Culture Connections and Patient Safety

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Culture drives quality—if an organization does not have a culture in which they hold themselves and others accountable, it is probable that it will not achieve and sustain high-level quality outcomes. Patient safety is defined as freedom from accidental injury; you have seen how medical errors are harmful, and that there are second victims that suffer as well. Remember quality can be defined as “the cumulative impact of all that happens to a patient while in an organization’s care” (Porter, 2012, p. 193).

A Just Culture gives organizations a template to uniformly address the shortcomings or errors of those who fail. It addresses failures in four different areas, which include 1) human errors and mistakes, meaning unintentional harm; 2) carelessness or at-risk behavior—or not paying attention that results in an error; 3) recklessness or a flagrant disregard for norms where an error occurs unintentionally, but because of recklessness; and 4) those who just do not pay attention and have no regard for authority.

Identify a model that a health care organization might use to improve their culture of quality and describe whether the ethical theory of Just Culture would improve the quality and why.

Write a two page paper describing a model you have selected that health care organizations might use to improve the culture of quality. Describe whether the ethical theory of Just Culture would improve the quality of a health care organization and how. Please see links at the end for assistance in your research. 

Support your response by identifying academic references. 

https://www.cdc.gov/chronicdisease/stats/index.htm

https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives

https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives/topic/Access-to-Health-Services

https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/How-to-Use-DATA2020

2000 words Write-up about Managerial Decision Making

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Part I: Descriptive

Evaluate the decision making described in this case. Focus on the following four questions (but some sections will be longer than others).

  1. Analyze King’s customer experience using course concepts. What makes their free-to-play games so successful? NOTE: Talk about the psychology from the players’ perspective.
  2. Analyze the strengths in King’s decision making process, and what decision errors or biases these strengths reduced or eliminated. NOTE: Parts B & C are about organizational decisions, not about customer psychology.
  3. Analyze the weaknesses in King’s decision making process (errors, biases, etc.). Be specific about identifying the psychological drivers underlying these shortcomings.
  4. What are the psychological factors influencing Zacconi’s decision to accept Activision’s acquisition offer? NOTE: The actual decision is irrelevant. I’m only interested in what influenced his decision. (HINT: This is mostly found on p.1 & 9).

Part II: Prescriptive

Based on your Part I analyses, how can King Digital improve their decision making?

  1. Suggest one or two prescriptions that would help a company like King make better decisions in such situations (these should flow from Part I—this is not the place to introduce new weaknesses). Be as specific as possible about what you would do and what biases or errors you are trying to combat. Be concrete about how these prescription(s) would be implemented. Consider the costs (money, time, and psychological) associated with your suggested changes and be realistic. Please be creative here, but justify your prescriptions using concepts only from this class.
  2. Be aware that executives may not be particularly receptive to these prescriptions. What are the psychological sources of resistance? How might being acquired by Activision help overcome the resistance or make it worse?

5 final

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This week – unit 5 – you will write a comprehensive APA analysis paper using ALL the knowledge you have gained in the Personal Health course.  Use what you have learned from the READ and ATTEND sections throughout the course (including Unit 5) and at least three scholarly sources to address the items listed below.  If you need support on how to formulate your APA analysis paper, you may refer to your APA template under the Resource tab or contact the CPS Librarians.  Please refer to your grading rubric for guidance on the word count and other important details.  Upon completion you will click on the Dropbox tab to submit your paper for grading.

Be sure to support your work with at least three scholarly sources.  Please make sure to also use at least three in-text citations and do not self-plagiarize from the previous weeks.

  • List specific ways that you can reduce your personal risk for cardiovascular disease. 
  • Describe how physical activity directly correlates to a decreased heart disease risk and how much exercise is needed for this. 
  • Describe how flexibility and proper posture relates to reduced risk for musculoskeletal injuries, specifically those of the back and neck. 
  • Complete Lab 19 discuss your results. Describe some of the negative health consequences of secondhand smoke exposure as well as the economic consequences of tobacco use.
  • Lastly, prepare a plan for changing a lifestyle behavior for yourself and include detailed statements on how you will implement the change by incorporating the following steps:  (Use Chapter 25 in your book for a reference)
    1. Clarify Reasons
    2. Identify Needs
    3. Set Goals
    4. Select Activities
    5. Plan for Taking Action
    6. Plan for Evaluation

Reflection on Learning

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Purpose

The purpose of this assignment is to provide the student an opportunity to reflect on the weekly concepts learned in the course. 
Activity Learning Outcomes

Through this assignment, the student will demonstrate the ability to:

