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As the country focuses on the restructuring of the U.S. health care delivery system, nurses will continue to play an important role. It is expected that more and more nursing jobs will become available out in the community, and fewer will be available in acute care hospitals.

  1. Write an informal presentation (500-700 words) to educate nurses about how the practice of nursing is expected to grow and change. Include the concepts of continuity or continuum of care, accountable care organizations (ACO), medical homes, and nurse-managed health clinics.
  2. Share your presentation with nurse colleagues on your unit or department and ask them to offer their impressions of the anticipated changes to health care delivery and the new role of nurses in hospital settings, communities, clinics, and medical homes.
  3. In 800-1,000 words summarize the feedback shared by three nurse colleagues and discuss whether their impressions are consistent with what you have researched about health reform.
  4. A minimum of three scholarly references are required for this assignment.

While APA format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected and in-text citations and references should be presented using APA documentation guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.

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ASSIGNMENT 2-2

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Select a topic to research. For your research, you must use Google Scholar, the GCU Library or another reputable site. Use Lecture 2 for a description of what is considered a scholarly article. Use APA formatting style for references. Create a title page and a reference list with 10 references from the last 5 years. Include the permalink for each reference. Include the following types of references:

  1. Book
  2. Journal articles
  3. Website
  4. Dissertation/thesis from a database
  5. Streaming video
  6. Book chapter

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

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Literature Review On Cyber Crime

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1200 words  (harvad style)

 

Bibliography

Moore, R 2010, Cybercrime : Investigating High-Technology Computer Crime, Cincinnati : Taylor and Francis, 2010.

Wall, D 2007, Cybercrime : the transformation of crime in the information age, Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA : Polity, 2007.

‘Security operations centre: Situation awareness, threat intelligence and cybercrime’, 2017, 2017 International Conference On Cyber Situational Awareness, Data Analytics And Assessment (Cyber SA), Cyber Situational Awareness, Data Analytics And Assessment (Cyber SA), 2017 International Conference On, p. 1. Available from: 10.1109/CyberSA.2017.8073384. [3 May 2018].

Clifford, RD 2011, Cybercrime : the investigation, prosecution and defense of a computer-related crime, Durham, N.C. : Carolina Academic Press, c2011.

Furnell, S 2002, Cybercrime : vandalizing the information society, Boston ; London : Addison-Wesley, 2002.

Stanciu, V, & Tinca, A 2017, ‘Exploring cybercrime – realities and challenges’, Accounting & Management Information Systems / Contabilitate si Informatica de Gestiune, vol. 16, no. 4, pp. 610-632.

Balajanov, E 2018, ‘Setting the minimum age of criminal responsibility for cybercrime’, International Review of Law, Computers and Technology, vol. 32, no. 1, p. 2-20. Available from: 10.1080/13600869.2018.1417764. [3 May 2018].

‘Cybercriminals, cyberattacks and cybercrime’, 2016, 2016 IEEE International Conference on Cybercrime and Computer Forensic (ICCCF), Cybercrime and Computer Forensic (ICCCF), IEEE International Conference on, p. 1. Available from: 10.1109/ICCCF.2016.7740434. [3 May 2018].

Elaine, F 2014, ‘The EU’s Cybercrime and Cyber-Security Rulemaking: Mapping the Internal and External Dimensions of EU Security’, European Journal of Risk Regulation, no. 1, p. 46.

Florida Tech Online. (2018). A Brief History of Cyber Crime – Florida Tech Online. [online] Available at: https://www.floridatechonline.com/blog/information-technology/a-brief-history-of-cyber-crime

Nagpal, R. (2008). evolution of cyber crimes. [online] Asclonline.com. Available at: http://asclonline.com/images/7/74/Evolution_of_Cyber_Crime.pdf

Acs.org.au. (2016). cyber Security. [online] Available at: https://www.acs.org.au/content/dam/acs/acs-publications/ACS_Cybersecurity_Guide.pdf

Vincent, L. (2017). The 5 current cyber security issues Australian companies face. [online] Savv-e.com.au. Available at: https://www.savv-e.com.au/blog/current-cyber-security-issues-australia

