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3-4 pages, not including the title page and reference page, that discusses the following 3 elements:

• Provide an overview of how health care in the United States has evolved since the postindustrial period.
• How has the evolution of medical technology, graduate medical education, and the professionalization of medical and nursing staff affected the delivery of care?
• Why has the United States been unsuccessful in evolving the current health care system into a national health care system?

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In 2014 nearly two million Americans were addicted to opioids. The CDC estimated that in 2010 one hundred Americans per day died of opioid overdose. With opioids accounting for the majority of overdose deaths in the U.S., genetic predisposition should be a consideration. Starting with demographics we can get a picture of who is most at risk to misuse opioids. It has been reported that adults older than forty are mostly likely to use prescription opioids. Women are more likely to use prescription opioids than men. While there is no real difference between non-Hispanic whites and non-Hispanic blacks opioid use, there is an increased occurrence of opioid use with non-Hispanic whites and Hispanics (Donaldson, Demers, Taylor, Lopez, & Chang, 2017)

The opioid pandemic has mostly been depicted as a problem among white American’s, however, death rates from opioids have been on the rise in the Africa American community. They had the greatest increase in opioid related death rates with 0.1 in 1999 to 36.0 in 2018. African Americans are also more likely to have prejudice against them regardless of past drug use when being treated for pain (Stevens, 2020).

Genetic predisposition studies are on the rise for opioid abuse. A recent study obtained buccal swabs from participates and used to test for genetic links those with opioid addiction and SNPs that are associated with the brains reward center. This information can be useful in helping providers now who would be at increased risk to develop and opioid addiction (Donaldson, Demers, Taylor, Lopez, & Chang, 2017).

Resources that should be made available in the clinic setting is access to genetic testing that provides a risk assessment of those who are at increased of becoming addicted to medications. This tool could give providers a clear picture on the likelihood of abuse. It would give them the opportunity to provide other options to pain management.

A shift in viewing addictions as a moral flaw to disease could lead the way for cultural change. Addicts often find themselves with minimal support systems as rehab facilities are unable to keep up with growing cost and lack of government funding. One Oklahoma behavioral health director made the valid point that we as health care providers would never suggest that a diabetes patient wait to seek treatment until they are in a coma, yet that is essentially how addicts are being treated. (Beaman & Hawkins, 2017).

In conclusion, the opioid pandemic is on the rise and with its growth it is affecting a more culturally diverse group than seen in the past. It does not seem to spare gender either. While there are genetic tests out there than can indicate a precursor to addictions. They are not readily available in the clinic setting. We as a medical community need to keep bias in check to ensure that we are giving our patients the best care. Providing education prior to staring opioid medications so that patients and providers can make informed decisions on the risk of addiction.

Complete an online search or look up research on the Urban Roots community-based nutrition program that is located in St.Paul, Minnesota. Discuss what you have learned about the program and its impacts on adolecents. How does this program impact health and sustainable eating habits in youths? 

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Urban Roots is an organization in St. Paul whose goal is to nurture and empower young people via environment, healthy lifestyle, and community. Urban Roots has provided paid internships to youth on Saint Paul’s East Side since 1997. Youth interns gain leadership, entrepreneurial, and life skills through the programs like Market Garden, Conservation, and Cook Fresh programs. Market garden program: Interns from the Market Garden plant, maintain, and harvest small-scale food production in the urban gardens. Cook Fresh program: Interns learn about the seasonal foods grown and how to prepare them fresh in the garden. Conservation program: Interns in conservation work to restore green places and connect the community to its natural resources. Every year, 60 young interns, aged 14 to 18, take part in this progressive, tiered programming, which allows them to engage with one another and the world around them.

I learned through the program that engaging young people with nutritious eating has several benefits, including the creation of an informed community that can spread knowledge and provide youngsters with opportunities to find work that promote a healthy lifestyle. I believe that every young person should have the opportunity to participate in a program like this since it allows them to meet new people and experience new activities to things they are scared to try.

