NURS 6050

Assignment: Agenda Comparison Grid and Fact Sheet or Talking Points Brief

 

It may seem to you that healthcare has been a national topic of debate among political leaders for as long as you can remember.

Healthcare has been a policy item and a topic of debate not only in recent times but as far back as the administration of the second U.S. president, John Adams. In 1798, Adams signed legislation requiring that 20 cents per month of a sailor’s paycheck be set aside for covering their medical bills. This represented the first major piece of U.S. healthcare legislation, and the topic of healthcare has been woven into presidential agendas and political debate ever since.

As a healthcare professional, you may be called upon to provide expertise, guidance and/or opinions on healthcare matters as they are debated for inclusion into new policy. You may also be involved in planning new organizational policy and responses to changes in legislation. For all of these reasons you should be prepared to speak to national healthcare issues making the news.

In this Assignment, you will analyze recent presidential healthcare agendas. You also will prepare a fact sheet to communicate the importance of a healthcare issue and the impact on this issue of recent or proposed policy.

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The Assignment: (1- to 2-page Comparison Grid, 1-Page Analysis, and 1-page Fact Sheet)

 

Part 1: Agenda Comparison Grid

Use the Agenda Comparison Grid Template found in the Learning Resources and complete the Part 1: Agenda Comparison Grid based on the current/sitting U.S. president and the two previous presidential administrations and their agendas related to the public health concern you selected. Be sure to address the following:

• Identify and provide a brief description of the population health concern you selected and the factors that contribute to it.
• Describe the administrative agenda focus related to the issue you selected.
• Identify the allocations of financial and other resources that the current and two previous presidents dedicated to this issue.
• Explain how each of the presidential administrations approached the issue.

(A draft of Part 1: Agenda Comparison Grid should be posted to the Module 1 Discussion Board by Day 3 of Week 1.)

 

Part 2: Agenda Comparison Grid Analysis

Using the information you recorded in Part 1: Agenda Comparison Grid on the template, complete the Part 2: Agenda Comparison Grid Analysis portion of the template, by addressing the following:

• Which administrative agency would most likely be responsible for helping you address the healthcare issue you selected?
• How do you think your selected healthcare issue might get on the agenda for the current and two previous presidents? How does it stay there?
• Who would you choose to be the entrepreneur/ champion/sponsor of the healthcare issue you selected for the current and two previous presidents?

 

Part 3: Fact Sheet or Talking Points Brief (THIS PART IS NEEDED)

Based on the feedback that you received from your colleagues in the Discussion, revise Part 1: Agenda Comparison Grid and Part 2: Agenda Comparison Grid Analysis.

Then, using the information recorded on the template in Parts 1 and 2, develop a 1-page Fact Sheet or Talking Points Brief that you could use to communicate with a policymaker/legislator or a member of their staff for this healthcare issue. You can use Microsoft Word or PowerPoint to create your Fact Sheet or Talking Point Brief. Be sure to address the following:

• Summarize why this healthcare issue is important and should be included in the agenda for legislation.
• Justify the role of the nurse in agenda setting for healthcare issues.

Agenda Comparison Grid and Fact Sheet or Talking Points Brief Assignment Template for Part 1 and Part 2

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Part 1: Agenda Comparison Grid

 

Use this Agenda Comparison Grid to document information about the population health/healthcare issue your selected and the presidential agendas. By completing this grid, you will develop a more in depth understanding of your selected issue and how you might position it politically based on the presidential agendas.

 

You will use the information in the Part 1: Agenda Comparison Grid to complete the remaining Part 2 and Part 3 of your Assignment.

 

 

