Please note research can NOT be on organization related to minors, incarcerated individuals or mental health co morbidities. Research a selected local, national, or global nonprofit organization or government agency to determine how it contributes to public health and safety improvements, promotes equal opportunity, and improves the quality of life within the community. Submit your findings in a 3-5 page report.

As you begin to prepare this assessment, it would be an excellent choice to complete the Nonprofit Organizations and Community Health activity. Complete this activity to gain insight into promoting equal opportunity and improving the quality of life in a community. The information gained from completing this activity will help you succeed with the assessment.

Professional Context

Many organizations work to better local and global communities’ quality of life and promote health and safety in times of crisis. As public health and safety advocates, nurses must be cognizant of how such organizations help certain populations. As change agents, nurses must be aware of factors that impact the organization and the services that it offers. Familiarity with these organizations enables the nurse to offer assistance as a volunteer and source of referral.

This assessment provides an opportunity for you gain insight into the mission, vision, and operations of a community services organization of interest.

Demonstration of Proficiency

By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:

• Competency 1: Analyze health risks and health care needs among distinct populations. 
  • Explain how an organization’s work impacts the health and/or safety needs of a local community.
• Competency 2: Propose health promotion strategies to improve the health of populations. 
  • Explain how an organization’s mission and vision enable it to contribute to public health and safety improvements.
• Competency 3: Evaluate health policies, based on their ability to achieve desired outcomes. 
  • Assess the impact of funding sources, policy, and legislation on an organization’s provision of services.
• Competency 4: Integrate principles of social justice in community health interventions. 
  • Evaluate an organization’s ability to promote equal opportunity and improve the quality of life within a community.
• Competency 5: Apply professional, scholarly communication strategies to lead health promotion and improve population health. 
  • Write clearly and concisely in a logically coherent and appropriate form and style.

Note: Complete the assessments in this course in the order in which they are presented.

Preparation

Assume you are interested in expanding your role as a nurse and are considering working in an area where you can help to promote equal opportunity and improve the quality of life within the local or global community. You are aware of the work of several nonprofit organizations and government agencies whose work contributes to this effort in some way. You have particular interest in one of these organizations but would like to know more about how it contributes to public health and safety improvements. In addition, you would like to report the results of your research in a scholarly paper that you could submit for publication.

As you begin to prepare this assessment, it would be an excellent choice to complete the Nonprofit Organizations and Community Health activity. Complete this activity to gain insight into promoting equal opportunity and improving the quality of life in a community. The information gained from completing this activity will help you succeed with the assessment.

Then, choose the organization or agency you are most interested in researching:

• American Heart Association.
• World Heart Federation.
• Peace Corps.
• American Red Cross.
• Habitat for Humanity.
• United Way.
• Doctors Without Borders.
• The Salvation Army.
• United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
• Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
• Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

Instructions

Research your chosen organization and submit a report of your findings.

Document Format and Length

Format your paper using APA style.

• Use the APA Style Paper Template. An APA Style Paper Tutorial is also provided to help you in writing and formatting your paper. Be sure to include: 
  • A title page and references page. An abstract is not required.
  • A running head on all pages.
  • Appropriate section headings.
• Your paper should comprise 3–5 pages of content plus title and references pages.

Supporting Evidence

Cite at least three credible sources from peer-reviewed journals or professional industry publications that support your research findings.

Graded Requirements

The research requirements, outlined below, correspond to the grading criteria in the assessment scoring guide, so be sure to address each point.

• Explain how the organization’s mission and vision enable it to contribute to public health and safety improvements. 
  • Include examples of ways a local and/or global initiative supports organizational mission and vision and promotes public health and safety.
• Evaluate an organization’s ability to promote equal opportunity and improve the quality of life in the community. 
  • Consider the effects of social, cultural, economic, and physical barriers.
• Assess the impact of funding sources, policy, and legislation on the organization’s provision of services. 
  • Consider the potential implications of funding decisions, policy, and legislation for individuals, families, and aggregates within the community.
• Explain how an organization’s work impacts the health and/or safety needs of a local community. 
  • Consider how nurses might become involved with the organization.
• Write clearly and concisely in a logically coherent and appropriate form and style. 
  • Write with a specific purpose and audience in mind.
  • Adhere to scholarly and disciplinary writing standards and APA formatting requirements

Meaningful Use is a program whereby a certified electronic health record can meet a set of standards set by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, which will result in a payback of money to the provider or hospital using the system to offset the cost of the EHR (Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, 2015; Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 2014).

Describe one standard from any of the Meaningful Use stages and explain what the benefit of the standard is to healthcare

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CMS.gov (2014). 2014 definition stage 1 of Meaningful Use. Retrieved from, http://www.cms.gov/Regulations-and-Guidance/Legislation/EHRIncentivePrograms/Meaningful_Use.html

Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (2015). Comprehensive list of certified health information technology. Retrieved from, http://oncchpl.force.com/ehrcert?q=chpl

 

150 words APA

  

Required Reading

Berlinger, N., Guidry-Grimes, L., & Hulkower, A. (2017). Knowledge is key for safety-net providers. Health Progress: Journal of the Catholic Health Association of the United States. Retrieved from https://www.chausa.org/publications/health-progress/article/july-august-2017/knowledge-is-key-for-safety-net-providers