This program has a positive influence on adolescents by assisting them in understanding how living a healthy lifestyle may improve their lives by altering their behaviors, which can have a long-term impact on their health and help them prevent numerous ailments in the future. This is all about helping young people to keep their health and to encourage the preservation of the environment, agriculture, and eat organic food to achieve a healthy life.

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Urban Roots, formerly Community Design Center of Minnesota, was incorporated in 1969 as a 501(c)3. Over the years, we have provided a range of community development services in Minneapolis, Saint Paul, and southern Minnesota, including architecture, urban planning, economic development, and organizational development—with a common thread of empowerment, engagement, and innovation. They have operated our food and environmental programs on the East Side of Saint Paul since 1996, engaging thousands of youth in education, training, and work projects that provide service to the community, develop young leaders, and improve health and the environment.

Since 1997, The heart of Urban Roots is our paid youth internship program. Each year, 60 youth, ages 14-21, from Saint Paul’s East Side are employed in our three program areas: Market Garden, Conservation, and Cook Fresh. During the summer these internships provide youth with 8-24 hours/week of paid job experience and training, during the school year, youth meet twice a week after school and are often involved in events on the weekends. Our progressive program model engages youth in career exploration, entrepreneurial ventures, 21st Century job skills, healthy living, community engagement, self-discovery, and more! In both our Conservation and Market Garden programs we also offer volunteering and service-learning for school, corporate, community groups, and individuals.

program impacts health and sustainable eating habits in youths from many aspects first it makes them Market Garden youth interns plant, maintain, and harvest small-scale crop production within their urban gardens. in addition Youth interns learn about the food we grow seasonally and how to prepare it fresh from the garden. also is Conservation youth interns restore green spaces and work to connect the community with their natural resources. All of these things that the program cares about help maintain the health of young people and also encourage them to preserve the environment and agriculture, as well as eating organic food. Communicating with nature and eating from the bounties of nature contribute greatly to the development and development of human health in general. 

