On the Discussion Board we will be discussing core competencies:

• If on NP tract: Describe the NP core competencies as identified by NONPF and discuss how you can attain basic mastery of those competencies.

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• If on a tract other than NP: Describe core competencies in your role and who defines these. Discuss how you can attain basic mastery of those competencies.

In addition, answer the following question in your post:

• Define your leadership style.
• What are elements of role transition from RN to APN, and what are you currently experiencing in this process?

Leadership journals from SOU Library are The Journal of Nursing Scholarship or Nursing Leadership Forum or the American Journal of Nursing, Journal of Nursing Administration, Nursing Administration Quarterly, Nursing Management or Health Care Management Review.

Guidelines: Support your responses with scholarly academic references using APA style format. Assigned course readings and online library resources are preferred. Weekly lecture notes are designed as overviews to the topic for the respective week and should not serve as a citation or reference.

In your discussion question response, provide a substantive response that illustrates a well-reasoned and thoughtful response; is factually correct with relevant scholarly citations, references, and examples that demonstrate a clear connection to the readings.

Define compliance and reimbursement and discuss their financial relevance in healthcare organizations. What accounting methods are applicable and why?

Health insurance and reimbursement methodologies are some of the basic foundations of understanding health care finance. Health care administrators must have a basic understanding of these areas to successfully run their respective departments and/or organizations. Interestingly enough, most consumers have no concept of how their benefits are designed, implemented, and paid for. Understanding health insurance from a financial perspective is one aspect to review. Aligning the insurance with networks, co-pays, co-insurance, and deductibles from a structural perspective and connecting the dots with providers and payors complicates matters even further. Hopefully, this section will clarify these complexities.

Three to five pages, APA formatted ,describing the critical areas of reimbursement and how they function? Journal and/or peer reviewed articles required. Industry terminology must be used. Current research, within the last five years preferred.

You are the Nursing Director for the medical-surgical area of a large 

hospital. Nurses at this hospital to “self-scheduling”. The managers of the 

units have brought to your attention that a severe staffing shortage for the 

winter holiday schedule is apparent. Using two different types of leadership 

styles, how would you handle this situation?

Visit http://www.aha.org/advocacy-issues/communicatingpts/pt-care-partnership.shtml and review the American Hospital Association’s Patients’ Bill of Rights. Discuss how health care professionals can ensure that patients’ rights are upheld and protected.

Instructions:

Post your discussion to the Moodle Discussion Forum.  Word limit 500 words.  Reply to at least two other student posts with a reflection of their response.  

Due:

Sunday by 23:59 p.m.

Please read the following articles: 

1. http://www.gallup.com/poll/180260/americans-rate-nurses-highest-honesty-ethical-standards.aspx. ; 

2. http://www.roymorgan.com/findings/6797-image-of-professions-2016-201605110031

Please write a paragraph summarizing what you learned from each article.  You can explain it in your own words, but must cite the article. Include an actual quote from the article and cite it.  You need to use APA format to write the citation and references, but you can just write the paper in paragraphs and not formatted.  This exercise is in citing your work and writing the reference correctly.  Besides the topic, what do you find interesting about these two articles?    

Example:

1. Paragraph explaining my article (citation)

Article Reference in APA format

2.  Paragraph explaining my article (citation)

Article Reference in APA format