CCC Womens Health Discussion

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  • Relate to another journal reading
  • Women’s Health
  • In this case, the patient reports the absence of a menstrual cycle for the past 6months and her pregnancy test result is negative. The FNP ordered lab work to assess for a physiological cause for the amenorrhea. It is the patient’s desire to avoid hormone therapy based her beliefs. The FNP should attempt to contact the patient to discuss the lab work specifically as it relates to arriving at a diagnosis for the amenorrhea. The patient’s confusion regarding therapy even before the labs are drawn may have resulted from a communication failure between the FNP and the patient. Therapies should be discussed after the results are obtained in a shared decision-making forum. Shared decision making is based on collaboration between the provider and the patient and involves the patient’s preferences, values, and beliefs (Hoffmann et al., 2022). 

To help the patient, the FNP can contact her to discuss the case, address her concerns,  and educate her regarding the many possible causes of secondary amenorrhea. Some of the causes to discuss include psychosocial stressors, diet, strenuous exercise, weight loss, endocrine gland disorders, primary ovarian insufficiency, hypothalamic or pituitary disorders, and sequela of chronic disease (Klein et al., 2019). It is important for the FNP to listen to the patient’s concerns and to provide treatment options that align with the patient’s beliefs, preferences, and values. If the patient is amenable with having lab work, the FNP can facilitate the start of a shared decision treatment plan. The FNP should educate the patient regarding the labs and their significance. The following labs are considered to determine causation of the amenorrhea FSH, LH, thyroid panel, HCG, and prolactin (Klein et al., 2019). It is equally important to obtain a thorough personal and family health history, psychosocial history, and sexual/reproductive history to determine a possible cause of hypothalamic amenorrhea. 

This FNP will need to cultivate a trusting relationship with the patient to formulate a treatment plan the patient finds comfortable. Follow up is important to ensure the patient can access appropriate support mechanisms for her concerns regarding possible therapies.  

WU The Transformative Impact of The Treat and Reduce Obesity Act Discussion

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Pain management programs have become an essential aspect of modern healthcare, aiming to reduce the prevalence and impact of chronic pain conditions.

Healthcare Program/Policy Evaluation

One example of a pain management program evaluation is the assessment of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) Model (CMS, 2023). This model was implemented in 2016 to improve the quality of care for Medicare beneficiaries undergoing lower extremity joint replacement surgery. The evaluation criteria for the CJR Model include Quality of Care, Efficiency, and Patient Outcomes. Quality of care measures the overall quality of patient care, including patient satisfaction, readmission rates, and adherence to evidence-based clinical guidelines. Efficiency assesses the program’s cost-effectiveness, including reducing unnecessary utilization of resources and promoting value-based care. Patient Outcomes evaluates the program’s impact on patient outcomes, such as pain reduction, improved function, and overall quality of life.

Social Determinants Impacting Pain Management

Social determinants of health (SDOH) play a significant role in pain management and the effectiveness of pain management programs. It takes a social determinants approach in promoting research and action on economic and commercial determinants as structural drivers of health inequities (WHO, n.d.). These determinants include socioeconomic status, education, housing, and access to healthcare. For example, individuals with lower socioeconomic status are more likely to experience chronic pain due to occupational hazards and limited access to healthcare resources. Additionally, Structural discrimination — macro-level conditions such as residential segregation — limits the conditions and well-being of less privileged groups (including the disabled, poor, women, LGBTQIA+, the elderly, and racial and ethnic minorities), which keeps these groups from reaching their full health potential (NCBI, 2022).

Furthermore, SDOH can impact the effectiveness of pain management programs. Patients with limited access to healthcare may struggle to adhere to treatment plans or attend follow-up appointments, ultimately affecting their pain management outcomes. Individuals with lower education levels may need help understanding and implementing pain management strategies, leading to better outcomes. Additionally, cultural beliefs about pain and its treatment may impact an individual’s willingness to participate in specific interventions or adhere to treatment recommendations.

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Objective: This assignment is designed to help you articulate the challenges associated with providing social work to students in schools. 

*Reflect on the below event involving a student, as a school social worker what may prompt you to respond in a manner that is different from what other staff such as the school teachers, administrators, or nurses might expect?

