Unit 3 Discussion – Beliefs

Discussion: Unit 3, Due Wednesday by 11:59 pm CT

Beliefs

Instructions:

Post your thinking about the following:

• How do theist beliefs define atheist beliefs? Compare and contrast the two.
• What are the core beliefs of agnostics and atheists?
• Why does the U.S. Constitution dictate a division between the Government and all religions?
• How does the agnostic philosophy provide a positive counter-balance to religion, if it does?

Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.

Estimated time to complete: 2 hours

Please post 1 peer response

In the response post, include the following:

• What benefits do you see in having multiple religions and ways of thinking present in the world today?
• Why do you think that some religious people pick and choose the doctrines to follow while ignoring others that are written out in their scriptures?

Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.

Identify Specific Audience for Community Health Project

 audience

drug abusers living in newark nj 

 Create  a PowerPoint presentation to illustrate and explain how the core  determinants of health are impacting the health of your target  population utilizing the picture below. Note that you should briefly  review all of the determinants and then choose the ones that impact your  target group to talk about in the assignment.  Be sure to review the  link information in the classroom on Core Determinants of Health. 

https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/about/foundation-health-measures/Determinants-of-Health

Write a full 1-2 page paper with references…

What is the number 1 illegal drug?

What groups use it the most?

What are the harmful effects?

What are the potential benefits? Who do they benefit?

Should it be legalized? If so, in what capacity?

Look up the new Florida laws-what are they?

 Discussion 2

Describe the difference between research and quality improvement. Provide a workplace example where qualitative and quantitative research is applied and how it was used within your organization. When replying to peers, discuss how these research findings might be incorporated into another health care setting. 

Reply 1

Research is a systematic study that aims to increase knowledge and understanding about a particular variable studied, for example, determining how effective a drug is based on a therapeutic result. On the other hand, quality improvement involves a systematic collection of data and statistics to improve healthcare outcomes (Al-Surimi, 2018). An example of such redesigning systems in the healthcare setting to determine the effect on healthcare outcomes. Research primarily follows a specific chronological order with a fixed hypothesis and assesses the study’s effectiveness through data analysis. Conversely, quality improvement has a flexible hypothesis, which variates as the survey continues (Al-Surimi, 2018). Quality improvement is mainly aimed at providing safe, effective, timely, and patient-centered care. In contrast, the main aim of a research undertaking is to determine the usefulness and utility of a medication given to patients (Al-Surimi, 2018).

Workplace Example

Qualitative research can be used to examine healthcare professionals’ change in behavior concerning difficulties and barriers they experience while delivering care to patients, whose findings are usually in words to be interpreted. On the other hand, quantitative research collects statistical information concerning a healthcare determinant, enabling empirical investigation (Rutberg & Bouikidis, 2018). In the surgical unit, we conducted qualitative and quantitative research on healthcare professionals to determine why physicians frequently got infections. From the data collected, it was discovered that it was due to lack of enough physicians’ gloves and washing stations. When this data was represented on a graph, a bigger percentage of participants complained of a lack of a washing station. This information was used for quality improvement in the facility, and more cleaning stations were put in place to ensure physicians practice regular handwashing hygiene

References

Al-Surimi, K. (2018). Research versus quality improvement in healthcare.

Rutberg, S., & Bouikidis, C. D. (2018). Focusing on the fundamentals: A simplistic differentiation between qualitative and quantitative research. Nephrology Nursing Journal, 45(2), 209-213

Reply 2

The purpose of performing research is to find new knowledge about the effect of a medicine, treatment, or procedure. Health care providers and health care organizations collect data for several different reasons. Data collection is performed to meet the requirements of mandatory reporting by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Data are also collected for quality improvement, and data are collected for research purposes. If data are collected for research purposes, different procedures are required. For health care, data collection for quality can be done without acquiring approval or consent, which is required for research studies.

Quality Improvement (QI) is data-driven and usually done to improve the quality of care provided to patients. QI may benefit a process, system, and possibly the patient. QI, as defined by the Department of Health and Human Services (2011), consists of “systematic and continuous actions that lead to measurable improvement in health services and the health status of targeted patient groups” (p. 1). When health care providers and nurses carry out a QI project, it may not be the implementation of something new, but an improvement upon something already in place. QI takes a team to produce results. A QI project does not subject the participant to any risk, and the participant may not even be aware of being involved in a QI project. The QI project usually occurs at the facility where the problem was found. Monthly data are collected regarding patient safety at most facilities. Facilities include health care institutions such as hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, long-term facilities, clinics, and doctors’ offices (Helbig 2018).

In dialysis, we have the IDT that uses qualitative and quantitative research to review methods of modality, patient and family knowledge of hemodialysis. To Measure support and focus on patient and family preparation, knowledge of different modalities and the lifestyle implications of different modality choices. Home hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis.

