1852). He states that fear might also limit a person's capacity for self-disclosure and this fear includes: "fear of embarrassment by colleagues, fear of patient reaction, and fear of litigation" (p. 1852). Disclosure has now come to occupy an impo Continue Reading...
Mrs. C. does not need education and training beyond what would normally be provided any new employee with regard to policies and procedures specific to the practice of Drs. Wicklund, Howe and O'Donnell. The dentists knew about Mrs. C.'s physical lim Continue Reading...
Human Resource Development Initiatives for the Department of Veterans Affairs As the nation's largest healthcare provider and second-largest federal agency, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is responsible for administering a multi-billion do Continue Reading...
Leading Change Continual Learning, Creativity and Innovation, External Awareness, Flexibility, Resilience, Service Motivation, Strategic Thinking, And Vision The purpose of this report is to discuss the process of leading change as a core qualificat Continue Reading...
break out of war in Afghanistan and Iraq propelled alarming forecasts about its most likely psychiatric effects. The chief of recuperation or readjustment therapy services at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) asserted that as high as 30% of so Continue Reading...
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Today, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) operates the nation's largest healthcare system through the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), including 152 medical centers (VA Continue Reading...
Leading Change The Department of Veterans Affairs did not have an effort that was focused on protocol services despite the fact that they were a cabinet level organization. Because of this, the organization needed an effort that directly advised, as Continue Reading...
65). By controlling these two aspects of a scientific experiment, researchers are able to establish the specific causality of the phenomenon being studied. In this regard, Kahle and Riley note that, "Traditionally, causality is established through s Continue Reading...
Leading Change and Leading People For more than 20 years, I have been a leader in both the government and in the private business environment. This encompasses both work in the United States Army as a noncommissioned officer, and work in the civilia Continue Reading...
Gulf War Syndrome (GWS), is a representation of several medical and psychological complaints, which are affecting several men and women who had participated in the Gulf War which took place in 1991. These ailments are muscular pain, skin rash; sleep Continue Reading...
In his book, Finley relates to the stories of four soldiers that suffered PTSD, including a U.S. Marine named Tony Sandoval "who can barely complete a full sentence about the horrors he saw" and by an Army soldier (Jesse Caldera) who "is haunted by Continue Reading...
Human Resources Change Management Plan Executive Memo Organizational Analysis Workforce Planning Challenges Four Tasks of Government Plan and Timetable HR Policies and Practices Human Resources Change Management Plan Executive Memo The purp Continue Reading...
Military Diversity Diversity in the Armed forces For over three decades, military diversity has been a very complex topic within the defense units or national security departments for many nations. This arises when it comes to matters of conceptual Continue Reading...
Federal Contract Compliance and EEO Any company in the United States that does business with the federal government as a contractor or subcontractor and that has more than 50 employees must have an Affirmative Action Plan (AAP). This plan is designe Continue Reading...
Otherwise, they would not have been taken into the military (they were volunteers), supporting the theory that the military had an impact upon their being homeless (ibid., 377). Among all of these populations, IQ dropped and mental illnesses such a Continue Reading...
MTBI and Depression Traumatic brain injury (TBI) occurs as a result of force to the skull or brain. The probability of receiving a TBI is increased if one is participates in a number of sports such as professional football in the National Football L Continue Reading...
persistent existence of sexual violence within the United States armed forces is a fact that has been long recognized by policymakers, military officials, health care professionals and the news media. The risk of exposure by women service members to Continue Reading...
Homelessness: A still-Important issue Homelessness is not just a housing problem. As noted by PLoS Medicine "there is a substantial prevalence of mental disorders among homeless people in Western countries. Among prior studies meeting criteria for c Continue Reading...
Even in modern times, a disproportionate number of homeless people are Vietnam vets. Obviously, the Vietnam War had an impact on American history. However, the end of the Vietnam War had an ever greater impact on the American psychology. The Vietna Continue Reading...