Identify the Population Health concern you selected.	Mental Health Issue (Depression)
Describe the Population Health concern you selected and the factors that contribute to it.	Depression is the foremost cause leading young population to death in the USA. According to Cockerham, depression is a mental disorder, which is caused by psychological, persistent social and biological pain. This leads to disinterest of social life and committing suicide. Yet, if depression is not treated, it may lead to dementia, stroke and heart attack. In the past six to ten years, researchers such as Disease Control and Prevention found that youngsters at the age of 18 to 24 years, experience depression and going through suicidal thoughts. Unlike citizens 45 to 65 years of age, reports have reported that deaths among these particular group have been significantly rising. Mental health illnesses have brought many US presidents attention, which most of them have taken various steps allowing easy access to treatments and medicines.
Administration (President Name)	(Current President) Donald Trump	(Previous President) Barack Obama	(Previous President) George W. Bush
Describe the administrative agenda focus related to this issue for the current and two previous presidents.	– To renovate the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, president Donald Trump came up with a different strategy, a new healthcare bill. – Diminishing the amount of Medicaid is one of the undertaken steps of Donald Trump’s administration. This way, insurance plan will only cover substance use and mental issues meanwhile majority of them depend on low income.	– Obama signed an act, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. It is also known to be Obamacare, allowing the extension of federal mental parity to Medicaid. – The purpose of the act is to support people with mental illnesses and people who are disable. In 2010, president Obama signed the Frank Melville Supportive Housing Investment Act.	– In 2002, George W Bush shaped a commission, which involved experts in the mental health field. – President George W Bush wanted to bring the anguishes undergone by mentally ill citizens to an end. President George W Bush signed the Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addictions Equity Act in 2008. An all-inclusive law that covers health insurance. The act states the treatment of drug abuse and other health conditions. – In 2003, W. Bush signed the Medicare Modernization Act. He also supported the formation of health savings accounts. Patients who have metal health can also access the savings scheme.
Identify the allocations of financial and other resources that the current and two previous presidents dedicated to this issue.	– Funds provision to mental health and abuse services has been reduced by $600 million in the economic year 2019. To the erection of new healthcare system, President Donald Trump proposed a provision of $500 million.	– Obama proposed $500 million in 2008/2009. The money was to be used to increase Americans mental health medication and care.  Early identification permits doctors to prompt treatment for mentally ill citizens. Therefore, President Obama defied agencies to post additional data to check citizen’s background.	None
Explain how each of the presidential administrations approached the issue.	– Regardless of the funds that have been planned for the new healthcare plan, Trump’s management happened to fail. The consideration of low-income earners depends on ACA and Medicaid. So the American Heal Care Act will not identify the Act compelling Medicaid.	– President Obama came up with a healthcare plan that helped to rationalize the healthcare subdivision. The way it is done is by identifying the need for efficient use and that is deliberating all the Americans.	– With President W. Bush’s management, it actually made a great breakthrough undertaking mental health and healthcare issues. Through Medicaid, the government was able to access to healthcare to low-income earners.

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Which administrative agency would most likely be responsible for helping you address the healthcare issue you selected?

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cooperates on creating the expertise, tools, and information allowing people and communities insure their health through health promotion, preventing diseases, injury, disability, alertness for new health threats.

How does the healthcare issue get on the agenda and how does it stay there?

Across the globe, there is a growing number of diseases being reported everyday. The need for healthcare wellbeing and planning must be recognized by political leaders. Many Americans are being affected by this matter, therefore the administrations must make these health issues part of their agenda. Healthcare issues can be deliberated through legislation and become part of the government’s agenda. With that said, leaders must come up with new ideas on how to reduce and accommodate medical bills that are paid by their people. The healthcare will stay on the agenda until a solution is made.

Who was the entrepreneur/champion/sponsor of the healthcare issue you selected?

–    John F. Kennedy

 

References

 

Alexander, L. M., Keahey, D., & Dixon, K. (2018). Opioid use disorder: A public health emergency. Journal of the American Academy of PAs, 31(10), 47-52.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/

Cockerham, W. C. (2016). Sociology of mental disorder. Taylor & Francis. Heller, B. D. (2016). Revolutionizing the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008. Seton Hall L. Rev., 47, 569. Thompson, F. J., Gusmano, M. K., & Shinohara, S. (2018). Trump and the Affordable Care Act: Congressional Repeal Efforts, Executive Federalism, and Program Durability. Publius: The Journal of Federalism, 48(3), 396-424.

UMUC Biology 102/103 Lab 1: Introduction to Science Answer Key

This contains 100% correct material for UMUC Biology 103 LAB01. However, this is an Answer Key, which means, you should put it in your own words. Here is a sample for the questions answered:

 

Exercise 1: Data Interpretation  (2 pts each)

1. What patterns do you observe based on the information in Table 4?

No fish are present when the dissolved oxygen is zero. When there is more dissolved oxygen in the water, more fish are present. However, the number of fish tends to drop or level off when the dissolved oxygen is higher than 12 ppm.

