Week 7 Assignment

Healthcare Finance

 Developing Financial Statement

All organizations, including those in the healthcare industry, need to make money to be profitable and survive. Financial statements, such as balance sheets, profit and loss statements, and cash flow statements summarize an organization’s profitability and overall financial status. For this Assignment, you practice developing three key financial statements using data from a medical center.

 

To prepare for this Assignment: 

• Review the Week 7 Assignment document provided to you by the instructor in the Announcements. Examine the data from the medical center described in the document. Reflect on how you will use this data to develop a balance sheet, profit and loss statement (statement of operations), and cash flow statement (statement of changes in net assets). Refer to the course text for additional guidance.
• Download the Week 7 Financial Statement Excel Template

 

Submit the following:

• Complete a balance sheet, profit and loss statement (statement of operations), and cash flow statement (statement of changes in net assets) using the “Week 7 Financial Statement Excel Template.”

Healthcare Financial Management and Economics Week 7 Assignment – NorthWest Medical Center

Assignment: Developing Financial Statements

All organizations, including those in the healthcare industry, need to make money to be profitable and survive. Financial statements, such as balance sheets, profit and loss statements, and cash flow statements, summarize this profitability and an organization’s overall financial status. For this Assignment, you practice developing three key financial statements using data from the NorthWest Medical Center.

 NorthWest Medical Center

North Medical Center is a large NorthWestern acute care and ambulatory facility serving an urban city population.

Givens (in ‘000s):
Insurance expense	$70,000
Cash	$20,000
Patient revenues (net of contractuals)	$614,000
Net accounts receivable	$25,000
Ending balance, temporarily restricted net assets	$8,700
Wages payable	$9,100
Prepaid expense	$1,100
Long-term debt	$189,700
Supply expense	$66,000
Gross plant, property, and equipment	$556,000
Net assets released from temporary restriction	$8,000
Depreciation expense	$10,000
General expense	$95,000
Transfer to parent corporation	($8,000)
Beginning balance, unrestricted net assets	$203,400
Accounts payable	$18,000
Beginning balance, temporarily restricted net assets	$16,700
Provision for bad debt expense	$5,400
Labor expense	$145,000
Accumulated depreciation	$99,000
Long-term investments	$148,400
Ending balance, unrestricted net assets	$426,000

 To prepare for this Assignment:

 Examine the data from NorthWest Medical Center. Reflect on how you will use this data to develop a Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss Statement, and Cash Flow Statement. Refer to the course text for additional guidance.

The Assignment:

 

Complete a Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss Statement (Statement of Operations), and Cash Flow Statement (Statement of Changes in Net Assets) using the Week 7 Financial Statement Excel Template located in the Learning Resources.

Your Assignment is due by Day 7 of Week 7.

Introduction

As patient safety concerns continue to be addressed in healthcare settings, nurses can play an active role in implementing safety improvement measures and plans. Often root-cause analyses are conducted and safety improvement plans are created to address sentinel or adverse events such as medication errors, patient falls, wrong-site surgery events, and hospital-acquired infections. Performing a root-cause analysis offers a systematic approach for identifying causes of problems, including process and system-check failures. Once the causes of failures have been determined, a safety improvement plan can be developed to prevent recurrences. The baccalaureate nurse’s role as a leader is to create safety improvement plans as well as disseminate vital information to staff nurses and other healthcare professionals to protect patients and improve outcomes.

As you prepare for this assessment, it would be an excellent choice to complete the Quality and Safety Improvement Plan Knowledge Base activity and to review the various assessment resources, all of which will help you build your knowledge of key concepts and terms related to quality and safety improvement. The terms and concepts will be helpful as you prepare your Root-Cause Analysis and Safety Improvement Plan. Activities are not graded and demonstrate course engagement.

Overview

Nursing practice is governed by healthcare policies and procedures as well as state and national regulations developed to prevent problems. It is critical for nurses to participate in gathering and analyzing data to determine causes of patient safety issues, in solving problems, and in implementing quality improvements.

For this assessment, use the specific safety concern identified in your previous assessment as the subject of a root-cause analysis and safety improvement plan.

