What is a family?

What is a family? Who gets to be a family? Who gets to be married? Who can adopt children? Who gets custody of the children after a divorce? It seems that the answers to these questions are ever-changing, and they are representative of the social upheaval that has been ongoing in the United States for at least the last 4 decades. In the contemporary United States, it has been a long time since the dad-goes-to-work, mom-stays-at-home family dominated the social scene.

Although there are some who extol the virtues of returning to this family configuration, there are others who relish the changes in what counts as a family. Social movement groups and organizations including those promoting racial civil rights, women’s rights and gay/lesbian/transgendered rights have all contributed to changes in law and social policy related to the family. In this Discussion Board assignment, you have the opportunity to consider an issue related to “the family” that is of interest to you from the following list:

Defining the family

Who can marry

Divorce and child custody

Who can adopt children

Assignment Guidelines

In 5–6 paragraphs, address the following:

Since the 1960s, what are at least 3 major things that have changed about this issue/topic? Explain.

What do you think have been major influences on these changes?

Include examples of changes in public opinion, media attention, and/or activities on the part of advocacy organizations.

What are 2–3 highlights of changes in laws about this issue/topic that are reflected in the policies of specific government agencies or reflected in court decisions? Describe each of these briefly.

Post a new topic to the Discussion Board that contains your responses to the above questions.

Comment on at least 2 other students’ posts.

In your own words, please post a response to the Discussion Board and comment on at least two other postings. You will be graded on the quality of your postings.

For assistance with your assignment, please use your text, Web resources, and all course materials.

What is the difference between a healthcare organization’s business and strategic plan?Discuss.

What is the difference between a healthcare organization’s business and strategic plan?Discuss.

The business plan of a healthcare organization describes the purpose of the HCO and lends structure to its organizational goals. The strategic plan is used as a directional guide; in other words, how the organization will fulfill its purpose and put ideas into action. The strategic plan also prioritizes the organization’s resources as a means to fulfill the business plan. Simply put, the business plan is the “what,” and the strategic plan is the “how.”

To prepare for this assignment, read Chapters 1 and 2 in the course text as well as the required article by Varkey and Bennett (2010). You may also want to review the recommended article by Williams (2008). For your initial post, answer the following questions in the discussion forum:

What is the difference between a healthcare organization’s business and strategic plan? Be sure to include the purpose of each plan and how they relate to one another.
Why is it important for a healthcare organization to develop a strategic plan?
Support your initial post with in-text citations and references for at least two scholarly sources.

Textbook info enclosed below

Stevens, R., & Silver, L. S. (2015). Strategic planning and marketing in healthcare organizations.

Analyze and discuss the relationship between quality and cost in health care in the United States, and research and identify how the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) attempts to reduce costs and improve quality

Analyze and discuss the relationship between quality and cost in health care in the United States, and research and identify how the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) attempts to reduce costs and improve quality.

Type: Individual Project

Unit: Cost and Quality in U.S. Health Care

Due Date: Wed, 4/12/17

Deliverable Length: 5-6 written pages, excluding cover page, abstract page, and reference page

Health care costs in the United States continue to increase. Despite the high cost of care for health care in the United States, quality indicators and outcomes lag behind other countries when compared to certain dimensions of performance.

For this assignment,

Analyze and discuss the relationship between quality and cost in health care in the United States, and research and identify how the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) attempts to reduce costs and improve quality.

Based on your research of the PPACA, provide an argument for whether the PPACA has been a success in reducing costs and improving quality.

Note: Use APA style to cite at least 5 scholarly sources from the last 5 years.

Identify and explain what emotions evoke on you the Colorado Board of Nursing case stated aboveColorado Board Case

