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Applying to Patient Classification System in a Practical Setting Managing and controlling costs is indispensible to regulating profits and expenses at the healthcare organization. Therefore, it is crucial to select an appropriate model for handling input and output operations within the hospital. Having a rich experience in monitoring the flow of patients, along with the supplies of medication and maintenance of equipment, I realize that the introduction of patient classification system contributes greatly to identifying patients’ needs with regard to the cost ratios. Indeed, the presented system allows to define the resources, as well as how those resources meet the patients’ needs. In addition, it is also important to understand the overall amount of costs covering healthcare services, both directly and indirectly. Finally, such an approach ensures the organization for all expenses that will definitely be reimbursed. Providing Evidence and Arguments Supporting the Appropriateness of the Used Model The choice of the patient classification system is predetermined by a number of important factors. The approach contributes to defining the exact volume of incoming patients needed for reimbursing the costs and for maintaining the equipment. Realizing the fixed and variable costs, it is possible to calculate how many patients are required to estimate the costs and keep the hospital at a high level of performance and profitability (Finkler et al., 2007, p. 67). The video lecture provided by Kleinman et al. (n. d.) proves the importance of considering costs and determining the expenses. Significant attention should also be paid to distinguishing between the expenses and costs. A finance manager must regulate these issues and define how the budget of the hospital can be enhanced. In this respect, using a variance analysis, it is possible to indicate the lapses that can be fulfilled. Importantly, the awareness of the connection between cost and volume of patients should be involved because these two indices are interdependent. Consequently, a finance manager should know exactly which sphere should be intervened to resolve the financial problem. With regard to the above consideration, the patient classification system has a number of benefits in comparison other known approaches to controlling and managing costs. To begin with, the patient classification system is effective in identifying the quality and amount of resources needed for meeting the patients’ concerns. A nurse manager should consider the patients according to severity of disorders, treatment periods required, and number of seasons necessary for full recovery. Th
The issues faced by Edmunds and their causes As described in the article, Edmunds Corrugated Parts and Services Company has enjoyed a dominant market share in the US. In the past, the company has surged its sales past $10 million mark. However, the current company’s returns are dormant, worrying about the company’s owner. With the change in the box industry, the company is currently experiencing economic challenges threatening its future. According to the article, several factors have led to the company’s stagnant growth and reduced sales. Among these factors are the rigidity of the company’s management, increase in competition, diminishing markets, and the emergence of new direct competitors. Notably, most of the company’s customers have relocated outside the country due to stiff competition in the local markets. A strategy for addressing the situation To regain a steady growth and economic stability, Edmunds Corrugated Parts and Services Company should re-engineer and restructure its organization (Agarwal, 2010). Through this strategy, Edmunds’ company will not only be required to investigate dysfunctional behavior among its employees but also required to focus on developing new products and services other than boxes. Similarly, through this strategy, Edmunds will be able to address the external and internal challenges threatening the existence of his company. As shown in the article, the company only depends on the elderly to run its operations. This implies that the young, who are the brightest, are not involved in running the company’s affairs. By restructuring the organization, the company’s stakeholders should appoint young and charismatic leaders in its top management (Snider, 2001). To attract these young intellects in the company, the company should put in place incentives that would attract the youths in the neighboring community preventing them from seeking employment elsewhere. As illustrated in the article, the company has been experiencing a drop in its volume sales due to changes in the box industry. By restructuring itself, Edmunds Corrugated Parts and Services Company would be able to look into the possibility of developing new products and services. By doing so, the company should focus on manufacturing products they are gifted in. Thus if the company specializes in the production of these new products and services, it will improve its long-term economic condition. The element in the strategy that is the hardest to implement In its efforts to adopt the above strategies, Edmunds Corrugated Parts and Services Company will experience some challenges. During the restructuring process, the company’s stakeholders must change their company’s top management. Similarly, the company should be able to identify who in the organization is delivering against its objectives and
