Articles on Laboratory Testing Policies and Clinical Practices Discussion

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I’m trying to study for my Health & Medical course and I need some help to understand this question.

Find a minimum of three original research articles (Original is defined as articles not utilized for week 1 or week 2 assignment) to support your project and summarize EACH article in no less than 350 words. **Should be no less than four (4) separate 350 word summaries to exceed expections and no less than three (3) separate summaries to meet expections

All of the articles must be:

Peer reviewed
Recent (published within 5 years)
Statistically significant
Not used as a reference in the week 1 or week 2 assignment
Find current guidelines and summarize the clinical guidelines in no less than 350 words. **Should be no less than two (2) clinical guideline summaries to exceed expectations and at least one (1) clinical summary of the most recent clinical guideline related to your topic to meet expectations

Consider processes, policies, and clinical guidelines that relate to your chosen issue

Submit separate PDFs of all of the ACTUAL original articles and a separate pdf of the current guidelines for your subject/problem as well as a reference page with an APA-formatted citation for each article. **Total of no less than four (6) separate summaries to exceed expectations and no less than four (4) summaries of the articles to meet expectations

Format and Submit your assignment as the following:

1. A word paper of article summaries and clinical guidelines formatted in APA format ( to include title page and reference page). Total of no less than four (6) separate summaries to exceed expectations and no less than four (4) summaries of the articles to meet expectations. **You can summarize all articles and clinical guidelines in one word document with reference page included.

2. No less than four (4) separate Pdfs (this includes Three (3) pdfs of the original articles and a pdf of the current guidelines)

Childhood Conduct Problems Discussion

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Need help with my Health & Medical question – I’m studying for my class.

 

Respond to classmate’s discussion post with 250 words and 2 scholarly references to each classmate. Answer if you agree or disagree and why and add some additional scholarly information to support why you agree or disagree or to enhance the discussion.

1) Dr. Pipoly

CATs Week 8

Class,

This is our final week together. I hope that everyone enjoyed the course. I know this class takes a lot of time and dedication due to the group dynamics. In the past students have shared that they were able to form lasting connections with their peers in this class because of the group process. I do hope you are able to not only take away the course material, but a closer connection to your classmates.

During my graduate program I wish that I had someone to ask field related questions. I had so many things that I wish I had known, not about the material but of the counseling field as a whole. I want to be that person for you. For our last CATs, please feel free to ask any questions to the field of counseling as a whole.

2) Kathy Rivero

Topic 8 DQ 1 (Obj. 8.1, 8.3, and 8.4)

Hello All,

“A support group is a group of people who come together to talk about a challenge, experience and/or role that they have in common without being judged, blamed, stigmatised or isolated. Support groups are effective because members receive firsthand advice and the approaches that they learn come from peers who are coping with very similar circumstances. This means that the guidance is not theoretical, but practical, personal and relevant” (Fanelli, & Moyo, 2008). It can be hugely inspiring if people can see other people who are ‘in the same boat’ doing well. Many people described being amazed that people with HIV can be so healthy.

“Many communities and churches offer support groups to victims of domestic violence. In these groups, participants understand the importance of anonymity. Therefore, you do not have to share your name, if you don’t want to. Support groups are a great place to find help with your current situation. Many offer assistance with filing police reports or locating a counselor who may be able to help you through this difficult time” (Burns, 2020).

“Each of us mourns the death of a loved one differently. While some people attempt to cope with their grief by themselves and do not want or need outside assistance, many others seek and find comfort in sharing the pain, anger, depression and other emotions they feel following a loss. This article provides a list of grief and bereavement support groups and organizations that offer nationwide grief support and recovery services, information and other resources to help the bereaved”( Raymond, n.d.).

One of the things these group have in common is the challenge of dieing. Support groups should help build confidence and strength. It can be hugely inspiring if people can see other people who are ‘in the same boat’ doing well. Many people described being amazed that people with HIV can be so healthy.

Fanelli Carolyn W. and Moyo R. Alice,, Guidelines for Establishing and Operating Successful Support Groups for People Living with HIV, Retrieve from: https://www.crs.org/sites/default/files/tools-research/guidelines-for-support-groups-hiv.pdf

Kelly L. Burns, MA, LPC, ATR-P, 2020 Domestic Violence Help And Support Groups, Retrieve from: https://www.betterhelp.com/advice/domestic-violence/domestic-violence-help-and-support-groups/

Raymond, Chris Dealing with Grief and loss, Retrieve from: https://www.life123.com/web?o=765444&l=dir&qo=serpSearchTopBox&q=help+with+elderly+care+and+grief+support+group

3) Kathy Rivero

Topic 8 DQ 2 (Obj. 8.2)

Good morning,

Where I work we work with people coming out of prison, drug dealers, child abuser, and pedophiles Actually we are the only one in Atlantic County, New Jersey that accepts clients with these issues. All the employees are train o how to deal with them and things we can do should someone get out of hand while in a group setting. I have been working with them for about six years and very seldom is there an outburst in the group setting. Most of them are on life parole and do not want to go back to prison.

