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Explains how nurse leaders use professional organizations to stay informed of political actions in the nursing and health care industry

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EXPLAINS HOW NURSE LEADERS USE PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS TO STAY INFORMED OF POLITICAL ACTIONS IN THE NURSING AND HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY

Political Awareness Paper in Nursing

  • Select a professional organization in the nursing industry.

 

  • Research a current political issue addressed through the organization.

 

  • Write a 350- to 700-word paper in which you explain how nurse leaders can use professional organizations to stay aware of political actions in the nursing and health care industry and the importance of doing so.

 

  • Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
Content3 points possible Points available Points earned
·       Explains how nurse leaders use professional organizations to stay informed of political actions in the nursing and health care industry. 1
·       Discusses importance of maintaining awareness of political actions related to the nursing and health care industry. 2
Format2 points possible Points available Points earned
·       Follows rules of grammar, usage, and punctuation·       Has a structure that is clear, logical, and easy to follow
·       Consistent with APA guidelines for formatting and citation of outside works		 2
Total 5

Compare the three (3) current health care financing and funding models

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The Convergence of Healthcare Financing and Economic Trends and ForcesNote: Use the textbook, course readings, online library, and other reputable online sources to complete this assignment.
Prepare a fifteen to twenty (15 to 20) slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation with detailed scholarly speaker notes in which you:

  1. Compare the three (3) current health care financing and funding models (i.e., employee based, government based, and individual based) used with the healthcare delivery system of the United States.
  2. Compare and contrast key economic goals of public and private health insurance plans.  Evaluate the success potential of key economic goals in terms of populations covered, services included, financing arrangements, reimbursement strategies, and economic competition policies.
  3. Analyze the key effects of labor market, insurance market, and competitive market factors on health care delivery requirements at your current or previous organization of employment.
  4. Determine what changes are occurring in the economy or concerning labor and regulatory factors that must be considered in the future.
  5. Suggest the key national trends that you believe currently affect competition and pricing initiatives. Justify your response.
  6. Suggest the main quality indicators that typically affect health insurance pricing at the local level. Justify your response.
  7. Use a minimum of six (6) reputable references sources including three (3) sources from peer reviewed journals.

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.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

    • Assess current economic trends that influence the cost, quality, and access to care.
    • Analyze the impact of managed care on cost, quality, and access within managed care organizations and the health insurance market.
  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in health economics.
  • Write clearly and concisely about health economics using proper writing mechanics

Why is the problem important for health care administrators to study?

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WHY IS THE PROBLEM IMPORTANT FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATORS TO STUDY?

Choose an article from your annotated bibliography. Obtain faculty approval for your article to ensure that it is a peer-reviewed research article
Read the following:

  • Background: The background statement answers the following questions: How do you know a real problem, situation, or opportunity will be studied? Does evidence indicate you have chosen an important problem, situation, or opportunity that deserves more attention? What evidence indicates that the problem, situation, or opportunity relates to an organizational management issue or clinical concern?
  • Methodology: This part of a research study provides an overview of the scope of the study or how large, long, and comprehensive the study was. This is a brief overview explaining the gathering of the qualitative and quantitative data and where the data may be found. Implicit in this overview is the recognition by the researcher that both secondary data—document-based data, organizational material, library books, and journals—and primary data—empirical, qualitative, and quantitative data incorporated by a survey, experiment, and so on in a real-time fashion—was gathered to make the study comprehensive, fully researched, and as rigorous as a project must be within the scientific method of data planning, gathering, and analysis.

Respond to the following questions in a 700- to 1,050-word paper:

  • Definition of the problem
    • What is the problem the study was conducted to resolve?
    • Why is the problem important for health care administrators to study?
  • Study purpose: What is the purpose of the study?
  • Research question
    • What is the main research question?
    • If it is not stated, what would you say the research question is?
  • Hypothesis or hypotheses
    • What is the study hypothesis?
    • If it is not stated, what would you say the hypothesis is?
    • It there is more than one study hypothesis, state the hypothesis or hypotheses.
  • Study variables: What are the independent and dependent study variables?
  • Conceptual model or theoretical framework: In what way was a conceptual model or theoretical framework used to guide this study?
  • Review of related literature: In what ways does the literature review support the need for this study?
  • Study design
    • What study design is used?
    • How many subjects were studied?
    • Where are the subjects found?
    • What organization was studied?
    • How long did the study take?

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

Discuss, with examples, at least four (4) substantive ways in which a healthy population strengthens the economy of the country that you have selected.

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Assignment 2: Lending Institutions, Health Care, and Human Capital
Use the Internet to research one (1) developing nation of your choice. Your research should include an examination of lending institutions, health care, and human capital, as well as the material covered by the Webtext and lectures in Weeks 6 through 9.
Write a three to four (3-4) page research paper in which you:
  1. Explore whether or not funding from international lending institutions like the World Bank and the IMF are helping or hindering the social, economic, or political development of the country that you have selected. Support your response with examples.
  2. Discuss, with examples, at least four (4) substantive ways in which a healthy population strengthens the economy of the country that you have selected.
  3. Ascertain the degree to which the leadership of your chosen country has used foreign aid to improve its health care system. Support your response with concrete examples.
  4. Use at least five (5) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note:Wikipedia, blogs, and other nonacademic websites do not qualify as academic resources. Approval of resources is at the instructor’s discretion. Resources must also be within the last seven (7) years.

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.