Assignment 1: SWOT Analysis    Due Week 3 and worth 200 points    What is a SWOT analysis? The SWOT is an organizational performance tool used to conduct a situation analysis. The acronym SWOT stands for the following factors:   Strengths – internal factors that leverage organizational performance   Weaknesses – internal factors that will affect the health care organization (cost, quality, etc.)   Opportunities – external factors that improve initiatives for the organization   Threats – external factors that could negatively affect organizational performance   The SWOT analysis should match the organization’s resources and capabilities to the competitive environment in which it operates. The analysis should help guide the organization’s formulation and selection of strategy. The SWOT analysis framework is often represented in a 2 x 2 matrix. (See template below.)
Strengths and weaknesses are internal to the company and can be directly managed by it, while opportunities and threats are external (meaning the company can only anticipate and react to them).   Using the health care companies selected in Week 1, create a slide presentation with no more than 12 slides (with bullets) and note pages that include the following (Note: Use the bullets below to help you structure your presentation):   • The first slides should introduce your companies and why you chose them.  • Include your completed SWOT diagrams (one for each company).   • Include a comparison of each company’s SWOT.   • Identify a minimum of three factors that affect each firm’s environment. You must include the internal and external environments (e.g., resources, market, competitors, geographical, global) in each factor. Rate the top two concerns, based on your professional experience.      • Assess and provide recommendations that will:   1. enhance the strengths,   2. minimize the weaknesses,   3. maximize the opportunities, and   4. overcome the threats.

 

Laura and John live in a long-term de facto relationship and are 33 and 36 respectively.Laura is a chemical engineer and works full-time and John is a freelance journalist.Laura is 4 months pregnant with their first child. Laura intends to take at least 2 years off work in a home-maker role not earning income to care for her child before negotiating a re-entry into the workforce with her employer.They have a balanced risk profile from an investment standpoint.
Laura earns a gross salary of $85,000 and John is expected to earn a gross income of $53,000. Note: John’s salary has varied over the previous three years as follows ($66,000 – 3 years ago, $82,000 – 2 years ago, $51,000 1 year ago).Laura and John rent their house and pay $640 per calendar week on rent.
John inherited a portfolio of shares from his grandmother valued at $320,000. He chose to set up a margin lending portfolio 2 years ago. His current margin loan is valued at $190,000 and his current share portfolio is valued at $529,000.Laura has a personal loan on a car valued at $22,000John and Laura have combined credit card debt of $13,000
Laura has a superannuation balance of $171,000 which is invested in a balanced fund. Note, Laura has Life Insurance and TPD Insurance (Any Occupation definition) of $200,000 held within superannuation.John has a superannuation balance of $35,000 which is invested in a balanced fund.John has existing insurance cover outside of superannuation of:Great cover Term Life insurance $350,000 (Stand Alone)Laura has existing insurance cover outside of superannuation of:AAA Term Life Insurance $100,000 (Stand Alone)Easy cover Term Life Insurance $210,000Easy cover TPD (Own Occupation definition) Insurance $210,000 (note: Bundled with Easycover Term Life Insurance)Question 1
Refer to the information provided to you about Laura and John.
Assume now that Laura and John did not rent, rather they owned a house worth $980,000 and had an associated mortgage of $335,000. Assume they have a combined gross income of $90,000 and want to retire at age 60.
Re-calculate John and Laura’s Life Insurance and TPD lump-sum requirements using;
a) The Income capitalisation approach
b) Age to retirement lump sum approach
c) What is the main advantage and disadvantage of using the ‘goals’ approach compared to the alternative ‘age to retirement lump sum’ and ‘income capitalisation’ approaches when determining a client’s required Life and TPD insurance?
Question 2
(Minimum word length: 200 Words)
If your client doesn’t have dependants, explain which insurance out of Life and TPD Insurance is still very important and why, and which insurance out of Life and TPD Insurance is less important and why? In your answer, explain why taking out insurance that has lesser importance, might still be worthwhile for future reasons (e.g. changes in personal circumstances) in the context of health and guaranteed renewability.

 

