Post a total of 3 substantive responses over 2 separate days for full participation. This includes your initial post and 2 replies to classmates or your faculty member. 

Due Thursday 

There are numerous differential diagnoses of a rash.

Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:

• What are some important questions to explore and focus on when taking the history of a patient with a rash?
• What would be your approach to treating an unidentified rash?
• How would you identify, diagnose, and treat a rash in a young adult versus an older adult?

Assignment: Advocating for the Nursing Role in Program Design and Implementation

As their names imply, the honeyguide bird and the honey badger both share an affinity for honey. Honeyguide birds specialize in finding beehives but struggle to access the honey within. Honey badgers are well-equipped to raid beehives but cannot always find them. However, these two honey-loving species have learned to collaborate on an effective means to meet their objectives. The honeyguide bird guides honey badgers to newly discovered hives. Once the honey badger has ransacked the hive, the honey guide bird safely enters to enjoy the leftover honey.

Much like honeyguide birds and honey badgers, nurses and health professionals from other specialty areas can—and should—collaborate to design effective programs. Nurses bring specialties to the table that make them natural partners to professionals with different specialties. When nurses take the requisite leadership in becoming involved throughout the healthcare system, these partnerships can better design and deliver highly effective programs that meet objectives.

In this Assignment, you will practice this type of leadership by advocating for a healthcare program. Equally as important, you will advocate for a collaborative role of the nurse in the design and implementation of this program. To do this, assume you are preparing to be interviewed by a professional organization/publication regarding your thoughts on the role of the nurse in the design and implementation of new healthcare programs.

To Prepare:

Review the Resources and reflect on your thinking regarding the role of the nurse in the design and implementation of new healthcare programs.

Select a healthcare program within your practice and consider the design and implementation of this program.

Reflect on advocacy efforts and the role of the nurse in relation to healthcare program design and implementation.

• The Assignment: (2–4 pages)
• In a 2- to 4-page paper, create an interview transcript of your responses to the following interview questions:
• Tell us about a healthcare program, within your practice. What are the costs and projected outcomes of this program?

Who is your target population?

What is the role of the nurse in providing input for the design of this healthcare program? Can you provide examples?

What is your role as an advocate for your target population for this healthcare program? Do you have input into design decisions? How else do you impact design?

What is the role of the nurse in healthcare program implementation? How does this role vary between design and implementation of healthcare programs? Can you provide examples?

Who are the members of a healthcare team that you believe are most needed to implement a program? Can you explain why?

Can you help me understand this Public Health question?

Discuss the Ebola outbreak that occurred in West Africa in 2014.

• What do you remember from the media at the time?
• Have your perceptions about the transmission of highly infectious diseases changed after what you have learned in this course (infectious Disease for MPH)?
• Do you see the 2014 Ebola outbreak differently now?

Guidelines:

Presentation topic about “Characteristics of effective healthcare epidemiology programs”

.1 Presentation should include an example from a published paper.

2. Slide count 10-15 slides including cover slide with university logo; presentation title, group members names and students ID numbers.

3. Presentation time 10-15 minutes.

4. Presentation must be submitted on Bb with filled cover page as word file (.doc) and slides (.ppt) should be sent to the instructor through email by the leader of each group.

5. At least 3 references should be provided – APA style

Course Overview of Module 3

• Introduction: This module will help learners understand the historical influences of the various services and programs that protect the rights of adolescents, various stressors working with adolescent population, protecting the rights of adolescents from abuse, and cultural competencies needed to be an effective Human Service professional. In addition, learners will be introduced to the various stages of grief especially working with children.
• Course Learner Objectives: Students will be able to:
  • explain ethical dilemmas working with adolescents.
  • describe the historical influences of child welfare over the past 50 years.
  • explain how to report child abuse and record keeping process.
  • identify cultural competencies skills when working with adolescents.
  • distinguish and categorize the stages of grief.

Utilize the databases identified in the text to locate an Evidence-Based Practice Guideline, related to your topic identified in Module 1. Perform a rapid critical appraisal of the Evidence-Based Guideline by answering the following questions in APA format. All questions should be answered in detail and explanations offered according to guideline content when applicable.

Who were the guideline developers?

Were the developers of the guideline representative of key stakeholders in this specialty (inter-disciplinary)?

Who funded the guideline development?  

• Were any of the guideline developers funded researchers of the reviewed studies?
• Did the team have a valid development strategy?
• Was an explicit (how decisions were made), sensible, and impartial process used to identify, select, and combine evidence?
• Did its developers carry out comprehensive, reproducible literature review within the past 12 months of its publication/revision?
• Were all important options and outcomes considered?
• Is each recommendation in the guideline tagged by the level/strength of evidence upon which it is based and linked to the scientific evidence?
• Do the guidelines make explicit recommendations (reflecting value judgments about the outcomes)?
• Has the guideline been subjected to peer review and testing?
• Is the intent of use provided (i.e. national, regional, local)?
• Are the recommendations clinically relevant?
• Will the recommendations help me in caring for my patients?
• Are the recommendations practical/feasible? Are resources (people and equipment) available?
• Are the recommendations a major variation from current practice? Can the outcomes be measured through standard care?

