Category: Healthcare

On February 7, 2018, a nurse employed at the Flinn Corporation noticed an increase in the number of employees who were sick. She was concerned that there may be a Salmonella outbreak at the company. She has interviewed each of the employees at the corporation. She has taken samples and sent them out for testing but has not received the results. She asks you, the local epidemiologist, to investigate to see if an outbreak exists and if so what the source of the outbreak is. You follow the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s steps in outbreak investigation https://www.cdc.gov/foodsafety/outbreaks/steps/detection.html) and report your findings to her. Please note that we will not address all outbreak investigation steps in this assignment. Here is an additional resource on epidemiology, https://www.cdc.gov/training/publichealth101/epidemiology.html
Use the attached Excel worksheet to produce graphs and statistics to answer the questions below. Submit your report as a Word doc and include figures and tables you generate. The report should be easy to follow and interpret and should be written as an academic paper in proper APA formatting. This paper should be 8-10 pages in length (not including the title page, abstract or references. The paper should also include properly formatted tables and graphs of the data you are given (please refer to the week 7 learning material on formatting tables and graphs), as well as, the data you analyzed.
1. Look at the Excel Spreadsheet attached. There are 3 worksheets (see tabs on bottom of page – “Nurse’s Interview”, “Epi Curve”, “Retrospective Cohort Study”). The first sheet “Nurse’s Interview” has a line list of employees who work at Flinn Corporation. This sheet represents the data the nurse has collected from those employees in an interview. Do you think that an outbreak exists? Why would you recommend to further investigate? Discuss your reasoning. (Step 2: Establish outbreak) 
2. Research salmonellosis using academic sources. Are the symptoms that the ill employees exhibit consistent with salmonellosis? Provide a brief summary (1-2 paragraphs) of the disease and discuss the chain of infection for this disease. Use in-text citations in proper APA format and include all sources in your reference section. (Step 3: Verify diagnosis) 
3. Identify the percentage of ill employees with each symptom. For example, 1 out of 12 ill employees had blood in stool (Bs) = 8.3%. (Step 4: Working case definition) 
4. Conduct descriptive epidemiology (Step 6). Describe the characteristics of the ill employees to determine trends and risk factors.
a. Person – Calculate the percentage of ill employees that are male/female. Determine the mean age of the ill employees.
b. Place – What percentage of ill employees ate at the cafeteria? What percentage of well employees ate at the cafeteria?
c. Time – Using the data collected in the Nurse’s Interview, fill in the column “# of cases” in the “Epi Curve” worksheet. Use 0 if there are no cases. As you fill in the data, the graph will automatically generate. Choose an appropriate title for the graph. Copy and paste graph into your report. What type of epidemic curve is it ? (Hint: read https://www.cdc.gov/foodsafety/outbreaks/steps/detection.html)
5. Based on the information you have gathered, you have developed an hypothesis that there is a food being served at the cafeteria that is causing the employees to become ill. You need to further test this hypothesis by conducting a retrospective cohort study (Step 8). Use the worksheet “Retrospective Cohort Study” to calculate attack rates and risk ratios. The first food item Baked Chicken is done for you. You can also consult https://www.cdc.gov/foodsafety/outbreaks/steps/detection.html for help. Report the Risk ratio for each food item. Based on risk ratios, which is food is most likely to be the source of the illness? Explain.
6. Based on your findings, what would you recommend for prevention and control measures? Apply food safety principles from academic sources to discuss further prevention of Salmonella outbreaks in the cafeteria. (Step 11) Use in-text citations and include sources in reference section. 
7. Include a properly formatted reference section in APA format that includes at least 3 academic sources (popular sources should not be used). 
8. Tips for writing your paper: Include the entire table of risk ratios and attack rates as one table, make sure to include the graph of cases reported, and you can also include the tables from the Nurses interview in the attached Excel file.

