Research public health issues on the “Climate Change” or “Topics and Issues” pages of the American Public Health Association (APHA) website. Investigate a public health issue related to an environmental issue within the U.S. health care delivery system and examine its effect on a specific population.

Write a 750-1,000-word policy brief that summarizes the issue, explains the effect on the population, and proposes a solution to the issue.

Follow this outline when writing the policy brief:

1. Describe the policy health issue. Include the following information: (a) what population is affected, (b) at what level does it occur (local, state, or national), and (c) evidence about the issues supported by resources.
2. Create a problem statement.
3. Provide suggestions for addressing the health issue caused by the current policy. Describe what steps are required to initiate policy change. Include necessary stakeholders (government officials, administrator) and budget or funding considerations, if applicable.
4. Discuss the impact on the health care delivery system.

Include three peer-reviewed sources and two other sources to support the policy brief.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

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. 

Systematic Sampling is often used in external audits of health care organizations, especially when there is a suspicion of fraud. These investigations are conducted by several US government agencies, including but not limited to: Office of the Inspector General, Department of Justice, and State Attorneys General offices.

Go to: https://oig.hhs.gov/reports-and-publications/oas/cms.asp (Links to an external site.)

Choose one of the Reports on a health care-related investigation.

Share, in your own words, what research methodology was used to perform that medical audit. Be specific.

Cite your source using APA formatting.

PLEASE FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS AS INDICATED BELOW:

1). ZERO (0) PLAGIARISM

2). ATLEAST 5 REFERENCES, NO MORE THAN 5 YEARS

3).  PLEASE SEE THE FOLLOWING ATTACHMENT FOR RUBRIC DETAILS.

4). Please carefully read the assignment very well, and review the grading rubric and focus on the “Excellent” column, and please include each component in the assignment as required. Also, please follow APA writing rules and style. 

5). Please Include the Title page, Introduction, purpose statement, Literature Review, conclusion, and reference page. 

Thank you very much.  

 Please carefully read and follow-through:

Asthma is a respiratory disorder that affects children and adults. Advanced practice nurses often provide treatment to patients with these disorders. Sometimes patients require immediate treatment, making it essential that you recognize and distinguish minor asthma symptoms from serious, life-threatening ones. Since symptoms and attacks are often induced by a trigger, advanced practice nurses must also help patients identify their triggers and recommend appropriate management options. Like many other disorders, there are various approaches to treating and managing care for asthmatic patients depending on individual patient factors.   

 One method that supports the clinical decision-making of drug therapy plans for asthmatic patients is the stepwise approach, which you explore in this Assignment.

To Prepare

• Reflect on drugs used to treat asthmatic patients, including long-term control and quick-relief treatment options for patients. Think about the impact these drugs might have on patients, including adults and children.
• Consider how you might apply the stepwise approach to address the health needs of a patient in your practice.
• Reflect on how stepwise management assists health care providers and patients in gaining and maintaining control of the disease.

Create a 5- to 6-slide PowerPoint presentation that can be used in a staff development meeting on presenting different approaches for implementing the stepwise approach for asthma treatment. Be sure to address the following:

• Describe long-term control and quick-relief treatment options for the asthma patient from your practice as well as the impact these drugs might have on your patient.
• Explain the stepwise approach to asthma treatment and management for your patient.
• Explain how stepwise management assists health care providers and patients in gaining and maintaining control of the disease. Be specific.

Write a 3–4 page response to an employment questionnaire requiring a self-evaluation of your leadership and ethical experiences.

An understanding of one’s own approaches to leadership, motivation, collaboration and ethical situations is important to the evolution of an effective leader. An introspective lens can help emerging leaders better understand and hone these important skills.

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

• Competency 1: Apply qualities, skills and practices used by effective healthcare leaders. 
  • Analyze one’s own leadership qualities and actions relative to a specific experience.
• Competency 2: Apply practices that facilitate effective interprofessional collaboration. 
  • Analyzes one’s own leadership and motivational techniques used to foster collaboration among stakeholders.
• Competency 3: Apply ethical codes and diversity best practices in health care organizations.  
  • Analyze actions taken in response to an ethical dilemma, using an ethical code. 
• Competency 4: Produce clear, coherent, and professional written work, in accordance with Capella’s writing standards. 
  • Conveys clear meaning in active voice, with minimal issues in grammar, usage, word choice, spelling, or mechanical errors. 

The following resource is required to complete the assessment.

• Western Medical Application Questionnaire [DOCX]. (see attached)

Preparation

Download and review the Western Medical Enterprises Questionnaire found in the Resources. Use it to complete this assessment.

Optional

Read Ethical decision-making in a caring environment: The four principles and LEADS if you chose this reference to complete your assignment. See the Western Medical Enterprises Questionnaire for details.

Scenario

Imagine that over the past few months you have participated in several organizational projects and met many new people.  The opportunities to collaborate and demonstrate your emerging skills as a leader prompted you to think about applying for a new position.  After exploring online job postings, you prepared a resume and submitted the application to Western Medical Enterprises. A few days later you received the following email:

Dear Applicant,
Thank you for your interest in employment at Western Medical Enterprises. We have received your application packet. The next step for all potential employees is to provide a narrative response to the questions in the attached document. Please return your completed document to me by replying to this e-mail. 
Once we receive your responses, we will review them and notify you of the next steps.
Good luck! 
Sincerely,
Thomas Hardy
Human Resources Recruiter
Western Medical Enterprises

Instructions

Respond to the scenario by completing the Western Medical Enterprises Questionnaire found in the Resources.

Instructions

As you have explored in this unit, advancements in technology can have both individual and societal impacts. However, the impacts experienced by an individual are different than those experienced by society. Consider energy. The advent of new technologies to switch from fossil to renewable fuels may lead to loss of income, poverty, and homelessness. This can impact individual emotions, mental health, the sense of well-being, increased substance abuse, and changes in cognitive function; in contrast, technology may impact society and lead to changes in social mobility, public health, crime rates, social cohesion, and political stability.

In this assignment, you are asked to write an essay that includes your analysis of the chosen technology’s individual/sociological impacts. You may choose any recent (last 10 years) technological advancement to complete this assignment. Some areas to consider:

• Communication
• Transportation
• Energy
• Medicine
• Education

Your completed essay will include at least one paragraph for each of the following:

1. Description of the technological advancement chosen
2. Explanation of your choice of technological advancement
3. First individual impact with one (1) external reference
   • Choose from the following:
     • Emotions
     • Mental health
     • Sense of well-being
     • Substance use
     • Cognitive functioning
4. Second individual impact with one (1) external reference
   • Choose a different impact from the individual list.
5. First sociological impact with one (1) external reference
   • Choose from the following:
     • Social mobility
     • Public health trends
     • Crime rates
     • Social cohesion
     • Political stability
6. Second individual impact with one (1) external reference
   • Choose a different impact from the societal list.
7. Your analysis of how these impacts are similar and how they are different based on whether they are individual or societal means supporting your analysis with existing sources or, as needed, new ones.
8. Your analysis of how the individual impacts influence the societal ones will support your analysis with existing sources or, as needed, new ones.
9. A summary of what you have learned about the difference between the individual and the societal impacts of technological change, use internal sources* as needed.

*Note that an internal source is anything you use from the course content.

Be sure to use appropriate sources for the external references required for this assignment.