Recidivism — a relapse or return to criminal behavior — is the biggest challenge that criminals and society face when prisoners are released. Groups that help former inmates after a run-in with the law can reduce these numbers and help the newly released find a meaningful place within society”(Brenner, 2017). They can relapse on drugs and alcohol should they not change, however most come to group because they have to. When release they are they usually get into a half-way house and an intensive outpatient (IOP). Sex offenders and violent criminals, who represent a significant threat to society, cannot be sent to these re-entry centers “(Brenner, 2017). So where do they go? If they do not have family they are sent to the Atlantic City Rescue Mission in New Jersey which is a place where all homeless people go or the are sent to a house where everyone that lives there has a mentally health issues. Such as schziperia, major depression, people who needs monitoring and are mentally challenge.

I believe that everyone should be given a chance at recovery. Some of these clients will never work again because of their conviction. I would to start groups for people that are out of prison and into society, “Groups that help former inmates after a run-in with the law can reduce these numbers and help the newly released find a meaningful place within society” (Brenner, 2017). In group setting or therapy we would start getting them to feel safe and in a non-judgment environment, explaining the HIPPA laws and confidentiality. We would start with asking the client what’s their plan and setting goals. Clients that have spent a lot of time in jail and have a rough time adapting to the outside world really need counseling or group therapy.

Brenner; Laurie, October 04, 2017, Groups That Help Inmates After Prison, Retrieve from: https://classroom.synonym.com/groups-that-help-inm…

Identify the market sector your organization falls into (mass market or niche services). How does the population health approach to health care rather than the curative approach affect service delivery and management in your organization?

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I need help with a Health & Medical question. All explanations and answers will be used to help me learn.

Select a real or hypothetical health care organization, and address the following:

Identify the market sector your organization falls into (mass market or niche services). How does the population health approach to health care rather than the curative approach affect service delivery and management in your organization?
Assess common health care leadership issues (e.g., organizational climate, teamwork, coaching, and so on) and their impact on stakeholders.
Discuss the ethical and legal issues that may be found in the health care organization of your choice.
Provide at least 3 suggestions to minimize negative outcomes and maximize the positive outcomes of leadership intervention in areas such as staffing, financing, competition, regulations, and public image.

Emergency operation plan for Taif health sectors in case of an epidemic outbreak.

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Topic: Emergency operation plan for Taif health sectors in case of an epidemic outbreak.

This will be my capstone project.

the National Health for Emergency Operation Center NHEOC is under the ministry of health, there are 20 centers in Saudi Arabia. One of it in Taif city and it is called Taif EOC and it is an administration that is responsible for coordinating the efforts between Taif’s hospitals and other stakeholders in case of disease outbreaks). my project will be about this center in Taif city and to update the Emergency operation plan in case of an epidemic outbreak, and this project will also include a training program for the employees to improve their abilities in managing disease outbreaks.

Requirement:

As first step I want you make a Planning tools for the capstone project.

Provide Background & Formulate Focus Questions Discussion

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As we get started, I want to do some level setting. We often hear people talk about ‘doing their research’ by searching the Internet for existing information. An example might be searching Consumer Reports to help decide which car to purchase. I am sure you did quite a bit of reading before deciding to enroll in UOP or pick a major.

Or, you have written tons of research papers by now. In doing this, you find published sources to support the ideas that you put forth in your academic writing.

For this class, I want you to please put both of those ideas about research aside. We will be discussing scientific research that follows a specific process to generate NEW information. This is information that we couldn’t find in an Internet search. Research, for the purposes of our class, seeks to answer a question to improve the delivery of health care and follows the research process that we will study. Scientific research that will be the focus of our time together seeks to answer questions such as:

Is this new drug better than the current standard of care?

How important it is social support in managing pain for cancer patients?

Can an electronic medical records system reduce prescribing errors?

Does chocolate really improve mood?

I have copied the steps in the research process below. We will draw on these for the rest of the class.

Please pick any step in the research process below and write a 175- to 265-word response describing that step in the process.

1) Determine a topic

2) Provide background and formulate focus questions

3) Design study

4) Collect data

5) Analyze data

6) Interpret data and generate conclusions

7) Inform others

Control Substance Abuse Discussion

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1-5 discussion replys

Nuris Carreno

Module 1 Control Substance Abuse

Control Substance Federal Law was created to control the abuse of certain medication that can lead to addiction specially on young adult. Pharmacies and doctor office should have a strict control of the prescription in case to get an audit from the DEA agency but in my opinion it is very difficult to restrict people from getting this controlled schedule II or III once the refill of medicament is not aloud the patient should look for another way to find it even if it is not legal. I heard about a friend who was addicted to Vicodin for a long time and she used to go to the doctor to get the prescription every month until she had to get it on the street so sad.

