...Abuse Paper HCA/250 10/8/12 Abuse Paper I believe that as more of people become aware of the dangers of smoking tobacco, the percentage of smokers has fallen from around 50 per cent of the population in the 1950s to 25 per cent in 2003. The illnesses can cause cancer, heart disease and respiratory illnesses. Smoking can cause impotence, ulcers and fertility problems and it's doesn't just harm smokers. However, the decline in smoking in the population has leveled off and the percentage of people smoking in the last 10 years seems to have remained at around 25 per cent. But the good news is that about 70 per cent of smokers say they want to quit. Yet success rates for quit attempts are between 10 and 20 per cent. I also believe that the problem starts in the childs childhood, because they start to experimenting with cigarettes in their teens. Children whose parents smoke are twice as likely to start smoking compared to those with non smoking parents. Also I have read that there are 11 to 15 year olds who were most likely to be smokers due to being lonely and had difficulty talking to their parents, had problems at school and started drinking alcohol. When it come to how smoking tobacco affects the workplace I believe that smoking in the workplace often results in higher expenses for employers. These costs are attributed to increased absenteeism, lower productivity, unscheduled smoke breaks, maintenance...
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...Health and Psychology HCA 250 Angela C. Final Assignment Week 9 Instructor: E. G. Psychology’s Relation To Diabetes Diabetic Overview Viewed as a metabolic disorder, the cells in the body do not respond appropriately to the insulin present in the body of a person with type 2 diabetes. This is due to the dysfunction of the insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas that can result in insulin resistance or insulin deficiency. Risk factors that can contribute to the development of type two diabetes include obesity, aging, a less active lifestyle, and unhealthy dietary habits that include food high in saturated and trans fats and certain pre-existing medical conditions. Other medical risk factors that may exacerbate or give rise to type-two diabetes include hypertension, high cholesterol, chronic pancreatitis, glucocorticoid drugs, and Cushing’s syndrome. Monitoring blood glucose levels with a glucose meter can help in both prevention and treatment. Dietary modification which includes a high fiber intake, increased exercise levels, maintaining a normal body weight and being a non-smoker and moderate alcohol drinker can play a significant role in prevention and treatment. Treatment can also be provided through the administration of different insulin formulations either orally or through subcutaneous injection. Type 1 diabetes is similar yet very distinct in its cause. The beta cells in the pancreas are attacked in what is believed to be an...
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...Violence In The Workplace By: Guiseppina Saieva HCA/250 May 26, 2012 Carolyn Moore Violence In The Workplace Bullying is aggressive behavior that maximizes power and control, intending to hurt, threaten or frighten another person. Workplace violence can be any physical assault, threatening behavior, or verbal abuse that occurs in the workplace setting. Employers are responsible for providing a safe workplace environment for their employees but people still report they have been bullied at work. Cyber bullying as been addressed regarding children and adolescents but there has been less focus on cyber bulling in the workplace. There has been an increased risk of workplace bullying especially male dominated workplace settings. A survey was done by Australian manufacturing workers and the results included that 34% of the respondents were bullied face-to-face and 10.4% were cyber bullied. Bullying in the workplace can be a result of negative job satisfaction and retention. This can also have an effect on the health of employees. A survey was completed by newly licensed nurses in the U.S. and themes emerged from these surveys which included structural bullying, not involved in a clique, and leaving the job. Bullying is more common with new nurses and is experienced first and second hand by them. Bullying needs to be explored and researched more so they can find strategies to eliminate this behavior...
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...Psychology and Health Issues Doreen Austin HCA/250 University of Phoenix Psychology and Health Issues Substance abuse is a large problem, that can be found everywhere, and is does not only affect certain groups of individuals. When individual’s turn to substance abuse and become addicted, they will be dependent on whatever it is they are using to prevent from having physical and psychological withdrawal symptoms, which creates a cycle many cannot break on their own. There are two main stages of addiction to substances, or addictions in general, which the first stages is dependence where the individual’s life is dominated by the search for the substance because they depend on it physically and psychologically (World Health Organization, 2013). The second stage is when the individual becomes tolerant to the substance, which causes the individual to start consuming larger amounts of the substance to reach the same effect they had when they first started using. As mentioned before, substance abuse is a very serious public health problem that affects individuals in all areas of their lives, and it does not matter what background they may be coming from. Substance abuse can bring along many problems for the individual that is addicted, as well as their immediate surroundings, including friends, family, and the work environment. There are many reasons as to why one may start using illegal substances or prescription medication, like having other psychological problems like anxiety...
