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In an essay (500-750 words), using your literature review, explain how evidence-based practices impact community health outcomes and then recommend three to five research-based prevention strategies for the social issue you selected to analyze throughout this course.

Help me study for my Public Health class. I’m stuck and don’t understand.

After you assessed your community in the Part 4 assignment for this topic, explain if there were health disparities or not. Explain why health disparities exist in communities. Using “Step 2” of the Strategic Prevention Framework on the SAMHSA website, how can you, as a mental health worker, work to reduce or eliminate health disparities?

Read  “Step 2: Capacity in the Guide to SAMHSA’s Strategic Prevention Framework” on the SAMHSA website.

URL:

https://www.samhsa.gov/sites/default/files/20190620-samhsa-strategic-prevention-framework-guide.pdf

After completing the literature review in Topic 4, which part of the analysis was most difficult? Explain why it is essential for mental health workers to analyze evidence-based practices. How do evidence-based practices impact community health outcomes?

Assignment: Geriatric Care Manager Interview Assignment and Rubric. For the purposes of this assignment, the student is to conduct an independent interviews of a Long Term Care Manager. Preferably, the interviewees should be from your local area or an area as close as possible to you. If possible, a face-to-face interview is preferred; however, a telephone interview is acceptable. You may use as many contacts with your interviewees as necessary to complete your assignment. Your written report will be a minimum of 4 pages in length not to include the cover or reference pages. Your paper should be professionally written in an acceptable style, with double spaced, 12-point appropriate font. Scoring for this assignment will take into account the content of the paper, the requirements of the assignment, and any obvious spelling, sentence structure, and punctuation errors. The format of your report is your choice. You may choose to separate all three interviews and write them individually or write your interviews collectively in one overall report.

Your written assignment should include the following elements:

1.The name of the person interviewed; the name and address of the agency.

2. Means by which interview process occurred i.e. telephone or in person.

3. Number of employees, length of time in business, fee-for-service or not-for-profit and why, solo, partnership, or corporate, community-based office or in-home office.

4. Area served i.e. city, county, multiple county, etc.

5. Average number of Patients on a regular basis over the year. 6. Size of facility Specialty areas or niche areas (if any).

7. Fee schedule (if willing to share) and how services are established

9. Referral sources. Where do they get their new Clients?

11. Brief description of services provided by agency.

11. Any or all licenses, certifications, or specialty designation held by owner/operator.

12. Professional affiliations and association memberships.

13. Challenges faced by the geriatric care manager.

Using the health care law or policy you researched for this week’s learning activity, create a proposal or presentation for continued funding of a related program.

Create two separate proposals, one that addresses liberal viewpoints and one that addresses conservative viewpoints. Both proposals should support the the same program for continued funding.

Convince each group that continued funding is essential to the well-being of its recipients (target population).

Address the following in each proposal:

• The party platform principles
• How the program advances the party agenda
• Program data related to target population outcomes 

Here is a summary of the healthcare law or policy in California that I have chosen:

On August 5, 2021, the state of California became the first in the nation to mandate vaccinations for all healthcare workers. The mandate was enacted following the increased surge of cases propelled by the delta variant of Covid-19, which has proven to be highly contagious (Ostrov, 2021). The California Department of Public Health claims that the delta variant represents an estimated 86% of the reported cases, as of July 21, 2021. This mandate is justified by the increasing need to safeguard healthcare workers, as recent outbreaks of Covid-19 are often are linked to unvaccinated employees. According to Ostrov (2021), California issued the first order in the nation that requires all healthcare workers to undergo Covid-19 vaccinations. However, this mandate allows for rare medical or religious exemptions. This order, issued by Dr. Tomas J. Aragon, California’s public health officer, requires employees of clinics, doctor’s offices, nursing homes, hospitals, and other medical facilities to get at least one dose of the vaccination by September 30th (Ostrov, 2021). In the meantime, the healthcare workers are required to either get vaccinate or undergo mandatory weekly testing, following a previous order issued by the state in the previous week.

Reference

Ostrov, B. F. (2021): California first in nation to mandate vaccinations for health care workers.Cal-Matters. Retrieved from: https://calmatters.org/health/coronavirus/2021/08/…

I’m studying for my Nursing class and need an explanation.

1. What further diagnostic and laboratory tests should be ordered to help confirm the diagnosis?

2. What is myocardial infarction and what are the classic and none classic symptoms?

3. What is the role of thrombolytics such as alteplase in acute myocardial infarction?

4. What is the maintenance dose of Heparin the patient should receive after initial dose?

5. Patient going to get atorvastatin daily, what counseling should the patient receive regarding the side-effects of atorvastatin?

Mrs. William’s. is a 67-year-old housewife, who was admitted to the emergency department complaining of severe chest pain after her daily walk at a nearby park. she received aspirin 300 mg. On arrival at hospital by physical examination and review by the admitting doctor the following information is found.

