Marjorie Benton

Benchmark metric

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Write a 4-6-page policy proposal and practice guidelines for improving quality and performance associated with the benchmark metric underperformance you advocated for improving in Assessment 1.

Evaluation of Benchmark Underperformance

Both hbA1c and low foot exam metrics have fluctuated significantly, which requires the management\’s special attention. HbA1cand low foot exams are critical in diagnosis the patients with diabetes in the early stages, thus enacting appropriate interventions. It would be hard for one to substantiate which metric is underperforming its benchmark to the highest degree. Both benchmarks are widespread in the organization, and they affect the greatest number of the patients too. The underperformance of both benchmarks has a serious impact on the patients. As Bikramjit Raveender & Sudipta (2017) outline, the hbA1c and low foot exams are important diagnostic approaches that the healthcare units utilize to diagnose diabetes. Consequently, limits the ability to diagnose and identify diabetes at an early stage before it causes serious effects on the body like organ failure. The patients are forced to live with improperly managed diabetes which turns out fatal in the future. The facility needs to implement cultural competency programs to encourage patients from minorities to seek primary health care services. It needs to train its staff on how to handle minority patients and, at the same time, respect their values and culture. Secondly, the facility needs to improve staffing and hire more primary care staff and reduce their workload.

A Recommendation for Ethical Action to Address Benchmark Underperformance

Improvement on the HbA1c and low foot exams should be Mercy Medical Center. One of the ethical recommendations that the organization needs to implement is cultural competency care and community education. The majority of the MMC clients are white people, which dissuades the minority patients from seeking healthcare services. Some of the factors that may dissuade minority patients from seeking primary healthcare services are language barriers, cultural values, and norms differences, among others (Lopes Campelo et al.,2018). The facility should train its health staff on how to handle and treat minority patients. It needs to train them to understand and respect the diverse cultures and use this knowledge to offer patient-centered care. Secondly, the facility needs to improve staffing to reduce work overload on the existing staff. Poor performance in the primary care unit is a consequence of numerous inadequate staffing (Glette, Aase, & Wiig, 2017). Improving the number of staff will increase the hbA1c and low foot exams, thus improving diabetes management in the Shakopee community and the entire country too.

The policy proposal requirements outlined below correspond to the scoring guide criteria, so be sure to address each main point. Read the performance-level descriptions for each criterion to see how your work will be assessed. In addition, be sure to note the requirements for document format and length and for supporting evidence.

  • Explain the need for creating a policy and practice guidelines to address a shortfall in meeting a benchmark metric prescribed by local, state, or federal health care policies or laws.
  • Recommend ethical, evidence-based practice guidelines to improve targeted benchmark performance prescribed by applicable local, state, or federal health care policy or law.
  • Analyze the potential effects of environmental factors on your recommended practice guidelines.
  • Explain why particular stakeholders and groups must be involved in further development and implementation of your proposed policy and practice guidelines.
  • Organize content so ideas flow logically with smooth transitions.
  • Use paraphrasing and summarization to represent ideas from external sources.

Example Assessment: You may use the following to give you an idea of what a Proficient or higher rating on the scoring guide would look like:

Policy Proposal Format and Length

It may be helpful to use a template or format for your proposal that is used in your current organization. The risk management or quality department could be a good resource for finding an appropriate template or format. If you are not currently in practice, or your organization does not have these resources, many appropriate templates are freely available on the Internet.

Your policy should be succinct (about one paragraph). Overall, your proposal should be 4–6 pages in length.

Supporting Evidence

Cite 3–5 references to relevant research, case studies, or best practices to support your analysis and recommendations.

Competencies Measured

By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the course competencies through the following assessment scoring guide criteria:

  • Competency 1: Analyze relevant health care laws, policies, and regulations; their application; and their effects on organizations, interprofessional teams, and professional practice.
  • Competency 2: Lead the development and implementation of ethical and culturally sensitive policies that improve health outcomes for individuals, organizations, and populations.
  • Competency 3: Evaluate relevant indicators of performance, such as benchmarks, research, and best practices, to inform health care laws and policies for patients, organizations, and populations.
  • Competency 4: Develop strategies to work collaboratively with policy makers, stakeholders, and colleagues to address environmental (governmental and regulatory) forces.
  • Competency 5: Produce clear, coherent, and professional written work, in accordance with Capella\’s writing standards.

