Select a public health issue and write a 750-1,000 word policy brief   that provides a brief summary of the issue, options to solve the   issue, and the best way to solve this issue. Select a public health   issue from one of the following American Public Health Association   websites: Climate Change (https://www.apha.org/topics-and-issues/climate-change)   or Topics and Issues (https://www.apha.org/topics-and-issues). 

Follow this outline when writing the policy brief:

1. Identify issue.
2. Background information – (a)     Population effected; (b) Local, state or national level; and (c)     Evidence about the issues supported by resources
3. Problem   statement.
4. Suggestions for addressing the issue (solutions) –     (a) Including necessary stakeholders (government officials,     administrator); and (b) Include budget or funding considerations, if   applicable
5. Impact on the Health Care Delivery System

Include three peer-reviewed sources and two other sources to support   the policy brief.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA   Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric.

Mrs. ABC is a 35 year old woman who has a scheduled business trip today. It is currently 8 am, and her plan is to leave at 6 pm. Mrs. ABC has a sore throat and she thinks it is strep because her 5 year old daughter was recently treated for strep. Mrs. ABC calls her physician for an appointment, but there are no appointments available until next week. She has a mother who is a nurse practitioner and her office is 5 minutes away from where she lives. She calls and schedules an appointment with her mother. Her mother was surprised to see her daughter at the office. Mrs. ABC is frantic and begs her mother for an antibiotic. Her mother tests her and the rapid strep test is negative in office. Her mother (NP) sends out a strep DNA probe. Her mother prescribes an antibiotic and the patient (her daughter) is very satisfied. The results returned for the DNA probe 48 hours later and it confirmed negative for strep

Using Emotional Intelligence and Appreciative Inquiry to Promote Quality   Through communication—inquiry and dialogue—every person makes a contribution, and by being involved in the process, people can shift their attention and action away from a problem-oriented focus to dreams that are worthy to them and to productive possibilities for the future.   —Watkins & Mohr, 2001  Without a doubt, promoting health care quality and patient safety presents a meaningful aim.  To achieve this goal, nurse leader-managers need to be able to evaluate a situation from many different viewpoints and frame questions that elicit valuable insights. They must be able to promote skillful problem solving and interdisciplinary teamwork.  In this Discussion, you examine how you can use emotional intelligence and appreciative inquiry to facilitate positive changes that lead to improved quality and safety.   To prepare: •Review the information on emotional intelligence and appreciative inquiry presented in this week’s Learning Resources. •If you have not already done so, follow the instructions in the course text, Emotional Intelligence 2.0 to complete the online assessment. •Consider the results of the assessment. Review your strengths and opportunities for growth related to self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, and relationship management. What insights, questions, or concerns arise as you think about these results? •Think about how your identified emotional intelligence strengths and opportunities for growth relate to your current role as a leader-manager and to the professional contributions that you hope to make now and in the future. Give focused attention to patient safety and health care quality. How and why is emotional intelligence valuable for promoting optimal patient outcomes and creating systems-level change? •As indicated on pages 53–55 of the Bradberry and Greaves text, develop a plan for improving your skills in one area of emotional intelligence. Evaluate strategies for applying your strengths in the workplace. Identify at least two that you can use to add value to a team or workgroup to improve quality and safety. •Also review the information on appreciative inquiry in this week’s Learning Resources. Have you used appreciative inquiry before? If so, how? How does the application of appreciative inquiry relate to your role as nurse leader-manager and/or to efforts to promote health care quality? •Reflect on your experiences working in health care and identify an issue or problem that required, or requires, a change. Consider how you could apply emotional intelligence and appreciative inquiry strategies to this situation to facilitate positive results that lead to improved quality.  By Day 3  Post a brief description of an issue or problem in a health care setting that required, or requires, a change. Explain how you, as a nurse leader-manager, could apply both emotional intelligence and appreciative inquiry strategies to address this issue and facilitate positive results that lead to improved quality.

Required Readings  

Bradberry, T., & Greaves, J. (2009). Emotional intelligence 2.0. San Diego, CA: TalentSmart.  •Chapter 1, “The Journey” (pp. 1–12) •Chapter 2, “The Big Picture” (pp. 13–22) •Chapter 3, “What Emotional Intelligence Looks Like: Understanding the Four Skills” (pp. 23–50) The first three chapters of this book introduce foundational concepts related to emotional intelligence, and provide the background for the online assessment that you will take in preparation for this week’s Discussion. In addition to these chapters, you should read the rest of the book once you have completed the assessment.     Note: You must purchase a new, unopened copy of this book in order to acquire the access code that you will need to complete the online assessment.   Sadeghi, S., Barzi, A., Mikhail, O., & Shabot, M. M. (2013). Integrating quality and strategy in health care organizations, Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Publishers.  •Chapter 1, “Understanding the U.S. Healthcare System” (pp. 1–30)    This chapter sets the context for understanding quality-related issues within the U.S. health care system (macroenvironment). The authors discuss health care access and costs, which may be viewed as part of a triad with quality.   Ingram, J., & Cangemi, J. (2012). Emotions, emotional intelligence and leadership: A brief, pragmatic perspective. Education, 132(4), 771–778.  Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.   Nel, H., & Pretorius, E. (2012). Applying appreciative inquiry in building capacity in a nongovernmental organization for youths: An example from Soweto, Gauteng, South Africa. Social Development Issues, 34(1), 37–55.  Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.     This article examines how appreciative inquiry can be used to foster meaningful change in organizations. It outlines the principles of appreciative inquiry and the four phases: discovery, dream, design, and delivery.

  

Research Paper Assignment –

Format Instructions: 

1.  Length – 3- 4 pages – (not including a References and Cover Page) 
2. Double-spaced, size 11 or 12 font, margins 1” left, right, upper and lower. 
3. Use the APA format for references, there are instructions in the College Library for your information. 
4. Cite all borrowed language in quotations (not more than 10% of your paper)
5. Research must include 6 different sources – not more than 3 internet sources 
6. Bibliography / Reference Page should be in “end note” format 
7. NO Abstract, table of contents, running head required for this paper 

Question

Write a critical analysis of the Malaria.

Included in this analysis, you will need to explain how the disease you chose

affects the various body systems where relevant. 

The following relevant and concise information must (if pertinent) be included in your write up.

1. Name of disease

2. History of the disease

3. Description of disease

Anatomy of the system(s) involved

1. Effects on other body systems

2. Cause of disease

3. Signs and symptoms

4. Diagnosis of the disease

5. Complications, if any

6. Treatment and side effects

Conclusion should include the following:

1. Brief mention of current or proposed research that may significantly impact Malaria.

2. Prevention strategies if any

3. Your insight / opinion.

NOTE: you must focus on the anatomy & physiology of the disease/disorder. Cover the normal anatomy & physiology of the organ system affected and then state what the disease/disorder does to this organ system, and other organ systems. In other words, if you are writing about Tuberculosis, I do not want you to go too much in detail about the

bacteria that causes it but how the bacteria escapes our body’s defenses and what the bacteria does to the lungs, bones, etc.