In Texas people are addicted to Methanphetamines and in Arizona they are addicted to Opium. I heard on the news that since the begining of this year there was a State Law who prohibit the prescripition of this medicament to young people. This is why every states is trying to go beyond DEA because every state have a diferent statistic abouse which drug is creating more addiction.

DEA have to go trought a lot of reseach and different statistic around the country and it will take a long time to change the schedule of the abusive medication.

I will think that this restriction make difficult to patients that really need the medication according to the condition to access the doses and refill becuase the restrictions from DEA. For example there are some patients who suffer from a chronic pain and need strong medication in high doses they are not addicted they need to improve the quality of life.

Nuris Carreno

Module 2

In the state of Texas it is not permitted to the Pharmacy Technician to offer counseling to any patient. There is a window next to the Pharmacy counter to offer consultation to the customer once they receive the medicine for the first time or in case they have a question for the Pharmacist.

Pharmacology is the base of the Pharmacy site. When we took this class we learned the different medicaments prescribed according to the condition of the patient and the name brand and the generic. how they should be taking and when. Secondary effect on the patient. I would say this is the bible of the pharmacy every work routine.

One case that would be important to apply the Pharmacology knowledge is to avoid any medication error with the prescription because if you read the name of medicine and it does not match with the condition of the patient you can easily find out that there is something wrong and advice the pharmacist. Another case is when there are some alike names sometimes you can listen and write the wrong name but when you verified the condition for what it was prescribe you will get the error.

Pharmacology teach you how to read a prescription specially the Sig instructions this is vital for a Pharmacy Technician to know.

Another case you used Pharmacology knowledge is to identify when the customer is asking for an specific medication and using either the generic or brand name.

Nuris Carreno

Module 3

In the state of Texas it is easy to go from brand name to the generic medication in fact since the Obamacare was implemented Doctors were encouraging to prescribe only generic .In my opinion it is because the insurance companies do not want to raise their cost. Getting Generic medication is very crucial for people that do not have insurance. I did subscribe to a plan that help you to obtain medicament cheaper at the pharmacy and they ask for Generic all the time. There are some clinics where people go without insurance and they paid for consultation when they send the request to the pharmacy the medicament is most all the time generic in order to get low cost prices for everyone.

I do work at Walgreen and the pharmacy have a card reward program that lower the cost of medicine because every time you pick up your order you get discount and add points to the account. This is very positive because sometimes you paid zero is you have points to redeem,

Nuris Carreno

Module 4

After being familiar with the task that Pharmacy Technician perform at the Pharmacy , We can conclude that they are the base of the pharmacy operation. It all depend of the experience and level that Pharmacy Technician obtain during years working in the environment . I would say that after years of working at the Pharmacy they should be able to give some counseling about some medication since they work with prescription everyday and they learn about the pharmacodynamics and pharmacokynetic of medicaments but unfortunately Pharmacist are the one who have the year of studies but the Pharmacy Technician have years of experience after assisting Pharmacist everyday.

Nuris Carreno

Module 5

Telepharmacy is a remote pharmacy site that operate by video conference and permit the customer or patients to communicate with the pharmacist and receive counseling about the medications without having to drive hours from the rural areas where they live. It is operated y a Pharmacist and Pharmacy tehcician who will get the prescription electronically and process the medication orders or refills by the computer using the electronic devices like scan machine. It is very convenient and it also have items OTC available.

In my opinion I think it is very convenient for people who live in rural areas and for Seniors who live by themselves and do not have any family member to get the medication. At this time everything is done by phone and computers and everyone knows how to operate the easy application like video conference. I do not see any disadvantage only that you have to get other service like getting an injection or taking the blood pressure or any diabetic test that must be done on site.

I will love to do this kind of service because you will have more time to focus on your duties and I am qualify to work with any kind of electronic system .I think it will be less chance to get any medication errors because everything would be done electronicaly.

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Overweight, Underweight, and Obesity

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I’m stuck on a Health & Medical question and need an explanation.

 

Please explain the question more than you need to Your initial discussion thread is due on Day 3 (Thursday) and you have until Day 7 (Monday) to respond to your classmates. Your grade will reflect both the quality of your initial post and the depth of your responses. Refer to the Discussion Forum Grading Rubric under the Settings icon above for guidance on how your discussion will be evaluated.

Overweight, Underweight, and Obesity

On a daily basis, we can witness individuals with too little or too much body weight. While the latter has become a more common occurrence over the past years, both scenarios cause concerns for our health – short-term and long-term.