Intersectionality and gendered racism Intersectionality is a study that seeks to examine the level of oppression and discrimination that people of a minority group encounter in their daily lives. The intersectionality concept enables people to understand the different experiences with regard to the social categories of a person ( “ Intersecting Race, Class, and Gender” 1 ). It explains that inequalities arise because of the difference in class, gender, age, and race. Therefore, any society that intends to wipe out oppression should address the aspects that bring in the inequality. Intersectionality analysis explains that it is quite difficult to address the various factors that cause oppression unless people are ready to change their nature of relating with the minority groups. Black females are some of the people who experience discrimination in their daily errands. Indeed, some female activists explain that black women encounter the worst experiences in some parts of the world. Gender racism is a double tragedy as the women are discriminated because of their gender and because of their race. Intersectionality helps in examining the extent to which the various variables of discrimination intersect to affect a marginalized group. Intersectionality is somewhat related to gender racism as it can combine the two variables of discrimination, race and gender, to explain the extent to which the marginalized group is affected (“Social construction of race and identities” 3). Intersectionality explains that the gender racism cultures that people cling on are bound to interconnected systems of the society. For this reason, some people will find it customary to discriminate colored women without any form of conscious. Some men have an innate trait of considering females as inferior characters who cannot be leaders, and the fact that a woman is colored makes the matters worse. Gender racism is an inferior experience as the aff
The examination room of geriatrics patients should be designed with several considerations in mind. First, the entrance of the examination room should be wider than usual to accommodate wheelchairs and walkers. This makes it easier for the patients to access the room. Second, the room should be kept warm at all times. The temperatures of the room should range between 70 and 80 degrees because geriatrics patients are vulnerable to extreme temperatures. The warmth of the examination room can also be enhanced by the use of warm colors such as brown, grey, or yellow on the walls and floor. The floor should be carpeted to increase the warmth and prevent the possibilities of a fall. However, the color used on the wall should contrast that used on the floor to mark the border. This helps the patients to differentiate between the two given their failing eyesight. The lighting of the examination room should be brighter than usual because majority of the geriatrics patients suffer from failing eyesight. Increased lighting can be achieved by the use of extra lighting such as head lamps and a tall lamp on a stand. However, the lighting should not be too much as to cause glare or discomfort to the patient. Majority of the geriatrics patients suffer from hearing and speech loss/deterioration hence it is important to equip the room with sound-proof devices. Distracting background noises such as fans and music should be avoided at all costs. Electric chairs and examination beds should be made available for the patients because majority of them have difficulties in arising from a sitting or a lying position. These devices protect the patients from falls. Most importantly, the room should be devoid of any hazard-causing items such as loose rags and exposed wires which can easily cause a fall to the patient (Calhoun and Eibling, p.5). Work Cited Calhoun, Karen and David Eibling. Geriatric Otolaryngology. New York: Taylor & Francis Group, 2006.
Introduction Ethics is an important aspect of humanity that distinguishes people from animals. However, an analysis of multiple issues related to the subject of ethics may raise uncertainty and confusion. Deciding what is right or wrong is not clear-cut. Thus, several philosophers developed several frameworks from which one could understand the subject of ethics. As a result, the principle of utilitarianism falls among the most important frameworks in which one can apply ethics. Utilitarianism is both a practical and a logical approach of viewing the subject of ethics. This paper defends the principle of utilitarianism as an important perspective to use when applying ethics. A utilitarian views a right or a wrong action from a practical threshold, which holds that if some acts bring benefits to most people, they may be considered as the right ones, while if some deeds result in negative outcomes to the majority, they are meant to be wrong (Hammond 38). One can clearly see that utilitarian ethic is both practical and simple in use, when compared to other types of ethics (Hammond 40). Other types of ethics, such as virtual ethics, are obviously ambiguous in several respects (Hammond 43). For instance, people hold different and sometimes opposite views on ethics (Hammond 48). Consider, for example, the issue of euthanasia. While some people think that it is absolutely wrong to take away somebody’s life, others believe in the opposite calling it “good death”. Since it gives a person an opportunity to determine according to one’s views if such an action can bring good to people, utilitarian ethics eliminates ambiguities that originate with other types of ethics (Hammond 35). Another important argument for the application of utilitarian ethics lies in its capacity to avoid a need to determine an absolutely right or wrong principle, which is often unattainable in fact (Hammond 45). The vanity of attempting to classify an action as right or wrong is evident (Hammond 31). Governing laws in several countries recognize the room for giving exceptions to some offences depending on circumstances. For example, some countries that do not allow abortions make exceptions for the unique circumstances, when the unborn child can kill th