Previous Medical History: Hypertension (17 yrs). Type 2 diabetes mellitus (4 yrs ago on metformin ). The patient is a regular cigarette smoker (>20 per day) and drinks approximately 15 units of alcohol per week. She has osteoarthritis of the knee.

Family History: Mother died following a myocardial infarction @ 70 years of age.

Paternal History: None of cardiovascular disease.

Allergies: Sulphonamides

Drug History: Ibuprofen200 mg every 12 hours and nifedipine (Adalat Retard) MR tablets 20 mg (twice daily)

***Both were stopped on admission.

Signs and Symptoms on Examination:
▪ Temperature 98.1 F
▪ Blood pressure 150/82 mmHg
▪ Heart rate 80 bpm, regular
▪ Respiratory rate 16 breaths per minute
▪ No basal crackles in the lungs.

An ECG taken immediately on arrival reveals ST elevation of 3 mm in the inferior leads. 1 and 2 and AVF

Diagnosis: A preliminary diagnosis of myocardial infarction is made.

Relevant Diagnostic Results: Full blood counts, liver function tests, electrolytes and renal function, CXR, total cholesterol, full blood count and blood glucose were taken at admission.

In preparation for a meeting with upper-level management, you decide to conduct research on the role of statistical forecasting in decision analysis.

Write a paper of 3-4 pages discussing the importance of accreditation and credentialing, strategies for quality improvement, and the role of statistics and statistical forecasting in the process. Your paper should address the following:

• What are the steps involved in the statistical forecasting process?
• Provide at least 3 examples of statistical analysis tools used for forecasting.
• What role does statistical forecasting play in the quantitative health care decision analysis process?
• How can forecasting used to determine the needs within an organization for purposes of quality improvement?
• Your discussion should include how you can use statistical forecasting related to patient treatment, readmissions, emergency room (ER) wait times, and so forth as a means of determining what areas to focus on for the quality initiative.

The paper should be about four pages minimum– not counting any title page, abstract, or references. You may choose to provide “a fix” for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (also known as the ACA or Obamacare), or you may propose a general replacement for the ACA.

You should likely focus on one or two broad policies (due to the short length of the paper). You may look at what others have proposed and incorporate their thoughts into your writing with appropriate attribution and citation.

Use APA 7 style for citations.

You should have at least four sections:

• An Introduction – explaining what you are proposing in general terms which should include identifying the problem you are attempting to address with your fix or replacement.
• Your Proposal – this is the details of your proposal – although, in 4 to 6 pages, you likely can’t be as detailed as you would like to be.
• Difficulties you see in getting your proposal through the policymaking process as we have discussed it in this class and as it is outlined in the textbook.
• A Conclusion – don’t just leave me hanging. Tie everything together here and tell me again why you feel your proposal is worthwhile and what the difficulties might be.

Description of the Assignment

This assignment presents a modified method for conducting a concept analysis of?one?concept that is important and useful to the nurse practitioner role.? The concept for this assignment must be supported by a published?nursing?theory. The selected concept is identified and then the elements of the analysis process are applied in order to synthesize knowledge for application as demonstrated through the creation of a model case. Theoretical applications of the concept are also discussed. Non-nursing theories may?not?be used. Scholarly literature is incorporated throughout the analysis.? 

Only the elements identified in this assignment should be used for this concept analysis. 

Possible Concepts: The following concepts are not required; students may select one of these concepts or find another concept. Each selected concept must be associated with a nursing theory; the use of non-nursing theories is not allowed. If you have any questions regarding your concept or the nursing theory, please consult with your faculty member for assistance. Please note: the concepts of caring or cultural humility are not permitted for this assignment.

Adaptation

Burnout

Civility

Comfort

Compassion

Compassion fatigue

Competence

Empowerment

Engagement

Health

Leadership

Meaningfulness

Modeling

Noise

Pain

Palliative care

• Quality of life
• Resilience
• Self-care
• Sensory overload
• Situational awareness
• Criteria for Content 
• Definition/Explanation of the selected nursing concept

Defines/explains the concept using scholarly literature (a dictionary maybe used for this section only)

Support from nursing literature is required.

• ? 2. Defining attributes:
• A minimum of?three (3)?attributes are required.
• Support from nursing literature is required.
• Explanation:? An attribute identifies characteristics of a concept. ?For this question, the characteristics of the selected nursing concept are identified and discussed. 
• Antecedent and Consequence
• 1 antecedent?of the selected nursing concept.
• 1 consequence?of the selected nursing concept.

Support from nursing literature is required.

Explanation:? An antecedent is an identifiable occurrence that happens before an event. An antecedent precedes a selected nursing concept. A consequence follows or is the result of an event.? The selected consequence follows or is the result of the selected nursing concept.? 

• ? 4. Model Case
• 1 Model Case?is created by the student and discussed substantively by demonstrating within the case each of the following areas:
• Definition
• All identified attributes
• Theoretical Applications of the Concept
• Explain how the concept applies to the selected nursing theory.
• Support from nursing literature is required.