Week 7 - DQ 1
Is Physician Aid-in-Dying suicide? What are the ethical issues involved? How as a medical professional would you handle this situation?..
Topic 8: Ethical Issues in a Changing Health Care System
This is a Collaborative Learning Community (CLC) assignment.
As a group, examine a current area of health care research that is changing the way in which care is being delivered. Areas to consider may be technology, advancement of medical treatments, pharmacology advancement, HMIS, or gene research. Refer to the topic readings for additional ideas.
Create a 12-15-slide presentation with detailed speaker notes that addresses the following..
Week 8 - DQ 1
Consider the problem of rising health care costs and the current health care crisis. Offer some possible solutions. How is this an ethical issue?
Week 8 - DQ 2
What are ethical implications related to technology access in health care today? What issues in this area do you anticipate that we will see in the future?..
Scenario
Alma Faulkenberger is an 85-year-old female outpatient sitting in the waiting room awaiting an invasive pelvic procedure. The health care professional who will assist in her procedure enters the room and calls "Alma." There is no reply so the professional retreats to the work area. Fifteen minutes later the professional returns and calls "Alma Frankenberg." Still no reply, so he leaves again. Another 15 minutes pass and the professional approaches Alma and shouts in her ear, "Are you Al..
Week 1 - Homework: Patient Compliance and Patient Education
Write a short (50-100-word) paragraph response for each question. This assignment is to be submitted as a Microsoft Word document.
Define patient compliance and explain its importance in your field.
Identify the health care professionals' role in compliance and give examples of ways in which the health care professional may actually contribute to noncompliance.
Compare compliance and collaboration.
Compare and contrast pa..
Week 2 - Assignment: Stage of Life Essay and Interview
In this interview, several questions will be asked, and my grandmother will give answers based on how she felt her experiences with healthcare was.
Question 1: Do you feel that your stage‐of‐life had any effect on your interaction with health care professionals?
Question 2: Which areas of the hospital or clinic were most concerned with your well‐being and feelings?
Question 3: Was your family with you during this hospital stay or..
Week 2 - Discussion Question 1
Sister Mary is a patient in Level 2 Emergency Department. She must have a neural examination, physical assessment, radiographs of her facial bones, and a computed tomography scan of the head. Taking into consideration that she is a Roman Catholic nun, what would be the ideal course of patient education as this woman progresses from department to department?
Week 2 - Discussion Question 2
What possible reservations could a health care professional have in workin..
Week 2 - Homework: Psycho-social Factors and Patient Education
Write a short (50-100-word) paragraph response for each question. This assignment is to be submitted as a Microsoft Word document.
Give examples of psychosocial factors that affect the health care professional and the effect those factors could have on patient education.
Give examples of psychosocial factors that affect the patient and the effect those factors could have on patient education.
Explain what is meant by pers..
Week 3 - Discussion Question 1
Discuss a patient of another culture. How can the health care professional communicate in presenting patient education? Consider language, family, cultural differences, and method of communication.
Week 3 - Discussion Question 2
Compare and contrast culture, ethnicity, and acculturation...
Week 3 - Homework: Multicultural Patient Education and Communication
Write a 650-1300 word response to the following questions;
Explain multicultural communication and its origins.
Compare and contrast culture, ethnicity, and acculturation.
Explain how cultural and religious differences affect the health care professional and the issues that can arise in cross-cultural communications.
Explain family culture and its effect on patient education
Approaches health care professional..
Week 4 - Assignment: Educating Older Adults Essay and Interview
Write a 500-750-word essay on the influence patient education has in health care using the experiences of a patient. Interview a friend or family member about that person's experiences with the health care system. You may develop your own list of questions. Suggested interview questions:
Did a patient education representative give you instructions on how to care for yourself after your illness or operation?
Did a health car..
Week 4 - Discussion Question 1
How has the patient's control over his own health care changed?
Week 4 - Discussion Question 2
What part does negotiation play in patient education?..