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International Diabetes Federation and the World Healthcare Organizations (WHO) recommend efforts to reduce amputations by 50% through a comprehensive intervention that incorporates prevention, multidisciplinary treatment, patient and staff education, and close monitoring (Bus et al., 2020). Efforts to prevent DPN are the basic principle that informs practical guidelines in care for diabetes. American Association of Diabetic Educators emphasizes that the most effective approach to care is in response to each patient’s unique needs (AADE, 2020).

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Benchmark metric

Marjorie Benton

Solicitation strategies

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These are 2 separate assignments:

Discussion: Use of Social Media by Nonprofit Organizations

Increasingly, development professionals are using the Internet and social media to cultivate, educate, and solicit individual donors. Most donors do not begin giving to an organization by making a large gift. All organizations should have a base of donors who make small gifts ($1–$499, final amount determined by the organization) that often increase over time. The approach you use to cultivate, educate, and solicit donors who make small-to-medium-size gifts is different than the approach you use for major donors.

The Internet provides several opportunities to connect with potential and current donors. Social media may be especially appreciated by members of Generation X and the Millennial Generation.

Research and find an example of a nonprofit organization that solicits donations through its website or via social media.

The discussion must be at least 1 page and include:

  • The name of the organization and the link to its website.
  • Describe the different forms of social media used by the selected organization. If the site used Facebook or Twitter, did it demonstrate best practices in its use? Explain.
  • Finally, explain the type of e-fundraising the organization was doing.

Assignment: Solicitation Strategies for Small and Medium Donors

It is critical to be proactive in creating specific solicitation strategies for new and/or existing “small–medium” donors. These individual donors (usually $1–$499 annual gifts) are an important base of support. Over time they may become major donors. Given meaningful cultivation and education strategies, they may also increase the size of their donations over time. They often learn of your organization and its work through special events, mail appeals, visits to a website, or simply through a board member or volunteer. The key is to encourage a one-time donor to become an ongoing, thoughtful donor!

In a 3- to 4-page paper (not including the title page or references), describe strategies for soliciting donors who make small-to-medium donations.

  • Briefly describe the nonprofit organization you are using for your Final Project. (NAMI)
  • Describe at least two solicitation strategies you might use to engage donors who make small-to-medium donations, and explain why you chose each.
  • Explain how the solicitation strategies you chose might help build and maintain the organization’s donor base and entice donors to upgrade their gifts. Be specific.
  • Finally, explain how the internet and social media can be used for your fundraising efforts.

Use proper APA formatting and include the following:

  • An introduction that states the purpose of the paper
  • Level 1 headings to define each part of the paper
  • A conclusion to synthesize the entire paper
  • A minimum of three scholarly sources to support your paper
  • In-text citations as appropriate
  • A reference list

Be sure to support your Assignment with specific references to the resources and other current literature in the Walden Library.

References

Sargeant, A., & Jay, E. (2014). Fundraising management: Analysis, planning and practice (3rd ed.). New York, NY: Routledge.

  • Chapter 11, “Community Fundraising” (pp. 234–250)

Hart, T., Greenfield, J.M., & MacLaughlin, s. (2010). Internet for Nonprofits Management: Strategies, Tools and Trade Secrets. Hoboken, NJ, USA: John Wiley & Sons.

Mosawi, A., & Yuen, A. (2010). No borders. In T. Hart, J.M. Greenfield, S. MacLaughlin, & P. Geier (Eds.) Internet for Nonprofits Management: Strategies, Tools and Trade Secrets (ebrary version, pp269-287). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

Williams, K.A. (2013). Leading the fundraising charge: The role of the nonprofit executive [ebrary version]. AFP/Wiley fund development series. Somerset, NJ: Wiley.