Identify and explain what emotions evoke on you the Colorado Board of Nursing case stated aboveColorado Board Case
Read the following case study and submit a 3-page essay in a Microsoft Word document using APA 6th edition in response to the questions.Support your responses with relevant examples and journal articlesCase Study:
Until recently, the risk of criminal prosecution for nursing practice was nonexistent unless nursing action rose to the level of criminal intent, such as the case of euthanasia leading to murder charges. However, in April 1997, three nurses at the Centura St. Anthony Hospital, outside of Denver, were indicted by a Colorado grand jury for criminally negligent homicide in the death of a newborn. Public records show that one nurse was assigned to care for the baby. A second nurse offered to assist her colleague in caring for the baby. A third nurse was a nurse practitioner in the hospital nursery. Because the baby was at risk for congenital syphilis, the physician ordered that the nurses give 150,000 units of intramuscular penicillin, which would have required five separate injections.
In relation to other problems the same day, the baby was subjected to a lumbar puncture, which required six painful attempts. To avoid inflicting further pain, nurse two asked the nurse practitioner whether there was another route available for the administration of the penicillin. Nurse two and the nurse practitioner searched recognized pharmacology references and determined that intravenous administration would be acceptable. The nurse practitioner had the authority to change the route and directed nurse two to administer the medication intravenously rather than intramuscularly. Unrecognized by the nurses, the pharmacy erroneously delivered the medication, prepared and ready to administer, in a dose ten times greater than was ordered—1.5 million units. As nurse two was administering the medication intravenously, the baby died. The Colorado Board of Nursing initiated disciplinary proceedings against nurse two and the nurse practitioner, but not against nurse one. The grand jury indicted all three nurses on charges of criminally negligent homicide but did not indict the pharmacist (Calfee & Plum, 1997).

Why are many health care organizations hesitant to adopt electronic health records (EHR) when they have the potential to improve quality, increase access, and reduce costs?

Why are many health care organizations hesitant to adopt electronic health records (EHR) when they have the potential to improve quality, increase access, and reduce costs? Some organizations are concerned with the ethical and legal issues that may arise in daily operations.

In 2010, legislators noticed health care’s reluctant transition into full EHR integration, and began to provide financial incentives to those organizations that not only adopt EHRs, but also use them meaningfully to improve quality of patient care. As an advanced practice nurse, it is important to be aware of the challenges, policies, and incentives associated with integrating EHR systems. It is also critical that you understand the concept of “meaningful use” and how it plays out in today’s health care organizations.
To prepare:
In this Application Assignment, you analyze meaningful use criteria to determine the authentic legal, financial, and ethical issues that may surround it.
•Reflect on the information presented in the Learning Resources, focusing on meaningful use legislation and the “Ethics in Nursing Informatics” section of your course text.
•Investigate the legal, financial, and ethical issues surrounding meaningful use.
•Ask yourself: What are the goals of meaningful use?
To complete: Please focus on below heading to answer the question . I do not need introduction please, just go straight to the point using the heading below.
Write a 2-3 page essay in which you:
Heading 1 •Summarize the legal, financial, and ethical issues that may arise as a result of meaningful use legislation.
Heading 2 •Explain how these issues might present barriers to successful implementation within an organization.
Heading 3 •Discuss ways that health care organizations can make the most of their electronic health record investments in light of meaningful use.
Heading 4• Explain how EHR-related meaningful use legislation is being implemented in your organization.
Conclusion.

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What is a scanner, and what does it do?

What is a scanner, and what does it do? 2. What is a scanlist? 3. What is SERCOS? 4. What is ControlNet used for? 5. Which of the following can a ControlLogix system be used for? a. A stand-alone controller b. A process controller c. A motion controller d. A communications gateway e. All of the above. f. a, c, and d 6. Define the acronym NUT. 7. What is CSMA/CD? 8. What does the term deterministic mean, and why is it important in industrial communications?

How does an understanding of the mechanisms of the heart help you in treatment of your patient regardless of the illness?

How does an understanding of the mechanisms of the heart help you in treatment of your patient regardless of the illness?

How does an understanding of the mechanisms of the heart help you in treatment of your patient regardless of the illness? How does basic cardiac monitoring factor into caring for your patient? How do you care for patients with dysrhythmia? Share some of your best practices.

Examine the profession of nonprofit marketing from both an academic and career-oriented perspective applying primary research towards experiential projects that simulate nonprofit marketing management responsibilities

Examine the profession of nonprofit marketing from both an academic and career-oriented perspective applying primary research towards experiential projects that simulate nonprofit marketing management responsibilities.
Nonprofit Case Study – worth 25 percent of your final grade.

Includes Course Outcomes:

1) Assess the importance of marketing to both the internal and external environments in which nonprofits operate including the competitive environment of alliances, partnerships, mergers, cause marketing and social responsibility in order to effectively develop marketing programs that accomplish organizational goals.

