Category: Health Care

This assignment explores implicit biases and their impact on healthcare outcomes. Implicit biases are subconscious attitudes or stereotypes that influence our actions and decisions. You will examine how these biases manifest in healthcare through video analysis, group discussions, and scenario-based questions. You will also identify personal biases and propose strategies to address them to provide more equitable and effective patient care. This assignment will enhance your understanding of implicit biases, informed consent, and the ethical principle of autonomy, equipping you with practical solutions to improve your professional practice and patient outcomes.
Directions:
Pull up a document or sheet of paper: Pull up a document or sheet of paper to document your observations and thoughts while watching the assigned video. This will help you engage with the content and prepare for the steps required for your submission.
Respond to Questions: Answer the questions provided in the assignment document. Ensure your responses are detailed and align with the prompts. For your paper and responses, follow the APA essay format.
Document Format: Prepare your responses in a Microsoft Word or PDF document. Ensure the document is well-organized and clearly labeled with your name and assignment title.
Review the Rubric: Before submitting, review the rubric to ensure your work meets all the criteria for full credit. Pay close attention to the requirements for each section.
Submit on Canvas: Upload your completed document to Canvas by the specified due date. For group work, only one person needs to submit the document.
Additional Notes for Success:
Take detailed notes during the video to reference when answering questions.
Ensure your examples and explanations are clear and well-supported.
Proofread your document for clarity, coherence, and adherence to APA format.
Manage your time effectively to ensure all parts of the assignment are completed thoroughly.
Step 1: Watch a Video
Watch POV: Implicit Bias – Peanut Butter, Jelly, and Racism Links to an external site..
Take detailed notes during the video, as you will utilize these notes throughout your responses for this assignment.
Step 2: Initial Responses from the Video
Review the following questions and respond with your answers:
Explain the concept of implicit and explicit biases using your understanding and what you learned from the video.
What is blindspot bias, and why may this be a problem when addressing implicit bias in healthcare?
Step 3: Read the following articles and Case Study
Hospitals must now obtain written consent for certain medical exams, new federal guidance says Links to an external site.
Letter to the nation’s teaching hospitals and medical schools Links to an external site.
Case Study
Jane is a 35-year-old homeless, uninsured white female with a history of opioid use disorder. She has been sober for the past five years. Jane arrives at the Free County Hospital complaining of abnormal uterine bleeding and severe pelvic pain. Her care team includes a male physician, a female medical student, and a female nurse. The nurse overhears the physician telling the medical student that drug users are “always seeking” and typically create “fake complaints” just to access more drugs. The physician’s dismissive attitude towards Jane is evident as he refers to her condition as another instance of drug-seeking behavior despite her five years of sobriety.
As part of Jane’s care plan, a woman’s pelvic exam is required, typically performed by a physician. Seeing this as a teaching opportunity, the physician wants the medical student to conduct the exam but does not intend to inform Jane that a student will perform it. He insists that it is unnecessary to tell the patient, stating that it is a good learning opportunity for the student. The nurse intervenes, explaining that informed consent must be obtained before the procedure. The physician, however, dismisses the nurse’s concerns, arguing that he has no time to “waste” on an uninsured homeless patient. He insists that the medical student can inform Jane about the risks and benefits, even though students cannot obtain consent. The medical student and the nurse feel uncomfortable with this arrangement, believing their concerns are being ignored. The physician has a reputation for not taking women seriously and often disregards the input of his colleagues, especially those who challenge his authority.
Step 4: Answer the Questions
Informed Consent: To provide a comprehensive understanding of informed consent, several key aspects must be addressed. To thoroughly explain the concept and its significance in healthcare, address the following points.
How would you explain the concept of “informed consent” to someone without a medical background, using examples from the case study, what you have learned in class, and the article above?
Informed consent is related to the idea of autonomy in healthcare. How do you think informed consent helps patients make decisions about their care?
Application of the Case Study: To analyze the application of the case study, it’s essential to evaluate the following aspects. Address these points to assess whether informed consent was obtained correctly and if Jane has sufficient information to make an informed decision about her care.
Do you believe Jane’s healthcare team obtained informed consent in this scenario? Why or why not?
Has Jane been provided with enough information to make an informed decision about her care? Explain your reasoning.
Identify and Apply Biases to Care: It is crucial to identify and apply biases to the care scenario to pinpoint and understand specific biases. Please address the following points to evaluate the implicit and explicit biases present and their potential impact on Jane’s level of care.
Identify two implicit and two explicit biases present in this scenario.
How might one implicit and one explicit bias affect the level of care Jane receives?
Strategies to Address Biases: Implementing specific strategies is essential to effectively addressing and tackling biases in healthcare. Address the following points to understand how healthcare professionals can reduce the impact of these biases.
List and explain three strategies healthcare professionals can use to address and tackle these biases.
The submission should:
Be the student’s original work
Include the names of all students
Use personal experiences and critical thinking, and analyze the information from your resources.
Connect reflection back to current and prior readings/videos
Be at least 500-1,000 words for the full submission (excluding in-text citations in your word count)
Include a word count at the bottom of the paper
Ensure your paper is well-developed and structured; use of heading levels, double-spacing, and correct spelling, grammar, and punctuation.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is not permitted on this assignment, including ChatGPT and other related tools for creating text, images, computer code, audio, or other media.
APA Guidelines:
Cite the readings or videos using the APA 7th edition. Please include in-text citations & references in your assignment.
Follow APA’s Writing Style and Grammar
Review the APA book and/or module in this class module.
Title Page
Subheadings
Numbers
Continuity and Flow
No Contractions
Font & Line Spacing
Abbreviations
In-text citations
Professional References
Sample Format Links to an external site. of how to organize your reflection.

