What strengths and weaknesses can be brought to learning teams? What can you do to be successful with your team?-250 words

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For our discussion question it has to at least be 250 words a piece. Look at the details about the discussion question. There are 4 questions that need to be explained. Please make sure references and citing are attached under each question.

 

Can a manager still be successful if they have a low level of Agreeableness?  Can this attribute be taught or learned through life experiences?-250 words

 

Why do you think so many Silicon Valley startups hire Ivy League students?  Are they the best people for the jobs?   Would people from other backgrounds have something to offer?-250 words

 

Most challenging concepts of managing? -250 words

 

What strengths and weaknesses can be brought to learning teams? What can you do to be successful with your team?-250 words

hat improvements can you make? Cite sources from the readings and the online library.

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Prompt 1

In this week’s reading, the authors talk about the importance of the nurse being aware of his or her own spiritual beliefs and practices; they believe that it is vital for the nurse to successfully manage their own spiritual care. List 3 spiritual practices that you do to improve your own health. Discuss how these practices improve your health. Cite sources from the readings or online library.

Prompt 2

How is CAM used in your facility? What are the outcomes you have seen? What improvements can you make? Cite sources from the readings and the online library.

 

What differentiates these as epidemiological issues vs. individual issues?

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Epidemiological Issues

What epidemiological issues did you find in your community? What differentiates these as epidemiological issues vs. individual issues? For example, hypertension in the African American population is an epidemiological issue, but in the Caucasian population, it is an individual issue.

 

Justify your response based on the readings or articles from the South University Online Library.

 

I would like this to be about obesity in Alabama

Mammography and ultrasonography reveal a solid lesion (not cystic). What is the most common type of breast cancer?

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Endocrine System Case Study

Joan Barker, age fifty-six years, comes for a routine physical examination. She states that she has been in perfect health and has no complaints. She has a history of asthma but currently requires no medications of any kind. Her physical examination is completely normal, except for a 2-cm firm, nontender, nonmobile mass in the upper outer quadrant of her left breast. She indicates that she does not perform regular breast self-examination and that she did not know the mass was there. She has no family history of breast cancer and has never been pregnant.

Answer the following questions about Ms. Barker’s condition:

  • What term is used to describe the benign condition that may have caused Ms. Barker’s breast mass?
  • What is inside the cysts of fibrocystic breast disease?
  • Mammography and ultrasonography reveal a solid lesion (not cystic). What is the most common type of breast cancer?
  • Biopsy determines that Ms. Barker has invasive carcinoma of the breast. What is the difference between ductal carcinoma in situ and invasive carcinoma of the breast?
  • Ms. Barker’s breast cancer has metastasized to her lungs. What is the difference between metastatic lung cancer and primary lung cancer?

Discuss the impact of the issue relative to the provisions for services to Medicare or Medicaid recipients.

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The Politics of Medicare and Medicaid

One of the significant challenges for Medicare and Medicaid is not necessarily the implementation of the program but the influence of the political climate in regard to both the financial support and control of the programs.

For this Dropbox Assignment, choose two articles related to the politics of Medicare and Medicaid from the list below. The articles can also be found in the South University Online Library.

  • Aaron, H. J., & Butler, S. (2008). A federalist approach to health reform:
    The worst way, except for all the others. Health Affairs, 27(3),
    725–735.
  • Kaiser Family Foundation. (2011). Federal core requirements and state
    options in Medicaid: Current policies and key issues. Retrieved
    from http://www.kff.org/medicaid/upload/8174.pdf
  • Kronick, R., & Gilmer, T. (2012). Medicare and Medicaid spending variations
    are strongly linked within hospital regions but not at overall state level.
    Health Affairs, 31(5), 948–955.
  • Kronick, R., & Rousseau, D. (2007). Is Medicaid sustainable? Spending
    projections for the program’s second forty years. Health Affairs,
    26(6), 271–287.
  • Mann, C. (2003). The flexibility factor: Finding the right balance. Health
    Affairs    , 22(1), 62–76.
  • Weil, A., & Scheppach, R. (2010). New roles for states in health reform
    implementation. Health Affairs, 29(6), 1178–1182.

Choose an issue mentioned in these articles pertaining to the politics of Medicare or Medicaid. Use the following as a guide to develop a report on the selected issue:

  • Explain the main points of the articles.
  • Explain in detail the issue as it pertains to the politics of Medicare or Medicaid.
  • Discuss the impact of the issue relative to the provisions for services to Medicare or Medicaid recipients.

In a Microsoft Word document, create a 2- to 3-page report on your analysis of the selected issue.

Support your responses with examples.

Cite any sources in APA format.

What term is used to describe the benign condition that may have caused Ms. Barker’s breast mass?

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Endocrine System Case Study

Joan Barker, age fifty-six years, comes for a routine physical examination. She states that she has been in perfect health and has no complaints. She has a history of asthma but currently requires no medications of any kind. Her physical examination is completely normal, except for a 2-cm firm, nontender, nonmobile mass in the upper outer quadrant of her left breast. She indicates that she does not perform regular breast self-examination and that she did not know the mass was there. She has no family history of breast cancer and has never been pregnant.

Answer the following questions about Ms. Barker’s condition:

  • What term is used to describe the benign condition that may have caused Ms. Barker’s breast mass?
  • What is inside the cysts of fibrocystic breast disease?
  • Mammography and ultrasonography reveal a solid lesion (not cystic). What is the most common type of breast cancer?
  • Biopsy determines that Ms. Barker has invasive carcinoma of the breast. What is the difference between ductal carcinoma in situ and invasive carcinoma of the breast?
  • Ms. Barker’s breast cancer has metastasized to her lungs. What is the difference between metastatic lung cancer and primary lung cancer?

What trends do you foresee in the next ten years?

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In less than 300 words explain the United States health care system to someone from another country.  Consider what is important for that person to know.  Obviously with only 300 words you will have to write about concepts and cannot get too specific

 

 

 

 

2. You have studied changes in the health care environment in the past twenty years.  What trends do you foresee in the next ten years?  Keep in mind that even the “experts” can’t predict the future.  Specifically, list five major trends or changes in health care.  Use information that you have learned in this course to present logical arguments to support your ideas.  Two or three paragraphs on each trend should be sufficient to express your ideas.  Please cover a variety of areas in health care.

How can both the family structural theory and the family developmental theory be applied to this scenario?

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Mrs. Jones, a widow, is no longer able to live independently and is requiring more and more help with her self-care. Her daughter, Susie, who is married with three school-aged children, agrees to let her mother move in with her. Susie is concerned with balancing the demands of her career and the needs of her family, especially now that her elderly and chronically ill mother will need assistance. She is also unsure about how she feels with the reversal of roles, having to now be the primary caregiver of her mother. How can the nurse, caring for this family, assist with the changes they are about to undergo? How can both the family structural theory and the family developmental theory be applied to this scenario? How can health education enhance health promotion for this family?

What wasted resourses or wasted efforts have you seen/heard about in health care today?

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Please respond to the question below with a minimum of 200 words.

  • What wasted resourses or wasted efforts have you seen/heard about in health care today?