Instructions

The purpose of this assessment is to demonstrate your understanding of and ability to analyze a root cause of a specific safety concern in a healthcare setting. You will create a plan to improve the safety of patients related to the safety quality issue presented in your Assessment Supplement PDF in Assessment 1. Based on the results of your analysis, using the literature and professional best practices as well as the existing resources at your chosen healthcare setting, provide a rationale for your plan.

Use the Root-Cause Analysis and Safety Improvement Plan [DOCX] template to complete the assessment.

Additionally, be sure that your plan addresses the following, which corresponds to the grading criteria in the scoring guide. Please study the scoring guide carefully so you understand what is needed for a distinguished score.

• Analyze the root cause of a patient safety issue or a specific sentinel event in an organization.
• Apply evidence-based and best-practice strategies to address the safety issue or sentinel event.
• Create a viable, evidence-based safety improvement plan.
• Identify existing organizational resources that could be leveraged to improve your plan.
• Communicate in writing that is clear, logical, and professional, with correct grammar and spelling, using current APA style.

Additional Requirements

• Length of submission: Use the provided template to create a root-cause analysis and safety improvement plan. There is no page limit. A title page is not required but you must include a reference list as per the template.
• Number of references: Cite a minimum of 3 sources of scholarly or professional evidence that support your findings and considerations. Resources should be no more than 5 years old. Use the BSN Nursing Program Library Guide as needed.
• APA formatting: Format references and citations according to current APA style. See the APA Module.

Competencies Measured

By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and scoring guide criteria:

• Competency 1: Analyze the elements of a successful quality improvement initiative.
  • Apply evidence-based and best-practice strategies to address a safety issue or sentinel event.
  • Create a feasible, evidence-based safety improvement plan to address a specific patient safety issue.
• Competency 2: Analyze factors that lead to patient safety risks.
  • Analyze the root cause of a specific sentinel event or a patient safety issue in an organization.
• Competency 3: Identify organizational interventions to promote patient safety.
  • Identify existing organizational resources that could be leveraged to improve a plan.
• Competency 5: Apply professional, scholarly, evidence-based strategies to communicate in a manner that supports safe and effective patient care.
  • Organize content so ideas flow logically with smooth transitions; contains few errors in grammar or punctuation, word choice, and spelling.
  • Apply APA formatting to in-text citations and references exhibiting nearly flawless adherence to APA format.

Introduction

As patient safety concerns continue to be addressed in healthcare settings, nurses can play an active role in implementing safety improvement measures and plans. Often root-cause analyses are conducted and safety improvement plans are created to address sentinel or adverse events such as medication errors, patient falls, wrong-site surgery events, and hospital-acquired infections. Performing a root-cause analysis offers a systematic approach for identifying causes of problems, including process and system-check failures. Once the causes of failures have been determined, a safety improvement plan can be developed to prevent recurrences. The baccalaureate nurse’s role as a leader is to create safety improvement plans as well as disseminate vital information to staff nurses and other healthcare professionals to protect patients and improve outcomes.

As you prepare for this assessment, it would be an excellent choice to complete the Quality and Safety Improvement Plan Knowledge Base activity and to review the various assessment resources, all of which will help you build your knowledge of key concepts and terms related to quality and safety improvement. The terms and concepts will be helpful as you prepare your Root-Cause Analysis and Safety Improvement Plan. Activities are not graded and demonstrate course engagement.

Overview

Nursing practice is governed by healthcare policies and procedures as well as state and national regulations developed to prevent problems. It is critical for nurses to participate in gathering and analyzing data to determine causes of patient safety issues, in solving problems, and in implementing quality improvements.

For this assessment, use the specific safety concern identified in your previous assessment as the subject of a root-cause analysis and safety improvement plan.

Instructions

The purpose of this assessment is to demonstrate your understanding of and ability to analyze a root cause of a specific safety concern in a healthcare setting. You will create a plan to improve the safety of patients related to the safety quality issue presented in your Assessment Supplement PDF in Assessment 1. Based on the results of your analysis, using the literature and professional best practices as well as the existing resources at your chosen healthcare setting, provide a rationale for your plan.

