Download Nurse Practitioners in Urban vs. Rural Areas in California and more Thesis Financial Accounting in PDF only on Docsity! 1 C207, Task 2: Urban vs. Rural C207 C207, Task 2: Urban vs. Rural Western Governors University A: SUMMARY OF SITUATION: In 2019, California had an estimated 39,512,223 people, with 837,284 people residing in rural areas. Due to the large communities, there must be enough Nurse Practitioners available to help provide care for all the state's health disparities. We need a healthy population to maintain our taskforce and keep our state economy healthy. Nurse Practitioners practice in both metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas of California. However, are there enough Nurse Practitioner's to take care of those living in urban and rural areas in the state of California (MindEdge, 2017; RHIhub, 2020)? B1: SUMMARY OF DATA: The sample will consist of the average rates of Nurse Practitioners (NP's) per 10,000 people in twenty Urban counties and twenty Rural counties in California. A random selection of twenty counties in each area will be chosen to make up a sample of 40 counties in total. Counties within the state will be separated into Metropolitan and Non-Metropolitan columns. The averages per column will be calculated, showing the average rate of Nurse practitioners in Urban areas compared to Rural areas per 10,000 people. The following display from Excel of data shows the Metropolitan versus Non-metropolitan counties in two columns with the amount of 2 C207, Task 2: Urban vs. Rural NP's per 10,000 people from areas within the state being questioned (MindEdge, 2017; RHIhub, 2020). (MindEdge, 2017) B2: GRAPHICAL DISPLAY: The following graphical display shows the average rate of Nurse Practitioners per 10,000 people in California's urban areas compared to its rural areas. The blue column represents the urban areas, also referred to as Metropolitan counties, and the yellow column represents the rural 5 C207, Task 2: Urban vs. Rural significance level of 0.05. The null cannot be rejected, and both methods indicate the null hypothesis; there is no significant difference amongst the means. Therefore, the conclusion is that there is no significant difference in the average rate of Nurse Practitioners per 10,000 people in California's Urban vs. Rural areas (MindEdge, 2017; RHIhub, 2020). D2: DATA ANALYSIS LIMITATIONS: The limitation is that the samples were taken from 2018, and we are now in the year 2020. We do not know if the samples have changed in number or if the population grew in some California regions, resulting in a lack of Nurse Practitioners in urban and rural areas to take care of all patients (MindEdge, 2017; RHIhub, 2020). D3: RECOMMENDED COURSE OF ACTION: Continue to monitor the amount of Nurse Practitioners per 10,000 people consistently every year to make sure the data is accurate and up to date. This constant monitoring will help ensure no significant difference in NP's working in urban areas more than rural areas to ensure all California people have fair access to healthcare professionals regardless of where they live. 6 C207, Task 2: Urban vs. Rural E: SOURCES MindEdge (2017). Data-driven decision making. Waltham, MA: MindEdge, Inc. Retrieved on 12/4/20 from Western Governors University: 3.06.2 Hypothesis Testing Example, Two-Sample t- Test (mindedgeonline.com) RHIhub (2020) Rural Health Information Hub. Retrieved on 12/6/20 from https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/data-explorer?id=202&state=CA
