Do you believe that there is too much or too little redundancy in our health care delivery system? Where does most of the redundancy occur? Where should we have more redundancy (second opinions)?

1. Describe the movement of laws in the legislative branch of the United States government.

2. Describe three aspects of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that have already affected the way in which health is provided in the U.S. or that will affect it in the future.

Journal Entry Part 1

For the first part of your journal entry, reflect on the Five Wishes presented on the Five Wishes website and PDF and complete your Five Wishes. Explain your state’s requirements for advance directives, including whether your Five Wishes can be turned into a formal document. Then, explain how your experience of completing your Five Wishes advance directive will help you guide discussions with patients and their families. Finally, explain how you might apply the Five Wishes advance directives to your nursing practice. Include how this advance directive might benefit patients in decision making for specialized areas of care.

In the short story The Cask of Amontillago, how did Montressor employ reverse psycology with his servants and with Fortunato

Dr. Tanlow interrupts Ms. Serf, RN, as she is preparing pain medication for 68-year old Mrs. Gold. It is already 15 minutes late. Dr. Tanlow says he needs Ms. Serf immediately in Room 20 C to assist with a drainage and dressing change. Knowing that Mrs. Gold, a diabetic, will respond to prolonged pain with vomiting, Ms. Serf replies that she will be available to help Dr. Tanlow in 10 minutes (during which time she will have administered Mrs. Gold’s pain medication). Dr. Tanlow is already on his way to room 20 C, whirls around stating loudly, “When I say I need assistance, I mean now! I am a busy man, in case you hadn’t noticed.

If you were Ms. Serf, what would be an appropriate response?  

Managerial Epidemiology Cases and Concepts - 180 Day Option, 3rd Edition
Steven T. Fleming

managed care and fee-for-service health plans. In a short paragraph,

describe how these two plans are similar and different. Next, respond to the following question:

Does managed care give greater accountability for quality of care than fee-for service?

Why or why not? Use at least one specific example in your post

What is the overview of the current data on the Abuse population health problem specific to your community?

What is the overview of any agency, organization, person, or affiliation that is addressing the population health problem?

How could a community health nurse collaborate with the agency, organization, person, or affiliation to address the population health problem?

1. Discuss similarities and differences between a typical strategic planning process and the MAPP planning process.

2. Describe the Health People 2020 plan, including its mission, vision, and values

1. How can quality improvement techniques be applied to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of health organizations?

2. Define federalism. Give an example of federalism.

Discuss how African Americans lived during this era (1830's-1920's and the contributions that were made. Discuss the population of African Americans in comparison to Whites in Cleveland, Ohio.