Consider the fallacies of relevance listed in Chapter 8 of our textbook. Consider a recent conversation or a recent news or magazine article you have read. Identify two fallacies of relevance you noticed in the conversation or article. Consider how you, personally, might avoid committing fallacies of relevance, and list two ways you can avoid them in the future. In your replies to students, note […]

Guidelines for organization: You are the director of respiratory therapy at a large regional medical center.  There is an 85 year old, female, Hispanic patient in the adult intensive care unit. The admitting diagnosis for the patient is “stroke.”   Prior to admission the patient had a history of heart and pulmonary problems, and lung cancer (successfully treated by surgery and radiation 10 years ago).  Tests […]

Reflect on what you learned in this course. What did you find the most useful for your future health services manager career (or the current one)? How does healthcare strategic planning change with time and technological development? How are the entry and middle-level managers are involved in the strategic planning process? What is their responsibility level? How did this program help you (or not) add […]

In this lesson we are going to look at the skills and competencies that are required to work with ICT and public policy. In the article this week there is a discussion that addresses this topic through the evaluation of two different degree programs. The focus is not necessarily on the degree programs themselves, but on the skills and competencies that the authors believe are […]

In Module 02, we learned about the enlightenment and how it encouraged a new way of thinking critically about the world, independently of religion and tradition.  During this time, we see a shift in emphasis from religion and myth to science and knowledge. One artist whose work depicted this change was Joseph Wright of Derby.  In his work, Wright celebrated the enlightenment as shown in […]

 Critical Thinking Assignment (105 points)This week we are learning about the various types of studies that can be used in researching a population for risk factors, controls versus experimental treatment, and the Framingham Heart Study is introduced.On pages 14 and 18 the text discusses the ethical considerations for researchers concerning their conduct and the design of the study.Research the ethical and legal concerns of clinical […]

Using the Hunt Library EAGLEsearch function, identify a “Scholarly & Peer-Reviewed” article in your area of interest. Give a brief summary of the article; a paragraph or two will suffice. Separately, identify the research problem, research question(s), and/or hypothesis(es) in the study. Quote the research problem, research question, and hypothesis(es) in proper APA format. Additionally, answer the following questions: 

Auditing is the process of validating that an environment complies with its design. For what reason(s) is auditing an important process for a Windows or any OS environment? Research some auditing baselines that would apply to a Windows environment. What is the primary determination that a security professional would look at to determine if the OS environment is reaching the baseline (think about the entire process)? If the […]

As a leader you are always planting seeds. People are looking to you for resolution. Increase your store and enlarge the harvest of your righteousness (2 Cor. 9:10-14). Put yourself as the spreader of seeds for the Lord. How do you spread and plant seeds at work? At home”? How can this verse be used as strength when handling either coaching or conflict resolution?

The Aloha Airlines 737-200 accident sparked the interest in maintenance human factors and maintenance resource management (MRM). It prompted Transport Canada to produce the “dirty dozen”: a maintenance course designed to identify judgment errors. Likewise, after many aircraft near misses, Europe and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) produced training programs such as the air traffic teamwork enhancement (ATTE) and team resource management (TRM). These courses […]