Module 3 – SLP

MANAGING HUMAN RESOURCES

You have identified your health problem as well as your prospective funding source; in addition, you have outlined your project concept. The next step in the process will be to determine how much you will need to carry out your project, i.e., determine your project budget. This entails not only delineating a “bottom line” but specifically how funds will be used line by line, i.e., budget line items.

Go to this sample budget and budget narrative, an addendum to your budget in which you essentially justify each of your line items.

Some funders provide budget detail sheets that you can use to create your budget:

Example 1.

Example 2.

Please submit your project budget and budget narrative at the conclusion of this module.

Length: The SLP assignment should be 2 pages long (double-spaced).

SLP Assignment Expectations

Assessment and Grading: Your paper will be assessed based on the performance assessment rubric that is linked within the course. Review it before you begin working on the assignment.

Your submission should meet the guidelines on file format, in-text citations and references, scholarly sources, scholarly writing, and use of direct quotes noted under Module 1 Assignment Expectations.

You are working in an ICU where a 16-year-old girl is in critical condition after an auto accident. Her mother comes in and begins to sing, sprinkle tobacco around the bed, hang eagle feathers and crystals around the room, and move her hands back and forth above the girl’s body. The girl’s nurse tells the mother that visiting time is over and that she should take all these dirty things out of the room. The mother insists on staying by the bedside and says that if she had placed rosary beads or Bibles in the room she would not have been questioned.

• What cultural and spiritual issues are evident in this situation?
• Apply cultural competence to this case
• Discuss complementary therapies evident in this situation
• How would you incorporate spiritual care?
• How would you approach this situation?
• What principles would guide you?

USE A NURSING SCHOLAR ARTICLE>>>>>>NO PLAGIARISM>>>>>>APA FORMAT

The first of your two written assignments for the course will provide a beginning framework that you will utilize in the development of your
Final Project: a proposal for a community-based program in your area. For this first written assignment, you will select one of the vulnerable groups identified in the text that will serve as your target population of interest throughout the duration of your next written assignment and Final Project.

Select one among the following groups from Chapter 1:

• Vulnerable mothers and children
• Abused individuals
• Chronically ill and disabled people  
• People diagnosed with HIV/AIDS
• People diagnosed with mental conditions
• Suicide- and homicide-liable people
• People affected by alcohol and substance abuse
• Indigent and homeless people
• Immigrants and refugees
• Groups for special consideration (you may propose a different vulnerable population at the consent of the instructor)

Once you have selected a group of interest, write a three page paper that covers the following:

• Discuss the impact that at least two of the factors below have on the vulnerability of your chosen group:
  • Age
  • Gender
  • Culture/Ethnicity
  • Income
• Analyze the intersection of social, political, and economic factors affecting vulnerability (must address all three factors).
• Draft the design of a new model program, not currently existent within your community. Provide a two- to- three paragraph statement that introduces your proposed community program. This section is tentative and might change as you conduct more research. At a minimum, however, items to address should include:
• An explanation of the issues and risk factors experienced by the selected population.  
• An evaluation of the health needs of the group and a proposed continuum of care level (preventive, treatment, or long-term care) based on the group’s issues, risk factors, and needs.  Justify the proposed level with supportive research/evidence.
• A description of one to two proposed services your program will include. 

Your assignment should be a minimum of three pages in length (excluding title and reference pages), and should include a minimum of three scholarly sources cited according to APA guidelines as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

Write a critical appraisal that demonstrates comprehension of two qualitative research studies. Use the “Research Critique Guidelines – Part 1” document to organize your essay. Successful completion of this assignment requires that you provide rationale, include examples, and reference content from the studies in your responses.

Use the practice problem and two qualitative, peer-reviewed research article you identified in the Topic 1 assignment to complete this assignment.

In a 1,000–1,250 word essay, summarize two qualitative studies, explain the ways in which the findings might be used in nursing practice, and address ethical considerations associated with the conduct of the study.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

Medicaid or Medicare: which program has greater impact in your state?  

           To determine which insurance has greater impact it is important to analysis some aspects associated with these programs (e.g., socio-demographic characteristics of the population covered). Typically, Medicare pays the major portions of medical bills, including hospitalizations and the implementation of this particular program does not result in unbound demand on the part of the recipients for covered services. In addition, it is important to keep in mind the eligible populations of both programs. For instance, Medicare is a federal program that provides health coverage for individuals who are 65+ or under 65 and have a disability, without taking into account their income. Conversely, Medicaid is a state and federal program that provides health coverage if you have a very low income. However, both programs work together to provide health coverage and lower your costs for their recipients (Leonard et al., 2017).

           According to recent data, more than 4.6 million patients are enrolled in Medicare in Florida and about 3.6 million patients in Florida are eligible for Medicaid in Florida, including approximately 235,000 children who are enrolled in the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). In my opinion, Medicare has a greater impact in Florida since this program covers the major portions of medical bills (about 80 %) and the number of people aged 65 or older in this state is higher when compared to other states. According to the results of a recent study performed by the Census Bureaus in 2018, Florida is one of the top three states with the highest percentage of elderly population in United States, in addition Texas and California. Furthermore, we have to keep in mind that patients covered by this program are 65 year-old or older or under 65 with a disability; therefore, the costs of health care are much higher since they suffer from medical chronic conditions and receive healthcare services characterized by high costs (e.g., mental health care, home health services, etc.) (Hu & Mortensen, 2018). 

