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Communication is the art of passing information from one person to another. Human beings communicate with one another as they interact on daily basis. Communication is essential in any transaction as it helps people to understand each other. Inclusive communication is highly effective in passing messages in business organizations. This paper illustrates the use of inclusive communication in a sales company. Essential Elements and Benefits of Inclusive Communication In order to pass information, five elements are essential. These include; sender, recipient, message, medium and feedback. The sender is the person from whom a message originates. He or she passes the message across to the recipient, or the person receiving the message. Message is the information relayed from one person to another. This information passes through a medium such as a cellular phone and television. In order to understand whether the recipient understood a message, it is crucial to get a response or feedback from him or her (RCSLT, 2003). Inclusive communication is an approach of passing messages which involves any available means of communicating. The principle behind inclusive communication is recognition of the ability to use different methods of relaying information. Once a person acknowledges that there are several ways of passing information, they can effectively deliver information to the audience. This approach relies on; gestures, objects, facial expressions, speech, pictures including photographs, symbols and graphics, body language, as well as interactions. Gestures are signs that primarily involve the use of hands to illustrate the point passed across, or to communicate non-verbally. A speaker uses facial expressions to accompany information. Pictures play a key role in communication since they offer a broad understanding of the topic under discussion. They accompany written and spoken messages. Objects represent people, tasks or regions. Interactions are extremely significant because they allow the speaker and the audience to probe into issues for more understanding (RCSLT, 2003). Therefore, the speaker can ask the audience questions to check whether they understand the topic under discussion. Similarly, the audience can ask the speaker questions in order to seek for clarifications. Interactions are vital for people with learning disabilities such as delayed speech. They enable such people to ask for clarifications and learn at a pace that allows them to understand most, if not all aspects of a topic. Any person who employs these aspects of inclusive communication can communicate effectively to people o
Introduction and reflections Canada is one of the wealthiest nations in the world. It also has one of the highest life expectancy rates for women in the world. Women’s health refers to the unique health issues faced by them. Doctors define women health as the physical, mental and emotional well being of women. I have chosen this topic to highlight the health issues faced by women in Canada. Canadian women are at high risk for cardiovascular disease, breast cancer, HIV/AIDS and other diseases. There is a lack of understanding in our health system about the factors which address women’s issues concerning health. Gender bias has led to women being affected as paid and unpaid health care providers. Cardiovascular disease and breast cancer are the major diseases which are affecting Canadian women. Poverty and violence against women are also creating a negative impact on their health. This article gives details about cardiovascular disease and breast cancer as the major health issues faced by Canadian women. It also provides the impact of poverty and violence against women. Finally some suggestions are made to improve the health system. Poverty According to research there were an estimated 2.5 million Canadian women living in poverty in the year 2006. Poverty is not a permanent state for Canadian women. Factors like childbirth and broken marriages might lead to a temporary state of low income. Women are more likely to experience poverty in Canada. There are many reasons for women’s poverty. It is closely related to background and family status. Aboriginal women are poorer according to research as compared with non aboriginal women. At least 36 percent of Aboriginal women were living in poverty according to the 2001 census. They have been affected by social assistance policies. Their life expectancy is several years less than that of the Canadian population. There are thrice as many infant deaths in Aboriginal communities (Ash, 2003). Minority women are also very poor according to the 2001 census. Racism and discrimination play a part in poverty among minorities. Immigrant women face difficulties in obtaining paid employment because their academic degrees are not recognized in Canada. Disabled women form another group of poor wome
