Community Health Care Roles and Functions

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Community Health Care Roles and Functions
Resources
·  Community Health Care Roles and Functions Scoring Guide.
·  Community Health Care Roles and Functions Table
In this activity, you will complete the last of three similar tables exploring health care settings, to help you understand the health care team you may manage. Review instructions for completing it in Unit 4, if necessary. In the final unit, you will review the three tables you have completed, to identify an area in which you might be interested in pursuing your health care management career. Spend some time exploring each area, even if you have already decided which setting you want to pursue. It is important to understand the roles of your health care colleagues, including what they do—and what motivates them.
Using the Community Health Care Roles and Functions Table, examine the health care professions and departments involved in public policy, outcomes, and social marketing aspects of the health care field. Note that the list from the table is not all-inclusive. These are simply some of the most visible roles involved in community support and government policy regarding health care.
Determine the following for each role or professional area:
·  Where it fits as a component in the chronic health care model (refer to the Unit 4 media piece).
·  What the job duties entail, or what services the job provides.
·  What might motivate individuals in that job role (typically more than money).
·  Whether the role is reimbursable by insurance.
·  What specific education or preparation is required for the role (include degree and topic of study, such as bachelor’s degree in nursing).
·  The name of the primary professional organization representing the role.
Pick one field in which you could see yourself potentially managing or working after graduation. In one or two paragraphs, describe the role as you see it. Describe how you would motivate your colleagues and employees. Identify professional organizations pertinent to this role.
 

Describe COPD, its risk factors, and its common treatments.

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Upon admission to the hospital, Mr. C’s respiratory status declines, and the ER physician decides to intubate the patient in order to deliver proper oxygenation to the patient. The MD also starts the patient on IV fluids consisting of NS (normal saline) for hydration. While on ventilator support, the patient is sedated and is unable to talk or consume an oral diet. The medical chart notes from the pulmonologist reveal that there are no immediate plans to extubate the patient (wean from the ventilator). Currently, the laboratory lab values of the patient are all within normal limits (WNL). However, upon admission and before vent support was initiated his labs were abnormal. Some affected lab values were: CO2, BUN/Cr, pH, and Na. The patient has had a NPO (nothing by mouth) diet order status for 4 days and has only received IV fluids for intake. The nursing notes reveal that he has normal urine output and bowel sounds are present and normal.
As a nutrition professional working at this hospital, you are to start the nutrition care process on this patient. Your hospital has a protocol to see all patients that have NPO diet orders and/or are on the ventilator for more than 4 days. You have NOT received a doctor’s consult for a tube feeding (enteral) order; however, it is imperative that this patient is assessed and appropriate nutrition recommendations are made.
For this assignment, you will write a descriptive essay concerning COPD. You will explain the disease itself and how you will develop a nutrition care plan for the case study patient. Your descriptive essay should include the following:

  1. Describe COPD, its risk factors, and its common treatments.
  2. Explain Mr. C’s current status. Describe why he was intubated and how vent support can impact a patient. What are the nutrition therapy goals for a patient with COPD receiving vent support?
  3. What are your specific nutrition therapy recommendations for Mr. C while he is on ventilator support? Include estimated calorie and protein requirements and the method(s) for how he should receive these nutrients (enteral, parenteral, or oral diet/supplements). You do not need to include details of specific brands, amounts/serving sizes and/or infusion rates.
  4. If the condition of the patient improves and he is taken off the vent, what are your recommendations for nutrition therapy for Mr. C upon discharge from the hospital? What are some specific diet plans, oral drink supplements or vitamin/herbal therapies that may benefit Mr. C?
  5. Appendix: Write a Nutrition Care Plan/Chart note on this COPD patient addressing the current clinical situation of the patient. Write this note as though you were the nutrition professional caring for this patient in a hospital setting. Please refer to Tables 11-3 and 11-4 in your textbook for information on the ADIME chart note process.

Requirements

  • Your descriptive essay should be written in paragraph format, including an introduction, body and conclusion. Refer to the structure provided below. The viewpoint and purpose of this essay should be clearly established and sustained. Your writing should be well ordered, logical and unified, as well as original and insightful. Your work should display superior content, organization, style, and mechanics.
  • Your writing should follow the conventions of Standard American English (correct grammar, punctuation, etc.).
  • Include a title page and reference page.
  • Follow APA style format and citations guidelines, including Times New Roman 12 point font and double spacing. The minimum page requirement is 2 pages not including the title page, reference page, and appendix.
  • Include at least 4 references. References may include your textbook, other textbooks, and scholarly websites and journal articles. Use APA style for all citations including course materials.
  • For additional support utilize the GEL 1.1 Universal Writing Rubric, the Kaplan University Writing Center, and reviewWriting Center Resources in Doc Sharing.