Week 4 - Homework: Influence of Patient Education in Healthcare
Write a short (50-100-word) paragraph response for each question. This assignment is to be submitted as a Microsoft Word document.
Define negotiation as it applies to patient education.
Explain how the change in the patient's status through the years has affected patient education.
List the pros and cons of negotiation.
Describe the general conditions that would be included in a patient contract.
Discuss old age an..
Topic/Week 4: Quiz - Questions and Answers:
What is the healthcare professional legally responsible to do in patient education?
What percentage of patients has been found to be noncompliant with health recommendations?
What are the goals of patient education?
What is the healthcare professional’s role in teaching the patient at different life stages?
Which of the following is an example of patient compliance?
Which of the following would be considered life-stages?
Why was t..
Week 5 - Discussion Question 1
Using the NIH website, how would you describe CAM and the typical person who uses CAM?
Week 5 - Discussion Question 2
What are the percentages of people using CAM with prayer and those who do not?..
Week 5 - Homework: CAM, Patient Education Ethics_Informed Consent
Write a short (50-100-word) paragraph response for each question posed below. Submit this assignment as a Microsoft Word document.
Define CAM.
Describe the patient who uses CAM the most.
List some common misconceptions about CAM.
Identify methods of including the use of CAM in patient education.
Discuss the safe use of CAM.
List ways in which conventional medicine and CAM can be integrated.
Define ethical t..
Topic/Week 5: Quiz - Questions and Answers:
What is the purpose of informed consent?
CAM is:
What should the patient’s condition be to give informed consent?
Which of the following ethical theories means “do no harm”?
What is the goal of patient education of the elderly?
Which of the following is a barrier to education of the elderly?
When a patient receives a terminal diagnosis what are some of the stages he will experience?
What are values?
Teaching aids should be u..
Topic 1: Introduction to Risk Management Implementation and the Regulatory Environment
Assignment/Task: Benchmark - Risk Management Program Analysis - Part I
The purpose of this assignment is to analyze a health care risk management program.
Conduct research on approaches to risk management processes, policies, and concerns in your current or anticipated professional arena to find an example of a risk management plan. Look for a plan with sufficient content to be able to complete this assignme..
Topic 1 Discussion Question 1
Briefly describe how the risk management program at the organization where you work (or at that of a typical health care organization) addresses social media and patient information privacy. Provide three examples of risk management steps your health care organization (or another health care organization) could take to further protect patient information. Support your analysis with a minimum of one peer-reviewed reference.
Topic 1 Discussion Question 2
Explain the..
Topic 2: Health Care Employer Risk Management
Assignment/Task: Educational Program on Risk Management - Part I: Outline of Topic
The purpose of this assignment is to create an educational program that supports the implementation of risk management strategies in a health care organization.
In this assignment, you will develop an outline for an "inservice" style educational risk management program for employees of a particular health care organization that will then form the basis for a PowerPoi..
Topic 2 Discussion Question 1
With the growing importance of increasing wage rates for employees, many health care organizations are implementing technology such as self-help kiosks to reduce staffing. Describe both an advantage and a disadvantage to this practice and discuss how patients may perceive reductions in dedicated staffing.
Topic 2 Discussion Question 2
Research the role of an administrator versus that of a non-management staff member in dealing with a workers' compensation incident..
Topic 3: Total Quality Management, Journey to Excellence, Continuous Quality/Process Improvement, and Ethical Issues
Assignment/Task: Benchmark - Risk Management Program Analysis - Part Two
The purpose of this assignment is to analyze how an organization's quality and improvement processes contribute to its risk management program.
This assignment builds on the Risk Management Program Analysis – Part One assignment you completed in Topic 1 of this course.
Assume that the sample risk management..
Topic 3 Discussion Question 1
The Patient Self-Determination Act (PSDA) was implemented to allow patients to state “Do Not Resuscitate” (DNS), or to assign a surrogate decision maker in the event the individual is unable to make the decision. What relationship does an ethics committee have in enforcing the advance directives of the patients in their care? Support your analysis with one peer-reviewed article.
