Entries by Daphne Hanson

Process of Ethical Decision Making

You have just hired a new employee, Bill Russo, as a Physician Assistant in a busy Emergency Room.  As you look through his medical form given to you by HR, you notice that Bill has recently been diagnosed with Huntington’s disease, but he did not discuss this with you during his interview or with HR during the hiring […]

Reduce the threat of the disease or health condition.

Describe what the public health department, local organizations, or others are doing to reduce the threat of the disease or health condition. Identify gaps in local services and education and how you might connect to other resources to meet needs that are not locally available. Recommend ways to increase health equity and improve community health […]

Social media profiles

As a team, search for each-other’s your social media profiles on Google. While searching, you may consider the following elements: Were there any old social media profiles you forgot you had? Is it easy to find your social media profiles that you thought were private but are public? Were you tagged in someone else’s photos […]

Historical and literary contexts

Gordon Fee differentiates between historical and literary contexts of letters.  Choose a segment of a New Testament letter that Fee does not treat and explain each of these contexts.  Note that you may need to use an extra source from the online library to help frame these contexts.

Ways in which both small and large companies have to interact

Think about the ways in which both small and large companies have to interact with government and local communities. In what ways should small and large companies approach building their government relations strategy? How should their approaches be similar and different?  Try to find a recent example from the news of a company engaging in […]

The importance of organizational culture

Based upon your Organizational Behavior (OB) expertise, you have been invited to present a “Ted Talk” to a group of entrepreneurs who don’t know much about OB. Based on what you learned in the lecture and the text on chapter 14: Make a  script for a 1-minute interesting and engaging “Ted Talk” which explains the […]

Community hospital’s quality rating

Locate your community hospital’s quality rating at https://www.medicare.gov/hospitalcompare/search.html Based on the findings draft a memo to the board chairman providing a brief summary report on your facility, as well as a recommended plan for improvement. Be sure to provide the link to your hospital’s quality rating in your post

Creating health-related policy decisions

Discuss the various dimensions of the policy-making process, including the roles of ethics and evidence. In your response to this question, concisely describe the role of research in the development of health policy to improve population health. Why are practices rooted in both ethics and evidence more effective for use by policy makers in creating […]

A rumor that a full cure for HIV has been developed

Research and determine a controversial topic, myth, or rumor in the field of infectious disease. One example is a rumor that a full cure for HIV has been developed, yet not distributed to the public. Another example includes the use of a “no nit” policy at schools for students with head lice. In addition, according […]