Das, S. and Nayak, T. (2013). IMPACT OF CYBER CRIME: ISSUES AND CHALLENGES. [online] Ijeset.com. Available at: http://www.ijeset.com/media/0002/2N12-IJESET0602134A-v6-iss2-142-153.pdf

Anon, (2018). National Plan to Combat Cybercrime. [online] Available at: https://www.ag.gov.au/CrimeAndCorruption/Cybercrime/Documents/national-plan-to-combat-cybercrime.pdf

Anon, (2017). As It Is. [online] Available at: https://pavuk-legal.leapwp.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/813/0001/01/Cybercrime-Law-in-Australia.pdf

Unit 7 Case Study: Breast Cancer

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Mrs. V is a 47 year old white female who noted a lump near the lower, outer edge of her right breast. After undergoing work up, Mrs. V. was diagnosed with breast cancer. She underwent a right mastectomy without surgical reconstruction.

The pathology report relative to the patient’s tumor revealed the tumor was estrogen receptor positive.

Assignment Questions

  1. What chemotherapeutic agent would be anticipated for this patient’s treatment plan? Support your discussion with a reference from a scholarly source.
  2. Discuss the mechanism of action for the anticipated chemotherapeutic agent. Support your discussion with a reference from a scholarly source.
  3. Discuss what the anticipated side effects of the chemotherapeutic agent are. Support your discussion with a reference from a scholarly source.
  4. Anticipating the potential side effects of the treatment plan, what are the key elements to include in the patient education plan? Support your discussion with a reference from a scholarly source.

Instructions

  • Prepare and submit a 3-4 page paper [total] in length (not including APA format).
  • Answer all the questions above.
  • Support your position with examples.
  • Please review the rubric to ensure that your assignment meets criteria.
  • Submit the following documents to the Submit Assignments/Assessments area:
    • Case Study: Breast Cancer

Nike Case Study

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Answer the following in up to 350 words each.

1. Describe the factors that drive Nike’s decision to stick with some form of network organizational structure rather than own its manufacturing operations.

2. Assess why Nike’s choice of a decentralized and networked organization structure worked well for them.

3. Summarize the current state of competition in this industry. Assess if Nike continuing to pull away from rivals, or if they are catching up.

4. Assess whether Nike’s organizational structure is still a major strength that contributes to its success, or if it is creating problems that will call for organizational design changes in the future.

5. Determine whether a matrix structure could improve performance for Nike.

Nike Case Study Analysis

Nike: Spreading Out to Win the Race

Nike is indisputably a giant in the athletics industry. The Portland, Oregon, company is known worldwide for its products, none of which it actually makes. It has thrived by knowing how to stay small, focusing on core competencies, and outsourcing manufacturing.

But if you don’t make anything, what do you actually do? If you outsource everything, what’s left? A lot of brand recognition, as it turns out.

Behind the Swoosh

Nike continues to outpace the athletic shoe competition while spreading its brand through an ever-widening universe of sports equipment, apparel, and paraphernalia. The ever-present Swoosh graces everything from bumper stickers to sunglasses to high school sports uniforms. Nike products embody a love of sport, discipline, ambition, practice, and all other desirable traits of athleticism.

The company has cleverly kept its advertising agency nestled close to home, but has relied extensively on outsourcing many non-executive and back office responsibilities to reduce overhead. Nike is structured around its core competency in product design—not manufacturing. It has taken outsourcing to a new level, with sub-contractors producing all of its shoes.

Whoops

Although outsourcing production hasn’t hurt product quality, it has challenged Nike’s reputation for social responsibility, especially regarding work conditions and labor practices at some suppliers. In a move designed to turn critics into converts, Nike posts information on its website detailing every one of the hundreds of factories that it uses to make shoes, apparel, and other sporting goods. It released the data in conjunction with a comprehensive corporate responsibility report summarizing the environmental impact and the labor situations of its contract factories.

Nike also encourages designers to develop environmentally sustainable designs like the Nike Free, a lightweight running shoe that boosted sales dramatically. Nike’s Sustainable Business & Innovation Lab funds outside startups focused on alternative energies, more efficient approaches to manufacturing, and the promotion of healthy lifestyles.

