iCARE Paper NR451 Assignment
The purpose of the iCARE Paper assignment is to explore the concept of interprofessional teams and patient outcomes. Nursing supportive actions of compassion, advocacy, resilience, and evidence-based practice will serve as a way to apply care concepts.
This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes:
Submit your completed assignment by Sunday end of Week 5 by 11:59 p.m. MT.
The assignment is worth 200 points.
The prepared paper template is RECOMMENDED for this assignment.
iCare Assignment Template. – APA 7th edition
Only the APA 7th edition is to be used in this assignment.
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The care management specialty pays attention to the coordination of care and effective and efficient utilization of resources to offer patients with chronic illnesses the highest quality of care during their stay in the hospital. Educating the patients, advocating for their wellness, and communicating clearly are vital to ensure their health outcomes are enhanced in the long run. It necessitates employing an interdisciplinary team with workers from other fields to ensure patients receive holistic care that suits their needs.
To ensure that this existing interdisciplinary team offers better healthcare, it is essential to employ open communication and availing of information to the team members on time. The application of resilience and compassion skills when dealing with these patients is essential to implementing practice based on scientific evidence. Despite these valuable interventions in place to ensure that patients receive the highest quality of care, the healthcare sector still faces challenges that hinder progress, requiring novel solutions.
Compassion helps healthcare workers show kindness and understanding of patients and their loved ones, which is essential in achieving high-quality health outcomes. Forging supportive relationships based on trust has helped increase satisfaction and boost the best customer experience and entails a good show of compassion from the healthcare workers (Straughair & Machin, 2020). Compassion ensures clients receive social, psychological, physical, and emotional needs, thus promoting holistic care. To encourage compassion, an interprofessional team should ensure that the patient and family are involved in the client’s care.
The team can provide essential information about the client’s health status and involve them in decision-making about any procedures the patient will likely undergo. The team must seek informed consent from the patient or their family members if they cannot make sound decisions independently. The patient and the family will ultimately increase their trust in the interdisciplinary team and heed the interventions formulated by the team. A safety culture is forged when patients and families are involved in their care, which can increase the organization’s reputation (Son?ur et al., 2018).
Healthcare workers can enhance advocacy by understanding patients’ unique needs, values, and beliefs. Advocacy involves the healthcare workers standing by what the patients believe is right for them in their absence and ensuring their voice is heard during decision-making. Through advocacy, the patient’s autonomy is respected through a third party, the nurse overseeing the care of the patients. The nurse can communicate openly with the client and present them with facts so that they can apply them in making decisions, which the nurse ensures are considered by other interdisciplinary teams when tailoring interventions (Abbasinia et al., 2019).
Nurses can aid in fostering a culture of patient-centered care by making the advocacy of patients a top priority and promoting teamwork among healthcare professionals. Better patient experience and clinical outcomes may result from this shift in attitude on the healthcare team. Evidence suggests that a patient-centered culture helps to decrease the number of hospitalizations and a general improvement in the quality of care of all patients.
Promoting effective collaboration and open communication channels among the different interdisciplinary teams in the hospital can promote resilience. Resilient healthcare personnel can deal with the stresses of their jobs without letting them affect their health or performance. Resilience is the capacity to deal with hardship while providing excellent patient care. Heavy workloads, extended shift hours, psychological demands, and experiencing traumatic events entail pressures that healthcare employees experience (Odom-Forren, 2020). Because of their resilience, they can overcome these challenges and continue providing excellent patient treatment.
Resilient healthcare providers are better equipped to deal with difficult situations, keep a positive attitude, and communicate effectively with patients and their families (Odom-Forren, 2020). They are not likely to suffer from burnout, which is associated with dissatisfaction with one’s work and an increased likelihood of making mistakes in patient care. Resilience can help keep workers motivated to provide high-quality healthcare to their patients, devoid of errors, which can help achieve the organization’s mission and vision.
Carrying out regular interdepartmental sessions to enlighten the healthcare workers about relevant changes in guidelines in managing healthcare conditions and new evidence that supports those changes can help foster evidence-based practice. Along with other medical experts, nurses can learn from one another at these conferences and improve their ability to give patients evidence-based care. Encouraging an approach based on scientific evidence, applied by interprofessional teams, the organization’s culture can value the inception of interventions based on the current evidence and research in informing patient care (Son?ur et al., 2018).
The healthcare outcomes are likely to improve since interventions backed up with credible scientific findings can help enhance the overall quality of care and complications experienced by patients and promote increased patient satisfaction. The organization’s reputation improves, and reimbursements are likely to increase. When workers apply evidence-based interventions and see improved patient outcomes, they can become highly motivated and will likely work for longer in the organization, decreasing employee turnover.
Employment of the iCARE components can help increase patient satisfaction, enhance patient outcomes, and promote collaboration through interdisciplinary teams. These components can help promote a patient-centered culture that ensures patients are involved in their care and that they make their own decisions. They are also empowered to partake in self-care, which has been shown to increase the overall quality of care and satisfaction. Ensuring that the patient’s beliefs, values, and attitudes are considered in decision-making ensures that they accept the interventions employed by the healthcare teams. Nurses can influence the adoption of interdisciplinary teams in the organization by advocating for the adoption of iCARE and providing evidence on how they can be essential in improving the achievement of organizational goals.
