Because visioning and effective decision making are primary tasks of leaders, discuss mechanisms that nurse managers can use to ensure that they make the best decisions. Describe positive and negative aspects of abandoning traditional healthcare strategic planning processes and adopting a contemporary approach. Discuss the process of external and internal environmental analyses, and then speculate …

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Assignment: It can take several hours of game play to learn the mechanics of some games, even longer for the more complex games. If subject matter learning can occur only after this initial game mechanic learning has taken place, educators need to justify the amount of time a learner spends in the game environment. User …

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Identify regulatory agencies that regulate health and the health care system within the US, create a table listing your 5 regulatory agencies and address the following: 1. Describe the agency, level of regulatory authority (local, state, federal), scope of regulatory authority, and role within the US healthcare system. 2. Address relevance of the organization or …

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One important application of epidemiology is to identify factors that could increase the likelihood of a certain health problem occurring within a specific population. Epidemiologists use measures of effect to examine the association or linkage in the relationship between risk factors and emergence of disease or ill health. For instance, they may use measures of effect to …

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Law Requirements Complete the following chart.   Define the law (45 to 90 words). Identify stakeholders involved in law (45 words). Differentiate the confidentiality requirements of the law (45 to 90 words). Identify the name of a law that was enacted to protect confidentiality in the health care industry. Describe the impact the law has …

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Identify cultural influences on health and decision-making. Create a PowerPoint presentation that addresses the following items: Sub-group name and image with rationale Purnell’s Model constructs and sub-group information (n = 12) Sub-group presence and issues 15 related to local and global community Summary of recommendations for providing culturally competent nursing care to this sub-group Submission …

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Think about a familiar clinical practice area where interest groups are attempting to bring about a change in clinical care or systems of service delivery.  Assume new, game-changing research finding are published and received wide attention.  Identify groups that might have an interest in these finding.  What are their likely reactions to new research? The …

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A patient is ready for discharge when she spikes a fever of 101.3°F. A call to the physician results in an order for IV antibiotics to be administered every 12 hours for 48 hours. The patient’s family arrives to take her home, and they discover that she now has an IV and will not be …

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Case Study: Informatics in Healthcare Assignment Overview This assignment is intended to demonstrate your comprehension of the primary applications of health informatics in healthcare organizations as well as the ethical and legal issues in the healthcare informatics field. For this assignment, you will read a case study that examines how the study of informatics can …

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