Yandow, H. (2014). Fundraising: Building your individual donor base. Stanford Social Innovation Review. Retrieved from https://www.ssireview.org/blog/entry/building_your_individual_donor_base

Garecht, J. (2013). Case study: How one non-profit moved from grants to individual giving. Retrieved from https://www.thefundraising authority.com/individual-fundraising/casestudy-from-grants-to-individual-giving/

Requirements: 1 for discussion, 3-4 for assignment

https://www.nami.org/Home

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The growth of the internet has provided non-profits with numerous new avenues to connect with current and potential donors. Non-profits are taking advantage of the large number of Millennials and Generation X on social media to educate and cultivate them into donors (Mosawi & Yuen, 2010). Most of these donors never start by making a large donation. Instead, they start with small gifts between $1 and $499. As time passes, their donations will keep increasing. This practice forms the crust of e-fundraising, which generally denotes using the internet to raise money (Mosawi & Yuen, 2010). NAMI uses the internet in different and innovative ways to raise money to support its activities. The COVID-19 pandemic forced the Organization to focus on revitalizing its peer-to-peer fundraising program (Yahoo Finance, 2022). The Organization rebranded from “NAMIWalks” to “NAMIWalks Your Way”

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Solicitation strategies

Marjorie Benton

Cognitive training

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Kotter change Model

Write a draft of the introduction to your system analysis and how Stage 1 and 2(1. Creating sense of urgency and 2. Form a powerful guiding coalition) of Kotter’s Change Model apply to your topic (use of cognitive training to improve the care of dementia patients in skilled nursing facility).

Elements to address include:

  1. Brief description of the proposed change.
  2. Stage 1: Why is the status quo unacceptable?
    1. What feedback have you received from your patients and other internal/external constituents that leads you to make the proposed change?
  3. Stage 2: Who are members of your guiding coalition? (DON, Nursing Managers, Medical Directors) , Why did you choose them?
    1. Describe the members of your guiding coalition in terms of:
      1. Position Power
      2. Expertise
      3. Credibility
      4. Leadership (Note: 2.5 points for each of the characteristics
    2. Describe the trust, mutual understanding, respect, and caring within the guiding coalition. (Note: 2.5 points for each of the factors)
    3. What is the common goal within the guiding coalition regarding the proposed change?
    4. Support your writing using 6 APA references.
    5. See template areas on how to write your introduction.

Requirements: 3pages

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Based on the reasons given regarding the need to implement the change, the patient feedback has been informative in determining how to make them feel valued. For instance, the patients mentioned that they could support the change if the nurses educated them about the side effects of the cognitive training treatment (Spencer, 2019). Further, the healthcare workers, including nurses and support staff, mentioned that training workshops on implementing the interventions would prepare them to deliver the nonmedicinal treatment (Spencer, 2019). Considering the requests generated from the feedback has been ideal in making positive steps in implementing the change.

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Cognitive training

Marjorie Benton

Pealthcare providers

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Discuss and compare your results from Strength finder and the conflict assessment discuss the following points below:

Requirements: 2pages

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My strength from the Strengths Finder and my conflict assessment indicate that I am highly collaborative, accommodating, and competitive. I would consider compromising certain aspects to attain the best outcomes. These strengths are recommendable for someone working in a complex environment such as the healthcare system. There is a need for collaboration while working as a team; the opinion and suggestions of others may contribute toward attaining the desired results. Furthermore, one can negotiate and bargain for the most effective solution for those involved through compromise. In addition, it is essential to be accommodative in healthcare practice as this asserts that one considers other people’s views too and ensures the best outcome for all. Being accommodative equips one with the skills to prioritize other peoples’ needs before his own; it encourages selflessness and service to others. Finally, I do not shy away from expressing my opinions, views, and suggestions, which is commendable for anyone who works as a healthcare provider. Abd El-Fattah Mohamed Aly et al. (2022), conveying your concerns is vital as it reduces the chances of suffering in silence which later negatively impacts your performance at work.

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Healthcare provider and a consumer

Marjorie Benton

Mental illness

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Social workers understand that evidence that informs practice derives from multi-disciplinary sources and multiple ways of knowing. They also understand the processes for translating research findings into effective practice. You have read about guiding principles of recovery produced by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration. Based on this information, prepare a tip sheet of the five most important recovery principles for individuals with severe mental illness that new social workers in the field should consider including why social workers are knowledgeable about evidence-informed interventions to achieve the goals of clients and constituencies, including individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.

Be sure to expound on why you chose these five recovery principles for application.

Support your assignment with at least two scholarly resources. In addition to these specified resources, other appropriate scholarly resources, including seminal articles, may be included.

Length: 2-3 pages, not including title or reference pages

Your assignment should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts presented in the course by providing new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic. Your response should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards. Be sure to adhere to Northcentral University’s Academic Integrity Policy.

