Module 2 Assignments

• Discussion board: What business principles are associated with patient and system cost? Your post should relate to the assigned Powerpoint by Greg Fisher. Remember to cite and reference this in your post.

Many students have asked how to cite course materials, and the Powerpoint. I think you will find this site very helpful:

Online Lecture Notes and Presentation Slides

When citing online lecture notes, be sure to provide the file format in brackets after the lecture title (e.g. PowerPoint slides, Word document).

Lastname, F. M. (Year, Month Date). Title of presentation [Lecture notes, PowerPoint slides, etc]. Publisher. URL

Smith, C. (2017, October 13). AI and machine learning demystified [PowerPoint slides]. SlideShare. https://www.slideshare.net/carologic/ai-and-machine-learning-demystified-by-carol-smith-at-midwest-ux-2017https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/10/

• Experiential Learning Project Action Plan- Complete the template provided for week 2. This week you will develop your action plan. Each section should be discussed in your own words (paraphrased and cited), you need to include in-text citations and APA references. The reference list must be double-spaced and in hanging indent format. The reference list needs to be formatted just like a formal APA paper.

The reference list is cumulative. So week 2 should reflect the references from week 1 (at least 4) in addition to at least 2 new ones for week 2.You are developing a body of knowledge regarding your topic. Each week should include at least two new references from scholarly, peer reviewed journals.

Discussion Board Formatting- we are aware that there are transcribing issues when cutting and pasting into Blackboard. Points may be deducted for those things you can control: grammar, spelling, punctuation, citation and reference entry content, etc.Overview

This week you have read about several areas of financing as it relates to the health care system and some health care retail areas that may be of interests. For this assignment, put yourself in a nurse manager, director of nursing, Chief Nursing Officer (CNO), or business owner role. Discuss three or more business principles as discussed in the Greg Fisher Power Point-in the learning activities (in your own words) which are needed to maintain safe, quality, patient-centered care that is fiscally sound, provide supportive data. In your discussion consider:

• Why have you selected the business principles?
• Are the business principles used at your current facility?
  • If you feel that they are, give supportive examples.
  • If you feel they are not give examples of how they could be implemented.
• Why are those specific principles important in health care?
• Why are those specific principles important to you?

Your initial post must be posted before you can view and respond to colleagues, must contain minimum of two (2) references, in addition to examples from your personal experiences to augment the topic. The goal is to make your post interesting and engaging so others will want to read/respond to it. Synthesize and summarize from your resources in order to avoid the use of direct quotes, which can often be dry and boring. No direct quotes are allowed in the discussion board posts.

Post a thoughtful response to at least two (2) other colleagues’ initial postings. Responses to colleagues should be supportive and helpful (examples of an acceptable comment are: “This is interesting – in my practice, we treated or resolved (diagnosis or issue) with (x, y, z meds, theory, management principle) and according to the literature…” and add supportive reference. Avoid comments such as “I agree” or “good comment.”

Points: 30

Due Dates:

• Initial Post: Fri, April 1 by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) of the US.
• Response Post: Sun, April 3 by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) of the US – (the response posts cannot be done on the same day as the initial post).

References:

• Initial Post: Minimum of two (2) total references: one (1) from required course materials and one (1) from peer-reviewed references.
• Response posts: Minimum of one (1) total reference: one (1) from peer-reviewed or course materials reference per response.

Words Limits

• Initial Post: Minimum 200 words excluding references (approximately one (1) page)
• Response posts: Minimum 100 words excluding references.

Note: Since it is difficult to edit the APA reference in the Blackboard discussion area, you can copy and paste APA references from your Word document to the Blackboard discussion area. Points will not be deducted because of format changes in spacing.