(Wk # 5: February 2 to February 9 – Main post under Assignment by Wed, February 5 at 11:59 PM EST). 

Chapter 12 – Massage. 

Chapter 13 – Pressure Point Therapies. 

Question(s):  The benefits of massage can be categorized into physical level, mental level and emotional level. Choose one of them and mention at least three benefits of massage in that chosen level. Mention at least 3 contraindications of massage. Have you ever had a massage? What type of massage? Please, tell about your experience. 

Guidelines: The answer should be based on the knowledge obtained from reading the book (only the last part of the question is your opinion/ experience). You must answer all the questions. Your grade will be an average of all parts of the question. 

Grading Criteria: Choose one level and mention at least three benefits of massage (30%- 10 points each). Mention at least 3 contraindications of massage (30% – 10 points each). Have you ever had a massage? What type of massage? Tell about your massage experience (40%).APA FORMAT. 

 

Please respond to the following: “Generic Strategies and Balanced scored Card”

• Determine whether or not you believe the process of formulating strategy in the health care industry is complex. Justify your response with at least one (1) example of a situation or scenario that supports your position.
• Assess the degree of guidance provided by Kaplan and Norton’s Balanced Scorecard as a management tool for guiding health care marketers in performing strategic management duties and responsibilities. Provide at least two (2) specific examples of the Balanced Scorecard Model that apply within a health care organization with which you are familiar.

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HIT Projects and Decision Makers
 

A nurse leader sought to implement greater security in the children’s wing of the hospital by installing a new alarm and monitoring system. Due to budget constraints, the CNO rejected the proposal, stating that current security methods were sufficient. Shortly after this failed proposal, an individual did in fact breach the children’s wing security and abducted a young child. Thankfully, the child was found and returned to her parents; and the CNO quickly found the money to install the new security system.
 

Not all HIT projects have such high-profile stakes. The main takeaway from this example is the importance of getting key stakeholders and decision makers on board when planning a new HIT project.
 

To prepare:

• Bring      to mind a HIT project implemented in your organization. Which leaders      identified the project? Which stakeholders and decision makers helped      moved the project forward?
• Consider      methods that were used to garner the support of stakeholders and decision      makers to move the project forward.

By tomorrow Wednesday 09/20/17, write a minimum of 550 words essay in APA format with a minimum of 3 references from the list in the instructions area. Include the level one headings as numbered below:

post a cohesive response that addresses the following:

1) Describe an example of a HIT project implemented at your organization and analyze how that project was identified and moved forward. (HIT stands for Health Information Technology, pick one that was implemented in the hospital. One project that comes to my mind is when my hospital upgraded their EHR system from MEDITECH to EPIC system).

2) Evaluate the impact of key decision makers on moving the HIT project forward.

Required Readings

Course Text: Ball, M. J., Douglas, J. V., Hinton Walker, P., DuLong, D., Gugerty, B., Hannah, K. J., . . . Troseth, M. R. (Eds.) (2011). Nursing informatics: Where technology and caring meet (4th ed.). London, England: Springer-Verlag.

• Chapter      17, “Disruptive Innovation: Point of Care”

This chapter uses real-world integration examples to illustrate the visions and challenges that characterize Smart Point of Care systems.

Course Text: American Nurses Association. (2008). Nursing informatics: Scope and standards of practice. Silver Spring, MD: Author.

• “Standards      of Nursing Informatics Practice” (pp. 67-79)

This excerpt presents the specific measurement criteria found within each nursing informatics standard.

Madsen, M. (2010). Knowledge and information modeling. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 151, 84-103.

Within this article, the overall design models of information systems are linked to the metastructures, data, information, knowledge, and wisdom.

Peleg, M. (2011). The role of modeling in clinical information system development life cycle. Methods of Information in Medicine, 50(1), 7-10.

The author of this article discusses the role of conceptual modeling in health information technology systems and how it has been an effective component of system development.

Philip, A., Afolabi, B., Adeniran, O., Oluwatolani, O., & Ishaya, G. (2010). Towards an efficient information systems development process and management: A review of challenges and proposed strategies. Journal of Software Engineering and Applications, 3(10), 983-989. 

This article examines the phases and methodologies found within the Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC), and proposes a framework for establishing the crucial roles that participants must play during the SDLC.

Szydlowski, S., & Smith, C. (2009). Perspectives from nurse leaders and chief information officers on health information technology implementation. Hospital Topics, 87(1), 3-9. 

Qualitative research is used in this article to examine the trends, goals, outcomes, barriers, and mistakes that hospital leaders may experience when implementing health information technology systems.

Required Media

Laureate Education, Inc. (Executive Producer). (2011). Transforming nursing and healthcare through technology: Systems analysis. Baltimore, MD: Author.

Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 11 minutes.

The presenters in this week’s media presentation outline the stages involved when implementing a new technology system.

Optional Resources

Burgess, L., & Sargent, J. (2007). Enhancing user acceptance of mandated mobile health information systems: The ePOC (electronic Point-Of-Care Project) experience. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 129(Pt 2), 1088-1092.

 

Benchmark – Professional Capstone and Practicum Reflective Journal

Students are required to maintain weekly reflective narratives throughout the course to combine into one course-long reflective journal that integrates leadership and inquiry into current practice as it applies to the Professional Capstone and Practicum course.

In your journal, you will reflect on the personal knowledge and skills gained throughout this course. The journal should address a variable combination of the following, depending on your specific practice immersion clinical experiences:

1. New practice approaches
2. Intraprofessional collaboration
3. Health care delivery and clinical systems
4. Ethical considerations in health care
5. Population health concerns
6. The role of technology in improving health care outcomes
7. Health policy
8. Leadership and economic models
9. Health disparities

Students will outline what they have discovered about their professional practice, personal strengths and weaknesses that surfaced, additional resources and abilities that could be introduced to a given situation to influence optimal outcomes, and finally, how the student met the competencies aligned to this course.

While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and in-text citations and references should be presented using APA documentation 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.