Abbasinia, M., Ahmadi, F., & Kazemnejad, A. (2019). Patient advocacy in nursing: A concept analysis. Nursing Ethics, 27(1), 141–151. https://doi.org/10.1177/0969733019832950
Odom-Forren, J. (2020). Nursing resilience in the world of COVID-19. Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing, 35(6), 555–556. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jopan.2020.10.005
Son?ur, C., Özer, Gün, Ç., & Top, M. (2018). Patient safety culture, evidence-based practice and performance in nursing. Systemic Practice & Action Research, 31(4), 359–374. https://doi-org.chamberlainuniversity.idm.oclc.org/10.1007/s11213-017-9430-y
Straughair, C., & Machin, A. (2021). Compassion in nursing: exploring the perceptions of students and academics. Nursing standard (Royal College of Nursing (Great Britain): 1987), 36(7), 45–50. https://doi.org/10.7748/ns.2021.e11720
This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome Introduction
The type of work setting and interprofessional team features are described (improvement or type of team).25 pts
Introduction thoroughly describes the work setting and features of the interprofessional team.22 pts
Introduction describes the work setting and features of the interprofessional team.20 pts
One element from the first column is missing or lacks detail.10 pts
Two elements from the first column are missing and lack detail.0 pts
The introduction is missing.25 ptsThis criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome Compassion
Nursing action related to compassion is described in support of the interprofessional team, the culture of the unit, and patient outcomes.25 pts
The nursing action related to compassion was clearly identified and support of the interprofessional team, the culture of the unit, and patient outcomes were thoroughly explained.22 pts
The nursing action related to compassion was identified and satisfactorily supported the interprofessional team, the culture of the unit, and patient outcomes.20 pts
The nursing action related to compassion was identified and one of the elements of support from the first column were missing or lacked detail.10 pts
The nursing action related to compassion lacked more than two elements of support or lacked detail.0 pts
No Marks25 ptsThis criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome Advocacy
Nursing action related to advocacy is described in support of the interprofessional team, the culture of the unit, and patient outcomes.25 pts
The nursing action related to advocacy was identified and support of the interprofessional team, the culture of the unit, and patient outcomes were thoroughly explained.22 pts
The nursing action related to advocacy was identified and satisfactorily supported the interprofessional team, the culture of the unit, and patient outcomes.20 pts
The nursing related to advocacy was identified and one of the elements of support from the first column were missing or lacked detail.10 pts
The nursing action related to advocacy lacked more than two elements of support or lacked detail.0 pts
The nursing action and support elements were missing.25 ptsThis criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome Resilience
Nursing action related to resilience is described in support of the interprofessional team, the culture of the unit, and patient outcomes.25 pts
The nursing action related to resilience was identified and support of the interprofessional team, the culture of the unit, and patient outcomes were thoroughly explained.22 pts
The nursing action related to resilience was identified and satisfactorily supported the interprofessional team, the culture of the unit, and patient outcomes.20 pts
The nursing action related to resilience was identified and one of the elements of support from the first column were missing or lacked detail.10 pts
The nursing action related to resiliency lacked more than two elements of support or lacked detail.0 pts
The nursing action and support elements were missing.25 ptsThis criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome Evidence-Based Practice
Nursing action related to EBP is described in support of the interprofessional team, the culture of the unit, and patient outcomes.25 pts
The nursing action related to EBP was identified and support of the interprofessional team, the culture of the unit, and patient outcomes were thoroughly explained.22 pts
The nursing action related to EBP was identified and satisfactorily supported the interprofessional team, the culture of the unit, and patient outcomes.20 pts
The nursing action related to EBP was identified and one of the elements of support from the first column were missing or lacked detail.10 pts
The nursing action related to EBP was not sufficiently identified or one of the elements of support from the first column were missing or lacked detail.0 pts
The nursing action and support elements were missing.25 ptsThis criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome Summary
Explain how nursing actions of the iCARE components can support interprofessional teams and patient outcomes. Address how you can influence support for interprofessional teams on your unit or area of practice.35 pts
Key points regarding nursing actions and support for interprofessional teams and patient outcomes; and, nursing supportive influence are thoroughly described.31 pts
Most key points regarding nursing actions and support for interprofessional teams and patient outcomes; and, nursing supportive influence are described.28 pts
Some key points regarding nursing actions and support for interprofessional teams and patient outcomes; and, nursing supportive influence are described13 pts
Summary lacks details of key points.0 pts
Summary is missing.35 ptsThis criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome Mechanics and Organization
The discussion is well organized and logical. The structure is clear and compelling to the reader. Paragraphs are linked together logically, and main ideas stand out20 pts
Excellent mechanics and organization with minimal errors of the following: Well organized and logical, correct grammar, punctuation, and spelling, professional wording is used, uses complete sentences, paragraphs are linked together logically, and main ideas expressed clearly.18 pts
Good mechanics and organization considering the elements listed in the column A. Few errors noted.16 pts
Fair mechanics and organization considering the elements listed in the column A. Some errors noted.8 pts
Poor mechanics and organization considering the elements listed in the column A. Many errors noted.0 pts