Please see the attached directions. Note TWO (2) different charts with each having 275 words under each of the screenshots. Cite appropriately. Thanks

Article # 1 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877050919305393
Critical Thoughts What do the findings / argument / conclusions cover that are different from what you want to explore? Make note of the strengths and weaknesses of this paper (in your view). Is this paper adequate to answer your research question? If not, why not? How does it differ from the earlier and subsequent articles published in this area? (500 words) This paper highlights … but fails to consider… The assumptions/focus/sample fails to account for … Later research in this area from [Article #2] has improved on this paper by…
Article # 2  https://revistas.upn.edu.co/index.php/RCE/article/view/12076

The purpose of this assignment is to evaluate access to health care. Develop a 12-15 slide presentation in which you will evaluate the challenges of health care access.
In your presentation, be sure to address the following:
Discuss factors or barriers that limit access to health care or health care resources for individuals today. Consider the impact of health care disparities.
Defend the concept of tax-exempt hospitals and charitable care. What is the impact on the community?
How do tax-exempt hospitals and charitable care influence affordable care for all patients? What would the consequences be if tax-exempt status or charitable care did not exist?
Explain the relationship between tax-exempt hospitals and charitable care in the free market. Discuss the tenuous relationship between serving the community and the goal of maintaining financial viability for the organization.
Discuss key factors that influence patient rights and responsibilities when making health care decisions. Based on the key factors, what ethical dilemmas would inhibit patient decision-making about their health?
Evaluate the ethical challenges of providing affordable access to health care insurance for all individuals.
Research a successful health care organization that has addressed access to care using an ethical framework. Describe ways this organization has mitigated access to care issues.
Include a title slide, references slide, and speaker notes