Please organize your essay in the following paragraph format. Please see the Kaplan University Writing Center for more information regarding essay and paragraph format.
Section 1: Introductory paragraph(s) (incorporate your response to question 1)
Section 2: Body paragraph(s) (incorporate your response to question 2)
Section 3: Body paragraph(s) (incorporate your response to question 3)
Section 4: Body paragraph(s) (incorporate your response to question 4)
Section 5: Concluding paragraph(s) (incorporate your response to question 5)
Appendix: Nutrition Care Plan/Chart note
Submitting Your Work
Put your responses in a Microsoft Word document. Save it in a location and with the proper naming convention: username-CourseName-section-Unit 9_Project.doc (username is your Kaplan username, section is your course section, 9 is your unit number). When you are ready to submit it, go to the Dropbox and complete the steps below:

  1. Click the link that says “Submit an Assignment.”
  2. In the “Submit to Basket” menu, select Unit 9: Final Project.
  3. In the “Comments” field, make sure to add at least the title of your paper.
  4. Click the “Add Attachments” button.
  5. Follow the steps listed to attach your Word document.

To view your graded work, come back to the Dropbox or go to the Gradebook after your instructor has evaluated it. Make sure that you save a copy of your submitted project.
Please click on the View/Print icon below to print the Project directions and grading rubric.

Health Special Populations Final Paper

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Health Special Populations Final Paper

Question descriptionNEEDS TO BE ORIGINAL A+ PAPER!!!!!!!!!
Unit 9 Final Project: Nutrition Care Plan for COPD
Unit outcomes addressed in this Project:

  • Explain the impact that ventilator support has on a person’s nutritional requirements
  • Explain the role that dietary intake plays in the management of COPD

Course outcome(s) addressed in this Project:
NS335-2: Explain the use of parenteral and enteral nutrition in special populations.
NS335-3: Create a nutrition care plan for a specific disease state using the nutrition care process.
GEL 1.1: Demonstrate college-level communication through the composition of original materials in Standard American English.
Instructions:
Review the following case study details for a patient with COPD and respiratory failure:
Mr. C is a 72 year old male that was admitted to the hospital 2 days ago complaining of shortness of breath. Mr. C has a complicated medical history that includes: COPD, HTN, depression, obesity, and sleep apnea. Mr. C has smoked since the time he was a teenager. He is a retired auto-mechanic and is married to his wife, Mrs. C. Mr. C is 5’10″ and 240 pounds. He has been instructed to follow a heart healthy diet and to lose weight, but his wife reports that he is non-compliant with any dietary therapy. He is currently taking a diuretic, a blood pressure medication, uses an inhaler when SOB, and also takes an anti-depressant. The patient uses a breathing mask at night due to his sleep apnea history. His wife reports that she recently bought him a special multi-vitamin containing omega 3 fatty acids. It is designed to help older men’s hearts and other medical issues.

Question descriptionNEEDS TO BE ORIGINAL A+ PAPER!!!!!!!!!
Unit 9 Final Project: Nutrition Care Plan for COPD
Unit outcomes addressed in this Project:

  • Explain the impact that ventilator support has on a person’s nutritional requirements
  • Explain the role that dietary intake plays in the management of COPD

Course outcome(s) addressed in this Project:
NS335-2: Explain the use of parenteral and enteral nutrition in special populations.
NS335-3: Create a nutrition care plan for a specific disease state using the nutrition care process.
GEL 1.1: Demonstrate college-level communication through the composition of original materials in Standard American English.
Instructions:
Review the following case study details for a patient with COPD and respiratory failure:
Mr. C is a 72 year old male that was admitted to the hospital 2 days ago complaining of shortness of breath. Mr. C has a complicated medical history that includes: COPD, HTN, depression, obesity, and sleep apnea. Mr. C has smoked since the time he was a teenager. He is a retired auto-mechanic and is married to his wife, Mrs. C. Mr. C is 5’10″ and 240 pounds. He has been instructed to follow a heart healthy diet and to lose weight, but his wife reports that he is non-compliant with any dietary therapy. He is currently taking a diuretic, a blood pressure medication, uses an inhaler when SOB, and also takes an anti-depressant. The patient uses a breathing mask at night due to his sleep apnea history. His wife reports that she recently bought him a special multi-vitamin containing omega 3 fatty acids. It is designed to help older men’s hearts and other medical issues.

Evolving Practice of Nursing and Patient Care Delivery Models- Essay

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Evolving Practice of Nursing and Patient Care Delivery Models- Essay

Question descriptionAs the country focuses on the restructuring of the U.S. health care delivery system, nurses will continue to play an important role. It is expected that more and more nursing jobs will become available out in the community, and fewer will be available in acute care hospitals.

  • Write an informal presentation (500-700 words) to educate nurses about how the practice of nursing is expected to grow and change. Include the concepts of continuity or continuum of care, accountable care organizations (ACO), medical homes, and nurse-managed health clinics. THIS PART HAS BEEN DONE BY YOU ALREADY AND I AM ATTACHING IT WITH THIS SO YOU CAN WORK ON THE SECOND PART BASED OF THAT

THIS PART UNDER HERE IS THE ASSIGNMENT

  • (ASSUME)Share your presentation with nurse colleagues on your unit or department and ask them to offer their impressions of the anticipated changes to health care delivery and the new role of nurses in hospital settings, communities, clinics, and medical homes.
  • In 800-1,000 words summarize the feedback shared by three nurse colleagues and discuss whether their impressions are consistent with what you have researched about health reform.
  • A minimum of three scholarly references are required for this assignment.

APA STYLE REQUIRED BOTH IN TEXT CITATIONS & REFERENCE PAGE