Build on Assignment #1. You will cover the same health problem and the same policy unless otherwise indicated by your instructor.  Some remedial action on Assignment #1 may be required in order for students to proceed to Assignment #2. Complete the following using the format provided. Except for titles, the narrative format is expected with complete sentences. The table should be single-spaced maximum 2.5 pages. Also, include a cover page and a reference page in APA Format.

HGMT 310 Assignment #2

Student Name:

Type your name here.

Assignment #2 Title:

Provide the title of your topic in this section and the official title of the legislation 

Agency Responsible for Implementation:

Identify the agency and subunit (such as a bureau or office) responsible for implementing the policy.  If multiple agencies are involved indicate who is responsible for what. 

Agency Responsible for Enforcement:

What federal or state agency is responsible for enforcement?

What are the key areas for enforcement (provider, payer, producer, patient)?

Implementation:

How is the legislation implemented?

Discuss any programs that were implemented as a result of this policy.

What federal or state agency is charged with its implementation? 

Are local public health departments involved?

Are collaborating organizations engaged to achieve the aims of the policy? 

Are citizen’s involved?

Health providers or organizations?

Are grants awarded to organizations to execute the policy (i.e. FDA, CDC, etc)?

Impact on Health Service Organizations:

What does a Health Care Manager need to know about this legislation? Does the implementation of this policy impact how Healthcare Managers deliver services? 

Include five bullets on how this legislation impacts health services organizations operating in your home state.

Resource:

What internet resources are available to health organizations to find updates on programs implemented as a result of the policy you described? 

All sections of Assignment #2 are required.

 Course Reflection Guidelines PURPOSE The purpose of this assignment is to provide the student an opportunity to reflect on selected RN-BSN competencies acquired through the NUR3178 course. COURSE OUTCOMES This assignment provides documentation of student ability to meet the following course outcomes: – Define complementary and alternative practices as identified by current health paradigms. – Discuss history for complementary and alternative medicine. – Given case studies, describe the extent to which complementary and alternative health practices are encouraged and used among multiple cultures. – Relate concepts into clinical practice. – Analyze the research regarding the efficacy of selected complementary and alternative practices and products. – Integrate alternative therapies within patient’s personal plan of care. POINTS This assignment is worth a total of 100 points (10%). DUE DATE Submit your completed assignment under the Assignment tab by Friday 11:59 p.m. EST of Week 15 as directed. REQUIREMENTS 1. The Course Reflection is worth 100 points (10%) and will be graded on quality of selfassessment, use of citations, use of Standard English grammar, sentence structure, and overall organization based on the required components as summarized in the directions and grading criteria/rubric. 2. Follow the directions and grading criteria closely. Any questions about your essay may be posted under the Q & A forum under the Discussions tab. 3. The length of the reflection is to be within three to six pages excluding title page and reference pages. 4. APA format is required with both a title page and reference page. Use the required components of the review as Level 1 headers (upper and lower case, centered): Note: Introduction – Write an introduction but do not use “Introduction” as a heading in accordance with the rules put forth in the Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (2010, p. 63). a. Course Reflection b. Conclusion 

PREPARING YOUR REFLECTION The BSN Essentials (AACN, 2008) outline a number of healthcare policy and advocacy competencies for the BSN-prepared nurse. Reflect on the NUR3178 course readings, discussion threads, and applications you have completed across this course and write a reflective essay regarding the extent to which you feel you are now prepared to:

 1. “Apply leadership concepts, skills, and decision making in the provision of highquality nursing care, healthcare team coordination, and the oversight and accountability for care delivery in a variety of settings. 

2. Demonstrate leadership and communication skills to effectively implement patient safety and quality improvement initiatives within the context of the interprofessional team.  Florida National University NUR3178 NUR3178 Course Reflection Guidelines.docx 08/21/19 2  

3. Demonstrate an awareness of complex organizational systems. 

4. Demonstrate a basic understanding of organizational structure, mission, vision, philosophy, and values. 

5. Participate in quality and patient safety initiatives, recognizing that these are complex system issues, which involve individuals, families, groups, communities, populations, and other members of the healthcare team. 

6. Apply concepts of quality and safety using structure, process, and outcome measures to identify clinical questions and describe the process of changing current practice. 

