Describe your current or aspiring professional identity, including your career and the field in which you work or hope to work.

While understanding the basics of financial accounting is certainly important for accountants, it is also an important skill to have in all types of professional fields. In this discussion, you will make connections between your chosen field and what you have learned about financial accounting in this course.

Address the following in your initial post:

• Describe your current or aspiring professional identity, including your career and the field in which you work or hope to work.
• Think about the types of financial transactions your chosen field is likely to generate and how they will need to be reported and accounted for by the business. Describe at least three examples of such transactions and how they affect the financial statements and the business in general.
• Reflect on and comment about the importance of financial accounting in your field.

Explain causes for freight movement congestion in the following areas: goods movement, infrastructure, and information. 

1.Explain causes for freight movement congestion in the following areas: goods movement, infrastructure, and information.

2. Provide a solution for every congestion area: goods movement, infrastructure, and information.

3. Provide an example of positive and negative regulation impacts on the congestion of global movement of freight.

4. Expound on four environmental concerns that affects today’s strategic intermodal transportation, from commercial to military freight transportation capabilities.

APA 7

1500 words (does not include title and reference page)

Read essay “The Sanctuary of School” by Lynda Barry found on p. 856 in “Everyone’s an Author.” The author uses the expression “the sound off” or “the sound turned off” three times in the essay (par. 3, 5, 10). What point is she trying to illustrate? What is she trying to help the reader understand/infer through the use of these expressions?

Read essay “The Sanctuary of School” by Lynda Barry found on p. 856 in “Everyone’s an Author.” The author uses the expression “the sound off” or “the sound turned off” three times in the essay (par. 3, 5, 10). What point is she trying to illustrate? What is she trying to help the reader understand/infer through the use of these expressions?

The time in minutes until the next bus departs a major bus depot follows a distribution with f(x)=1/20 where x goes from 25-45 minutes.

The time in minutes until the next bus departs a major bus depot follows a distribution with f(x)=1/20 where x goes from 25-45 minutes.

a.whats the random variable? X=?
c. graph the probability distribution. someone please explain how
to do this?
g.find the probability that the time is at most 30 minutes. Sketch and label a graph of the distribution. shade the area of interest. write answer in a probability statement. How do i graph this? and is the probability statement P(x<30)
i.P(25<x<55)=? state this in a probability statement and draw the picture. How do i draw the picture?

Please think about your professional role and organization.  What trends in your profession are you most excited about?

Please think about your professional role and organization.

• What trends in your profession are you most excited about?
• What are some future challenges in healthcare human resources management that you see for your profession? Your organization?
• Based on what you have learned in this course, how would you address these challenges?

In developing your initial response, be sure to draw from, explore, and cite credible reference materials.

Discuss the characteristics of strategic decisions. Give an example of a strategic decision made by your organization.

Based on this course lectures, our discussions in virtual classes, and your own opinion, answer ONLY four of the following five questions:

1. Discuss the characteristics of strategic decisions. Give an example of a strategic decision made by your organization.

2. Why is it crucial that corporations employ effective corporate governance? Support your argument by discussing its goals and benefits.

3. To which extent do you believe that conducting stakeholder analysis is critical in strategic management? Why?

4. Discuss at least three barriers to entry and give an example concerning each.

5. What advantages can be realized when a company establishes a competitive intelligence program?

* You can answer four questions of your choice or reply to at least four classmates of yours, agreeing or disagreeing with their arguments

* Your answers/replies should be supported enough by examples and explanations.

You have been hired by the board of directors of a rural hospital in the hope that you can convince the staff to upgrade to an overarching electronic HIS (health information system).

Overview: You have been hired by the board of directors of a rural hospital in the hope that you can convince the staff to upgrade to an overarching electronic HIS (health information system).

Background: Aspen Meadows Hospital was founded in the late 1800s to support a growing coal mining industry. Eventually, the town (Small Town, USA) and surrounding area became mostly agriculturally based and the population stabilized at a few thousand people. The hospital has a small emergency room, a surgical center, 25 inpatient beds, a small women’s center, and an outpatient rehabilitation wing. It can handle the vast majority of cases and only occasionally needs to transfer patients to the city hospital, 80 miles north. Both the hospital administrator and the chief medical officer (CMO) have been with the hospital for nearly 30 years. They both have doubts about the need to upgrade.

Current System: In 1995, ahead of the passing of HIPAA, Aspen Meadows Hospital purchased a health information system (HIS) that was supposed to streamline efficiency. It was a disaster. Due to budget restraints at the time, the board only approved minimal programmatic training. The administrator and the CMO felt that they could “learn as they went.” Unfortunately, frustration led to problems, and the entire program (except the billing component) was scrapped when the system collapsed. Hundreds of hours of work and numerous records were lost. Two subsequent attempts to upgrade were met with stiff resistance. The administrator and CMO rallied the staff to maintain status quo and the attempts by the board were dropped.

