Describe the fundamentals of economic viability when it comes to the health policy process.

Describe the fundamentals of economic viability when it comes to the health policy process. Explain the concepts of relevant cost and marginal costing. What steps are involved in conducting benefits/cost and cost-effectiveness studies? With these fundamentals in mind, focus on the methods that public health professionals use to analyze the feasibility and desirability of health […]

Identify current events a the local or national level related to substance use/abuse laws, policies lawsuits or other legal issues.  Discuss the application of such laws/policies to the individual freedom of people. 

Click on the link and read the Health People 2020 topic (goal and objective) regarding substance abuse. https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives/topic/substance-abuse 2.  Identify current events a the local or national level related to substance use/abuse laws, policies lawsuits or other legal issues.  Discuss the application of such laws/policies to the individual freedom of people. 3.  In your own […]

Where do you think nursing is in it’s struggle to be recognized as a discipline of knowledge?

Where do you think nursing is in it’s struggle to be recognized as a discipline of knowledge? Support your beliefs on this question by using/discussing three of the characteristics of a discipline. Apply what you have come to know about a discipline to a nursing situation in your workplace/clinical practice area or through personal experience. Tell us the nursing situation, and […]

Identification of a clinical problem. Review of the relevant literature. Critical appraisal of the evidence.

Report Issue Comment 1 Qualitative and quantitative methods differ in many ways, one being that quantitative data collection is much more structured than qualitative data collection method (DeFranzo, 2011). Qualitive research focuses on generating meaning and understanding to data that are related to opinions, concepts, values and behaviors of people in a social context. Quantitative […]

Provide examples of actual or potential applications of the course week’s course concepts.

Nurses Making Policy: Chapters 7,8,91,0,11,12 .  Strategizing and Creating Change. AANP resources and toolkits: https://www.aanp.org/legislation-regulation/advocacy-center American Association of Nurse Practitioners: https://www.aanp.org/legislation-regulation/68-articles/345-sample-letter-aco-1 California Student Nurses Association: http://www.cnsa.org/legislative-chapter-toolkit Florida Nurses Association Legislative Resource: https://www.floridanurse.org/Resources/documents/BLILegToolkit2009.pdf Indiana Nurses Association Toolbox: https://www.indiananurses.org/policy/toolbox/ National Association of State Boards of direction: Each Reflection in Action Entry should be at least 400 words in length How the content […]

Select one of the following factors: genetics, gender, ethnicity, age, or behavior. Reflect on how this factor might impact effects of prescribed drugs, as well as any measures you might take to help reduce negative side effects.

Discussion: Pharmacotherapy for Respiratory Disorders To the untrained ear, most coughs sound the same. However, as you might recall from past clinical experiences, a simple cough can lead to a patient diagnosis of a common cold, pneumonia, or even a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Although it can sometimes be challenging to diagnose a patient […]