Healthcare Proposal

Scenario

The United States continues to experience challenges with respect to health reform. There is considerable agreement on the need for health reform; however, there is an appreciable divide with respect to how to best achieve reform. Discussions on strategies for reform include a repeal of current legislation (the ACA), the implementation of a universal plan, and various “fixes” to the ACA.

Many would suggest that a repeal of the current system would be most appropriate, while others support efforts to “fix” the current ACA. The health organization you work for has asked you to develop a comprehensive proposal for healthcare reform.

The U.S. expends more of its Gross Domestic Product on healthcare than any other developed nation. However, the superior amount of spending has not resulted in superior outcomes when compared to other countries. In addition to higher costs, the U.S. is the only developed country that does not offer universal health to its citizens. There has been a significant amount of discourse with respect to the pros and cons of universal coverage. Those who oppose universal coverage often refer to the Canadian, single-payer system and its challenges, such as high tax liabilities for citizens, its long wait times, and the perception of the single payer system as socialized medicine. However, those in favor of universal coverage argue that the single payer system is not socialized medicine and its costs relative to the current system in the U.S. is more cost effective. Moreover, the single payer system is only one form of universal coverage. Countries that consistently rank high in terms of positive health outcomes often employ a multi-payer universal system as opposed to a single-payer system.

Instructions

You will analyze the current literature on the health system in the U.S. Your final project will include a paper, a voiceover PowerPoint presentation, and an infographic of your proposed solution. Possible solutions include a single payer universal plan, a multi-payer universal plan, a potential enhancement to the ACA such as adding a public option, Medicare for all, or a complete repeal of the current law.

The three (3) deliverables are:

  1. A paper that includes the challenges facing the U.S. in terms of balancing the iron triangle of health – Costs, Access, and Quality. Please address the following:
    1. An examination of current policy
    2. A discussion of whether healthcare should be considered a right or a privilege
    3. A discussion of the role of special interest groups on health reform
    4. Articulate the significance of the involvement the Congressional Budget Office in determining the cost effectiveness of reform
    5. Explain the importance of considering existing privacy laws in reform efforts
    6. Describe and justify your potential solution to current challenges facing the U.S., including resource allocation
  2. A voiceover PowerPoint presentation that summarizes the major challenges facing the U.S. in terms of balancing the iron triangle of health, a comparison of various possible solutions, and your proposed solutions.
  3. An infographic that outlines your final proposed solution to the current challenges facing the U.S. in terms of balancing the iron triangle of health.

general Psych

 

Module 08 – Dehydration/Electrolyte/Acid-Base imbalance Presentation

Your laboratory assignment this week is to create an educational PowerPoint presentation as if you were presenting to your classmates on one of the topics listed below:

1. Dehydration- Causes, Dangers, and Treatment 

2. Electrolyte Imbalance- Causes, Dangers, and Treatment (pick one electrolyte imbalance) 

3. Imbalances to Acid-Base Regulation- Causes, Dangers, and Treatment (pick one Acid-Base    imbalance)

Your PowerPoint presentation should be a minimum of 10 slides (not including the introduction and conclusion slides), contain appropriate images, provide what you would say/present in the Notes section of each slide, and have proper APA format (reference slide). When completed, please attach your PowerPoint presentation as your initial post.  Your response should include a detailed review of at least one of your classmate’s PowerPoint presentation

Nola Pender Assignment

Choose one health-promoting behavior in which you personally could but don’t engage. Identify factors, as defined in the health promotion model, which contribute to your decision not to participate. Include immediate competing alternatives.

2. Analyze factors that contribute to your participation in a health-promoting activity and place each factor under the appropriate label from the health promotion model.

3. Consider your own philosophy of health and prepare your description of wellness. Is absence of disease more prominent than positive, active statements of health?

4. Anticipate the health-promoting behaviors important at various stages of development across the life span. What health promotion topics do you include in your practice?

Module 2 Case Assignment

Before beginning assignment look over the attachment from SLP 1 homework

Case Assignment

For this assignment, use the same public health problem you identified in Module 1 SLP.

  1. Identify which organization in the community would be better fit to lead the strategic planning to address the public health problem you identified in SLP 1. In your explanation, be sure to refer to the organization’s mission and vision.
  2. Then, pick one health program that the organization is offering; examine its program’s goals and objectives; and describe how they align with the organization’s mission and vision statements.
  3. Develop your own program goal and objectives and describe how they align with the organization’s mission and vision statements.
  4. Select and explain the core competencies demonstrated by a public health professional in this phase of program planning.

Length: 3 pages double-spaced, excluding the cover page and the reference list.

Assignment: Assessing a Healthcare Program/Policy Evaluation

  

To Prepare:

  • Review the Healthcare Program/Policy Evaluation Analysis Template provided in the Resources.
  • Select an existing healthcare program or policy evaluation or choose one of interest to you.
  • Review community, state, or federal policy evaluation and reflect on the criteria used to measure the effectiveness of the program or policy described.

The Assignment: (2–3 pages)

Based on the program or policy evaluation you selected, complete the Healthcare Program/Policy Evaluation Analysis Template. Be sure to address the following:

  • Describe the healthcare program or policy outcomes.
  • How was the success of the program or policy measured?
  • How many people were reached by the program or policy selected?
  • How much of an impact was realized with the program or policy selected?
  • At what point in program implementation was the program or policy evaluation conducted?
  • What data was used to conduct the program or policy evaluation?
  • What specific information on unintended consequences was identified?
  • What stakeholders were identified in the evaluation of the program or policy? Who would benefit most from the results and reporting of the program or policy evaluation? Be specific and provide examples.
  • Did the program or policy meet the original intent and objectives? Why or why not?
  • Would you recommend implementing this program or policy in your place of work? Why or why not?
  • Identify at least two ways that you, as a nurse advocate, could become involved in evaluating a program or policy after 1 year of implementation.

Case Study 3 & 4

Students much review the case study and answer all questions with a scholarly response using APA and include 2 scholarly references. Answer both case studies on the same document and upload 1 document to Moodle.

Case Studies will be uploaded to Moodle and put through TURN-It-In (anti-Plagiarism program)

Turn it in Score must be less than 50% or will not be accepted for credit, must be your own work and in your own words. You can resubmit, Final submission will be accepted if less than 50%. Copy paste from websites or textbooks will not be accepted or tolerated. Please see College Handbook with reference to Academic Misconduct Statement.

HOMEWORK

 

Choose one health-promoting behavior in which you personally could but don’t engage. Identify factors, as defined in the health promotion model, which contribute to your decision not to participate. Include immediate competing alternatives.

2. Analyze factors that contribute to your participation in a health-promoting activity and place each factor under the appropriate label from the health promotion model.

3. Consider your own philosophy of health and prepare your description of wellness. Is absence of disease more prominent than positive, active statements of health?

4. Anticipate the health-promoting behaviors important at various stages of development across the life span. What health promotion topics do you include in your practice?

Theories of Aging Paper

  

Identify the different theories and their implications on the aging process.

1. Define aging from biologic, sociologic, and psychological theories.

2. Develop nursing interventions based on the psychosocial issues and biologic changes associated with older adulthood.

3. Discuss several nursing implications for each of the major biologic, sociologic, and psychological theories of aging.

4. Based on your experience what health promotion strategies would you recommend to facilitate successful aging?

Submission Instructions:

· The paper is to be clear and concise and students will lose points for improper grammar, punctuation and misspelling.

· The paper is to be formatted per current APA, be clear, concise and students will lose points for improper grammar, punctuation and misspelling.

· The paper is to be 3-4 pages in length, excluding the title, abstract and references page.