Category: Health Care

Choose a country you’d like to focus on in order to compare its healthcare system to the United States’. This week, you should submit what information you have found regarding your chosen country’s healthcare system. Consider points such as:
use of insurance or coverage
healthcare costs
types of healthcare organizations
pros and cons.
Remember to use appropriate references, include in-text citations, and format it as part of your final essay. Look ahead at future weeks so you can start building out your content as we progress.

Part C. Physical activity and exercise principles affecting growth, development, pregnancy, and ageing – 18 marks For Part C, please use the Australian Physical Activity Guidelines as the primary source of your information. Ensure you reference the guidelines for question 1a), 2a) and 3a). Suggested exercises or other ideas for the practical application of the guidelines do not need a reference.
1. Middle Childhood (6-12 years) – 300-400 words Background: Charlotte is a healthy, untrained 10-year-old girl who has started playing hockey with a local club on weekends. She has not taken part in competitive sport prior to this, although she has enjoyed taking part in the exercise aspects of the school curriculum since starting primary school. a. Outline the physical activity guidelines for the general population at this life stage. (1 mark) b. Discuss how Charlotte could meet the physical activity guidelines. You may also include in your discussion exercise prescription guidelines for this age group. Ensure your answer also incorporates the information provided for Charlotte. (5 marks) 2. Pregnancy – 300-400 words Background: Emma is a healthy 25-year-old who is in the 12th week of her first pregnancy. She has been having regular check-ups and the pregnancy is progressing well, without any complications. Prior to becoming pregnant, Emma played local competition netball on the weekend (including one training session per week), walked her dog for 30 minutes most days, and went to a yoga class once 5 a week. Since becoming pregnant, Emma has not felt like exercising due to morning sickness. The nausea has now ceased, and she is hoping to return to her previously active lifestyle. c. Outline the physical activity guidelines for pregnancy. (1 mark) d. Discuss how Emma could meet the physical activity guidelines. You may also include in your discussion exercise prescription guidelines for pregnancy. Ensure your answer also incorporates the information provided for Emma. (5 marks) 3. Older Adults (65 years and older) – 300-400 words Background: Jack is a healthy, untrained and sedentary 70-year-old male without any health conditions. He has not exercised for 30 years, but his wife recently passed away after a serious fall at home, so he has decided he would like to start exercising. He has realised the importance of exercise for falls prevention and staying independent, so is keen to begin an exercise program. a. Outline the physical activity guidelines for the general population at this life stage. (1 mark) b. Discuss how Jack could meet the physical activity guidelines. You may also include in your discussion exercise prescription guidelines for this age group. Ensure your answer also incorporates the information provided for Jack. (5 marks)

There is a Part I (A and B). Please use headings in your response.
Part I: Respond to both parts A and B below: For part A:
For full points include at least one example (one that is not included in the text).
Do your best to put the content in your own words. Imagine you are talking to your best friend. Part A. Respond to the following question: Be sure to include examples.
3. How does emphasizing preventative care reinforce the goals of value-based care?
Part B. ACOs in your Community: ACOs are abstract for most students, so you will explore ACOs in your own community to make this more concrete and hopefully firm up your understanding! Search your local community and identify an existing ACO. (My local area includes Collin County TX). In your Discussion response:
*Identify the organization and location (include the State). *Describe the participants and participants groups who make up the ACO. What is the “reach” of the ACO? (in your own words please–as if you are talking to your best friend). *Look at the ACO’s Quality Performance results either on the ACOs website, or go to the CMS web interface. What quality metrics stand out to you?
*In examining this ACO, how does it’s structure and function reinforce and enhance what we learn about ACOs in the text? Or are ACOs still hard for you to wrap your brain around?