 

2. Develop a hypothesis relating to the amount of dissolved oxygen measured in the water sample and the number of fish observed in the body of water.

Possible Hypotheses:

1.    The amount of dissolved oxygen affects the number of fish that can live in a body of water.

2.    As dissolved oxygen concentration increases, more fish can live in the body of water.

3.    There is an ideal dissolved oxygen concentration for fish to live in.

 

The rest of the questions are answered in full version:

 

1.    What would your experimental approach be to test this hypothesis?

 

 

2.    What would be the independent and dependent variables?

 

 

3.    What would be your control?

 

 

4.    What type of graph would be appropriate for this data set?  Why?

 

 

5.    Graph the data from Table 4: Water Quality vs. Fish Population (found at the beginning of this exercise).

 

 

6.    Interpret the data from the graph made in Question 7.

 

Exercise 2: Experimental Variables

Determine the variables tested in the each of the following experiments. If applicable, determine and identify any positive or negative controls.

 

Observations

1.    A study is being done to test the effects of habitat space on the size of fish populations. Different sized aquariums are set up with six goldfish in each one. Over a period of six months, the fish are fed the same type and amount of food. The aquariums are equally maintained and cleaned throughout the experiment. The temperature of the water is kept constant. At the end of the experiment the number of surviving fish is surveyed.

A.    Independent Variable:

 

 

B.    Dependent Variable:

 

 

C.   Controlled Variables/Constants:

 

 

D.   Experimental Controls/Control Groups:

 

 

2.    To determine if the type of agar affects bacterial growth, a scientist cultures E. coli on four different types of agar. Five petri dishes are set up to collect results:

§  One with nutrient agar and E. coli

§  One with mannitol-salt agar and E. coli

 

§  One with MacConkey agar and E. coli

§  One with LB agar and E. coli

§  One with nutrient agar but NO E. coli

 

All of the petri dishes received the same volume of agar, and were the same shape and size. During the experiment, the temperature at which the petri dishes were stored, and at the air quality remained the same. After one week the amount of bacterial growth was measured.

A.    Independent Variable:

 

 

B.    Dependent Variable:

 

C.   Controlled Variables/Constants:

 

 

D. Experimental Controls/Control Groups:

Exercise 3: Testable Observations

Determine which of the following observations are testable. For those that are testable:

Determine if the observation is qualitative or quantitative

Write a hypothesis and null hypothesis

What would be your experimental approach?

What are the dependent and independent variables?

What are your controls – both positive and negative?

How will you collect your data?

How will you present your data (charts, graphs, types)?

How will you analyze your data?

 

Observations

1.    A plant grows three inches faster per day when placed on a window sill than it does when placed on a on a coffee table in the middle of the living room.

 

 

2.    The teller at the bank with brown hair and brown eyes is taller than the other tellers.

 

 

 

3.    When Sally eats healthy foods and exercises regularly, her blood pressure is 10 points lower than when she does not exercise and eats fatty foods.

 

 

 

4.    The Italian restaurant across the street closes at 9 pm but the one two blocks away closes at 10 pm.

 

 

5.    For the past two days, the clouds have come out at 3 pm and it has started raining at 3:15 pm.

 

 

 

6.    George did not sleep at all the night following the start of daylight savings.

 

Exercise 4: Conversion

For each of the following, convert each value into the designated units.

 

 

1.    46,756,790 mg = _______ kg

 

 

2.    5.6 hours = ________ seconds

 

 

3.    13.5 cm = ________ inches

 

 

4.    47 °C = _______ °F

 

Exercise 5: Accuracy vs. Precision

For the following, determine whether the information is accurate, precise, both or neither.

 

1.    During gym class, four students decided to see if they could beat the norm of 45 sit-ups in a minute. The first student did 64 sit-ups, the second did 69, the third did 65, and the fourth did 67.

 

 

2.    The average score for the 5th grade math test is 89.5. The top 5th graders took the test and scored 89, 93, 91 and 87.

 

3.    Yesterday the temperature was 89 °F, tomorrow it’s supposed to be 88 °F and the next day it’s supposed to be 90 °F, even though the average for September is only 75 °F degrees!

 

4.    Four friends decided to go out and play horseshoes. They took a picture of their results shown to the right:

 

 

5.    A local grocery store was holding a contest to see who could most closely guess the number of pennies that they had inside a large jar. The first six people guessed the numbers 735, 209, 390, 300, 1005 and 689. The grocery clerk said the jar actually contains 568 pennies.

