Category: Nursing

Assignment Requirement
SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH
RESOURCES
McGonigle, D., & Mastrian, K. G. (2022). Nursing informatics and the foundation of knowledge (5th ed.). Jones & Bartlett Learning.Chapter 14, “The Electronic Health Record and Clinical Informatics” (pp. 293–316)
Chapter 15, “Informatics Tools to Promote Patient Safety, Quality Outcomes, and Interdisciplinary Collaboration” (pp. 323–349)
Chapter 16, “Patient Engagement and Connected Health” (pp. 357–378)
Chapter 17, “Using Informatics to Promote Community/Population Health” (pp. 383–397)
Chapter 18, “Telenursing and Remote Access Telehealth” (pp. 403–432)
Benda, N. C., Veinot, T. C., Sieck, C. J., & Ancker, J. S. (2020). Broadband internet access is a social determinant of health!Links to an external site.. American Journal of Public Health, 110(8), 1123-1125. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2020.305784
Dykes, P. C., Rozenblum, R., Dalal, A., Massaro, A., Chang, F., Clements, M., Collins, S. …Bates, D. W. (2017). Prospective evaluation of a multifaceted intervention to improve outcomes in intensive care: The Promoting Respect and Ongoing Safety Through Patient Engagement Communication and Technology Study Download Prospective evaluation of a multifaceted intervention to improve outcomes in intensive care: The Promoting Respect and Ongoing Safety Through Patient Engagement Communication and Technology Study. Critical Care Medicine, 45(8), e806–e813. doi:10.1097/CCM.0000000000002449
HealthIT.gov. (2018c). What is an electronic health record (EHR)?Links to an external site. Retrieved from
https://www.healthit.gov/faq/what-electronic-healt…
Rao-Gupta, S., Kruger, D. Leak, L. D., Tieman, L. A., & Manworren, R. C. B. (2018). Leveraging interactive patient care technology to Improve pain management engagementLinks to an external site.. Pain Management Nursing, 19(3), 212–221.
Sieck, C. J., Sheon, A., Ancker, J. S., Castek, J., Callahan, B., & Siefer, A. (2021). Digital inclusion as a social determinant of healthLinks to an external site.. NPJ Digital Medicine, 4(1), 52.  https://doi.org/10.1038/s41746-021-00413-8
Skiba, D. (2017). Evaluation tools to appraise social media and mobile applicationsLinks to an external site.. Informatics, 4(3), 32–40.
Sharma, P., & Patten, C. A. (2022). A need for digitally inclusive health care service in the United States: Recommendations for clinicians and health care systemsLinks to an external site.. Permanente Journal, 26(3). https://doi.org/10.7812/TPP/21.156
To Prepare:
Reflect on the concept of social determinants of health as presented in the resources.
Contemplate whether digital inclusion or broad band access should be added to the 5 key areas of social determinants of health.
Using the optional outside resources or other peer reviewed journal articles, consider how electronic health records, mobile health, patient portals, or telemedicine can impact and be impacted by the social determinants of health.
Post a description of your views on whether or not digital inclusion or broad band access should be added as a key area to the social determinants of health. Be specific and provide examples that support your position. Explain how electronic health records, mobile health, patient portals, or telemedicine can impact and be impacted by the social determinants of health. Support your explanation with the required or optional resources.
Discussion_Rubric
Criteria
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeMain Posting
Ans.
Answers all parts of the discussion question(s) expectations with reflective critical analysis and synthesis of knowledge gained from the course readings for the module and current credible sources. … Supported by at least three current, credible sources. … Written clearly and concisely with no grammatical or spelling errors and fully adheres to current APA manual writing rules and style.

Develop atleast 2 open-ended survey-like questions for classmates. Questions should be thoughtful and well developed. Ask for input on the policy selection and rationale (in this case, improving prescriiption drug affordability). The question can be framed to further support your rationale or possibly to challenge it in some way. the question should elicit personal and professional experiences from your classmates

For your lab this week, you are going to answer the questions below making sure to follow each of the steps as detailed. The folks at a local hospital wanted to understand the community they are serving. As a result, they have collected information from recent patients including sex at birth relationship status, family history of heart disease, smoking behavior, and diagnosis of cancer or diabetes. Using the Hospital Data Set.
Lab DetailsYour submission for this Lab Assignment should be a Jamovi file with an .omv extension. The results in APA formatting can be written directly on the Jamovi file or in a separate document.
Part 1
Test 4 variables (you choose 4) in the data set using the chi-square Goodness of Fit test. Assume an equal chance of all categories for each variable.
Compute and report effect size.
Report all results (significant and non-significant) in APA style. Part 2
Using a test of independent/association:Test if smoking status is independent of sex at birth.
Test is diabetes diagnosis is independent of sex at birth.
Test if cancer diagnosis is independent of relationship type.
Test if sex at birth is independent of relationship type.
Calculate the effect size for each test.

Reply to post one by responding to the highlighted question and expound. Cite the source and use in-text citation
Reply to classmates posts 2-5 by following the instructions on the document. Cite the source and use in-text citation for each reply.

