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some infoThis course explores the theory base of complementary health counseling. The seminar begins with a stress and health exploration of the biological bases of health and disease and includes an overview of psycho-neuroimmunology stress and health. The course examines the contributions of learning theory and cognitive behavioral models, learned helplessness and self-efficacy, stress and coping with an emphasis on social bases of health and disease, Engel’s bio-psychosocial hierarchy, family systems, health and disease, and concludes with ethnocultural variables and health and existential and meaning-making models.
By the end of the course, students will be able to

• Articulate a clear understanding of the theoretical base of complementary health counseling.
• Articulate verbally and in writing the basic tenets of complementary health counseling.
• Understand and explain how the benefits of psycho-neuroimmunology.
• Understand and explain the connection between psychological health/illness and physical health/illness.

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Assignment 1 Historical Transitioning and Growth of the U.S. Health Care System
Due Week 3 and worth 150 points
As a health administrator, your hospital has tasked you with reporting the general nature of health care administration to visiting stakeholders / shareholders. These stakeholders / shareholders are investors, but are not too versed in the significance of the U.S. health care system and its present position in social, financial, technological, and medical pioneering advances.
Write a three to five (3-5) page paper in which you:
Summarize key milestones involved in the past and present shaping and transitional dynamics behind changes in the present health care industry.
Evaluate the importance of financing and technology in health care. Provide examples to support your response.
Analyze the primary complexities and integrated social dynamics associated with changing demographics and emergent diseases (e.g., the complexities seen in the growing Latin and Asian populations, etc.).
Examine the major fluctuating and daunting challenges in health care management that mortality trends and an aging Baby Boom generation predicate.
Use at least four (4) recent (i.e., five [5] years), quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.

Question Description

Case Study 1: Revitalizing a Brand

Read the case study titled “Revitalizing a Brand”, located in the online course shell. Use the Internet or Strayer databases to research the branding and communication strategies of one (1) health services organization that is similar to the health services organizations mentioned in the case study.

Write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you:

1. Describe the current marketing communication, identity, and brand position of Plaza Home Health Services.
2. Conduct a Strengths Weaknesses Opportunities Threats (SWOT) analysis associated with the current marketing communication, identity, and brand position of Plaza Home Health Services.
3. Assess the importance of benchmarking in Plaza Home Health Services’ development and implementation of an effective brand strategy (marketing communication, identity, and brand position).
4. Compare branding and communication strategies of a similar health services organization with that of Plaza Home Health Services. Determine whether or not Plaza Home Health Services should apply additional best practices into its current branding and communication strategies. Provide a rationale and support for your response.
5. Use at least five (5) quality academic resources. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

Discussion: Social Determinants of Population Health In Your Community

Post your responses to the Discussion based on the course requirements. Your Discussion postings should be written in standard edited English and follow APA guidelines as closely as possible given the constraints of the online platform. Be sure to support your work with specific citations from this module’s Learning Resources and additional scholarly sources as appropriate. Refer to the Essential Guide to APA Style for Walden Students to ensure your in-text citations and reference list are correct. Initial postings must be 250–350 words (not including references).

Note: This is a Post First assignment. You are required to post your original post before the discussion board opens for your review.

The health care administrator is often seen as a pillar of the community. Therefore, it is essential that an administrator be knowledgeable about the infrastructure of the community he or she serves. According to the American College of Healthcare Executives’ (ACHE) Code of Ethics, the health care administrator has a responsibility to the community and society to:

• Work to identify and meet the health care needs of the community
• Work to support access to health care services for all people
• Encourage and participate in public dialogue on health care policy issues and advocate solutions that will improve health status and promote quality health care
• Apply short- and long-term assessments to management decisions affecting both community and society
• Provide prospective patients and others with adequate and accurate information, enabling them to make enlightened decisions regarding services (American College, 2014)

Based on ACHE’s Code of Ethics, health care administrators consider the impact of the social determinants of health on their communities as they plan initiatives, programs, and policies for their targeted population.

For this Discussion, consider your local community. Select one social determinant of health that you believe applies to your local community and discuss how it affects population health.

By Day 3

Postan analysis of the implications of this social determinant on population health outcomes. Then, describe how your selected social determinant of population health influences and shapes the present condition and the future course of your community.

Read a selection of your colleagues’ postings. Consider how your colleagues’ postings relate to the information presented in the Learning Resources and to your own posting.

By Day 5

Respondto at least twoof your colleagues who selected a different social determinant than you. Provide a different implication and justify your response.

Continue engaging in the Discussion through Day 7.