This is a written assignment. Submissions generated by AI will not be accepted and will result in a grade of zero for the assignment. Turnitin produces a report on AI generated content in addition to the plagiarism report, and will be used to evaluate submissions for AI generated content.
Your United States Senator or Representative and your State of Florida Senator or Representative, and Their Health Policy Involvement
Legislators at the federal and state levels are potential suppliers of new health policies. Legislators are elected, and may be motivated to serve the public interest or their own self interest. As a concerned citizen, and especially as a health professional, it is important that you know where the legislators that represent you stand on various health issues. What types of health policies do they favor, and which policies are they likely to oppose?
You are to prepare a paper discussing:
1) Your United States Senator or United States Representative and their health policy involvement
2) Your State Senator or State Representative and their health policy involvement
Part 1: Identify the United States Senator or United States Representative that represents the district in which you reside. They work and represent you in Washington D. C. and can be identified by visiting the U.S. SenateLinks to an external site. web site and selecting your state, or U.S. House of RepresentativesLinks to an external site. web site and entering your zip code. (Florida) (33928).
Provide a brief biography of your U.S. Senator or U.S. Representative. (10 points)
Describe a federal level health related policy he or she is currently proposing or publicly supporting, or recently proposed or supported. (35 points). Remember all the determinants of health when looking for policies. For the policy:
identify and provide some background on the health related problem the policy addresses or addressed. (8 points).
explain how the policy is a potential solution to the problem. (9 points).
identify whether it is it an allocative or regulatory policy (3 points), and for whom the policy will have consequences (3 points) and why. (3 points)
identify the groups and/or individuals (including other legislators) that are opposed or were opposed to the policy (5 points) and why. (4 points)

Part 2: Identify the Florida State Senator or Florida State Representative that represents the district in which you reside. They work and represent you in Tallahassee as part of the state government and can be identified by visiting the Florida SenateLinks to an external site. or Florida House of RepresentativesLinks to an external site. web site. Enter your address to find your State Senator or State Representative. They will have an office in Tallahassee listed, but not in Washington, D.C.
IMPORTANT: Make sure you are covering your State Senator or State Representative for Part 2. State Senators and Representatives will have an office in the state capital (Tallahassee for Florida). They will not have an office in Washington DC. You can check their office locations on their web site to ensure the person you are covering is a State Senator or State Representative.
Provide a brief biography of your State Senator or State Representative. (10 points)
Describe a state level health related policy he or she is currently proposing or publicly supporting, or recently proposed or supported. (35 points). Remember all the determinants of health when looking for policies. For the policy:
identify and provide some background on the health related problem the policy addresses or addressed. (8 points).
explain how the policy is a potential solution to the problem. (9 points).
identify whether it is it an allocative or regulatory policy (3 points), and for whom the policy will have consequences (3 points) and why. (3 points)
identify the groups and/or individuals (including other legislators) that are opposed or were opposed to the policy (5 points) and why. (4 points).
Be concise; the body of the paper must be three pages or less. Only three pages of content will be read and graded.
The paper must be referenced and in APA format with no spelling, grammatical, or sentence structure errors. You must list your references, and those references must be cited in the text of the paper. (10 points)
Important:
APA checklist: includes a cover page; every component double spaced; margins at least one inch; all references are listed and cited, and the reference list begins on a separate page.
The paper should be based on published literature, and not your opinions.
You should have at least 5 references. Your references do not need to be peer reviewed journal articles for this assignment. However, they must be reliable sources. The required textbook for this course will not be counted as one of the 5 required references.
No more than 10% of your paper may consist of quoted material. Points will be deducted in proportion to the amount of quoted material exceeding 10% of your paper.
Your paper should be concise and to the point. The body of the paper must be three pages or less, and a maximum of three pages of content will be evaluated. An example paper will look like the below:
Page 1: Cover
Page 2-4: Body
Page 5+: References
Points will be deducted for plagiarism in proportion to the amount of material plagiarized.

Please read instructions and use the JF library for your references. All references in APA 7th edition format.
Use the rubric to understand what is needed.
Thank you!