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...Associate Level Material Stress and Illness in the Workplace Matrix Use the following table to describe the relationship between stress and health in the workplace and to identify ways to reduce stress in the workplace. If you use additional sources, include citations consistent with APA guidelines. |What is the relationship between stress and health in the workplace? |The relationship between stress and health can be regarded as a physiological aspect that could affect health and wellness. Stress| | |in the workplace can lead to a person becoming ill or shutting down both mentally and physically. Stress can not only open up a | | |person to illness but also hinder their ability to heal and get over an illness (Sarafino, 2011). | |Identify a situation in which you experienced stress in the workplace or provide a |All the dental assistants in my clinic called in sick, leaving me to deal with most aspects of patient care along with my | |fictional example. |administrative duties. Prioritizing patients and my normal workload became very stressful as I was trying to answer the phones, | | |schedule patients...
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...Cookson Group Financial Analysis Group Members: Word count: 4978 4/30/2010 Cookson CONTENTS 2 1. Introduction ………………………………………………………………………………………………………4 2. Company Profile ………………………………………………………………………………………..……….5 3. SWOT Analysis ………………………………………………………………………………..…………………6 4. Operations Analysis ……………………………………………………………………………..…………….7 4.1 Group Overview…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………7 4.2 Ceramics Division…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….8 4.3 Electronics Division…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………11 4.4 Precious Metals Division…………………………………………………………………………………………………………13 5. Sector Analysis …………………………………………………………………………………………………15 5.1 General Industrial Sector ………………………………………………………………………………………………………15 5.2 Industry Conglomerates Subsector……………………………………………………………………………………….16 5.2.1 Industry Conglomerates VS Industrial Machinery and Equipment……………… ………….16 5.2.2 Firms within Industry Conglomerates …………………………………………………………………………17 5.3 Summary…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………18 6. Strategy ……………………………………………………………………………………………………….…19 6.1 Central Strategies ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..19 6.2 Corporate Expansion - Acquisition…………………………………………………………………………………………22 6.3 Response to Financial Crisis…………………………………………………………………………………………………….23 6.4 Future Prospects……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………23 6.5 Comparison with Major Competitors……………………………………………………………………………………….24 7. Financial Analysis ……………………………………………………………………………………………25...
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...List of FTSE 350 companies FTSE 350 companies include two parts: (1) FTSE 100 companies which are the 100 largest UK companies measured by market capitalization; and (2) FTSE 250 companies which the 101st to the 350th largest companies within the UK. This follows on from the FTSE 100. No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 LSE Code RDSA+RDSB HSBA VOD BP. GSK BATS LLOY DGE SAB RIO BLT BG. AZN GLEN STAN BARC ULVR RB. PRU TSCO NG. BT.A AAL RR. IMT CNA RBS CPG ABF SSE Name Royal Dutch Shell HSBC Holdings Vodafone Group BP GlaxoSmithKline British American Tobacco Lloyds Banking Group Diageo SABMiller Rio Tinto BHP Billiton BG Group AstraZeneca Glencore Xstrata Standard Chartered Barclays Unilever Reckitt Benckiser Group Prudential Tesco National Grid BT Group Anglo American Rolls-Royce Group Imperial Tobacco Group Centrica Royal Bank of Scotland Group Compass Group Associated British Foods SSE 1 Index FTSE 100 FTSE 100 FTSE 100 FTSE 100 FTSE 100 FTSE 100 FTSE 100 FTSE 100 FTSE 100 FTSE 100 FTSE 100 FTSE 100 FTSE 100 FTSE 100 FTSE 100 FTSE 100 FTSE 100 FTSE 100 FTSE 100 FTSE 100 FTSE 100 FTSE 100 FTSE 100 FTSE 100 FTSE 100 FTSE 100 FTSE 100 FTSE 100 FTSE 100 FTSE 100 No. 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 LSE Code WPP BA. BSY SHP EXPN ARM AV. LGEN PSON CRH OML REL TLW ANTO KGF WOS SL. FRES NXT MKS SBRY LAND SN. BRBY MRW CPI SDR+SDRC ITV IAG...