mental health and addiction services in New Zealand
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Overview
You will submit a draft for Section I, parts A and B (see below) of your final project. In your draft proposal, define the major forces affecting the delivery of healthcare. You must also describe the opportunities and challenges as they relate to healthcare leaders. Additionally, you should include the types of leases that might be considered for financial operations. Please consider the opportunities and challenges for today’s healthcare leaders. This assignment is meant to be a general introduction to your paper and does not need to be informed by a particular company.
Prompt
Specifically, you should address the following critical elements:
Introduction
What are the major forces affecting the delivery of healthcare today? Discuss these forces and their corresponding impacts on today’s healthcare environment.
Impact of Forces: What healthcare service and delivery opportunities and challenges exist because of the forces discussed above? Define the challenges and opportunities that exist for today’s healthcare leaders.
What to Submit
Your paper must be submitted as a Microsoft Word document and should be a minimum of 2 pages in length, with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, one-inch margins, and at least two sources cited in APA format. Your paper must use APA formatting throughout, including headings, references, citations, and cover page.

This is a research paper that is submitted in 8 assignments, which leads up to final draft.  Assignment 2-6. I will e-mail you each assignment for each section of the research paper.

Hi! thanks in advance. I’ve attached detailed instructions but here is a preview:
Healthcare research generates reliable information that guides policy formulation, planning, and the improvement of the quality of healthcare services. Reporting your research results is an important process: Through your report, other scientists understand what you did and how you did it, allowing them to replicate your research.
You have completed your research and are ready to share your findings with the scientific community. For this assignment, briefly write on what should be in the following parts of your report:
Title page
Abstract
Introduction
Research methodology
Research results
Discussion
References (Provide 5 sample APA references)
What technology would you use to present your results at a conference?
There should be a minimum of five (5) pages, not including the title and reference pages. Remember to use the APA style for references.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxeLohZEqs0 The Appalling Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment– You are to write about the Tuskegee Experiment and write a short synopsis of the video

Please look at the knee image and write the findings, soft tissue, indications, and recommendations. 
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Caring for African American, Mexican, & Navajo Populations
A.   Describe the importance of folk medicine practices and folk healers to African Americans in the rural setting. 
Some African Americans in the rural South may practice folk medicine based on spirituality. These forms of folk medicine include witchcraft, voodoo, and magic. Some African Americans who employ these forms of medicine also incorporate mainstream orthodox medicine in their lives. African American folk medicine traces its roots back to West Africa. When some of these Blacks were brought to the Americas as slaves, they also carried their culture and folk medicine into the Americas with them. Even after slavery, practices from folk medicine continued to be handed down from generation to generation. (Haddad & Giger, 2020)
In African American folk medicine, illness is perceived as either a natural or unnatural phenomenon. Certain disease processes that may be the result of environmental hazards, bacteria, viruses, lifestyle, or even genetics may be perceived as an unnatural illness. It may be viewed as punishment from God, or a spell cast by an evil person doing the work of the Devil. This may cause some African Americans to be in denial of their disease process and be reluctant to seek traditional medical treatment when ill. (Haddad & Giger, 2020)
In folk medicine, there are different types of practitioners. The first type is the “Old Lady” or “Granny” who acts as a local consultant providing her expertise in many different remedies made from certain spices, herbs, and roots that can be used to treat common illnesses. She may also make appropriate referrals to other practitioners when an illness or particular medical problem is beyond her scope of practice. Another type of practitioner is a spiritualist. A spiritualist combines rituals, spirituality, and herbal medicine to act as a cure for certain illnesses or ailments. The third type of folk practitioner is the voodoo priestess. She is usually a woman who inherits the title only by birthright and a perceived special gift. Individuals look to a priestess not only for medical advice but also for advice in their daily lives. Individuals from varying cultural and socio-economic backgrounds seek the advice of a priestess. Some leaders from powerful countries may consult these individuals before making decisions. (Haddad & Giger, 2020)
B.    Mrs. M., a Mexican American who just gave birth, tells the nurse not to include certain foods on her meal tray because her mother told her to avoid those foods while breastfeeding. The nurse tells her that she doesn’t have to avoid any foods and should eat whatever she desires. What concept does this demonstrate? 
The concept that this demonstrates is that of social organization. In the Mexican American culture, the family is the most valued institution and the main focus in their lives. Some Mexican Americans live in multifamily and multi-generational households. This allows the family to be supported both socially and economically. (Haddad & Giger, 2020)
In the case of the Mexican American woman who just gave birth, she values what her mother told her about avoiding certain foods while breastfeeding. The nurse has to respect her beliefs. She can also respectfully ask the patient why she feels that way. She can also ask the patient what the possible side effects of eating the foods presented to her can cause. She may recommend that the family bring food from home if it is not contraindicated with the patient’s diet. (Haddad & Giger, 2020)
C.    Describe at least two communication barriers encountered by non-Navajo nurses when providing care to Navajo clients. 
The two communication barriers encountered by non-Navajo nurses when providing care to clients include touch and the use of silence. Navajo individuals have certain taboos associated with touch in their culture. They are agreeable to a handshake in welcoming others. However, some Navajo cultures prohibit the touching of dead bodies or the bodily fluids of a dead person. Therefore, Navajo Indians may be reluctant to touch a dead body, a dying person or items associated with death. This can crossover into interventions that require an organ or tissue donation from a cadaver. This may cause them to decline from accepting those organs or tissues. (Haddad & Giger, 2020)
When meeting a person that is Navajo for the first time, they may seem a bit reserved. They may not use direct eye contact or point towards objects or individuals because it is perceived as disrespectful or intrusive behavior. Every form of touch, eye contact, and daily activity should be carried out with respect for self, objects, food, and nature. (Haddad & Giger, 2020)
When communicating with Navajo Indians, it is important that nurses teach their patients the importance of their health. An increased awareness of their disease process can help them make informed decisions about healthcare leading to better patient outcomes. Many of the decisions that a person that is Navajo may make is based on tradition or lack of knowledge. The Navajo language did not become an official written language until after World War 2. Therefore, a Navajo patient may need an interpreter to convey diagnosis, results, care plans, and follow-up visits. It is important that the nurse ensures that the patient understands the state of their health. (Lalla et al., 2020)
References
Haddad, L., & Giger, J. N. (2020). Transcultural nursing: Assessment and intervention (8th ed.). Elsevier.
Lalla, A., Salt, S., Schrier, E., Brown, C., Curley, C., Muskett, O., Begay, M.-G., Shirley, L., Clark, C., Singer, J., Shin, S., & Nelson, A. (2020). Qualitative evaluation of a community health representative program on patient experiences in navajo nation. BMC Health Services Research, 20(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-019-4839-xLinks to an external site.

