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Prescribing for Older Adults and Pregnant Women

After assessing and diagnosing a patient, PMHNPs must take into consideration special characteristics of the patient before determining an appropriate course of treatment. For pharmacological treatments that are not FDA-approved for a particular use or population, off-label use may be considered when the potential benefits could outweigh the risks.

In this Discussion, you will investigate a specific disorder and determine potential appropriate treatments for when it occurs in an older adult or pregnant woman.

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

WEEKLY RESOURCES

To Prepare:

• Choose one of the two following specific populations: either pregnant women or older adults. Then, select a specific disorder from the DSM-5-TR  to use.
• Use the Walden Library to research evidence-based treatments for your selected disorder in your selected population (either older adults or pregnant women). You will need to recommend one FDA-approved drug, one non-FDA-approved “off-label” drug, and one nonpharmacological intervention for treating the disorder in that population.

By Day 3 of Week 9

• Recommend one FDA-approved drug, one off-label drug, and one nonpharmacological intervention for treating your chosen disorder in older adults or pregnant women.
• Explain the risk assessment you would use to inform your treatment decision  making. What are the risks and benefits of the FDA-approved medicine? What are the risks and benefits of the off-label drug?
• Explain whether clinical practice guidelines exist for this disorder, and if so, use them to justify your recommendations. If not, explain what information you would need to take into consideration.
• Support your reasoning with at least three current, credible scholarly resources, one each on the FDA-approved drug, the off-label, and a nonpharmacological intervention for the disorder.

Upload a copy of your discussion writing to the draft Turnitin for plagiarism check.  Your faculty holds the academic freedom to not accept your work and grade at a zero if your work is not uploaded as a draft submission to Turnitin as instructed.

Read a selection of your colleagues’ responses.

By Day 6 of Week 9

Respond to at least two of your colleagues on 2 different days who selected different disorders. Propose an alternative on-label, off-label, or nonpharmacological treatment for the disorders. Justify your suggestions with at least two references to the literature.

Note: For this Discussion, you are required to complete your initial post before you will be able to view and respond to your colleagues’ postings. Begin by clicking on the Reply button to complete your initial post. Remember, once you click on Post Reply, you cannot delete or edit your own posts and you cannot post anonymously. Please check your post carefully before clicking on Post Reply!

Part 1: Watch the “Chasing Zero: Winning the War on Healthcare Harm“ video (https://www.qsen.org/post/chasing-zero-winning-the-war-on-healthcare-harm). Think about the profound effect the care these families received had on the future of so many people.

Respond to the following in a minimum of 180 words:

– How do you positively or negatively affect the quality and safety of the care your patients receive?

– Think of two specific cases or examples you or your organization may have experienced or might experience.

– What actions have you or could you take in your organization to avoid the situation(s)?

Part 2: Respond to the following in a minimum of 180 words:

– How do regulations and accreditation help enforce quality healthcare? Discuss ways in which they help to improve the healthcare system.

Part 3: Respond to the following in a minimum of 180 words:

– What are the key differences between regulation and accreditation?

– Which accreditation standards and regulations are most commonly cited or used in your practice setting or one that you are most interested in working on?

Part 4: Respond to the following in a minimum of 180 words:

– What factors do you see in practice that influence safe, quality, patient-centered care?

– Have those factors shifted or changed as your role as an RN has progressed or changed?

– Do you think the factors will continue to change?

– What factors do you see affecting safe, quality, patient-centered care in 10 years?

Part 5: Review the Multifactorial Medication Mishap (https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/multifactorial-medication-mishap) case study and the commentary that follows from AHRQ.

Respond to the following in a minimum of 180 words:

– Explain why a root cause analysis was appropriate for this situation.

– Analyze the impact of using tools such as RCA, FMEA, and PDSA on the quality and safety of patient care.

Cite a minimum of 1 peer-reviewed source (for each part) on an APA-formatted reference page.

Part 1: Watch the “Chasing Zero: Winning the War on Healthcare Harm“ video (https://www.qsen.org/post/chasing-zero-winning-the-war-on-healthcare-harm). Think about the profound effect the care these families received had on the future of so many people.

Respond to the following in a minimum of 180 words:

– How do you positively or negatively affect the quality and safety of the care your patients receive?

– Think of two specific cases or examples you or your organization may have experienced or might experience.

– What actions have you or could you take in your organization to avoid the situation(s)?