Very poor mechanics and organization considering the elements listed in the column A such that it is difficult to follow or understand.20 ptsThis criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeAPA
APA format is used throughout.20 pts
Excellent APA formatting with minimal errors of the following: All sources cited in the text -all references listed on the reference page using basics of APA format -title page in general APA format -headings present and follow APA format -12-point font, double spaced, 1 inch margins, paragraphs indented -used only one short quote and body of the paper is approximately 3 pages18 pts
Good formatting considering the elements listed in column A.16 pts
Fair formatting considering the elements listed in column A. Some APA errors noted.8 pts
Poor formatting considering the elements listed in column A. Many APA errors noted.0 pts
Very poor formatting such that paper is difficult to read. Numerous APA errors noted.20 ptsThis criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeUse of CINAHL article as Required Source from CCN Library
0 pts
0 points deductedUsed CINAHL article from CCN Library0 pts
20 points (10%) deductedRequired article source of CINAHL not used resulting in point deduction0 ptsThis criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeLate Deduction
0 pts
0 points deductedSubmitted on time0 pts
Not submitted on time – Points deducted1 day late = 10 deduction; 2 days late = 20 deduction; 3 days late = 30 deduction; 4 days late = 40 deduction; 5 days late = 50 deduction; 6 days late = 60 deduction; 7 days late = 70 deduction; Score of 0 if more than 7 days late0 ptsTotal Points: 200Submit the second milestone of your final project.
For additional details, please refer to the Milestone 2 Guidelines and Rubric attached below.
You must review Milestone one attached below as reference
Also a capital budget item was done for venice family clinic ( attached below however the professor stated this is a good project but keep in mind it will be a large undertaking. IHP 450 Venice Family Clinic Paper
An EHR requires an incredible investment – not just in the system but building out the entire VFC footprint (multiple sites). This will likely include additional tech staff, internet upgrades, equipment purchases, etc. You are welcome to pursue this but make sure your analysis is comprehensive. If you like, you may change your project to a smaller one so your scope isn’t so large. IHP 450 Venice Family Clinic Paper
So it can be changed to a smaller scope of something else so that milestone 2 project can be done effectively.
Departmental Budget and Outline Guidelines and Rubric Prompt: Because you have done such a good job with the consulting assignments, your boss has asked you to lead the development of the department’s annual operating budget for the healthcare facility you selected, (Joslin or Venice).
She has also offered to review an outline of your capital budget proposal before you submit it for consideration by the decision makers. There are two parts to this assignment that you will submit together: Part One: Proposal Outline First, you will outline your proposal for your boss to review. IHP 450 Venice Family Clinic Paper
With the goal of submitting a proposal that will help your organization and win a $2,500 bonus, you will create a 1–3 page outline of your final project presentation that identifies the key points you will use to address critical elements of the final project, providing sufficient detail to allow your boss to provide constructive feedback on your proposal.
Your outline should incorporate, where applicable, the knowledge, concepts, and principles that you have learned in Modules One through Five. IHP 450 Venice Family Clinic Paper
Review the Proposal Outline Template to gain an idea of what your outline may look like. The notes and ideas you generate in this outline may inform the speaker notes, visuals, and text that you will include in your final project proposal presentation. To complete this part of the assignment, the following items must be addressed:
I. Proposal A. Options: What various options are available for each item in your budget proposal? Provide multiple options for your supervisor or board to
consider based on their needs. B. Financial Research: Describe the cost-benefit of each option based on relevant information and research. Information and research can include
research on the items or vendors, organizational numbers, price quotes, and more. Be sure to provide relevant documentation in an appendix or reference slide to show the depth of your research and the various options available.
C. Organizational Resources: Identify what resources would be needed to implement one of the options in your proposal D. Communication: What method of communication would be used to notify departments across the organization and what methods would be used throughout proposal implementation? Justify the appropriateness of your suggestions.
Part Two: Departmental Budget Second, create your annual departmental budget per your boss’ request. As part of your capital budget proposal, you will need to apply the cost of your capital budget item, and all associated costs, to a specific department within the organization. IHP 450 Venice Family Clinic Paper
Using the budget sample as an example, create your own departmental operating budget in the Operating Budget sheet. Please note that this is just an example provided to help you get started. You do not have to use all of the budget items found in the budget sample if they do not apply to your department. You may find that additional items are appropriate to include for your department beyond what is included in the sample. Use the Capital Budget sheet to calculate the costs of your capital budget item. IHP 450 Venice Family Clinic Paper
https://learn.snhu.edu/d2l/lor/viewer/view.d2l?ou=6606&loIdentId=23971https://learn.snhu.edu/d2l/lor/viewer/view.d2l?ou=6606&loIdentId=21759As you create your department’s budget, consider items such as hiring new staff, training, technology, and any other related costs. Also account for the potential revenue generated as a result of implementing the capital budget item as well as any potential expenses incurred by your department. These should be high- level estimates. To complete this part of the assignment, the following items, as well as those listed above, must be addressed:
I. Budget (Please Note: Respond to the following critical elements in the proposal outline, with the exception of element G below, which should be submitted as an Excel spreadsheet)
A. Statements: What statements were utilized for formulating your proposal and why? Select the appropriate statements for analysis and defend your choices.