*Consider the Code of Ethics: “Best interest of the child(ren)” who may be experiencing challenges based on race, ethnicity, disability, gender identity, or sexual orientation. 

Example Event:

This is only an example.  

A first grade student comes to school wearing oversized clothing and smells of cat urine.  The child’s siblings are older and all appear to be dressed in size appropriate attire; however, they, too, smell of cat urine. The class teacher complains of the smell and appearance of the child and complains to you and the vice-principal that the student’s condition is both heartbreaking and a cause of disruption to other students in the class.  Both the teacher and the vice-principal believe you should immediately report this to Child Welfare Services (CWS).  You believe you should speak with the child and perhaps the siblings and parents to get a clearer picture of what may be occurring as this does not sound as if it a suspicion of abuse or neglect yet. In addition, you know by law that teachers are not allowed to defer their duty to report and, if a report should be made, it should be from the teacher who has first hand knowledge of the concern. 

Answer:

How would you address this? Remember the sociological imagination and taking on a broader perspective than “judging” the individual.

Provide feedback to at least two of your group members using correct grammar and sentence structure.  Responses must demonstrate insight and foster continued learning.  Responses that are short and  do not demonstrate effort, such as simply stating “Good idea. I agree,” will not receive full points. 

While this activity is graded as complete/incomplete it is part of the course learning experience and counts towards this week active engagement. 

SW MA.

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Objective: This assignment is designed to help you articulate the challenges associated with providing social work to students in schools. 

*Reflect on the below event involving a student, as a school social worker what may prompt you to respond in a manner that is different from what other staff such as the school teachers, administrators, or nurses might expect?

*Consider the Code of Ethics: “Best interest of the child(ren)” who may be experiencing challenges based on race, ethnicity, disability, gender identity, or sexual orientation. 

Example Event:

This is only an example.  

A first grade student comes to school wearing oversized clothing and smells of cat urine.  The child’s siblings are older and all appear to be dressed in size appropriate attire; however, they, too, smell of cat urine. The class teacher complains of the smell and appearance of the child and complains to you and the vice-principal that the student’s condition is both heartbreaking and a cause of disruption to other students in the class.  Both the teacher and the vice-principal believe you should immediately report this to Child Welfare Services (CWS).  You believe you should speak with the child and perhaps the siblings and parents to get a clearer picture of what may be occurring as this does not sound as if it a suspicion of abuse or neglect yet. In addition, you know by law that teachers are not allowed to defer their duty to report and, if a report should be made, it should be from the teacher who has first hand knowledge of the concern. 

Answer:

How would you address this? Remember the sociological imagination and taking on a broader perspective than “judging” the individual.

Provide feedback to at least two of your group members using correct grammar and sentence structure.  Responses must demonstrate insight and foster continued learning.  Responses that are short and  do not demonstrate effort, such as simply stating “Good idea. I agree,” will not receive full points. 

While this activity is graded as complete/incomplete it is part of the course learning experience and counts towards this week active engagement. 

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Objective: This assignment is designed to help you articulate the challenges associated with providing social work to students in schools. 

*Reflect on the below event involving a student, as a school social worker what may prompt you to respond in a manner that is different from what other staff such as the school teachers, administrators, or nurses might expect?

*Consider the Code of Ethics: “Best interest of the child(ren)” who may be experiencing challenges based on race, ethnicity, disability, gender identity, or sexual orientation. 

Example Event:

This is only an example.  

A first grade student comes to school wearing oversized clothing and smells of cat urine.  The child’s siblings are older and all appear to be dressed in size appropriate attire; however, they, too, smell of cat urine. The class teacher complains of the smell and appearance of the child and complains to you and the vice-principal that the student’s condition is both heartbreaking and a cause of disruption to other students in the class.  Both the teacher and the vice-principal believe you should immediately report this to Child Welfare Services (CWS).  You believe you should speak with the child and perhaps the siblings and parents to get a clearer picture of what may be occurring as this does not sound as if it a suspicion of abuse or neglect yet. In addition, you know by law that teachers are not allowed to defer their duty to report and, if a report should be made, it should be from the teacher who has first hand knowledge of the concern. 

Answer:

How would you address this? Remember the sociological imagination and taking on a broader perspective than “judging” the individual.