The topic I chose for this essay is vaccination among children. It is a controversial topic in a sense that plenty of parents and even some doctors are suspicious towards vaccination, due to the very nature of vaccination – it introduces weakened microorganisms into a child’s bloodstream in order to help develop immunity to a particular disease. Vaccination was first developed to counteract certain deadly disease like the Pox, which caused numerous deaths in the past, especially when brought to the areas of the world where the local population had no immunity to the disease. My position towards vaccination is that it should be mandatory and that the benefits of vaccination heavily outweigh the possible drawbacks both on individual and on a group level. Although there are plenty of premises to support my point of view, the three most prominent premises that I was able to identify are (“Should any vaccines be required for children?” n.d.): – Vaccines can save children’s lives by making them immune or resistant to diseases that would otherwise cause great damage to their health if contracted unprepared. – Vaccines are stated to be safe by the vast majority of medical and scientific organizations. These statements are backed by numerous randomized control trials and scientific observations. – Adverse reactions to vaccines are extremely rare. A person is more likely to get hit by a car than having an allergy towards vaccines. Some vaccines have been known to have no adverse reactions and were deemed safe to use since the 1940s. The opposing view to my position is that vaccines are bad and dangerous for children. This point of view is typically supported by representatives of “alternative medicine,” leaders of certain religious movements, and, in rare cases, medical research. The three premises often brought up to support this view are (“Should any vaccines be required for children?” n.d.): – Vaccines can cause various and sometimes fatal side-effects. Some studies accept the possibility of chicken pox vaccines having an adverse effect on the health of newborn and young chicken, and development of some rare conditions. – Vaccines contain harmful ingredients, like aluminum, thimerosal, and formaldehyde. – Mandatory vaccination infringes upon religious freedom, as some religions forbid the use of vaccinations. This is true for Catholicism, Islam, and certain derivatives from each group. What’s interesting about the opposing premises is that they focus mostly on side-effects of vaccinations, which can be quite grave, even if the chances of them happening are extremely low. If I were to believe the opposing premises that I mentioned above, I’d notice that the majorit
Ratios and Key Performance Measures Accounting Ratios and Ratio Analysis Accounting (financial) ratios are used in accounting for measuring the efficiency and profitability of businesses based on their financial reports. Such ratios offer businesses a tool for expressing connections between different accounting data points, which is a useful comparison. Accounting ratios provide a basis for fundamental analysis. Essentially, ratios are derived numbers, and their efficacy relies on the basic numbers, with the help of which they are calculated. Therefore, if financial statements of business have been calculated with errors, the derived numbers in ratio analysis will also be likely to be presented erroneously (ICWAI n.d.). Moreover, a ratio should be calculated with the use of numbers that are meaningfully correlated. Following this logic, a ratio that is calculated with the use of unrelated numbers will not serve any purpose to businesses. Ratio analysis is an irreplaceable tool for interpreting the results of financial statements. Such an analysis provides managers with important financial information and areas that require further investigation (Lan 2012). Ratio analysis is a useful tool that includes the regrouping of data by applying arithmetical relationships. It is worth mentioning that ratio analysis requires managers to have an understanding of the rules of financial statements’ preparation. If done correctly, the analysis of ratios offers information that allows the manager to:   * Determine which business areas require more attention;   * Get detailed information about the profitability of the business, its liquidity, and levels of efficiency;   * Acquire information from financial statements that can be used for forecasting. In the article “Role of ratio analysis in business decisions: a case study NBC Maiduguri Plant,” Nuhu (2014) found that ratio analysis is paramount for gaining information about the viability of the reporting entity since financial statements do not provide enough relevant data. It was concluded that ratio analysis is one of the useful tools for revealing, comparing, and interpreting salient features of financial statements presented by businesses. Wh
Introduction Genograms are significant for every human being in terms of making an idea of historical genealogical background. In this respect, the originality of people stands on the previous relatives being predecessors to the current flow of family line and lineage, on the whole. The family tree of the Bowers is a versatile entity of different relation tights which are predominant looking at the genogram. The thing is that the beginning of the family tree was started years and years ago, but today the start of the genogram is pointed with the union of James Lankford Gwin and Sarah Jane-Elizabeth Lewis at the very beginning of the twentieth century. The family beginning was grounded on deep moral principles with points on religious framework and Christianity as the main religion. Both parents were working on the family farm and made attempts to educate their multiple children. Thus, they had 10 children. One of them appeared to be a significant chain of nowadays family of the Bowers. It was Robert Anderson Gwin. Throughout the years of family interpersonal development, the main values of family life are constituted today in several persons of heirs, namely: Bryleigh Rae Bowers and Cayden Dale Bowers. Discussion Making the parallels between the lines of close relatives it is vital to understand the flow of genetic, ethnical, cultural, and traditional peculiarities gathered in the wholeness of family identity. Every man leans toward his or her significant other so that to follow the tradition to make families. Due