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What will a growing share of healthcare dollars mean to the healthcare workforce in a stagnant or slow-growing general economy?

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While the US healthcare system represents around $3 trillion in annual spending and is the largest single sector of the overall economy, it also sits inside larger “macro trends” that help define the landscape of jobs.

Such factors as globalization, the state of the general economy, the rapid pace of innovative handhold and genomic technology (like the latest iPhone or Android and mapping the human genome), 78 million Americans hitting retirement age (and higher healthcare utilization) at the same time, and radically changing values and beliefs are all working together to create a larger context for skills and people needed in the healthcare system.

What difference do all these big changes mean to us?How will healthcare systems evolve to best leverage a global market for their services?

What will a growing share of healthcare dollars mean to the healthcare workforce in a stagnant or slow-growing general economy?

How will smartphones or other technologies create new jobs in healthcare?

Will genomic research eliminate certain diseases by modifying a person’s DNA? What ethical issues might this raise?

How will the massive chronic care needs of older people create new career opportunities?

What new jobs may be created to best meet new consumer demands for more patient-focused care? Less institutionalization of the elderly? And better access to culturally appropriate caregivers?

What do you think? What human resources needs are you likely to be encountering – and managing — in ten or so years?

What factors distinguish the labor relations system in the public sector from that in the private sector? Propose a public-sector labor relations system for the employees of the city government.

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Prepare an essay response of at least one page in length that addresses the following items:

What factors distinguish the labor relations system in the public sector from that in the private sector? Propose a public-sector labor relations system for the employees of the city government.

What would it borrow from the private sector? What would it not be able to borrow? Why? How would you modify your system to account for specific aspects of city government? Why?

Provide the revenue and expenses through the current month of the current year. Estimate the revenue and expenses for the rest of the current fiscal year based on the assumptions provided in the transcript documents

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You are the administrator of the medical-surgical department at ABC Health. Review the transcripts from the budget meeting and recent voicemails from your CFO and, using the available information and resources, develop an operating budget for your department.

Your budget should include a 3 to 4-page document with an accompanying Excel spreadsheet that:

· Provides the revenue and expenses through the current month of the current year.

· Estimates the revenue and expenses for the rest of the current fiscal year based on the assumptions provided in the transcript documents.

Select at least two works from different moving image mediums (whether video art, television, film, cinema or video games etc) and discuss the similarities and differences between these works.

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Select at least two works from different moving image mediums (whether video art, television, film, cinema or video games etc) and discuss the similarities and differences between these works. By two works, simply mean one work from each medium. How does one work from one medium resemble another work from another medium? In your analysis, cite at least one reading from the course.  Reference a theoretical framework on how media interrelates and define key terms using theorists.decide how many sources you will use as reference list.

Write a 1000-word short analysis paper in which you analyze a television show. Your analysis must include a discussion of its innovation or lack of innovation, the nature of its production techniques, its main or recurring themes (as outlined in the course), and its underlying social messages (hegemonic values).

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Write a 1000-word short analysis paper in which you analyze a television show. Your analysis must include a discussion of its innovation or lack of innovation, the nature of its production techniques, its main or recurring themes (as outlined in the course), and its underlying social messages (hegemonic values). You must also provide an overall evaluation of the show or campaign in your conclusion. You should use both course material and external academic sources related to the study of television in these essays, and cite and reference these sources appropriately, using APA Style.

Identify a practice/health care problem, challenge or issue in the context of the needs of an organization or patient population for improvement.Present a discussion about the evidence retrieved on your problem/issue/challenge.

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Identify a practice/health care problem, challenge or issue in the context of the needs of an organization or patient population for improvement (ex: quality, safety, care process, practice change, knowledge translation). Explore the databases to retrieve research and/or implementation evidence in at least 2 primary source peer-reviewed articles. Attach the articles to your discussion board post to share with peers.

Present a discussion about the evidence retrieved on your problem/issue/challenge and identify the relevant concepts/variables and implementation models or theoretical frameworks as they relate to your chosen health care problem, clinical challenge, or practice issue.

Explain how the implementation model/theoretical frameworks were utilized in the research to explore the problem or guide EBP, implementation, or quality improvement.

Share your professional work experience and explain the challenges in the translation of the most recent evidence into practice. Did you observe any medical misdiagnosis (our focus is the misdiagnosis)? If yes, what was the problem?

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Post a comprehensive response to the following, support your point with case studies, articles:

Pathophysiology is closely related to diagnosis and clinical presentation of diseases and is innately interdisciplinary and evidence-based. When you start practicing, you will be qualified to diagnose medical problems and use evidence-based practice and national guidelines.

Share your professional work experience and explain the challenges in the translation of the most recent evidence into practice. Did you observe any medical misdiagnosis (our focus is the misdiagnosis)? If yes, what was the problem? What would you recommend to prevent similar errors in diagnosis?

– If you do not have any work experience, you can find case studies and articles about how original research in pathology affects evidence-based medicine.

Evaluate the role of mass media channels in intercultural communication. What impact do mass media have on intercultural perceptions and interactions?

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Describe the cultural identity of a particular cultural group and how the culture’s identity is represented symbolically in the culture’s communication patterns, values, language, architecture, pastimes, art, relational roles, societal systems, behaviors, etc.

Compare and contrast symbolic representations of a particular cultural group via media channels in that culture, in the U.S. media, and academic research findings.

Evaluate the role of mass media channels in intercultural communication. What impact do mass media have on intercultural perceptions and interactions?

Cite and write about these two; Glenn Tinder, “Can We Be Good Without God?” pp. 147 ENCOUNTERS Dorothy Sayers, “Why Work?” pp. 153 in ENCOUNTERS

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The purpose of this assignment is, using research, to expose an ethical dilemma for a worker in your chosen profession, and to explain how a worker with a Christian worldview would respond to that dilemma. An ethical dilemma is a choice a worker faces in his or her daily work, not a controversial topic faced by society as a whole.

Cite and write about these two of these selections in the essay:
Glenn Tinder, “Can We Be Good Without God?” pp. 147 ENCOUNTERS,
Dorothy Sayers, “Why Work?” pp. 153 in ENCOUNTERS.

You must cite at least three sources found on the ORU Library website. These may be articles from scholarly journals or current ebooks.

Do players who take a meal within an hour before the game starts have a higher performance rate than the players who do not take s meal within the same hour before the game?

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A basketball coach in a high school team has observed that some team members have meals (like fries and pizzas) some few minutes not exceeding an hour before their daily practice routine. The coach has a strong urge to know if the food affects the way they perform on the court. He is determined to see the difference between the players who take a meal and those who do not receive a meal before the game in a standard full game of basketball.

Do players who take a meal within an hour before the game starts have a higher performance rate than the players who do not take s meal within the same hour before the game?