Discuss Howell and Mendez’s three perspectives on followership.  Note how these behaviors influence work productivity. What is the big five personality model? What is the Myers-Briggs test?  How is it similar to the Big five model?  How is it different than the Big five model?

After completing the reading this week, we reflect on a few key concepts this week:

Discuss Howell and Mendez’s three perspectives on followership.  Note how these behaviors influence work productivity.
What is the big five personality model?
What is the Myers-Briggs test?  How is it similar to the Big five model?  How is it different than the Big five model?

Please be sure to answer all the questions above in the initial post.

Write a short paper describing why it is important for the project manager to control scope creep. Explain how the project manager controls changes to the approved project plan. Include a minimum of four change control guidelines that can be integrated into the project management plan.   

Write a short paper describing why it is important for the project manager to control scope creep. Explain how the project manager controls changes to the approved project plan. Include a minimum of four change control guidelines that can be integrated into the project management plan.
  
What to Submit:
Short papers should use double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins. Sources should be cited according to the APA citation method. Page-length requirements: 1–2 pages. 
· Include all of the main elements and requirements and cites multiple examples to illustrate each element.  
· Provides in-depth analysis that demonstrates a complete understanding of multiple concepts. 
·  All of the course concepts are correctly applied.  
· Draws insightful conclusions that are thoroughly defended with evidence. 
· Incorporates many scholarly resources effectively that reflect the depth and breadth of research.

Explain the importance of standardized terminologies and coding systems in facilitating data interoperability and information exchange between healthcare entities and public health agencies.

I’m working on a health & medical discussion question and need the explanation and answer to help me learn.

In this discussion, we will explore the intersection of biosurveillance and Health Information Management (HIM). We will discuss the resources needed to develop biosurveillance registries, the role of HIM professionals in defining data elements, and the value that HIM brings to biosurveillance efforts.
Background: You are a Health Information Management (HIM) professional working in a public health agency. The agency is responsible for monitoring and responding to public health threats, including bioterrorism, communicable disease outbreaks, and emerging infectious diseases. The agency recognizes the need for a robust biosurveillance system to enhance early detection and response capabilities. As part of the agency’s efforts, you have been assigned to lead the development of a biosurveillance registry. 
Case Scenario:
Your public health agency has identified a potential bioterrorism threat in the community. The agency’s medical director has requested the establishment of a biosurveillance registry to track potential cases and provide timely information for response and mitigation efforts. Your role as the HIM professional is crucial in defining the registry and ensuring the effective management of data.
Discussion Questions:
Define the key data elements for the biosurveillance registry:
Identify the specific data elements that should be included in the biosurveillance registry to track potential bioterrorism cases.
Discuss the challenges and considerations in determining the necessary data elements, such as patient demographics, symptoms, exposure history, laboratory test results, and relevant geographic information.
Discuss the role of HIM in establishing the biosurveillance registry:

Discuss how HIM professionals can contribute their expertise in data management, coding, and information governance to ensure the accuracy, integrity, and confidentiality of data within the biosurveillance registry.

Explain the importance of standardized terminologies and coding systems in facilitating data interoperability and information exchange between healthcare entities and public health agencies.

Analyze the potential benefits of the biosurveillance registry:
Discuss how the biosurveillance registry can support evidence-based decision-making, resource allocation, and public health interventions to mitigate the impact of bioterrorism and infectious diseases.

Address privacy and security considerations in the biosurveillance registry:

Discuss the privacy and security measures that should be implemented to protect the sensitive health information collected in the biosurveillance registry.

5. Reflect on the challenges and opportunities in implementing the biosurveillanc registry:
Discuss strategies and best practices for overcoming these challenges and maximizing the effectiveness of the biosurveillance system in your public health agency.

When implementing change in an organization, there are always culture issues that are faced, such as not accepting change, determine how differently this would be handled thinking about the management versus leadership constructs?