Submission and Grading Information

Question Description

Individual Human Resource Management Roles

Resource: Human Resource Management Roles Write a 350 to 700 word paper in which you identify human resource management’s role in the health care industry. Describe the functional roles of the human resource department based on your textbook and Electronic Reserve Readings. Include a minimum of two references.  One reference must come from the UOPX Library. Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

Question Description

Using the information from course readings, create a “mini-proposal” which outlines a research project focused on a specific problem or question and utilizes a specific qualitative method discussed in this week’s (Week 1) readings. Emphasis should be placed on clear definition of the phenomena to be investigated, referenced procedures and methods for the investigation, and detailed description of the form and substance of expected findings from this mock study. This assignment should also address the strengths and weaknesses of applying qualitative methods as opposed to quantitative methods to answer the proposed research question.

Support your paper with a minimum of 5 resources. In addition to these specified resources, other appropriate scholarly resources, including older articles, may be included.

Length: 5-7 pages not including title and reference pages
References: Minimum of 5 scholarly resources.

Your paper should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts that are presented in the course and provide new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic. Your paper should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards.

Your essay will address these items:

A. Select a company from the 35 listed at the end of our text (Case Studies – pages 540-541).  Do not use any company that you previously wrote about in previous classes.  This must be original research.   In addition to the information in your text, research this company using at least (2) outside scholarly articles.  Do not use a website as a reference.  Your reference source must have an author.  Discuss six selected topics from our studies throughout weeks one through five.  Discuss these six topics in relation to your company and discuss how the economic situation of today influences the strategic decisions your company is making.  Each of the six topics discussed should be in bold print.  For example, one topic you may choose may be how your company handles competition (Five Forces Framework).  Another topic may be your company’s organizational structure and why they have the structure they have.   You may choose to discuss your company’s strategic grouping or value chain. Choose your topics and explore them in detail throughout your paper.

Give examples using the terms and concepts in your textbook readings and your research articles.

B. What is the importance of each of the six topics within your company?

C. What is the usefulness of understanding this topic in today’s corporate structure?

D. Through what strategies does your selected company choose to excel over other strategically grouped companies.   For example, what strategies does Apple choose that keeps it on top? 

Paper Format (no abstract is necessary):

Title Page – Include a title page with your name, student number, title of your paper, course number & course name.

Introductory Paragraph – Include an introductory paragraph that states your company and your six topics and why you selected them.

Font and Spacing – Use Times New Roman 12 pitch font with double-spaced lines.

Length – Write a 4 to 6 page essay not including the title page and citation page. Make sure you have at least 1400 words, not including the title and reference page.

Reference Page – Include all sources including your textbook on a separate reference page.  Use references with authors, not websites. All references must have citations within your paper.

Utilize the APA Style for documenting sources. You will need to include at least 2 sources in additional to your textbooks.

Asthma is a respiratory disorder that affects children and adults. Advanced practice nurses often provide treatment to patients with these disorders. Sometimes patients require immediate treatment making it essential that you recognize and distinguish minor asthma symptoms from serious, life-threatening symptoms. Since symptoms and attacks are often induced by a trigger, advanced practice nurses must also help patients identify their triggers and recommend appropriate management options. Like many other disorders, there are various approaches to treating and managing care for asthmatic patients depending on individual patient factors. One method that supports the clinical decision-making of drug therapy plans for asthmatic patients is the stepwise approach, which you explore in this Assignment.

To prepare:

· Consider drugs used to treat asthmatic patients including long-term control and quick relief treatment options for patients. Think about the impact these drugs might have on patients including adults and children.

· Review Chapter 25 of the Arcangelo and Peterson text. Reflect on using the stepwise approach to asthma treatment and management.

· Consider how stepwise management assists health care providers and patients in gaining and maintaining control of the disease.

What to do:

· Describe long-term control and quick relief treatment options for asthma patients, as well as the impact these drugs might have on patients.

· Explain the stepwise approach to asthma treatment and management.

· Explain how stepwise management assists health care providers and patients in gaining and maintaining control of the disease.

Please pay attention to drug-drug interactions. 

The NLH guidelines for asthma are a good reference. 

