POLITICS AND THE PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT

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  Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity.
Click the weekly resources link to access the resources.  

To Prepare:

  • Review the Resources and reflect on efforts to repeal/replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

 Milstead, J. A., & Short, N. M. (2019). Health policy and politics: A nurse’s guide (6th ed.). Jones & Bartlett Learning.

Discussion:

  An explanation for how you think the cost-benefit analysis in terms of legislators being reelected affected efforts to repeal/replace the ACA. Then, explain how analyses of the voters views may affect decisions by legislative leaders in recommending or positioning national policies (e.g., Congress’ decisions impacting Medicare or Medicaid). Remember, the number one job of a legislator is to be re-elected. Please check your discussion grading rubric to ensure your responses meet the criteria. 

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Assessment 2

Community Resources

INSRUCTIONS-Research a selected local, national, or global nonprofit organization or government agency to determine how it contributes to public health and safety improvements, promotes equal opportunity, and improves the quality of life within the community. Submit your findings in a 3-5 page report.

INSTRODUCTION – Many organizations work to better local and global communities' quality of life and promote health and safety in times of crisis. As public health and safety advocates, nurses must be cognizant of how such organizations help certain populations. As change agents, nurses must be aware of factors that impact the organization and the services that it offers. Familiarity with these organizations enables the nurse to offer assistance as a volunteer and source of referral.

PREPARATION– You are interested in expanding your role as a nurse and are considering working in an area where you can help to promote equal opportunity and improve the quality of life within the local or global community. You are aware of several nonprofit organizations and government agencies whose work contributes to this effort in some way. You have particular interest in one of these organizations but would like to know more about its contributions to public health and safety improvements. You would like to report the results of your research in a scholarly paper that you could submit for publication.

Research a selected local, national, or global nonprofit organization or government agency from the list provided. Determine how the organization or agency contributes to public health and safety improvements, promotes equal opportunity, and improves the quality of life within the community. Submit your findings in a 3-5 page report.

As you begin to prepare this assessment, it would be an excellent choice to complete the Nonprofit Organizations and Community Health activity. Complete this activity to gain insight into promoting equal opportunity and

improving the quality of life in a community. The information gained from completing this activity will help you succeed with the assessment.

Choose the organization or agency you are most interested in researching:

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American Red Cross
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Habitat for Humanity
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United Way
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Doctors Without Borders
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The Salvation Army
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United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
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Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
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National Center for Transgender Equality
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National Resource Center on LGBT Aging
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Advocacy & Services for LGBT Elders
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Equal Justice Initiative
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National Alliance to End Homelessness
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Urban Triage
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World Health Organization
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The Arc: For People With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
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Alliance for Retired Americans
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Futures Without Violence
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Blue Campaign: What Is Human Trafficking?

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Covenant House
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Cultural Survival
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Note: As you revise your writing, check out the resources listed on the Writing Center's 

Writing Support
 page.

Instructions

Research a selected local, national, or global nonprofit organization or government agency from the list provided. Determine how the organization or agency contributes to public health and safety improvements, promotes equal opportunity, and improves the quality of life within the community. Submit your findings in a 3-5 page report.

As you begin to prepare this assessment, it would be an excellent choice to complete the Nonprofit Organizations and Community Health activity. Complete this activity to gain insight into promoting equal opportunity and improving the quality of life in a community. The information gained from completing this activity will help you succeed with the assessment. After completing this activity, choose an organization or agency from the list that you are most interested in researching.

Document Format and Length

Format your paper using APA style.

· Refer to the 

APA Style Paper Tutorial [DOCX]
 to help you in writing and formatting your paper. Be sure to include:

· A title page and references page. An abstract is not required.

· Appropriate section headings.

· Your paper should comprise 3-5 pages of content plus title and references pages.

Supporting Evidence

Cite at least three credible sources from peer-reviewed journals or professional industry publications published within the past 5 years that support your research findings.

Graded Requirements

The research requirements, outlined below, correspond to the grading criteria in the assessment scoring guide, so be sure to address each point.

· Explain how the organization's mission and vision enable it to contribute to public health and safety improvements.

· Include examples of ways a local and/or global initiative supports organizational mission and vision and promotes public health and safety.

· Evaluate an organization's ability to promote equal opportunity and improve the quality of life in the community.

