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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: 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. Create a problem statement. 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. 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.
Healthcare Environmental Policy Introduction: Problem Statement The American government has done a lot to ensure that people have clean air with US jurisdiction. Taucher et al. (2018) argue that the government has also contributed to the improvement of air quality across the globe by funding some of the UN’s environmental protection programs. In 1963, the…
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[ANSWERED] Post a description of the healthcare organization website you reviewed. Describe where, if at all, EBP appears
Second Alternative Answer The current facility at which I am employed uses Elsevier Nursing Skills as its policy for performing nursing skills to include tracheostomy care. However, the tracheostomy care policy states that the nurse should refer to their facilities policy for the frequency of which to perform the trach care. Therefore, a gap exists…
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By Day 3 of Week 1 Post a description of the healthcare organization website you reviewed. Describe where, if at all, EBP appears (e.g., the mission, vision, philosophy, and/or goals of the healthcare organization, or in other locations on the website). Then, explain whether this healthcare organization’s work is grounded in EBP and why or why not. Finally, explain whether the information you discovered on the healthcare organization’s website has changed your perception of the healthcare organization. Be specific and provide examples.
Where in the World Is Evidence-Based Practice? March 21, 2010, was not EBP’s date of birth, but it may be the date the approach “grew up” and left home to take on the world. When the Affordable Care Act was passed, it came with a requirement of empirical evidence. Research on EBP increased significantly. Application…
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Expert Answer and Explanation Promoting Safety and Quality Impact of TJC and CMS Standards on Health Care Quality
By Day 3 Respond to the following: How has the emphasis on quality of care, patient safety, and clinical care outcomes been impacted by specific standards emanating from TJC and/or CMS? Cite your selected core measure or Never Event in your response. What is the impact of the nurse’s role in clinical outcomes for the organization? Discuss nurse-specific challenges in…
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Leadership Plan for Handling Media Relations through the Crisis
The leadership plan for handling the media relations would entail the introduction of a sub-agency that would be working to collect and analyze all the information that results from the care operations. The sub agency would scrutinize the suitability of the data in the eyes of the general public and filter all the elements that…
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Other Leadership Concepts that can be applied in a Crisis Situation
Like in the law enforcement sector, authoritarian leadership is the one that would fit best in the current crisis situation. Under this leadership concept, it is easy for authority to be translated to the subjects who have little or no knowledge about the strategy being implemented (Dirani et al., 2020). Since there are times of…
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Challenges Presented by the Crisis Leadership
The primary challenge presented by the crisis leadership is possible disagreement over the allocation of resources. Since funds management issues are among the most common limited resource in any operation, the agency is likely to encounter serious dilemmas in some of the issues that should be invested in to solve the deficiencies. For instance, the…