Use the Root-Cause Analysis and Safety Improvement Plan [DOCX] template to complete the assessment.

Additionally, be sure that your plan addresses the following, which corresponds to the grading criteria in the scoring guide. Please study the scoring guide carefully so you understand what is needed for a distinguished score.

• Analyze the root cause of a patient safety issue or a specific sentinel event in an organization.
• Apply evidence-based and best-practice strategies to address the safety issue or sentinel event.
• Create a viable, evidence-based safety improvement plan.
• Identify existing organizational resources that could be leveraged to improve your plan.
• Communicate in writing that is clear, logical, and professional, with correct grammar and spelling, using current APA style.

Additional Requirements

• Length of submission: Use the provided template to create a root-cause analysis and safety improvement plan. There is no page limit. A title page is not required but you must include a reference list as per the template.
• Number of references: Cite a minimum of 3 sources of scholarly or professional evidence that support your findings and considerations. Resources should be no more than 5 years old. Use the BSN Nursing Program Library Guide as needed.
• APA formatting: Format references and citations according to current APA style. See the APA Module.

Competencies Measured

By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and scoring guide criteria:

• Competency 1: Analyze the elements of a successful quality improvement initiative.
  • Apply evidence-based and best-practice strategies to address a safety issue or sentinel event.
  • Create a feasible, evidence-based safety improvement plan to address a specific patient safety issue.
• Competency 2: Analyze factors that lead to patient safety risks.
  • Analyze the root cause of a specific sentinel event or a patient safety issue in an organization.
• Competency 3: Identify organizational interventions to promote patient safety.
  • Identify existing organizational resources that could be leveraged to improve a plan.
• Competency 5: Apply professional, scholarly, evidence-based strategies to communicate in a manner that supports safe and effective patient care.
  • Organize content so ideas flow logically with smooth transitions; contains few errors in grammar or punctuation, word choice, and spelling.
  • Apply APA formatting to in-text citations and references exhibiting nearly flawless adherence to APA format.

Hallmark Assignment: Community Project Presentation Overview

You must complete 22.5 hours of practical experience for this course. It is NOT “hands-on” but instead is “research-based.” You will log the time spent researching/collecting the data for the Hallmark (worksheets located in week 7 module). You will log all time on the Practicum Time Log (also located in week 7’s module). This form will be turned in week 13 to complete the course. In addition, you are required to interview a public health nurse (PHN) which may count toward these practicum hours. We will offer 3-4 interview opportunities (dates and links will be provided in the announcements) or you may interview a PHN nurse in your community. Only 1 hour per interview up to 5 total interviews may be counted toward the practicum hours.

Introduction

For this assignment, you will examine the role of the nurse in caring for the community as your patient, utilizing a population-focused nursing process. You will create an educational PowerPoint presentation (instructions below). This final assignment will reflect ability and achievement in the following areas:

Intentional Learning, Reflection, and Clinical Judgment Decision Making and Evidence-Based Practice Professionalism and Leadership Organization and Presentation Writing and APA Formatting Objectives

Demonstrate collaborative standardization of safe practices through health promotion. Integrate course concepts, incorporating understanding of principles and practices of providing and coordinating culturally competent, comprehensive client-centered nursing care from a community and population-health standpoint. Instructions

You are a community health nurse preparing a presentation to board members about your community. There is a need to determine demographic information and top health concerns, develop a preventative teaching proposal about a priority health concern, and then develop a disaster plan. You will record this presentation as though you are presenting it to board members.

Identify the community in which you currently reside or will practice in as a nurse.

