

In a Microsoft Word document of 2-3 pages formatted in APA style, you will focus on the methods to develop a change in policy to improve the public’s health by using a health policy model. Suppose you want to initiate a policy of taxing sugared sodas/pop/beverages in your community. In your paper, address each of the following criteria: Use the Longest’s policy cycle model to structure your proposed policy. What arguments would you use to make the case for the policy? What argument(s) would your opponents make? How would you go about getting buy-in for your proposed policy? What stakeholder groups need to be involved in promoting your policy? On a separate references page, cite all sources using APA format.

Student is able to identify something they admire about the culture
Student details specifics of culture (i.e., diet, habits, view of healthcare, origin.)
Student includes 2 references to include student’s choice of scholarly journal, book, websites, etc.
Student uses proper grammar and mechanics as well as proper MLA citation format. Paper flows well.
Student includes MLA style reference sheet.
Paper is 2 pages in length (excluding reference sheet)

Please see attached instructions and grading rubric. In the instructions, when asked for a specific area of interest or specific skills to discuss, I have included those I prefer to be used at the end of the statement. Also attached is the weblink for the AHIMA Code of Ethics Principles, as well as tips for the paper.