Provide feedback to at least two of your group members using correct grammar and sentence structure.  Responses must demonstrate insight and foster continued learning.  Responses that are short and  do not demonstrate effort, such as simply stating “Good idea. I agree,” will not receive full points. 

While this activity is graded as complete/incomplete it is part of the course learning experience and counts towards this week active engagement. 

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QUESTION

Objective: This assignment is designed to help you articulate the challenges associated with providing social work to students in schools. 

*Reflect on the below event involving a student, as a school social worker what may prompt you to respond in a manner that is different from what other staff such as the school teachers, administrators, or nurses might expect?

*Consider the Code of Ethics: “Best interest of the child(ren)” who may be experiencing challenges based on race, ethnicity, disability, gender identity, or sexual orientation. 

Example Event:

This is only an example.  

A first grade student comes to school wearing oversized clothing and smells of cat urine.  The child’s siblings are older and all appear to be dressed in size appropriate attire; however, they, too, smell of cat urine. The class teacher complains of the smell and appearance of the child and complains to you and the vice-principal that the student’s condition is both heartbreaking and a cause of disruption to other students in the class.  Both the teacher and the vice-principal believe you should immediately report this to Child Welfare Services (CWS).  You believe you should speak with the child and perhaps the siblings and parents to get a clearer picture of what may be occurring as this does not sound as if it a suspicion of abuse or neglect yet. In addition, you know by law that teachers are not allowed to defer their duty to report and, if a report should be made, it should be from the teacher who has first hand knowledge of the concern. 

Answer:

How would you address this? Remember the sociological imagination and taking on a broader perspective than “judging” the individual.

Provide feedback to at least two of your group members using correct grammar and sentence structure.  Responses must demonstrate insight and foster continued learning.  Responses that are short and  do not demonstrate effort, such as simply stating “Good idea. I agree,” will not receive full points. 

While this activity is graded as complete/incomplete it is part of the course learning experience and counts towards this week active engagement. 

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QUESTION

Objective: This assignment is designed to help you articulate the challenges associated with providing social work to students in schools. 

*Reflect on the below event involving a student, as a school social worker what may prompt you to respond in a manner that is different from what other staff such as the school teachers, administrators, or nurses might expect?

*Consider the Code of Ethics: “Best interest of the child(ren)” who may be experiencing challenges based on race, ethnicity, disability, gender identity, or sexual orientation. 

Example Event:

This is only an example.  

A first grade student comes to school wearing oversized clothing and smells of cat urine.  The child’s siblings are older and all appear to be dressed in size appropriate attire; however, they, too, smell of cat urine. The class teacher complains of the smell and appearance of the child and complains to you and the vice-principal that the student’s condition is both heartbreaking and a cause of disruption to other students in the class.  Both the teacher and the vice-principal believe you should immediately report this to Child Welfare Services (CWS).  You believe you should speak with the child and perhaps the siblings and parents to get a clearer picture of what may be occurring as this does not sound as if it a suspicion of abuse or neglect yet. In addition, you know by law that teachers are not allowed to defer their duty to report and, if a report should be made, it should be from the teacher who has first hand knowledge of the concern. 

Answer:

How would you address this? Remember the sociological imagination and taking on a broader perspective than “judging” the individual.

Provide feedback to at least two of your group members using correct grammar and sentence structure.  Responses must demonstrate insight and foster continued learning.  Responses that are short and  do not demonstrate effort, such as simply stating “Good idea. I agree,” will not receive full points. 

While this activity is graded as complete/incomplete it is part of the course learning experience and counts towards this week active engagement. 

WU The Impact of Sunk and Opportunity Costs Discussion

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THE IMPACT OF SUNK AND OPPORTUNITY COSTS

Two types of costs that can easily be overlooked when making decisions are sunk costs and opportunity costs. A sunk cost is a cost that was incurred in the past. It cannot be recovered or changed regardless of any management decisions. An opportunity cost is the cost associated with not choosing one alternative over another, and it can be measured in monetary and nonmonetary means. For example, imagine that an organization hosted a 3-day retreat to promote team building, but it was unappreciated by the employees and caused more harm than good. Once the retreat was paid for and attended, it was a sunk cost, since the managers can never return to the past and change the fact the retreat happened. The opportunity costs in this situation could be that employees could have spent those 3 days more productively by completing a project, the funds for the retreat could have been utilized elsewhere (e.g., bonuses), or a more effective retreat or team-building exercise could have been booked instead. In this Discussion, you will consider an example of a sunk or opportunity cost and its impact on an organization.