Reference

Helbig, (June 2018.) Applied Statistics in Healthcare. Statistical Analysis. Retrieved from: https//www.gcumedia.com/digital-resources/grand-canyon-university/2018/applied-statistcis-for-heatlh-care_1e.php

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Workplace Environment Assessment

Clearly, diagnosis is a critical aspect of healthcare. However, the ultimate purpose of a diagnosis is the development and application of a series of treatments or protocols. Isolated recognition of a health issue does little to resolve it.

In this module’s Discussion, you applied the Clark Healthy Workplace Inventory to diagnose potential problems with the civility of your organization. In this Portfolio Assignment, you will continue to analyze the results and apply published research to the development of a proposed treatment for any issues uncovered by the assessment.

To Prepare:

• Review the Resources and examine the Clark Healthy Workplace Inventory, found on page 20 of Clark (2015).
• Review the Work Environment Assessment Template.
• Reflect on the output of your Discussion post regarding your evaluation of workplace civility and the feedback received from colleagues.
• Select and review one or more of the following articles found in the Resources:
  • Clark, Olender, Cardoni, and Kenski (2011)
  • Clark (2018)
  • Clark (2015)
  • Griffin and Clark (2014)

The Assignment (3-6 pages total):

Part 1: Work Environment Assessment (1-2 pages)

• Review the Work Environment Assessment Template you completed for this Module’s Discussion.
• Describe the results of the Work Environment Assessment you completed on your workplace.
• Identify two things that surprised you about the results and one idea you believed prior to conducting the Assessment that was confirmed.
• Explain what the results of the Assessment suggest about the health and civility of your workplace.

Part 2: Reviewing the Literature (1-2 pages)

• Briefly describe the theory or concept presented in the article(s) you selected.
• Explain how the theory or concept presented in the article(s) relates to the results of your Work Environment Assessment.
• Explain how your organization could apply the theory highlighted in your selected article(s) to improve organizational health and/or create stronger work teams. Be specific and provide examples.

Part 3: Evidence-Based Strategies to Create High-Performance Interprofessional Teams (1–2 pages)

• Recommend at least two strategies, supported in the literature, that can be implemented to address any shortcomings revealed in your Work Environment Assessment.
• Recommend at least two strategies that can be implemented to bolster successful practices revealed in your Work Environment Assessment.

 1. Search the internet and learn about the cases of nurses Julie Thao and Kimberly Hiatt.
2. List and discuss lessons that you and all healthcare professionals can learn from these two cases.
3. Describe how the principle of beneficence and the virtue of benevolence could be applied to these cases. Do you think the hospital adminstrators handled the situations legally and ethically?
4. In addition to benevolence, which other virtues exhibited by their colleagues might have helped Thao and Hiatt?
5. Discuss personal virtues that might be helpful to second victims themselves to navigate the grieving process. 

Follow the guidelines – part B highlighted in yellow 

Course Readings – Case Study Discussion:  This week a case study was presented from the Institute of Healthcare Improvement (IHI), which described a crowded clinic scenario.  Based on this week’s reading, consider the different aspects to healthcare operations and how this situation may be addressed.  Here is the case study link for your reference:  http://www.ihi.org/education/IHIOpenSchool/resources/Pages/Activities/TheCrowdedClinic.aspx 

Discussion Post:  In a minimum of 150 words, respond to one of the case study questions below:  

Case Study Discussion Questions – Select One

1)  One aspect of patient-centered care is fostering a culturally sensitive and diverse clinic environment that makes patients feel more welcome.  What are some ways in which this may be accomplished?

2)  If you currently work in an office practice, how would your patients’ experience change if what the author calls “advanced access” were implemented?  How might advanced access change your experience as a patient?

3)  In order to provide good care for a culturally diverse patient population, it is important to gain some understand of their ways of being (their belief systems, their traditions, their feelings towards western medicine, etc).  Can you think of a particular patient population in your area that may have unique beliefs about health and illness that would be important to understand?  

4)  How well do you know your patients?  Can you think of a patient population (a culture, ethnicity, religious group, sexual orientation, etc) with which you do not have much familiarity?  How might this lack of knowledge impact your care?

Select a nurse theorist and write a paper describing the background of the theorist, the theory, and its application to nursing practice. The paper should address the following: 

1. Describe the background of the nurse theorist and the various social and professional issues that influenced the development of the theory. 

2. Identify the major concepts and relational statement of the nursing theory. Concepts common to most nursing theories include: Person, health, nursing, and environment. 

3. Describe the assumptions made by the nurse theorist. To what extent are these assumptions compatible with your personal philosophy of nursing? 

4. Apply the theory to a clinical situation and describe how its use will improve nursing care or influence the way care is given. 

The paper must be typed in APA format with a minimum of 1000 words (excluding first and references page) with a minimum of 4 evidence-based references using the required Arial 12 font. Follow the APA example paper under the folder APA tools. Make sure references are used according to APA guidelines and electronic references must be from reliable sources such as CDC. 

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