To improve individual and organizational performance, it is important for leaders to adopt strength-based leadership to promote identification, development, and deployment of strengths in their own self and their followers. Strength-based leadership encourages employees to use their own strengths at work to improve their task performance, innovative behaviors and contribute to employee psychological well-being (Chu et al.0, 2022). Finding your own strength allows one to identify areas of weakness and areas needing improvement. After completing my StrengthsFinder assessment, my themes are intellection, learner, harmony, achiever, and consistency. Through self-reflection, I can see how these strengths are true. By intellection, I am characterized by intellectual activity meaning that I am introspective and appreciate intellectual discussions. As a learner, I have a great desire to learn and want to continuously improve. Through harmony, I look for consensus and agreement because I do not enjoy conflict. Being an achiever, I work hard and possess a great deal of stamina. I enjoy being busy and productive. Through consistency, I am keenly aware of the need to treat people the same. I need stable routines with clear rules and procedures that everyone can follow (Rath, 2007). Leadership is a learning process which allows an individual to acquire qualities over time through personal experience or emulating leadership qualities and skills from someone else. The perfect leader does not exist hence it is imperative to continue to develop strengths and improve weaknesses. Based on the themes identified, it is important for me to build on my characteristics and core values. Two core values that I would like to build on are accountability and positivity. A culture of accountability creates personal ownership and intrinsic motivation that starts with leaders holding themselves responsible. For me personally, I take on a lot of accountabilities and I need to strengthen my delegation skills by being more open in communicating and defining what my staff are accountable for, setting goals, and infusing accountability in staff development. Allowing this type of accountability provides followers with more opportunities to become more efficient and creative (Nelson, 2021). I need to improve my positivity by being more vibrant and upbeat. Getting others more excited about doing things is boosting enthusiasm. Two characteristics I would like to improve are judgement and detachment. It is important for me to understand individualization and that each person has their own professional experience and talents. Therefore, being less judgmental is important, especially with new nurses. I often become very involved in patient care emergencies, for example codes and rapid responses. I often believe that my involvement does not allow for others to learn critical thinking and build their skills. By detachment, less involved and understanding individual differences, it will allow me to navigate through situations by leveraging individual strengths while providing support and improving staff development. Two strengths I would like to strengthen are creativity and adaptability. According to Snow (2019), nurse leaders can learn to be more creative and can use education to empower staff to use creative thinking techniques. Creativity drives success and so if I can role model the use of creative approaches to problem-solving, it will strengthen and promote a spirit of innovation in my work environment. In some situations, I prefer the status quo but as an effective leader in an ever-changing field, adaptability is an important quality. Being more adaptable allows me to go with flow more and take things as they go. This will result in less stress and anxiety to emerging needs and different circumstances. References Chu, X., Ding, H. & Zhang, L. et al. (2022). Strengths-based leadership and turnover intention: the roles of felt obligation for constructive change and job control. Front Psychol. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.786551. Nelson, B. (2021). Great leaders have these leadership skills in common. https://www.gallup.com/cliftonstrengths/en/357983/great-leaders-behaviors-common.aspx Rath, T. (2007). Strengths Finder 2.0. Gallup Press Snow, F. (2019). Creativity and innovation: an essential competency for the nurse leader. Nurs Adm Q. 43(4), 306-312. doi: 10.1097/NAQ.0000000000000367

Please address the topic below: Background facts and important milestones that mark the evolution of public health occupations in the Kingdom Types of occupations that play a critical role in public health (at least 2) The future public health needs (10-20 years from now) of Saudi Arabia and what public health occupations will be in demand Your recommendations to ensure that the Kingdom’s health force is equipped to meet these demands Your paper should meet the following structural requirements: Four pages in length, not including the cover sheet and reference page. Formatted according to APA 7th edition and Saudi Electronic University writing standards Provide support for your statements with in-text citations from a minimum of four scholarly articles. Two of these sources may be from the class readings, textbook, or lectures, but the other two must be external. The Saudi Digital Library is a good place to find these references.

Select a capital investment that you would recommend making for a patient safety concern. In a 10-12 slide PowerPoint Presentation address the following requirements: Describe the capital item in detail: Item description Rationale for selection Cost-benefit analysis Complete a capital budget with projected financial benefit: Revenue or positive financial impact Capital equipment cost Personnel cost Supply cost Review financial ratios Return on investment Net Present Value Cash Payback period Make a recommendation to lease or finance the capital item. Please support your decision with financial data. Your presentation should meet the following structural requirements: Be 12 slides in length, not including the title or reference slides. Be formatted according to Saudi Electronic University and APA writing guidelines. Provide support for your statements with citations from a minimum of six scholarly articles. These citations should be listed in the Notes section of the slide in which they appear. Two of these sources may be from the class readings, textbook, or lectures, but four must be external. Each slide must provide detailed speaker’s notes to support the slide content. These should be a minimum of 100 words long (per slide) and must be a part of the presentation. The presentation cannot be submitted in PDF format, which does not make notes visible to the instructor. Notes must draw from and cite relevant reference materials.

Identify at least one key environmental health that impacts your community. What important interventions and programs exist to address these issues? What is missing? What public health interventions would you recommend to address the environmental concern? Embed course material concepts, principles, and theories, which require supporting citations along with at least one scholarly, peer-reviewed reference in supporting your answer. Use APA 7th edition writing standards. You are required to reply to at least two of your peers’ answer posts to this weekly discussion question and/or your instructor’s response to your posting.