B. Expenses: What major expenses are associated with your proposal items? C. Budgetary Accounts: What budgetary accounts (i.e., salaries) are impacted and in what way? D. Reasoning: Based on the previous year’s budget data, why did you select these budget items for adjustment over other options? E. Ratios: Research the various ratio options (including ROI) used for reviewing financial statements. Determine what ratios you will use for your proposal items and explain why IHP 450 Venice Family Clinic Paper. F. Ratio Calculations: Using budget statements, formulate calculations that support each recommendation. G. Projected Departmental Budget: Create a projected departmental budget for the upcoming year that incorporates the costs of the proposed
changes. (This will be submitted as an Excel spreadsheet) Guidelines for Submission: You will submit two deliverables for this assignment. Your departmental budget must be submitted as an Excel spreadsheet. IHP 450 Venice Family Clinic Paper
Your proposal outline must be submitted as a single document. It should be 1–3 pages in length with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, one-inch margins, and citations in APA style where applicable.
Critical Elements Proficient (100%) Needs Improvement (75%) Not Evident (0%) Value Proposal: Options
Provides reasonable implementation options for each proposal item
Provides implementation options for each proposal item, but options are not reasonable
Does not provide implementation options for each proposal item
8.63
Proposal: Financial Research
Describes the cost-benefit of the listed options based on relevant research and information
Describes the cost-benefit of the listed options, but with gaps in relevant research and information
Does not describe the cost- benefit of the listed options
8.63
Proposal: Organizational
Accurately and clearly identifies the organizational resources that will be needed for proposal implementation
Identifies the organizational resources that will be needed for proposal implementation, but lacks accuracy or clarity
Does not identify the organizational resources that will be needed for proposal implementation
8.63
Proposes methods for communicating budgetary changes and communicating throughout proposal implementation to departments across the organization, and justifies the appropriateness of these methods IHP 450 Venice Family Clinic Paper
Proposes methods for communicating budgetary changes and communicating throughout proposal implementation to departments across the organization, but does not justify the appropriateness of these methods
Does not propose methods of communication for notifying departments across the organization and for proposal implementation
8.63
Budget: Statements Selects and comprehensively defends the appropriate financial statements for use in the proposal IHP 450 Venice Family Clinic Paper
Selects and defends financial statements for use in the proposal, but statements are not appropriate or not comprehensively defended
Does not select and defend financial statements for use in the proposal
8.63
Budget: Expenses Accurately identifies the major expenses associated with the proposal and the budgetary accounts that would be impacted
Identifies the major expenses associated with the proposal and the budgetary accounts that would be impacted, but identification is not accurate
Does not identify the major expenses associated with the proposal and the budgetary accounts that would be impacted
8.63
Budget: Budgetary Accounts
Identifies what budgetary accounts are impacted and clearly states how
Identifies what budgetary accounts are impacted but does not state how they are impacted
Does not identify which budgetary accounts are impacted or state how
8.63
Budget: Reasoning
Justifies why the selected budgetary accounts were chosen for adjustment based on analysis of previous year’s budget
Justifies why the selected budgetary accounts were chosen for adjustment, but not based on previous year’s budget
Does not justify why the selected budgetary accounts were chosen for adjustment
8.63
Budget: Ratios
Selects appropriate ratios to use for support of the proposal and justifies logically
Selects and justifies ratios to use for support of the proposal, but does not select appropriate ratios or justification is not logical
Does not select and justify ratios to use for support of the proposal
8.63
Budget: Ratio Calculations
Calculates the selected ratios based on the budget statement analysis
Calculates the selected ratios, but not based on the budgetary statement analysis
Does not calculate the selected ratios
8.63
Budget: Projected Departmental Budget
Creates a projected budget that applies the proposed changes to the specific department
Creates a projected budget but is missing key elements of a departmental budget
Does not create a departmental budget applying the proposed changes to a specific department
8.63
Articulation of Response Submission has no major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization
Submission has major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that negatively impact readability and articulation of main ideas
Submission has critical errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that prevent understanding of ideas
5.07
Earned Total 100%
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The next case is Jacqueline Russell. This is a learning mode case (0% or 100%) and is graded and required. I will move the due date for this case to 9/16/2020.
We will adjust the date on the next case next week as needed.
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Tension-type headache (TTH): Tension-type headache is identified by a consistent sensation of pressure that usually starts at the forehead, temples, or the base of the neck, according to Smeltzer et al. (2019). This type of headache is often described as a tight band or a heavy weight pressing on top of the head. TTH is the most common type of headache, often usually bilateral and non-radiating, and can be triggered by stress and anxiety. TTH can be chronic, and its intensity can gradually increase throughout the day. The patient’s stress level and recent traumatic experience with her boyfriend are potential risk factors for TTH.
