Healthcare Coverage Gap

The ACA was meant to provide quality health care coverage for all yet a coverage gap for some populations especially in states that oppose Medicaid expansion. Based on what you have learned so far in this course, create a PowerPoint presentation that addresses the coverage gap problem, who is impacted by the coverage gap, the role the ACA plays in the coverage gap, why the coverage gap should be closed, and solutions/ recommendations for closing the gap. Address the following in your PowerPoint:

• Select one state opposed to Medicaid expansion and describe why. Then, consider your own state. What are the benefits and drawbacks to Medicaid expansion in your state?
• Define what the coverage gap is (problem/issue)
• Discuss how the coverage gap impact low income healthcare consumers population.
• What role does the ACA have in widening or closing the coverage gap?
• Why is it important to close the gap (implications for positive social change)?
• What are some solutions to closing the coverage gap and how can healthcare equity help close the gap? Include recommendations and/or solutions.

Your PowerPoint presentation should include/address:

• Title Slide (1 slide)
• Objectives Slide (1 slide)
• Medicaid expansion (1-2 slides)
• Coverage gap – define/problem/issue (1-2 slides)
• Coverage gap impact on low income healthcare consumers (2-3 slides)
• Role ACA has in widening or closing the coverage gap (1-2 slides)
• Close the gap (1-2 slides)
• Solutions to closing the coverage gap and how can healthcare equity help close the gap? (2-3 slides)
• Reference slide (1-2 slides).

  

1.) Which are the Family Advanced Practitioner Register Nurses (APRN) certification bodies in USA.? ( AANP www.aanpcert.org,  and ANCC certification@ana.org)

2.) According to the certification body you selects, which are the application requirement?

• Credits required  from you graduated school
• How many CEUs ? from those which are mandatory?

3.) When can you apply?

4.) What is the passing test score?

5.) How much does the certification exam cost?

6.) How often NP recertification is due?

  

Instructions for Answer to 4 Question

1- After Each DQ (question), write down references

2- 300 minimum words for every DQ, you can go up to 800 words but answer should be complete.

3- 2-3 Peer Reviewed/ scholarly references for each question

4- References should be within 4 years

5- I am in acute care nurse practitioner program.

6- The response to the DQ is expected to be a minimum of 300 words. A minimum of two peer reviewed/ scholarly  resources are expected. These need to be appropriate for a clinical professional to guide decisions about patient care. If a textbook is used for one of these responses, the other needs to be journal or professional-level website. The references need to be correctly formatted, as do the citations for those references.  “ Question words” don’t count towards 300 minimum count”

RUA: Health Promotion Project

TOPIC: Early and Middle Childhood

E-BOOK: Potter, P.A., Perry, A. G., Stockert, P. & Hall, A. (2021). Fundamentals of Nursing (10th ed.). Elsevier.

Required Uniform Assignment: Health Promotion Paper Guidelines

Purpose

This assignment allows the learner to apply knowledge gained about health promotion concepts and strategies, enhance written communication skills, and demonstrate a beginning understanding of cultural competency. 

Course outcomes:

This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes:

1. Discuss the professional nurse’s role in health promotion activities. (PO 1 and2) 

3.Discuss health promotion, illness prevention, health maintenance, health restoration, and rehabilitation in relation to the nurse’s role in working with various populations. (PO 1,2, and 8)

Preparing the assignment 

Follow these guidelines when completing this assignment. Speak with your faculty member if you have questions.

1)Identify a health problem or need for health promotion for a particular stage in the life span of a population from a specific culture in your area. 

2)Choose one of the Leading Health Indicators (LHI) priorities from Healthy People 2020: 

https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/Leading-Health-Indicators

 APA, formatting, or grammar assistance, visit the APA Citation & Writing page located at 

https://library.chamberlain.edu/APA.

8)Include the following sections (detailed criteria listed below and in the Grading Rubric):

a.Introduction and Conclusion

•Introduction establishes the purpose of the paper and describes why the topic is important to health promotion in the target population in your area. 