CO1: Integrate evidence-based and research to support advancement of holistic nursing care in diverse healthcare settings. (PO 1,4)

CO2: Integrate knowledge related to evidence-based practice and person-centered care to improve health outcome. (PO 1, 2)

CO3: Demonstrate professional and personal growth through a spirit of inquiry, scholarship, and service in diverse healthcare settings. (PO 3, 4)

CO4: Develop knowledge related to research and evidence-based practice as a basis for designing and critiquing research studies. (PO 1, 5)

CO5: Analyze research findings and evidence-based practice to advance holistic care initiatives that promote positive healthcare outcomes. (PO 1, 2, 5)

Requirements:

  • Reflection: write 1-2 paragraphs reflecting on your learning for the week. Guiding questions are provided or you may write about what you felt was most significant to you for the week.

You will need to post your reflection here before you are able to see other students’ posts. 

  • How hard was it to find a quantitative article related to your area of interest?
  • Did you have any difficulty determining whether the articles you reviewed were quantitative?
  • Is the quantitative approach appropriate for your area of interest? Would you be able to replicate the study you found?

Students will research and write a short essay (i.e., minimum of 4 full double-spaced pages) proposing criminal justice reforms that would create a just justice system.

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Students will research and write a short essay (i.e., minimum of 4 full double-spaced pages)
proposing criminal justice reforms that would create a just justice system. The focus can be
either sector-based (e.g., policy, courts, corrections, community-based services) or issue
focused (e.g., harm reduction approaches to drug use) at the local (i.e., lower mainland) or
national (i.e., Canada) level. The focus must be on Canada, and the research should have a
problem-solving focus and suggest practical changes that would improve meaningfully equal
and equitable access to justice

• You must meaningfully integrate at least four (4) sources into short paper #2. Two (2) of these sources must be peer reviewed journal articles. The remaining two (2) or more can be peer reviewed journals or other credible sources, such as government websites/reports/documents and books. 

o All of the above noted sources need to be external to the course. Course resources (e.g., articles posted in the weekly modules) can be used but do not count toward this requirement. 

o You must also meaningfully integrate the required course text, but this does not count toward to minimum source requirement notice above. Including the course text, you will have a minimum of five (5) sources. 

• Make sure the sources you select are credible. If you have difficulty evaluating the credibility of your source(s) the instructor is available to assist. 

• Sources you CANNOT use under any circumstances, and penalties will be applied if they are used:

Accounting and Finance

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XYZ Inc manufactures metal countertops and other kitchen infrastructure for commercial kitchens that it sells to restaurants and hotels throughout the country.

• In state 1, XYZ owns a manufacturing plant that accounts for 33% of XYZ’s total property, employs 47 people who account for 25% of its total payroll, and 5% of its total sales occur there.
• In state 2, XYZ owns a distribution center that accounts for 47% of XYZ’s total property, employs 8 people that account for 4% of its total payroll, and 3% of its total sales occur there.
• In state 3, XYZ owns an office building that it uses for its corporate offices that accounts for 10% of XYZ’s total property, employs 20 people that account for 41% of its total payroll, and 6% of its total sales occur there. XYZ is incorporated in state 3.
• In state 4, XYZ does not own any property, but its chief designer lives and works there and supervises a staff of 4 people, and this team accounts for 14% of XYZ’s total payroll. 8% of XYZ’s total sales occur there.
• In state 5, XYZ does not own any property. State 5 is in XYZ’s best saleswoman’s territory and she regularly visits there to solicit sales, generating 13% of all of XYZ’s total sales.

ABC Corp. is a commodities trading firm that works exclusively in metals. Companies that work in metal contract with ABC to ensure that they have an adequate supply of metal for the next three years, and to hedge against price fluctuations in the metal markets. ABC is incorporated in state 3. The CEO of ABC is also the CFO of XYZ Inc. Three members of ABC’s board also sit on XYZ’s board.

Sharp Kitchen Design Inc. is a state 4 corporation that provides kitchen design services to industrial clients. The employees of Sharp Kitchen Design Inc. are all employees of XYZ, and XYZ pays all of their salaries.

Top Notch Installers, Incorporated is a State 5 corporation. Top Notch is one of the regions premiere commercial kitchen installers. Top Notch is a closely held corporation that is owned by the same family that owns XYZ. Top Notch installs all of the XYZ sold kitchens in states 3, 4 and 5, but it also installs for XYZ’s competitor, ZYX Kitchens Co. in states 1, 4 and 5.