Order Description Task 1 Articulation of Response (clarity, organization, mechanics) The candidate provides substantial articulation of response. A. Investigated Disease Process The candidate investigates 1 of the given disease processes. A1. Pathophysiology The candidate provides a plausible analysis, with substantial detail, of the pathophysiology of the disease process selected in part A. A2. Standard of Practice The candidate provides a logical discussion, with substantial detail, of the standard of practice for the selected disease process. A2a. Pharmacological Treatments The candidate provides a logical discussion, with substantial detail, of the evidence-based pharmacological treatments in the candidate�s state and how they affect management of the selected disease in the candidate�s community. A2b. Clinical Guidelines The candidate provides a logical discussion, with substantial detail, of clinical guidelines for assessment, diagnosis, and patient education for the selected disease process. A2c. Standard Practice of Disease Management The candidate provides an appropriate comparison, with substantial detail, of standard practice for managing the disease within the candidate�s community with state or national practices.
A3. Managed Disease Process The candidate provides a logical discussion, with substantial detail, of characteristics of and resources for a patient who manages the selected disease well, including access to care, treatment options, life expectancy, and outcomes. A3a. Disparities The candidate provides a plausible analysis, with substantial support, of disparities between management of the selected disease on a national and international level. A4. Managed Disease Factors The candidate provides a logical discussion, with sufficient detail, of 3 or 4 factors that contribute to a patient being able to manage the selected disease. A4a. Unmanaged Disease Factors The candidate provides a logical explanation, with substantial detail, of how a lack of the factors discussed in part A4 leads to an unmanaged disease process. A4ai. Unmanaged Disease Characteristics The candidate provides an appropriate description, with sufficient detail, of the characteristics of a patient with the selected disease that is unmanaged. B. Patients, Families, & Populations The candidate provides a plausible analysis, with substantial detail, of how the selected disease process affects patients, families, and populations in the candidate�s community. B1.
Costs The candidate provides a logical discussion, with substantial detail, of the financial costs associated with the selected disease process for patients, families, and populations from diagnosis to treatment. C. Best Practices Promotion The candidate provides a logical discussion, with substantial detail, of how the candidate will promote best practices for managing the selected disease in the candidate�s current healthcare organization. C1. Implementation Plan The candidate provides a logical discussion, with substantial detail, of 3 strategies the candidate could use to implement best practices for managing the selected disease in the candidate�s current healthcare organization. C2. Evaluation Method The candidate provides a logical discussion, with substantial detail, of an appropriate method to evaluate the implementation of each of the strategies from part C1. D. Sources When the candidate uses sources, the candidate provides appropriate in-text citations and references with no readily detectable deviations from APA style, OR the candidate does not use sources. PATHOPHARMACOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS FOR ADVANCED NURSING PRACTICE Introduction: As an advanced practice nurse, it is important to diagnose, treat, and evaluate patients who have chronic disease.
A nurse must understand how pathology, treatment, regimens, and psycho- social issues affect patients and the care they receive. Disease management is more than just monitoring a medication or treatment; it is evaluating the disease process from the micro to macro level. As a nurse with an advanced degree, you will be expected to assess patients and individual and population responses to chronic illness. For this assessment, you will investigate pathopharmacological issues related to a specific disease process. Your topic to investigate is heart disease. As part of this assessment, you will analyze the various impacts the disease process has on the patients, their families, and populations at a local, national, and international level. Requirements: A. Investigate one of the following disease processes: traumatic brain injury, depression, obesity, asthma, or heart disease.
1. Analyze the pathophysiology of the disease process you selected in part A.
2. Discuss the standard of practice for the selected disease process. a. Discuss the evidence-based pharmacological treatments in your state and how they affect management of the selected disease in your community. b. Discuss clinical guidelines for assessment, diagnosis, and patient education for the selected disease process. c. Compare the standard practice for managing the disease within your community with state or national practices.
3. Discuss characteristics of and resources for a patient who manages the selected disease well, including access to care, treatment options, life expectancy, and outcomes. a. Analyze disparities between management of the selected disease on a national and international level.
4. Discuss three or four factors (e.g., financial resources, access to care, insured/uninsured, Medicare/Medicaid) that contribute to a patient being able to manage the selected disease a. Explain how a lack of the factors discussed in part A4 leads to an unmanaged disease process. i. Describe characteristics of a patient with the selected disease that is unmanaged. B. Analyze how the selected disease process affects patients, families, and populations in your community.
1. Discuss the financial costs associated with the selected disease process for patients, families, and populations from diagnosis to treatment. C. Discuss how you will promote best practices for managing the selected disease in your current healthcare organization.
1. Discuss three strategies you could use to implement best practices for managing the selected disease in your current healthcare organization.
2. Discuss an appropriate method to evaluate the implementation of each of the strategies from part C1. D. When you use sources, include all in-text citations and references in APA format. Note: When using sources to support ideas and elements in an assessment, the submission MUST include APA formatted in-text citations with a corresponding reference list for any direct quotes or paraphrasing. It is not necessary to list sources that were consulted if they have not been quoted or paraphrased in the text of the assessment. Note: No more than a combined total of 30% of a submission can be directly quoted or closely paraphrased from outside sources, even if cited correctly. For tips on using APA style, please refer to the APA Handout web link included in the APA Guidelines section. . WITH US .

 

Develop a research table to organize and summarize the research studies.
Using a summary table allows you to be more concise in your narrative description.
Only research studies used to support your intervention are summarized in this table. Refer to the “Evaluation Table Template,” available in the textbook appendix.
Use the “Evaluation Table Template” as an adaptable template.
Write a narrative that presents the research support for the projects problem and proposed solution. Make sure to do the following:Include a description of the search method (e.g., databases, keywords, criteria for inclusion and exclusion, and number of studies that fit your criteria).
Summarize all of the research studies used as evidence. The essential components of each study need to be described so that readers can evaluate its scientific merit, including study strengths and limitations.Incorporate a description of the validity of the internal and external research.

 

Purpose- To demonstrate an understanding and use of theoretical Nursing Models.
1. Identitfy the nursing model of sister callista roy adaptation model.
2. Mention some backround on its development/developer
3. Describe/Explain the components of the model
4. Identify two strengths of the model
5. Identify two limitations of the model.
6. State how the model is or might be used in your particular clinical area of nursing practice.
7. Reference Page