Migraine without aura: Migraine headaches are characterized by throbbing pain, usually on one side of the head, nausea, and light sensitivity. However, some people experience migraines without aura, which can present with symptoms similar to tension-type headaches, such as the patient’s symptoms of a dull, pressure-tight cap around the head (Smeltzer et al., 2019). Additionally, post-traumatic headache can also be a differential diagnosis. The patient’s recent history of wrist trauma after being pushed by her boyfriend, coupled with bruises on her left arm and breast, could suggest a possibility of post-traumatic headache. This type of headache can occur after a head injury or trauma and may not present immediately after the incident. In this case, the headache may have started after the wrist injury and gradually worsened.
Depression: The patient’s current social situation, with an abusive boyfriend and being disowned by her mother, can indicate a possibility of an underlying depressive disorder. Chronic stress and anxiety, which are often associated with depression, can also trigger headaches (Fava, 2021). Depression can present with physical symptoms, including headaches, fatigue, and body aches (Varcarolis & Dixon, 2020). The patient’s withdrawal and edgy behavior could be related to depression. It’s important to note that these are just potential differential diagnoses and a thorough medical evaluation by a psychiatric mental health nurse is needed to confirm a diagnosis and develop an appropriate treatment plan. Additionally, it is important to address the patient’s safety concerns and potential abuse by her boyfriend.
Cosci F., & Fava, G. A. (2021). When anxiety and depression coexist: the role of differential diagnosis using clinimetric criteria. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 90(5), 308-317.
Smeltzer, S. C., Bare, B. G., Hinkle, J. L., & Cheever, K. H. (2019). Brunner and Suddarth’s textbook of medical surgical nursing: In one volume (12th ed.). Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.
Varcarolis, & Dixon. (2020). Essentials of psychiatric mental health nursing – Elsevier eBook on vitalsource (retail access card): A communication AP (4th ed.). Elsevier Science Publishing. https://cir.nii.ac.jp/crid/1131694358645353473
Characterizing the recent evolution in healthcare has been the sustained integration of technological innovations into healthcare practice. These advancements have had the sole aim of improving patient diagnostics, management and follow-up, as well as creating a platform for integrated patient care hence improving the overall quality, efficiency and patient satisfaction in care delivery (Evans, 2016). EHR represents one such fundamental transformation of the healthcare sector that has seen the consolidation of patient information and provided the platform for continued and integrated patient care.
EHR has improved decision-making capabilities of healthcare workers. Arguably, healthcare has morphed into an increasingly convoluted concept affected by multiple patient, social, political and environmental factors (Evans, 2016). For this reason, arriving at appropriate decisions requires extensive considerations of varied issues, a process that has been made easier with the availability of decision support systems (DSS) within most EHRs. DSS are special software that employs specific algorithms to derive best-case scenarios for patients and enhance favorable outcomes (Kuo et al., 2018). Decisions on billing, consultation, insurance payment and referrals often need DSS input.
An overarching impact of EHR involves the enabling prompt and efficient communication among healthcare workers, hence fostering collaboration. Supporting the need for effective intervention are the increasing incidence of chronic illnesses that require long-term follow-up and multidisciplinary care (Evans, 2016; Ramya et al., 2018) alongside the enduring concept of holistic patient management and evidence-based nursing practice. These two factors have meant that an improved collaboration in the healthcare sector could not have been more timely, important or beneficial (Vos et al., 2020). EHR has therefore granted many people the opportunity to receive collaborative healthcare, anywhere, anytime and at an affordable cost.
Crucially, EHR has enhanced the security of patient information. Coupled with cybersecurity laws such as the 1996 HIPAA Act, it is possible to safely store patient data for posterity, hence reducing the need for bulky and risky paper-based systems (Ramya et al., 2018). Since online systems are not immune to unauthorized access, special access protocols, as well as privileges of the users, are used to control entry. Being a central repository of patient information, safe storage translates to adequate synchrony, faster access and hence the enhanced efficiency of service provision (Carlson & Laryea, 2019). The robustness of the EHR system has also made it a fertile ground for research-related ventures, hence the use and examination of patient data for improving service delivery and expanding the knowledge base.
The computerized physician order entry (CPOE) is another remarkable advantage of the EHR. CPOE confers to the physician the ability to enter instructions on specific tests or treatment procedures on a computer directly without needing paper (Wiegel et al., 2019). That has enhanced the promptness of information exchange amongst various departments as well as reduced significant medication and prescription errors. Importantly, the platform has also diminished the time nurses or other professionals seek clarification due to incomplete or illegible instructions, with the overall result being improved patient care.
Despite many hospitals currently using EHR systems, the aspect of setting up and maintaining it remains a daunting prospect for most. First, as with comprehensive online systems, a significant financial outlay is required to drive the purchase and installation of such a project (Ramya et al., 2018). That tends to be difficult for most facilities which operate at narrow profit margins hence the vital role of sponsors and state actors in ensuring such projects come to fruition. Also, maintenance costs are significant in the whole endeavor as software are subject to continual improvement through regular updates and servicing to ensure maximal patient benefit (Alafaireet & Hicks, 2017). Such costs are often prohibitory and may discourage some facilities from establishing a functioning HER system.
