Is it possible to contain costs and provide accessible, high-quality care to all, or is the tension between cost and care inherent in the U.S. health care delivery system?

With coinciding concerns about health care costs and the imperative to improve quality of care, health care providers and others face difficult decisions in the effort to achieve an appropriate balance. Such decisions often are addressed in the policy arena. How do policymakers evaluate which health care services should be financed through government programs? How do ethics-related questions and other considerations play into this evaluation process? Is it possible to contain costs and provide accessible, high-quality care to all, or is the tension between cost and care inherent in the U.S. health care delivery system? These questions are central to health care financing decisions in the United States.

For this Discussion, you will focus on the policy decision-making process that determines what types of care are covered by public and private insurers and the ethical aspects of such financial decisions.

To prepare:

Read the the case study “Economic Impact of States Declining Medicaid Expansion” page 305 of the Milstead text.
Review the information in the Washington Post article “Review of Prostate Cancer Drugs Provenge Renews Medical Cost-Benefit Debate” in the Learning Resources.
Consider how policy decisions currently are made about what will and will not be paid for and what changes, if any, could improve the process.
Reflect on how the Washington Post example illustrates the tension between cost and care.

Post your analysis and assessment of the ethical and economic challenges related to policy decisions such as those presented in the Washington Post article. How does this type of situation contribute to the tension between cost and care? Substantiate your response with at least two outside resources.

Washington Post article:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/07/AR2010110705205.html

General Adaptation Syndrome

Nursing Theory Presentation
General Adaptation Syndrome

The student will select a nurse theorist and prepare a PowerPoint presentation describing the background of the theorist, description of the theory, assumptions of the theory, the application of the theory to nursing practice, and the compatibility of the theory to your personal philosophy of nursing. Below you will see the criteria for each slide:

The Grading Criteria for the Nurses Theorist Presentation:

Background of the theorist 20%

Description of the theory 20%

Assumptions of the theorist 20%

Comparison to your personal philosophy of nursing 10%

Application to a clinical situation 20%

Presentation style and creativity 10%

Total 100%

Ebola

Memo Template/ 1 page/ Topic is Ebola

Based on your research and knowledge of healthcare develop a 1 page memo to your staff discussing how the department will promote accountability, reliability and integrity more effectively. Provide a chart or graph on trending of accountability over the last 5- 10 years. This assignment can relate to your chosen topic or you can choose to look at other topics, the most important concept is to understand how to promote accountability, reliability, and integrity.

Note: Students you can select information from an organization around improvements to chart/graph trending based on improvements. See organizations results from Hospital consumer assessment of healthcare providers and systems (HCAHPS), Consumer assessment of healthcare providers (CAHPS), NCQA, URAC, etc.

How do you rationalize assigning a risk impact/factor to an identified risk, threat, or vulnerability?

How do you rationalize assigning a risk impact/factor to an identified risk, threat, or vulnerability? (2 pts)
How do you prioritize similar risk impact/factor values of identified risks? How do you determine which “1” to prioritize? Why would you prioritize a “2” over a “1”? (4 pts)
Identify a risk-mitigation solution for each of the following risk factors. Provide a URL to support your solution
A user clicks on a phishing email (3 pts)
A computer is running an out-of-date OS (3 pts)
A publicly accessible wireless hotspot. (3 pts)
Inefficient firewall rules impact network performance (3 pts)
DDoS attack from outside the U.S. (3 pts)
Remote access from geographically distributed employees (3 pts)
Someone spilling a beverage on a server

Identify and discuss how the Situational and Style approaches to leadership could be used when leading teams.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR ASSIGNMENT

In this assignment, you will critically extend the leadership knowledge learned this module by reviewing the Leading Teams article and then comparing and contrasting the Situational Approach to leadership with the Style Approach to leadership while considering how metaphor might aid both leadership approaches in effectively leading a team. Consider if different metaphors would be required based on the leadership approach or if perhaps the same metaphor might work for both approaches. Once you have compared the approaches, you will justify (argue and support) which approach you believe would be most effective in leading teams along with discussing the metaphor(s) you would use with the approach.

Article: ATTACHED

McLeod, P. L. (2012). Leading teams. Leadership Excellence, 29(3), 8-9. Retrieved from ProQuest Central database.

Tasks:

Please review the Leading Teams article before you begin this assignment. This article provides guidance on how to effectively use metaphor when leading teams. After reviewing this article you will be able to consider how metaphor can aid leadership approaches in leading teams. Based on your research, in a minimum of 400 words, respond to the following points:

· Identify and discuss how the Situational and Style approaches to leadership could be used when leading teams.

· Compare and contrast the Situational Approach to leadership with the Style Approach to leadership while considering how metaphor might aid both leadership styles. What are the advantages and disadvantages to both approaches?

· Provide at least one example of a situation in which each approach would be most effective in leading teams and include the metaphor you believe would aid each approach in being effective.

· Support your rationale with professional literature.

How would you use what you have learned concerning supply and demand to explain these trends?