Overview
For this Performance Task Assessment, you will analyze a quarterly dashboard to find areas where improvement is needed and develop a presentation that details your plan for how performance can be improved.
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Instructions
To complete this Assessment, do the following:
Be sure to adhere to the indicated assignment length.
Download the APA course paper template available here.
Download the Academic Writing Expectations Checklist to review prior to submitting your Assessment.
Access the following:
Dashboard Sample
Quality Outcomes Dashboard Sample
Performance Improvement Plan Template
Before submitting your Assessment, carefully review the rubric. This is the same rubric the SME will use to evaluate your submission and it provides detailed criteria describing how to achieve or master the Competency. Many students find that understanding the requirements of the Assessment and the rubric criteria help them direct their focus and use their time most productively.
All submissions must follow the conventions of scholarly writing. Properly formatted APA citations and references must be provided where appropriate. Submissions that do not meet these expectations will be returned without scoring.
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Scenario: The nursing manager at your clinic has asked you to review the quarterly dashboard and look for areas where improvement is needed. She would like you to present your findings during the next staff meeting. You have decided to prepare presentation.
Part I: Analysis of the Dashboard
Review the sample quarterly dashboard, which contains a variety of clinical and administrative indicators. Look for areas where there is good performance and areas where performance could be improved. Select one of the performance areas that needs
improvement as the focus of your presentation
Part II: Performance-Improvement Plan
Based on your analysis of the dashboard, develop a performance-improvement plan based on evidence-based practice. Use a minimum of three references from the professional literature. Remember that you will be presenting your findings during a staff meeting, so keep your presentation
Title
Explain the quality indicators used in the dashboard
Analysis of the data
Analyze the purpose of the dashboard.
Explain what is needed to create a dashboard.
Analyze the dashboard and describe areas that need improvement and areas where performance is good.
Describe the findings from the dashboard.
Explain why these areas were selected for indicating performance improvement.
Performance improvement plan
Outline a performance improvement plan on the selected indicator. Be sure to include a minimum of three evidence-based practices that could be implemented to improve performance.
Explain how each suggestion could address the selected performance indicator.
Support each selected practice suggestion with references from the professional literature.
Summary
References
TOPIC: Turnover percentage of RNs vs.
The National Average for Surgical Units
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RESPOND TO THESE 2 DISCUSSION POST Respond to at least two of your colleagues on 2 different days and respectfully agree or disagree with your colleague’s assessment and explain your reasoning. In your explanation, include why their explanations make physiological sense or why they do not.
NO WEBSITES CAN BE USED USE SCHOLARY SOURCES ONLY OR THE LINK I HAVE PROVIDED. 2 SOURCES PER EACH RESPONSE YOU MAY USE THE LINK IN EACH RESPONSE IF YOU WISH.

For this assignment, you will research and prepare a community-level strategic plan that addresses a key public health issue.
Potential topics may include:
Using prenatal and infancy home visits to prevent child abuse and neglect
Preventing falls in the elderly
Reducing population salt intake
Reducing tobacco use among adults
Preventing risky sexual behavior among youth and young adults
Reducing drug experimentation among young adults
Include the following in your paper:
Introduction:Provide an overview of the community health issue as described in Part A with identified causes and influences, including knowledge gaps.
Detail the prevalence of the issue inside and outside the United States.
Describe potential monetary costs associated with the issue in the United States.
You must include data as part of your introduction (images, charts, graphs, etc., may be included as well as written data).
Describe advance practice roles and management strategies that affect change at the community level.
Identify key community and social resources that negatively and positively affect the selected issue.
Identify changes or enhancements in community-related services for your selected topic.
Develop a strategic plan that could decrease the prevalence of your selected topic.The goals for this plan needs to be specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and time-bound. Include how your plan takes into consideration health literacy, socioeconomic factors, and cultural differences.
Conclusion:A summary of the goals and challenges
An assessment of the outlook for action/progress
Appendix A: Include your community assessment from Week 3 as Appendix A.
Your paper should be 3–5 pages in length (not including the cover or reference pages). Use APA throughout.
Include 2–3 scholarly sources that are carefully selected and appropriate to the topic. References should be current—no more than four years old.

For this assignment, put yourself in the role of a Nurse Case Manager (NCM). Generate a case report on a patient encountered at your current job or during your clinicals in nursing school, who experienced an acute exacerbation of an underlying chronic physical illness. Use the same patient throughout the entire Assignment 1. Select a patient you cared for who required or would have benefited from having a NCM at both the patient and the system levels. The report will be narrated (written in paragraphs, following APA [7th ed.] guidelines for writing papers), not outlined or bulleted. References to be within the last 5 years.
More instructions are provided in the Word document attached, just parts A and B need to be completed from the grading rubric attached.

1. After completing the readings and viewing the material create a post comparing public welfare support approaches in the United States and at least one other country (anywhere in the world) concerning your interest area.
2. What public health approach would you use to improve outcomes and how you would advocate for this?
3. Please Identify a public health issue, relevant stakeholders, data supporting your position, likely opposition and how would you address this opposition.
4. Finally, discuss the influences of the US model that may support or hinder this approach and/or your advocacy efforts.
5. Briefly discuss the role of nurses in advocating for Health equity, and emergency preparedness.
* Remember to submit your response as a Word document, using APA 7th Ed formatting. Please include references from both the materials in the learning modules and those from outside sources accessed to complete this assignment.

Health Literacy Discussion
COLLAPSE
Think of a patient you have worked with who may have low health literacy.
Give three examples of how to help them better communicate with their physician and other health professionals. Refer to Chapter 10 in your textbook.
Your initial post should be 300 words minimum.
I will provide writer with a person post to respond to
Respond to at least one classmate in no less than 50 words.