Developing an Advocacy Campaign for Diabetes Emmanuel Besong Walden University Policy & Advocacy for Population Health Nursing 6050N DR. Trudy Tappan March 27, 2016 Introduction Population health is defined as the health outcomes and its distribution in a community. Population health includes policies and interventions that affect health outcomes. Diabetes is a population health issue. Data is used to trend diabetes outcome of the diabetic population (healthcatalyst.com, 2013). According to
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The Impact of the Affordable Care Act on North Carolina's Uninsured Population Wendy Patterson Walden University Policy & Advocacy for Population Health NURS 6050-13 Dr. Joan Moon June 30, 2015 The Impact of the Affordable Care Act on North Carolina's Uninsured Population In a speech delivered in the Rose Garden, President Obama stated, “Five years ago, after nearly a century of talk, decades of trying, a year of bipartisan debate -- we finally declared that in America, healthcare
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According to We’re Not Easy: The Millennial Minimalism Series from Huffington Post by Liz Kavdanovsky, the Minimalism is a new form of lifestyle, “living life in its purest form. To think that the key is as simple as simplifying life is a refreshing revelation, to say the least”. Similar to what Kavdanovsky expresses in her essay, Minimalism is a form of life, which pursues the elimination of useless or unrelated things and only focusing on the essential parts of every aspect of life, for sake of
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Harley Davidson Motor Company : Enterprise Software Selection Case Study Tej Bahadur Nepali Walden University Harley-Davidson Motor Company has been founded in 1903 which had become one of the leading manufacturers of motorcycles around the world. It has sell dealers more than 67 countries, and it produces up to 28,000 motorcycles yearly. Harley-Davidson motor company's motorcycles productions are as legend product. Caldwell, Bruce (1998, December 7). Because of this reason, the company growth and
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Verizon Communications, Inc. was originally started as Bell Atlantic. Bell Atlantic merged with another regional Bell company, NYNEX but remained under the name Bell Atlantic, but later in 2000 they merged with phone company GTE and took on the name Verizon, which is Latin for truth and horizon. Later in 2005, Verizon acquired MCI Inc. also known as WorldCom. Verizon gained large scale business customers, long haul carriers, control of most of the east coast and it became the beginning of a market
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Accountability and Outcomes in the Counseling Profession Tiffany Simpson Walden University Treatment Outcomes and Accountability related to Clients, Counselors, and Third-party payers By law, mental health counselors are required to keep detailed records of their interventions and counseling sessions in order to keep their care records secure and receive third-party reimbursements (Astramovich & Coker, 2007). A counselor’s role is to make sure that the clients that they assist has the proper
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Obstetricians and gynecologist are specialist that focus on womens health. They also provide medical care during pregnancy. I chose this career because I feel that this is where I would be most useful.Even though I haven’t had any personal experience with this field of work it still seems interesting to me. OBGYN’s are in charge of almost every aspect of women’s health such as pregnancy, reproductive cancers and other things. As an OBGYN responsibilities include performing annual examinations
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SLAVE TRADE I will be deliberating on the issue of Slave Trade. We live in an economic globalization world. The demand for cheaper labor in some parts of the world is growing thus making and giving people in poor countries and incentive to come and better themselves economically. People and organizations are looking for and finding ways to make profits even if it is unethical. When we talk about slavery we think of an event that happened in the past but modern day slavery is on the increase today
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ty Laura Gienke Walden ty As we have learned, evidence-based practice is the gold standard for guiding nursing policies that result in quality care and best patient outcomes. Unfortunately, despite significant evidence supporting the need for practice change, many barriers exist that prevent integrating evidence into practice. According to Schmidt and Brown (2012), using research, nurses have a direct role in contributing to evidence-based practice changes. When a discrepancy is identified
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Role in Organizational Change Anthony Borge (A00504187) Walden University Introduction Certain attributes held in navigating change can allow for a smoother transition and a better outlook for the organization. Most people do the same old thing but in superficially tweaked ways and will fall short of effective transformational learning when faced with change (Coutu, 2002). The ability to channel the skills and characteristics to ensure a well-planned and effective transition
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