to the original structure of the Bowers family tree, it is seen that family prospects are grounded on the principles of reproduction and love. Each family in the historical cut of the genealogical tree is outlined with no less than two children. Thereupon, in such a multigenerational family, the role of spouses and children relationships is rather vital. It is due to controversies between such significant participants in the family there were two divorces of mine, Marry Rosetta Gwin (Bowers), currently married to Randal Ray Bailey. However, it added extra points on making the family framework still strong and stable for today. Four generations represented in the genogram state a living interest for the predominance of traditional variable inside the family structure. Such patterning of the Bowers is helpful in terms of further mapping out of the perspectives in generation development. Moreover, family tree and the uniqueness of various persons being in relations in it may be a perfect database for drawing parallels within some of
Introduction Captive audience meetings refer to assemblies organized by employers to dissuade employees from joining workers unions. Such meetings normally take place within the place of work and during work hours. It is mandatory for all employees to attend; failure which may lead to their termination from the place of work. In addition, the employer has the liberty to implement rules and regulations that prevent the employee from asking questions or sharing opinions in regard to the subject matter of the meeting (Secunda, 2010). The concept of captive audience meetings is one that has spurred a lot of contention in both labor relations and constitutional law. On the one hand, employees have the right to join any union they fancy and take part in its activities. On the other hand, employers rely on the provisions of the Constitution of the United States of America to protect their freedom of speech and preach to the employees against joining these unions. The result is a tug of war between unionists and employers over competing labor interests. The point of balance is yet to be determined and until then, the war continues. Opening Statements Companystooge The First Amendment Right to Free Speech guarantees all employers the right to share information without it being curtailed. As masters of their own trade, employers have the right to be heard. They have the freedom to share ideas and impart knowledge to employees concerning matters that directly affect the running of the organization. Such matters include subversive employee behavior—that is readily accepted by workers’ unions. It is without doubt that all individuals are created differently and having grown under different circumstances, their ways of thinking differ. The place of work brings together various individuals to merge ideas and create something that is beneficial to the workers and their employers. Thus employers reserve the right to determine the direction they feel is most suitable for the task at hand. In this regard, the employer should freely address his employees—who owe him a duty of audience. After all, captive audience meetings do exist for the mutual interests of both the employer and the employee. Uniongal The National Labor
Discuss and support approaches and strategies using evidence-based practice or research data for the provision of culturally competent care Culturally competent care is one of the most important standards of care provided for different individuals and communities (Andrews & Boyle, 2008). All nurses will convey aboriginal cultural competence to the occupation that will permit extra chances for the attainment of culturally proficient dexterity by nurses (Purnell & Paulanka, 2008). To create a sustained cultural orientated healthcare, the administration needs to come up with various strategies, including the following:   * Request the culturally diverse former students to take part in a counseling arrangement. The group would support and help in enrollment efforts aimed at producing culturally varied and accommodative nurses.   * EBP practice such appreciation of older adult clients. Nurses should understand that adults need more care and understanding in comparison to young patients, and nurses should realize what approach is more preferable in a particular situation (Andrews & Boyle, 2008).   * Mentor learners and nurses on the advantages of sustaining community healthcare clubs, missions, and studies underlining cultural multiplicity/or healthcare differences (Link & Phelan, 2008). How does culture influence change, and what is the most common approach to change in American culture? There is a certain system of symbols and signs that is used by a separate group of people, who have their own cultural meaning, preferences, and interests (Andrews & Boyle, 2008, p. 66). The way of how people are able to accept the already settled symbols determines the development of American culture and the quality of health care. Papadopoulos (2006) admits that sometimes it is obligatory to neglect past lifestyles in order to accept the change and survive the existing culture. For example, a generational change is observed during the process of education (Purnell & Paulanka, 2008). The utilization of signs to discuss the peculiarities of the world around us is part of the fundamental distinctiveness of being human. Some of the most familiar expressions of cultural imagery among Americans are the metaphors (Andrews & Boyle, 2008, p. 67). In metaphor, one feature of life is related to another in the form of a collective symbol.. Rationality and logical reasoning manipulate the American belief system. All people try to subscribe to scientific reasoning, where things and events are analyzed carefully using scientific laws and theories. Describe your experience with cultural conflicts related to change and why it is important to understand how change occurs in various cultures? Make sure to give a specific example Lurie et al. (2008) identify