Tag: Religion and Theology

Scenario
Physician’s Family Clinic is a mid-sized clinic that employs five physicians that specialize in family medicine. You were recently hired by the office manager as the billing specialist for the clinic. You were excited to get started on your new job. However, after a few weeks, you notice violations of compliance regulations that govern healthcare.
You overheard a patient telling the receptionist that her primary care physician received a $100 Amazon gift card for referring her to a physician at Physician’s Family Clinic.
A nurse left documents with patient information in the lobby.
A physician referred a patient to an imaging center owned by his wife.
Not wanting to see the physicians or the clinic get into trouble, you bring up the compliance issues to the office manager. The office manager does not have much experience with compliance and has asked you to develop a proposal to fix the issues.
Instructions
In a Word document, write a proposal to correct the compliance issues of the clinic. In the proposal be sure to address the following:
Identify the compliance issues and describe in detail which regulations were violated.
Describe the different components of the Office of Inspector General (OIG) and provide an evaluation of how each component helps to monitor regulations and compliance.
Discuss how the OIG impacts the operations of the clinic.
Explain which methods the clinic could use for monitoring compliance with regulations and include routine preparedness activities to help keep the clinic in compliance.

Discuss an acute case scenario that you observed in the clinical setting recently for the adult population ranging 35–65-year old. (Primary care outpatient facility)
Discuss how this case can develop into chronic disease management?
What was the evidence that supported the intended outcomes for this patient scenario?
APA 7 format/ 3 peer reviewed references

(Refer to Chapter 13): Identify
at least one sampling issue that would be particularly relevant at each
level of the public health pyramid. Which strategy could be used to
minimize these problems?
Spreading the Message: use
any of the presentation methods above on the description of your
program as conceptualized at this point. This should include
information derived from assignments 1 and 2 that were completed and
submitted in this course.
The
following should be included in your response (presentation method):
Title, Target Objective Stated, Description of Target Community,
Description of Program/Intervention Sample size, Proposed Program Description, Health
risks associated with not doing desired behavior, incidence rates
/prevalence rates/trends in these rates (national level) for associated
health risks, conditions and diseases. Mortality and morbidity rates of
associated health risks, conditions, and diseases, Proven Methods to
minimize risk. *(Question
2: This information should be taken directly from your assignments #1
and 2 submissions. No new topic should be selected. Use the same
information that you submitted in assignments 1 and 2 to fully address
all parts of question#2)*.
3. A
minimum of one reference is required to support your response to the
discussion question. You may cite the course required textbook and or
other sources from which you have used content. Make sure your
references are in APA format.

In Weeks 4–6, you began developing pieces of a qualitative mock study. For this week’s assignment, you will combine revised Parts 1–3 and complete Part 4 of this worksheet to design a final mock study proposal. Be sure to complete and submit the entire worksheet and combine references at the end of the worksheet where indicated. If you still have questions or are confused about specific sections of the mock study contact your instructor for a one on one communications. Review the grading rubric for content inclusion.
Complete the Designing a Qualitative Research Project – Final Mock Study Worksheet.

Final Project Brainstorm
Purpose
The purpose of this discussion board is to share your thoughts and ideas for the Final Project. You are encouraged to interact with your classmates to generate ideas.
Directions
Please include the following in your initial post:
The final project format option you are considering?
Your idea for your project?
Why you think that your idea is awesome?
After your initial post, please respond to at least two classmates with friendly advice and suggestions for their projects.
It’s important to note that you can still change your mind and use another idea for your official Final Project, please discuss the potential switch with your instructor.
Your participation in this discussion will be a valuable experience as you begin to plan your final project and is required as part of the Final Project process.

Assignment: Asthma and Stepwise Management
Asthma is a respiratory disorder that affects children and adults. Advanced practice nurses often provide
treatment to patients with these disorders. Sometimes patients require immediate treatment, making it
essential that you recognize and distinguish minor asthma symptoms from serious, life-threatening
ones. Since symptoms and attacks are often induced by a trigger, advanced practice nurses must also
help patients identify their triggers and recommend appropriate management options. Like many other
disorders, there are various approaches to treating and managing care for asthmatic patients depending
on individual patient factors.
One method that supports the clinical decision making of drug therapy plans for asthmatic patients is
the stepwise approach, which you explore in this Assignment.
To Prepare
Reflect on drugs used to treat asthmatic patients, including long-term control and quick relief treatment
options for patients. Think about the impact these drugs might have on patients, including adults and
children.
Consider how you might apply the stepwise approach to address the health needs of a patient in your
practice.
Reflect on how stepwise management assists health care providers and patients in gaining and
maintaining control of the disease.
Create a 5- to 6-slide PowerPoint presentation that can be used in a staff development meeting on
presenting different approaches for implementing the stepwise approach for asthma treatment. Be sure
to address the following:
Describe long-term control and quick relief treatment options for the asthma patient from your practice
as well as the impact these drugs might have on your patient.
Explain the stepwise approach to asthma treatment and management for your patient.
Explain how stepwise management assists health care providers and patients in gaining and maintaining
control of the disease. Be specific.

