Entries by Daphne Hanson

An educational audiologist at a local elementary school

You are an educational audiologist at a local elementary school. Your professional opinion is asked by a first-time teacher who has a child with hearing loss in her class. She has never encountered teaching a student who has a hearing impairment and is eager to learn how she can best serve and accommodate this student. […]

 Organizational behavior is an applied behavioral science

A manager is a transactional, authoritative position that focuses on internal consistency, policies, procedures, goal setting, and emphasizing duties and tasks. True or False Organizational behavior is an applied behavioral science that attempts to understand individual and group dynamics within organizational settings so that managers can predict behavioral responses and thereby manage the resulting outcome. […]

The hospital outpatient radiology department

A 59-year-old female is referred by her primary care physician to the hospital outpatient radiology department with an order for a CT scan of the abdomen. The patient has been complaining of generalized abdominal pain, fatigue, and nausea but no vomiting over the past several weeks. Previous gastrointestinal imaging studies, including an ultrasound, were abnormal. […]

Does Debbie have the condition of hypoglycemia

Debbie is a 28-year-old female who arrived in the emergency room semi-conscious. Her friends explained they had all been drinking since early afternoon and hadn’t eaten and that 30 minutes ago Debbie had suddenly become very irritable and angry, just before she passed out. One of her friends knew she was a diabetic and called […]

Potential opportunities for projects that apply creativity

3 key organization strengths and the role they play in identifying and building upon 3 key opportunities that fit your organization’s overall strategy An analysis of the following: Elements of “chaos,” identified through your 5 Whys or Fishbone diagram, that can be turned into “butterfly effects” or potential large-scale strategic opportunities for your organization Potential […]

A problem with COVID-19 incidence rate accuracy

When calculating incidence or prevalence rates for a disease in a population, what are two reasons the case counts might be incorrect? Early on in the COVID-19 pandemic, much of the case report data came from hospitals. Describe two examples of how this could have caused a problem with COVID-19 incidence rate accuracy. The cumulative […]

There is no cure for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection

Currently, there is no cure for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, meaning that once a person contracts the virus, they have it for life. However, advancements in medical care for people with HIV have made it possible to minimize its effects – primarily, the attack of the virus on the body’s immune system. Without treatment, […]