...Running head: THE CONTRIBUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN NURSING 1 The Contribution of Higher Education In Nursing Grand Canyon University: NRS- 430 V Professional Dynamics THE CONTRIBUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN NURSING 2 Nursing in today’s day and age is a profession that is both rewarding and demanding. With increased pressure on hospitals to provide clinically sound medical care while functioning as a business, nurses are at the forefront of providing patient safety in a business environment. America depends on both two and four year institutions of higher education to prepare nurses, who will be working side by side in the healthcare environment. As a result of nursing job growth and projected retirement rates, it is estimated that America will need one million additional Registered Nurses by 2018 (Fulcher, Mullin, 2011). With strong evidence that a Baccalaureate degree in nursing improves patient outcomes, the IOM recommends 80% of nurses have a BSN by the year 2020. Evidence clearly suggests a relationship between a baccalaureate education and improved patient outcomes (Sarver, Cichra & Cline, 2015). One difference that may contribute to competency differences between ADN and BSN programs is number of credit hours obtained while in school. BSN programs require 120 credit hours whereas ADN programs require 71.5 (Fulcher, Mullin, 2011). Thus, the amount of hours spent learning is greatly reduced in an ADN program. One can infer that more school...
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...senate unanimously passed a bill (97-0) that many proponents agree may significantly improve the delivery of healthcare to people who live in rural America. The Expanding Capacity For Health Outcomes (ECHO) act was initially developed and introduced by Senators Orin Hatch (R-Utah) and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii). The bill has garnered complete bipartisan support among senators and lawmakers with the hope that this model will markedly improve healthcare services and delivery where there are a few or no healthcare workers. The aim of the ECHO act is to integrate the use of technology to help deliver and educate with the help of a collaborative model. The model offers dynamic interactions with specialists through teleportals 24/7 in any part of the country. Over the past few decades, there has been a major decline in available health services with many healthcare workers moving away to urban cities. Patients with acute and chronic problems often had to travel miles to see a healthcare provider to reach specialists working in cities. Senators Hatch and Schatz first became aware of this problem in the rural areas of their respective states a few years ago. They quickly became aware that many Americans living in rural areas where to seek to travel; and a better option would be was to deliver healthcare to them. They proposed a bill in...
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...Running head: THE FUTURE OF NURSING The Future of Nursing Lara Gurule Grand Canyon University: Professional Dynamics: NRS-430V-O103 July 26, 2013 The Future of Nursing The future of nursing is reshaping as we know it. With a population on the rise in rural areas and not enough physicians to care for our growing population the Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) is the answer. Almost 25 years ago, an analysis by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) indicated that NPs could safely and effectively provide more than 90 percent of pediatric primary care services and 75 percent of general primary care services, while CRNAs could provide 65 percent of anesthesia services. OTA concluded further that CNMs could be 98 percent as productive as obstetricians in providing maternity services (Office of Technology Assessment, 1986). Previous analysis has provided to be accurate in hypothesis and gives insight to increasing needs in the United States of America. Increasing demands for quality health care are requiring that nurses resume education to provide what is necessary for our growth as a nation. Education Currently the president Barack Obama has a bill to reduce the amount of monthly student loan payments which might serve as incentive for nurses desiring to return to school. In June 2010 President Barack Obama addressed the House of Delegates of the American Nurses Association to announce “a number of investments to expand the primary care workforce.” These included increased...
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...A Marketing Plan for an Imaginary Managed Care Organization Executive Summary and Situation Analysis Working for the Managed Care Organization of America, the ultimate goal would be to ensure cooperation in the understanding, agreement, and commitment between all divisions and units. One of the problems at the Managed Care Organization of America is that the healthcare professionals are put in a position where they are inhibited in their involvement over the communication and networking systems between the Nursing Administration, the head of each nursing unit or the RN or LVN in charge, and the certified nursing aids. This executive summary takes a brief look at designing and developing a contract process program that integrates cooperation and communication systems between the Nursing Administration, the head of each nursing unit or the RN or LVN in charge, and the certified nursing aids. Another challenge for the Managed Care Organization of America is the unclear policies in the Hospital Equipment Management Program. This executive summary offers a proposal whereby the healthcare professionals would develop and monitor a two-way communication channel and incorporate it into the Hospital Equipment Management Program, hold related workshops that can be attended by the Director of Hospital Operations and the division managers, build a cooperation team that unites operational goals and develop systems that evaluate whether these operational goals are being met and implemented...
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...As a black man in America blessed with health, an opportunity to make change, and a mind to put it into action, I have a duty. I have been tasked to help the families and communities that are disproportionally affected by health complications. In my life one of these reoccurring health complications is diabetes. I grew up with multiple father figures. Each one taught and is still teaching me on what it means to be a man, and each one was diagnosed with diabetes. As a means to have an impact on the state of healthcare for black communities and to give back to my support system that has invested in my success and development, I want to go into the medical field. I’m pursuing the specialization of family medicine. I view this discipline as one that is instrumental to the health of the community by holding an active role within families that make the community a living, dynamic system. As a metaphorical first line of defense for healthcare I want to breakdown the socioeconomic and cultural factors that obstruct effective treatment for the patient population. As an aspiring family physician one of the most important traits is the capacity to connect with people with the goal of forming relationships. Whether it is the youth at community centers in Portsmouth, Virginia, or parents and elders during group diabetes management...