5) Examine the profession of nonprofit marketing from both an academic and career-oriented perspective applying primary research towards experiential projects that simulate nonprofit marketing management responsibilities.

Open Source Material – Discussion Topics 3, 4 & 5

Bloom’s for the Nonprofit Case Study:

Remembering – finding, storing, recalling and describing information.

Understanding – explaining and constructing meaningful ideas and concepts.

In this eight-page (includes cover page) assignment, you will be conducting an in-depth analysis of a nonprofit organization’s marketing efforts in the role of a nonprofit marketing professional. You can continue to use the same nonprofit you chose for the marketing journal or choose another one. Since this assignment builds on the first one you may even find some of the information already researched, will come in handy!

Multimedia/Social Media: These are sites I think you should be familiar with and suggest the use of these sites towards the assignment. The purpose here is to introduce you to sites you may not be familiar with and to apply them in the context of a specified learning outcome, in this case, your Case Study.

Smore – create newsletters https://www.smore.com/

Fotobabble – managing marketing campaigns

http://www.fotobabble.com/

Scribd – digital library

http://www.scribd.com/

Podomatics – create a podcast promotion

http://www.podomatic.com/login

Step 1 – Intro to the organization

Prepare a two page, double-spaced paper including:

the name of the nonprofit organization you will study
the organization’s mission statement
an annotated bibliography of at least five sources you will use to find information on your nonprofit and a brief description about why you chose this source should follow each citation.

DISCUSS THE SAFETY PERFORMANCE OF THE NURSING HOME.

DISCUSS THE SAFETY PERFORMANCE OF THE NURSING HOME.Unit outcomes addressed in this Assignment: • Assess quality and techniques for improving quality and safety. Course outcome addressed in this Assignment: HA540-3:

Unit outcomes addressed in this Assignment: • Assess quality and techniques for improving quality and safety. Course outcome addressed in this Assignment: HA540-3: Research methods of assessing quality and techniques for improving quality and safety Instructions: In this assignment, you will be researching dimensions of quality and safety in healthcare, specifically long-term care, and how various industries can apply these concepts to improve operations. ● Using the Medicare Nursing Home Compare website, research one nursing home that displays a low level of quality as indicated by their Five Star Rating* ○ The nursing home should display a low level of quality (-2 star rating) ○ The nursing home should display a low level of safety ● Provide a general overview of the nursing home (e.g., name, location, bed size, ownership, etc.) ● Discuss the quality performance of the nursing home as evident by its most recent health care inspection (e.g., deficiencies, citations, financial penalties, etc.). This can be accomplished by thoroughly reading the nursing home’s statement of deficiencies and plan of action to correct quality deficiencies (CMS Form 2567). ● Discuss the safety performance of the nursing home as evident by its most recent life safety inspection (e.g., life safety citations, financial penalties, etc.). This can be accomplished by thoroughly reading the nursing home’s life safety code statement of deficiencies and plan of action. ● Discuss appropriate techniques that you would use to improve quality in the nursing home. ● Discuss appropriate techniques that you would use to improve safety in the nursing home. ● Be sure to include details about the deficiencies that you found. ● Report your findings by using one (1) of the methods below: ○ 3-4 page paper excluding front and back matter (APA standards apply). ○ Internal organizational memorandum. ○ Infographic 2 Kaplan University School of Health Sciences HA540 Unit 7 Assignment COURSE # ○ Power Point presentation for a Board of Directors (10-12 slides; speaker notes as needed to support assertions). ○ 7-10 minute public service announcement (using a free online voice recorder such as vocaroo.com) ○ Video newscast (using a free online video recorder such as YouTube.com)(e.g., entertainment talk show, television commentary, interview-style, news reporting, etc.). ○ The use of first person is permitted for this assignment (excluding option 1). ● APA formatting (e.g., title page, conclusion, reference page, etc.) should not be used. •You can select any nursing home published on the Medicare Hospital Compare website. To narrow your selection, consider researching nursing homes in your community, previous places of residence, employers, competitors, or even a nursing home you would like to network with someday. Submit your Assignment to the appropriate Dropbox. For instructions on submitting your work, view the Dropbox Guide located under Academic Tools at the top of your unit page. Please be sure to download the file “Writing Center Resources” from Doc Sharing to assist you with meeting APA expectations for written Assignments.