Dyslexia What Is Dyslexia? Dyslexia is an inherited condition that makes it extremely difficult to read, write, and spell in your native language—despite at least average intelligence. Dyslexia is a neurologically-based, often familial, disorder which interferes with the acquisition and processing of language. Varying in degrees of severity, it is manifested by difficulties in receptive and expressive language, including phonological processing, in reading, writing, spelling, handwriting,
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Dr. Roger Jones is a successful dentist but he is experiencing recurring financial difficulties. For example, Dr. Jones owns his office building, which he leased to the professional corporation that housed his dental practice (he owns all shares in the corporation). However, Dr. Jones recently received a registered letter from the Internal Revenue Service threatening to impound his business and sell its assets for the corporation’s failure to pay payroll taxes for the past six months. Also, the corporation
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HCS/335 Ethics: Health Care and Social Responsibility Lawrence Fergus Ethics Case Study Samantha Ruiz 04/17/2011 Jerry McCall is Dr. Williams’ office assistant. He has received professional training as both a medical assistant and a LPN. He is handling all the phone calls while the receptionist is at lunch. A patient calls and says he must have a prescription refill for Valium, an antidepressant medication, called in right away to his pharmacy, since he is leaving for the airport in thirty
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I would assess the situation, give jerry advice, and address future methods of how Jerry could handle these types of situations. With the facts on hand that Jerry is a certified license practical nurse (LPN) and a certified medical assistant I can easily assess that Jerry has no qualifications to write the patient who is requesting medication at such a short notice with the medication. He has not been given permission by the patients’ physician and does not know the ins and outs of the
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Work Related Project Analysis Part I Work-Related Project Analysis Part I Great Plains Regional Medical Center in North Platte, Nebraska during the time of this case study had 116 beds, offered a full service health system; provided care services for over 25 specialties, a referral center for eight critical care hospitals. Great Plains Regional Medical Center’s emergency department medical records was a paper system. They invested in an emergency department (ED) specific technology
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MGMT 362 February 7, 2012 Week 5- Case Study #2 A Novice Manager’s Tale of Woe Synopsis: Tricia Monet, a young woman from Missouri gets an assistant director job at a retail store called Personal Reflections in Sioux City, Iowa. Because the corporate policy indicates that store directors do not have say in the hiring process for assistant directors, Heather Munson, the director of this store showed animosity for Tricia upon her arrival. Tricia felt attacked and interrogated anytime she spoke
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Valium, an antidepressant medication, is just one example of how knowing what the responsible and ethical thing to do can be crucial in the workplace. Jerry McCall currently works as an office assistant within the medical practice of Dr. Williams. Jerry has professional training as both a medical assistant and as an LPN. On this particular day Jerry is covering for a receptionist during their lunch break by answering any phone calls that the medical office receives. One of the phone calls that
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Graduate Study Challenges and Strategies for Personal Success HCS/504 August 6, 2012 John Dean Graduate Study Challenges and Strategies for Personal Success According to Linda Weston Kramer “Retuning to graduate school is a major decision in one’s professional life. Although there are many benefits to returning to school to earn a graduate degree, it is also very challenging” (Kramer, 2007, p. 158.). This essay discusses various challenges faced by graduate students, and strategies to
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Roodlyne Calixte March 5, 2014 Class: 10:00 am Prof: Fuller When I’m going to register I will choose the morning classes because I have to work in the afternoon. The Charlestown campus is more reliable and have student parking lot, that’s where I’m planning to take all my courses. The nursing division requires taking the pre-requisites, the college level in order to get accept into the program. Now I’m doing the general concentration and then to the college level. I’m qualified to receive
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Dental hygienists are essential elements of the dental team, and provide important services for the oral health care system in the United States. State laws regulate the oral health treatments that can or cannot be performed by dental hygienists. It also states under what supervision the treatments can be performed, and other requirements, such as licenses or education level. The dental hygiene scope of practice varies from state to state. To understand those differences, we must first understand
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