Requirements: 2-3 pages

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New social workers need to understand that mental recovery is not so straightforward, unlike other forms of treatment. You must come to terms with the fact that there is no set of criteria to be followed (Frost, Tirupati, Johnston, 2017). The recovery process is a learning experience that will expose you to setbacks you will learn from and improve. A social worker should approach this process with an open mind, knowing that someday they will stumble backward despite the effort and sacrifice of recovery. However, the setbacks should not discourage you from completing this journey; they should act as a stepping stone toward the next level.

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Mental illness

Marjorie Benton

Health and wellbeing of patients

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Proposal title: Colstrdium difficile infection in hospital and its relation with hospital efficacy and its effect on patient’s length of stay

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Delving into the research will involve the use of a retrospective cohort study will be ideal. According to Sedgwick (2014), a retrospective cohort study helps a researcher observe the identified phenomenon and determine links between the exposures and outcomes. This research approach is also known as a historical cohort study since the investigating teams assess data archived in databases. Based on the projected study, using hospitals’ databases showing patients’ demographics, admissions, discharge, and readmission cases is strategic through a retrospective cohort research approach. In this sense, the use of hospital records of identified hospitals will focus on patients’ demographic traits, diagnoses, comorbidity and severity, reasons for admission, length of stay, and readmission rates (Srinivasa et al., 2019). Based on the analysis, this will help calculate the CDIs incidence rates, hospital efficacy, and patient outcomes. Variables to consider will be the CDI rates, as well as patients’ and hospitals’ traits. Despite

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Health and wellbeing of patients

Marjorie Benton

Application of electronic technology

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For this assignment, answer the following questions:

Submission Instructions

  • The paper is to be clear and concise and students will lose points for improper grammar, punctuation, and misspelling.
  • The paper should be formatted per current APA and 2-5 pages in length, excluding the title, and references page.
  • Incorporate a minimum of 5 current (published within the last five years) scholarly journal articles or primary legal sources (statutes, court opinions) within your work.

Requirements: 2-5 pages in length, excluding the title, and references page.   |   .doc file

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Before proceeding to the telehealth approach, one must comprehend the basics and requirements that make this technique effective in providing health services to patients. Identifying the evidence that the adoption of telehealth will benefit both the patient and healthcare provider is an issue of high priority (Kidholm et al., 2017). It is essential to understand the platforms one can use, the technical requirements, and the patients’ preferences before deciding to apply the approach to treatment. The following are the essential aspects a medical practitioner should consider; the availability of technology within the organization, safety, patient’s perspectives, economic aspects, the health problem, and the characteristics of the application and clinical effectiveness. There are several evaluation models and frameworks that can be used to measure the effectiveness of telehealth. I would use information collected through surveys on patients’ experience and staff satisfaction to determine if the technique will be a success (Kidholm et al., 2017). The survey will help reveal patients’ access to care, if they are using the new technology, the availability of the required technology within the organization,

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Application of electronic technology

Marjorie Benton

Healthcare administration

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Each of us are different and we learn and develop in our own way. With that in mind this project is flexible, and you may choose to meet the requirements of this project in any format you wish (as long as you can submit it successfully to me through our e-course system). The grading criteria and key concepts of the course should guide you in what is necessary to include. You may add any additional content that you feel is important to your development of a plan that will help sustain you and your development as a leader as you move forward in your career and life.

Required items

Inclusion of relevant theories, course content or personal research, 5 items (75 points)

A multi-year, multi-stage timeline (75 points)

The multi-level effect and multi-level interactions (75 points)

Reflection, compassion, mindfulness, and hope (75 points)

 

I would like this to be healthcare related as I have a focus in Health Administration.

Please use mostly the resources I have attached and if needed maybe 1 or 2 additional sources.

Requirements: 2 pages

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Further, the third quarter will promote sustainable literacy by implementing training workshops. The training forums will enlighten the leaders and employees on how to identify risks and tap opportunities that help promote sustainable healthcare practices. Collaborating with the human resource manager will be ideal for determining the priority of programs the management should implement (HBR, 2011). The year’s final quarter will be a time for self-reflection on achievements made and leadership gaps that should be addressed in the forthcoming year. This aligns with the active values objective, which encourages sustainable leaders to take an overview of the company, evaluate personal achievements and determine how to maximize their capacity.