References

Hu, T. & Mortensen, K. (2018). Mandatory statewide Medicaid managed Care in Florida and

hospitalizations for ambulatory care sensitive conditions. Health Research and Educational Trust, 53.1, 293-311. doi: 10.1111/1475-6773.12613.

Leonard, C. E., Brensinger, C. M., Nam, J. N., Bilker, W. B., Barosso, G. M., Mangaali, M. J. &

Hennessy, J. (2017). The quality of Medicaid and Medicare data obtained from CMS and its contractors: Implications for pharmaco-epidemiology. BMC Health Services Research (2017) 17:304, 1-7. doi:10.1186/s12913-017-2247-7. 

Imagine that you have been appointed the director of health at the Kaluyu Memorial Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya—a for-profit hospital. The facility is also a referral hospital and receives severe cases of accidents and chronicle and communicable diseases, and it houses an HIV/AIDS ward. As you settle into your position, you realize that the employees always act scared as they approach their superiors. Some of the employees deliver files and leave your office in a hurry. 

As you make your routine departmental visits, you realize that there are tensions between nurses and doctors, and there is a sentiment that the nurses tend to do the majority of the work within patient care but the doctors get all the credit. You realize that the employees are always looking forward to the end of their shifts when they can go home. Some employees even come back to work wearing the same unwashed clothes as the previous day. Too many employees are calling in sick, and many of them give weak reasons for their tardiness.

There is also a sense that employees and nurses dominate other employees in similar positions. In meetings and conference calls, some employees are quiet and never participate. You notice that people with families tend to gather and talk quietly on breaks. The new mothers working for the hospital have to use bathrooms to pump breast milk for their infants, and the refrigerators do not work well. Looking at the financial statements of the hospital, you realize that the hospital’s expenses are higher than the industry standard, and it makes losses year after year.
Note: You may create or make all necessary assumptions needed for the completion of this assignment.

Preparation
As part of your preparation for this assignment, please read the following:

• The Future of Healthcare Leadership.
• Reading: Herzberg’s Two-Factor Theory.
• McClelland’s Acquired Needs Theory.
• Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs.
• Requirements
  Write a 4–6 page paper in which you:
• Investigate the major demotivational factors at Kaluyu Memorial Hospital. Assess the level of impact that the identified factors could have on specific areas of service and business if the administration does not address the situation. Support your response with at least two examples of the potential negative impact of the identified demotivational factors on the hospital.
• Read the overviews of the three major motivational theories (Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, Herzberg’s two-factor theory, and McClelland’s acquired needs theory). After reading all three, choose the theory that you think best fits this scenario and defend that choice in your assignment.
• Formulate a communication system that will have the greatest impact on improving the situation, and specify the major reasons why your system will influence the employee behaviors for the better. Justify your response.
• Go to Basic Search: Strayer University Online Library to find four recent (within the last five years) quality academic resources for this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other websites do not qualify as quality academic resources.

Week 7 Discussion Question: Chapter 29, Mental Health Disorders

Part two: Many older adults are prescribed psychotropic medications. What are the side effects of these medications and how do they impact the normal aging older adult?

1 Trifold Flier

1 Case Study 

Due date 10/13/2020

Identify two GCU Library scholarly databases that will help you find the best research articles to support your capstone project change proposal. Discuss why these two databases are better than Google Scholar or a general Internet search.

For additional information, the following is recommended:

Review the webinar information offered by the GCU Library. From the “Webinars and Workshops: Webinar Calendar” page, select the “Category” tab and scroll down to the Nursing and Health Sciences selection. Webinar participation is optional.

URL:http://libguides.gcu.edu/webinars

DQ2

The Institute of Medicine has stated a goal that 90% of practice be evidence-based by 2020.  According to HealthyPeople.gov, the United States is currently at approximately 15%. Discuss two barriers that might hold nursing practice from achieving this goal and suggest ways in which identified barriers may be addressed.

Read “Evidence-Based Practice: The Future of Nursing and the Role of Nurse,” by Jyothi, from International Journal of Nursing Education (2012).

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Read “Evidence-Based Practice, Step by Step: Asking the Clinical Question: A Key Step in Evidence-Based Practice,” by Stillwell, Fineout-Overholt, Melnyk, and Williamson, from American Journal of Nursing (2010).

URL:https://journals.lww.com/ajnonline/Fulltext/2010/03000/Evidence_Based_Practice,_Step_by_Step__Asking_the.28.aspx

Read “Adopting Evidence-Based Practice in Clinical Decision Making: Nurses’ Perceptions, Knowledge, and Barriers,” by Majid, Schubert, Luyt, Zhang, Theng, Chang, and Mokhtar, from the Journal of the Medial Library Association (2011).

URL:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3133901/

Read “Evidence-Based Practice: Share the Spirit of Inquiry,” by Arzouman, from MEDSURG Nursing (2015).

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Read chapter 3, watch Week 6 Lecture, and watch the films “Gone Baby Gone” .apply Kant’s moral philosophy to judge the MAIN FINAL action. For “Gone Baby Gone” judge Patrick’s final decision. Judging any other action in the movie is an automatic zero. 500 words minimum in MLA format. Due on December 5th

*You must apply Kant’s 3 premises (course materials) for 50 points and Michael Sandel’s 3 contrasts (Week 6 Lecture “Mind your Motive”) for 50 points.