XYZ, ABC, Sharp Kitchen and Top Notch all used the same accountant for the past 15 years, just like they shares other back office support. That accountant retired. XYZ is in acquisition talks with ZYX and your firm is advising XYZ on the purchase. Pleased with your work, XYZ’s comptroller asks you for your big picture thoughts on the tax situation of XYZ.

After some brief research, you learn that all relevant states are UDITPA three-factor states except for State 4, which is a single sales factor state. All states are unitary states, with states 1, 2 and 3 following the Joyce approach and states 4 and 5 following the Finnigan approach.

Importance Of Quality Control In Construction

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A construction plan can be termed as prosperous when it is accomplished with an equitable cost, at the proposed time, and importantly with quality measures.

Quality supervision and Quality administration assist to set the right connectivity with clients and investors.

Not just this but Quality control benefits in sustaining the sincere goodwill of the organization and makes the project attractive and investment reliable for the clients.

Quality Control Execution in construction projects is expected to be aligned with time, cost, and energy because determining unsuccessful quality inspections will not only lead to a huge financial loss but also many other influences. Buy construction supplies for here.

The consequences of poor quality in construction plans will be uneconomical and may lead to loss of reputation, delay in completion, and increased time and overall effort. 

If the projects aren’t built considering the required Quality Standard then they may have chances of collapsing which will lead to an accident by injuring people. And having to revise or rework the same project will increase the cost structure. Get the best quality construction supplies from the construction supply online shop.

Therefore, proper education and training related to Quality Control should be given to workers and should be monitored regularly by taking it as a topmost priority as it will help in keeping up with the customer’s expectations, competitive advantage over others, and completion on time within the estimated budget. 

Gen Psy Spr 21

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Dis 2

Which school of psychology from Chapter 1 was most influential, in your opinion? Explain your choice as well as providing insight on any schools you almost chose but decided were not influential. You are only responsible for detailing information on one school of psychology.

Cite any sources you used to support your answers to the question. Your initial post must include appropriate APA references at the end.

Dis 3

How do different parts of the brain influence our behavior? How do central nervous system depressants, such as alcohol, affect our behavior?

Dis 4

 Psychologists recognize that, in most cases, nature (genes) and nurture (environment) jointly affect human behavior and development. Please choose an aspect of child development and discuss the relative contributions of nature and nurture, supported by specific findings and theories you found in the assigned readings. 

DIs 5

 Sensation refers to an actual event; perception refers to how we interpret the event. What are some cultural differences that might affect responses to particular stimuli, particularly in taste and pain? Post your discussion using information from the text to support your views. 

Dis 6

 Most of us feel like we never get enough sleep. What are the stages of sleep and what is the importance of sleep? What are some common sleep disorders and treatments? Support your post with material from the assigned reading. 

Threat Modeling Research Paper

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 Threat Modeling

A new medium-sized health care facility just opened and you are hired as the CIO. The CEO is somewhat technical and has tasked you with creating a threat model. The CEO needs to decide from 3 selected models but needs your recommendation. Review this week’s readings, conduct your own research, then choose a model to recommend with proper justifications. Items to include (at a minimum) are:

  • User authentication and credentials with third-party applications
  • 3 common security risks with ratings: low, medium or high
  • Justification of your threat model (why it was chosen over the other two: compare and contrast)

You will research several threat models as it applies to the health care industry, summarize three models and choose one as a recommendation to the CEO in a summary with a model using UML Diagrams (Do not copy and paste images from the Internet). In your research paper, be sure to discuss the security risks and assign a label of low, medium or high risks and the CEO will make the determination to accept the risks or mitigate them.

Your paper should meet the following requirements:

  • Be approximately four to six pages in length, not including the required cover page and reference page. (Remember, APA is double spaced)
  • Follow APA 7 guidelines. Your paper should include an introduction, a body with fully developed content, and a conclusion.
  • Support your answers with the readings from the course and at least two scholarly journal articles to support your positions, claims, and observations, in addition to your textbook. The school Library is a great place to find resources.
  • Be clearly and well-written, concise, and logical, using excellent grammar and style techniques. You are being graded in part on the quality of your writing.