Q1. Please review Table 1.2 in the text and review the distinction between leadership and management.  Then think about this in regard to how senior leaders versus senior managers lead change in an organization (especially when it comes to technical change in an organization). Please reflect on these concepts and answer the following questions:
1. When implementing change in an organization, there are always culture issues that are faced, such as not accepting change, determine how differently this would be handled thinking about the management versus leadership constructs?
2. When dealing with performing work, how is this implemented differently within the management versus leadership constructs?
Please be sure to answer all the questions above in At least one scholarly (peer-reviewed) resource should be used. Use APA references and in-text citations.
Q2. Give examples of systems in which it may make sense to use traditional file processing instead of a database approach. 
Instructions:  Your response should be There must be at least one APA formatted reference (and APA in-text citation) to support the thoughts in the post as needed.  Do not use direct quotes, rather rephrase the author’s words and continue to use in-text citations.
Q3. If you were designing a Web-based system to make airline reservations and to sell airline tickets, which DBMS Architecture would you choose from Section 2.5? Why? Why would the other architectures not be a good choice?
Instructions:  Your response should be . There must be at least one APA formatted reference (and APA in-text citation) to support the thoughts in the post as needed.  Do not use direct quotes, rather rephrase the author’s words and continue to use in-text citations.

Consider you have a friend or coworker who has a complete opposite position as you with regard to values, ethics, or policy. How do you take time to respect this opposite perspective as you consider your next project that requires both of you to share responsibility to get this project done?

DISCUSSION 1
Topic: The Top Ten List
1. In Colorado, you may see many persons advertise as personal coaches. One afternoon, your friend Pat declares that she has always had a knack for listening to people’s problems and is going to begin marketing herself as a therapist. Draw from the APA Ethics Code as much as possible to formulate your answers for the following questions.
· How would you respond to your friend? 
· What ethical issues might arise if she follows through with her idea and begins to see “clients”? 
2. NEXT create your own top 10 important codes from the APA code (one being most important to you and why). This top 10 list does NOT have to be related to this scenario above.
DISCUSSION 2
Topic: COLORADO LAW
On May 16, 2019, Governor Jared Polis signed the 

HB19-1120 Youth Mental Health Education & Suicide Prevention

The new law, which took effect upon signature,
1. permits a licensed or registered mental health professional to provide psychotherapy services to a minor who is between the ages of twelve and fourteen years old, at the minor’s request, with or without consent of the minor’s legal guardian, if the mental health professional determines that psychotherapy services are clinically indicated and necessary to the minor’s well-being.
2. The mental health professional may advise the minor’s legal guardian of services provided with the consent of the minor or a court in specific circumstances, unless notifying the legal guardian would be inappropriate or detrimental to the minor’s care and treatment.
3. The mental health professional may notify the legal guardian, without the minor’s consent, if their professional opinion the minor is unable to manage their own care or treatment.
4. The law includes documentation requirements and specifies that psychotherapy services must be provided in a culturally appropriate manner.
5. The law also specifies that treatment without parental consent does not apply to inpatient treatment and that current law concerning liability and duty to warn for mental health professionals applies when a minor communicates a threat or intent to harm themselves or others. 
With this in mind, answer the following questions: 

IN YOUR POST, DO NOT TALK ABOUT ANYONE YOU KNOW past or present.  We need to respect confidentiality.

1. What are the pros and cons for this law?
2. Who monitors the ethical application of therapy with the child if the parent is not there?
DISCUSSION 3

Topic: Open-minded or Biased?

