What types of decisions were made? Were these decisions made in a time frame that was acceptable to all stakeholders? Were they in line with the policies stipulated by the company? Were there policies already in place in the company to be implemented when issues...
One way informatics can be especially valuable is in capturing data to inspire improvements and quality change in practice. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) collects data related to adverse events and safety concerns. If you are working...
Week 12 Discussion Leader. Translational bioinformatics is a fairly new area of study and application, given the recent push for more tangible outcomes from research spending. Take a moment using Google to identify a publicly available research study in the area of...
Evidence suggests that patients do better when their expectations about specific benefits of nursing care are discussed and met. 1. Design a “comfort contract” whereby patients or their surrogates designate an expected level of post-surgical overall...
Consider the following thought experiment To begin the thought experiment, imagine that you are the subject of some mental event–perhaps you are experiencing an intense pain. Now imagine that one of your neurons is replaced by a silicon chip prosthesis that has...
review the following additional documents/videos: Youtube clip on What is Gender Based Violence; Article on Sixteen Things You Need to Know about Gender Based Violence; Interview with Soldiers in the Congo about Rape Provide specific, thoughtful, and...
1) One of the concepts covered in this week’s lecture was that of meaningful work. Find a relevant news article/paper concerning someone (an exemplar) who has discovered and is performing meaningful work (as described in the text). 2) Post a hyperlink to the...
Make one original annotation OR one reply to a peer’s annotation in each of the following sections of the paper: Introduction (not labeled, begins after abstract), Materials & Methods, Results, and Discussion. How to make an annotation in the PDF?...
Introduction to Concept Check Assignments: There are no exams in this class. Instead, every three units you will have a concept check assignment. Each assignment will contain 6 questions. You are required to answer three of your choice. These questions can...
You are the Owner and Manager of an agency which assists clients in identifying Long Term Care facilities for themselves or family members. The clients come to you to get help in finding the best facility for Retirement, Assisted Living, Memory care etc. Additionally,...
You are a paralegal who has been working for a solo practitioner, Yara Moreno, in a modest urban community of about 100,000 people. The office is located just outside of the downtown area. The office engages in civil litigation and family law work, primarily....
Okay, as we’re all hopefully leaving the cave existence behind us, here are some prompts to get our discussion started: What details do you find remarkable about the prisoner set-up? What’s with the ending? Why would the “traveler” have to fear...