 

 

Exercise 6: Significant Digits and Scientific Notation

Part 1: Determine the number of significant digits in each number and write out the specific significant digits.

 

1.    405000

 

 

2.    0.0098

 

 

3.    39.999999

 

 

4.    13.00

 

 

5.    80,000,089

 

 

6.    55,430.00

 

 

7.    0.000033

 

 

8.    620.03080

 

Part 2: Write the numbers below in scientific notation, incorporating what you know about significant digits.

 

1.    70,000,000,000

 

 

2.    0.000000048

 

 

3.    67,890,000

 

 

4.    70,500

 

 

5.    450,900,800

 

 

6.    0.009045

 

 

7.    0.023

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Stewardship Recognition Strategy and a Marketing Strategy.

Your non-profit organization should be Red Cross Society of China, and all your strategy should be based on Red Cross Society of China.

The recognition and stewardship strategy (1/2 page, single spaced) for a major gift donor should describe the donor’s gift and the written and other thank-you’s and immediate and planned recognition that will be given, and the near and ongoing stewardship that will be conducted for this immediate and likely or hoped future major gift donor.

The marketing plan (1/2 page, single spaced) should describe the actions that will be taken to present, promote and have reaction, such as comments, questions and gifts, to the fundraising case and request for support.  The plan should include actions taken inside the organization as well as those external to the organization.

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Government 2306

Consider the discussion in “Texas’s Shift from Blue to Red Informs 2014 Races.” The “red-blue” debate in Texas is essentially an issue of party realignment. The transformation of Texas from a one-party Democratic state to that of essentially a one-party Republican state occurred over several years in which there was a convergence of many different factors, including economics,demographics, trends in national politics, and the role of key political actors. For those predicting the possibility of Texas becoming a “blue” state with the resurgence of the Democratic Party, what lessons might be drawn from the Republican realignment that produced the party’s current domination of the state government and many local governments throughout Texas?

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The Bill of Rights: Assessment

Imagine your area is in a state of emergency and you are concerned about the balance of liberty and security as people try to return to their normal lives, recover what was lost, and rebuild what was destroyed. Compose an email you could send to elected officials to voice your concerns. Your email should include positions on two of the potential issues related to civil liberties found below.

Template

Instructions: Replace the information (in parentheses) with your own thoughts and information from the lesson.

Hello ________ (name of one of your elected officials at the local, state, or national level) ____,

(Write paragraph one here. Paragraph one should address why rights are not absolute. Explain how the Constitution safeguards and limits individual rights.)

(Paragraph two should address one of the ten situations from the list. Be sure to include the following information in the paragraph:

• the Constitutional amendment that relates to the situation
• arguments that could be made for or against the action that took place
• your position on the situation and the reasons you think officials should agree with you)

(Paragraph three should address a different situation from the list. Address the bulleted items again for this second situation.)

(Short summary conclusion with points made in your email and appreciation expressed for the officials’ time.)
Sincerely,
(Your Name)

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1. Imagine that the following situations have occurred in your community following the disaster. Select two of the following situations to address and evaluate in your email:
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     The government suspended the right of habeas corpus (the right to see a judge after arrest to determine if imprisonment is lawful).

   • The government forced people to evacuate from their homes.
   • The press accessed the disaster area and published a story in a national newspaper about the event.
   • The government allowed federal and state troops to be quartered in private residences to assist residents and protect order.
   • Citizens were denied the right to bring legally owned firearms to storm shelters.
   • The government made certain dangerous areas off-limits, which prevented residents from accessing their homes and personal property.
   • Prisoners were kept in prisons that lacked power, supplies, and plumbing during the emergency.
   • The federal and state courts postponed scheduled criminal and civil trials due to the emergency.
   • The government prevented the press from publishing graphic photos of victims of the natural disaster to protect the privacy of the victim’s family.
   • The federal government stated that local and state governments are solely responsible for the disaster recovery efforts and that it will not be providing assistance.
2. Once you have chosen the concerns you wish to address, compose a well-written response to each situation with the following information:
   • the Constitutional amendment that relates to the situation
   • arguments that could be made for or against the action that took place
   • your position on the situation and the reasons you think officials should agree with you
3. Save your email and check it for spelling and grammar.

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