Page 33 in the text discuss the problem of inadequate support for informal caregivers. Along with the video on this page, the video, “A Window Into The Daily Struggles of Long-Term Care” on the Week 1 Page is useful to watch for this discussion. How would support and incentives for informal caregivers support our current long-term care system?
Continuum of Care:Long-term care providers may be considered in a continuum of care. Summarize this concept and include the three elements of a continuum discussed in Chapter 1 in the text.
You must use a citation and reference in your initial post and in at least one of your response posts, using proper APA 6th edition format

respond to two other students – your response should be supported by sources referenced in APA and should add new information to the discussion.
Topic: quality of care measurement and their application and relevance to health services management.
each response need their own reference

Assignment 1
ExploreDoes Congress Look Like America?(5 points)
1. Complete the table.
Score

Demographics of Congress and of the United States
Demographic factor
United States as a whole
Congress
Number of people
535
Percent female
Percent white
Percent African American
13%
43/535= 8%
Percent Hispanic*
Household income
Congressional salary
Religious affiliation
Protestant 55% Catholic 26% Jewish 1.4% No religion 15%
*Because people of Hispanic origin can belong to any race, the Bureau of the Census collects data for Hispanics separately.
(5 points)
2. What conclusions can you draw from this table?
Score

Your Score
___ of 10
ASSIGNMENT 2
Graded Assignment Positive Health Choices Total Score: ____ of 30 points
For this project, you will conduct research in order to develop an educational campaign to encourage positive health choices and discourage risky choices. You will submit your educational campaign along with this graded assignment document when the project is complete.
Protective Assertiveness
Your educational campaign should illustrate clearly the many benefits of making positive health choices, as well as the many benefits one enjoys from not making risky health choices.
One of the best ways to promote positive health choices and discourage risky ones is by fostering good social and familial ties that lead to a positive outlook on life. Asserting a positive outlook can have a protective effect if it encourages others to make good choices.
What are some of the other ways that a positive and assertive attitude can have a protective effect on yourself and others?
Working hard on school assignments and earning high marks might help one realize the many rewards of education, inspiring positive choices and discouraging risky behavior that might jeopardize one’s educational future.
Volunteering in one’s community might lead one to become part a social network of people who share similar goals. The focus on helping others would likely foster a positive outlook and might inspire others to make good choices and avoid risky ones.
Taking part in a neighborhood clean-up project could lead to positive choices, such as exercising in a refurbished park or fishing in a cleaned-up pond. Such civic involvement and improvement might help other community members avoid bad choices.
Your educational campaign will use protective assertiveness to encourage good choices. Be sure to emphasize all the many benefits of making wise health decisions!
Positive Choices
There are many positive health choices that you might choose to promote in your educational campaign. For example,
The choice to eat a healthy diet, based on one’s personal weight goals.
The decision to exercise regularly, in accordance with one’s fitness goals.
The commitment to practicing good personal hygiene habits.
The determination to get the right amount of uninterrupted sleep every night.
The choice to encourage positive health behaviors with one’s friends by illustrating them and advocating for them.
Is the website up-to-date? Old content and dead links often mean the site’s owner lacks credibility.
Are authors identified and sources cited? Cross-check the names of authors and sources listed on the site to determine their level of credibility.
What is the domain? Government sites ending in .gov and educational sites ending in .edu are often good sites. The websites of established and trusted news organizations are usually reliable. However, if an online news story mentions another source, try to find the original source.
Choose a positive health choice from the list above or come up with your own idea. This is the positive choice you will research to develop your educational campaign. Your campaign should use factors of protective assertiveness to highlight the benefits one gets from making such positive choices.
Risky Choices
There are many risky health choices that you might choose to discourage in your educational campaign. For example,
The decision to get a tattoo or a body piercing.
The decision to expose oneself to the sun too long.
The decision to expose oneself to loud music or other noises loud enough to damage hearing.
The decision to drink alcohol, or use tobacco or drugs.
The decision to text while driving.
The decision to drive while drowsy.
Choose a risky health choice from the list above, or come up with your own idea. This is the risky choice you will research to develop your educational campaign. Your campaign should use factors of protective assertiveness to highlight the benefits one gets from avoiding such risky choices.
Research
Conduct research into the positive choice and the risky choice you chose. As you know, online research requires caution and care. You should try to conduct a smart search using keywords and phrases in reliable search engines. Here are some questions to ask while doing online research to be sure you are using reliable sources.
Some of the places at which you might begin your online research for your educational campaign include the following:
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)The USDA offers guidance on how to eat a healthy diet, and the many benefits one enjoys when eating right.