EHRs are fairly novel entrants into the basic healthcare service provision arena and are an affirmation of the growing role of technology in improving healthcare delivery. Therefore, to enhance its usage proficiency and acceptability among healthcare workers, requisite training and education is needed before installation and continually throughout its usage to enable the realization of expected outcomes (Longhurst et al., 2019). The training may be costly cumulatively and workers may just turn-down or sabotage the prospect owing to change resistance and poor attitude. These may be addressed through cost-sharing and incentivization as well as improving the human-computer interface through standardization of EHR to enhance its understanding by users (Alafaireet & Hicks, 2017). It is also important to enhance the portability of the EHR.
EHRs are also susceptible to data management malpractices and unauthorized entry practices. Such include data mining, phishing and third-party viewership and represent a constant threat in an ever evolving cybersphere (Osop & Sahama, 2016). Patient data is extremely personal and a massively intimate piece of information that in the wrong hands can be used for endless nefarious intentions. Accordingly, facilities invest in security measures to avert potential attacks and keep their space safe (Osop & Sahama, 2016). That is in addition to employing technicians who constantly monitor the system operability and try to prevent such occurrences by sealing technological loopholes.
In sum, the entry of the EHR into the healthcare corridors has helped, over time, improve the efficiency and quality of healthcare service delivery. Continual research and innovation keep unravelling ways of enhancing the current systems through heightened security, improved connectivity and enhanced usability. Nevertheless, it is the ultimate consideration of all core elements of the system, that is patients, caregivers and the core platform itself, that will spur the next generation of healthcare improvement tools.
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a viral disease that has caused a pandemic with significant impacts in all sectors. Most affected are the health and education sectors. The disease has been wide-spreading and has greatly affected the educational and health sectors that heavily relied on face-face learning methods and clinical skills acquisition. Given the need to ensure the safety of both learners and instructors, most learning institutions were forced to suspend operations, with some opting to move learning to online platform.
The closure and change of learning techniques has had extensive impacts on the students, teachers, instructors, and learning institutions. The impacts of COVID-19 on education has been mostly negative, though with some positive aspects. The current discussion focusses on the impacts of COVID-19 on the education sectors with more emphasis on nursing education.
Nursing education requires theoretical and practical or bedside aspects to provide learners with the necessary skills for practice. As reported by the World Health Organization, the disease is lethal to all people, regardless of gender, race, or age. Therefore, schools and other learning institutions have made the tough decision of suspending their operations indefinitely. In some countries, the closure was ordered by their respective government (Fogg et al., 2020). The suspension of leaning means that students cannot acquire the skills and knowledge required to complete their courses on time.
For those who have managed to use non-physical learning methods, there have been obstacles and challenges. The different learning domains, including the knowledge, skills, and attitude, have been significantly affected by the schools attempting non-physical learning. By September 2020, most schools, including universities, had been closed in South America, Africa, and Southeast Asia (Fogg et al., 2020). In the united states and Canada, however, most institutions only closed partially.
In some colleges in the United Kingdom, examinations were canceled or moved to online platforms. Cancellations of examinations have subjected the learners to anxiety and prolongation time or restudying the same concepts while preparing for online exams (O’Flynn-Magee et al., 2020). This disruption has extensively affected students’ learning outcomes, especially in science-based courses that require physical learning and practice. The disruption has interfered with the continuity and momentum already gained by learners, and now they have to readjust to cope with online learning and its associated limitations.
To acquire clinical skills of nursing and other health-related courses, learners in many parts of the world have been commuting from their residences to the learning facilities. Various governments have formulated new rules and regulations designed to minimize the spread of this disease. Regulations and rules such as partial or full lockdowns either countrywide or in urban areas limited students’ travel to their learning institutions before the closure of schools and universities. This, alongside directives discouraging gatherings such as those in physical classroom settings, meant that students had to halt their learning.
As mentioned earlier, most institutions have adapted virtual learning strategies to provide learners with knowledge and skills. However, the main virtual method that has been leveraged by most institutions is the internet-based learning that involves using computers and websites whose navigation requires training. For students to successfully navigate these platforms, they need to first acquire digital literacy skills. The use of examination applications in learning has also required prior orientation to the students (O’Flynn-Magee et al., 2020). Arguably, the pandemic has forced learning institutions to explore alternative options to learning, most of which are time-consuming. Many institutions that had not integrated e-learning into their systems have had to spend more time orientating their users, including instructors and students, on this new learning methodology.
Various institutions have adopted online learning technologies which can be an expensive method of learning for students. The use of e-learning to cover up for the time lost during the lockdown has brought challenges to the students who cannot afford to acquire the necessary gadgets and know-how required for internet-based learning. With unequal access to internet-based learning, it is likely that online education has resulted in unequal access to learning resources (Baticulon et al., 2020). Internet-based learning involves the sharing of files and learning materials via online platforms. Some of these materials are copyrighted by the intellectual property laws that prohibit their unauthorized sharing. Thus, for students who are unable to acquire the requisite learning materials to avoid infringing on copyright laws, the new model of learning has been anything but smooth.