From Worksheet #1: Identify demographic, community, and social data Identify the top 3 Chronic Health Disease and support with statistical data Identify the Healthy People 2030 goal for each Identify the top 3 Infectious Diseases and support with statistical data Identify the Healthy People 2030 goal for each Identify the top 3 Health Risk Factors and support with statistical data

From Worksheet #2: Develop a preventative teaching proposal Determine one top priority community concern from your research about the chronic and infectious diseases and risk factors affecting your community Include at least 3 objectives written as SMART goals Include at least 2 topics per objective Include educational strategy, delivery method, and evaluation method

From Worksheet #3: Choose a disaster that could affect your community Identify emergency resources available Identify 4 vulnerable populations Identify the potential effects of the disaster on: infrastructure, emergency services, and the general population Identify at least 3 anticipated health issues related to the disaster List 3-5 nursing interventions you could perform immediately following the disaster (without immediate access to EMS or the hospital) Your presentation should be 15-20 slides (not including title, objectives, and references slides) with detailed presenter notes with in-text citations for each slide. Include at least four (4) scholarly sources. Follow best practices for PowerPoint presentations related to text size, color, images, effects, wordiness, and multimedia enhancements. Review the rubric criteria for this assignment. Audio recording is required. Be sure to completely answer all the prompts/questions. Use clear headings that allow your professor to know which bullet you are addressing on the slides in your presentation. Support your content with in-text citations throughout your presentation. Make sure to reference the citations using the APA 7th Edition writing style for the presentation. Include at least one slide for your references at the end.

Assignment Expectations

Length: 15-20 slides; answers must thoroughly address the questions in a clear, concise manner. Include at least four (4) scholarly sources. Include audio recording narration. Below is a recommended breakdown for the assignment. Title: 1 slide Objectives/Introduction: 1 slide Community demographics & social data: 3-4 slides Chronic Health Diseases: 1 slide Infectious Health Diseases: 1 slide Health Risk Factors: 1 slide Teaching Proposal: 4-5 slides Disaster Assessment: 4-5 slides Conclusion: 1 slide References: 1 slide

Health Promotion & Role Development in Adv. Nursing Practice-DBX-DL01 Nora Hernandez-Pupo

Writing Assignment Health promotion Topic Selection Week 2

Writing Assignment Health Problem Proposal

 

Health Disparities

In recent decades, health promotion programs in the United States have substantially improved the health of residents. However, there is ongoing concern about health disparities, which occur most commonly in racial and ethnic minorities, people who do not have health insurance, and those who are poor and have less than a high school education. A recent report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2011a) emphasizes that there are considerable and persistent gaps between the healthiest and least healthy people. For example, many racial and ethnic groups have higher rates of the following conditions that are amenable to preventive interventions: obesity, diabetes, hypertension, HIV/AIDS, and cervical cancer. Another disparity in preventive services is the significantly lower rates of adult immunizations among non-Hispanic Blacks and Hispanics.

 

This is your preliminary work- you will develop these ideas further in week 4’s submission- here I will comment and approve the topic.

 

You must select one of the strong, contemporary health promotion topics that align with the assignment instructions and reflect pressing U.S. health challenges. Each topic below is suitable for developing a full scholarly paper with global, national, and local relevance.

 

(Select ONE topic. Include the Category, Number, and Topic as the title of your proposal.)

Category 1. Digital Health & Artificial Intelligence

1. Preventing Health Misinformation Through Digital Health Literacy

2. Responsible Use of Artificial Intelligence in Patient Education

3. Digital Inclusion as a Health Equity Strategy

4. Remote Patient Monitoring for High-Risk Community Populations

5. Wearable Technology to Improve Preventive Health Behaviors

 

Category 2. Climate, Environmental & Community Health

6. Extreme Heat Preparedness for Vulnerable Populations

7. Climate Anxiety and Community Mental Health

8. Air Quality and Community Respiratory Health

9. Community Preparedness for Climate-Related Disasters

10. Food Sustainability and Community Health Promotion

 

Category 3. Women’s Health Across the Lifespan

11. Perimenopause Health Literacy and Wellness

12. Menopause Education as Preventive Healthcare

13. Black Maternal Health Equity

14. Pelvic Floor Health Promotion Across the Lifespan

15. Maternal Mental Health During the First Postpartum Year

 

Category 4. Healthy Aging

16. Preventing Cognitive Decline Through Lifestyle Interventions

17. Reducing Social Isolation Among Older Adults

18. Caregiver Wellness and Burnout Prevention

19. Preventing Frailty in Community-Dwelling Older Adults

20. Technology to Support Aging in Place

 