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...Current Healthcare Situation Given the state of the economy over the last few years, it is no wonder that many industries are facing difficulties. It express world renowned news that American banks were facing economic struggles and had to, “be bailed out by the United States government through the emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008” (Steverman, 2008). During the same year, the automobile industry requested $34 billion to aid in their economic struggles (Romney, 2008). Given this chain of events, it should come as no surprise that the health care industry is also facing economic constraints and states, in a frenzy to save money and federal programs, have been forced to slash budgets and cut services in the Medicaid sector. Not all healthcare services will remain at the clinic, but it is important that eliminations do not affect the majority healthcare needs of the Medicaid and Medicare population. These changes are in benefit flexibility, cost sharing, enrollment expansions and caps, privatization, and program financing. Enrollment Expansion and Caps With the economic struggles faced in the banking and automotive industries, millions of Americans found themselves unemployed. With unemployment come a lack of financial resources and an inability to afford some of life’s necessities, including private sector health insurance. Medicaid With slow job growth and lack of reserve finances, many Americans applied for and began receiving Medicaid, a federally and state...
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...Care Communication University of Phoenix Personal & Professional Healthcare Communication Paper Professional and effective communication is a vital ingredient to safe and high quality nursing practice. Proper communication with other co-workers, physicians, ancillary staff, patients, and their families is a required skill necessary for all practicing, professional healthcare professionals. Communicating with others has become second nature to us, but are we communicating properly with one another on a day to day basis? The purpose of this paper is to define healthcare communication, identify the relevancy of effective personal healthcare communication with other healthcare professionals, clients/patients; to identify the relevancy of effective professional healthcare communication to health outcomes, to discuss how the lack of effective personal and professional healthcare communication contributes to poor health outcomes; and to discuss theories and principles of therapeutic communication in healthcare settings for healthcare professionals. According to Northouse and Northouse (1998), “communication is the process of sharing information using a set of common rules.” As we all know, communicating with others in the healthcare settings is a complex and multifaceted process that relies on clear and concise delivery of messages, undivided attention from all parties, and full understanding from all. “Healthcare communication is a subset of human communication that is concerned...
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...IQMS – At a Strategic Turning Point? IQ Medical Services (“IQMS”) A Live Case Prepared for Florida Intercollegiate Graduate/MBA Business Case Competition Laura Kozloski Steve Barnett Executive Summary IQ Medical Services (“IQMS”) is based in Miami, Florida, and was founded in 2007. It is an ISO 9001:2000 certified company that operates globally in collaboration with major healthcare corporations such as General Electric (“GE”) Healthcare. IQMS’ purpose has been to design, construct, and service best-in-class turnkey cyclotron facilities for healthcare systems and academic institutions worldwide; their vison – how they “see” they can accomplish this mission – has been to partner with cyclotron manufacturers such as GE and Siemens. Cyclotron facilities produce contrast media drugs known as FDGs (FluoroDeoxyGlucose) that are injected into patients to detect and diagnosis serious medical conditions. The most common usage is for PET studies, which are diagnostic procedures to determine the extent to which cancer may have spread within a patient’s body. IQMS has partnered with a variety of cyclotron equipment manufacturers accounting for 80% of the 65 projects IQMS has completed in over 30 countries worldwide since 2007. IQMS’ core expertise includes: PET/SPECT Radiopharmaceutical contrast media injection production Equipment selection, procurement and installation, start-Up and qualification with integrated multivendor warranty and service solutions FDA and equivalent regulatory...
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...IQMS – At a Strategic Turning Point? IQ Medical Services (“IQMS”) A Live Case Prepared for Florida Intercollegiate Graduate/MBA Business Case Competition Laura Kozloski Steve Barnett Executive Summary IQ Medical Services (“IQMS”) is based in Miami, Florida, and was founded in 2007. It is an ISO 9001:2000 certified company that operates globally in collaboration with major healthcare corporations such as General Electric (“GE”) Healthcare. IQMS’ purpose has been to design, construct, and service best-in-class turnkey cyclotron facilities for healthcare systems and academic institutions worldwide; their vison – how they “see” they can accomplish this mission – has been to partner with cyclotron manufacturers such as GE and Siemens. Cyclotron facilities produce contrast media drugs known as FDGs (FluoroDeoxyGlucose) that are injected into patients to detect and diagnosis serious medical conditions. The most common usage is for PET studies, which are diagnostic procedures to determine the extent to which cancer may have spread within a patient’s body. IQMS has partnered with a variety of cyclotron equipment manufacturers accounting for 80% of the 65 projects IQMS has completed in over 30 countries worldwide since 2007. IQMS’ core expertise includes: PET/SPECT Radiopharmaceutical contrast media injection production Equipment selection, procurement and installation, start-Up and qualification with integrated multivendor warranty and service solutions FDA and equivalent regulatory...