Pesky Competition

Nike has so far balanced size and pressure to remain successful by leveraging a decentralized and networked organization structure. Individual business centers—such as research, production, and marketing—are free to focus on their core competencies without worrying about the effects of corporate bloat.

This company has found continued marketplace success by positioning itself not simply as a sneaker company but as a brand that fulfills the evolving needs of today’s athletes and athletes-at-heart. Will Nike continue to profit from its organization structure, or will it spread itself so thin that its competition has a chance to overtake it?

Source: Schermerhorn Jr., J.R., Bachrach, D.G. (2016) Nike: Spreading Out to Win the Race. In Exploring Management (Cases for Critical Thinking).

Deliverable 4 – Managing Financial Risks

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Competency

Evaluate the principles of risk and reward in the investment sector and their applications to the broader area of risk management.

Instructions

LTD Acceptance is a private property and auto insurance carrier that specializes in sports cars and motorcycles. This organization is owned by LTD Capital, a large equity group with over 15 holdings. LTD Acceptance is the parent company’s single largest holding as it drives 70% of total revenue. Due to the inherent risk involved in that segment of the market, many of LTD Acceptance’s competitors do not offer policies for sports cars or motorcycles. This market segment is underserved which is why the organization has 20,000 active policies for a sports car or a motorcycle.

 

LTD is headquartered in Houston, TX. LTD does not sell insurance directly to the public. Instead, it uses third-party agents to sell its policies. LTD handles all customer service needs including claims intake, policy services, and general questions. The company operates in four states: California, Texas, Louisiana, and Florida. Currently, LTD does not have an active system in place to ensure that its agents are in fact using LTD guidelines to screen potential policyholders. However, no evidence of negligence has emerged so far as the organization has yet to have a year in which it was not profitable. LTD has also had the good fortune of not suffering losses because of natural disasters or catastrophic events.

LTD Acceptance has 18,000 active policies in its book of business, and the firm is yet to experience a year period with high loss ratios. To increase its profitability ratios, LTD has invested the premium dollars across various asset classes. LTD’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO) believes the organization should take a calculated risk and allocate the assets more aggressively. As the senior risk analyst, you have carefully analyzed the organization’s numbers and strongly believe that LTD’s favorable loss ratios are a result of chance and not through the sensible use of the firm’s systematic framework for managing risk. You also believe the CFO is purely looking at the rewards and not the risks. Therefore, you do not believe the firm should increase risk exposures at this time.

 

To convey your point of view, you have decided to conduct a cost-benefit analysis report which should include the following:

  • For this report, provide an introduction which discusses the relationship between risk and reward. Using the information provided in the background of this case, explain why the organization may appear to be in a better position on paper than it really is.
  • Include at least two ways how each party listed below can be adversely impacted if the organization suffers losses as a result of a more aggressive approach.
    • Policyholders
    • Shareholders
    • Vendors
    • Creditors
    • Employees
  • Also include a discussion on how effective financial management aligns with overall risk management.
  • Your conclusion should highlight how the risk assumed in an organization’s activities should be consistent with its long term goals. All business activities include inherent risks. Thus, all the activities and risks the firm takes should help them reach their long-term goals. If the managers engage in activities that create risks outside of this scope, it can create problems. For instance, most firms have the goal of driving  sustainability. However, if they are highly leveraged, then seeking additional credit for a project can derail the long term goal of sustainability.

The format for your report should be in the business, professional style. For help with this format, please click here.

Statistics Project, Part 1: Opening Data In Microsoft® Excel® And Running Descriptive Statistics

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The Statistics Project assignment has been broken down into multiple parts and you will complete these parts throughout the course. This week’s assignment allows you to become familiar with opening data and viewing it in Microsoft® Excel® and using the Analysis Toolpak. In research, the individual data points are entered into databases, but for the purpose of this course, the data is provided in a spreadsheet for you in the Happiness and Engagement Dataset.

