Describe one type of health inequality/inequity that is seen in healthcare that also has an ethical consideration? What ethical principle(s) would you need to support if you were the primary care physician responsible for treating and caring for individuals in this situation?
Reviewing the information related to the Mexican-American War, evaluate the events leading up to the war and why it happened. Consider the following questions as you respond:
There is no right or wrong answer. State your argument and provide evidence from the text to support your statements.
Answer one of the below questions that has not been answered by anyone else, and then respond to submissions from at least two classmates
Option 1: List and describe the general features of bloodstain formation.
Option 2. A criminalist studying a dyed sample hair notices that the dyed color ends about 1.5 centimeters from the tip of the hair. Approximately how many weeks before the examination was the hair dyed? Explain your answer.
Option 3. Following are descriptions of several hairs. Based on these descriptions, indicate the likely race of the person from whom the hair originated.
a. Evenly distributed, fine pigmentation.
b. Continuous medullation.
c. Dense, uneven pigmentation.
d. Wavy with a round cross-section.
Option 4. Criminalist Pete Evett is collecting fiber evidence from a murder scene. He notices fibers on the victim’s shirt and trousers, so he places both of these items of clothing in a plastic bag. He also sees fibers on a sheet near the victim, so he balls up the sheet and places it in as separate plastic bag. Noticing fibers adhering to the windowsill from which the attacker gained entrance, Pete carefully removes it with his fingers and places it in a regular envelope. What mistakes, if any, did Pete make while collecting this evidence?
Option 5. You are investigating a hit-and-run accident and have identified a suspect vehicle. Describe how you would collect paint to determine whether the suspect vehicle was involved in the accident. Be sure to indicate the tools you would use and the steps you would take to prevent cross-contamination.
Option 6. While investigating a murder scene, police gather evidence that includes a dead body riddled with stab sounds, fingerprints on a bloody knife found near the body, and a ticket stub from a theater several miles away from the scene. Detectives determine that the knife belongs to the victim, but matched prints on the knife to an acquaintance of the victim. When questioned, the acquaintance claims he was at the movies at the time of the murder – the same movie shown on the ticket stub at the scene. What direct physical evidence connects the acquaintance to the crime scene? What circumstantial evidence connects him to the scene? What can you conclude about the acquaintance’s involvement solely from direct physical evidence and deductive reasoning? What might you conclude considering circumstantial evidence and inductive reasoning as well?
Option 7: Criminalist Mick is collecting evidence from a fire scene. He gathers about a quart of ash and soot debris from several rooms surrounding the point of origin. He stores the debris in a new, clean paint can, filled about three-quarters full. Seeing several pieces of timber he believes may contain accelerant residues, he cuts them and places them in airtight plastic bags. A short time later a suspect is arrested and Mick searches him for any signs of an igniter or accelerant. He finds a cigarette lighter on the suspect and seizes it for evidence before turning the suspect over to the police. What mistakes, if any, did Mick make in collecting the evidence?
Option 8: List and describe the four types of impact bloodstain spatter patterns.
Option 9: What are the characteristics of gunshot spatter and of cast-off spatter?
Option 10: Describe the procedures to document bloodstain pattern evidence.
Option 11: List and give the characteristics of seven of the major generic fibers not addressed by another student.
Option 12: The identification and comparison of manufactured fibers consists of at least three examinations and comparisons. List and describe them.
Option 13: Briefly describe the chemistry of fire.
Option 14: Define conduction, radiation, and convection.
Option 15: List the characteristics of a fire scene that would indicate the use of accelerants.
Workflow analysis aims to determine workflow patterns that maximize the effective use of resources and minimize activities that do not add value. There are a variety of tools that can be used to analyze the workflow of processes and clarify potential avenues for eliminating waste. Flowcharts are a basic and commonly used workflow analysis method that can help highlight areas in need of streamlining.
In this Assignment, you select a common event that occurs regularly in your organization and create a flowchart representing the workflow. You analyze the process you have diagrammed and propose changes for improvement.
To prepare:
To complete:
Write a 3- to 5-page paper which includes the following:
o Explain the process you have diagrammed.
o For each step or decision point in the process, identify the following:
o Describe the metric that is currently used to measure the soundness of the workflow. Is it effective?
o Describe any areas where improvements could occur and propose changes that could bring about these improvements in the workflow.
o Summarize why it is important to be aware of the flow of an activity.
Remember to include a cover page, introduction, and summary for your paper.
*Please follow the outline on the first uploaded file. Thank you.