Part 2: Respond to the following in a minimum of 180 words:

– How do regulations and accreditation help enforce quality healthcare? Discuss ways in which they help to improve the healthcare system.

Part 3: Respond to the following in a minimum of 180 words:

– What are the key differences between regulation and accreditation?

– Which accreditation standards and regulations are most commonly cited or used in your practice setting or one that you are most interested in working on?

Part 4: Respond to the following in a minimum of 180 words:

– What factors do you see in practice that influence safe, quality, patient-centered care?

– Have those factors shifted or changed as your role as an RN has progressed or changed?

– Do you think the factors will continue to change?

– What factors do you see affecting safe, quality, patient-centered care in 10 years?

Part 5: Review the Multifactorial Medication Mishap (https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/multifactorial-medication-mishap) case study and the commentary that follows from AHRQ.

Respond to the following in a minimum of 180 words:

– Explain why a root cause analysis was appropriate for this situation.

– Analyze the impact of using tools such as RCA, FMEA, and PDSA on the quality and safety of patient care.

Cite a minimum of 1 peer-reviewed source (for each part) on an APA-formatted reference page

Global Strategic Management BUS 6320 Unit VI Assignment

Strategic Expansion of a Multinational Firm into a New Global Market

This assignment measures your mastery of ULOs 4.2, 5.1, and 5.2.

This assignment will help you develop strategic decision-making skills crucial for global business management and the successful expansion of multinational enterprises into new markets. It will also assess your ability to analyze and recommend strategic decisions for a multinational enterprise (MNE) considering expansion into a new global market outside

of the United States.

 

You will create a visual graphic to explore global competition opportunities and challenges, market entry strategies, and the cost-responsive framework.

 

Instructions:

 

·       Select a Multinational Firm

o   Choose a well-known multinational enterprise (e.g., Tesla).

o   Identify a specific global market outside of the United States that the firm is considering entering (e.g., Tesla entering the Indian market).

·       Create a Visual Graphic

·       Develop a visual that integrates the following:

o   Recognize opportunities and problems of competing globally.

o   Compare and contrast options that multinational enterprises have for entering foreign markets.

o   Apply the cost-responsive framework to evaluate strategies MNEs can pursue when competing globally.

·       Graphic Requirements

o   Your creation should visually map the specific opportunities and challenges your chosen enterprise might face in the selected market. It should also depict the different market entry strategies the enterprise could consider (e.g., joint ventures, direct investment, partnerships) and analyze these options within the context of the cost-responsive framework.

o   Use appropriate software (e.g., Microsoft 365 Tools) to create a clear and coherent chart.

·       Strategic Recommendation

o   Based on your analysis, provide a strategic recommendation on whether your chosen enterprise should pursue expansion into the selected market. Support your recommendation with practical considerations. Clearly state and justify your recommendation.

 

Create a one-page visual graphic using a digital tool (e.g., Canva, Piktochart, or Visme). Use elements available in the digital tool you choose to visually represent the information above. Ensure that your infographic is clear, concise, and visually engaging.

 

Utilize creativity to design your visual, but ensure it is well organized and readable. Keep the text succinct and use images in a size and manner that do not distract from the message.

 

There are many free resources that can help you create your infographic. Adobe Express, Canva, Miro, and even PowerPoint all offer infographic templates you can customize.

 

Once you have developed your visual, save it as an image and insert it into a Word document. All sources used to develop your infographic should have in-text citations; references should be properly formatted in APA Style on a separate page. Upload the infographic and references page as a single document in Blackboard for grading.

 

Your infographic should represent your original work. You must use at least two resources to support your graphic.

Compensation Management HRM 6305 Unit VII Essay

Top of Form

For this assignment, compose an essay of at least five pages in which you discuss the following issues involving person-focused pay plans:

·       Discuss various types of person-focused pay plans (also known as competency-based, skill-based, or knowledge-based pay systems).

·       Describe reasons why companies adopt person-focused pay plans, and identify types of positions that lend themselves to these plans.

·       Describe advantages and disadvantages of person-focused pay plans. Give job-specific examples in your advantages and disadvantages.

 

Please use the databases within the CSU Online Library to locate scholarly resources to support your essay. You should utilize at least two sources, one of which may be your textbook. Adhere to APA Style when constructing this assignment, including in-text citations and references for all sources that are used. Please note that no abstract is needed.