7. Promote factors that create a culture of safety and caring. 

8. Promote achievement of safe and quality outcomes of care for diverse populations. 

9. Apply quality improvement processes to effectively implement patient safety initiatives and monitor performance measures, including nurse-sensitive indicators in the microsystem of care. 

10. Use improvement methods, based on data from the outcomes of care processes, to design and test changes to continuously improve the quality and safety of health care. 

11. Employ principles of quality improvement, healthcare policy, and cost-effectiveness to assist in the development and initiation of effective plans for the microsystem and/or systemwide practice improvements that will improve the quality of healthcare delivery. 

12. Participate in the development and implementation of imaginative and creative strategies to enable systems to change. 

13. Compare/contrast the roles and perspectives of the nursing profession with other care professionals on the healthcare team (i.e., scope of discipline, education and licensure requirements). 

14. Use inter and intraprofessional communication and collaborative skills to deliver evidence-based, patient centered care. 

15. Incorporate effective communication techniques, including negotiation and conflict resolution to produce positive professional working relationships. 

16. Contribute the unique nursing perspective to interprofessional teams to optimize patient outcomes. 

17. Demonstrate appropriate teambuilding and collaborative strategies when working with interprofessional teams. 

18. Advocate for high quality and safe patient care as a member of the interprofessional team.” (AACN, 2008, pp.14,22). Reference: American Association of Colleges of Nursing [AACN]. (2008). The essentials of baccalaureate education for professional nursing practice. Washington, DC: Author.  

Week 4 discussion.

Tasks: Respond to the following two questions with two pages answer for each one. Separate responses from each question.

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 demonstrates a clear connection to the readings

Q1 – Choose a middle-range theory or grand theory that, in your opinion, can be applied to research. What are the assumptions underpinning this theory? Discuss how this theory finds application in research.

Q2– Choose a middle-range theory or grand theory that, in your opinion, can be applied to practice. What are the assumptions underpinning this theory? Discuss how this theory finds application in your area of practice.

Choose one theory from the following:

1- Quality of Nursing care Theory – June H Larrabee

2- Theory of Unpleasant Symptoms – Elizabeth R Lenz and Linda C Pugh

3- Theory of Comfort – Katharine Kolcaba

The Influence of Regulatory Agencies in Healthcare

There are many regulatory bodies (both internal and external to an organization) that influence policy, standards and guidelines, and the scope of practice. For this discussion, consider the following:Discuss two regulatory entities that directly influence care delivery on your unit or at your organization.How can organizations stay abreast of current changes in regulations, standards, scope of practice, and so on? How should this information be communicated to the healthcare team?Analyze nursing leadership’s role in maintaining compliance with current standards.How will you apply your knowledge of regulatory agency compliance to your professional practice?Be sure to support your discussion with references to the literature as appropriate.

must be at least 150 word with at least one APA formatted reference throughout the post and as a reference at the end

Research Exercise

Due Week 1 and worth 50 points

Out of 200 applicants, you have been selected to work as the manager in the research department for a special task force with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Review the CDC website at https://www.cdc.gov. Your first assignment on this special task force is to focus on Opioid Overdose. The CDC reports that from 1999 to 2015, more than 183,000 people died in the U.S. from overdose related to prescription opioids.

The CDC has been researching the impact of opioid overdose to protect the public’s health and prevent opioid overdose deaths using surveillance and research. You will focus on two primary areas: 1) opioid prescribing guidelines for physicians, and 2) ways hospitals can create prescription drug monitoring as a part of their Quality Management Department (seehttps://www.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/index.html).

Locate a peer-reviewed journal article related to quality in healthcare.  

1. Analyze how this article can be used in the Quality Management (QM) Department.
2. Determine how your article can be used by hospitals to monitor prescription drug programs.
3. Write a 150-word summary of your article and determine how it can be used in the QM. The summary should follow the SESC formula: State, Explain, Support and Conclude.
4. Utilizing SWS format, write a reference at the bottom of your summary. The citation must follow SWS format. Note:Wikipedia and similar websites do not qualify as quality resources.
5. This course requires use of new Student Writing Standards (SWS). The format is different than other Strayer University courses. Please take a moment to review the SWS documentation for details.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Analyze the critical management issues, purpose, functions, and performance measures of different departments within healthcare organizations.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in health services organization management.
• Write clearly and concisely about health services organization management using proper writing mechanics.