Category 5. Lifestyle Medicine & Prevention

21. Community Sleep Health Promotion

22. Reducing Ultra-Processed Food Consumption

23. Exercise as a Community Prescription Program

24. Stress Reduction as a Population Health Strategy

25. Community-Based Programs to Prevent Metabolic Syndrome

 

Category 6. Emerging Population Health Challenges

26. Health Promotion for Individuals Using GLP-1 Medications

27. Vaccine Confidence in the Age of Social Media

28. Preventing Digital Addiction Across the Lifespan

29. Community-Based Strategies to Reduce Healthcare Distrust

30. Social Prescribing as an Innovative Population Health Intervention

 

You must include your category and number with the associated topic as your TITLE of the Proposal submission.

 

Description of health problem at global, national, and local levels:

 

Throughout this course, you will develop a scholarly PowerPoint Presentation: “Health Promotion Program Proposal,” addressing existing knowledge related to health promotion.

This would be the same health problem you will use for future assignments.

 

For this activity:

Create a presentation page including the name, class name, and paper’s title. Organize the paper continuously, as follows:

1. Introduce the problem with a concise overview of its health impact. This will be your introductory paragraph, but you won’t type “introduction” (1 paragraph).
2. Describe the global relevance of the problem including statistics (1-2 paragraphs).
3. Describe the national relevance of the problem using statistics (1-2 paragraphs).
4. Describe the local relevance and perspective of the problem also using statistics (1-2 paragraphs).
5. Conclude the idea justifying the development of promotion strategies at different levels. This is your final paragraph and conclusion, however you won’t type “conclusion” (1 paragraph).

 

Write the essay following the rules of formal writing and APA 7^th edition.

One paragraph contains at least three complete sentences. Headings (levels 1, 2, and 3 may be used as required).

 

Sample APA paper:

 

Quick_Guide_to_APA_7_Feb2020.pdf

 

APA 7 professional-annotated-compressed.pdf

 

 

Observe also originality. Avoid plagiarism and self-plagiarism. Copy and paste is never a good idea. Type and paraphrase the paper. Cite appropriately.

 

For questions and doubts, please reach out to me I am happy to assist with any questions. Please also note that the FNU Writing Center is an excellent resource as their staff can assist you with properly organizing the paper in order to meet the assignment requirements.

REFERENCES Must have DOI Numbers for me to look them up- If I am unable to verify the references points will be deducted.

Great resource to assist you: Reference List: Author/Authors – Purdue OWL® – Purdue University

Writing Assignment Health promotion Topic Selection Week 2

Rubric Details

Maximum Score

100 points

Excellent

The paper demonstrates that the author understands and has applied concepts learned in the course. Concepts are integrated into the writer’s own insights. The writer provides concluding remarks that show analysis and synthesis of ideas.

25

Satisfactory

The paper demonstrates that the author, mostly, understands and has applied concepts learned in the course. Some conclusions, however, are not supported in the body of the paper.

20

Unsatisfactory

The paper demonstrates that the author, to a certain extent, understands and has applied concepts learned in the course

15

Unacceptable

The paper does not demonstrate that the author has understood, and applied concepts learned in the course.

10

Excellent

The topic is focused narrowly enough for the scope of this assignment. A thesis statement provides direction for the paper, either by a statement of a position or hypothesis. The topic is consistently well thought out, thorough offers insight into the topic, and includes cited evidence to support the topic.

25

Satisfactory

The topic is focused but lacks direction. The paper is about a specific topic, but the writer has not established a position. The topic is somewhat well thought out, offers limited insight into the topic, but does not include cited evidence to support the topic.

20

Unsatisfactory

The topic is too broad for the scope of this assignment.

15

Unacceptable

The topic is unclear or unrelated to the discussion topic with little or no supporting evidence.

10

Excellent

In-depth discussion and elaboration in all sections of the paper. Ties together information from all sources. Paper flows from one issue to the next with no headings. The author’s writing demonstrates an understanding of the relationship among material obtained from all sources Mostly, it ties together information from all sources. There is an introduction and a conclusion in the submission.