· Consider the effects of social, cultural, economic, and physical barriers.

· Assess the impact of funding sources, policy, and legislation on the organization's provision of services.

· Consider the potential implications of funding decisions, policy, and legislation for individuals, families, and aggregates within the community.

· Explain how an organization's work impacts the health and/or safety needs of a local community.

· Consider how nurses might become involved with the organization.

· Organize content so ideas flow logically with smooth transitions; contains few errors in grammar/punctuation, word choice, and spelling.

· Apply APA formatting to in-text citations and references exhibiting nearly flawless adherence to APA format.

· Write with a specific purpose and audience in mind.

· Adhere to scholarly and disciplinary writing standards and APA formatting requirements.

Additional Requirements

Before submitting your paper, proofread it to minimize errors that could distract readers and make it difficult for them to focus on your research findings.

Competencies Measured

By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and scoring guide criteria:

Competency 1: Analyze health risks and health care needs among distinct populations.

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· Explain how an organization's work impacts the health and/or safety needs of a local community.

Competency 2: Propose health promotion strategies to improve the health of populations.

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· Explain how an organization's mission and vision enable it to contribute to public health and safety improvements.

Competency 3: valuate health policies, based on their ability to achieve desired outcomes.

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· Assess the impact of funding sources, policy, and legislation on an organization's service delivery.

Competency 4: Integrate principles of social justice in community health interventions.

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· Evaluate an organization's ability to promote equal opportunity and improve the quality of life in a community.

Competency 5: Apply professional, scholarly communication strategies to lead health promotion and improve population health.

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· Organize content so ideas flow logically with smooth transitions; contains few errors in grammar/punctuation, word choice, and spelling.

· Apply APA formatting to in-text citations and references exhibiting nearly flawless adherence to APA format.

Scoring Guide

Use the scoring guide to understand how your assessment will be evaluated.

Community Resources Scoring Guide

CRITERIA

NON-PERFORMANCE

BASIC

PROFICIENT

DISTINGUISHED

Explain how an organization’s mission and vision enable it to contribute to public health and safety improvements.

Evaluate an organization’s ability to promote equal opportunity and improve the quality of life in a community.

Assess the impact of funding sources, policy, and legislation on an organization’s service delivery.

Explain how an organization’s work impacts the health and/or safety needs of a local community.

Organize content so ideas flow logically with smooth transitions; contains few errors in grammar/punctuation, word choice, and spelling.

Apply APA formatting to in-text citations and references exhibiting nearly flawless adherence to APA format.

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Be sure to provide 5 APA citations of the supporting evidence-based peer-reviewed articles you selected to support your thinking.

Please be sure to follow EACH AND EVERY BULLET POINT.

Make sure to ANSWER EACH QUESTION ACCURATELY.

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***Please be sure to include all information from the attachment in the assignment*****

Please do not plagiarize nor reword another person’s assignment that has been previously submitted.

Look at the attachment for the assignment!!!

DO NOT turn in late, please pay attention to the DUE DATE.

week 4 discussion answers

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Please respond to each discussion post with 4 to 5 sentences with apa references for each 

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IRB is an important step in the research process. State the required components one

should look for in a project to determine if IRB submission is needed. Discuss an example

of a research study in one of your literature review articles that needed IRB approval,

and describe why IRB approval was needed in this instance.

week5 political science

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Representation in Congress

Assignment

Required Resources

Read/review the following resources for this activity:

· Textbook: Chapter 11, 12

· Lesson

· Minimum of 2 scholarly sources in addition to the textbook.

Instructions

Research the proportion of women, African Americans, Native Americans, Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans and openly gay or lesbian members of Congress.

1. Reflect on what these patterns say about the nature of representation.

2. Why do some groups tend to be underrepresented in Congress?

3. Why do you see a trend in which more women and minorities are being represented?

4. Do you think the underrepresentation of women and minorities affect Congress's business?

5. How might we as a people address this situation and strive towards equal representation? Make sure to cite sources used.

