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evaluate priorities for improvement and consider how to create a motivating environment that supports significant, lasting change.

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Comparing, or benchmarking, outcomes is an important means by which health care providers strive to improve quality of care. Although this concept applies to all kinds of clinical care facilities, for this Discussion you focus on hospitals so that you can make use of data on the CMS’s “Hospital Compare” website to conduct some basic benchmarking analysis.
Using this analysis as a launching point, you then evaluate priorities for improvement and consider how to create a motivating environment that supports significant, lasting change.
To Prepare
Go to http://www.medicare.gov/hospitalcompare/search.html

  • Enter search criteria and click “Find Hospitals.” Select a hospital on which to focus for this Discussion.
  • Review all of the data on this hospital, which should include the various Process of Care Measures and the Survey of Patients’ Hospital Experiences (HCAHPS scores).
  • Compare the data for your selected hospital with data from other institutions in the area and across the country, as you think appropriate. (To do this, repeat the steps described above, but this time include these other institutions in your comparison.)
  • Based upon your first selected hospital’s comparative scores, what do you think is the most important area related to patient satisfaction/clinical outcomes to improve, and why? It may be helpful to consider what other steps you would take to get a clearer picture of this quality issue.
  • Think about how you as a leader and manager would communicate change at the point of care (front line) to provide service that improves one or more patient satisfaction/clinical outcomes in your selected hospital.

By Day 3

Post a brief description of the hospital and your selected outcome, including indications of the needed improvement. Then, provide a short, persuasive statement demonstrating how you would communicate and motivate a nurse at the point of care (front line) to provide service that improves the selected outcome. Support your statement with evidence and strategies from the literature.
 

Required Readings

Marquis, B. L., & Huston, C. J. (2015). Leadership roles and management functions in nursing: Theory and application (8th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.
Review Chapter 19, “Organizational, Interpersonal, and Group Communication”
Read Chapter 23, “Quality Control”

Auer, C., Schwendimann, R., Koch, R., De Geest, S., & Ausserhofer, D. (2014). How hospital leaders contribute to patient safety through the development of trust. Journal of Nursing Administration, 44(1), 23–29.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases

Falkheimer, J. (2014). The power of strategic communication in organizational development. International Journal of Quality and Service Sciences, 6(2/3), 124–133.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.

The impact of the Institute Of Medicine report on nursing education

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Review the Institute of Medicine (IOM) report: “The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health,” focusing on the following sections: Transforming Practice, Transforming Education, and Transforming Leadership.
Write a paper of 800 words about the impact on nursing of the 2010 IOM report on the Future of Nursing. In your paper, include:

  1. The impact of the Institute Of Medicine report on nursing education.
  2. The impact of the Institute Of Medicine report on nursing practice, particularly in primary care, and how you would change your practice to meet the goals of the Institute Of Medicine report.
  3. The impact of the Institute Of Medicine report on the nurse’s role as a leader.

Cite a minimum of three references.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide

Identify one Healthy People 2020 objective and develop one culturally competent primary prevention health teaching program applicable to your scenario.

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• Healthy People
For this discussion question you will need to select one of the scenarios presented in the “Scenarios for Health People Discussion” linked in the resources, as well as visit the Healthy People 2020, before completing the following:
•Identify one Healthy People 2020 objective and develop one culturally competent primary prevention health teaching program applicable to your scenario.
• Your plan must also include one specific nursing intervention, a rationale for the intervention, and how you will evaluate the intervention. As you develop your plan, please be sure to consider all relevant factors, such as biological and environmental influences on health, cultural influences, and lifestyle influences.
Limit the length of your plan to between 200 and 500 words.
Scenario 1
You are a member of the nursing staff for a new clinic opening in the Southwestern part of the United States. Your clinic will primarily serve both Mexican Americans and Native Americans. Identify one Healthy People 2020 objective and develop one culturally competent primary prevention health teaching program applicable to Mexican Americans and Native Americans. Your plan must include one specific nursing intervention, a rationale for the intervention, and your methods for evaluating the intervention. When developing the plan, please consider all relevant factors, such as biological and environmental influences on health, cultural influences, and lifestyle influences.
https://www.healthypeople.gov/search2/?query=mexican+american
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The Public Health Service originated in 1798 as the Marine Hospital Service. Identify two (2) motivating factors that prompted that development.

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Discussion Board #9 Options Menu: Forum
Due at 4PM CST, Monday, October 30, 2017
HCA 340 500
Discussion Board Assignment #9
Chapter11–Public Health and the Role of Government in Health Care
Due at 8PM CST, Monday, October 30, 2017
Answer the following questions on Public Health Services:
The Public Health Service originated in 1798 as the Marine Hospital Service. Identify two (2) motivating factors that prompted that development.
Why, in the 1960s, were the health-related programs of Medicare, Medicaid, and Neighborhood Health Centers assigned to non-health federal agencies instead of the Public Health Service? Please provide two (2) examples.
Public health efforts and those of private medicine complement each other and together serve the spectrum of health service needs of American society. Why, then, has their relationship been sometimes contentious and have they not consistently worked together proactively to improve the health status of Americans? Please provide two (2) examples.
Contrast the population-based orientation of public health with the individual-centered focus of private health practitioners. Provide two (2) examples.
Deaths in the United States that result from preventable causes total approximately 40% of all deaths each year. Deaths result from tobacco use, poor dietary habits and sedentary lifestyles. What additional two (2) actions should/could the U.S. health care system use to combat the factors that contribute to preventable deaths or incentivize more healthy living lifestyles among the most at-risk populations?