Handout For Accreditation

Assume you work for a healthcare organization that is seeking accreditation by the Central Board for Accreditation of Healthcare Institutions.  You have been asked to create a one-page infographic educating the employees of your facility as to the importance of this process. Be sure to include:

Steps of the accreditation process; 

Employees role in accreditation;

Benefits to patients from accreditation; and

Advantages for the facility from accreditation.

An infographic can be created in a Word document. For more information about infographics also see https://venngage.com/ 

Provide support for your statements with in-text citations from a minimum of four scholarly articles. 

Follow APA and Saudi Electronic University writing standards.

Research the various change models used by organizations today. After assessing these models, create a change model conducive to your field, and that will work within your organization’s culture. This model should serve to implement a strategic process that can help your organization integrate a change and respond to the internal or external driving forces that affect organizational success.

Create a visual representation of your model using a graphic organizer of your choice (flow chart, concept map, etc.). The design of your model will be unique and relevant to your organization, based on a critical analysis of its culture and behavior. However, your model must demonstrate the necessary steps for realistic implementation. Your model will be assessed on the quality of strategic implementation you design, the support you present for your model, and inclusion of the following concepts:

1. Methods to evaluate the need for change
2. Approach and criteria for choosing individuals or teams necessary for a change initiative
3. Communication strategies
4. Strategies to gather stakeholder support and overcome resistance
5. Implementation strategies
6. Sustainability strategies

Once you have created your model, prepare a 15-20 slide PowerPoint presentation to present your model and demonstrate how this model is relevant to your organization and why it will work well within your organization’s culture. In conclusion, discuss why this model will lead to sustainable change when most change initiatives fail. You will utilize this change model for your final paper.

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. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance.

 1. Describe key stages of the evaluation process in promoting physical activity.

 2. Pick one of the evaluation measurement instruments and address its purpose, how it can be applied.  

 Each student should write a page and a half answering the two tasks of the assignment. Guidelines:

 1. Font should be 12 Times New Roman 

2. Heading should be Bold

 3. The text color should be Black

 4. Line spacing should be 1.5

 5. Avoid Plagiarism 

6. Assignments must be submitted with the filled cover page

 7. All assignments must carry two references  

The Hospice & Palliative Nursing Association is the leader in palliative care nursing in the U.S. The website is full of great information.

Instructions:

1. Observe several of the pages in the organization’s website.
2. Summarize what you believe is the purpose of the organization?
3. How do they support the practice of nursing and in what areas? Support your answers with evidence from the website.
4. Based on your reading in the chapter answer the following question:
   1. What is the difference between palliative care and hospice care?
5. Your paper should be:
   • One (1) page or more.
   • Use factual information from the textbook and/or appropriate articles and websites.
   • Cite your sources – type references according to the APA Style Guide. No Plagiarism.

Part #1:

You are the community nurse working for a disability program that focuses on persons with physical disabilities including use of assistive devices, oxygen, and complex medication regimes.  The organization asks you to plan for a disaster like a tornado or hurricane so that the clients can maintain their current plans of care.  What specifics would you need to address including shelters, obtaining needed equipment & medications, and assistive devices?  What resources currently exist in your community for these individuals?  How would you organize the plans and communicate them?  What community partners are needed for success?  How would you evaluate the results?

Part #2:

Read the Application to Practice on page 923. Answer the questions presented in the scenario. Additionally, what specific resources are available here in SWFL or your area of practice for situations like this? How could you access them? What other options are there? How would you enhance resources based on need for telehealth and physical distancing?  What roles can the community health nurse play in caring for elderly in the community?  How would you evaluate the initiatives you undertake for this group of persons?

Discussion #3:

You are sent to a school to fill in for the nurse who is not working because of risk for SARS- COV2 disease. The school hires you on a part-time basis, twice weekly for the school year. You are the only nurse for 800 students ages 5 – 12. The school building is old but well kept. The school administrators are supportive and receptive to new ideas. The school does receive federal funding for childhood nutrition. There is a local hospital clinic that works with the school. With SARS-COV2, students must their lunches and eat in their classrooms. No health-related programs are in place for the school’s faculty and staff. With SARS-COV2 pandemic, you are tasked with developing a program and actions to prevent spread of infections within the school.

Be specific in your answers with concrete examples within your scope of practice and abilities in this position.

1. Review the Healthy People 2030 objectives for school health and other relevant topics.
2. Identify and prioritize the top 3 needs of this school within the scope of public health and school nurse practice related to SARS-COV2 prevention and mitigation of spread.
3. What roles must the school nurse play at this school? Who could be the nurse’s partners and stakeholders in meeting health needs in the school?
4. What specific recommendations or programs could you recommend from the Community, system and individual/family levels? Examples are but not limited to use of masks, physical distance, barriers, immunizations potentially for this disease and current state mandated plus influenza for students and staff.
5. How would you evaluate your proposed initiative/ program outcomes?