Scenario: You are speaking in a meeting with the hospital compliance officer and the hospital representative for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) team, and have been asked “How will we maintain patient privacy with our documents on the Internet?”

Use the university library, journals, and your experience to create a strategic plan for a 200-bed acute care facility that considers possible data privacy breaches and proposes effective methods to avoid them. Additionally, explain what is required by the Joint Commission, the Health Information on Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, and the HIPAA regulations that must be followed for the protection of individually identifiable health information.

Cite at least 4 peer-reviewed references published within the past 5 years.

 Deliverable Length:  3-5 pages excluding the title and reference pages 

See rubric attached. 

  

Windshield Survey

Assignment Guidelines

A. Windshield Survey 

The Windshield Survey is comprised of general qualitative observations that give you a snapshot of the community that you can capture as you drive/walk through the community. The demographic data can be obtained online, through the public library, county or township administration buildings. Please address the following in a narrative format following APA guidelines: 

1. Geographical description

 Boundaries, geographical, political, or economic, how is it seen. 

 Housing an zoning 

 Sign of decay 

2. Health Resources 

a. Type of services available: health department, private MD, dentist, hospital clinic, 

b. pharmacy, health promotion, mental health 

c. School and occupational health services 

d. Official and voluntary services 

e. Self help and support groups 

f. Service organizations, faith-based programs 

g. Stores (grocery, retail, drug, dry cleaning, etc. 

h. Transportation 

3. Citizen safety and protective services 

a. Police and fire 

b. Shelters for victims of abuse 

c. Others: neighborhood watch etc. 

4. Services provided by senior citizens senior centers, meals on wheels, transportation, day care, long term care. 

 a. Parks and recreational areas 

5. Community welfare services beyond city/state aid as provisions for emergency food, shelter and clothing. 

Below please see the rubric that will be used to grade your survey and due date instructions.

Assignment must be presented in an essay style using APA format in the required Arial 12 font with minimum of 1000 words. Due date is Saturday September , 2018 @ 11:59PM in the discussion tab of the black board for grading.  

Comment1

Improving the Adherence to Osteoporosis Treatment By Using Structured Patient Education”, by (Youssryea, Ibrahim & Ek-Khedr, 2014). This was an experimental study of 100 women diagnosed with osteoporosis divided into 2 groups of intervention and control group. Results indicate that structured education given through skillful nurses were instrumental in improving patients adherence to osteoporosis treatment.

Strengths: provided relevant evidence supportive of capstone practice change suggestion.

Weaknesses: study was generalized to all female osteoporosis patients not just to capstone topic focus group.

(4) “Nurses’ Attitudes and Behaviors on Patient Medication Education”, by (Bowen, Rotz, Patterson & Sen, 2017). This is a cross-sectional study showing the importance of nursing patient medication education in improving treatment efficacy, compliance and adherence to treatments in general.  It looked at nurse’s attitudes, behaviors and beliefs regarding patient medication education and found that though nurses believe that patient medication education is vital for positive patient outcomes but there is limitations in this practice area for most nurses.

Strengths: Showed strong evidence supporting identified practice problem, even from nurses perspectives.

Weaknesses: was not particularly centered on patient population for capstone topic.

Comment2

Workplace Violence in Emergency Medicine: Current Knowledge & Future Directions by Terry Kowalenko.  This article is based on a survey of emergency medicine residents and attendings in the U.S.  It found that 78% had experienced at least one act of physical or verbal aggression in the previous 12 months.  It also found that by the end of their training, more than 50% has been physically hit or pushed by patients and fear of assault was their #2 concern behind a needlestick infected with HIV.

Strength – This article is very thourough and addresses the unique stressors that can be found in emergency departments.  Offered many      good preventative measures.

Weakness – This article contained information on physicians and nurses, but the focus was on physicians.

The RN to BSN program at Grand Canyon University meets the requirements for clinical competencies as defined by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), using nontraditional experiences for practicing nurses. These experiences come in the form of direct and indirect care experiences in which licensed nursing students engage in learning within the context of their hospital organization, specific care discipline, and local communities.

This assignment consists of both an interview and a PowerPoint (PPT) presentation.

Assessment/Interview

Select a community of interest in your region. Perform a physical assessment of the community.

1. Perform a direct assessment of a community of interest using the “Functional Health Patterns Community Assessment Guide.”
2. Interview a community health and public health provider regarding that person’s role and experiences within the community.

Interview Guidelines

Interviews can take place in-person, by phone, or by Skype.

Develop interview questions to gather information about the role of the provider in the community and the health issues faced by the chosen community.

Complete the “Provider Interview Acknowledgement Form” prior to conducting the interview. Submit this document separately in its respective drop box.

Compile key findings from the interview, including the interview questions used, and submit these with the presentation.

PowerPoint Presentation

Create a PowerPoint presentation of 15-20 slides (slide count does not include title and references slide) describing the chosen community interest.

Include the following in your presentation:

1. Description of community and community boundaries: the people and the geographic, geopolitical, financial, educational level; ethnic and phenomenological features of the community, as well as types of social interactions; common goals and interests; and barriers, and challenges, including any identified social determinates of health.
2. Summary of community assessment: (a) funding sources and (b) partnerships.
3. Summary of interview with community health/public health provider.
4. Identification of an issue that is lacking or an opportunity for health promotion.
5. A conclusion summarizing your key findings and a discussion of your impressions of the general health of the community.

While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA format ting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

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.

AttachmentsNRS-428VN-RS4-FunctionalHealthPatternsCommAssessment.doc
NRS-428VN-RS4-ProviderInterviewAcknowledgementForm.doc