Category: Questions

Using the DSM-5 diagnostic criteria and evidence-based scholarly articles, chose an eating or feeding disorder and answer the following questions:

Explain the neurology of this eating or feeding disorder. Does the characterization of this eating or feeding disorder as a mental illness surprise you? What are your thoughts on the personal and/or cultural implications of classifying an eating or feeding disorder in this way, as opposed to a lifestyle choice or a matter of willpower? How might you support a family (or client) who is resistant to this seeing an eating or feeding disorder as a mental illness?
Describe changes in personality and social behavior that might be seen with this eating or feeding disorder. How would you assess for these changes?
Provide an overview of the health consequences and medical complications of this eating or feeding disorder.
Create a treatment plan for an individual diagnosed with this eating or feeding disorder using family-based therapy or other evidence-based therapy.

For an organization, the following project schedule is given. Assume that all times are in days.

Address the following:

*Draw the AON project network using Microsoft Project, Microsoft Visio, or some other tool capable of creating such a network. Perform a critical path analysis for the network and calculate the ES, EF, LS, and LF times.

*Calculate the slack time for each activity.

• Identify the critical path(s).

*Assume that the organization will receive a $400 bonus for each day the duration of the project is shortened. The organization is also responsible for paying the crash cost associated with shortening the schedule. To maximize the net profit, identify which task you should crash and by how much.

As a nurse leader, you have been tasked with assisting in updating the internal social media page for your facility. As part of the “Health History and Comprehensive Physical Assessment” series that you are working on, you need to create 4 separate posts dealing with varying topics surrounding histories and assessments. Each post needs to be 280 words or less, so clear and succinct writing is key. The posts should be designed to educate, inspire, and motivate.

Post 1: Explain how comprehensively collecting health history information helps to identify potential health risks for the patient.

Post 2: In your own words, explain the difference between public health and population health. Explain the relationship between population health and cultural sensitivity.

Post 3: Consider the cultures that are represented in your area or in the area where you intend to work. Select one culture to focus on and explain at least two ways that you can ensure that you are culturally sensitive when performing a health history and physical assessment.

What sorts of problems arise in relation to a discussion of terrorism? Are the problems inherent in the concept of terrorism or linked to the nature of the subject matter of non-state violence? Is there another possible explanation? How might such problems be recapitulated in today’s international order and organization? Are such problems specific to our own era?

A manufacturer of oak barrels has factories in an area at the location coordinates provided in the following table. Each coordinate unit represents approximately 10 miles. The yearly demand at each factory is also given.

Factory Demand X-Coordinate Y-Coordinate

Manchester 14000 80 60
Fayetteville 17000 60 10
Columbia 5000 30 90
Lawrenceburg 3000 30 20

Management has decided to build a new factory to supply raw material to these factories. The location of the new factory should be central to the existing factories.

Respond to the following in a Microsoft Excel worksheet:

*What should be the map coordinates of the new factory? Graph the locations of the four factories and the proposed raw material factory.
*Is the location of the proposed raw material factory where you expected it to be based on the coordinates of the other factories? Why or why not?
*What is the main contributing factor leading to the location of the proposed raw material factory?

Communicating with a Cross-Cultural Workforce

In this assignment, you will research and analyze about audience-based communication in a corporate setting.

Research about audience analysis and appropriate oral and written communication for an audience.

Scenario

You have been recently promoted as junior vice president of human resources at your organization. You need to prepare your first presentation on appropriate communication to a group of twenty newly-hired employees for their orientation. The profile of the group is as follows:

*There are fifteen entry-level hires with no corporate experience, of which five have no job experience whatsoever.

*There are five upper-level hires, of whom three hold higher designations than yours and whose ages range between seventeen to fifty-five years.

*Of these twenty, six are Hispanic, two are Asian, two are African-American, and ten are Caucasian.

*Sixty percent of the group is women.

*There are two disabled employees, one of whom has a hearing disability while the other uses a wheelchair.

Task

*Perform an audience analysis while planning your presentation. Ensure that you consider issues such as arrangement of the room, content and length of the presentation, and handouts and visual aids.

A large multinational manufacturing company is launching a new product line in several countries. You are heading up a team of individuals from various departments including sales, marketing, finance and operations and have set up a series of training sessions for company personnel in various countries in advance of the product roll out.
Your team is on a very tight schedule as you travel to several major cities and countries around the world. The roll out plan established by corporate is very ambitious. Recognizing this, you have set into motion a series of actions to ship sample products and essential training materials to various locations in advance of your team’s arrival.
Three days before training was scheduled to begin in Malaysia, the team’s next stop, the in-country manager called to inform you that the sample products and training materials were lost in shipment and never arrived at customs at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport on the scheduled date. She tells you that she is continuing to try to track down the lost shipment, but unless something happens immediately, not having product and training materials will result in a 30 day delay of the product launch causing lost revenue.
As the newly promoted director of overseas operations, you are eager to make a good impression on the person you replaced who was just promoted to vice president of global operations and is your new boss. The company and your new boss are counting on you and your team to meet some very ambitious sales goals and objectives for the new product line. Meeting these goals and objectives is critical if the company is going to achieve its projected annual sales revenues. How you resolve this situation could have a long-term impact on the company and your career.
In your essay make sure you address each of the following items:

1. Identify the ethical, strategic, operational and financial issues in this scenario and list them in priority order from most to least critical.
2. As the director of overseas operations, what options are available to you to resolve this situation? State the risks and consequences associated with each option you identify.
3. Based upon the options you identified above, select the one you would implement and describe fully and succinctly your course of action.
4. Assuming a worst case scenario in which sample product and training materials are not available in time for the product launch, how do you propose to make up for the loss in sales and revenue?

You will apply counseling theory of mindfulness therapy to the care of an individual with PTSD from the following age groups:

• Child
• Adolescent
• Adult
• Older adult
  How would you apply your chosen counseling therapy to the treatment of PTSD in each age group? Read and respond in a scholarly fashion, commenting on how they incorporated theory with evidence-based practice. At a minimum, your response should be three to four paragraphs of three to four sentences each.

Counseling theory of animal therapy
You will apply counseling theory of animal therapy to the care of an individual with PTSD from the following age groups:

• Child
• Adolescent

How would you apply your chosen counseling therapy to the treatment of PTSD in each age group? You should prepare a 2 page( one page per age span of child and adolescent)

What is the purpose of the income statement

Managers within the firm, as well as the firm’s owners and lenders, keep track of the firm’s performance by reviewing its financial statements – income statement, balance sheet, and statement of cash flows.
Instructions: There are 2 Parts to this assignment.
PART 1: In a 600-700 words paper
• What is the purpose of the income statement? Identify the major types of expenses that are shown on the typical income statement.
• What is the purpose of the balance sheet? Identify the major types of assets and the claims of creditors and owners shown on the typical balance sheet.
• What are the three different accounts that comprise the owners’ equity (also known as stockholders’ equity) section on a typical corporate balance sheet?
• What is a statement of cash flows? Describe the three standard sections contained in a statement of cash flows.