Healthcare Accreditation

      Healthcare systems and patients benefit from accreditation standards. Many accrediting bodies are represented in various practice settings. This activity is designed to expose you to some of the major aspects of accreditation and see how it...

Inputs of a healthcare system/policy/practice

1- Discuss inputs of a healthcare system/policy/practice According to systems theory, there are inputs, throughputs, and outputs. The inputs (i.e., what we “put” into the systems) are obtained from internal and external sources to produce products and services. Inputs...

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

      Go to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website and review at least three to five topics listed in the Health, United StatesLinks to an external site. section. Examine the At-a-glance Table and the United States Data Finder tables to...

The nurse’s role in the policy development model

  Discuss the nurse’s role in the policy development model. Additionally, talk about the policy meeting you have attended or will be attending. What key points could a nurse bring to this meeting and subject? What is a public policy meeting? A meeting held...

Healthcare informatics systems

          Consider the healthcare informatics systems that you have used either as a student or as a practicing nurse and discuss the following: How easy is the system you currently use/have used in the past in terms of ease to learn, daily...

Mrs. Peterson’s skin integrity problem

    Ericka Pan is a very thin 80-year-old woman who is in the hospital after fracturing her hip. Her hip was surgically repaired four days ago, but her recovery is slower than usual because of her overall fragile health and some post-surgery confusion. One...