Assignment: Healthcare.gov Review

Visit the healthcare.gov website. (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. For this assignment, you are to explore the site. Click on the “see topics” link and then scroll down to “See plans and prices” under Health Insurance Basics. Note: pick 3 health plan in my area, so my area code is 78249″

Please list at least three plans available in your area. Discuss the type of plan, the monthly premium charge, and plan deductible. Then comment on whether you think these plans are affordable.

You should submit your assignment via a Microsoft Word document with the title “Three Plans”

Week 3 Project

Conflict Handling Style

This assignment will help you understand conflict at the individual, team and organizational levels.

Using the ————- University Online Library or the Internet, research and identify additional information on handling conflict.

Based on your research and understanding, create a paper in a 3- to 4-page Microsoft Word document that:

Includes a description of change theories, conflict theories, and leader as a change agent.

Integrates how your ability to handle conflict can either enhance or hinder effective leadership in the health care environment.

APA format.

The first of your two written assignments for the course will provide a beginning framework that you will utilize in the development of your
Final Project: a proposal for a community-based program in your area. For this first written assignment, you will select one of the vulnerable groups identified in the text that will serve as your target population of interest throughout the duration of your next written assignment and Final Project.

Select one among the following groups from Chapter 1:

• Vulnerable mothers and children
• Abused individuals
• Chronically ill and disabled people  
• People diagnosed with HIV/AIDS
• People diagnosed with mental conditions
• Suicide- and homicide-liable people
• People affected by alcohol and substance abuse
• Indigent and homeless people
• Immigrants and refugees
• Groups for special consideration (you may propose a different vulnerable population at the consent of the instructor)

Once you have selected a group of interest, write a three page paper that covers the following:

• Discuss the impact that at least two of the factors below have on the vulnerability of your chosen group: 
  • Age
  • Gender
  • Culture/Ethnicity
  • Income
• Analyze the intersection of social, political, and economic factors affecting vulnerability (must address all three factors).
• Draft the design of a new model program, not currently existent within your community. Provide a two- to- three paragraph statement that introduces your proposed community program. This section is tentative and might change as you conduct more research. At a minimum, however, items to address should include:
• An explanation of the issues and risk factors experienced by the selected population.  
• An evaluation of the health needs of the group and a proposed continuum of care level (preventive, treatment, or long-term care) based on the group’s issues, risk factors, and needs.  Justify the proposed level with supportive research/evidence.
• A description of one to two proposed services your program will include.
•  Your assignment should be a minimum of three pages in length (excluding title and reference pages), and should include a minimum of three scholarly sources cited according to APA guidelines as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

wk3 discussion/Pf

part 1

What does it mean to be a change agent?

A change agent is a person who implements or promotes the changes in a group or an organization.in business it is usually someone who supports the new ways of doing things within an organization.

Give two examples of when you were a change agent or witnessed another nurse as a change agent

Leaders as change agent:

A leader can act as a change agent by supervising his subordinates (nurses) and by reviewing and regarding their progress, he can suggest the other ways of doing the thing and this way he can promote it in a better way and can increase the leading skills of nurses that can help the organization to transform and work more effectively.

HR manager as a change agent:

In order to bring change or to transform, a change agent should have a vast treasure of broad knowledge and the update regarding the new technology. And being the manager of HR, you can predict the potential difficulties in system or staff (nurses) and can bring a change accordingly by guiding them and increasing their potential by giving them a proper guidance in the eras where they are lacking their leadership skills.

What happened and how did the change occur?

The change usually occurs when there is some lacking either in the system or in the staff that is managing the system. Nurse leaders can bring a change by analyzing the current potential and the lacking points. It can also be done by encouraging the nurses to decide the best option to get the better outcome. Change can only occur if you share the knowledge effectively that will eventually help in enhancing their skills and will also bring a change in their attitude and behavior with other nurses. The major effective pillar in bringing the change was the cooperation with other nurse that gives rise to the remarkable leadership skills.

part 2

 Have you worked to change anything on your unit? Have you seen other nurses change patient care or other functions in your organization? Please describe how the change was accomplished.