What organisation or type of organisation promotes this health claim?

Plant sterols may help lower cholesterol

Your goal in this essay is to evaluate the importance of your chosen health claim. (Note: your topic must be approved by your instructor before you start your research for this assessment).

Put simply,if a health claim is addressed to lots of people,targets vulnerable people,or addresses a severe illness,then it is probably important.

To evaluate the importance of your chosen health claim,your essay must investigate and report on the following things:

What precisely is the health claim that is being made?

What organisation or type of organisation promotes this health claim?

To what problem (illness, ailment, etc.) What does the health claim refer to?

What is the scale of this problem in Australia? (e.g. how many people does it affect, how severe are its effects, how much does this problem cost, etc.)

Your essay should have a short introductory paragraph (60-90 words) that identifies your chosen health claim and outlines the structure of the rest of your paper.

Your essay should then consist of a number of paragraphs perhaps one each addressing the four points above that are ordered in a logical manner.

Your essay should end with a brief conclusion that explains the importance of the health claim.

Lastly,you should reference your essay carefully,showing the sources including websites which you have consulted.

Discuss precautions that caregivers should implement to help prevent similar injuries from occurring in the future.

Malpractice Case Study

What are the lessons to be learned from the case?

Discuss precautions that caregivers should implement to help prevent similar injuries from occurring in the future.

Discuss what procedural changes a laboratory can take to help ensure test findings are timely and accurately communicated.

Discuss how quality improvement activities can improve patient outcomes.

Compare and contrast Transthoracic Echocardiography and Transesophageal Echocardiography.

Compare and contrast Transthoracic Echocardiography and Transesophageal Echocardiography.

A compare and contrast essay does two things: It discusses the similarities and differences of at least two different things. First, you must find a basis of comparison to be sure that the two things have enough in common. After that, you identify their differences.

What is the best example of the use of each imaging modality?

Add an outside reference as well.

What are the obstacles and challenges in providing treatment to people who are addicted to methamphetamine?

What is the best treatment modalitiy

The use of methamphetamine has received a great deal of attention from the media and law enforcement in recent years. The probation office is looking to identify some avenues for addressing and treating people who have an addiction to methamphetamine. You have been asked to research some of the major issues related to the abuse of methamphetamine and produce recommendations for methods of treating individuals who have this problem.

Select 3 of the following treatment modalities to analyze in your paper with regard to methamphetamine addiction:

Detoxification
Counseling
Cognitive behavioral therapy

Answer the following questions:

How is methamphetamine usually produced, transported, and sold? Explain.

What immediate effects does methamphetamine have on the body?

What are the long-term effects of methamphetamine use on one’s health? Explain.

What are the obstacles and challenges in providing treatment to people who are addicted to methamphetamine?

Briefly explain the 3 treatment modalities that you selected from the list above. Which approach has been shown to be most effective? Provide supportive evidence from the professional literature.

What are the ethical considerations within the problem?

Leadership and Performance

Review the Wk 5 Case Studies and select one scenario.

Complete the table below for the scenario selected by providing the following:

Identify the problem.Analyze the problem.

What is the issue?

Who does it affect?

What is the appropriate model to analyze the problem?

What are the ethical considerations within the problem?

Create two to three possible solutions to resolve the problem.

Analyze the potential positive and negative effects.

Outline the leadership skills and behaviors necessary to leverage diversity,foster inclusion and ensure professionalism and professional responsibility.

Effects of Leadership Styles in Health Care

For this assignment,explore the different types of leadership styles.

In a 10-12-slide PowerPoint discuss which approaches are most effective for a health care setting and why.

Define leadership style and explain why it is important to for health care leaders to understand their leadership style.

Outline the leadership skills and behaviors necessary to leverage diversity,foster inclusion and ensure professionalism and professional responsibility.

Examine different leadership styles. Describe two leadership styles that would be especially effective in a health care setting and explain why. Discuss advantages and challenges for each of these leadership styles.

Explain how leadership styles are impacted by personal, organizational, societal, multicultural, and global norms and values.

A minimum of three academic references from credible sources are required for this assignment

Describe activities that the identified population could participate in to prevent or improve all three chosen health conditions.

Health conditions

USE A NEWSLETTER TEMPLATE FROM MICROSOFT WORD.

Imagine you have been asked to create a culturally competent newsletter directed toward a target audience that addresses several common health conditions in your community.

First, choose a specific population within your community that you would like to target with your newsletter. This could be a minority group, age group (seniors, parents with children, teenagers, etc.), or other defined population.

Next, research and identify at least three health conditions that impact the population you identified. For each health condition you chose, include:

1. A simple description of the condition that the general population would be able to understand. Be sure to define complicated words and phrases as appropriate.

2. Statistics about the condition in your chosen population that help your target population recognize the health condition’s impact on them.

3. Activities that the population could easily participate in that would prevent or improve the condition.

Be sure to include culturally competent pictures of people who have similar characteristics to the population you chose. As you create your newsletter, keep in mind what you have learned about culturally competent health communication, adult health education, and health literacy.

MAKE SURE:

Identifies a target population and three (3)health conditions that impact the identified population.

Provides a description of the three (3) chosen health conditions in simplified terms and provides definitions for complicated words and phrases, if necessary.

Uses statistics to show how the three (3) chosen health conditions impact the identified population.

Describe activities that the identified population could participate in to prevent or improve all three (3) chosen health conditions.

Includes at least three (3)culturally competent images that reflect the characteristics of the identified population.

How can they partner with other programs in the community to provide more comprehensive interdisciplinary services?

Healthy Living

1. Identify a program in your local community that is addressing healthy living at the individual level. Examples include, but are not limited to YMCA programs, worksite wellness, local hospital or clinic wellness programs, etc.

2. Provide a brief description of the program and how it contributes to healthy living on both physical and mental health levels.

3. Discuss how this program contributes to the health of the overall community.

4. How can they partner with other programs in the community to provide more comprehensive interdisciplinary services?

Requirements

The paper should be at least 975 words in length.

Include a list of references in APA format.

 

Evaluate strategies of risk management and tools used in healthcare settings.

Reflection Journal

Reflect on the process of completing a Root Cause Analysis. What challenges did you have? What have you learned about the importance of the RCA?

Communicate the importance of risk management as it relates to patient safety in the delivery of quality health care.

Evaluate strategies of risk management and tools used in healthcare settings.

Analyze the process of completing a root cause analysis.

How does a leader’s leadership style influence the work group?

Leadership And Performance Development

You have each been promoted as part of a new management team for a long-term care facility. During the past two months,you have noticed an increase in conflicts between your co-workers and other departments, such as pharmacy or dietary.

Your boss sees this as an issue and has asked your management team to find a solution.

What elements are found in an effective health care work group?

How does a leader’s leadership style influence the work group?

Need speaker notes and the department doesn’t really matter.