Select a health care organization in your community to conduct an interview with an appropriate risk management employee. The organization can be your current employer, or a different health care facility in your community. Acute care, urgent care, assisted living facilities, and community/public health clinical facilities are all ideal options to complete the requirements of this assignment. (MUST BE WITHIN MARYLAND).

Make sure to select an individual who can provide sufficient information regarding how that organization manages risk within its facility to answer the questions below.

In your interview, address the following:

1. Identification of the challenges the organization faces in controlling infectious diseases.
2. Risk management strategies used in the organization’s infection control program, along with specific      examples.
3. How the facility’s educational risk management program addresses key professional issues, such as prevention of negligence, malpractice litigation, and vicarious liability.
4. Policies the facility has  implemented that address managing emergency triage in high-risk areas of health care service delivery.
5. Strategies the facility utilizes to monitor and maintain its risk management program.

Post-interview, compose a 1,000 word summary analysis of the interview to include the questions above as well as the following elements:

1. A brief assessment of the organization’s risk management program, including what works well and what      could work better (the pros and cons).
2. Action steps you would take to improve the program. Select one area and provide your rationale and possible steps required to implement your suggestion.

Cite appropriate references as needed to support your statements and rationale. MINIMUM OF 3 REFERENCES

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide.

CHECK PLAGIARISM PLEASE

Assignment:

Identify an older adult age 65 +, use a 1st and last initial. Execute a therapeutic assessment interview with them for at least two interview sessions assessing their self-identified:

• Demographics, life time education and career/employment
• Two most significant (positive) times in their lives
• What past hardship or loss has the client successfully negotiated in the past?
• Two personal strengths
• Engage them in identifying what is healthy versus non-healthy coping skills
  • Inquire of 2 healthy coping skills they have used in the past and/or now
• Three (3) pieces of advice they would give to their younger self if they could?
• Support the client in taking the Geriatric Depression Scale.pdf
• Support the client in taking the Fulmer SPICES Assessment.pdf
• Perform a Mini Mental State Exam.pdf and Patient_Stress_Questionnaire.pdf (attach here)
• Perform a Hall, Ryan, Hall, Richard, and Chapman Article.pdf
• Report the findings from the Geriatric Depression Scale, Fulmer Spices, Patient stress questionnaire and the mini mental status exam
• Discuss your older adult’s level of ego integrity vs. despair as described by psychoanalyst Erik Erikson. If you had to rate them on a scale of 1-10, with 1 representing a full state of despair and 10 representing full ego integrity, what rating would you give your older adult?
• Describe at least two nursing diagnoses for this client.
• Create a plan of care for the client to include at least three nursing goals with two nursing interventions each.

The assignment should be written in an APA-formatted essay. DO NOT COPY OR PLACE THE ASSESSMENTS INTO YOUR PAPER- JUST SUMMARIZE THEM IN PARAGRAPH FORMAT.  The essay should be at least 1500 words in length and include at least two scholarly sources other than provided materials. Don’t forget the format of an APA essay paper includes the title page, intro, assignments, conclusion, and references. Note that in this assignment when you interview the older adult, it is ok to just denote their responses- you do not have to quote them or use personal communication citations- I know that you are interviewing them.  Please do not give full names of your interviewees, just give their initials or say, Mrs. S. or something like that.

Write a 350 word article that evaluates the cost of the health care workforce.

Your article should:

· Identify three key drivers of labor costs within a specific health care service, facility, or other health sector-related occupation (e.g., labor supply, productivity improvement, technology, or personnel benefit design)

· Evaluate current industry solutions or remediation activities to address the identified labor costs

· Predict future changes (e.g., policy, funding, or public support) that might exacerbate or accelerate the solutions

Include a citation of the article in your assignment.

Cite at least 3 reputable references to support your assignment (e.g., trade or industry publications, government or agency websites, scholarly works, or other sources of similar quality).

Format your assignment according to APA guidelines.

The field of nursing has changed over time. In a 750-1,000 word paper, discuss nursing practice today by addressing the following:

1. Explain      how nursing practice has changed over time and how this evolution has      changed the scope of practice and the approach to treating the individual.
2. Compare      and contrast the differentiated practice competencies between an associate      and baccalaureate education in nursing. Explain how scope of practice      changes between an associate and baccalaureate nurse.
3. Identify      a patient care situation and describe how nursing care, or approaches to      decision-making, differ between the BSN-prepared nurse and the ADN nurse.
4. Discuss      the significance of applying evidence-based practice to nursing care and      explain how the academic preparation of the RN-BSN nurse supports its      application.
5. Discuss      how nurses today communicate and collaborate with interdisciplinary teams      and how this supports safer and more effective patient outcomes.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.