25

Satisfactory

In-depth discussion and elaboration in most sections of the paper. Mostly, it ties together information from all sources. Paper flows with only some disjointedness. The author’s writing demonstrates an understanding of the relationship among material obtained from all sources. There is an introduction and a conclusion in the submission.

20

Unsatisfactory

The writer has omitted content. Quotations from others outweigh the writer’s own ideas excessively. Sometimes ties together information from all sources. The paper does not flow. Disjointedness is apparent. The author’s writing does not demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between material obtained from all sources. There is an introduction and/or conclusion in the submission, but not both.

15

Unacceptable

Cursory discussion in all the sections of the paper or brief discussion in only a few sections It does not tie together information. Paper does not flow and appears to be created from disparate issues. Headings are necessary to link concepts. Writing does not demonstrate an understanding of any relationship. There is NO introduction or conclusion in the submission.

10

Excellent

4 current sources are used and are peer-review journal articles or scholarly books. Sources include both general background sources and specialized sources. Special-interest sources and popular literature and acknowledged as such if they are cited. All websites utilized are authoritative.

7

Satisfactory

Used 3 current sources, which are peer-review journal articles or scholarly books. All websites utilized are authoritative.

5.6

Unsatisfactory

Used 2 current sources which are peer-reviewed journal articles or scholarly books. All websites utilized are credible.

4.2

Unacceptable

Fewer than 2 current sources are used which are peer-reviewed journal articles or scholarly books. Not all websites utilized are credible, and/or sources are not current.

2.8

Excellent

Fewer than 5 incomplete citations and/or quotations, and APA format errors. ALL DOI numbers present.

6

Satisfactory

More than 5 but fewer than 10 incomplete citations and/or quotations, and APA format errors. 1 reference incomplete without DOI number.

4.8

Unsatisfactory

More than 10 incomplete citations and/or quotations, or APA format errors. 2 references incomplete without DOI number.

3.6

Unacceptable

The citation style is inconsistent or incorrect. It does not cite sources. The paper submitted is NOT in APA Format. more than 2 references incomplete without DOI number.

2.4

Excellent

Topic selected is from approved list on first submission

6

Satisfactory

Student had to resubmit as initial topic was not on approved list.

0.9

Unsatisfactory

0

Unacceptable

0

Excellent

Fewer than 5 grammatical, spelling, capitalization, or punctuation errors The required word count has been met.

6

Satisfactory

More than 5 but fewer than 10 grammatical, spelling, capitalization & punctuation errors The required word count is 25 words below the minimum required count.

4.8

Unsatisfactory

More than 10 grammatical, spelling, capitalization & punctuation errors The required word count is 50 words below the minimum required count.

3.6

Unacceptable

An unacceptable number of spelling and/or grammar mistakes. The required word count is more than 50 words below the minimum required count.

Review this week’s Learning Resources and consider the insights they provide about assessing and diagnosing psychotic disorders. Consider whether experiences of psychosis-related symptoms are always indicative of a diagnosis of schizophrenia. Think about alternative diagnoses for psychosis-related symptoms.

Download the Comprehensive Psychiatric Evaluation Template, which you will use to complete this Assignment. Also review the Comprehensive Psychiatric Evaluation Exemplar to see an example of a completed evaluation document.

By Day 1 of this week, select a specific video case study to use for this Assignment from the Video Case Selections choices in the Learning Resources. View your assigned video case and review the additional data for the case in the “Case History Reports” document, keeping the requirements of the evaluation template in mind.

Consider what history would be necessary to collect from this patient. Consider what interview questions you would need to ask this patient. Identify at least three possible differential diagnoses for the patient.

including your differential diagnosis and critical-thinking process to formulate primary diagnosis.