The Assignment (Evidence-Based Project)
Part 2: Advanced Levels of Clinical Inquiry and Systematic Reviews
Create a 6- to 7-slide PowerPoint presentation in which you do the following:
Identify and briefly describe your chosen clinical issue of interest.
Describe how you developed a PICO(T) question focused on your chosen clinical issue of interest.
Identify the four research databases that you used to conduct your search for the peer-reviewed articles you selected.
Provide APA citations of the four relevant peer-reviewed articles at the systematic-reviews level related to your research question. If there are no systematic review level articles or meta-analysis on your topic, then use the highest level of evidence peer reviewed article.
Describe the levels of evidence in each of the four peer-reviewed articles you selected, including an explanation of the strengths of using systematic reviews for clinical research. Be specific and provide examples.
CLINICAL TOPIC OF INTEREST: CAN HANDWASHING REDUCE THE RISK OF HOSPITAL AQUIRED INFECTIONS

In this discussion, you will confront the challenges of teaching physicians and clinical staff about the new EHR, including their requirements for protecting patient information. Using your own research, you will take a position on what a leader should do to encourage support for the new practices.
The new EHR system for physicians and other clinical staff must meet the following mandates and requirements:
The HIPAA Security Rule mandates that hospitals implement technical safeguards and workstation security policies to protect PHI, such as automatic logoff of an EHR session after a predetermined period of inactivity.
Additionally, the CMS Medicaid EHR Incentive Program requires that healthcare organizations implement computerized provider order entry (CPOE) to successfully attest to meaningful use. CPOE enables providers to electronically enter and share medical information, treatments, and orders, rather than doing so manually, in order to reduce errors and improve efficiency and safety.
Interpret what these legal regulations mean for Mercy Vale Medical Center. Then design an approach to teaching physicians and clinical staff about these two practices or features related to the new EHR. When designing this approach, you will simply provide an overview; you are not required to provide specific details. As a leader, how can you encourage acceptance of these features? Include some collaborative elements to gain buy-in.
In addition, using your own research, provide current arguments and/or statistics to support your position that it is important to comply with these two requirements.
Graduate Discussion Rubric
Overview
Your active participation in the discussions is essential to your overall success this term. Discussion questions will help you make meaningful connections between the course content and the larger concepts of the course. These discussions give you a chance to express your own thoughts, ask questions, and gain insight from your peers and instructor.
Directions
For each discussion, you must create one initial post and follow up with at least two response posts.
For your initial post, do the following:
Write a post of 1 to 2 paragraphs.
In Module One, complete your initial post by Thursday at 11:59 p.m. Eastern.
In Modules Two through Ten, complete your initial post by Thursday at 11:59 p.m. of your local time zone.
Consider content from other parts of the course where appropriate. Use proper citation methods for your discipline when referencing scholarly or popular sources.
For your response posts, do the following:
Reply to at least two classmates outside of your own initial post thread.
In Module One, complete your two response posts by Sunday at 11:59 p.m. Eastern.
In Modules Two through Ten, complete your two response posts by Sunday at 11:59 p.m. of your local time zone.
Demonstrate more depth and thought than saying things like “I agree” or “You are wrong.” Guidance is provided for you in the discussion prompt.

Use the Milestone One Template document to complete the steps listed below:
Develop clear policy statements for Mercy Vale. Based on your research, write clear, comprehensive policies addressing the two issues:
Protecting PHI on public and clinical computers
Completing discharge paperwork fully and correctly
Explain how your policies guide staff in keeping patient health information secure.
Explain how your policies provide procedures for management to track access to patient health information.
Explain how your policies align with appropriate health laws to further improve the organization’s compliance with standard-setting agencies.
Explain how your training plan recommends leadership strategies that foster improved ethical practices of employees when working with health information.
Recommend leadership strategies that encourage effective collaboration between members of the health information management team and other staff members in the organization.
Explain how your training plan clearly demonstrates to employees the steps of new procedures that employees must now perform and follow, supporting with examples of how employees will act out procedures.
Explain how your training plan clearly demonstrates how these new procedures will improve compliance with regulations and standard-setting agencies.
Explain how your training plan clearly demonstrates the importance of these new procedures in terms of patient safety and security of patient information.
Explain how your training plan recommends leadership strategies that could be used by management in disseminating and enforcing these new procedures.
Outline a training plan to gain buy-in from staff on complying with the new policies.