Topic 3 Discussion Question 2
The Center for Medicine and Medicaid Services (CMS) publ..
Topic 4: Safety and Security From High-Risk Legal and Health Threats
Assignment/Task: Educational Program on Risk Management - Part I: Outline of Topic
The purpose of this assignment is to gain real-world insight into how risk management programs operate within health care organizations.
Select a local health care organization where you can conduct an interview with an employee who is involved in risk management processes. This organization can be your current employer or a different health ca..
Topic 4 Discussion Question 1
Describe one of the safety committees your organization uses and how it reduces risk within your organization. Who are the general members of the group, how often do they meet, and is there a regulatory requirement that they report or publish notes? Is this a good use of the staff's time or would another method that still addresses the safety goal of this group be more efficient?
Topic 4 Discussion Question 2
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA..
Topic 5: Managed Care Organizations and Integrated Health Care Networks
Assignment/Task: Educational Program on Risk Management Part Two – Slide Presentation
The purpose of this assignment is to create an educational risk management presentation.
Building upon the outline for an educational session you created in the Educational Program on Risk Management Part One: Outline of Topic 2 assignment, develop a 12-15 slide PowerPoint presentation that expands in greater detail on how and why your or..
Topic 5: Managed Care Organizations and Integrated Health Care Networks
Assignment/Task: Reflective Analysis: Risk Management and the Role of Managed Care
The purpose of this assignment is to analyze the role of managed care organizations within health care and risk management programs.
Reflect on and evaluate the role that the managed care organization (MCO) plays in today's health care environment by developing a 250-500 word response that addresses the following:
What is a health care o..
Topic 5 Discussion Question 1
Health care organizations continually face challenges from various regulatory and government agencies while also being bound by Managed Care Organization (MCO) standards. View the video located in the study materials entitled "College of Nursing and Health Care Professions: Do We Know What Our Future Is?" for insight into the challenges of health care reform. Based on the video, describe two key reform factors that you believe will need to be addressed by future hea..
Week 1 - Discussion Question 1
Describe a barrier or problem in a health care organization that can be addressed through health care administration. How can business research support in helping develop a program or change in order to resolve the barrier or problem?
Week 1 - Discussion Question 2
Describe the purpose of the logic model and how it is used in program development. Discuss the purpose of input, output, and outcomes in the model..
Week 2 - Discussion Question 1
Discuss the similarities between the GCU library online journal and database search engines and public search engines like Google Scholar or Web of Science. Are there some journals or databases that you cannot find? What other resources are available? Would you consider the sources that you find through Google Scholar credible? What defines a scholarly resource? How recent should the resource be to be considered valid?
Week 2 - Discussion Question 2
Compare and..
Week 3 - Discussion Question 1
Describe common methods for gathering data and evidence in businesses research. Since data and evidence can come from many different sources in business research, how do you determine if a source is valid and reliable?
Week 3 - Discussion Question 2
Compare and contrast the role of case studies, focus groups, and interviews in business research projects. Which method is most effective for gathering information for your business research plan?..
Week 4 - Discussion Question 1
How is ethics defined in research and why is it important? Discuss two different ways in which ethics can be compromised when conducting, using, and reporting data. Describe strategies that can be implemented to ensure credibility and reliability of business research reports.
Week 4 - Discussion Question 2
What is an ethical dilemma? Provide an example of an ethical dilemma that could occur in your research project as you are using and reporting data. Discuss h..
Week 5 - Discussion Question 1
Discuss the various parts of a journal article. Which parts are most helpful in determining if the paper is useful for research? Which are least helpful?
Week 5 - Discussion Question 2
Why is a visual analysis important in communicating findings in a business research paper or proposal? Give an example of a visual analysis that would be appropriate for your paper and presentation. Describe acceptable report page design methods to make your paper or presentation..