RESOURCES

Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity.
Click the weekly resources link to access the resources.

WEEKLY RESOURCES

To prepare for this Discussion:

  • Consider an example from your professional career of either a sunk cost or an opportunity cost.

BY DAY 3

Post an analysis of the impact of costs for an organization, to include the following:

  • Describe an example of a sunk cost or opportunity cost from your current or past professional career, including why it would be either defined as a sunk cost or an opportunity cost.
  • Analyze the impact that this cost had on the organization, including how the main stakeholder(s) were affected by this situation.
  • With an understanding of sunk or opportunity costs, propose how you, as the manager, might address this scenario differently.

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Overview

The nurse leader must have strong interpersonal communication skills, be able to effectively manage conflict, and be able to build and develop high functioning teams. The purpose of this paper is for you to discuss a highly effective leader in your organization following the criteria in items 1-5.

Describe the characteristics of a highly effective leader. Which of these characteristics does the leader exhibit?

Describe the leader’s communication skills with staff, physicians, other members of the interdisciplinary team, peers, and executives. What techniques do they use to address sensitive topics and conflict? Is it effective? Be specific?

Discuss the types of interpersonal power they use to accomplish work and overcome resistance to change.

Describe the leader’s team(s).  Are they high-performing? If so, please explain why the team is high performing. If not, why does the team not perform well?

  1. Discuss the leadership skills the leader uses to building and manage groups and teams.
  2. Points: 40
  3. References
  4. Minimum of four (4) total references: two (2) references from required course materials and two (2) peer-reviewed references. All references must be no older than five years (unless making a specific point using a seminal piece of information)
  5. Peer-reviewed references include references from professional data bases such as PubMed or CINHAL applicable to population and practice area, along with evidence based clinical practice guidelines. Examples of unacceptable references are Wikipedia, UpToDate, Epocrates, Medscape, WebMD, hospital organizations, insurance recommendations, & secondary clinical databases.

Style

Unless otherwise specified, all the written assignment must follow APA 7th edition formatting, citations and references. Review or download the Microsoft Word APA template . Review this annotated student sample paper guide which draws attention to relevant content and formatting in 7th edition APA style. Make sure you cross-reference the APA 7th edition book as well before submitting the assignment. Refer to the ‘LEARNER SUPPORT’ tab for more information regarding APA 7th edition with comparisons to 6th edition.

Number of Pages/Words

Unless otherwise specified all papers should have a minimum of 600 words (approximately 2.5 pages) excluding the title and reference pages.

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ACCOUNTING TOOLS AND MEASURES FOR DECISION MAKING—PART 1

The Better Chair Company is a large furniture designer, manufacturer, and retailer headquartered in Country X. The company has just started manufacturing a new premium lounge chair at its new production division in Country X. The company also plans to internally sell the chair to its overseas retail division in Country Y. Additionally, the company is considering another new product, an ottoman. You have been hired as a consultant to help the new divisional management team make some decisions affecting these products by using managerial accounting information. You have also been asked to explain to them how this information can be utilized to make good managerial decisions. You are to provide your findings and recommendations in a series of three business reports, to be submitted during the next 3 weeks.

In addition to the requirements that follow, be sure to incorporate references to appropriate academic sources, such as those found in this week’s Learning Resources or those in the Walden Library.

 business report that addresses the following:

SUNK COSTS, OPPORTUNITY COSTS, AND ACCOUNTING COSTS FIXED AND VARIABLE

After your initial meeting with the management team members and assessing their level of experience with managerial accounting, you have decided to provide some starting information on the various types of costs utilized in managerial accounting. Your purpose for providing this information is to give the necessary context to the new management team to enable them to fully understand the accounting information and recommendations you will provide in your final report. Be sure to address the following:

Explain sunk cost, opportunity cost, and accounting cost, and provide three examples of each.

  • Explain how each of these costs relates to developing managerial accounting information required for decision making.

Summarize why a manager should understand these concepts, providing an example to support your rationale.

Explain the differences between fixed and variable costs and provide three examples of each type of cost.

Summarize the importance for managers to classify these costs correctly, including how the correct classification can inform decision making.