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Summarize the pathophysiology of Peptic Ulcer Disease as compared to GERD and explain which one his symptoms most closely represent. Support with evidence.

Discussion Prompt Gastrointestinal Case Study Henry, a 58 y/o male, recently reports waking up in the middle of the night with burning abdominal pain. Symptoms occur several nights a week with occasional discomfort in the middle of the afternoon. A bland diet or drinking milk do seem to help and spicy foods aggregate the symptoms. …

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What regulatory issues are affecting, or will affect, the health care industry?

Assignment Content Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper in which you analyze a financial and economic issue in the health care industry. Select a current financial or economic issue in the health care industry.  Analyze the financial impact of this issue on the health care industry. Consider the following: What are the economic trends of …

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What are the supply and demand challenges for health care services?

Assignment Content Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper in which you analyze a financial and economic issue in the health care industry. Select a current financial or economic issue in the health care industry.  Analyze the financial impact of this issue on the health care industry. Consider the following: What are the economic trends of …

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Discuss turnaround strategies and when an organization needs to develop one.

MGMT410 (Strategic Management) Discussion Topics: Week 1: Strategic Marketing · Read the 3 articles required this week: · https://hbr.org/2016/03/branding-in-the-age-of-social-media, · https://hbr.org/2013/12/when-marketing-is-strategy, · http://ezproxy.apus.edu/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/1799889073/ · Answer the following question: · What role does marketing play in the overall strategic planning process? In your post, discuss a company that you think has mastered the marketing process and …

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Discuss strategic grouping and why it is important to organizations.

MGMT410 (Strategic Management) Discussion Topics: Week 1: Strategic Marketing · Read the 3 articles required this week: · https://hbr.org/2016/03/branding-in-the-age-of-social-media, · https://hbr.org/2013/12/when-marketing-is-strategy, · http://ezproxy.apus.edu/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/1799889073/ · Answer the following question: · What role does marketing play in the overall strategic planning process? In your post, discuss a company that you think has mastered the marketing process and …

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What role does marketing play in the overall strategic planning process?

MGMT410 (Strategic Management) Discussion Topics: Week 1: Strategic Marketing · Read the 3 articles required this week: · https://hbr.org/2016/03/branding-in-the-age-of-social-media, · https://hbr.org/2013/12/when-marketing-is-strategy, · http://ezproxy.apus.edu/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/1799889073/ · Answer the following question: · What role does marketing play in the overall strategic planning process? In your post, discuss a company that you think has mastered the marketing process and …

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What food item interacts with many medications and should be asked about its’ ingestion, especially in the elderly?

Answer the 6 questions corresponding to primary care medication management. Provide responses and rationales. Support rationales with high level evidence. What is the Beer Criteria and what is its’ significance in prescribing? What is the safest method of calculating a medication dose for the pediatric patient? At what time period in a pregnancy can medication …

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If your patient sometimes forgets to take her medication, what type of medication half-life would be beneficial?

Answer the 6 questions corresponding to primary care medication management. Provide responses and rationales. Support rationales with high level evidence. What is the Beer Criteria and what is its’ significance in prescribing? What is the safest method of calculating a medication dose for the pediatric patient? At what time period in a pregnancy can medication …

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At what time period in a pregnancy can medication potentially have the greatest risk of causing malformations?

Answer the 6 questions corresponding to primary care medication management. Provide responses and rationales. Support rationales with high level evidence. What is the Beer Criteria and what is its’ significance in prescribing? What is the safest method of calculating a medication dose for the pediatric patient? At what time period in a pregnancy can medication …

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What is the safest method of calculating a medication dose for the pediatric patient?

Answer the 6 questions corresponding to primary care medication management. Provide responses and rationales. Support rationales with high level evidence. What is the Beer Criteria and what is its’ significance in prescribing? What is the safest method of calculating a medication dose for the pediatric patient? At what time period in a pregnancy can medication …

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What is the Beer Criteria and what is its significance in prescribing?

Answer the 6 questions corresponding to primary care medication management. Provide responses and rationales. Support rationales with high level evidence. What is the Beer Criteria and what is its significance in prescribing? What is the safest method of calculating a medication dose for the pediatric patient? At what time period in a pregnancy can medication …

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Describe why adopting a value-based purchasing arrangement would be financially advantageous for the physician groups and to the health plan.

Scenario: You work for the contracting department for a national payer that is working to convert its provider contracts to value-based arrangements. Your team is approaching large physician groups for recontracting. Develop a 12-15-slide presentation with speaker notes to show the value of converting to a value-based arrangement: Explain value-based care. Explain how value-based care …

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Explain how value-based care differs from a fee-for-service or a capitated approach.