 

This formal paper example provided by the CSU Writing Center shows this type of formatting.

Your essay should be a minimum of five pages in length, not counting the title and reference pages.

Assume that you have been hired as a consultant by a healthcare system to assist in the selection of a new leadership team. Describe the processes you would go through to be certain the organization selects the right leadership team. Develop a plan for how you intend to help the organization place the right person in the top positions in the organization.

Imagine you are a consultant hired by a large health care system to address organizational culture concerns. It has been decided by senior leadership that this consultant will assist in the transformation of the existing human resources management program to a human capital management framework.

Create a PowerPoint presentation that covers, at a minimum, the following areas:

• Explain the importance of organizational culture.
• Compare and contrast human resource management practices and human capital management practices.
• Develop a budget required to address these concerns:
• Describe the steps of the budget process.
• Provide a budget for this project.
• Include expected return on investment.
• Describe effective communication strategies necessary to ensure a success of this project, including anticipated barriers and steps to overcome them:
• HR department to the board and executives
• HR to the HR team
• HR to the organization’s staff
• Executive leadership to physicians oExecutive leadership and/or marketing department to external stakeholders

Your completed PowerPoint Presentation must be at least 10 slides in length, not counting the title and reference slides. Include at least three outside sources, one of which must be from the CSU Online Library. Utilize the speaker notes to fully explain your ideas. Adhere to APA Style when creating citations and references for this assignment

Imagine you are a consultant hired by a large health care system to address organizational culture concerns. It has been decided by senior leadership that this consultant will assist in the transformation of the existing human resources management program to a human capital management framework.

Create a PowerPoint presentation that covers, at a minimum, the following areas:

• Explain the importance of organizational culture.
• Compare and contrast human resource management practices and human capital management practices.
• Develop a budget required to address these concerns:
• Describe the steps of the budget process.
• Provide a budget for this project.
• Include expected return on investment.
• Describe effective communication strategies necessary to ensure a success of this project, including anticipated barriers and steps to overcome them:
• HR department to the board and executives
• HR to the HR team
• HR to the organization’s staff
• Executive leadership to physicians oExecutive leadership and/or marketing department to external stakeholders

Your completed PowerPoint Presentation must be at least 10 slides in length, not counting the title and reference slides. Include at least three outside sources, one of which must be from the CSU Online Library. Utilize the speaker notes to fully explain your ideas. Adhere to APA Style when creating citations and references for this assignment.

Module 8: A Local Premises Liability Case. Details …202620 Security Risk MGMNT in HOSP HFT-2630-2445Your security assessment project is actually a businessreport. This report is a security audit that you willconduct of a HOTEL or RESORT in the Central Floridaarea. You get to choose your hotel or resort property. Inother words, you will go to the site, evaluate their security,and write a report about what you found.Here are Instructions/Directions on How to Do Your”Security Assessment Project”:1. Select a local-area hotel, or resort.2. Visit the property that you chose several times andstudy or analyze both its physical and operational security.(This is the property’s perimeter, entrances and exits, plushow their security program seems to operate.)3. Take photos and find crime statistics to support yourstatements (your opinions) about the quality of theproperty’s security.4. Prepare a written report that follows this outline formbelow:I. List the property’s name, location, (number of rooms).MAKE SURE that you include your “thesis statement”.(That is your opinionabout the effectiveness of its security program.) Includesome basic property details (name, size, location … )IMPORTANT! Include a TOPIC SENTENCE in the firstsection. Your “topic sentence” states your position aboutthe quality of the property’ssecurity. It is also called your thesis statement. Here is anexample; “On a scale of one to ten, with ten being thehighest or best security program, I would rate the GrandAzalea Resort a 7.”

Given the following transaction database from a supermarket:

Transaction ID	Transaction Items
1	Apple, Orange, Cereal, Sweet
2	Apple, Ice cream, Cereal, Sweet
3	Apple, Eggs, Cereal, Pepper
4	Eggs
5	Apple, Ice cream, Cereal, Pepper, Sweet

1. What are the frequent itemsets after running Apriori algorithm on the above transaction database with a minimum support of 65%? (3 marks)
2. List ALL association rules generated from frequent itemsets found in 1(a). (4 marks)
3. If minimum confidence is 80%, which association rule found in 1(b) is strong? Calculate the lift for each of these strong rule. (8 marks)