During outbreak of Ebola in West Africa in 2014, many U.S. healthcare workers and military members were exposed to the contagious disease (see the New York Times’ article, “Ebola-Infected Health Care Worker in Dallas Took a Flight on Monday” for an example, located at http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/16/us/ebola-infected-dallas-health-worker-was-on-flight.html?%20Here%20is%20an%20article%20for%20the%20military%20_r=0). Use the Internet to locate one to two (1-2) other articles about this particular Ebola outbreak. Discuss your initial reaction […]

. To begin you initial post, research one of the health profession licensing agencies in your state. Analyze and comment on the role this professional licensing group plays in the creation of policy within the profession as well as the impact those policies potentially have on the economics of health services. Then, specifically look at the composition of the licensing agency’s board of directors. Describe […]

Planning a community health assessment involves making many decisions, including who will be involved in the planning or assessment, the goals of the assessment, types of data to be collected, and methods for data collection and analysis. The success of the final assessment plan depends in part on who participates in the planning process and the extent of their firsthand knowledge of the community health […]

Instead of attending an art museum, this semester, you may go online to the Louvre. Pick one sculpture or painting to answer the questions.  Everything must be in your own words, without quotes, and written for this class, this semester. Not counting the questions or the works cited, you will need 400-800 words answering the following information. It may take close to 700-800 words to answer everything.  Use […]

With Agamben’s part of The Church and The Kingdom slated for this Thursday (April 21), it occurs to me to suggest two possible paths for a short written response.   (. . . suggesting that you choose one) Perhaps the more obvious one to me (but one that’s maybe not so easily addressed in ‘short’ form) would concern the prospective role and possible significance of the visual art included (and […]

In a 300 word reflective essay, students will describe how they have incorporated critical thinking strategies into their daily routines. Students should consider including responses to any or all of the following prompts. Which of the nine strategies for critical thinking have been helpful? Think about a possible situation that occurred in the past few weeks and how you responded. Did you incorporate critical thinking skills […]

Read the article at this link:  http://www.pewresearch.org/next-america/ .  Write at least one paragraph for each of the five questions below.  If desired, feel free to reference information from other studies or articles or look up terminology to make sure you understand what the article is saying.  This is not an English class, so sentence structure, grammar, and spelling will not be graded.  However, because any […]

Vivian, good job with your Unit 2 post on stakeholders. Overcoming cross-cultural communication barriers is another leadership challenge during stakeholders ’ engagements. Leaders must also be skilled in conflict management and negotiations. Effective project managers are effective communicators. As noted by Heerkens (2000), choosing the right approach and best medium are critical decisions for effective communication with stakeholders. He noted that before a meeting is […]

A number of religious perspectives take the Exclusivist or Inclusivist position. These are considered to be “insider” positions, and this is not how we will be looking at religions in this class. We will be trying to look at religions from an “outsider” point of view which corresponds best with the “Empathetic Interest in Other People” point of view above. This may be a challenge […]

Second, you should respond to two posts written by your peers. (Please note that you will only be able to see other posts after you submit your own.) Your responses should each be at least 150 words and should follow the guidelines for productive classroom dialogue and “netiquette” that are outlined in our syllabus. Some suggested strategies you may use in your response include providing […]