1. Policy Analysis
   Introduction Organizational policy alignment and adherence to laws and regulations is critical for overall corporate compliance and to decrease organizational risks (patient falls, medication errors, cyber hacks and PHI data breaches, infection control, et cetera). In this assignment, you will select, evaluate, and update one health care provider’s policy related to a significant regulatory risk to the health care organization.Instructions
   Select one of two options:Option A
   If you work for a hospital or health care organization you may select a policy that is of interest to you then follow these assignment instructions:
   • Imagine you are a health care administrator at your current employer. Analyze the policy you selected, taking into consideration any recent changes. Evaluate what information and where that information would need to be updated. Propose revisions that are based on current identified standards and/or new guidelines that you have researched in the text or identified in other high-quality sources (that is, journals, government websites, and the like). Analyze the significance of the selected policy updates as it relates to potential litigation. (Why did the policy need updating? What threats do these changes help avoid?) Summarize your perspective on the revisions as well as any additional changes that should be considered. Present your work as an executive summary suitable for distribution to your organization’s board members.
   • Option B
     If you do not work in the industry or do not have access to a health care policy, use the  Hahnemann Falls Policy to complete this assignment. Then follow these assignment instructions:
   • As you can see, this policy was written in 2012. Now, imagine you are a health care administrator working at the health care organization where this policy originates from. Analyze the policy, taking into consideration the changes in HIPAA and PHI since 2012. Evaluate what information and where that information would need to be updated for a current revision of this document. Locate the areas where you would update or add information to this 2012 version. Propose revisions that are based on current identified standards and/or new guidelines that you have researched in the text or identified in other high-quality sources (that is, journals, government websites, and the like). Analyze the significance of the selected policy updates as it relates to potential litigation. (Why did the policy need updating? What threats do these changes help avoid?) Summarize your perspective on the revisions as well as any additional changes that should be considered. Present your work as an executive summary suitable for distribution to your organization’s board members.
   • Your paper should be 3–5 pages long and should include a title page and references for a total of 5–7 pages.Strayer Writing Standards
     This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards. For assistance and information, please refer to the Strayer Writing Standards link in the left-hand menu of your course.Grading Criteria
     The grading criteria for this executive summary is as follows. It must include the elements listed below, so be sure to address each point. You may also want to review the performance-level descriptions for each criterion in the scoring guide to see how your work will be assessed:
   1. Analyze a problematic or dated health care policy, explaining its primary purpose and effectiveness.
   2. Determine the issues the selected policy poses as it is written and any related ramifications.
   3. Research the changes needed to update and align the policy with current standards and guidelines.
   4. Propose revisions that are based on current identified standards and/or new guidelines.
   5. Analyze the significance of the selected policy updates as it relates to potential litigation.
   6. Summarize personal perspective on the revisions as well as any additional changes that should be considered.
   7. Meet clarity, writing mechanics, and formatting requirements.
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Adolescence is a time of rapid physical and cognitive changes. Brain development during adolescence begins in the back of the brain and moves forward to the pre-frontal cortex. This area of the brain is responsible for our higher level thinking, decision making, judgement, and problem solving.

Discuss how cognitive development (according to Piaget) may limit an adolescent’s ability to make good decisions and how this may impact risk taking and risky behaviors. Be specific as you can by using examples to illustrate your points.

Your response should be a minimum of 2 to and a maximum of 3 paragraphs in length. You should cite references when necessary (This should always be done whether you are using your textbook or another outside source.) Be sure to cite the page from which you retrieved the answer from you text in the following way: (Craig & Dunn, p. 124). Make sure that you are summarizing the text using your own words. Do not quote directly from the text. Be mindful of using proper grammar and spelling. Please be specific in your example. It is not enough to say, “I believe…” You need to support your response with theory and evidence outside of opinion.

BOOK:

Title Understanding Human Development 4th Ed.
Author Wendy L. Dunn & Grace J. Craig
ISBN 978-0-13-448402-0
Publisher Pearson

Purpose of Assignment:

It is important for nurses to reflect on experiences and new knowledge gained in order to promote professional growth.

Course Competencies:

• Evaluate responses of communicable diseases in healthcare today.
• Debate current healthcare policy as it relates to nursing practice.
• Critique ethical issues in current nursing practice.
• Analyze cultural and social issues in the contemporary, professional nursing environment.
• Evaluate the use of information technology and patient data analyses in the current healthcare delivery system.
• Analyze current issues in healthcare.

Instructions:

Reflect on your development as a nursing professional and address the following in a 1-2 page paper:

1. Describe how you achieved each of the course competencies.
2. Provide at least one example of new knowledge gained related to each competency and explain how this new knowledge will impact your nursing practice.