Assignments

The discussion assignment provides a forum for discussing relevant topics for this week on the basis of the course competencies covered. By the due date assigned, post a response to the discussion topic below, using information from the lectures, reading assignments, library resources, and Internet resources. All responses should be posted to the Discussion Area. To…

Identify and discuss any conflicts that exist between ethics and healthcare reform that has been brought upon the execution of the affordable care act aka Obamacare

The origins of Judaism and Hinduism are almost 4,000 years old. Buddhism arose from the teachings of a single Hindu teacher more than two thousand years ago. All three have changed and developed over the centuries. All three are very much alive today. Concentrating on their current forms, compare the approaches of the three religions…

Use the Internet to search for an example of an enthymeme in the media (e.g., Internet, television, radio, newspapers, etc.). You may find an op-ed, political piece, advertising, et cetera. Identify the implied premise in the enthymeme. Why did you choose this example?

View the movie, 12 Angry Men (1957), Orion-Nova Productions. Write a paper of 500-750 words in which you do the following: Discuss patterns of persuasion, conformity, and minority influence seen in the film. Analyze issues of prejudice observed while watching the jurors deliberate. Determine if there was evidence of cognitive heuristics. If so, where/how did it occur?…

DC comes to the emergency room complaining of acute abdominal pain. She states the pain came after dinner at an all-you-can-eat buffet and has been increasing steadily. The pain is located in her right upper quadrant and is “boring” into her back. She says she feels “gassy” and bloated. What are your differential diagnoses? Include…

Read the case study number one, Moving to a Common Core Interprofessional Patient Safety Curriculum on page 254 in Health Policy and Politics: A Nurse’s Guide , by Milstead. Why is it important that health professionals share a common understanding of patient safety standards and practices? What are the policy implications from accepting that “mistakes…

Read the article by Yukl, Mahsud, Hassan, & Prussia (2013), as well as Chapter 7 of Gonzalez-Padron (2015). Complete the Checklist: Ethical Leadership Questionnaire, then answer these following questions from the text: Which behaviors are the most important for you to trust the ethical leadership of a supervisor, manager, or company executive? Are there any descriptors…

What a busy five weeks we have had! We have learned to use moral reasoning and examined many ethical theories in this course. These include virtue ethics, utilitarianism, social contract, deontology with goals (Hinduism and Buddhism), deontology with divine authority (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam), relativism (individual and cultural), and deontology with a categorical imperative (Kant)….

Discuss the differences between parametric and nonparametric tests.

You now live in a world where geographic boundaries cease to exist when it comes to goods, services, and even food. Most people think nothing of having freshly squeezed Florida orange juice or New Zealand kiwis for breakfast; even those who live in New York City with 10-inches of snow on the ground in the…

Identify three uses for a frequency distribution. Please provide realistic health related examples. Briefly identify the differences between a normal, positive and negative skew. How does this skew or distribution curve relate to standard error? What does the standard error mean for the results? Feel free to use and example to explain your answer.