Please use your own experiences and the knowledge you have gained from this week’s readings to answer the following topics and questions. You may also use information that you find in the textbook, AIU’s library, or the Internet to support your discussion. Make sure that you use economic concepts in your main contribution.

Think of items that you have purchased in a market, such as the following:

Big ticket items such as a house, an apartment rental, or a car
Ordinary items in your weekly budget, such as coffee, gasoline, bread, milk, and so on

Consider some of the following questions when writing your contribution:

What price trends have you noticed over the last few years? Do the prices fluctuate? Have prices increased or decreased?
How would you use what you have learned concerning supply and demand to explain these trends?
Have there ever been any shortages or surpluses of these items? How would you explain that?

Does your assessment effectively measure what you are looking for?

reate a formal summative assessment to be used within the lesson that you began in Topic 1. Think about ways to assess a learning activity that aligns with your reading standard and learning objective.

Provide clear instructions for your students to complete this summative assessment. Include an answer key or rubric with your assessment.

Part 2: Rationale

In a 250-500 word rationale, describe the alignment between your informational text, reading informational standard, and your learning objective. Address the following questions for your rationale:

What knowledge and skills are you trying to measure?
Does your assessment effectively measure what you are looking for?
Why did you choose this type of assessment?
How is this assessment appropriate for the students in the “Class Profile”?

Submit your assessment, answer key or rubric, and rationale to your instructor for feedback.

GCU format is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.

Apply facts from your situation to the applicable law, doctrine or cause of action studied.

Assignment Choice #1: Torts

In a well-written paper, relate your professional or personal experience in the business world to the readings for the week.

· Identify and clearly define the relevant law, either defining a legal doctrine, provisions of a law, or elements of a specific cause of action.

· Apply facts from your situation to the applicable law, doctrine or cause of action studied.

· Does the result in this suggest a need for tort reform? Why or why not? In answering this question, make an argument for or against tort reform.

· Clearly summarize lessons learned from the week as they apply to your fact pattern and make links to the readings and/or module.

· Include new thoughts or ideas based on the module information. This is your reflection/insight that logically would flow from each information point presented.

· Make sure your experience actually relates to the material for the week.

Sometimes students have difficulty identifying a personal or professional torts case. You may also research a torts case to discuss if you do not have a personal or professional experience to discuss. Be sure to complete all bulleted points above.

In the area of torts we see many causes of action that are comprised of “elements.” Define each element and apply facts from your situation to the law or elements. For instance, if you write about a situation involving negligence, you would define negligence stating, “Negligence occurs where a person’s conduct falls below the standard of care, resulting in a breach of duty which is the direct and proximate cause of injury to another person or thing. The elements of negligence are 1) duty; 2) breach; 3) causation; and 4) damages.”

Your paper should be 2-3 pages in length, not including the title or references pages.

“Ethics has no place in Business”

Comment on the following:

“Ethics has no place in Business”
“… ethics isn’t a set of absolute principles, divorced from and imposed on everyday life. A seemingly delicate but in fact very strong tissue of endless adjustments and compromises. It is the awareness that one is an intrinsic part of the social order, in which the interests of others and one’s own interests are inevitably intertwined. And what is business, you ask, if not precisely the awareness of what other people want and need, and how you yourself can prosper by providing it?” (Solomon, It’s Good Business: 11)

Dennis Kozlowski: Prisoner 05A4820

“I am absolutely not guilty of the charges brought upon me,” Kozlowski says. “There was no criminal intent here. Nothing was hidden. There were no shredded documents. Nobody was told not to say anything. All the information the prosecutors got was directly off the books and records of the company” (Schorn D., “Dennis Kozlowski: Prisoner 05A4820”, CBS NEWS 22 March 2007).

Read the transcription of the 2007 CBS News clip here (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. and share your thoughts on Kozlowski’s imprisonment. Was the jury influenced by the Enron and WorldCom bankruptcies that preceded Tyco? Do you think Kozlowski’s argument that he simply did what his predecessors did was valid?
(A copy of the video can be found here: YouTube) (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Describe Kelley’s effective followership.

Then, write an essay that addresses the following elements:

Describe Kelley’s effective followership.
Describe how a leader might utilize the Kelley model of followership to assess follower effectiveness.
Identify the categories of followers.
Explain how knowledge of effective followership can help one’s leadership perspective.
Discuss how a leader might develop individuals into more effective followers.

Utilize the CSU Online Library to locate two sources to use as references that support your essay. Your essay should be two to three pages in length.

Be sure to include the rubric elements from the guidelines below:

The introduction engages the reader in the topic with some form of creative “hook” (such as a story, quote, example, etc.) and provides a clear background for the topic so that readers can gain an understanding of the purpose of the paper.
The quality of the discussion is clear and appropriate, providing strong evidence of critical thinking.
The organization results in clarity and presents logically arranged points to support the proposed solution.
The writing is clear and concise with correct sentence structure, grammar, and punctuation, and it is free from spelling errors.
The number of credible academic sources meets or exceeds requirements, and they are properly cited using APA format.