Describe the continuum of managed health care plans and key differences for each. What are the principal elements of control (cost controls, utilization controls) in each type of managed care plan? Who wields the control, the payer or the provider or both?
Evaluate the impact of caring behaviors on patient outcomes. 2. Appraise the effects of communication techniques on proposed outcomes. 3. Assess the effectiveness of culturally congruent care on patient outcomes. 4. Integrate critical thinking with independent judgment to promote optimal wellness to families and communities. 5. Evaluate, as a leader, the concepts of power, empowerment, autonomy and advocacy in managing nursing practice. 6. Compare and contrast leadership styles and health care systems in reference to sociocultural, political, economic, legal and ethical influences. 7. Utilize research findings for decision- making and rationale for nursing practice. 8. Assume accountability for meeting the changing health care needs of the global community, through the continuation of personal, professional and educational development.
Critically assess the decision of the House of Lords in Rhone v Stephens [1994] 2 A.C. 310, with particular reference to the following statement: ‘Few would dissent from the view that in appropriate circumstances positive covenants should be capable of enforcement against successors in title to the original covenantor; that enforcement should be through direct means rather than through indirect means, which are artificial and frequently unreliable; and that the continued absence of such direct means is inconvenient and potentially unjust.’
How is globalization affecting businesses in the US? Discuss how it is impacting Regional Economic Integration and FDI. You are expected to: 1. Define globalization the context of an industry / product/ service. It could be your class projects’ product/service. 2. Display understanding of Regional Economic Integration, apply it in a situation with an example and also discuss FDI in the context. 3. Discuss the role of IMF and exchange rates briefly. 4. Discuss the role of culture in business across nations.
Critically discuss how the New Racial Politics and Social Policy in the Nixon years (1970’s) and Reagan and Bush years (1980) affected women and people of color. Also, discuss the factors that set the stage for the New Racial Politics. Question 2 Discuss in detail how (1) political forces rooted in the legacy of the great society; (2) the democratic controlled congress; (3) various bureaucrats within the Welfare state; civil rights organizations etc. prevented Reagan/Bush administrations from fulfilling their promise to fundamentally “cut-back” on social policies, eliminate affirmative action and dramatically transform the American Welfare state. Question 3 What strategies did President Clinton use to reduce the political salience of race and retain African American and Latino political support? Question 4 Critically discuss President Clinton’s crime bill and its effects on people of color. Also discuss the failure of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) and other Black organizations to oppose the crime bill. Question 5 Critically discuss the background factors/conditions that led up to the 1996 Welfare Reform. Be sure to also discuss, the stereotypical image of welfare recipients; the deficit; the Contract with America; tax expenditures for business and the hidden welfare for the affluent; coded messages, etc. Question 6 Critically discuss the 1996 Welfare Reform showing among other things that it was not “race neutral,” and the failure of the Congressional Black Caucus, Left Organizations, women and Latino Civil Rights Organizations to oppose it. Also discuss the effects of Welfare Reform on women and people of color, recommendations to improve the conditions for women and people of color, etc. Question from Text: Today’s Globalization Question 7 What is new about today’s globalization- especially the technology of production, communication and distribution? How does this impact our lives- the political economy of the wages, market system; culture, ideology and the media: politics and structures of social control and domination?
