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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.

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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.

make it soud like a darughter is writing to her dad about she feels like he chooses achol 
over her when she needs him the most 

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. 
See the examples of report 

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.

This assignment covers all the regulations, policies, and laws that govern healthcare – medical and health records – and regulatory compliance. For this assignment, you will develop a report that will cover information regarding HIPAA, patient privacy, release of information, healthcare licensing, accreditation, safety, and risk assessment. It is important to understand how all these components work together to protect the healthcare provider and the patient.

Policy Proposal
Introduction
In advocating for institutional policy changes related to local, state, or federal health care laws or policies, health leaders must be able to develop and present clear and well-written policy and practice guideline proposals that will enable a team, a unit, or an organization as a whole to resolve relevant performance issues and bring about improvements in the quality and safety of health care. This assignment offers you an opportunity to take the lead in proposing such changes.
As a master’s-level health care practitioner, you have a valuable viewpoint and voice to bring to discussions about policy development, both inside and outside your care setting. Developing policy for internal purposes can be a valuable process toward quality and safety improvement, as well as ensuring compliance with various health care regulatory pressures. This assignment offers you an opportunity to take the lead in proposing such changes.
Instructions
Propose an organizational policy and practice guidelines that you believe will lead to an improvement in quality and performance associated with the benchmark underperformance you advocated for improving in Week 4. Be precise, professional, and persuasive in demonstrating the merit of your proposed actions.
Requirements
The policy proposal requirements outlined below correspond to the rubric criteria, so be sure to address each main point. Read the performance-level descriptions for each criterion to see how your work will be assessed. In addition, be sure to note the requirements for document format and length and for supporting evidence.
Explain the need for creating a policy and practice guidelines to address a shortfall in meeting a benchmark metric prescribed by local, state, or federal health care policies or laws.
What is the current benchmark for the organization and the numeric score for the underperformance?
How is the benchmark underperformance potentially affecting the provision of quality care or the operations of the organization?
What are the potential repercussions of not making any changes?
What evidence supports your conclusions?
Summarize your proposed organizational policy and practice guidelines.
Identify applicable local, state, or federal health care policy or law that prescribes relevant performance benchmarks that your policy proposal addresses.
Keep your audience in mind when creating this summary.
Analyze the potential effects of environmental factors on your recommended practice guidelines.
What regulatory considerations could affect your recommended guidelines?
What resources could affect your recommended guidelines (staffing, financial, and logistical considerations, or support services)?
Explain ethical, evidence-based practice guidelines to improve targeted benchmark performance and the impact the proposed changes will have on the targeted group.
What does the evidence-based literature suggest are potential strategies to improve performance for your targeted benchmark?
How would these strategies ensure performance improvement or compliance with applicable local, state, or federal health care policy or law?
How can you ensure that these strategies are ethical and culturally inclusive in their application?
What is the direct impact of these changes on the stakeholders’ work setting/job requirements?
Explain why particular stakeholders and groups must be involved in further development and implementation of your proposed policy and practice guidelines.
Why is it important to engage these stakeholders and groups?
How can their participation produce a stronger policy and facilitate its implementation?
Present strategies for collaborating with the stakeholder group to implement your proposed policy and practice guidelines.
What role will the stakeholder group play in implementing your proposal?
Why is the stakeholder group and their collaboration important for successful implementation?
Organize content so ideas flow logically with smooth transitions.
Proofread your proposal, before you submit it, to minimize errors that could distract readers and make it more difficult for them to focus on the substance of your proposal.
Use paraphrasing and summarization to represent ideas from external sources.
Be sure to apply correct APA formatting to source citations and references.
Policy Proposal Format and Length
It may be helpful to use a template or format for your proposal that is used in your current organization. The risk management or quality department could be a good resource for finding an appropriate template or format. If you are not currently in practice, or your organization does not have these resources, many appropriate templates are freely available on the Internet.
Your policy should be succinct (about one paragraph). Overall, your proposal should be 4–6 pages in length.
Supporting Evidence
Cite 3–5 references to relevant research, case studies, or best practices to support your analysis and recommendations.
Competencies Measured/Criteria
By successfully completing this assignment , you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and rubric criteria:
Competency 1: Analyze relevant health care laws, policies, and regulations; their application; and their effects on organizations, interprofessional teams, and professional practice.
Explain and interpret for stakeholders the need for creating a policy and practice guidelines to address a shortfall in meeting a benchmark metric prescribed by local, state, or federal health care policies or laws.
Competency 2: Lead the development and implementation of ethical and culturally sensitive policies that improve health outcomes for individuals, organizations, and populations.
Summarize a proposed organizational policy or practice change guideline and analyze the potential effects of environmental factors on recommended practice guidelines.
Competency 3: Evaluate relevant indicators of performance, such as benchmarks, research, and best practices, to inform health care laws and policies for patients, organizations, and populations.
Explain how ethical, evidence-based practice guidelines to improve targeted benchmark performance will impact a stakeholder group needed for successful implementation of the policy or practice change.
Competency 4: Develop strategies to work collaboratively with policy makers, stakeholders, and colleagues to address environmental (governmental and regulatory) forces.
Explain why particular stakeholders and groups must be involved in further development and implementation of a proposed policy or practice change to improve quality and outcomes.
Present strategies for collaborating with a stakeholder group to implement a proposed policy and practice guidelines.
Competency 5: Produce clear, coherent, and professional written work, in accordance with Capella’s writing standards.
Organize content so ideas flow logically with smooth transitions.
Support main points, assertions, arguments, conclusions, or recommendations with relevant and credible evidence.

Discuss the importance of information systems in healthcare and the role these systems play in ensuring quality data is maintained?  How does data lead to information and then turn into knowledge? Provide an example.
This discussion format might be new and very different from discussions you have had in other courses. This discussion offers you the opportunity to express your own thoughts, ask questions for clarification, and gain insight from your classmates’ responses and instructor’s guidance. This discussion format should not be viewed as a short paper with citations. APA format, including the use of citations, is not required.
Imagine yourself sitting around a conference table with your instructor and classmates. This discussion topic will be similar. It is a place in which you can have lively conversations with your instructor and peers on the course content. These discussions will help you internalize the course content and become more comfortable with it. You should provide thoughtful responses using the course content to support your statements. Although these discussions are more informal, please be aware of how you are presenting yourself professionally. Please do not use slang and be aware of your spelling.
Requirements: You are required to post one initial post and to follow up with at least two response posts for each discussion topic assignment.