*Reminder: Please use article/references/citation between the period of 2011-2016. Use APA format. Thank you.
o Chapter 16, “Nursing Informatics: Improving Workflow and Meaningful Use”
Reflective Journal: Learner Development, Learning Differences, and Application of Content
An important part of being an educator is reflection. Reflection is a learning process through which you use your experiences and knowledge to guide you in the future. Each week you will have the opportunity to use your journal to reflect on the content you have learned in this course and throughout your degree program. Specifically, you will reflect on the connections you see between each case study and two to three topics from the Program Comprehensive Exam.
This week we will be focusing on learner development, learning differences, and application of content. As you learned from this week’s readings, understanding your students is critical when you are trying to meet their developmental and academic needs. In order to do this, you must differentiate your instruction. To learn more about differentiated instruction, please read the article Differentiating instruction in the preschool classroom: Bridging emergent literacy instruction and developmentally appropriate practice.
Take a few minutes to think about how the case study addresses these topics. The questions below may spark some ideas regarding learner development, learning differences, and application of content. You do not need to address all the questions; instead, write down your thoughts as they unfold.
Reflect on the following in your journal:
Your supervisor has just met with a potential new client. You and two of your coworkers will be working directly with this client in helping to create and execute contracts. To refresh your skills and memory on contracts, your supervisor has asked you to write a memo of 600–800 words to provide to your coworkers and supervisor that discusses the following information:
Identify, define, and discuss the six elements of a contract, providing examples to help further the understanding of each element.
Conduct research online or in the library to find a case involving a contract dispute regarding one or more of the elements of a contract, and provide the following:
A citation
A summary analysis of the case, including information on the specific elements involved in the dispute as well as the outcome of the case
Discuss your opinion on the outcome of the case. Do you agree with the court’s decision?
Additionally, to help prepare for the Phases 4 and 5 Individual Projects, briefly define (1-2 sentences) a contractual concern related to the business that you would like to start.
Many organizations focus on continuous improvement processes to aid efficiency improvement, reduce waste, and/or maximize profits. In your posting, discuss three of the continuous improvement foci areas you have experienced in your job or organization and discuss the effectiveness (or benefits) of such initiatives. Decide what change management issues are present that limit the organization’s efforts in continuous improvement. What are the forces driving the initiative? What practices could be improved? What should be abandoned?
Describe the structure and importance of a project phase review meeting. Select three areas that need to be reviewed by the project manager and explain why. Create a list of stakeholders that should be invited to the meeting. Why did you choose these stakeholders? What should all the meeting participants be able to walk away from the meeting with?
Unit 4 Assignment Unit outcomes addressed in this Assignment: ● Assess value-adding production of goods and services. Course outcomes addressed in this Assignment: HA540-2: Assess value-adding production of goods and services in order to optimize an organization’s performance. Instructions: In this Assignment, you will be assessing the quality of services provided by hospitals. Likewise, you will also assess how these hospitals can improve their organizational performance. ● Using the Medicare Hospital Compare website, research two hospitals varying in quality performance* ○ One hospital should display a high level of quality ○ One hospital should display a low level of quality ● Provide a general overview of each hospital (e.g., name, location, bed size, ownership, etc.) ● Discuss the quality performance differences between hospitals (e.g., survey results, deficiencies, complaints, services provided, value, etc.) ● Discuss how the first hospital is able to yield a high level of quality. ● Discuss opportunities for the second hospital to increase their level of quality. ● Synthesize how each hospital could potentially increase value to their existing services. ● Report your findings by using one (1) of the methods below: ○ 3-4 page paper excluding front and back matter (APA standards apply). ○ Internal organizational memorandum. ○ Infographic ○ Power Point presentation for a Board of Directors (10-12 slides; speaker notes as needed to support assertions). ○ 7-10 minute public service announcement (using a free online voice recorder such as vocaroo.com) ○ Video newscast (using a free online video recorder such as YouTube.com) (e.g., entertainment talk show, television commentary, interview-style, news reporting, etc.). ○ The use of first person is permitted for this Assignment (excluding option 1). APA formatting (e.g., title page, conclusion, reference page, etc.) should not be used. ● Although the use of APA formatting is not required for this Assignment, proper grammar, spelling, and punctuation are expected. *You can select any to hospitals published on the Medicare Hospital Compare website. You will need to research the database until you locate two hospitals that vary in performance measures. selection, consider researching hospitals in your community, previous places of residence, employers, competitors, or even hospitals you would like to network with someday.