As a future advanced practice nurse, it is important that you are able to connect your classroom experience to your Practicum Experience. By applying the concepts that you study in the classroom to clinical settings, you enhance your professional competency. Each week, you will  reflect on your Practicum Experiences and relate them to the material […]

To follow up on this course’s Practicum Experience, address the following in your Practicum Reflective Journal:   Select and describe a nursing theory that was used to guide your practice.   What goals and objectives were used for your Practicum Experience in this course? When developing your goals and objectives, were the seven domains of […]

Practicum Experience – Comprehensive SOAP Note #3   After completing this week’s Practicum Experience, review the Comprehensive SOAP Note Exemplar and Template in this week’s Resources, and reflect on a patient who presented with musculoskeletal disorders or pain. Describe the patient’s personal and medical history, drug therapy and treatments, and follow-up care.   All SOAP […]

You are the Chief Operating Officer of a large healthcare system, composed of acute, long-term care, and community-based organizations in addition to long-term care managed care plans.   Given your current studies in health policy and management, the Chief Executive Officer of this large healthcare system has requested that you prepare a high-level briefing for […]

To provide students with the opportunity to explore a current health legislative issue that relates to a health disparity at the state or national level.   In your syllabus under written assignment for your research paper you are asked to focus on one dimension of performance of the United States health care delivery system. The […]

Introduce yourself to your classmates and to me. Write using first person, such as—Hello class, my name is ME, and I want to tell you a little bit about myself and why I am interested in healthcare administration…   Within the context of your introduction, share your perspective on the importance of “finding balance” between […]

In recent news, heated debate among lawmakers persists regarding the condition of the current Veteran’s Administration (VA) and its role to provide significantly better health care and shorter wait times for this growing population segment. Because many of our Veterans require both physical and psychological attention (primarily related to PTSD), discuss how state and national […]

Analyze how policies influence the structure and financing of health care, practice, and health outcomes.   Develop institutional, local, state and/or federal policy initiatives.   Consider the role of government and various professional organizations in the process of planning and implementing policies at management levels for diverse healthcare environments.   Examine the effect of legal, […]

Please share your research, experience, and thoughts: In today’s society, we are dealing with a New Era, health care access and coverage for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Community in the United States are on the rise. While these changes are expected to increase health insurance coverage and access for LGBT individuals and […]

Please share your research, experience, and thoughts: Using the ethical principle of justice, determine whether health care in this country should be a right or a privilege. Are the uninsured and the insured “unequals” that should be treated according to their differences? Does the type of health insurance that one has also create a system […]