HLT 418V All Week Assignments
HLT418V
HLT 418V Week 1 Assignment – Four Component of Health Care
Max Points: 150
Details: There are many reasons why a bill is introduced into legislation, helping a select group of people to make sure that everyone in the country is being protected. It is important as a healthcare provider to understand, how different bills effect the healthcare profession.
Select a current health care bill that addresses one or more of the components of healthcare. You will use three to five academic sources to write this paper.
Write a 1,250-1,500-word paper about how the bill affects health care services in the community in which you live. Include the following:
Summarize the components of the health care bill.
Describe the health care components that are addressed in this bill.
Who sponsored this bill? Who are the proponents of the bill and who opposes this legislation? What is their position (i.e., why do they disagree?).
Does this bill helps or hinders health care services in the community. Describe how it may affect allied health professionals.
Does this bill affect the health care and allied health care professionals?
Review the American Psychological Association (APA) writing style guidelines and resources located in the Student Success Center. APA format is required for most assignments, so students should become familiar with these resources to facilitate the successful completion of course assignments.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.
HLT 418V Week 2 Assignment – Health Care Access
Max Points: 125
Details: This site is something that you will use after you have graduated from Grand Canyon University to keep up with the latest information on healthcare research.
Access The Agency for HealthCare Research and Quality (AHRQ) website and select one of the multiple funded programs available to research.
Write a 1,500-1,750-word essay addressing the following questions with regard to your chosen program. Use at least three to five academic sources in writing this paper.
What is the mission and budget?
What is the strategic plan of the program?
What do they do to control the quality of health care?
What do they do for cost containment?
How are they aligned with health care professionals?
Is this a valuable program or a waste of taxpayer money? If the program has faults, how could it be improved or should it be abandoned? Be prepared to defend your position.
Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is required.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.
HLT 418V Week 3 Assignment Promoting Better Patient Care
Max Points: 125
Details:
As a healthcare professional, you will be a part of an Interdisciplinary team. That team will communicate together about the patient from different points of view in order to provide the best treatment plan.
You will choose two allied health specialties from either The Association of Schools for Allied Health Professions website or the textbook. Write a paper of 500-750 words addressing the specialties that would interact during a typical workday in a hospital, a long-term care facility, and an outpatient clinic. You will specifically address three out of the following six questions in your paper:
What is their function?
How does it affect your specialty?
How does it affect the patient?
If a facility did not have a particular specialty, who would be able to take over that function?
Would you be willing to be cross-trained for the function?
Is there a written policy for coverage issues?
Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.
HLT 418V Week 3 Assignment 2 Workforce Shortages in Health Care
Max Points: 150
Details:
There were several different reasons for workforce shortages. You as a healthcare professional, need to identify these reasons for the workforce shortages.
Please list the top three reasons you believe that there is a shortage and write a 1,500-1,750-word essay detailing your reasons. Remember to specifically address the following in your reasoning:
Consider some short-term solutions.
Consider some long-term solutions.
Identify a special interest group or government agency that would help you write policy to solve the problem.
Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.
HLT 418V Week 4 Assignment – Dealing with Stress and Violence in the Workplace
Max Points: 150
Details:
Working in the health care industry often puts health care professionals in the line of danger from ill patients, stressed families, overburdened health care facilities, and the many situations and locations in which each individual works. The Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CIS) Management Tool has been designed to decrease the stress levels of those that experienced or witnessed violence or trauma. This link is one that you can look at in order to write you paper.
Workplace violence: Differences in perceptions of nursing work between those exposed and those not exposed: A cross-sector analysis.
https://lopes.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=48786725&site=eds-live&scope=site
Write a 1,250-1,500-word paper describing the CIS. Be sure to specifically address:
What are the physical, cognitive, emotional, and behavioral reactions to stress?
Can you name at least three professions that are at risk and would have utilized the tool?
What is the purpose of using the tool?
What is the expected outcome from utilizing this stress management tool?
Do you believe the tool to be useful in decreasing stress and coping with violence in the workplace? Why or why not?
Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located on the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.
HLT 418V Week 5 Assignment Planning Better Health for the Future
Max Points: 150
Details:
As a healthcare professional, understanding where to locate evidence-based resources in order to help your patients benefit from that knowledge will be useful in your career. One such resource is The National Center for Health Statistics. The Center has established Healthy People 2020 for tracking the nation’s health. In this assignment, you will begin from the topic you selected and propose a culturally competent, as defined by SAMHSA, community based health program.
Go to the Healthy People 2020 website and find the Topics & Objectives. Once you have located the 42 topic areas discussed on the website, choose a topic in which you are interested.
Write a 1,500-1,750-word paper in which you propose a community health program related to the topic you selected. Include the following in your proposal:
An overview of the program you are proposing. What is it? Who are the population(s) it will serve?
A rationale for the program.
A discussion of how the program will be established as and will remain culturally competent.
A discussion of how the program could be affected if budgetary restraints limited research in that field.
Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located on the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.
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