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NR 552 DISCUSSION QUESTION WEEK 1 TO 8

Influencing Policy through Healthcare Economics This course has taught me a lot about developing fiscally responsible changes in the healthcare sector. I have learned that it is important for a policy to be fiscally responsible especially in a time when the cost of healthcare has developed significantly. I will utilize the concepts learned in the course to develop healthcare changes that are economical and at the same time helping in improving patient’s outcome. Some of the concepts I have...

Cost-Effectiveness Analysis NAME Chamberlain College of Nursing NR552: Economics of Healthcare Policy Dr. Poirier DATE Access the Chamberlain on-line library (Medline/CINAHL) to locate an article analyzing a treatment option or other policy change utilizing cost-benefit or cost-effectiveness analysis. The following search terms may assist in locating an article: cost-effectiveness analysis, cost versus benefit, or cost-benefit analysis. Briefly present the topic discussed in the ar...

Nurse Staffing and Quality of Care: Case-mix for Emergency Care NAME Chamberlain College of Nursing NR552: Economics of Healthcare Policy Dr. Poirier DATE The Emergency department normally experiences a surge in the number of patients. The clinical stability of patients varies considerably. To provide optimal care for patients a more flexible and responsive staffing pattern is required. In delivering high-quality and timely care in the Emergency Department, correct...

Caring and Cost Efficient Nursing NAME Chamberlain College of Nursing NR552: Economics of Healthcare Policy Dr. Poirier DATE After reading the article: Cara, C. M., Nyberg, J. J., & Brousseau, S. (2011). Fostering the coexistence of caring philosophy and economics in today's healthcare system. Nursing Administration Quarterly, 35(1), 6-14. Propose a caring behavior or policy you would like to initiate in your workplace. Describe how this caring behavior would impact...

Medical Tourism NAME Chamberlain College of Nursing NR552: Economics of Healthcare Policy DATE After reading the assigned article by Turner (2010), define medical tourism and discuss how medical tourism has benefited or harmed access to care for the citizens of developing countries. What are the legal, ethical and human-caring principles that can be identified on both sides of this issue? Week 5 Medical Tourism Medical tourism is when consumers elect to travel across internationa...

Funding for Global Health NAME Chamberlain College of Nursing NR552: Economics of Healthcare Policy DATE In a time when the United States struggles with balancing the budget, would you advocate for spending United States dollars for global health assistance to support developing countries? Describe the social, political, or economic implications associated with your answer. Week 5: Funding for Global Health Since the great depression, the United States has been facing th...

Paying for Hospital Services NAME Chamberlain College of Nursing NR 552: Economics of Healthcare Policy Dr. Poirier DATE Compare and contrast the various methods of payment for hospital services. Which payment model do you feel best meets the criteria of cost efficiency, allocative efficiency, and cost containment? Explain your choice Week 4: Paying for Hospital Services Payment models should be helpful by promoting access to health care, quality health care se...

Medicare/Medicaid payment NAME Chamberlain College of Nursing NR 552: Economics of Healthcare Policy Dr. Poirier DATE Depending on the location primary care providers practice in, they may have a larger-than-average patient population paying with Medicare and/or Medicaid. What could be the consequences of a large Medicare/Medicaid patient base to the provider and to the patient? Week 4: Medicare/Medicaid Payment Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practic...

Select Patient Paid Services NAME Chamberlain College of Nursing NR 552: Economics of Healthcare Policy Dr. Poirier DATE The cost of covering all medical services demanded by participants of healthcare insurance plans is calculated into the overall cost of premiums for all participants. To maintain or lower premium costs, should insurance companies deny coverage for some healthcare services? Which services would you recommend become patient-paid-only and why? Week 3: Sel...

Externalities of Public Services NAME Chamberlain College of Nursing NR 552: Economics of Healthcare Policy Dr. Poirier DATE Investigate a publically provided healthcare service in your community. Briefly describe the service provided, including the population served and how the program is funded. What are the negative and positive externalities of providing this service? Week 3: Externalities of Public Services It’s no mystery that mental health is a subject cloude...

Policies for Public Good NAME Chamberlain College of Nursing NR 552: Economics of Healthcare Policy Poirier DATE What environmental changes have employers or city planners in your area made to promote a healthy lifestyle for employees or citizens? What are the expected health and economic outcomes of these environmental changes? Week 2: Environment and Healthy Lifestyle Experts believe the built environment in which we live is a key barrier, or facilitator, ...

Nurses’ Supply and Demand NAME Chamberlain College of Nursing NR 552: Economics of Healthcare Policy Professor’s Name DATE Nurses are a limited health care resource. What is the current supply and demand for professional nurses in your local area or state? What alternatives or interventions are being proposed to equalize the supply and demand of professional nurses? Today, the nursing profession is one of the highly demanded professions (N, 2017). A variety of occupati...

Relationship of health, wealth, and healthcare in the United States NAME Chamberlain College of Nursing NR 552: Economics of Healthcare Policy Professor Poirier DATE Review Figure 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, and Table 1.2 from Chapter 1: Economics and Efficiency, from the Olsen text (2009). Discuss the relationship between health, wealth, and healthcare in the United States. Individuals or countries with greater income usually have a lower likelihood of diseases and subseq...

NR 512 DISCUSSION QUESTION WEEK 1 TO 8

NR 512 Week 8 Discussion, Reflection, 2nd Life Experiences, Nursing Informatics Skills (Two Versions) Discuss how Course Outcomes were supported and met by the activities you have completed in this course. Hello Dr. Bev and Colleagues, This week we are asked to look at the course outcomes and how they were supported by the activities we completed in this course. The course outcomes are as follows: “1. Define key terms in informatics, healthcare informatics, and nursing informatics;...

Week 7: Safeguarding Health Information and Systems A new concept for some organizations is to allow nurses to bring in their own devices known as bring your own devices (BYOD) to use at work. What are some of the security issues you might encounter if this were allowed? How would you address these issues? How is this issue addressed in your practice setting? Professor and Class, In today’s world of rapid advancing technology, healthcare companies have multiple lines of risk with breaches...

NR-512 Week 6 Discussion, HealthIT Hot Topic of the Week and Impact on Practice (Three Versions) What was the HealthIT Hot Topic you selected related to your specialty? Why did you select it? How will this impact your practice? A very important HealthIT topic related to nursing as well as to patient care delivery and patient experience is security controls and concerns for HIPPA violations when it comes to EHR. Information security and privacy provisions, such as strong anonymity and consent ...

NR 222 Final Exam Set 2 The nurse incorporates cultural considerations into the health teaching plan by: The communication of health information in a manner which is clear and understandable to the client is known as: Nurses have a responsibility to ensure health literacy when providing health education. What are some strategies that nurses can use to promote health literacy? (select all that apply) The nurse utilizes strategies associated with client-centered communication by doing which ...

Week 5: Knowledge Generation Through Nursing Informatics In one of the reading assignments this week you reviewed advance nurse practitioner (APN) roles and the application of project management concepts, one of the major elements of NI, but new to most nurses. What type of application does this have for your practice? According to Sipes (2016, p. 16), the five steps of project management are similar to the five steps of the nursing process when caring for patients using evidence-based c...