Adopting internet-based learning, especially for a nurse, has not been as effective as physical face-to-face learning strategies. Specifically, internet-based education does not deliver fully for enhanced psychomotor domain of learning given the limited access to actual patients. Even though simulation, animations, and videos have also enhanced psychomotor skill development among nursing students, its efficacy cannot be compared to physical learning. Further, while assessment of the students’ understanding of the taught concepts has been through online platform, their integrity has not been studied in comparison to physical exams. Moreover, this kind of examination is prone to questionable exam integrity. Even with restricted browsers, verifying that the actual student is doing the exam has been difficult.
With suspension of learning in most institutions following full or partial closures, some institutions have had to refund the students their education. Additionally, the cost of internet-based education can be high, forcing some learners to defer their studies indefinitely. When combined, these factors create an environment in which institutions have low student number, jeopardizing their sustainability goals (Dewart et al., 2020). While some institutions may resort to charging more fees for the existing students, this is a short-term intervention that has been associated with increased student dropout rates in colleges.
COVID-19 has caused various emotional responses from nursing students and their nurse educators. For nurse students, just as is the case with the general population, the pandemic has caused major psychological issues. The associated psychological stress, according to Huang et al. (2020), has affected learners’ ability to grasp the necessary skills and knowledge. According to Bloom’s learning domains, the affective domain is essential in the overall outcome of student learning. The learning environment for nursing students and the work environment for nurse practitioners is the same, which means that they are subjected to almost similar stressing factors.
The disease has impacted the psychological and mental health of nurse educators. More importantly, since people are generally required to self-isolate whenever they contract the virus, nurse educators who fall sick are forced to suspend learning, much to the students’ disadvantage (Huang et al., 2020). In the process, the nursing students in the practicum must survive with reduced numbers of educators and instructors (Chen et al., 2020). This has negatively impacted the quality of education that they get (Al Thobaity & Alshammari, 2020).
The pandemic has forced distant learning on health institutions. Therefore, the mechanisms of communication have switched to email and learning portals as opposed to face-to-face and memos that were initially utilized. Proper communication is key to effective learning. Instructors communicating through learning portals are more likely to miss the attention of the audience, the learners. This has impacted the efficiency of distant online learning (Baticulon et al., 2020). Among other barriers to learning reported by Baticulon et al. (2020) include poor communication.
Learners pursuing distant learning involving e-learning have had a rough time balancing between domestic activities and academic work. There has been limited attention to academic assignments and learning. This has made it difficult to implement student-based interventions in promoting student learning (Dewart et al., 2020) an aspect that further complicates the distant learning process
Despite the extensive negative impacts the pandemic has had on different sectors, is not devoid of positive implications for the field of education and health. There are few subspecialties in the field of education where COVID-19 has promoted a positive situation. The need for digitalization of learning and the provision of remote healthcare services has resulted in expanded technology adoption.
Most learning institutions across the world have adopted online learning. Online learning has digitized requirements that have to put in place before learning starts. Digitized learning has provided numerous advantages in places where the learning institution ensured efficient and successful establishment of the required resources to both students and the educators. Further, online learning makes it easy for students and educators to share resources, a factor that can potentially widen a learner’s scope of knowledge. Further, to support online learning, new tools and software applications have emerged that promote teleconferencing, thereby ensuring effective distant learning. Software applications such as Zoom and Google Meet have promoted online learning by enabling real-time learning sessions.
Additionally, in a bid to control the spread of the disease, most governments across the globe focused on enhancing public awareness by promoting patient education through public health teaching. The media teachings about hygiene and proper disease prevention, particularly regarding how the virus spreads, has added to the existing public knowledge on disease management and prevention. These teachings have enlightened patients about health components that nursing and medical students would have spent educating the patients about.
COVID-19 has provided a fertile ground for research on viral communicable respiratory diseases. Various health and educational resources have been published about this pandemic that can widen the learner’s knowledge of this disease. Arguably, research studies done by learners and corporate organizations concerning this novel virus have promoted a better understanding of the trends and strategies of preventing the disease.
In sum, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has negatively affected students, educators, and institutions. In fact, the pandemic has exposed the extent to which most governments across the world have defunded the health and education sectors, setting them up for failure should similar disruptions emerge. For novel diseases for which there are no vaccines and effective treatments, the best management tools tends to entail containment measures such as through physical and social distancing, an aspect that has resulted in extensive change in how schools are managed. Nonetheless, while disruptions to learning has had profound effects on student progress, the pandemic has also highlighted the need for technology adoption and integration in learning.
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Rationale: Illustrate how this risk management strategy is lacking within your selected organization’s current risk management plan and explain how its implementation will better meet local, state, and federal compliance standards.
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Evaluation: Outline your plan to evaluate the success of the proposed risk management program and how well it meets the organization’s short-term, long-term, and end goals.
Opportunities: Recommend additional risk management improvements in adjacent areas of influence that the organization could or should address moving forward.
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Domestic violence and its effects are one of the major problems facing health care delivery today. By being among the frontline workers, nurses constantly face domestic violence victims requiring both physical and psychological care. A nurse’s previous experience with abuse has both positive and negative effects on his/her clinical decisions when dealing with domestic violence victims. One of the positive impacts is that the experience acts as an important reference in understanding the current situation (Alaseeri, Rajab, & Banakhar, 2019). In this case, a nurse relates his/her experience with that of the victim and thus can have a clear understanding of what transpired. Secondly, having gone through the same ordeal and successfully came out of it, a nurse can prescribe the best treatment model based on firsthand experience. Also, a nurse’s past experience can help develop a relationship with the patient after sharing his/her experience which earns trust from the patient (Alaseeri et al., 2019). Notably, establishing a trusting relationship between a patient and a healthcare provider has been shown to significantly improve health outcomes.