Scenario: You work for the contracting department for a national payer that is working to convert its provider contracts to value-based arrangements. Your team is approaching large physician groups for recontracting. Develop a 12-15-slide presentation with speaker notes to show the value of converting to a value-based arrangement: Explain value-based care. Explain how value-based care …

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Explain value-based care

Scenario: You work for the contracting department for a national payer that is working to convert its provider contracts to value-based arrangements. Your team is approaching large physician groups for recontracting. Develop a 12-15-slide presentation with speaker notes to show the value of converting to a value-based arrangement: Explain value-based care. Explain how value-based care …

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How do healthcare providers improve outcomes for a given population?

Week 1: Leading Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Healthcare Throughout the course, you’ll use the map below to engage important population health concepts. Click on each hot spot to learn more about the population in that area. This week, you discovered that the focus of healthcare has a growing emphasis on population health. Emphasis on quality …

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Why do so some pediatric diabetic patients show up in the emergency department with an uncontrolled episode?

Week 1: Leading Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Healthcare Throughout the course, you’ll use the map below to engage important population health concepts. Click on each hot spot to learn more about the population in that area. This week, you discovered that the focus of healthcare has a growing emphasis on population health. Emphasis on quality …

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Why do some patients have trouble controlling their diabetes?

Week 1: Leading Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Healthcare Throughout the course, you’ll use the map below to engage important population health concepts. Click on each hot spot to learn more about the population in that area. This week, you discovered that the focus of healthcare has a growing emphasis on population health. Emphasis on quality …

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How do its goals and mission fit in with your worldview and philosophy of care? How might membership in this organization improve your practice?

Advanced registered nursing graduates are entering the profession at dynamic time when roles and scope of practice are shifting based on developments in legislation and policy in response to the evolving needs of the health care system. Professional nursing organizations play an important role in making sure the perspectives of advanced registered nurses are heard, …

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Based on what you have learned so far this week, create an educational presentation with detailed notes and recorded audio comments for all content slides that addresses each of the following points/questions.

Create your Assignment submission and be sure to cite your sources if needed, use APA style as required, and check your spelling. Assignment: Professional Development Assignment: Based on what you have learned so far this week, create an educational presentation with detailed notes and recorded audio comments for all content slides that addresses each of the …

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describe how the organ system works with other organ system(s)

You must TYPE (IN YOUR OWN WORDS) a 3 page paper on ONE of the Body Systems listed below.  1) the function of the system 2) the organs in the system (including those “accessory” organs) – giving a brief description of each 3) describe how the organ system works with other organ system(s) 4) give (1-3) Illnesses/Diseases/Disorders that may arise in the …

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Would diagnostics be appropriate for this case, and how would the results be used to make a diagnosis?

Assignment: Lab Assignment: Assessing the Genitalia and Rectum GENITALIA ASSESSMENT Subjective: · CC: “I have bumps on my bottom that I want to have checked out.” · HPI: AB, a 21-year-old WF college student reports to your clinic with external bumps on her genital area. She states the bumps are painless and feel rough. She …

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Discuss the history of policy development and policy making in nursing

Purpose  Discuss barriers to practice as an APN in one’s state from both a state and national perspective.  Research methods to influence policy change from various forms of competition, state legislative and executive branches of government and interest groups.  Activity Learning Outcomes  Through this discussion, the student will demonstrate the ability to:  Discuss the history of policy development and policy …

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Examine and apply business strategies necessary to define and grow a healthcare organization.

Week 2 continues the discussion of strategic planning by exploring the first two steps in the planning process. First, we will discuss how an effective market strategy requires the completion of an internal and external assessment. Market research tools are necessary during this step to better ascertain the market condition of an organization. Second, we …

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Are clinical practice guidelines used to address this problem?

Three paragraphs, 3 references no more than 5 years. No plagiarism.  Evidence translation begins with the identification of a problem or concern. Reflect upon the eight national practice problems presented in the Global Burden of Disease Research. Select one of the practice problems to address the following. From a global/nationwide perspective, how does the selected …

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Describe the fundamental idea that the communicable disease chain model is designed to represent.

What are social determinants of health?  Explain how social determinants of health contribute to the development of disease.  Describe the fundamental idea that the communicable disease chain model is designed to represent. Give an example of the steps a nurse can take to break the link within the communicable disease chain. Resources within your text …

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Select a major battle such as Verdun, Marne, Ypres, or the Somme and chronicle that battle. Add further details about the battles.