For this assessment, you will create an 8-12 slide PowerPoint presentation for one or more stakeholder or leadership groups to generate interest and buy-in for the plan proposal you developed for the third assessment.
Explain an organizational or patient issue for which a collaborative interdisciplinary team approach would help achieve a specific improvement goal.
Summarize an evidence-based interdisciplinary plan to address an organizational or patient issue.
Explain how the interdisciplinary plan could be implemented and how the human and financial resources would be managed.
Propose evidence-based criteria that could be used to evaluate the degree to which the project was successful in achieving the improvement goal.
Communicate the PowerPoint presentation of the interdisciplinary improvement plan to stakeholders in a professional manner, with writing that is clear, logically organized, and respectful with correct grammar and spelling using current APA style.
There are various ways to structure your presentation; following is one example:
Part 1: Organizational or Patient Issue.
What is the issue that you are trying to solve or improve?
Why should the audience care about solving it?
Part 2: Relevance of an Interdisciplinary Team Approach.
Why is using an interdisciplinary team relevant, or the best approach, to addressing the issue?
How will it help to achieve improved outcomes or reach a goal?
Part 3: Interdisciplinary Plan Summary.
What is the objective?
How likely is it to work?
What will the interdisciplinary team do?
Part 4: Implementation and Resource Management.
How could the plan be implemented to ensure effective use of resources?
How could the plan be managed to ensure that resources were not wasted?
How does the plan justify the resource expenditure?
Part 5: Evaluation.
What would a successful outcome of the project look like?
What are the criteria that could be used to measure that success?
How could this be used to show the degree of success?
Again, keep in mind that your audience for this presentation is a specific group (or groups) at your interviewee’s organization and tailor your language and messaging accordingly. Remember, also, that another person will ultimately be giving the presentation. Include thorough speaker’s notes that flesh out the bullet points on each slide.