•Introduction stimulates the reader’s interest. 

•Conclusion includes the main ideas from the body of the paper.

•Conclusion includes the major support points from the body of the paper. 

b.Relate Topic to Target Population

•Describes the topic and target cultural population. 

•Includes statistics to support the significance of the topic.

•Explains how the project relates to the selected Healthy People 2020 topic area. 

•Applies health promotion concepts. 

c.Summary of Articles-

•A minimum of three (3) scholarly articles, from the last 5 years, are used as sources.  

•Articles meet the criteria of being from scholarly journals and include health promotion and wellness content.

•At least one article is related to the chosen cultural group.  

•Summarizes all key points and findings from the articles.

•Includes statistics to support the significance of the topic.

7.Identify health promotion strategies throughout the lifespan. (PO 1,2, and 4)

Required Uniform Assignment: 

Health Promotion Paper Guidelines NR222Health Promotion Project Guidelines V4Revised: 

•Discusses how information from the articles is used in the Health Promotion Project, including specific examples. 

d.Health Promotion Discussion

•Describes approaches to educate the target population about the topic. 

•The approaches are appropriate for the cultural target population.

•Identifies specific ways to promote lifestyle changes within the target population.

•Applies health promotion strategies.  

e.APA Style and Organization 

•TurnItIn is used prior to submitting a paper for grading.

 •Revisions are made based on the TurnItIn originality report. 

•References are submitted with the assignment.

•Uses current APA format and is free of errors.

•Grammar and mechanics are free of errors.

•Paper is 3-4 pages, excluding title and reference pages.

•Information is organized around required components and flows in a logical sequence.

Required criteria

1.Introduction establishes the purpose of the paper and describes why topics important to health promotion in the target population in your area.

2.Introduction stimulates the reader’s interest. 

3.Conclusion includes the main ideas from the body of the paper.

4.Conclusion includes the major support points from the body of the paper. 

Relate Topic to Target Population

1. Describes the topic and target cultural population.

2.Includes statistics to support the significance of the topic.

3.Explains how the project relates to the selected Healthy People 2020 topic area.

4.Applies health promotion concepts.

Summary of Articles

1.A minimum of three (3) scholarly articles, from the last 5 years, are used as sources.  

2.Articles meet the criteria of being from scholarly journals and include health promotion and wellness content.

3.At least one article is related to the chosen cultural group.  

4.Summarizes all key points and findings from the articles.

5.Includes statistics to support the significance of the topic.

6.Discusses how information from the articles is used in the Health Promotion Project, including specific examples. 

Health Promotion Discussion

1. Describes approaches to educate the target population about the topic. 

2.The approaches are appropriate for the cultural target population.

3.Identifies specific ways to promote lifestyle changes within the target population.

4.Applies health promotion strategies.

APA Style and Organization

1.TurnItIn is used prior to submitting the paper for grading. 

2.Revisions are made based on the TurnItIn originality report.

3.References are submitted with the assignment.

4.Uses current APA format and is free of errors.

5.Grammar and mechanics are free of errors.

6.Paper is 3-4pages, excluding title and reference pages.

7.Information is organized around required components and flows in a logical sequence.

 

1.  Do you think that the four metaparadigm concepts constitute an adequate framework for organizing all nursing knowledge?

2.  Is everything you do as a nurse related to either person, nurse, environment, and/or health?

3.  Do the four metaparadigm concepts apply to all cultures and nationalities in the U.S. and throughout the world?

4.  Share your personal definitions of ‘person’, ‘health’, ‘environment’, and ‘nursing’. How might other nurses’ definitions help you improve your nursing practice? 

5. How might Virginia Henderson’s 14 Components of Nursing help you organize and analyze patient data when providing nursing care? Are Henderson’s Components still applicable in today’s high-tech healthcare environment? Explain.