Imagine you have been asked to enhance workplace happiness and engagement at your company. You have conducted a survey and gathered data on the gender, age, relationship with direct supervisor, telecommute schedule, relationship with coworkers, along with the ratings for workplace happiness and workplace engagement for 50 individuals in your department. You must determine what variables affect workplace happiness and engagement. The first step is to run descriptive statistics on each variable to learn more about the data you have collected.

Calculate descriptive statistics for the following variables in the provided Microsoft® Excel® dataset:

  • Gender
  • Age
  • Relationship with Direct Supervisor
  • Telecommute Schedule
  • Relationship with Coworkers
  • Workplace Happiness Rating
  • Workplace Engagement Rating

Write a 125- to 175-word summary of your interpretation of the descriptive results for each variable. Copy and paste the Microsoft® Excel® output below your summary.

Format your summary according to APA guidelines.

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Advanced Medical Coding: Diagnostic Testing

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Answer the following questions, please make sure all answers are CORRECT and send back to me

2.   A 23-year-old patient comes in complaining of shortness of breath, fatigue, and an abnormally fast heartbeat. She also has GERD, acute exacerbation of asthma, and cachecticorum acne. The physician obtains a complete blood cell count, and renders a diagnosis of Rietti-Greppi-Micheli anemia. What diagnosis codes are assigned?

 

A. D58.3, K23.9, J45.906, L70.8

B. D56.3, K24.9, J45.941, L70.8

C. D59.3, K21.9, J45.921, L70.8

D. D56.9, K21.9, J45.901, L70.8

4.   A 33-year-old patient is seen for a bilateral screening mammography with computer-aided detection, interpreted by the physician, with digitization of the radiographic images. What CPT codes should be assigned?

 

A. 78053, 77054

B. 77097, 77056

C. 77059, 77051

D. 77057, 77052

5.   A patient undergoes testing for ten synthetic cannabinoids, cocaine, methadone, and three opiate analogs. What codes would be assigned?

 

A. 80331, 80353, 80358, 83992

B. 80352, 80353, 80358, 80363

C. 80352, 80353, 80364, 80368

D. 80347, 80360, 80363, 80365

7.   A patient undergoes a limited clinical pathology consultation, without review of history or medical records. What code should be assigned?

 

A. 80502

B. 80500

C. 80434

D. 80436

8.   A lumbosacral myelography performed with radiological supervision and interpretation is assigned to code

 

A. 72285.

B. 72270.

C. 72275.

D. 72265.

9.   A 26-year-old patient undergoes a carotene test to check her vitamin A level. What CPT code should be assigned?

 

A. 82381

B. 82384

C. 82380

D. 82382

10.   What code is assigned for intravenous pyelography without KUB and without tomography?

 

A. 74455

B. 74400

C. 74742

D. 74326

11.   A patient has an activated coagulation time test. The coder assigns code 85345. Is this code correct or incorrect?

 

A. The code is correct, but should include a modifier for the activated portion of the test.

B. The code is incorrect. The correct code is 85347.

C. The code is incorrect. The correct code is 85348.

D. The code is correct.

12.   Code 82947 indicates a test that is included in a/an _______ panel.

 

A. renal function

B. lipid

C. electrolyte

D. hepatic function

13.   A new patient comes in to the doctor’s office for her annual gynecological exam. During the course of the exam, she undergoes a screening cervical cytopathology smear, which is performed by an automated system under the supervision of a physician. What HCPCS code is assigned?

 

A. G0147

B. G0417

C. G0856

D. G0256

14.   Code 89230 indicates

 

A. sweat  by iontophoresis.

B. bilirubin, total, transcutaneous.

C. nasal smear for eosinophils.

15.   What code is assigned for a hepatitis C antibody test?

 

A. 86784

B. 86756

C. 86803

D. 86830

16.   Blood lipoprotein with electrophoretic separation and quantitation with high resolution fractionation and quantitation of lipoproteins including lipoprotein subclasses would be assigned to code

 

A. 83701.

B. 83698.

C. 83704.

D. 83705.

17.   The description for code 82441 is

 

A. cholinesterase; serum.

B. chlorinated hydrocarbons, screen.

C. cortisol; free.

D. chromium.

18.   What code would be assigned for anterior segment imaging with fluorescein angiography, with interpretation and report?