• Prepare a 2-page interprofessional staff update on HIPAA and appropriate social media use in health care.As you begin to consider the assessment, it would be an excellent choice to complete the Breach of Protected Health Information (PHI) activity. The will support your success with the assessment by creating the opportunity for you to test your knowledge of potential privacy, security, and confidentiality violations of protected health information. The activity is not graded and counts towards course engagement.Health professionals today are increasingly accountable for the use of protected health information (PHI). Various government and regulatory agencies promote and support privacy and security through a variety of activities. Examples include:
  • Meaningful use of electronic health records (EHR).
  • Provision of EHR incentive programs through Medicare and Medicaid.
  • Enforcement of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) rules.
  • Release of educational resources and tools to help providers and hospitals address privacy, security, and confidentiality risks in their practices.
  • Technological advances, such as the use of social media platforms and applications for patient progress tracking and communication, have provided more access to health information and improved communication between care providers and patients.At the same time, advances such as these have resulted in more risk for protecting PHI. Nurses typically receive annual training on protecting patient information in their everyday practice. This training usually emphasizes privacy, security, and confidentiality best practices such as:
  • Keeping passwords secure.
  • Logging out of public computers.
  • Sharing patient information only with those directly providing care or who have been granted permission to receive this information.
  • Today, one of the major risks associated with privacy and confidentiality of patient identity and data relates to social media. Many nurses and other health care providers place themselves at risk when they use social media or other electronic communication systems inappropriately. For example, a Texas nurse was recently terminated for posting patient vaccination information on Facebook. In another case, a New York nurse was terminated for posting an insensitive emergency department photo on her Instagram account.Health care providers today must develop their skills in mitigating risks to their patients and themselves related to patient information. At the same time, they need to be able distinguish between effective and ineffective uses of social media in health care.This assessment will require you to develop a staff update for the interprofessional team to encourage team members to protect the privacy, confidentiality, and security of patient information.DEMONSTRATION OF PROFICIENCY
    By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the course competencies through the following assessment scoring guide criteria:
  • Competency 1: Describe nurses’ and the interdisciplinary team’s role in informatics with a focus on electronic health information and patient care technology to support decision making.
    • Describe the security, privacy, and confidentially laws related to protecting sensitive electronic health information that govern the interdisciplinary team.
    • Explain the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration to safeguard sensitive electronic health information.
  • Competency 2: Implement evidence-based strategies to effectively manage protected health information.
    • Identify evidence-based approaches to mitigate risks to patients and health care staff related to sensitive electronic health information.
    • Develop a professional, effective staff update that educates interprofessional team members about protecting the security, privacy, and confidentiality of patient data, particularly as it pertains to social media usage.
  • Competency 5: Apply professional, scholarly communication to facilitate use of health information and patient care technologies.
    • Follow APA style and formatting guidelines for citations and references.
    • Create a clear, concise, well-organized, and professional staff update that is generally free from errors in grammar, punctuation, and spelling.
  • PREPARATION
    To successfully prepare to complete this assessment, complete the following:
  • Review the infographics on protecting PHI provided in the resources for this assessment, or find other infographics to review. These infographics serve as examples of how to succinctly summarize evidence-based information.
    • Analyze these infographics and distill them into five or six principles of what makes them effective. As you design your interprofessional staff update, apply these principles. Note: In a staff update, you will not have all the images and graphics that an infographic might contain. Instead, focus your analysis on what makes the messaging effective.
  • Select from any of the following options, or a combination of options, the focus of your interprofessional staff update:
    • Social media best practices.
    • What not to do: social media.
    • Social media risks to patient information.
    • Steps to take if a breach occurs.
  • Conduct independent research on the topic you have selected in addition to reviewing the suggested resources for this assessment. This information will serve as the source(s) of the information contained in your interprofessional staff update. Consult the BSN Program Library Research Guide for help in identifying scholarly and/or authoritative sources.
  • INSTRUCTIONS
    In this assessment, assume you are a nurse in an acute care, community, school, nursing home, or other health care setting. Before your shift begins, you scroll through Facebook and notice that a coworker has posted a photo of herself and a patient on Facebook. The post states, “I am so happy Jane is feeling better. She is just the best patient I’ve ever had, and I am excited that she is on the road to recovery.”You have recently completed your annual continuing education requirements at work and realize this is a breach of your organization’s social media policy. Your organization requires employees to immediately report such breaches to the privacy officer to ensure the post is removed immediately and that the nurse responsible receives appropriate corrective action.You follow appropriate organizational protocols and report the breach to the privacy officer. The privacy officer takes swift action to remove the post. Due to the severity of the breach, the organization terminates the nurse.Based on this incident’s severity, your organization has established a task force with two main goals:
  • Educate staff on HIPAA and appropriate social media use in health care.
  • Prevent confidentiality, security, and privacy breaches.
  • The task force has been charged with creating a series of interprofessional staff updates on the following topics:
  • Social media best practices.
  • What not to do: Social media.
  • Social media risks to patient information.
  • Steps to take if a breach occurs.
  • You are asked to select one or more of the topics and create the content for a staff update containing a maximum of two content pages. When distributed to interprofessional team members, the update will consist of one double-sided page.The task force has asked team members assigned to the topics to include the following content in their updates in addition to content on their selected topics:
  • What is protected health information (PHI)?
    • Be sure to include essential HIPAA information.
  • What are privacy, security, and confidentiality?
    • Define and provide examples of privacy, security, and confidentiality concerns related to the use of the technology in health care.
    • Explain the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration to safeguard sensitive electronic health information.
  • What evidence relating to social media usage and PHI do interprofessional team members need to be aware of? For example:
    • How many nurses have been terminated for inappropriate social media use in the United States?
    • What types of sanctions have health care organizations imposed on interdisciplinary team members who have violated social media policies?
    • What have been the financial penalties assessed against health care organizations for inappropriate social media use?
    • What evidence-based strategies have health care organizations employed to prevent or reduce confidentiality, privacy, and security breaches, particularly related to social media usage?