Introduction Human mind has the ability to process complex information or ideas that require visual interpretation. Abstract thinking is thus human ability to process subjective or invisible concepts or concrete ideas that are often perceptible or objective in nature. Researchers have established various definitions concerning visual intelligence over years of studies, but in line with Hoffman, abstract reasoning is the ability to analyse information or solve complex problems by thinking at various analytical levels (287). The procedure thus involves the formation of theories often depending on the nature of substances, ideas, processes and solutions. Human mind therefore, ought to base any form of visual analysis on the ability to understand complex appraisal under accurate intensities. Intelligence accompanies human vision to enhance successful interpretation. Visual intelligence thus mainly depends on interaction with nature, which has a great influence on rationale and emotional intelligence of human beings. Human intelligence also depends on visual culture, for instance, believing that vision is everything. Transformation in entertainment industries is a unique evolution of the architectural world, and hence the revolution of education, manufacturing, and medical fields. Visual evolution is thus a true indication that human rely on natural realism. In comparing entertainment industry to politics, politics influences voters due to need for change, time difference, believe and power. As opposed to this, in the case of theatre acts, such as the music industry, movies or plays, people enjoy stimulation that literature engages in rational intelligence. Visually and logically perceived themes hence enrich emotional intelligence, and through enjoyment, human mind can base decisions on challenges that situations may pose to visual intelligence. Consumers are highly influenced by products or service marketing strategies. Current advertisements consist of sophisticated images that continue to influence consumers’ buying habits. Commercial firms have noted the need to engage visual illustrations as a means that can powerfully influence human behaviours, thus the reasons there are huge billboards and long, well illustrated televised commercials. Sellers are keen to understand visual intelligence as an effective visual marketing plan, and thus ensure utilization of projection as a critical factor during commercials. The society is fully unaware of visual intelligence, thus the reason is little knowledge concerning human personal behaviours. In line with Hoffman, there is a need to understand the vision as intelligent means of actively constructing an idea, coming up with a conclusion or making a choice, as opposed to envisioning vision as a mere passive way of perception (294). The natural things one sees have a
Introduction Self-determination theory (SDT) is concerned with human motivation and personality. The main focus is how an individual’s behaviour is self-motivated and also how well it is determined. In other words, motivation is the driving force toward human behaviour. Individual behaviour is motivated by the dominant role of intrinsic motives. The research of intrinsic motivation has made a definition of the theory as the initiation of an action for its own reason and concern or purely because the people who are involved in the activity enjoy it. Extrinsic motivation is defined as performing or doing an activity to obtain an external goal by getting a reward or benefit from it. Some different types of motivation have been explained based on how they have been internalized. They could be referred to as the active ability to change an extrinsic idea into an individual’s beliefs and values that utilize behavioural regulations that are initially external. Some of the benefits of intrinsic motivations are obtained from within. People who get motivated to feel confident and are interested in what they do (Deci & Ryan 1985, p. 2002). Elements of Self Determination Theory Psychologist Ryan and Edward Deci of the University of Rochester classified types of motivation in a continuum. For cognitive evaluation theory, ‘intrinsic’ is defined as regulatory. People identify it with activities that are important as their personal goals. Integrated regulation has specific identifiable rules that are accepted by the individual and concluded together with other values and needs (Deci & Ryan 2002, p.113). Intrinsic motivation as an activity is done for the purpose of increasing the morale of employees. On the extrinsic category, motivation is classified into three categories. First is the motivation that is lack of an intention to act on something, and a person may refuse to act because there is no specific reason or purpose. Some work or activities may be done to satisfy a certain external demand whereby a person is controlled or forced to work due to external regulation. Interjected regulation involves activities performed to get a reward, get recognized, or even avoid punishment. To develop intrinsic motivation, there is a need to meet psychological needs, maintain them by competence, autonomy, and relatedness, which is regarded as a stimulus for the growth of human motivators (Deci & Ryan 2002, p.113). Application The study has compared how control and autonomy affect performance and wellbeing of firms and their employees. Autonomy is the urge to have control over what you do and come up with your own decisions and choices. Autonomy involves accepting values from others, and these new values must be understood with the prevailing goals that are self-centred (White 1959, p. 232). External pressure may interfere with the process,
