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Healthcare is in the midst of a paradigm shift in which the focus is transitioning from volume based care to value based care. Ginter, Duncan and Swayne (2013) describe value as the “amount of satisfaction received relative to the price and the expected outcome or results” (p. 131). In order to ensure success for these healthcare institutions, care must be cost effective and higher in quality (Homsted, Chen & Knoer, 2016). This focus on quality is guided by the Institute for Healthcare…

THE FAMILY NURSE PRACTITIONER The role of the Family nurse practitioner (FNP) began in the 1960’s as a result of a shortage of primary care providers. (Kennedy, 2014) That however, does not conclude that family nurse practitioners are only a secondary option to fill the void of primary care physicians in underserved areas. Instead, the FNP role has evolved in response to the recognition that nurses with advanced education and training are fully capable of providing primary care and…

1. What have been the effects of the privatization of public higher education? Have you been personally affected? The effects of privatization have been to weaken the state school systems. The weakening has had the effect of decreasing the quality of education that can be obtained from a higher education state university. This change happened when the state tax deduction was reduced on the federal tax return. The states then began to work to transfer the cost of education to the students and…

many beneficial features as well. There is no substitution for dietary knowledge or a populations’ awareness of consumable containments. Public attentiveness could prevent mass food poising and further reduce other food related pathogens. Through a national hygiene plan, some diseases may even be alleviated before even entering into homes of the general public. Food production education and preliminary preparation/processing safety of farm products could also be beneficial. Clean water, however,…

Originators and Purpose The Health Belief Model (HBM) was develop by a group of social psychologists: Irwin M. Rosenstock, Godfrey M. Hochbaum, and S. Stephen Kegeles, in the U. S. Public Health Service in the 1950s. According to the Hayden (2014), it “is by far the most commonly used theory in health education and health promotion” (p. 65). Before the HBM was developed, the social psychologists wanted to know why most of the people are not willing to participate in checkups for diseases, while…

individuality. Whereas, other individuals think of it as a positive and believe that it should be implemented and made mandatory within all school systems. School uniforms are common in private schools but are also starting to become a popular trend in public schools…

't the point. I didn’t want to leave my friends, my school, or my family. I am from the city of Richmond, Virginia and the downtown area of the city had begun to grow more violent than usual. Before our big move there was a double homicide by the public library that I went to faithfully everyday of the week. That 's when I knew that our move was solidified and that it was time to accept the fact that I had no control over the situation at hand. The very next day my mother drove me to the…

This policy analysis of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (hereinafter referred as PPACA) begins by identifying major stakeholders and political implications. Next, it explores PPACA as health policy and reveals new possibilities of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. The issues of ethics, personal privacy, and personal rights are discussed before a brief ‘lessons learned’ review of historical health policies. Finally, this paper closes with a health policy analysis of…

The Healthy People 2020, evidence and research based document, examines the leading health issues that are present nationwide, and based on the findings provides objectives and goals for improving health for all residents of the United States that can be applied at local, state and national levels (HealthyPeople.gov, 2016). The residents of the United States in rural setting is a segment of population that shares numerous health care issues and challenges facing the urban population,…

The area of public relations that I’m highly interested in is Media Relations. I chose media relations because I’m drawn to the idea of creating a presence for a company online. Social media is completely changing how people consume, and that affects those who work in Media relations. While some may be intimidated by that, I choose to look at it as a challenge to get bloggers, and subsequently the public, to buy into the product or service I’m trying to sell. There’s a lot of critical thinking…