Worldview of cultural competence

Desribe your personal worldview of cultural competence, including religious, spiritual, and cultural elements that you think most influence your personal philosophy of practice and attitude towards patience care.

Origins of the Australian healthcare system

  1. Describe the historical origins of the Australian healthcare system and explain how it has evolved into the current healthcare system we have in Australia today.

Health policy

Summarize your discoveries on health policy related to professional

standards, the scope of practice, or regulations on practice based on your readings and internet/healthcare website explorations.
Are there differences between the Scope and Standards, Practice Regulations, or other stated policies?

Conducting a successful advertising campaign

List and describe the various steps in conducting a successful advertising campaign to attract the aging population

Plan of care

Explain the plan of care for your group’s patient. Identify the source

of sepsis, choose the appropriate antibiotic(s), and label the state of shock on presentation.
UTI, hypotensive, baseline mental status WNL, tachycardic

Branding, cobranding, and brand positioning

What is branding, cobranding, and brand positioning as related to products and services for the aging population

Advocates of universal health care coverage

-Some advocates of universal health care coverage have suggested

that the ACA represents too much of a political comprise with the advocates of a fundamentally flawed mixed public and private system of health care—and that it should be abandoned in favor of advocating for a single-payer model as the ultimate solution to the health care crisis. Defenders of the ACA argue that it represents the nation’s best hope for achieving both universal health coverage and health care cost containment because it is the most politically viable approach to reform. Which point of view do you believe is the most credible and why?

Administration of George W. Bush

-The administration of George W. Bush promoted tort reform

as a crucial strategy for making health care affordable to more Americans, which has long been a policy priority of the AMA. However, the Obama administration did not include tort reform in its design of the ACA, a position which aligns with the policy agenda of ATLA (the Association of Trial Lawyers of America). Are these policy distinctions between Bush and Obama purely a matter of political influence, or do you believe the positions of either Bush or Obama on the relative importance of tort reform to health care affordability is correct on the facts? Explain your reasoning.

The cycle of obesity

This is a great discussion about something as simple and measureable as acquired illness. What about the cycle of obesity? What are factors or contributing causes of this complex disease and what is the community health nurses role here?

Related behaviors or personal characteristics

Strengths:         Risk Factors        Beliefs:     Self

Identify 2 health related behaviors or personal characteristics, in your own life, that maintain/improve your health and promote successful aging  For each of these factors explain the connection to healthy aging and support your statement with a scholarly reference

Identify 2 risk factors or behaviors, in your own life, that have a negative impact on your overall health and ability to age well For each of these factors explain the connection to overall health and support your statement with a scholarly reference).

 

 

 

Reflect on your overall beliefs about health and aging What describes your “true self?” Are you a “glass half full or half empty” type of person? What are your internal beliefs and fears about aging?  How are your parents, grandparents, or other family members aging? What bias or beliefs do you have that will influence your aging process? How will these beliefs influence your ability to age well? Support your statement(s) with a rationale and scholarly reference .

Care Plan

Identify 2 SMART goals for self-care that will improve your health and aging.  These goals should be something you can start within the next month. Discuss what you will need to change in your own life to achieve these goals If you were to achieve these goals, how will they influence your own aging? This represents your rationale and should include a supporting scholarly reference in APA format