Present Need: Through HITECH, a government act designed to expand HIT (health information technology) the board was approved for a significant amount of money to upgrade its extremely outdated methods. Additional monies have been secured through the government to maintain the new electronic system well into the foreseeable future. The problem is simply that the board must act now. As a side note, a large hospital system from the city is thinking about opening a small clinic in town to increase its operational footprint. It would represent the first competitor the hospital has ever faced, thus increasing the sense of urgency to upgrade and “get with the times.”

Deliverable Part 1: As the lead consultant on this project, the board has asked you to create the following 10 Slide PowerPoint presentation. The slides will be arranged in this order:

Slide 1: Introduction/Overview

Slide 2: Identify the various types of health and administrative information collected as the typical patient moves through the hospital

Slide 3: Benefits of having an overarching health information system (HIS) as it relates to decision-making

Slide 4: The use of HIS in long-term strategic planning

Slide 5: Potential issues and ramifications if the health information system is not secure or contains poor quality data

Slide 6: Identification and description of the regulatory standards and legislation that guides health information technology systems

Slide 7: Implementation plan/timeline

Slide 8: Potential barriers to implementation and how to address

Slide 9: A summary of the benefits related to the adoption of an overarching HIS

Slide 10: References

Deliverable Part 2: The board has requested that you use the Notes function of the PowerPoint in slides 9 to write no less than 100 words per slide with a narrative of each slide’s contents. This way, should there be a staff member who is unable to attend your presentation, they will be able to receive the same information.

Side note: should you require more than one slide for the information as outlined above, simply label your additional content slide as “(Slide Name) – Continued”. 

Prepare to spend an hour watching this video.It is very important to make sure to tie all of this together

In a one page paper discuss the following questions:

• How are this campaign and QSEN initiatives related?
• Do you think that Zero (no errors) is achievable in healthcare? Why/why not?
• The chasing zero video is on Youtube

Chasing Zero: Winning the War

Chasing Zero: Winning the War on Healthcare Harm is hosted and narrated by Dennis Quaid. Following the near-death experience of his infant twins resulting from a medication error, he has initiated a call to action for healthcare leaders to invest in patient safety. The documentary reveals a series of short “arc to action” stories. Each story opens with a challenge and then tells how caregivers overcome such challenges with practices that everyone can adopt. The objective is to inspire the audience to act in their own communities or at their own hospitals.

Compare the physical assessments among school-aged children. Describe how you would modify assessment techniques to match the age and developmental stage of the child.

The needs of the pediatric patient differ depending on age, as do the stages of development and the expected assessment findings for each stage. In a 600-700-word paper, examine the needs of a school-aged child between the ages of 5 and 12 years old and discuss the following:

1. Compare the physical assessments among school-aged children. Describe how you would modify assessment techniques to match the age and developmental stage of the child.
2. Choose a child between the ages of 5 and 12 years old. Identify the age of the child and describe the typical developmental stages of children that age.
3. Applying developmental theory based on Erickson, Piaget, or Kohlberg, explain how you would developmentally assess the child. Include how you would offer explanations during the assessment, strategies you would use to gain cooperation, and potential findings from the assessment.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

Do you believe sexual orientation is an issue that we, as a society, should be involved in? Why or why not?

PART I – In the chapter on sexual behavior, we learned that different cultures and countries view sexual orientation in various ways. For example, in some places, sexual orientation is viewed as a learned behavior that people have a choice over, and individuals are ostracized if their orientation or behavior is not the same as the majority’s behavior. In other areas, sexual orientation is considered a biological matter, implying that choice is not part of it. In other locations, sexual orientation is considered a mixture of biology and environment, where both influences are present

• Do you believe sexual orientation is an issue that we, as a society, should be involved in? Why or why not?

PART II – Reflect upon late adulthood. How do people in your country or culture generally view the process of getting older? You may include your thoughts on values, beliefs, expectations, and cultural practices surrounding late adulthood. Relate your answers to lifespan theories and to death and dying.
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It is critical to remember that this is an intellectual discussion and your peers may have different points of view and experiences; therefore, be sensitive and respectful to your peers’ comments. This discussion is about learning with our peers, so keep in mind the open-minded and multi-perspective aim of this discussion.
Spielman, R., Dumper, K., Jenkins, W., Lacombe, A., Lovett, M. & Perlmutter, M. (2017). Psychology. OpenStax College, Rice University. Download for free at https://openstax.org/details/books/psychology.