Give an example that illustrates how the social determinants of health from adventist healthcare (Neonatal intensive care unit) influences health outcomes.

Describe the reasons for the health care disparities.

What interventions could reduce the health disparities/health inequalities in your population? 

Give 3 scientific citations.

Assessment 1

Preliminary Care Coordination Plan

Instruction

Develop a 3-4 page preliminary care coordination plan for a selected health care problem. Include physical, psychosocial, and cultural considerations for this health care problem. Identify and list available community resources for a safe and effective continuum of care.

Introduction– The first step in any effective project is planning. This assessment provides an opportunity for you to strengthen your understanding of how to plan and negotiate the coordination of care for a particular health care problem. Include physical, psychosocial, and cultural considerations for this health care problem. Identify and list available community resources for a safe and effective continuum of care.

NOTE: You are required to complete this assessment before Assessment 4.

Preparation- As you begin to prepare this assessment, you are encouraged to complete the Care Coordination Planning activity. Completion of this will provide useful practice, particularly for those of you who do not have care coordination experience in community settings. The information gained from completing this activity will help you succeed with the assessment. Completing formatives is also a way to demonstrate engagement.

Scenario

Imagine that you are a staff nurse in a community care center. Your facility has always had a dedicated case management staff that coordinated the patient plan of care, but recently, there were budget cuts and the case management staff has been relocated to the inpatient setting. Care coordination is essential to the success of effectively managing patients in the community setting, so you have been asked by your nurse manager to take on the role of care coordination. You are a bit unsure of the process, but you know you will do a good job because, as a nurse, you are familiar with difficult tasks. As you take on this expanded role, you will need to plan effectively in addressing the specific health concerns of community residents.

To prepare for this assessment, you may wish to:

· Review the assessment instructions and scoring guide to ensure that you understand the work you will be asked to complete.

· Allow plenty of time to plan your chosen health care concern.

Instructions- Note: You are required to complete this assessment before Assessment 4.

Develop the Preliminary Care Coordination Plan

Complete the following:

· Identify a health concern as the focus of your care coordination plan. In your plan, please include physical, psychosocial, and cultural needs. Possible health concerns may include, but are not limited to:

· Stroke.

· Heart disease (high blood pressure, stroke, or heart failure).

· Home safety.

· Pulmonary disease (COPD or fibrotic lung disease).

· Orthopedic concerns (hip replacement or knee replacement).

· Cognitive impairment (Alzheimer's disease or dementia).

· Pain management.

· Mental health.

· Trauma.

· Identify available community resources for a safe and effective continuum of care.

Document Format and Length

· Your preliminary plan should be an APA scholarly paper, 3–4 pages in length.

· Remember to use active voice, this means being direct and writing concisely; as opposed to passive voice, which means writing with a tendency to wordiness.

· In your paper include possible community resources that can be used.

· Be sure to review the scoring guide to make sure all criteria are addressed in your paper.

· Study the subtle differences between basic, proficient, and distinguished.

Supporting Evidence

Cite at least two credible sources from peer-reviewed journals or professional industry publications that support your preliminary plan.

Grading Requirements

The requirements, outlined below, correspond to the grading criteria in the Preliminary Care Coordination Plan Scoring Guide, so be sure to address each point. Read the performance-level descriptions for each criterion to see how your work will be assessed.

· Analyze your selected health concern and the associated best practices for health improvement.

· Cite supporting evidence for best practices.

· Consider underlying assumptions and points of uncertainty in your analysis.

· Describe specific goals that should be established to address the health care problem.

· Identify available community resources for a safe and effective continuum of care.

· Organize content so ideas flow logically with smooth transitions; contains few errors in grammar/punctuation, word choice, and spelling.

· Apply APA formatting to in-text citations and references, exhibiting nearly flawless adherence to APA format.

· Write with a specific purpose with your patient in mind.

· Adhere to scholarly and disciplinary writing standards and current APA formatting requirements.

Additional requirements– Before submitting your assessment, proofread your preliminary care coordination plan and community resources list to minimize errors that could distract readers and make it more difficult for them to focus on the substance of your plan. Be sure to submit both documents.

Portfolio Prompt: Save your presentation to your ePortfolio.

Course Competencies- By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and scoring guide criteria:

· Competency 1: Adapt care based on patient-centered and person-focused factors.

· Analyze a health concern and the associated best practices for health improvement.

· Competency 2: Collaborate with patients and family to achieve desired outcomes.

· Describe specific goals that should be established to address a selected health care problem.

· Competency 3: Create a satisfying patient experience.

· Identify available community resources for a safe and effective continuum of care.

· Competency 6: Apply professional, scholarly communication strategies to lead patient-centered care.

· Organize content so ideas flow logically with smooth transitions; contains few errors in grammar/punctuation, word choice, and spelling.

· Apply APA formatting to in-text citations and references, exhibiting nearly flawless adherence to APA format.

Scoring guide

Preliminary Care Coordination Plan Scoring Guide

CRITERIA	NON-PERFORMANCE	BASIC	PROFICIENT	DISTINGUISHED

Analyze a health concern and the associated best practices for health improvement.

Describe specific goals that should be established to address a selected health care problem.

Identify available community resources for a safe and effective continuum of care.

Organize content so ideas flow logically with smooth transitions; contains few errors in grammar/punctuation, word choice, and spelling.

Apply APA formatting to in-text citations and references, exhibiting nearly flawless adherence to APA format.

 * Animal research is a necessary practice in the world of medical research, allowing scientists to develop life-saving interventions and to spot catastrophic problems before new techniques or products make their way to actual patients. However, this does not mean that we should deny that there are serious ethical issues involved.

* Animal testing is not a pretty or pleasant process. It causes pain and suffering to animal subjects, and legitimate cases of abuse have been uncovered by animal rights groups. Consequently, the practice should be tightly regulated, and alternative methods should be employed whenever possible.

1) Discuss a specific research study involving animals that had ethical issues.

2) What were the ethical issues involved?

3) What could have been done to conduct the research study differently to avoid these ethical issues?

 Week 1: Introduction (250)

• You will prepare an outline of the Quality Control Manual. The first part of the manual will be the Introduction.
  • Provide a history of the quality management evolution and why it is needed.
  • List and discuss 2–3 of the specific directions that companies are adopting in terms of strategic quality management.
  • Clearly identify the organization that your quality control manual is intended for.
  • Explain the evolution of and the pros and cons of such programs as Deming and Six Sigma.
• With each week, you should include a minimum of 3 new cited references. As such, the references should be varied and different with each section addition. You can reuse references, but repeat references do not count toward the minimum 3 new cited references.