Assignment
Part I: Health Care Policy
1) Describe a type of health care spending that you consider wasteful or services that you consider have little or no benefit.
2) Explain why you find the spending wasteful, and if eliminated, what impact it may have on the American public.
Part II: Health Care Policy
Meeting: Maternal Health and Mortality:
Topic: "The House Ways and Means Committee convened a hearing to discuss the high rate of mothers dying due to causes related to pregnancy or childbirth in the U.S. Olympian and gold medalist track and field athlete Allyson Felix testified about the need to address the racial disparities with maternal health care" ("House Committee Examines Racial Disparities in Maternal Mortality Rates", n.d.).
1) The purpose of the meeting, key participants, key agenda items, and meeting logistics
2) Background information and a description about the committee
3) One specific topic that was discussed at the meeting and an explanation of the committee process
4) An analysis of the key stakeholder positions related to the topic discussed
5) Key interactions that occurred at the meeting
6) Outcomes of the meeting including the specific topic focus
Part III: Nursing research
1) What type of analysis you are conducting in your research studies and explain it? cross-sectional quantitative descriptive study
2) What are the advantages and disadvantages of both inferential analysis and qualitative analysis?
Part IV: Nursing role and scope
1) Describe a clinical experience that was troubling to you.
2) Describe what bothered you about the experience and what could have you done differently utilizing critical thinking.
Part V: Physical Assessment
1) A patient who has smoked for 20 years has a desire to quit. He has COPD.
a) Discuss the 5 A's used in assessing readiness to quit smoking.
b) Discuss the "Stages of Change Model" that assesses readiness to quit as well.
2) A patient has come to the emergency room with severe dyspnea. A pulmonary embolism (PE) is suspected.
a) What other clinical manifestations are indicative of a PE?
b) What is a major risk factor for development of a PE?
Part VI: Physical Assessment
During assessment of the apical pulse,the nurse has the patient supine. They locate the apical impulse at the 6th intercostal space near the axilla area.
1) Discuss normal location of apical pulse and suggest causes for the location at the 6th intercostal space.
Stroke volume (the volume of blood ejected with each heartbeat) depends in turn on preload, myocardial contractility, and afterload.
2) Discuss these cardiovascular components and discuss disease processes related to each of them.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
(1) The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
(2) The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
(3) Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.