– This work should have Introduction and conclusion

– This work should have at 4 to 6 current references (Year 2012 and up)

– Use at least 2 references from class Learning Resources

The following Resources are not acceptable:

1. Wikipedia

2. Cdc.gov- nonhealthcare professionals section

3. Webmd.com

4. Mayoclinic.com

Required Readings

Arcangelo, V. P., Peterson, A. M., Wilbur, V., & Reinhold, J. A. (Eds.). (2017). Pharmacotherapeutics for advanced practice: A practical approach (4th ed.). Ambler, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

• Chapter      18, “Otitis Media and Otitis Externa” (pp. 243-252)
       This chapter compares the causes and pathophysiology of two common ear      infections—otitis media and otitis externa. It also identifies types of      drugs used to treat these ear infections.
• Chapter      24, “Upper Respiratory Infections” (pp. 259-374)
       This chapter explores the causes, pathophysiology, and diagnostic criteria      of two upper respiratory infections—the common cold and sinusitis—as well      as drug therapy for both infections. It also covers monitoring patient      response and patient education of drug therapy for these infections.
• Chapter      25, “Asthma” (pp. 377-392)
       This chapter examines the causes, pathophysiology, pharmacogenomics, and      diagnostic criteria of asthma. It also outlines suggested drug therapy      plans for asthmatic patients.
• Chapter      26, “Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease” (pp. 395-406)
       This chapter explains the causes and pathophysiology of chronic      obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). It also examines the process of      selecting, administering, and managing drug therapy for COPD patients.
• Chapter 27, “Bronchitis and      Pneumonia” (pp. 407-424)
       This chapter begins by examining the causes, pathophysiology, and      diagnostic criteria of acute bronchitis, chronic bronchitis, and      community-acquired pneumonia. It then explores the process of selecting,      administering, and managing drug therapy for patients with bronchitis and      pneumonia.

Drugs.com. (2012). Retrieved from http://www.drugs.com/

This website presents a comprehensive review of prescription and over-the-counter drugs including information on common uses and potential side effects. It also provides updates relating to new drugs on the market, support from health professionals, and a drug-drug interactions checker.

National Heart Lung and Blood Institute. (2007). Expert panel report 3 (EPR3): Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of asthma. Retrieved from http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/asthma/asthgdln.htm

This website presents guidelines for diagnosing and managing asthma and outlines treatment recommendations for specific age groups.

During the nineteenth and the twentieth century, the term “nursing home” was synonymous with long-term care. Although today the exclusive use of the term “long-term care” is no longer accurate for nursing homes, it continues to remain and will not change easily. However, newer terms such as “nursing facilities” will help clarify the role of specific long-term care organizations and will differentiate them from others in the health care industry.
Subacute care is a relatively new but rapidly growing medical service in the continuum of care. Today, it is considered the fastest growing segment of the health care delivery system.
Research the online references such as EBSCOhost, SocINDEX, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), or PubMed for information on nursing facilities and subacute units and respond to the following questions:
• Do you agree with the change in the terminology of nursing homes to nursing facilities? Why or why not? How do the terms relate with each other?
• What impact does the historical perspective of the nursing home have on the stigma related to the quality of care?
• How were nursing facilities developed? What have been the consequences of the change in terminology? Do you think the change in terminology will impact the quality of care in the future? If yes, how? If no, why?
• What changes do you see nursing homes making in the future in order to keep up with the ever changing needs of the demographics of seniors?
• What are subacute units? How did subacute care emerge? What are the strengths and limitations of the emergence of subacute care in long-term care as related to issues in levels of patients’ acuity (various levels of nursing care based on the needs of patients)? Support your answer with relevant examples.
• What is the impact of subacute care on the cost and quality of care? Do you think subacute care needs to be an integral component of hospitals, or should it be an integral part of the long-term care system? Provide a rationale for your answer.
Based on your learning about nursing home care and subacute care, compare their funding, staffing, regulation, and marketing.

Choose a contemporary school of nursing, hospital, nursing home, or other facility in the healthcare arena and research the nursing theory used there. Describe the changing role of the nurse today and how they are influenced by the organizational nursing theory.

Your presentation should include (60 pts.):

How the nursing theory enhances professional nursing practice in the roles of advocate, provider, teacher, manager, researcher, and leader. (20 pts.)

How using nursing theory and theory from other disciplines as a basis for the nursing process helps promote health and healing. (10 pts.)

How we can use nursing theory to challenge professional and organizational assumptions, explore alternatives, and guide nursing actions. (30 pts.)

This assignment is a PowerPoint presentation only. (40 pts.) The presentation should include no more than 20 slides. If you use graphics be sure they are small in size, so your presentation can be loaded quickly.

When you have completed this assignments, you will be able to differentiate the concepts of person, environment, health, and nursing, as they relate to select nursing theories by: (Competency 1)

identifying and defining the nursing metaparadigms. (10 pts.) analyzing the philosophical bases of the concepts as they relate to specific theorists. (10 pts.) differentiating the concepts as they relate to selected nursing theories. (10 pts.) constructing a personal nursing philosophy by integrating the metaparadigms and the his/her individual values. (10 pts.)