Apart from the positive impacts, past experience with abuse can have negative effects on nurses especially those who are still in the healing process. Çelik and Aydin (2019) note that after a traumatic experience, most victims suffer from flashbacks which are quite detrimental to the healing process. Dealing with a domestic violence victim for such a nurse might thus be a source of flashbacks. This may make a nurse unable to focus fully on such patients as dealing with them brings back dreaded memories. Secondly, having had a similar experience in the past might impair a nurse’s decision as they may want to force their circumstances to fit that of the patient. For this reason, nurses need to understand that there are many facets of domestic abuse which need to be dealt with differently (Çelik & Aydin, 2019). Forcing a patient to undertake certain treatment methods just because it worked on a different case is a wrong clinical decision based on assumptions.
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Winter Elementary school has a total of 600 students in the K-5 grade, 40% of who are English language learners (ELL). The school relies on three-tier model of reading, mathematics, behavior, attendance and writing. In 2019-2020, 75% of the third-grade learners met or exceeded the state-defined standard of reading part of the text, while 73% passed the state-defined standard on math. Other important demographics of Winder Elementary school is that 38% of the students receive free or reduced-price lunch, while 10% of the students serve in special education. Lastly, 3.8% of the students identify as those with learning disabilities.
The proposed strategic plan seeks to eliminate infidelity among the teachers and help them become more faithful to the Response to Intervention (RTI) framework. the strategic plan should yield into a road map for training the teachers and helping them understand the documentation process together with its importance in the implementation of RTI framework.
With a basic understanding of why the RTI needs to be effectively implemented, the Winter Elementary school executive director and the entire leadership have shown support and commitment to see the project through to the end. The planning process will take a top-down process whereby those in the highest level of the organization are perceived to be the thinkers of what is best for the school (Alahmari, 2019).
However, a major disadvantage of this approach that the planning team will experience is getting the lower level staff to understand and embrace the plan. As such, the planning committee will take all the necessary steps to involve the staffs in the planning process. Considering the experiences from the previous planning process, involving the staffs makes them feel part of the proposed changes, and are therefore more likely to accepts the changes that the plan proposes to bring.
The other pitfall that must be avoided is too much rigidity and formality of the planning process. Considering that Winter Elementary school is a highly bureaucratic institution, being too rigid with the planning process may curtail creativity and slow down the planning process (Bartholomew & De Jong, 2017).
The main participants in the planning process will be the executive director, board of directors, staffs and an outside consultant. The executive director will be the chief planner, who will lead the strategic planning process from beginning to end. The school board of directors will ensure that the strategic plan aligns with the school mission, vision and values. A few staffs will be part of the planning committee, including the special education teacher and reading specialists.
Their main role will be to shape the relevance and workability of the plan to ensure buy-in to the school’s strategies and goals with regards to RTI. Lastly, consultant’s main role will be to bring and independent perspective to the strategic planning process (Kressler & Cavendish, 2020).
Historically, Winter Elementary school has used RTI for a different purpose. Earlier on, the school implemented RTI as a formality and a means of assessing student’s eligibility for special education. As such, the school implemented RTI in line with its formal and legal definition; as means of determining students with learning disabilities in case they do not make enough progress in the context of scientifically based intervention and instruction.
However, the proposed strategic plan should help the school to use RTI as an instructional framework that is informed by individual student need based on their performance through an easily implemented progress-monitoring criteria. As such, students who fail to adequately respond learning will receive an increasingly intense instruction within a tiered model of learning resource allocation. Therefore, the teachers needed professional training on the new use of RTI to understand how to implement it and measure outcomes.
Some of the key information needed for the planning process are the key trends in the RTI program environment, attitudes and plans of teachers, demographic changes within the student fraternity and the regulatory changes that have occurred since the RTI framework was first implemented (Alahmari, 2019).
Furthermore, the planning committee will need student information about the students’ performance to evaluate the RTI program, data trends for the past three years, changes in the student mix based on teacher observation, quality indicators and changes in the RTI program base in the past three years. Lastly, the planning committee will need the financial implications of the RTI framework over the past three years for conducting a cost-benefit analysis.
Winter Elementary school generally serves elementary grade students. All the teaching services are delivered within the school compound that has all the teaching resources and infrastructure. The RTI framework implementation would fit within the school’s daily activities that are supported by various revenue streams as highlighted in the table below.
The RTI presents as the program with the most mission impact because it monitors and improves student’s general academic performance. It is also the most attractive financially because parents and other donors pay for the student’s academic excellence. As such, implementing the RTI would be profitable in that sense that it attracts enough financial support to fully cover its costs. Nonetheless, it is worth noting that the 80% of the budget goes to staffing costs. Appendix 1 contains Winter Elementary school’s revenue and expenses involved in running the RTI program.