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...Company profile: Barratt development PLC, a property development company based in United Kingdom. Established as Greensitt Bros during 1958, under Sir Lawrie Barratt it went through rapid expansion throughout 1960 and 1970 and at present Barratt Development PLC is listed on the London Stock Exchange, a constituent of the FTSE 250 index (Barratt Developments PLC. 2009). According to the financial figure published by the company, it holds stock value of 2,105.08 million pounds with operating income of 135 million pounds and net income of 13.8 million pounds for the financial year of 2011-2012 (Barratt Developments PLC 2013). Reason for choosing Barratt development PLC: Rapid expansion of the company through acquisitions, transforming the company from a local Newcastle based house builder to a nation wide builder, developing more than 10,000 properties per annum. Through out 1970 the Barratt Development PLC has acquired large firm like Arthur Wardle (Barratt Developments PLC. 2009). However main reason why Barratt Development id chosen is, it is a Public limited company and therefore a lot of information are available to public (The Office of the Queensland Parliamentary Counsel 2010). Stakeholder identification and management: Every business has got its own set of stakeholders, from economics view of the business, epically in construction business; many different and sometimes discrepant interests must be considered. In case of Barratt development, these representatives...
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...Investment Report by 28/2/2012 Name of company: AVEVA GROUP RIC: AVV.L Price: 1732 Date: 28 Feb 2012 Company profile: AVEVA Group PLC operates in the Computer related services sector. AVEVA Group plc is a holding company. The Company is engaged in engineering design and information management solutions for the process plant, power and marine industries. It activities include marketing and development of computer software and services for engineering and related solutions. One-year Price chart: [pic] Price performance: Key financial forecasts and ratios: | |Actual |Estimate | | |MAR 11 |MAR 11 |MAR 12 |MAR 13 | |EPS(GBp) |- |- |63.934 |74.790 | |DPS(GBp) |18.250 |18.590 |20.100 |22.750 | |PE |- |- |26.590 |22.730 | |ROE% |17.04 | |Beta |1.34 | |Alpha |0.01 | | |AVEVA GROUP |FTSE-100 | |Price...
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...Bussiness letter #2 By: Jason Anderson Bussiness Communication Aboriginal Community Development For: Laura Chartrand Due: November 6, 2012 November 2, 2012 Ms. Helen Sklarz Director of Development Spina Bifida & Hydrocephalus Association of Ontario P.O. Box 103, Suite 1006 555 Richmond Street West Toronto, Ontario M5V 3B1 Dear Ms. Kendzierski: Re: School Practicum Position While researching the AFM website, I discovered you are hiring practicum students for the position of Residential Care Worker. I know your facility is highly regarded, and I would be pleased if I were given the opportunity to do my school practicum for your organization during the months of May and June 2013. I am currently enrolled in the Aboriginal Community Development Program at Assiniboine Community College. The program is centered around First Nations and Métis issues, you learn how to refer individuals to appropriate services, assist in solving local problems, and organize activities that promote the Aboriginal way of life. I have been working with Brandon Community Options for the past year. During this time, I have come across many individuals who have been facing many forms of crisis in their lives. I have always managed to provide exceptional support to each and every client in complex situations. I understand this type of employment brings in a lot of stress which I am able to cope with. I am passionate about bringing happiness into other people’s lives and...
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...HCA 333 WEEK 2 DQ 2 COMMUNITY BASED To purchase this visit following link: http://www.activitymode.com/product/hca-333-week-2-dq-2-community-based/ Contact us at: SUPPORT@ACTIVITYMODE.COM HCA 333 WEEK 2 DQ 2 COMMUNITY BASED Community-based Long-Term Care. In a 250-300 word post, select and discuss 3 legal and/or ethical issues facing community-based long-term care service providers. Support your discussion with at least one APA reference from a scholarly source. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posting. Activity Mode aims to provide quality study notes and tutorials to the students of HCA 333 Week 2 DQ 2 Community based in order to ace their studies. HCA 333 WEEK 2 DQ 2 COMMUNITY BASED To purchase this visit following link: http://www.activitymode.com/product/hca-333-week-2-dq-2-community-based/ Contact us at: SUPPORT@ACTIVITYMODE.COM HCA 333 WEEK 2 DQ 2 COMMUNITY BASED Community-based Long-Term Care. In a 250-300 word post, select and discuss 3 legal and/or ethical issues facing community-based long-term care service providers. Support your discussion with at least one APA reference from a scholarly source. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posting. Activity Mode aims to provide quality study notes and tutorials to the students of HCA 333 Week 2 DQ 2 Community based in order to ace their studies. HCA 333 WEEK 2 DQ 2 COMMUNITY BASED To purchase this visit following link: http://www.activitymode.com/product/hca-333-week-2-dq-2-community-based/ ...
