Topic 1

Meet with your teammates and discuss the sustainability initiatives you each selected during 

Outline the costs and benefits associated with each of your initiatives. Consider the following:

• Costs
• Current costs (e.g., staffing, facility, operating, products, services)
• Cost to implement initiatives (e.g., new equipment, new contracts, or staff)
• Cost projections after implementation
• Social and environmental costs
• Benefits
• Cost savings
• Increased efficiency
• Fewer readmissions
• Benefits over time (1 year, 5 years, 10 years, etc.)

Identify and evaluate any patterns or similarities across each team member’s initiatives. 

Explore any local, state, or national revenue sources for sustainable initiatives. 

Create a 10- to 15-minute, 7- to 9-slide speaker note (a lot in the speaker note) presentation using either Microsoft® PowerPoint® or websites like Google Slides™, Adobe® Slate, or Prezi. Your presentation should:

• Deliver an overview of your initiatives, the costs, and the benefits that have an impact on them 
• Discuss any patterns or similarities your team encountered 
• Highlight any local, state, or national revenue sources that could be used

Cite 3 reputable references to support your assignment (e.g., trade or industry publications, government or agency websites, scholarly works, or other sources of similar quality).

Format your assignment according to APA guidelines.

Topic 2

Assignment Content

Identify and read two to three articles that discuss the cost and benefits associated with the initiative you have selected.

Note: If relevant articles are not found in the University Library, expand your search to outside sources and materials.

Identify best practices you can use in your sustainability initiative.

Write a 90- to 175-word summary for each citation that explains how the article supports the sustainability initiative you are developing in this course.

Format your assignment according to APA guidelines.

Include2 citation of your article in your assignment.

Topic 3

Writea 175- to 265-word response to the following:

• Health care professionals are constantly challenged to improve patient outcomes. How can sustainable practices be implemented when the processes of care become more complicated with the introduction of new drugs, technologies, and regulations?
• Include2 citation of your article in your assignment.
• Include3 citation of your article in your assignment.

Topic 4

Identify and read two to three articles that discuss the standard of care expected at your selected health care setting, innovative ideas on how to improve the quality of care and outcomes, or ideas on how to make patient care at the setting more sustainable.

Note: If relevant articles are not found in the University Library, expand your search to outside sources and materials.

Identify best practices you can use in your sustainability initiative.

Write a 90- to 175-word summary for each citation that explains how the article supports the sustainability initiative you are developing in this course.

Format your assignment according to APA guidelines.

TOPIC 5

Create a list or mind map of the patient services offered at the health care setting you selected for your sustainability initiative.

Identify which services are affected by your sustainability initiative, and brainstorm ways that the initiative will improve patient care and outcomes.

Write a 2- to 3-page paper that evaluates how your sustainability initiative will improve patient care and outcomes. 

Include your list or mind map of the patient services offered and provide details of how the services will improve once your initiative is implemented. 

Cite 3 reputable references to support your assignment (e.g., trade or industry publications, government or agency websites, scholarly works, or other sources of similar quality).

Format your assignment according to APA guidelines.

Topic 6

Write a 175- to 265-word response to the following:

• How does your employer address the problem of reducing waste in your place of employment?
• Include2 citation of your article in your assignment.

Topic 7

Identifyand read two to three articles that discuss how your initiative can reduce waste at the health care setting you selected.

Note: If relevant articles are not found in the University Library, expand your search to outside sources and materials.

Identifybest practices you can use in your sustainability initiative.

Writea 90- to 175-word summary for each citation that explains how the article supports the sustainability initiative you are developing in this course.

• Include3 citation of your article in your assignment.

Formatyour assignment according to APA guidelines.

Topic 8

There are several types of waste generated in the health care industry: infectious, pathological, sharps, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, genotoxic, radioactive, and non-hazardous or general waste.

Create an infographic that illustrates each type of waste in the health care industry. Include descriptions of the waste, sources for the waste, how much is generated per year, how it is disposed, and solutions for reducing it.

Cite 3 reputable references to support your assignment (e.g., trade or industry publications, government or agency websites, scholarly works, or other sources of similar quality).

Format your assignment according to APA guidelines.

Please do not plagiarize and use valid citations.