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 What strategies would you recommend encouraging culturally competent care of African Americans? 

 Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in current APA style with support from at least 2 academic sources 

Your assignment will be graded according to the grading rubric.

Discussion RubricCriteriaRatingsPoints

Identification of Main Issues, Problems, and Concepts

5 points
Distinguished

Identify and demonstrate a sophisticated understanding of the issues, problems, and concepts.

4 points
Excellent

Identifies and demonstrate an accomplished understanding of most of issues, problems, and concepts.

2 points
Fair

Identifies and demonstrate an acceptable understanding of most of issues, problems, and concepts.

1 points
Poor

Identifies and demonstrate an unacceptable understanding of most of issues, problems, and concepts.

5 points

Use of Citations, Writing Mechanics and APA Formatting Guidelines

3 points
Distinguished

Effectively uses the literature and other resources to inform their work. Exceptional use of citations and extended referencing. High level of APA precision and free of grammar and spelling errors.

2 points
Excellent

Effectively uses the literature and other resources to inform their work. Moderate use of citations and extended referencing. Moderate level of APA precision and free of grammar and spelling errors.

1 point
Fair

Ineffectively uses the literature and other resources to inform their work. Moderate use of citations and extended referencing. APA style and writing mechanics need more precision and attention to detail.

0 point
Poor

Ineffectively uses the literature and other resources to inform their work. An unacceptable use of citations and extended referencing. APA style and writing mechanics need serious attention.

3 points 

 Assignment:This week students will be addressing the following essay questions. Insure all aspects of the questions are addressed. Submission needs to be in APA format. Use a Level 1 heading to separate your sections (Page 62 of the APA Publication Manual).

1. Discuss the various ways that ICD-10-CM coding is used throughout the United States. Why is accuracy in coding so important?
2. Explain the difference between ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS. When are they used?
3. What impact does the ICM-10-CM manual have on healthcare and medicine in today’s world?
4. What are the ten steps for accurate ICD-10-CM coding? State and explain each step in paragraph form
5. In your own words, what is the difference between V, W, X, or Y code and a Z code?
6. Explain when the following would be used and give an example of: Hyphen usage, checkmark, placeholders, and punctuation

For the following, provide the ICD-10-CM codes (some might require more than 1 code). There is a free website listed at the end of the Chapter on page 127 that will help you with coding. Here is another website that might help: http://www.icd10data.com/

1. Weight loss
2. Hypothyroidism
3. gastroesophageal reflux disease
4. acute bronchitis with COPD
5. urinary infection due to E. coli
6. concussion, loss of consciousness 40 min
7. cancer of bladder
8. Physical, child for school
9. DTP vaccination
10. Heel injury (wound) due to broken glass

• This assignment must be in APA format: Times Roman 12 font, double spaced, and include title and reference page. 
• Complete answers will essays will require at least 1000 words, approximately 4 pages (250 words = about 1 page). Title and reference pages do not count toward the total word or page count. 
• Alignment of ICD codes should be completed after the essay questions and before the reference page.
• Title page and reference page do not count towards word count.
• Ensure sources are referenced and cited in the paper

Attention Wizard Kim. 

Week 6 Discussion: Practicum professional Development Objectives/ Progress Appraisal  3 pages. 

Rubrics 

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• Look through several major newspapers for articles that discuss care for the elderly in the community or care for those at the end stage of a life-threatening illness. Then answer the following questions:

A) What is the role of a community health nurse in assisting families in the care of the elderly in their homes?
B) What are some of the barriers related to the initiation of home care services in communities?
C) How does living in an urban area versus a rural area affect home care services?

Article should not be older than 2015 and attach article or provide link. 1 page 

Healthy People 2020 and Nursing

Topic 1: Faith-Based Nursing

Review Healthy People 2020. Identify objectives that are amenable to parish nurse intervention.

• Describe how faith communities can contribute to the accomplishment of these national health objectives and accomplish the goal of improving the health of the public.
• How can nurses working in the community form partnerships with parish nurses and faith communities?
• How would such partnerships be beneficial?

Review your problem or issue and the study materials to formulate a PICOT question for your capstone project change proposal. A PICOT question starts with a designated patient population in a particular clinical area and identifies clinical problems or issues that arise from clinical care. The intervention used to address the problem must be a nursing practice intervention. Include a comparison of the nursing intervention to a patient population not currently receiving the nursing intervention, and specify the timeframe needed to implement the change process.  Formulate a PICOT question using the PICOT format (provided in the assigned readings) that addresses the clinical nursing problem.

The PICOT question will provide a framework for your capstone project change proposal.

In a paper of 500 words, clearly identify the clinical problem and how it can result in a positive patient outcome.

Describe the problem in the PICOT question as it relates to the following:

1. Evidence-based solution
2. Nursing intervention
3. Patient care
4. Health care agency
5. Nursing practice

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. 

This discussion is an opportunity to compare two different persuasive speeches.  Each has its pros and cons.  

• What was the speech goal?
• What type of organizational pattern did they each use?  (Review Chapter 14 for Persuasive Speech Organizational Patterns)
  • Was it effective?
  • Why/why not? (If not, how could it be improved?)
• Which one did you like more?  Why?

Be sure to check out the rubric first so you fully understand the requirements necessary to earn a full-credit post. 

Original posts are due by the 3rd day of the week and follow up responses are due by day 7 of the course week.