Complete ALL of the bullet points below:

• Given the increasing longevity of Americans and the costs of providing long-term care, anticipation of the costs should be a major element of every family’s financial planning. Current information suggests however, that very few families or individuals give this consideration. What factors might impede this advance planning? What measures might be effective in raising awareness among Americans about this important matter?
• Identify the major factors that have resulted in the shift in utilization from inpatient hospitalization to ambulatory care services. What are the implications of this shift for hospitals, consumers, and the health care delivery system as a whole?
• The recipients of mental health services in the US represent only a small percentage of those in need of services. Discuss the factors that impede access to mental illness treatment.

Please submit one APA formatted paper  1500 words, not including the title and reference page. The assignment should have a minimum of two scholarly sources, in addition to the textbook.

                       Respond to this post with a positive response :

Ask a probing question, substantiated with additional background information, evidence or research.

Share an insight from having read your colleagues’ postings, synthesizing the information to provide new perspectives.

Offer and support an alternative perspective using readings from the classroom or from your own research in the Walden Library.

Validate an idea with your own experience and additional research.

Make a suggestion based on additional evidence drawn from readings or after synthesizing multiple postings.

Expand on your colleagues’ postings by providing additional insights or contrasting perspectives based on readings and evidence.

Use  references

                                                       Initial Post

            Upon reviewing this week’s lesson, it involves patient safety and how healthcare providers delivery it. The Institute of Medication (IOM) designed a model for patients which involved effectiveness, safety, patient-centered, timely, equitable, and efficiency(Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, n.d.). One problem I have found is reporting near misses that were caught but could have resulted in errors while delivering patient care. Healthcare professionals are still afraid of corrective actions when reporting, including near misses. The article I found, showed how reporting improves patient safety and how to improve the delivery of care (Howell et al., 2015). As a nursing leader, I would encourage my staff to report near misses along with actual occurrences. I would explain that by reporting near misses it helps future patients by learning from the near misses. Patient safety should be an expected value, not something that hospitals deal with after something happens (Laureate Education, 2012i). At my work, we have safeguards that we can do anonymously. We can also fill out our name to report safety issues. As a nursing leader, I would meet with staff to remind them to choose the anonymous tab when reporting safeguards for patient safety if they were still concerned about corrective actions. I would explain that it is not about them getting in trouble but continuing improving safety to protect patients.

 

Reference

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. (n.d.). Model public report elements: A sampler. Retreived from http://archive.ahrq.gov/professionals/quality-patient-safe-ty/quality-resources/value/pubrptsample2b.html#Presentation

Howell, A., Burns, E. M., Bouras, G., Donaldson, L., Athanasiou, T., & Darzi, A. (2015, December 9). Can Patient Safety Incident Reports Be Used to Compare Hospital Safety? Results from a Quantitative Analysis of the English National Reporting and Learning System Data. Ebsco, 10(12), 1-15.

Laureate Education (Producer). (2012i). Quality improvement and safety. Baltimore, MD: Author.

Unfortunately, mental illness is frequently in the news. Reflect on one recent news item that discusses mental illness. What points did the media correctly identify about the disease? What points did the media miss or discuss correctly? How does media coverage of mental illness add to the stigma of the disease? How does it impact treatment of the disease?

Your initial posting should be 200 to 300 words in length and utilize at least one scholarly source other than the textbook. 

  

Week 7:Applying and Sharing Evidence

Textbook:

Houser, J. (2018). Nursing research: Reading, using, and creating evidence (4 th ed.). Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett.

Read:

Chapter 1: The Importance of Research as Evidence in Nursing

Chapter 16: Translating Research into Practice

Required Article:

O’Connor, M., Tanner, P., Miller, L., Watts, K., & Musiello, T. (2017). Detecting distress: Introducing routine screening in a gynecological cancer setting. Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing, 21(1), 79-85.

Assignment:

Application and implications for practice come from the interpretation of meaning from research findings. Communicating and using research evidence is an expectation of a BSN graduate.

Answer the following questions using APA format, citations and references!

1)Select and describe one of the conclusions from the required article from the Week 6 assignment that you found interesting and applicable to practice. Describe how you would apply the evidence to improve nursing practice. Explain your answer.

2)Discuss ways you would disseminate research-based evidence; how would you share with your peers? Include your thoughts on why it is important for you to be involved in communicating and applying nursing research evidence.

One reference from article and one reference from textbook.

Complete a SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities & Threats) Analysis of a private, government funded or non-profit hospital within your state. You must analyze internal or external factors that could negatively affect or assist the organization with accomplishing their goals. Please begin the assignment by reviewing this week’s classroom lecture notes and locating a nearby hospital. After discovering a suitable hospital, you should research the social media accounts, accreditation reports, newspaper articles, or Joint Commission updates.