Requirements

· Length: 1.5-2 pages (not including title page or references page)

· 1-inch margins

· Double spaced

· 12-point Times New Roman font

· Title page

· References page (minimum of 2 scholarly sources in addition to textbook if cited)

Ebook:
https://bookshelf.vitalsource.com/reader/books/9780135246849/pageid/11

The Struggle for Democracy, 2018 Elections and Updates Edition

Or
[email protected]

PWD: Bryanthierry@09

Week 2 Lab Report

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BIOS242, Week 2-OL

Name:

Lab 2: Bacterial Isolation

Learning Objectives

· Explain the importance of bacterial growth for the investigation of pathological microorganisms

· Use aseptic techniques

· Explain the concept of a single colony

· Perform plate-streaking techniques

· Use selective media for isolation purposes

Techniques in Lab

· Colony screening

· Sterile technique

· Plate streaking

Introduction: Bacterial Isolation Virtual Simulation Lab
In the Bacterial Isolation simulation, you will investigate the cause of a contamination of poultry meat by a dangerous bacteria strain that is resistant to common antibiotics. After taking samples from the chicken farm, you will work in the virtual laboratory to isolate single colonies of the deadly bacteria among a variety of different species. To do so, you will learn how to work under sterile conditions, and you will be able to practice and perfect your plate streaking technique.

Identifying ampicillin resistant bacteria
The premise of the Bacterial Isolation lab is a report of ampicillin resistant bacteria in poultry meat. You will visit the place of origination, a chicken farm, in hopes of identifying the bacteria strain. The first task is to take a sample, which will contain a variety of bacterial strains, and from that, you must identify which strains are resistant to ampicillin by isolating single colonies.

Aseptic technique
In the Bacterial Isolation lab, you will learn how to use aseptic techniques—for example, remembering to turn on the Bunsen burner and sterile their loop in between streaks.

Plate streaking technique
In order to identify the specific bacteria strain, you will have to perform bacterial isolation using the plate streaking technique. There is an unlimited supply of agar plates, giving you the opportunity to practice this technique as many times as you like. Results are given immediately, as opposed to waiting a full 24 hours for incubation, as when performed in real life as opposed to in a virtual simulation. You will also streak a special Salmonella Shigella agar. The Salmonella Shigella agar contains a certain medium that only promotes growth of Gram-negative strains. Each of the different strains will exhibit a certain phenotype when grown on the Salmonella Shigella agar. By using this information you can identify the specific strain that is resistant to ampicillin. The sample will then be sent for further analysis to fully confirm the identity.

Will you be able to complete the task with your knowledge on bacterial isolation and successfully isolate the dangerous bacterial strain?

Questions:

1. Purpose: Please describe in complete sentences and in your own words, the purpose of this experiment.

2. Why is proper aseptic technique important in microbiology?

3. What is the importance of flaming the inoculating loop or needle before
and after each inoculation?

4. If you do not wait 10 – 20 seconds after flame sterilizing the inoculating instruments before obtaining the sample, what might be the consequences?

5. Why is it important to flame neck of the tubes immediately after uncapping and before recapping the tubes?

6. Reflection: Write 5 sentences on what you learned from this simulation, what did you like and what was something that you would not prefer to be in the simulation.

Grading Rubric:

Activity

Deliverable

Points

Document Submission

Complete lab report and answer questions

· Purpose (2 point)

· Questions (8 points)

· Reflection (5 points)

15

Total

Complete all lab

15

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week5 Proposed Intervention

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What are the decisions you made in designing your proposed intervention? Include any ethical considerations or issues you felt were relevant, the setting in which the intervention will occur, the interventions that were selected and why, and how you plan to implement the intervention.

Cite any sources in APA format.

 

Step 5: Develop a Plan for Evaluating the Effectiveness of Your Intervention
Objective: To develop a method to determine if your Intervention achieved your goals.
For each goal, create an evaluation plan including:
 Change Team member responsible for data collection, analysis, and presentation
 A measure and target ranges for the measure.
 Study design (usually pre- and post-intervention study)
 Sample (study group) or data source with comparison group
 Methods for data collection, analysis, interpretation, and presentation.
 Timelines for baseline and for post-intervention data collection and analysis
 Resources required
Step 6: Develop an Implementation Plan
Objective: Part A: To develop a plan for training or educating your staff/patients to successfully
implement your intervention.
Part B: To develop a plan for putting your intervention into place.
Part A: Develop a Plan for Staff and/or Patient Training
 Identify your Instructors, trainee audience(s) and their specific training requirements.
Determine who needs to be trained on what knowledge/skills and by when in order to achieve
your aims.
Part B: Develop an Implementation Plan for the Intervention
 Ensure you have collected all baseline data before implementing the intervention.
 Identify the person(s) responsible for implementation.
 Determine how you will implement your intervention in order to achieve your aims.
 Identify who will use what team strategies and tools, when and where.
 Create an implementation timeline.