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Healthcare administration

Marjorie Benton

Culture and Environment of Safety

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Provide your answers to the following questions in a 2-page paper. Use APA Editorial Format for all citations and references used.

  1. What should the “culture and environment of safety” look like when preparing and administering medications?
  2. Discuss a common breach of medication administration.
  3. Identify three (3) factors that lead to errors in documentation related to medication administration.
  4. What can I do to prevent medication errors?

Requirements: 2pages with 1 page reference

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Three factors that lead to documentation errors include poor training of caregivers, distractions, and overwhelming workload due to insufficient staffing. Nurses may commit medication-related documentation errors due to a lack of required knowledge on handling documentation. It is necessary to train nurses to be equipped with the skillset to effectively put observations and patient information on paper on patients’ charts and files. Training nurses, especially those new to the field, should be done so that all healthcare providers are knowledgeable and competent to minimize clinical risks (Farokhzadian, Dehghan & Borhani, 2018). Additionally, distractions at the workplace, such as telephone calls or chats with colleagues, may interfere with the documentation of important information that could be used in medication administration. Caregivers must stay clear of distractions to prevent the omission of data that could be helpful when providing care services to patients. Besides, substantial patient workloads affect operational efficiency, primarily when documenting patient information. Due to the need to attend to other patients and duties, a caregiver may fail to provide complete information about a patient.

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Culture and Environment of Safety

Marjorie Benton

Statistical manual of mental disorder

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Purpose: Analyze and apply critical thinking skills in the psychopathology of mental health patients and provide treatment and health promotion while applying evidence-based research.
Scenario: Kel is a 42-year-old certified public accountant (CPA) who dreams each year that she will board a cruise ship the day after Tax Day and go somewhere, anywhere, except Portsmouth, Virginia. Each year the dream, like the ocean, ebbs and flows, but this year she is not even going to think about such a “ridiculous idea.” In fact, she does not even have the energy to dream; getting out of bed and preparing to go to work is simply too labor intensive.

Each evening Kel retires to bed with a lack of energy to complete her normal tasks such as readying her clothes for work and making a lunch. She lacks the energy to shop in the evening; consequently, she eats mostly crackers and canned soup. She is not hungry, and her scale reflects this. She has lost 15 pounds over the last 2 months. She does not attend to her makeup or clothes; she finds both too taxing. The clothes she selects are drab and not ironed. At work she makes no effort to talk with her co-workers and does not initiate new contacts with clients. The normal work of filing taxes and writing reports, which she used to enjoy, are overwhelming, and she feels too disorganized to complete them. Telephone calls and e-mail messages from friends are ignored. Attendance at work is spotty.

Sue, her sister, becomes alarmed with Kel’s unanswered telephone calls and e-mails. Worried, she decides to visit her sister at home. She finds the apartment unclean and in disarray. Kel is unkempt, disheveled, and looks sad. Her voice is monotone and flat. Kel tells Sue that she feels “sad and hopeless. Nothing is ever going to change. I am a bad person and I can’t even do my work right. Although I sleep for many hours, I am still tired all the time.” Sue is alarmed at the changes in her sister and arranges for Kel to visit a health care worker at the medical clinic.
Questions: Remember to answer these questions from your textbooks and NP guidelines. At all times, explain your answers.

  1. Describe the presenting problems.
  2. Generate a primary and differential diagnosis using the DSM5 and ICD 10 codes.
  3. Formulate and prioritize a treatment plan.
  4. Identify and discuss appropriate screening instruments for a patient who has suicidal ideation.

Requirements: 500 words

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Compared to associated risk factors, suicide is rare, and it is hard to predict who is at risk. However, medical practitioners should be aware of the risk factors and warning signs to help screen, refer and document suicide risks. For a successful screening, patients should use different tools, including patient health questionnaire 2 (PHQ2), which involves a patient answering two questions involving little interest in activities, depression, or hopelessness. That can only be done with no additional questions or interventions (Drapeau, Nadorff, McCall, Titus, Barclay, et al., 2019). Another tool is the patient health questionnaire (PHQ9), used to detect depression and measure its severity and the best medication. The PHQ9 is administered to patients who responded positively to any questions in PHQ2.

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Statistical manual of mental disorder