Incorporate the following into your responses in the template:

Subjective: What details did the patient provide regarding their chief complaint and symptomology to derive your differential diagnosis? What is the duration and severity of their symptoms? How are their symptoms impacting their functioning in life?  Objective: What observations did you make during the psychiatric assessment?   Assessment: Discuss the patient’s mental status examination results. What were your differential diagnoses? Provide a minimum of three possible diagnoses with supporting evidence, listed in order from highest priority to lowest priority. Compare the DSM-5-TR diagnostic criteria for each differential diagnosis and explain what DSM-5-TR criteria rules out the differential diagnosis to find an accurate diagnosis. Explain the critical-thinking process that led you to the primary diagnosis you selected. Include pertinent positives and pertinent negatives for the specific patient case. Reflection notes: What would you do differently with this client if you could conduct the session over? Also include in your reflection a discussion related to legal/ethical considerations (demonstrate critical thinking beyond confidentiality and consent for treatment!), health promotion and disease prevention taking into consideration patient factors (such as age, ethnic group, etc.), PMH, and other risk factors (e.g., socioeconomic, cultural background, etc.).

Overview You are a business development manager in a life sciences organization based in the Midwest. You report to the vice president (VP) of business development. While the organization has shown constant growth and profitability since its inception in 1999, the owners have decided that it is time to sell. The VP has called on you to join the strategic planning team to assess the organization’s exit strategy and make recommendations to the board of directors.

The proposed exit strategy means that the organization will be acquired by another one, which will be a major transformation for the organization and its employees. In order to support the employees through the upcoming acquisition, the planning team wants to understand how they are likely to respond to organizational change. To that end, they decide to ask employees to complete a strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis of their skills as they relate to change readiness. As a member of the planning team, you are one of the first people asked to complete a SWOT analysis and evaluate your change readiness.

Prompt First, reflect on your own strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) and how they help you accept or resist change. Then, perform a personal SWOT analysis and record the results in a Word document. Describe how you think this analysis impacts your change readiness skills to manage and lead the organizational change in the course scenario.

Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:

Strengths: Identify at least two strengths that support your readiness for change. Explain how they support your readiness for change. Weaknesses: Identify at least two weaknesses that might get in the way of change. Explain how they can impact your response to change. Opportunities: Identify at least two opportunities you can use to leverage your strengths. Explain how you can use these opportunities to develop your skills. Threats: Identify at least two threats that you would like to minimize. Explain how you can minimize these threats and how this will help you develop your skills. Change Readiness: Explain what your SWOT analysis reveals regarding your change readiness for the proposed acquisition of the organization in the course scenario. Are you ready to accept organizational change that is likely to arise from the proposed acquisition? Are you ready to initiate and lead the change efforts for the organization in the scenario? Why or why not? What to Submit Submit a 1-page Word document. Sources should be cited according to APA style. Consult the Shapiro Library APA Style Guide for more information on citations.

Sub-competency 1.4: 4 Evaluates different types of rigorous assessments that promote learning. Sub-competency 2.1: Evaluates alignment of standards, learning targets, assessments, and learning activities. NELP Standards: 3.3., 4.1, 4.3 Assignment: Use this Template to complete Scenario: As the Assistant Principal at your school, you have been asked to guide your teachers to design a well-aligned curriculum by leading the second stage of Backward Design: finding evidence of learning. To accomplish that, you will propose assessments aligned with each learning target from a standard of your choice. You will also identify whether the assessments you propose are summative or formative. Part 1: Identify a Standard for the grade level/content you are most comfortable with. Part 2: Identify the Skills and align the Type of Assessment to Use. Learning Targets Unpacking the Standard Type of Assessment Knowledge what students will know Reasoning (how to think) Performance skill Targets (do) Product level targets (make) Part 3: After completing the above table, answer the questions below: 1) Which type of assessment was the easiest to use with the Performance Skill Target? 2) What is an example of a Personal Communication Assessment? 3) Which of the assessments above would be the summative assessment?

MSN6400 Advanced Practice in Primary Care

Signature Assignment

Understanding disease conditions specific to advanced primary care is vital to ensure proper and timely diagnosis and treatment to improve healthcare outcomes for the patient. The purpose of this assignment is to evaluate one disease condition in the adult population and explore current evidencebased guidelines and treatments to determine a proper plan of care.