I’m working on a nursing exercise and need support to help me study.

learning outcome1 -demonstrate an understanding of the lived experience of the child-bearing person and family.

prove brief knowledge and example about the learning outcomes

1. understand the importance of child-bearing persons and families in making informed decisions about their health care

2.care is provided that promotes wellness, independence, and dignity, and is focusing on childbirth as a normal life transition.

learning outcome2- apply knowledge from nursing and other disciplines in the provision of care to perinatal patients experiencing heath challenges

1. problem solve simple situations and make competent clinical decisions within scope of learning.

• Able to identify a potential adverse event and initiate appropriate actions if necessary.

2. Demonstrate the ability to use knowledge from perinatal nursing as well as other courses to recognize variances from normal in client condition.

3. Articulate the care required for a woman during labour (with assistance)

4. plan health promotion activities in collaboration with client and other health disciplines (with assistance)
• For example: breastfeeding teaching, newborn bath, discharge teaching.

In this assignment, you will propose a quality improvement initiative from your place of employment that could easily be implemented if approved. Assume you are presenting this program to the board for approval of funding. Write an executive summary (750-1,000 words) to present to the board, from which the board will make its decision to fund your program or project. Include the following:

1. The purpose of the quality improvement initiative.
2. The target population or audience.
3. The benefits of the quality improvement initiative.
4. The interprofessional collaboration that would be required to implement the quality improvement initiative.
5. The cost or budget justification.
6. The basis upon which the quality improvement initiative will be evaluated.

Topic 1: Collaboration for Research and Evidence-based Practice

Consider the role of the nurse as an interdisciplinary team member in completing research and using research findings to inform health care practices.

Journal Readings

Please retrieve and read the following Journal articles from the Library. Articles can be located through a search in the CINAHL database, OVID database, Course Resources, or by using the link at the end of the reference if provided.

Engelke, M., & Marshburn, D. (2006). Collaborative strategies to enhance research and evidence-based practice. The Journal of Nursing Administration, 36(3), 131–135.

Review the following:

• Women’s Health Initiative retrieved from http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/whi
• Collaborative strategies to enhance research and evidence-based practice. (see Journal in Reading)

Answer the following questions:

• Discuss the role of the advanced practice nurse as an interdisciplinary research collaborator and member of the interdisciplinary team obligated to co-participate in the implementation and use of evidence-based practice.
• End your discussion by providing an example of an evidence-based change that would require the collaborative efforts of nursing and at least two other healthcare disciplines and that would lead to quality improvement in healthcare.
• APA 7 FORMAT/ LIST 3 PEER REVIEWED REFERENCES

Evaluating Organizational Change

Description:

This Assignment provides an overview of how to evaluate evidence-based practice quality improvement in a practice change.

Directions:

1. Introduce an overview of a healthcare system practice guideline, preferably where you work or have worked.
2. Discuss how different professionals in the healthcare system (Nurses, Pharmacists, Technicians, Nurse Educators, CFO, etc.) are held to this guideline.
3. Identify the research/reference used by the system to adopt the guideline.
4. Define the evidence used to define the guideline.
5. Determine the level of evidence used in the EBP identified.
6. Provide an opinion on how well this guideline is followed by professionals in the system.
7. Conclude with a concise overview of the guideline and the discussion in the paper.
8. Write the paper in 8–10 pages, using APA 7 format. List 3 peer reviewed references

Topic 1: Global Determinants of Health

This Unit addresses global issues in health promotion. Read the required reading for Unit 10 including the articles and required websites. Because of the diversity of cultures, and an expanding migratory global population, you as a Masters-prepared Registered Nurse may be challenged with patients who are at risk or suffering from various conditions, such as tuberculosis or malnutrition. You may also be involved in natural disaster preparation or response, communicable disease outbreak care or bioterrorism management.

For this discussion, you will address a global health issue of your choice and identify related health risks for a particular group or patient. Include statistics for your choice/s. Include strategies you could utilize to help you incorporate the client’s cultural preferences within the education, prevention, or treatment plan. Consider the roles of interprofessional resources in your post.

Avoid other topics present in the discussion as you make your choice so that the discussion is varied and robust.

APA 7 format/ List 3 peer reviewed references