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Purpose and goals of an in-service session focusing on a specific patient safety issue

Describe the purpose and goals of an in-service session focusing on a specific patient safety issue.Explain the need for and process to improve safety outcomes related to a specific patient safety issue.Explain to the audience their role and importance of making the improvement plan successful.Create resources or activities to encourage skill development and process understanding …

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Salary Discrimination

Essays / By Brian Leakey

Can you adequately support the idea that there is discrimination in professional sports, according to position and salary?

Pathophysiology

Essays / By Brian Leakey

The immune system is exceedingly complex in its constituent cells, molecules, and signaling pathways. Each major component of the immune system is critical for survival; immune activity protects against infections that would quickly be lethal without immune defenses and eliminates cells in the stages of cancerous transformation. The most common and major immune system disorders …

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Case: An elderly widow who just lost her spouse.

Essays / By Brian Leakey

Subjective: A patient presents to your primary care office today with chief complaint of insomnia. Patient is 75 YO with PMH of DM, HTN, and MDD. Her husband of 41 years passed away 10 months ago. Since then, she states her depression has gotten worse as well as her sleep habits. The patient has no …

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“A celebration of diversity in our classroom recognizes both the variations and the similarities in the human theme.”

Essays / By Brian Leakey

What do you think of the statement “A celebration of diversity in our classroom recognizes both the variations and the similarities in the human theme.”

Implementation and Innovation Strategy

Essays / By Brian Leakey

The stakeholders have asked you to wrap your strategic analysis up with a document on the proposed implementation and innovation strategy. Discuss your company’s implementation and innovation strategy using the following points: Leadership stylesConflict managementDevil’s advocacyIntegrative thinkingSalienceCausalityArchitectureResolutionFinal external analysisTrends and events in the general environmentScanning and monitoring the competitive environmentAnalyzing the impact of the competitive …

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Endoscopic Ultrasound of the Pancreas

Essays / By Brian Leakey

J.C is an 82-year-old white man who was evaluated by GI specialist due to abdominal discomfort, loss of appetite, weight lost, weakness and occasional nausea.Past Medical History (PMH):Patient is Diabetic, controlled with Metformin 500 mg by mouth twice a day, Lantus 15 units SC bedtime. Hypertensive, controlled with Olmesartan 20 mg by mouth once a …

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The progressive pathophysiologic relationship between an MI and the development of left ventricular

Essays / By Brian Leakey

Mr. T., a 45-year-old black man employed as a midlevel corporate manager, came to the doctor’s office seeking a physical examination. He appeared somewhat overweight. He denied taking any medications or smoking, but admitted drinking alcohol. His father and older brother have hypertension (HTN) and his paternal grandfather experienced a myocardial infarction (MI) and a …

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PRIMARY CARE OF ADOLESCENT AND CHILDREN

Essays / By Brian Leakey

What were your differential diagnoses? Provide a minimum of three possible diagnoses. List them from highest priority to lowest priority and include their ICD-10 code for the diagnosis. What was your primary diagnosis and why?