 

A. 92230

B. 92235

C. 92499

D. 92287

19.   A patient has a temporomandibular joint arthrography. If the procedure is performed under radiological supervision and interpretation, what code should be reported?

 

A. 70553

B. 70350

C. 70332

D. 70551

20.   Mr. Carson comes to the emergency room complaining of leg pain after falling out of bed in his home. A technician at the hospital obtains an x-ray of the tibia and the fibula using the hospital’s radiology equipment. The physician reviews his x-ray, and determines that he has sprained his leg. Mr. Carson also has a history of prostate cancer, cigarette smoking, Crohn’s disease, and hyperbilirubinemia. The emergency department visit included an expanded problem focused history and examination. The medical decision making was of moderate complexity. Code this scenario.

 

A. 99284-25, 73592

B. 99285-25, 73592

C. 99281-25, 73591

CLC – Performance Appraisal At Telespazio: Aligning Strategic Goals To People Development – Case Study

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This is a Collaborative Learning Community (CLC) assignment.

Read the Performance Appraisal at Telespazio: Aligning Strategic Goals to People Development case study located in Topic Materials. In your teams, discuss the assessment of employees within the Telespazio organization. Develop a written description (750-1,000 words) discussing current evaluation methods, how the organization uses the appraisal assessments to identify employee roles, the current appraisal systems, performance ratings, and Telespazio’s practices for performing appraisal interviews. As a group, decide what changes or strategies could be implemented to Telespazio’s current performance appraisal practices. Include an appraisal tool that would benefit the company and an effective method for performing an appraisal interview. Describe the benefits of using both the appraisal tool and appraisal interview in the performance appraisal practice.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful

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Industrial Hygiene

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1.) Welding fumes are a common occupational exposure. Several different welding fumes can cause similar adverse health effects. Personal sampling of a welding operation at a manufacturing facility produced the following 8-hour time-weighted average (TWA) results for individual metal fumes. Please see attached document for sampling results.

 

Briefly summarize the primary health effects associated with overexposure to each type of metal fume, including both acute and chronic health effects. Explain what analytical methods you would use for evaluating health hazards in the workplace.

Identify the types of metal fumes that would produce similar health effects on an exposed worker. Assume that each listed metal can cause respiratory irritation. Use the equation in 1910.1000(d)(2)(i) to calculate the equivalent exposure (in relation to OSHA PELS) for the metal fumes with similar health effects based on the “Result” column in the table above. Discuss whether you believe any of the individual metal fume exposures or the combined exposure exceeds an OSHA PEL or an ACGIH TLV.

Your homework assignment should be a minimum of two pages in length.

2.) Choose an operation for a workplace where you once worked or with which you are familiar where either chemical hazards or noise exposures were present. If you have never worked in a location where chemical hazards or noise are present, read about some examples on OSHA’s website and choose one that interests you. Complete the following tasks in a minimum two-page (500 word) essay:

· Summarize the steps you would take to perform a hazard assessment of your chosen operation. Make sure you list the chemical hazards or noise hazards that are present using the example hazard assessment from OSHA’s website or one with which you are already familiar.

·  Discuss the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) for controlling occupational hazards in relation to the operation you chose.

·  Choose one hazard that you identified. The hazard can be a chemical or noise hazard. Summarize how you would evaluate employee exposures to the hazard. Include information about any sampling method you would use, how many samples you would collect, the types of samples you would collect (e.g., personal or area, TWA or short-term), and to which standards you would apply the results.

· Assume there are several results indicating that employees are exposed to levels exceeding the applicable OSHAPEL. Using OSHA’s Hierarchy of Controls, summarize the control methods you would employ to reduce the risk for employees to an acceptable level. Your summary should include examples from each level of OSHA’s Hierarchy of Controls with a discussion of why you think the control would or would not be an effective method for reducing the exposure to an acceptable level.

· Discuss how you would evaluate the effectiveness of the control methods you chose, both in the short-term and for the next 5 years.

Your essay must be in APA format, and include a minimum of two sources.

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