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...longer and in better health than in the past. The irony is that this is one of the dynamics that will put a strain on our economic and healthcare systems in the future. “Today, 40 million people in the United States are ages 65 and older, but this number is projected to more than double to 89 million by 2050” (Jacobsen, Kent, Lee, & Mather, 2011). It is not easy to say who will and will not prosper during this time. Supplemental programs like Medicare and Medicaid were developed to assist the low income citizens with medical care cost. Will Medicaid and Medicare cover costs for long-term care? Can the low-income aging population afford long-term care, or will they have to depend on family for support? Will there be an adequate number of medical professionals to address the medical needs of the aging population? Are the “baby boomers” financially prepared for retirement needs? Will our supplemental programs be depleted in the near future? These are a few of the questions surrounding this issue that I will attempt to address in this paper. Long term care is a term often associated with medical care, but, it consist primarily of assisting with vital routine tasks of daily living such as bathing, and preparing meals on condition that they need this assistance because of physical or mental illnesses or disability. While medical care is usually followed by a doctor or skilled healthcare professional, long-term care can be delivered in a hands-on fashion by a family member...
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...differences in health traditions. The three areas of health traditions that an RN must assess are, health maintenance, health protection, and health restoration. As an RN assesses these three factors, an understanding of the patient’s health will become apparent. Another useful tool that an RN can utilize, is a heritage assessment tool. This assessment will reveal the heritage of your patient, the patient’s family dynamics, the religious preference, and the practice of rituals or activities. The heritage assessment does describe the patient as a whole and provides great insight to the care of the patient as it pertains to the mind, body, and soul. Understanding a heritage is useful, in the origins of a family, cultural practices, any possible genetic heritages that may provide insight when assessing a patient (Edelman & Mandle, 2010). The heritages of the Chinese, Hispanic, and American will be compared in relation to health maintenance, health protection, and health restoration. Each heritage assessment will reveal different practices and beliefs in respect to healthcare. In the Hispanic culture, health maintenance is based off of folklore traditions that are passed down from generation to generation (Tran & Garcia, 2009). Hispanic people perform ritualistic activities to maintain health, like lighting candles, saying prayers, and worshiping shrines (F. Buenrostro, personal communication, June 20, 2013). In the Chinese culture, the people maintain health by strong spiritual...
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...Immigration is a topic that has sparked heated debates and controversy in the United States for decades. Some argue that immigrants are a burden on the country, taking away jobs and resources from Americans. However, others believe that immigration is necessary for America to thrive and grow. In this essay, I will argue that immigration is indeed necessary for America and explore the historical context, key figures, impact, and potential future developments related to this topic. Immigration has been a foundational element of American society since the country's establishment. From the arrival of the Pilgrims in the early 17th century to the millions of newcomers who continue to journey to America today, immigrants have played a crucial role in shaping the nation's identity, culture, and economy....
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...Impact of Institute of Medicine Report on Nursing Edith Ludlum Grand Canyon University: Professional Dynamics NRS-430V November 15, 2014 The 2010 Affordable Care Act (ACA) rolled out and became the largest healthcare transformation the United States had since the development of the Medicare and Medicaid programs in 1965. Under this system all Americans would have access to health care. Because of this legislation there are now more than 32 million more people that have access to health care. In our ever evolving healthcare, Nurses, who are the largest group in our nation’s healthcare workforce, are going to play a big role in meeting the demands of the healthcare system (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 2011). This paper will look at the Institute of Medicine, their report: “The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health.”(IOM, 2010), and the impact that the report has on nursing education, nursing practice and the nurse’s role as a leader. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) was established in 1970, and is the health arm of the National Academy of Sciences. “The IOM is an independent, nonprofit organization that works outside of government to provide unbiased and authoritative advice to decision makers and the public.” (National Academy of Sciences, 2013) The IOM not only advises Congress on important health questions but it helps other federal agencies and independent organizations. After two years of research, the IOM presented their report “The Future...
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...new economic reality there bound to be both good and bad result. As America being the biggest and most dynamic economy in the world, the question of whether globalization of business is either good or bad for America is complicated issue. In order to clarify the issue, it is necessary to see who benefited and who lost out on this. The purpose of this paper is to determine whether globalization of businesses is good or bad for America. The globalization of businesses brought more competition and loss of jobs to the average American workers, and factories (Roberts, 2010) . At the same time globalization opened the doors to new markets and more low-wage labor forces for large corporations in America, (Zagaria, 2011). The globalization is essentially trade of goods and services across borders, with the advent of the internet; globalization was solidified as a new economic reality. Illustrated in The Rise of the Multinational Corporation by Nick Zagaria, off shoring strategy amongst selected 100 corporations increased from 20% in 2005 to 50% in 2008. This shows that more corporations are outsourcing jobs than before, a trend that likely to increase, how does sending of jobs affect the overall American economy? More jobs sent abroad means less jobs being maintained or created for the average American workers. Shown by Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, in Globalization Creates Unemployment: American Job Loss Is Permanent, America has the worst income equality of any developed nations and most of...
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