The chronic care model addressed in the class readings this week was well implemented to manage the chronic health conditions. One of the most common chronic conditions in the local community is diabetes and for this reason, it will be addressed in this discussion to identify how the chronic care model can implement to manage it. In addition, this posting will focus on the role of the APN in this system. Overall, the chronic care model can facilitate the mechanisms lying at the base of the diabetes management by means of offering the systemic approach. For the APN, this means that the chronic care model can help optimize their work effectiveness through the use of systemic data analysis and better use of community policies and resources. The chronic care model involves the evidence-based, patient-centered, and population-based care for everyone in the community (Nickitas, Middaugh, & Aries, 2010). These principles are also the key success factors in managing diabetes. Such conclusion can be explained by the fact that diabetes is a complex condition requires the evidence-based approach by the nursing professionals to ensure that the contemporary and well-grounded theoretic foundation lies at the treatment strategies development. Next, managing diabetes requires the individual approach to patients because each individual can be affected by the disease differently and may experience different hardships due to personal circumstances. So, one will need an individual approach to help function most effectively in one’s situation. Besides, managing diabetes requires the population-based approach because there are categories of people in the community who are subjected to the higher risks of the disease due to the genetic and cultural factors. The role of the APN in implementing the chronic care model for diabetes management is first of all, in the facilitation of partnership between the community and health systems (Nickitas et al., 2010). The APNs as the leaders in the primary care settings can reorganize the care system to coordinate diabetes care. In practice, they can do so by establishing patient-centered goals and monitoring the patient’s progress through the use of the disease registries and electronic medical records. They can also identify the lapses in care with the help of these useful IT tools. From the business perspective, such systematic approach helps achieve the far better results through the elimination of resource losses (Wheelen, Hunger, Hoffman, & Bamford, 2015). Adding to this, the chronic care model can implement by the better use of community policies and resources by the APNs (Floyd, Xu, Atkins, & Caldwell, 2013). This can become possible if the APN adopts the organization performance improvement model and works with the peop
Aim of the project and its importance This project aims to develop strategies that can help firefighters better respond to marine emergencies. Firefighters, who struggle against emergencies at sea, often lack proper resources and manpower. In part, these difficulties can be explained by the fact that governmental organizations are not prepared for such emergencies. Such situations require fire departments, police and medical workers to coordinate their efforts (Henstra, 2008, p 302). They cannot be effectively managed without effective use of marine-based, land-based and air-based resources (Collins, 2004, p 226). In this case, we need to speak about the fire engines, fire boats, helicopters etc. Each firefighter has to possess well-developed skills as well experience to perform his/her duties effectively in such circumstances. Furthermore, it is of crucial importance that they are able to work a group, since the outcomes will strongly depend on this ability. This is why this project is so important. Thus, one can say certain organizational changes should take place. Moreover, the policy-makers must ensure that each fire-fighter and rescuer is ready to act efficiently. Major Objectives It is possible to set several objectives which are consistent with this goal.  1. First of all, it is necessary to provide appropriate training to firefighters, and for this purpose one has to develop a training program that would take into account the challenges which are faced by firefighters and rescuers during marine emergencies. This objective must be attained within the next three months.  2. Secondly, a fire service needs to create a more effective emergency response system which must be ready in four months. This task is of great importance because in order to res
The main features, capabilities, and operational benefits to a health care organization using Patient Care Applications Patient application systems are information technology devices and structures that enhance healthcare delivery services that are offered by medical practitioners. Patient applications have several features. One of these features is portability. Portability enables patients to carry the application devices and even to move around with them. Some of the patients’ application devices such as customized mobile health monitoring devices are easy to carry. Patients can therefore continue with their day-to-day activities while still using the health devices to monitor or boost their health. Adaptability is another feature of patient applications. Information systems are made in a way that they can be used by patients with little or no efforts. Application devices are customized to fit the needs of individual patients. For example, some devices used in monitoring hormones are made in a way that even the uneducated people and/or the physically challenged ones can use them. The devices can also be used in a wide variety of places, for instance in high-altitude and low-altitude areas. Application systems for patients are also easy to learn and use. The other feature is accessibility. Patients can easily acquire or hire most IT devices. For example, doctors are using mobile phones as devices to keep track of patients’ health. Patients can therefore easily acquire mobile phones. Management and Enterprise Systems Management and enterprise systems enable the management of work to be more efficient and effective. There are various capabilities of management and enterprise systems including usability, cost-effectiveness, time saving, and efficiency. Management devices include applications that enable doctors to communicate with their patients who do not understand their language. For example, a Chinese doctor can use the application to treat a patient