HA4110D – Healthcare Planning and Evaluation

Discussion 5: BCG MATRIX

Discussion Topic

 Task: Reply to this topic

What is the importance of financial ratios in healthcare organizations?

What key factors should organizations keep track of in financial ratios?

HINT: Use your textbook’s exercise on page 76 to help you with this discussion.

In addition, use an outside resource for your initial post.

Seek information through healthcare news articles and journals.

Write in third person and do not use “I think or in my opinion”.

Keep your information factual and follow APA standards on referencing. Please use the NAU Library APA guide for assistance. 

.A minimum of 250 words for your initial discussion post.

.Write in paragraph form in the discussion

.Also, do not post an attachment in your discussion.

.Use an outside resource for your initial post. Seek information through healthcare news articles and journals. Follow APA standards on referencing. Please use the NAU Library APA guide for assistance. 

.Professional healthcare links are provided in the class library under discussions.

.It provides you with acceptable and forbidden sites.

.Be sure to respond to two fellow students with a minimum of three sentences per response.

.Grammar, spelling, punctuation, sentence structure and capitalization are important to your posts.

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H/O Attendance Questions

1. The nurse is caring for a patient with sickle cell disease who is admitted with a complaint of jaundice.  Explain the pathophysiology of the disease that would cause this patient to be jaundice.  What lab results would the nurse expect to see for a patient with sickle cell disease who is jaundice. 
2. Identify the priority nursing interventions for a sickle cell patient admitted for vaso-occulsive crisis? 
3. What are key nursing interventions for a child experiencing mucosal ulcerations following chemotherapy?  Describe what other systems might be affected if a child experiences mucosal ulcerations.
4. Explain the pathophysiology of Iron Deficiency Anemia?  How is Iron Deficiency Anemia diagnosed in the pediatric patient? 
5. What would you want to include in parent/patient education for a child with hemophilia?

What is your definition of spiritual care? How does it differ or accord with the description given in the topic readings? Explain.

When it comes to facilitating spiritual care for patients with worldviews different from your own, what are your strengths and weaknesses? If you were the patient, who would have the final say in terms of ethical decision-making and intervention in the event of a difficult situation?

Health Policy: Reimbursement of NPs

This week we will discuss either APN benefits to practice or the role of the Nurse Informaticist. Choose one of the two questions to address. Be sure to respond to both questions in your response to peers.

Discussion Question 1: For this question, using the South University Library do a search and find at least one research article (study design must be discussed) addressing one or more of the concepts noted.

How does APN practice demonstrate cost-effectiveness, reduction in errors and misuse or overuse of services?

Discussion Question 2: For this question,  using the South University Library do a search (include specialty organizations) and address the following questions relative to the Nurse Informaticists:

1. When would you consult with the nurse informaticists?
2. What role does the nurse informaticists play in primary care?
3. What qualifications and credentialing are held by nurse informaticists?

 Suggested URLs to assist you in answering this DQ:

• American Nursing Informatics Association, the NI Community of HIMSS , the Alliance for Nursing Informatics or the Nursing Informatics Special Interest Group of the American Medical Informatics Association.

Support your responses with scholarly academic references using APA style format. Assigned course readings and online library resources are preferred.

Health Policy Project

Based on YOUR program of study, review the literature and address ONE the following:

• FNP/AGNP: Medicare reimbursement for NPs is 85% for the same health care that MDs receive at 100% reimbursement? Please address questions below and state your position on this mandate.
– Or –
• FNP/AGNP: What states have NP Full Practice Authority and which states have limitations or restrictions? How does this apply to your state? Please address these questions and state your position on the regulation within your state.

• Nurse Executive: What is value based care and how will it impact decisions made at the executive level relative to nursing and AP nursing? Please address and state your position on the regulation.

• Nurse Informaticists: What law(s) was/were enacted to regulate health information? Please address and state your position on this regulation.

• Nurse Educator: What agency regulates nursing education? Explain in detail.

For the above assignment,  use the following guide:

• Describe the current policy/status, which organization regulates and determine if it needs to change; if opposed to change, state why.
• Provide the process required to make the change with key players and parties of interest; identify the groups who are opposed
• Explain how AP roles (which ones) could lead the effort to make or influence the change in policy or keep the policy the same and the impact in healthcare quality.

My study of care is Family Nurse Practitioner. The state is florida.