1. Briefly introduce the diagnosis, its prevalence, and its history through the versions of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Health Disorders (DSM). Specifically, when was it introduced? How has it been revised? Must be in children and adolescents approx. 1 page 2. Reference the page number(s) of the criteria per the DSM-5-TR. (You do not have to include all the criteria in your paper. Do not cut and paste them into the paper.) a. Discuss the criteria/symptoms that are distinct to this diagnosis, specifically compared to at least 3 other diagnoses. Basically, you are discussing differential diagnoses of your diagnosis and 3 others. b. approx. 1-2 pages 3. Identify 1 evidence-based practice guideline. Per the guideline: a. Identify the first-line, second-line, and third-line (if applicable) pharmacological treatment recommendations. This may include a specific class (e.g., SSRIs); if that’s the case, provide at least one example of a specific medication you would use. i. Briefly discuss 1 research article (published in the past 10 years) that supports the first- and second-line medications. ii. 1 page b. Identify the first- and second-line therapeutic modality recommendations. i. Briefly discuss 1 research article that supports each. ii. approx. ½ page c. Briefly discuss what future research may still be needed related to this diagnosis and treatment? (This is probably outlined in the guideline. Put it in your own words with other evidence (research) that supports this need. i. approx. ½ page 4. Discuss implications for your future practice as a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner (PMHNP). Basically, what are the pearls for practice you have learned from this paper. What key points from this paper will you apply in practice and how? Be specific. Discuss at least 3 key points. a. You can also discuss what you’ve seen already in clinicals and how you applied this information or would apply it if you saw the patient again. b. approx. 1-2 pages 5. Provide a conclusion. This should be a brief summary of the contents of the paper. a. approx. ½ page Scholarly writing (per instructions below and APA manual): Paper should be approximately 8 pages, not to exceed 10 pages, excluding title and reference page. I estimate that you will have a minimum of 6-8 references for this paper, which includes the DSM-5-TR.

To complete this assignment, you will utilize the case study assigned to you by faculty for a patient population for special consideration during prescribing practices. You will consider the specific patient and determine the appropriate medication to prescribe, based on the patient specifics and medication attributes in various case studies. You will construct a 4- to 5-page paper in which you determine the medication, the dosing, necessary patient education, and potential side effects. You will also indicate why the other medications would not be appropriate, as well as any necessary labs or diagnostics that might be needed. You will develop a plan to enhance medication adherence for the nonadherent patient. Special Considerations for Patient Population Cases: Patient 3: A 33-year-old female that is 6 weeks postpartum. She presents with depressed mood, sadness, easily emotional, difficulties with sleep even when the infant is sleeping. She has lost weight and has a poor appetite. You note psychomotor retardation. She has limited interests in hobbies or bonding with the infant. Her partner is concerned and reports she is typically active and “bubbly” and enjoys the outdoors. She is diagnosed with major depressive disorder, with postpartum onset. She denies suicidal ideation, homicidal ideation, or infanticidal ideation. No psychotic symptoms are present. She is nursing the infant and wants to continue this hoping it will assist with bonding with the infant. Med List: lithium, paroxetine, sertraline

https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/gianrico-farrugia-m-d-elected-as-new-president-and-ceo-mayo-clinic/ Gianrico Farrugia, M.D need a paper about what type of leadership style he does and Why is his leadership style important?

Case Study: Creating a culture of safety in response to an adverse event in healthcare (110 points) For this assignment, you will access the Saudi Digital Library to research a specific case of an adverse event that occurred in healthcare. Using the case that you have identified, you will write a research paper exploring the impact and importance of creating a safety culture in healthcare organizations. Your research paper shall: Describe the adverse event that you selected as your case study. Include details of the patient outcome and the contributing factors involved in the adverse event. Evaluate the impact and importance of creating a patient safety culture in healthcare organizations. Create an improvement plan to address the issues that were identified in your adverse event case. Your plan shall include analysis of best practices in safety culture. Your well-written paper should meet the following requirements: Four-to-five pages in length, not including the title or reference pages. Formatted per APA 7th edition and Saudi Electronic University standards. Provide support for your work 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 two must be external. The Saudi Digital Library is a good place to find these references. Provide full APA references for the sources used on a reference page, along with appropriate in-text citations.