who only understands English. Hersh (2004, p.292) asserts that application of smart phones in health management has also been widely accepted in health care. Such devices enhance efficiency and effectiveness of the doctors. Doctors can continue to manage the health status of a patient who is miles away. For instance, doctors can send reading materials to patients, thus enabling them (patients) to manage their health. Information is effectively sent to patients’ websites and phones through smart phones. Blumenthal (2010, p.382) confirms that doctors also use health monitoring devices to manage patients’ health. In fact, they issue glucose monitoring applications to patients with glucose problems. These systems enable doctors to multitask and/or keep abreast with patients’ progress account. Applications systems that record and store data for the doctors have also eased their work of recording and managing data. The work of doctors has reduced. In fact, one doctor can manage more patients comfortably. E-Health Applications E-health application involves the use of ema
Traumatic brain injuries are a common occurrence in medical practice. Frequently, they carry a set of long-lasting symptoms that sometimes can be classified as a standalone disorder. The most common is the post-concussion syndrome, known as PCS, which affects up to 10% of patients with a history of a single concussion (as cited in “What is PCS?”, n.d.). This paper aims to shed light on the cause of the disease, as well as its treatment and prevention methods. A concussion is a mild traumatic brain injury that arises from vehicle collisions, sports injuries, and falls, impacting perception, memory, thinking, and mood. The symptoms include the difficulty of orientation in space, impaired vision, temporary trouble remembering, and slowed thinking, and they become classified as PCS when they last for three or more months. According to Ponsford et al. (2019), the probability of PCS occurring increases with a patient’s history of psychological issues, as well as losing consciousness. Current treatment methods, as new research shows, can use some improvement. When a concussion occurs, patients are instructed to rest physically and mentally. However, Leddy, Baker, and Willer (2016) suggest that timely implementation of aerobic exercise can lead to better recovery, which in turn would minimize the risk of PCS occurrence. Also, the avoidance of a second concussion, as well as maintaining consciousness in the moment of injury and timely notification of the ambulance staff, are the research-advised preventative methods for the development of the PCS (Ponsford et al., 2019). These steps, alongside being attentive to one’s surroundings as well as taking active steps to prevent a head injury while playing potentially dangerous sports, can decrease the possibility of a concussion, thereby lowering the chances of PCS.
Introduction American history is considered as the most inquisitive worldwide. Traditionally, American history started by a declaration of independence in the year 1776. This declaration was due to threats of British government towards American self-governed system. Declaration of independence led to war in 1775 that was to liberate Americans. With help of France in providing military and financial support, the patriots won American Revolution. In 1789, war hero George Washington became the first president of federal government by virtue of constitution. With influence of European community, coping with scope of central government proved to be a challenging issue for American people. In 1790s, creation of political parties was initiated and later fighting for the second independence in 1812. Consequently, this brought about expansion of US territory westwards. With this, the US managed to overcome modernizers who were solely interested in deepening its economy rather than helping American people in expanding their geography. Heavy demand for cotton in southern states encouraged slavery of Africans even though it was illegal in northern states. In 1860, came the election of Abraham Lincoln as president and this triggered a crisis in slave states as he dejected the expansion of slave trade. Amongst the slave states, some of them seceded in forming the Confederate States of America in 1861. This brought about American Civil War, which was from 1861 to 1865. [1] The Civil War In the American history, Civil War is the most momentous event that ever happened in the US. This iconic event redefined the American nation, as it was a fight that aimed at preserving the Union, which was the United States of America. From inauguration of the Constitution, differing opinions existed on the role of federal government. It was a belief of Federalists that in order to ensure the union does not collapse, there was need for the federal government to hold on to power. Anti-federalists on the other hand, were of the opinion that sovereignty of the new states were to remain within their countries. Anti-federalists believed that each state had the right to determine their own set of laws and it is not right to indict them in following mandates of the federal government. [2] Northern Versus Southern Interests With the advent of the slavery, Northern states completely squared off against Southern states. The main reason for this being economic interests of north and south which were opposed to each other. In addition, Southerners largely depended on large-scale plantations of cotton, which was more labor intensive. On the other hand, northerners were more of a manufacturing region who produced finished goods by making use of raw materials. Southern ingrained culture of the plantation era encouraged slaver