Assignment 4: Health Insurance and the Affordable Care Act
Due Week 8
Suppose you have been tasked with purchasing health insurance for your organization that has fifty full-time employees.
Use the Internet or Strayer databases to research different types of health insurance.
Write a 2-3 page paper in which you:
- Suggest one (1) plan that you would use to purchase health insurance for your organization. Determine the extent to which employee lifestyle choices and health economics would factor in to your chosen plan. Provide a rationale for your response.
- Analyze the implication of the Affordable Care Act on your decision to purchase insurance. Debate two (2) advantages and two (2) disadvantages of purchasing health insurance for your employees, as opposed to having your employees receive governmental insurance.
- Use at least two (2) quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qua
Assignment 4: Health Insurance and the Affordable Care Act
Due Week 8
Suppose you have been tasked with purchasing health insurance for your organization that has fifty full-time employees.
Use the Internet or Strayer databases to research different types of health insurance.
Write a 2-3 page paper in which you:
- Suggest one (1) plan that you would use to purchase health insurance for your organization. Determine the extent to which employee lifestyle choices and health economics would factor in to your chosen plan. Provide a rationale for your response.
- Analyze the implication of the Affordable Care Act on your decision to purchase insurance. Debate two (2) advantages and two (2) disadvantages of purchasing health insurance for your employees, as opposed to having your employees receive governmental insurance.
- Use at least two (2) quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qua
Assignment 2: Research Proposal in Nurses Shortages in US healthcare.
By 8/21 at 12 noon ! write a (5–6 pages NOT including introduction and references reference no older than 5 years old ) paper APA STYLE. addressing the sections below of the research proposal in Nurses Shortages in US healthcare.
This week you will submit the Literature Review section of your proposal in Nurses Shortages in US healthcare . Each week you have been adding to your growing body of evidence to support your problem and proposed innovation to address the problem. The review of literature is a critical, analytical summary and synthesis of the current knowledge of your research topic. Thus it should compare and relate different theories, findings, etc., rather than just summarize them individually.
The following resources will help guide you (in addition to our course textbooks):
http://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/ReviewofLiterature.html
http://www.duluth.umn.edu/~hrallis/guides/researching/litreview.ht
Directions
For this Assignment you will pick one recommended screening from AHRQ section 2; an A or B Grade:
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality [AHRQ]. (2014). Guide to clinical preventive services. Retrieved from https://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/clinicians-providers/guidelines-recommendations/guide/index.html
An initiative is a project, an event, so something in the community is ideal. Workplace location for employees is fine too. Please include the following suggested level one headings so content is clear and easily identified.
Conceptual Model
Choose a conceptual model that you think might work for your initiative and explain the model here. Appendix 2 in the document at the link below will help you understand community approaches. Appendix 3 in this same document will help you with conceptual model selection. Note: This project is about screening, not physical activity evaluation. Use the appendix as a resource for models:
Physical Activity Evaluation Handbook. (20
Week 3 Assignment to be focused on bedside nursing
Note: Topic is bedside nursing
To begin, work through the reference list that was created in the "Section B: Problem Description" assignment in Topic 2. Appraise each resource using the "Rapid Critical Appraisal Checklists," available in the textbook appendix. The specific checklist you use will be determined by the type of evidence within the resource.
Develop a research table to organize and summarize the research studies. Using a summary table allows you to be more concise in your narrative description. Only research studies used to support your intervention are summarized in this table. Refer to the "Evaluation Table Template," available in the textbook appendix. Use the "Evaluation Table Template" as an adaptable template.
Write a narrative of 750-1,000 words (not including the title page and references) that presents the research support for the projects problem and proposed solution. Make sure to do the foll
Assignment 2: Research Proposal Draft
By
08/26/17, write a 1-page paper addressing the sections below of your research proposal in Nurses Shortages in US Healthcare
Theoretical Framework
- Overview and Guiding Propositions(s) Described in Theory
- Application of Theory to Your Study’s/Project’s Focus
Use the table to address the wellness needs of the employees in each workplace setting, not of the consumers who buy the products or services.
Competencies
Large Automotive Plant
Single Fast Food Store
Your Workplace (or School) Community
Probable Number and Age of Employees
Probable Ethnicity of Employees (list by percentage)
Probable Task Health and Safety Needs
Probable Hierarchy of Needs
Individual Focus Change
Community Focus Change
Policy Level Change
Social Marketing
Analysis
Socioecologic Safety and Wellness Needs in Three Different Work-Related Cultures
Culturally Relevant Employee Wellness or Safety Programs
Worksite Wellness Program Behavioral Outcomes in Relation to Cost Savings to the Organization
For the Course Project, you will prepare a quality improvement program. Continuous quality improvement covers many areas. Throughout the course, pay particular attention to what attributes constitute a quality improvement team and what questions this team attempts to answer.
Select one of the following six high-risk areas for your project.
Psychiatry
Long-term care
Home healthcare
Emergency room
Obstetrics and neonatology
Surgery
Research the area you selected using at least three scholarly sources. Identify and classify all of the risks associated with these areas. Describe the nature of the risks to patients, healthcare professionals, and healthcare facilities. You may develop a table to present this information, create a Word document report, or a PowerPoint presentation. On a separate page, cite all sources using the APA format.
PART A. (10 marks)
You have been asked to analyse Grand Plomp Ltd, a maker of rocket widgets used by NASA.The owners are wondering whether the return received is sufficient to justify the risks taken in each division. You are to consider both divisional risk and return in your analysis and the following information has been collected from the past fifteen years to use in your n your analysis.
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Percent |
Risk Measure % |
Average |
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Division |
of Rocket |
Standard |
Beta |
Annual Rate |
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Widgets |
Deviation |
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of Return (%) |
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A |
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INSTRUCTIONS:
Create a thread in response to the provided. The thread must be at least 600 words and demonstrate course-related knowledge. Each thread must include at least 2 peer-reviewed source citations, in current APA format. Each thread will also require integration of at least 1 biblical principle.
Prompt: Explain the growth of managed care that began in the 1980s. As a result, how has health care delivery evolved? Based on the literature, what does the future hold?
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