  • Chapter 9 of your course text defines the following terms: underweight, overweight, and obese.  Explain the implications of each of these conditions on our health. What are the health risks of having too little body fat, and conversely, what are the risks of having too much body weight?
  • Using Figure 9-2 from Chapter 9 of the course text as a reference, explain how mortality is impacted by underweight and overweight status. What preventive measures can we take to prevent underweight and overweight issues in our society and maintain a healthy body weight?
  • Report two actions or programs, that your community or state has implemented to address underweight, overweight, and/or obesity.

Your initial contribution should be 250 to 300 words in length. Your research and claims must be supported by your course text and a minimum of one additional scholarly source. Use proper APA formatting for in-text citations and references as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

Guided Response: Review several of your classmates’ posts and respond to at least two of your peers. Each peer response should contain 100 words at a minimum.  Compare your peers’ community measures for preventing underweight and overweight challenges to those you researched.  How are they different? Share an example of how you maintain a healthy body weight.

Startbucks

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Review the case study found in Chapter 3 of your text titled “Starbucks’ Structure” and write a paper that answers the four case study questions listed below in narrative form using APA format. Provide supporting rationale into your responses to the case study questions. Infuse vocabulary learned from the course in your case study analysis. The case analysis should be three to four pages long, excluding title and reference pages, with at least two references.

 

  • Create a job description and job specification for a Starbucks employee. Do not simply copy and paste the job description from the Starbucks’ website or any other source. The Starbucks site can be utilized to view the different job requirements of employees, but the intent of the assignment is to apply job specification concepts from the book to this case. Cite any references.
  • What form of departmentalization should Starbucks use? Should the form be changed in stores offering food products and lunch? Why or why not?
  • When the company began to experience financial problems, should the leadership try to centralize power and decision-making or decentralize the operation?
  1. What form of organizational configuration best fits Starbucks?  

Stress Management for Dummies Analytical Review

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Book Review

  • Choose a book related to stress/stress management.
  • Include citation: Identify author(s), date, title, publisher, etc
  • Review should be between 5-8 pages long
  • What do you consider to be the main strengths, features, strategies, or themes of the book?
  • What do you consider to be the main weaknesses, omissions, biases of the book?
  • Why did you select this book?
  • How does it relate to stress or stress management?
  • How does it relate to health?
  • What did you like best about it?
  • Will it help in your professional life? How? Why?

 

Soft Skills Presentation

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CAREER CHOICE: MEDICAL BUSINESS OFFICE

Instructions:

Soft skills are a crucial element when functioning as part of a health care team and delivering quality care to patients. It is essential to incorporate soft skills into your daily routine as a healthcare professional.

For this assignment, pick (5) soft skills that you feel are important to incorporate into practice in your chosen career. Be sure to consider the PRICE of Success when you are choosing your soft skills. You will need to define each soft skill and describe why you think each skill is important and how you plan to incorporate it into your daily practices of patient care or interaction with patients and/or coworkers.

Create a PowerPoint Presentation that outlines the soft skill and how it is incorporated into practice (each item must be on its own slide) for each soft skill you choose. Include either a voiceover presentation (minimum 5 minutes) or speaker notes in each slide as if you were presenting this to the class (a minimum of 100-150 words in the speaker notes per slide).

For each soft skill, discuss the following:

  • definition of the soft skill
  • how you plan to incorporate it into your daily practices of patient care or interaction with patients and/or coworkers.

Presentation

  • Use PowerPoint
  • Include a title slide
  • Include images that represent each soft skill
  • Make sure that each slide is clearly labeled
  • Use the notes area of the slide to use as speaker notes (script) as if you were presenting the slide to an audience/class
  • Minimum of 14 slides (see suggested setup)
  • Include slide transitions
  • Make sure the design is professional and the text is readable.
  • Spell check.

Suggested setup:

  • Slide 1 – Title Slide
  • Slide 2 – Introductory Slide
  • Slide 3 – Soft Skill 1 (defined)
  • Slide 4 – Soft Skill 1 (incorporated into practice)
  • Slide 5 – Soft Skill 2 (defined)
  • Slide 6 – Soft Skill 2 (incorporated into practice)
  • Slide 7 – Soft Skill 3 (defined)
  • Slide 8 – Soft Skill 3 (incorporated into practice)
  • Slide 9 – Soft Skill 4 (defined)
  • Slide 10 – Soft Skill 4 (incorporated into practice)
  • Slide 11 – Soft Skill 5 (defined)
  • Slide 12 – Soft Skill 5 (incorporated into practice)
  • Slide 13 – How these soft skills relate to P.R.I.C.E. and how you will use P.R.I.C.E in the profession
  • Slide 14 – Summary/Conclusion

Note: You can use the attached template below as a starting point or create your own.