Please read the following this week:

Chapters 6, 7, and 8 in the course textbook

  • Cagnazzo, M., Hertlein, M., Holz, T., & Pohlmann, N. (2018). Threat Modeling for Mobile Health Systesm. ResearchGate. http://10.1109/WCNCW.2018.8369033
  • Franchi, Enrico & Poggi, Agostino & Tomaiuolo, Michele. (2017). Information and Password Attacks on Social Networks: An Argument for Cryptography. Journal of Information Technology Research, 8. 25-42. http://10.4018/JITR.2015010103
  • Ruiz, N., Bargal, S.A., & Sclaroff, S. (2020). Disrupting DeepFakes: Adversarial Attacks Against Conditional Image Translation Networks and Facial Manipulation Systems.
  • Tabari, A. Z., & Ou, X. (2020). A First Step Towards Understanding Real-world Attacks on IoT Devices.

Exp19_Access_Ch03_Cap – Brilton Madley Games 1.0

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Project Description:

Brilton Madley, a board game manufacturer, hired a new CEO. She asked for your assistance in providing summaries of data that took place before she started with the company. To help her with her strategic planning, you will create queries to perform data analysis. Based on your meeting, you plan on creating four queries. One query will find orders with minor delays. Another query will summarize company revenue and cost by country. A third query will be used to help evaluate payments made by customers on their orders. The final query will calculate the total sales by sales representative title.

Steps to Perform:

Step Instructions Points Possible

1 Start Access. Open the downloaded Access file named Exp19_Access_Ch03_Cap_Brilton_Madley_Games.accdb. Grader has automatically added your last name to the beginning of the filename. 0

2 Create a query using Query Design. From the Customers table, include the fields FirstName, LastName, and Phone (in that order). From the Orders table, include the fields OrderID, OrderDate, and ShippedDate (in that order). Run the query and then examine the records. Save the query as Shipping Efficiency. 5

3 Add a calculated field named DaysToShip to calculate the number of days taken to fill each order. (Hint: the expression will include the OrderDate and ShippedDate fields; the results will not contain negative numbers.) Run the query and then examine the results. Save the query. 10

4 Add criteria to limit the query results to include any order that took more than 30 days to ship. 5

5 Add the Quantity field from the Orders table and the ProductName field from the Products table to the query (in that order). Sort the query by ascending LastName. 5

6 Add the caption Days to Ship to the DaysToShip field. Switch to Datasheet view to view the final results. Save and close the query. 5

7 Create a query using Query Design and add the Customers, Orders, and Products tables. Add the Country field from the Customers table. Set the field’s Total row to Group By. Save the query as Revenue and Cost by Country. 4

8 Add a calculated field in the second column. Name the field TotalRevenue. This field should multiply the quantity ordered (from the Orders table) by the unit price for that item (from the Products table). Format the calculated field as Currency and change the caption to Total Revenue. Change the Total row for the TotalRevenue field to Sum. 10

9 Add a calculated field in the third column. Name the field TotalCost. The field should multiple the quantity ordered (from the Orders table) by the unit cost for that item (from the Products table). Format the calculated field as Currency and add a caption of Total Cost. Change the Total row to Sum. Run the query. Save the query. Return to Design view. 11

10 Add the OrderDate field and criteria to that field so that only orders made between 7/1/2018 and 12/31/2018 are displayed. Change the Total row to Where. This expression will display only orders that were completed during the second half of 2018. Run the query and view the results. Save and close the query. 10

11 Create a copy of the Revenue and Cost by Country query named Customer Payments. Switch to Design view of the new query and remove the Country, TotalCost, and OrderDate fields. Add the FirstName and LastName fields. Move the TotalRevenue field to the end. Rename the TotalRevenue field to OrderTotal. Change the caption to Order Total. 5

12 Add a new field using the Expression Builder named SamplePayment. Insert the Pmt function with the following parameters:

• Use .05/12 for the rate argument (5% interest, paid monthly)

• Use the number 12 for the num_periods argument (12 months)

• Use the calculated field OrderTotal for the present_value

• Use 0 for both future_value and type 10

13 Change the Total row to Expression for the SamplePayment field. Change the Format for the SamplePayment field to Currency. Run the query and verify the second order(with LastName Sparks) has a sample payment of $26.80. Note: it will display as a negative number. Save and close the query. 10

14 Create a copy of the Revenue and Cost by Country query named Revenue by Sales Rep. Switch to Design view of the new query and remove the entire Customers table, the TotalCost, and OrderDate fields. Add the Sales Reps table. Add the Title field from the Sales Reps table and move it to the front of the TotalRevenue field.

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15 Run the query and then examine the summary records; there should be 4 Titles listed. Switch to Design view and change the sort order so that the title with the highest TotalRevenue is first and the title with the lowest TotalRevenue is last. Run the query and verify the results. Save and close the query. 5

16 Close all database objects. Close the database and then exit Access. Submit the database as directed. 0

Total Points 100