Nursing Pathophysiology case study assignment

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Assignment #1: Musculoskeletal Conditions 

Please kindly use (APA, 7th ed.) references separately under each question.

Case Study 

Mrs. L is a 63-year-old woman who reports constant back pain. Further inquiry into her medical history revealed that over the past 3 years, she has suffered fractures of her femur and wrist after minor falls. She experienced menopause at age 49. Mrs. L has a secretarial job, drives to work, and she “does not have time for exercise.” She reports that she consumes 8 to 10 cups of coffee a day and has been a smoker most of her adult life. She has not seen her physician recently nor had a recommended bone density test because of the time and cost involved.

Questions

. Relate Mrs. L’s history to the diagnosis of osteoporosis. What risk factors are present,

  and how does each predispose to decreased bone density?

. Explain the cause of pathological fractures in this patient.

. How could osteoporosis have been prevented in Mrs. L? 

. Discuss the treatments available to the patient.

Assignment  #2: Cardiovascular system 

Please kindly use (APA, 7th ed.) references separately under each question.

Case Study: 

Mr. K. is a 57-year-old man who consulted his physician after noticing marked leg pains while playing golf. He had previously noticed increasing fatigue and discomfort in his legs associated with moderate exercise. When sitting for extended periods with legs dangling, his legs became red, and sometimes his feet felt numb. His history indicates he smokes cigarettes and is chronically overweight. His blood cholesterol and other lipid levels are abnormal, and his physician suspects peripheral atherosclerosis as the cause of his discomfort.

Questions

. Discuss the development of atherosclerosis, including the predisposing factors in this 

case and the pathophysiological changes. 

. Discuss the complications that might develop in this patient.

. Discuss the treatments for all aspects of the patient’s condition, including slowing the progress of the atherosclerosis, maintaining circulation in the leg, and treating complications.

Assignment #3: The Central Nervous system 

Please kindly use (APA, 7th ed.) references separately under each question.

Case Study 

Ms. J, a 19-year-old college student, has been living in a dormitory on campus. She began experiencing severe headaches, neck pain, and nuchal rigidity, along with irritability and nausea. She noticed that when lying with her hips flexed, she found it very hard to stretch out her legs. Within a day her condition deteriorated, she experienced a tonic-clonic seizure, and she was quickly admitted to the hospital. Tests revealed increased intracranial pressure, fever, and leukocytosis. Bacterial meningitis was suspected, and a lumbar puncture was scheduled.

Questions

. Describe the pathophysiologic changes associated with bacterial meningitis.

. Discuss the diagnostic tests available for identifying meningitis. What are the likely 

characteristics of the CSF to be found in this case?

. Which signs indicating elevated intracranial pressure are likely to be present?

. Discuss the treatments available to help this patient and possible long-term 

complications.

Assignment #4: Shock 

Please kindly use (APA, 7th ed.) references separately under each question.

Case Study 

Ms. L, a 19-year-old woman with no previous medical history, was involved in a serious automobile accident in which her best friend died. Examination by EMT personnel first on the scene revealed she had only minor scrapes and bruises and no sign of head trauma. While in route by ambulance to the hospital, Ms. L complained of thirst and appeared restless. Further examination indicated a rapid pulse and respirations, with her blood pressure now at 100/60 mm Hg. She appeared less responsive to the paramedics. She was slipping into circulatory shock as they checked her again for internal injuries.

Questions

. Discuss the contributing factors to shock in this case and the pathophysiologic 

changes causing the changes in vital signs. 

. Discuss the signs and symptoms of shock, including the rationale for each, as seen in 

the early stage, and as compensation mechanisms respond.

. Discuss emergency and follow-up treatment for shock and for complications that may

 arise if not treated quickly.

. Compare the types of shock, giving a specific cause, classification, and any significant 

changes in onset or manifestations.