Discussion: The First Total War      Required ResourcesRead/review the following resources for this activity: Textbook: Chapter 2, 4 Lesson Minimum of 1 scholarly source (in addition to the textbook) Post InstructionsWorld War I is  different from most other wars in that it was not a direct result of  aggression by one entity towards another, notwithstanding …

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Identify two forces that lead to WW 1. Examine how they contributed to the outbreak of war.

Discussion: The First Total War      Required ResourcesRead/review the following resources for this activity: Textbook: Chapter 2, 4 Lesson Minimum of 1 scholarly source (in addition to the textbook) Post InstructionsWorld War I is  different from most other wars in that it was not a direct result of  aggression by one entity towards another, notwithstanding …

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Select a global health issue affecting the international health community.

Select a global health issue affecting the international health community. Briefly describe the global health issue and its impact on the larger public health care systems (i.e., continents, regions, countries, states, and health departments). Discuss how health care delivery systems work collaboratively to address global health concerns and some of the stakeholders that work on …

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While the implementation plan prepares students to apply their research to the problem or issue they have identified for their capstone project change proposal, the literature review enables students to map out and move into the active planning and development stages of the project.

While the implementation plan prepares students to apply their research to the problem or issue they have identified for their capstone project change proposal, the literature review enables students to map out and move into the active planning and development stages of the project. A literature review analyzes how current research supports the PICOT, as …

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Clinical Practice Guidelines

Clinical Practice Guidelines  Post your initial response to the topic below Clinical practice guidelines use available evidence to develop recommendations that guide practice to improve patient care.  Select a clinical practice guideline, based on your area of interest, from one of the web sites below or another site. Describe the following information from the guideline …

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Briefly describe the global health issue and its impact on the larger public health care systems

Select a global health issue affecting the international health community. Briefly describe the global health issue and its impact on the larger public health care systems (i.e., continents, regions, countries, states, and health departments). Discuss how health care delivery systems work collaboratively to address global health concerns and some of the stakeholders that work on …

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Work with your preceptor to assess the organization for required resources needed for the strategic plan if the change proposal were to be implemented

Work with your preceptor to assess the organization for required resources needed for the strategic plan if the change proposal were to be implemented. Review your strategic plan and determine what resources would be needed if the change proposal were to be implemented. Write a list of at least four resources you will need in …

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Discuss the legal and ethical issues of the study. Include the use of human subjects and their protection.

Instructions Using the Week 5 research template identify the research components, listed on the template. Select a nursing research article from the list below and address each of the following criteria:If a component is not present in the article, its absence should be discussed. Identify the research problem. Identify the research purpose. Summarize the review of …

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Describe the components and functions of the juxtaglomerular (JG) apparatus. What activates it and explain the cascade of reaction that happens after its activation.

Choose 1 of the following questions to answer by day 3 (Wednesday) and include 2 references. Your post should be at least 250 words. Please remember to answer to 2 of your classmates’ discussions (on 2 separate days) by Saturday.  The reply to your classmates should be at least 100 words each.  The references (in …

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Name the four processes involved in urine formation, and describe what happens during each

Choose 1 of the following questions to answer by day 3 (Wednesday) and include 2 references. Your post should be at least 250 words. Please remember to answer to 2 of your classmates’ discussions (on 2 separate days) by Saturday.  The reply to your classmates should be at least 100 words each.  The references (in …

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Explain how leadership styles are impacted by personal, organizational, societal, multicultural, and global norms and values.

For this assignment, explore the different types of leadership styles. In a 10-12-slide PowerPoint discuss which approaches are most effective for a health care setting and why. For the presentation of your PowerPoint, use Loom to create a voice-over or a video. Refer to the Topic Materials for additional guidance on recording your presentation with …

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Define leadership style and explain why it is important to for health care leaders to understand their leadership style.

For this assignment, explore the different types of leadership styles. In a 10-12-slide PowerPoint discuss which approaches are most effective for a health care setting and why. For the presentation of your PowerPoint, use Loom to create a voice-over or a video. Refer to the Topic Materials for additional guidance on recording your presentation with …

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Summarize personality development and psychological adjustment in middle age

Choose 1 of the following questions to answer by day 3 (Wednesday) and include 2 references. Your post should be at least 250 words. Please remember to answer to 2 of your classmates’ discussions (on 2 separate days) by Saturday.  The reply to your classmates should be at least 100 words each.  The references (in …

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