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...Psychology of Health in the Workplace Psychology of Health in the Workplace Kristin Haimowitz HCA/250 January 22, 2012 Wakita R. Bradford Psychology of Health in the Workplace A good attitude can go a long way in making the place where you work a more tolerable place to be. Having a healthy lifestyle can make it easier to deal with the smaller problems that seem to happen on a day to day basis. Health psychology is concerned with understanding how biological, psychological, environmental, and cultural factors are involved in physical health and the prevention of illness. Due to recent advances in psychological, medical, and physiological research, it had lead to new ways of thinking about health and illness. This conceptualization, which has been labeled the biopsychosocial model, views health and illness as the product of a combination of factors including biological characteristics (e.g., genetic predisposition), behavioral factors (e.g., lifestyle, stress, health beliefs, and social conditions (e.g., cultural influences, family relationships, social support) (Marks, 2011). People have developed a field of health psychology that helps people deal with stressors that they are involved with at their workplace. Many experts perform research to help them solidify their findings. Occupational Health Psychology (OHP) has developed from these studies, and does research so that they can better understand the needs of people in their work settings. Also, OHP...
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...Buyouts. The Group assignment for Week 4 provides one example of an organization (HCA) that utilized all three of these strategies over a period of 35 years. Using that information, and the history provided in the attached PDF file, research the HCA organization and after conducting a SWOT analysis, respond to the following Questions. 1. Chapter 6 focuses attention on Strategic Actions and Strategic Formulation and emphasizes Corporate Relatedness and the Transfer of Core Competencies on page 171. What were HCAs core competencies and how did these competencies build Value for the company? What type of Business Level strategy did they pursue when the company began in 1968? 2. Over a period of years (1968-1985), HCA acquired many small rural hospitals; many of which were struggling to fund new technologies necessary to provide care to the citizens of their communities, and responding to new Federal Government regulations related to Medicare and Medicaid (1965). In the late 70's and early 80's HCA began to acquire competing investor-owned health care companies . Compare and contrast these strategies to the text reference relative to Restructuring of Assets outlined in Chapter 6. What role, if any, did the General and Competitive environment play in these strategies? 3. Consider the comments of the author of the text; "page 195, The Popularity of Mergers and Acquisition Strategy". How did HCA utilize strategies of Horizontal and Vertical Integration to exploit these concepts...
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...Weaknesses | * CEO of HCA for past 9 years – Because of loyalty and dedication towards the success of the hospital. * Located in a metropolitan area – generates revenue of $250 million annually. * HCA Hospital’s Not-For-Profit mission – providing medical care without healthcare coverage and draw more customers, who cannot afford insurance. * Purchase of latest technology for clinical departments- can treat patients more efficiently and will increase the patient flow. * Current interest is low- because the interest rate won’t increase till next year, they can pay off the debt service on the additional $10 million debt. * High bond rating of BBB- shows stability during difficult circumstances. | * Affiliated with the hospital for 25 years – loose creativity and forget the strength and weakness of the hospital. * The HCA hospitals impatient admissions declined by 5% to 7.5% - shortage of nurses and family practice doctors, no upgrade in the technology used at hospital. | Opportunities | Threats | * Spending of $80 million bond to buy latest clinical equipment – an amazing opportunity to provide the best service to the customers and the hospital would not have to cut down on certain programs they are offering. | * Poor investment decision – If HCA Hospital makes a poor investment decision and suffered financial setbacks, their high bond rating would go down and their credibility would significantly drop as well. | HCA HOSPITAL Dr. Shepherd, who...
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...HCA-250 Motivation and Organizastional Culture Paper Motivation and Organizational Culture Paper Kimberly Y. Curry University of Phoenix (Axia College) HCA-250 Dennis Matricardi March 11, 2012 Motivation and Organizational Culture Paper Today’s topic of discussion is the role management should play in workplace psychology. In this discussion, I will be discussing a situation with Chinese immigrant by the name of Ayame Nakamaura. Ayame Nakamura is employed as a project manager for a pharmaceutical company. The management style for this pharmaceutical company is confrontational, and interferes with Ayame’s cultural beliefs. This particular style of management makes Ayame’s ability to receive feedback difficult to obtain, and affects her motivation to perform. In this discussion I will explain the role management Ayame should play in workplace psychology, how Ayame’s cultural beliefs might affect the way she receives feedback, and describe motivation techniques that could be implemented by management to increase Ayame’s motivation. As we know psychology is the study of human behavior. This includes the human thought process and human emotion. Psychology gives us an understanding of human nature and the way we interact with other people. When you combine psychology and the workplace together, it is basically the way an individual thinks and act in the workplace towards other employees. Management is an individual who supervises others work progress on the job...
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