This assignment will focus on the following course student learning outcomes (CSLO):

1. Evaluate the role of the advanced practice nurse (APN) and the Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) in particular, as it relates to obtaining a health history, performing a health assessment on adolescents, adults, and elderly from diverse cultural groups presenting with chronic and some acute physical and emotional concerns to an ambulatory, acute and/or managed health care delivery system (EOPSLO # 1, 2, 3, 4, 9).
2. Examine the principles and theories applicable to risk assessment and primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention for the promotion of optimum health of clients experiencing chronic or multisystem health problems (EOPSLO# 3 and 8).
3. Compare and contrast the possible interrelationships and impact of demographic characteristics, health beliefs, values, family situations, environment and community resources on the incidence and management outcome of chronic and some acute conditions of adult clients (EOPSLO # 2, 6, 7, and 9)
4. Incorporate epidemiological, social, and environmental research data in the assessment, holistic planning and outcome evaluation of interventions aimed at the diagnosis and management of the adult client’s health/illness status, with emphasis on common chronic illnesses of adult individuals of diverse ethnic and cultural groups (EOPSLO # 6, 7, and 9).
5. Examine the interrelationships and influences of genetics, age, gender, race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, mental health, lifestyle, family situation, culture or subculture, health beliefs and values on the differential diagnosis and selection of screening and therapeutic agents for the management of selected chronic and multisystem illnesses of adult clients, families, and groups (EOPSLO# 3, 8 and 9).
6. Synthesize the following concepts in the advanced nursing care of the client experiencing chronic multisystem illness: the advanced nurse-client relationship, client teaching-coaching function, professional role enactment, client empowerment, mutual participation in health care decision-making, ethics, client education and counseling, change theory and process, and collaboration in health care delivery (i.e., interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary, multicultural teams and global nursing) (EOPSLO # 2, 3, 4, 7, and 9).
7. Compare and contrast pharmacological and non-pharmacological/alternative therapeutic measures for the client experiencing chronic and/or multisystem diseases taking into

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consideration pharmacotherapeutics prescriptive legal requirements for APNs and issues of polypharmacy (EOPSLO# 6, 7, and 9).

10. Utilize computer technology in synthesizing scientific and research-based knowledge regarding health care issues and problems of multicultural, multiethnic adults and populations at risk for health disparities (EOPSLO# 5, 8, and 9).

Instructions:

Please choose one global burden of disease and one population (adult, pediatric, or geriatric). Once the population is chosen, find one evidence-based technology to help support the improvement of outcomes in the global burden of disease chosen. You are to write a three-to-five-page paper in APA format 7^th edition with the following sections and level 2 headings:

*Note:

1. Paper grading is rubric-based. “Problem Statement” should NOT be used since you are not using a

PICOT question; please use “Abstract” instead.

2. Professor’s request: Use font 12-point Times New Roman.

3. All papers should have a cover, abstract, and references page; these are not included in the length of  paper.

4. The word “condition” is a general term and should be replaced by the name of the selected disorder.

Abstract

-Concise, self-contained summary of a research paper, typically 150–300 words, that outlines the purpose, methods, results, and conclusions. It acts as a standalone overview, allowing readers to quickly determine if the full paper is relevant, in this case, to the class.

Introduction (this word should not appear on the paper)

-Brief overview of the health of the population chosen

-Introduce the global burden of disease OR risk factor chosen

-Importance of improving the condition and its impact on quality of life

Global Burden of Disease Condition/Risk Factor

-Describe the disease or risk factor chosen

-What signs/symptoms are identified in the patient that can be found?

-How is it diagnosed and treated?

Technology and Healthcare

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-Describe the paradigm shift in healthcare related to technology

-Elaborate how technology can improve health outcomes in your population

Chosen Evidence-Based Technology Use in Disease or Risk Factor

-Describe and summarize the evidence-based technology identified that has been shown to improve the condition or risk factor for the chosen patient population.

-Compare and contrast the positives and negatives of using this technology use chosen.

Conclusion

-Recap points discussed in paper using relevant information from your paper -Importance of advancements in technology

References

 

-Use reputable, peer review literature published within the last five years that is relevant to the selected topic (at least 3 references)