1. Consider you have a friend or coworker who has a complete opposite position as you with regard to values, ethics, or policy. How do you take time to respect this opposite perspective as you consider your next project that requires both of you to share responsibility to get this project done?
2. In comparison, consider a therapist who has to work with a client who may have completely opposite values, political views or opinions?  What would be a boundary to demonstrate that therapist was NOT OBJECTIVE with that client?
3. Finally, consider how our culture uses language to influence ethical decisions. What are the consequences of this influence?  How does this impact your own choices and behaviors?
4. Here are some examples:
·
· downsize – fire employees,
· enhanced interrogation – torture
· ethnic cleansing – genocide,
· breaking in and robbing- home invasion
· person of interest – suspect in a crime

Identify and explain the historical, economic, social and political context at the time of submission or adoption of the law.

a. Explain the main features of the assigned bill. 
b. Describe the population and/or situation on which the bill is focused. 
c. Identify and explain the historical, economic, social and political context at the time of submission or adoption of the law. 
d. Investigate the social/political implications of the bill. 
e. Objectively and professionally state whether the bill represents a step forward or a step backwards for social justice and human rights. 
h. Reflect on the issues identified in the bill that you understand require more attention, that were not or have not been contemplated to the extent, and that for you are of great importance for solving the problem (you can put your own personal opinion). 

A key factor of good public speaking is understanding your audience. This is especially important when preparing arguments and persuasive appeals. Thus, for this activity you need to present the argument or thesis for your persuasive speech, and do a little audience analysis of your own based on comments in the discussion. Post a new thread with your topic/argument for your persuasive speech. Then, ask your classmates the following: Do you strongly agree, agree, undecided, disagree, or strongly disagree with this argument?

A key factor of good public speaking is understanding your audience. This is especially important when preparing arguments and persuasive appeals. Thus, for this activity you need to present the argument or thesis for your persuasive speech, and do a little audience analysis of your own based on comments in the discussion.

Post a new thread with your topic/argument for your persuasive speech. Then, ask your classmates the following:

Do you strongly agree, agree, undecided, disagree, or strongly disagree with this argument?
What questions do you hope this speech answers?
What more would you want to learn during the course of this speech?

You plan on conducting an analysis using 30% of the 229 divorced individuals.

Open Module 2 Homework File 1 in SPSS.  The divorce.sav file contains vital variables associated with cognitive or interpersonal factors that assisted in recovery from divorce

You plan on conducting an analysis using 30% of the 229 divorced individuals.  Create a new data file for 30% of the divorced population.  Have SPSS copy the selected cases as a new dataset.  Save and name the new data file HW2Rsh. Note: The new dataset will open in a different SPSS window. 
Compute Pearson correlations between finance and ethnicity; finance and sex; finance and employment; and employment and income.  

  (a) Comment on those relationships     
  (b) Were there surprises in any of the relationships? 

Create from the new dataset a variable called age group, divide the ages into three categories, and code as follows; 1 ? 30; 2 > 30 ? 45; and 3 > 45. Save the newly created database in a Word document. 

In a Word document, describe and analyze the results of any noticeable differences.  Incorporate a copy of your work in a Word document.  Provide an example of a research situation in which you would use a cluster sample. Submit the Word document file for this assignment.

During the past five years, you owned two stocks that had the following annual rates of return Year  Stock ALPHA   Stock BETA 1  0.19  0.08 2  0.08  0.03 3  ?0.12  ?0.09 4  ?0.03  0.02 5  0.15  0.04 Compute the arithmetic mean and  standard deviation of annual rate of return  from stock. For  each stock, indicate which one is more desirable by this measure. 4+4

During the past five years, you owned two stocks that had the following annual rates of return
Year  Stock ALPHA   Stock BETA
1  0.19  0.08
2  0.08  0.03
3  ?0.12  ?0.09
4  ?0.03  0.02
5  0.15  0.04
Compute the arithmetic mean and  standard deviation of annual rate of return  from stock. For 
each stock, indicate which one is more desirable by this measure.
4+4

Evidence suggests that patients do better when their expectations about specific benefits of nursing care are discussed and met.  How can a nurse do a “comfort contract” whereby patients or their surrogates designate an expected level of postsurgical overall comfort, and also where they can specify chronic discomforts and interventions that they use at home for relief?

Evidence suggests that patients do better when their expectations about specific benefits of nursing care are discussed and met.  How can a nurse do a “comfort contract” whereby patients or their surrogates designate an expected level of postsurgical overall comfort, and also where they can specify chronic discomforts and interventions that they use at home for relief?

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