The Food and Drug AdministrationThe FDA provides nutritional information about various foods that can help one plan a healthy diet.

The President’s Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition (PCSFN) or the Presidential Youth Fitness Program (PYFP)Both organizations offer information about the many positive benefits of physical activity and exercise.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), or the U.S. government’s “Healthfinder”Both offer information about the many benefits of good personal hygiene habits, as well as the benefits of quality sleep.

The U.S. National Library of Medicine’s MedlinePlus, or the National Institutes of HealthBoth present the risky consequences associated with tattoos and body piercing.

The National Cancer Institute (NCI)The NCI has many sources describing the risks of exposure to the sun.

The National Institute of Drug AbuseThis organization is a good source for finding information about the consequences of tobacco, alcohol, or drug use.

The Campaign
After you have selected the positive and risky choice you would like to highlight in your campaign, you must determine how you would like to conduct your campaign. Educational campaigns can take many forms. You may use posters or advertisements to portray your message, you may create a televised public service message, or you could even utilize the popularity of social media to spread your message. Whichever method you choose, make sure your message is clear, engaging, and supported by reliable research.
My Educational Campaign
Complete the following assignment.
(Maximum Score:30 points)
Use the space below to insert the educational campaign you created.
Response:
Unit 4 Graded Assignment
Positive Health Choices Campaign
Outline- Turn this in along with your final campaign – whether it be a video link, a JPEG of a brochure or poster etc. Please do not make a slide deck – this is not a powerpoint presentation.
Positive Health Choice (Choose one by deleting the others or create your own)
The choice to eat a healthy diet, based on one’s personal weight goals.
The decision to exercise regularly, in accordance with one’s fitness goals.
The commitment to practicing good personal hygiene habits.
The determination to get the right amount of uninterrupted sleep every night.
The choice to encourage positive health behaviors with one’s friends by illustrating them and advocating for them.
My own choice:
3 Benefits of Making this positive health choice that I will include in my campaign:

3 Places I will research for my Positive Health Choice so it’s based on up to date scientific information:

Risky Health Choice (Choose one by deleting the others or create your own)
The decision to get a tattoo or a body piercing.
The decision to expose oneself to the sun too long.
The decision to expose oneself to loud music or other noises loud enough to damage hearing.
The decision to drink alcohol, or use tobacco or drugs.
The decision to text while driving.
The decision to drive while drowsy.
My Own Choice:
3 Benefits of avoiding this risky behavior:

3 Places I will research for my Risky Health Choice so it’s based on up to date scientific information:

My Positive Health Choice Campaign will take the form of: (Delete the others)
A poster
A radio advertisement
A TV Commercial
A billboard
A Brochure for a Doctors Office
Infographic
A series of Social Media Posts
Something Else
***NOTE : DO NOT create a powerpoint slide deck – this is not a presentation, it is a health campaign.

Examples of Health Campaigns:
Commercial: https://youtu.be/XMcab1MFaLc
Poster:
Infographic:

Thomas
Evidence Based Practice Research Quiz: Test Discussion Responses
Most Challenging Question
Continuing the theme concerning the validity of test participants established in previous discussions, Question #4 was found to be the most difficult yet also the most important question in this author’s opinion. Question #4 postulated what a researcher examines in a phenomenological study to which the correct answer, in summary, is to assess the participant’s perceptions of a particular situation or phenomena. Gall et al. (2015) in describing the area of fieldwork, indicated that researchers interact and observe project participants in their natural setting as opposed to a controlled setting established by the researcher. Perhaps contained within that statement is the solution to the most basic, yet substantive issue as to the participant’s legitimacy to be a part of the research project: Are participants true representatives or targeted test subjects for legitimate data and feedback, or are they a part of the project by mere existence or presence in the “natural setting.”
Most Important Questions
Question #4, as previously discussed, is also the most important as it determines the validity and veracity of participant’s “perceptions” which could be translated into considering one’s own opinion, regardless of their level of knowledge on a given subject, which will vastly impact the usefulness of the data or observations. The fear borne of this discussion is that persons today believe their opinion is of value regardless as to their level of knowledge of the subject at hand. Lattier (2017) quoted American financier Bernard M. Baruch (1870-1965):
“Every man has a right to his opinion, but no man has a right to be wrong in his facts.” (para. 4).
Can this be assumed as a correct statement today or do persons have opinions for the sake of opinions and believe what they say matters just because the individual can force breath across their vocal cords? What impact does the empowerment of stating one’s own beliefs about any and every subject, regardless of knowledge or experience with the subject at hand have on the validity and usefulness of the observations?