Review the story at the link below before posting to the Discussion: Rau, J. (2015). Half of nation’s hospitals fail again to escape Medicare’s readmission penalties. Kaiser Health News. Retrieved from After you have finished, consider how you would respond to the following situation: Your local hospital has received notice from CMS (Centers for Medicare…
The purpose of this Assignment is to locate and compare performance measurement data on common health conditions for the hospitals in your area. You will investigate the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services websites and locate hospital compare data for hospitals within a 50 ile radius of the community where you are working or had…
In Huston’s (2010) brief, but impressive article (required reading this Week), the author outlines several leadership competencies that EVERY nurse leader will need for 2020. That year is not too far in the future, is it? Select one of the eight leadership competencies Huston described and relate it to your own leadership of nurses and…
Complete the Week 8 AACN Essentials Self-Assessment located in Doc Sharing. Compare your scores from Week 2 to Week 8. Describe how far have you come and how much further do you wish to go in improving your competencies during the next two years of practice. Next, review the Course Outcomes as listed in the…
Deviant behavior violates standards and expectations of a group social norm. Reflect on a time when you violated a widely shared and understood norm of your society. What was the norm? What was the violation? What sanctions did your social group place on you for your behavior?
Where Do You Go From Here? How has your thinking changed about nursing research and evidence based practice as the result of this course? What challenges do you anticipate you will face in implementing EBP, and how will you overcome these challenges?
Prepare a 350-word letter from the Conservationist’s point of view. In the letter; Identify six negative effects the farm has on the environment. Explain how the farm is altering the physical environment, including vegetation and soil quality. Or Use The Human Impact on the Natural Environment text to identify methodologies that may alleviate the conservationist’s…
Review the Tox Town Port materials located on the student website. Roll your mouse over the various areas of the port. Click on each area to discover the associated environmental concerns. Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper, including the following: • Identify three sources of water pollution affecting the Tox Town Port. • Explain how…
Resource: Problem Set Six in Environmental Science,located on the student website Complete questions 1–9 of Problem Set Six individually. Share your answers with your Learning Team. Write a 350- to 700-word paper as a team that covers the following: • The results of each team member’s individual energy usage • How the team’s combined energy…
All key elements of the assignment are covered in a substantive way. Resource: Ch. 1 of The Human Impact on the Natural Environment Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper that examines how population trends lead to urbanization and animal decline. Refer to Table 1.3 in Ch. 1 of The Human Impact on the Natural Environment,…
Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word letter to a colleague describing the environmental conditions that occurred during the last decade and how these conditions will affect future climate changes. Describe the environmental conditions that occurred during the last decade. Speculate about the future climate changes that may occur. Discuss how various aspects of the planet may…
In today’s changing healthcare environment, it is more important than ever for professional nurses to be skilled in collaborating with professionals from other healthcare disciplines. What communication strategies can professional nurses use to specifically promote collaboration with other healthcare disciplines and professionals?