Hacker, K., Anies, M., Folb, B., & Zallman, L. (2015). Barriers to health care for undocumented immigrants: A literature review. Risk Management and Healthcare Policy, 8. Available in the Trident Online Library. PLEASE SEE ATTACHMENT REGARDING THIS REFERENCE

The Hastings Center. (2017). Undocumented immigrants and health care access in the United States. Retrieved from http://undocumentedpatients.org/

HHS Office of Minority Health. (2016). National CLAS Standards, health literacy, and communication [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkpRx1lHCu8&feature=youtu.be

National CLAS Standards: National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) in Health and Health Care. Retrieved from https://www.thinkculturalhealth.hhs.gov/clas

Shi, L. (2014). Health policy for diverse populations. In Introduction to health policy, pp. 118-149. Chicago: Health Administration Press. Available in the Trident Online Library. PLEASE SEE ATTACHMENT REGARDING THIS REFERENCE

Optional Reading

Cervantes, L., Fischer, S., & Berlinger, N. (2017). The illness experience of undocumented immigrants with end-stage renal disease. JAMA Internal Medicine, 117(4), 529-535. Retrieved from https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2601078

HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT

You are a junior administrator in a small hospital. The clinical staff in the hospital have done a good job in ensuring that patient care falls in line with the National Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) policy. However, in a recent assessment of your facility, it was found that these competencies are lacking in the interactions of patients with administrative services. Your supervisor has learned that you have taken this course and has asked you to prepare a PowerPoint presentation to share with the various administrative departments such as billing, customer service, scheduling, etc. Your presentation should include the following:

• * A thorough explanation of the CLAS Standards
• * Why culturally competent services are important throughout the hospital
• * Suggestions for how different departments can better serve the hospitals’ diverse clientele
• * A slide with resources for staff members
• * A slide with references

You must include speaker’s notes with your slides, which will elaborate on the content in each slide. Be sure to cite your sources in your slides and speaker’s notes.

Assignment Expectations

1. Conduct additional research to gather sufficient information to justify/support your analysis.
2. Your presentation should be at least 8 slides, not including your cover slide and reference slide.
3. Support your presentation with a minimum of 3 reliable sources.
4. Please use the following resource for evaluating information found on the internet: https://www.library.georgetown.edu/tutorials/research-guides/evaluating-internet-content
5. You may use the following source to assist in your formatting your assignment: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/.

Developmentally Appropriate Activity Planning

The focus of the Final Project is to choose nine developmentally appropriate activities for young children. Your capability to effectively plan these activities demonstrates your mastery of the course learning outcomes and your ability to use your knowledge to plan effective activities for young children. Early childhood educators play an important role in the future success of children, and your ability to create effective curriculum experiences is a fundamental part of that.

To prepare for this assignment,

• Please refer to the Week 5 Guidance for further tips and examples that will support your success with this discussion.
• Review and download the ECE 203 Activity Template. 
  • There are nine required sections total: Science/Sensory, Language and Literacy, Creativity, Fine motor (please choose an indoor activity), Gross motor (please choose an outdoor activity), Self-Concept, Emotional Skills/ Regulation, Social Skills, and Math.
  • Read the required resources for this week and consider reviewing the recommended resources as well.

Remember that any applicable resource used throughout this course can support the requirement for four scholarly resources for this assignment.

• If you did not begin the development of your ePortfolio in ECE 101, read Portfolium Student Guide to help you set up your ePortfolio.
  • Choose an area of focus:
    • Center-Based Preschool (3, 4, or 5 years old)
    • Center-Based Infant/Toddler (young infants, mobile infants, or toddlers)
    • Early Childhood (4–8 years old)
• In your assignment, create a nine-page Word document that addresses the following:
  For the Center-Based Preschool Option
• Complete each section of the ECE 203 Activity Template.
  • To complete the sections for a Center-Based Preschool:
    • Indicate the age group (3s, 4s or 5s).
    • List the intended goals.
    • List all of the materials that will be needed for each activity.
    • Explain in detail the process/teaching strategies that will be used for each activity.
    • Specify how each activity is developmentally appropriate for that age group.

For the Center-Based Infant/Toddler Option

• Complete each assignment section of the Activity Template.
  • To complete the sections for a Center-Based Infant/Toddler:
    • Indicate the age group (3s, 4s or 5s). Of the nine activities, three should be appropriate for young infants, three for mobile infants and three for toddlers.
    • List the intended goals.
    • List all of the materials that will be needed for each activity.
    • Explain in detail the process/teaching strategies that will be used for each activity.
    • Specify how each activity is developmentally appropriate for that age group.

For the Early Childhood (4–8 Years Old) Option

• Complete each section of the Activity Template
  • To complete the sections for Early Childhood:
    • Indicate the age group (4, 5, 6, 7, 8).
    • List the intended goals.
    • List all of the materials that will be needed for each activity.
    • Explain in detail the process/teaching strategies that will be used for each activity.
    • Specify how each activity is developmentally appropriate for that age group.
  • https://scholarwriters.com/developmentally-appropriate-activity-planning/

 

Choose a cultural group within your community and examine the health data for your community. What data are available for the cultural group of interest? What are the differences in morbidity and mortality rates for whites and members of the community you’re interested in? What factors influence the health outcomes for the group of interest?

Present your paper in a 300 word APA formatted summary.