American Heart Association Mission Statement

The number one killer in the United States today is heart disease or also known as cardiovascular disease (U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2015). As death rates begin to rise due to cardiovascular disease, in 1948 the Framingham Heart Study became a joint project of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and Boston University to pinpoint the most common factors that play a role in cardiovascular disease and strokes (Framingham Heart Study, 2015). Over several years, the Framingham study has identified several risks factors that are believed to increase the likelihood of a person being diagnosed with cardiovascular disease. These risk factors include high blood pressure, high cholesterol levels, smoking, obesity, diabetes, and physical

An educator, nurse, and founder of the American Red Cross, Clarissa Harlow Barton, more famously known as Clara Barton, was born in 1821. Being a woman born into this time period, she faced hardships and struggled to compete with men and it was because of this that she was pushed towards taking care of people who were wounded or ill. She had her first calling at the age of ten where she nursed her brother back to recovery after he experienced a severe fall and it was not until forty years later in the 1860s that she began making major contributions to the nursing profession.

"1. Better Health: Strengthen Patient-centered Primary Health Care by improving connectivity, access and chronic disease management.

In her “The Tell-Tale Green Heart” (2013), Lisa Sanders asserted that throughout history no cardiac doctor has ever seen a green heart while operating on a human. Sanders supported her position by providing a medical case from the heart procedure that showed how the doctors identified a green heart. Sanders’ purpose was to inform older people about heart problems through a fact filled medical story in order to raise awareness about heart diseases. Given the informative language used in the article, Sanders was writing to an ill-advised audience with an alarming tone to notify her readers about their body.

Mission statements will ensure that shareholders, employees and customers clearly understand what the company stands for. Mission statements also describe the organization’s overall goals. Mission statements should be written in a way that when someone reads the statement, they have an understanding of the activities that are performed in the organization. In this paper I will compare the mission statement of Chick-Fil-A Foundation with my personal mission statement.

In 1968, American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) formerly known as the American Association of Physician Assistants was established in North Carolina by the first graduate students of Duke University Physician Assistant program. Since then PA profession has grown to tremendous heights. The mission statement of the AAPA is, “To ensure the professional growth, personal excellence, and recognition of the physician assistants, and to support their efforts to enable then to improve the quality, accessibility, and cost-effectiveness of patient-centered health care.” The physician assistant profession has shown remarkable growth since its first PAs started practice in 1967.

Every year, 1.4 million new cases of diabetes are being diagnosed among the American people. This is why now is more important than ever to join the American Diabetes Association to take action against the ugly face of diabetes. As the American Diabetes Association our mission statement is to prevent and cure diabetes and to improve the lives of all of the people affected by diabetes. Now you may be wondering what is the American Diabetes Association about, what is the American Diabetes Association doing to achieve their mission, and what can you do to help. People need to stop acting like diabetes is not a growing problem and come together to take a stand against diabetes.

In Paragraph one in the article “Clara Barton” from the website “HistoryNet.com”. The founder of American Red Cross, Clara Barton, Was born on christmas day in 1821 in North Oxford, Massachusetts. Also in paragraph one of the “Clara Barton” article it states that her parents were Captain Stephen and Sarah (Stone) Barton. Her father was a businessman and community leader, who served in the indian wars. She was educated mainly at home by her older siblings. She was the youngest of five.

Heart failure is a health condition affecting millions of people worldwide. Heart failure readmissions for healthcare agencies continues to be an area of concern due to the cost associated with each readmission. Readmissions to the hospital for heart failure is tied to reimbursement and financial penalties. Developing a plan to combat readmission is a difficult task. Therefore, an phenomena of interest is to investigate how a comprehensive heart failure educational follow- up program will aid in decreasing hospital readmissions within 30 days of discharge?

State Topic - I'm going to inform the class more about the American Red Cross on how they are helping people.

“Hispanic Americans are now the largest and fastest growing minority in the United States, with an estimated growth from 30 million in 1998 and 97 million by 2050. In 2000, approximately 2 million of the 30 million Hispanic Americans were diagnosed with diabetes. “(Cohen et al.2005) Even though Hispanic Americans, especially Mexican Americans, have a higher tendency to have diabetes due to genetic factors, the main cause of this chronic disease is the socioeconomic inequities that affect this population in the United States. The U.S.-Mexico border has caught the attention of researchers through the years not only because the prevalent population, Mexican American, has high rates of poverty and unemployment, but also because the prevalence of diabetes in the Arizona-Sonora border is twice that of the rest of the country. (Staten et al. 2005) Creating culturally tailored chronic disease prevention programs is important to target this specific community that has distinct needs.

A mission statement is a defining piece of identity for an organization. It shows what an organization stands for, what is at stake and reflects who is invested in the organization. Mission statements serve just as great of a purpose to the community as they do to the organization. It is an organization’s promise to the community and a way to hold themselves accountable within their organization. This paper will discuss possible mission statements, departments necessary as well as positions and job descriptions, an organization reporting chart and discuss outsourced functions.

“The best way to discern the condition of our heart is to listen to our rhetoric and watch our routines.” -Dr. Andrew Moroz

The strategic change cycle is one of the processes within strategic planning. This cycle is a ten-step process created to assist organizations in meeting their mandates, satisfying their missions, and constructing public value. “Strategic planning is intended to enhance an organization’s ability to think, act, and learn strategically” (Bryson & Alston, 2011).

I want to further my study in this course because it is thrilling and rapidly- moving subject area, that is highly pertinent to the problem facing by society today. As far as I concern, cardiovascular disease is one of the popular cause of death. I am keen to learn more and involve in the latest advances in cardiovascular research. Over the years of studying, my interest in this area has increased. Moreover, I found that this course is challenging, rewarding and inspiring topic. How the human body works, repairs itself and can be improved especially related to cardiovascular always make me interested into it. This is why studying cardiovascular science at master level is an ideal choice for me. Being