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Essay Instructions: Due Week 6 and worth 250 points

Dr. DoRight has recently been hired as the President of the ?Universal Human Care Hospital?, where he oversees all departments with over 5,000 employees and over 20,000 patients at the medical facility. He has been provided with a broad set of duties and oversight of numerous departments, including business development, customer services, human resources, legal, patient advocacy, to name a few. He has managers in each department that he supervises and who work with him to address the needs of the various internal and external stakeholders of the hospital. Dr. DoRight discovers that some patients within the hospital have been dying as a result of a variety of illegal procedures by doctors and nurses, and negligent supervision and oversight on their part. This was brought to his attention in a few meetings and he told his Regional Director Compliance Manager and Executive Committee in January 2009. He was told by them that the matter would be investigated and they would report any findings to him as soon as possible. After two (2) years, there have been no results from the investigation and some patients are still passing away due to the negligent activities. He also answers to a board of trustees and interfaces with numerous community organizations and corporations who have various reasons for doing business with the hospital. Dr. DoRight continues to win awards for his leadership of the hospital and meeting business goals. He was recently named ?Medical Business Executive of the Year? in 2011.

Write a six to seven (6-7) page paper in which you:
1.Determine at least three (3) different internal and external stakeholders that Dr. DoRight might have to deal with on a daily basis at the hospital.
2.Compare and contrast potential conflicts of interest that may exist between the internal and external stakeholders.
3.Discuss whether Dr. DoRight has fulfilled his ethical duty by reporting the illegal procedures.
4.Describe the deontology principle and apply it to the ethical dilemma that Dr. DoRight faces in this case.
5.Describe the utilitarianism principle and apply it to the ethical dilemma Dr. Do Right faces in this case.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements: ?Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
?Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student?s name, the professor?s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are: ?Analyze employee rights to health and safety in the workplace.
?Use technology and information resources to research issues in law, ethics, and corporate governance.
?Write clearly and concisely about law, ethics, and corporate governance using proper writing mechanics.
Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing skills. Click here to view the grading rubric for this assignment.

Essay Instructions: Media

Video: Laureate Education, Inc. (Executive Producer). (2011). Healthcare policy and advocacy: Agenda setting and the policy process. Baltimore: Author.

Required Readings

Articles:

American Association of Colleges of Nursing. (n.d.). Future of the nursing: Leading change, advancing health. Retrieved from http://www.aacn.nche.edu/government-affairs/IOMFactSheet.pdf

Hyder, A., Syed, S., Puvanachandra, P., Bloom, G., Sundaram, S., Mahmood, S., & ... Peters, D. (2010). Stakeholder analysis for health research: Case studies from low- and middle-income countries. Public Health, 124(3), 159-166.
Institute of Medicine. (2010). Report brief: The future of nursing: leading change, advancing health: Report brief. Retrieved from http://www.iom.edu/~/media/Files/Report%20Files/2010/The-Future-of-Nursing/Future%20of%20Nursing%202010%20Report%20Brief.pdf

Lavis, J. N., Permanand, G., Oxman, A. D., Lewin, S., & Fretheim, A. (2009). SUPPORT Tools for evidence-informed health Policymaking (STP) 13: Preparing and using policy briefs to support evidence-informed policymaking. Health Research Policy & Systems, 71-79. doi: 10.1186/1478-4505-7-S1-S13
Lowery, B. (2009). Obesity, bariatric nursing, and the policy process: The connecting points for patient advocacy. Bariatric Nursing & Surgical Patient Care, 4(2), 133-138.
Moore, K. (2006). How can basic research on children and families be useful for the policy process? Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 52(2), 365-375.
National Center for Policy Analysis. (2010). Ideas changing the world: Free-market health care policy. Retrieved from http://www.ncpa.org/healthcare/

Slack, B. (2011). The policy process. Retrieved from http://people.hofstra.edu/geotrans/eng/methods/ch9c2en.html
Optional Resources are listed in the Week 3 Learning Resources.



TOPIC: Agenda Setting

Post a cohesive response that addresses the following:

1. In the first line of your posting, identify the clinical practice issue you would like to see on your organization's systematic agenda.

2. What strategies would you use to inform stakeholders and persuade them of the importance of your identified clinical practice issue?

THE CLINICAL PRACTICE ISSUE I WILL LIKE ON MY ORGANIZATION'S SYSTEMATIC AGENDA IS "increase nosocomial infections in the facility i work in. example urinary tract infection.

I AM A NURSE PRACTITIONER AND WORK IN A NURSING HOME AS ONE OF THE MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS AND UTI IN THE POST MONTHS HAS INCREASED.

Essay Instructions: Dr. DoRight has recently been hired as the President of the “Universal Human Care Hospital”, where he oversees all departments with over 5,000 employees and over 20,000 patients at the medical facility. He has been provided with a broad set of duties and oversight of numerous departments, including business development, customer services, human resources, legal, patient advocacy, to name a few. He has managers in each department that he supervises and who work with him to address the needs of the various internal and external stakeholders of the hospital. Dr. DoRight discovers that some patients within the hospital have been dying as a result of a variety of illegal procedures by doctors and nurses, and negligent supervision and oversight on their part. This was brought to his attention in a few meetings and he told his Regional Director Compliance Manager and Executive Committee in January 2009. He was told by them that the matter would be investigated and they would report any findings to him as soon as possible. After two (2) years, there have been no results from the investigation and some patients are still passing away due to the negligent activities. He also answers to a board of trustees and interfaces with numerous community organizations and corporations who have various reasons for doing business with the hospital. Dr. DoRight continues to win awards for his leadership of the hospital and meeting business goals. He was recently named “Medical Business Executive of the Year” in 2011.
Discuss:
1. Determine at least three (3) different internal and external stakeholders that Dr. DoRight might have to deal with on a daily basis at the hospital.
2.Compare and contrast potential conflicts of interest that may exist between the internal and external stakeholders.
3. Discuss whether Dr. DoRight fulfilled his ethical duty by reporting the illegal procedures.

4.Describe the deontology principle and apply it to the ethical dilemma that Dr. DoRight faces in this case.
5.Describe the utilitarianism principle and apply it to the ethical dilemma Dr. Do Right faces in this case.

This research paper must Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; references must follow APA.

Essay Instructions: Using your chosen topic , write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper on your topic becomes a policy. In your paper, include the following information:


Topic: (National nursing shortage reform and patient advocacy act number s. 739/ The public Health workforce shortage)


Define Evaluation stage
Explain the evaluation process that would be used (or was used) to determine if your stated policy objective(s) could be (or were) met.
Define Analysis stage
Explain what factors could prevent (or prevented) your policy objective(s) from being achieved.
Explain what factors you feel could (or did) contribute to your policy meeting its objective(s)
Define Revision stage
Explain revisions to the policy resulting from factors identified in the analysis stage

Cite a minimum of four peer reviewed or .gov references. At least three of the sources must be peer reviewed.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.