VAMC Ethics The Lincolnville VAMC maintains certain base levels of ethical standards, and in some areas indeed exceeds standard ethical rules and practices while at others it most definitely comes in behind the majority of medical institutions. Soci Continue Reading...
The National Housing Act indirectly promoted the idea of lenders offering much longer-term mortgages with the currently accepted concept of monthly payments with the dual interest and principal payment scale. Amortized real estate mortgages opened t Continue Reading...
Budgetary Politics The United States of America has long grappled with the problem of drugs and has form time to time initiated measures to combat the usage and trafficking of drugs. It is common knowledge that the various wars that have been part o Continue Reading...
Second of all, the Army needs to have the ability to rapidly and efficiently alter payment policies to reply to altering market conditions and goal requirements. Third, payment policies need to be straightened with bigger human capital approaches t Continue Reading...
Program Budget and Cost Analysis Line-Item Budget for an in-Service Dementia Care Training Program Florida now requires all direct-care staff working with dementia patients to receive specialized training. The curricula offered must be vetted by th Continue Reading...
These responsibilities notwithstanding, the American public was already being conditioned to view the war in Iraq as a battle against extremists, that is, against the Islamist radicals who had threatened the "American" way" of life on September 11, Continue Reading...
Employee and Substance Abuse Type of Employer: Tertiary healthcare facility (Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center in a midwestern state) The History of the Worker at the Company: The employee is a registered nurse (RN) who had worked Continue Reading...
Web conferencing technologies such as Skype and Webex allow people from any physical location to exchange ideas and work collaboratively. While the technology has been a boon to organizations and individuals, saving time and money while affording acc Continue Reading...
Smoking Ban Tobacco smoke should certainly be considered a toxic chemical, and its risks to human health have been well-known for decades. Any reasonable person -- or indeed anyone who is even slightly familiar with the medical and scientific eviden Continue Reading...
Diabetes and Obesity: What Are the Choices? Diabetes is becoming an increasingly serious health problem across the United States, and indeed across the world. The majority of cases of diabetes, both in terms of new diagnoses and of current cases, ar Continue Reading...
Human Resource Management (HRM) in today's culture is very prominent and important. The most important resource with any organization is the human component and it is of extreme importance to manage and develop this crucial asset in a way that is in Continue Reading...
Social Work Statement of Purpose While some people may be able to point to a distinct time or place in their lives when they knew how they wanted to make their livelihood, for others, the path to a profession cannot be mapped so precisely. My motiva Continue Reading...
One important aspect was that research findings suggested that PTSD was more common than was thought to be the case when the DSM-III diagnostic criteria were formulated. (Friedman, 2007, para.3) the DSM-IV diagnosis of PTSD further extends the forma Continue Reading...
air traffic has continued to increase and it now constitutes a considerable proportion of the travelling public. The amount of long-hour flights has increased significantly. Based on the International Civil Aviation authority, air traffic can be anti Continue Reading...
" (Finnerty, 2008) It is reported that those who suffer from co-occurring mental illness and substance abuse problems are also likely to be homeless. According to the Health Care for the Homeless Clinicians' Network (2000) "Co-occurring mental illnes Continue Reading...
But mentally disturbed individuals, being confined to a greater proclivity toward chronic homelessness, are a separate problem, addressed most directly by the Center for Mental Health Services, which is a federally chaired organization. The CMHS is Continue Reading...
The only medical issues documented in this report are acute findings that potentially relate to the assault or preexisting medical factors that could influence interpretation of findings. Separate medical documentation by examiners and other involve Continue Reading...
Origins, History of the IMF The International Monetary Fund was first conceived between July 1-22, 1944, at the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire. The conference was attended by representatives of 45 na Continue Reading...
In other words, these companies expand their business, reach a peak in their business activity, and then go through a period of recession, followed by a period of business expansion, and so on. It is important that companies understand that the eco Continue Reading...
Americas Coalition Puts Marijuana Legalization Up for Discussion. Retrieved from the New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/18/world/americas/nations-in-americas-urged-to-consider-legalizing-pot.html?_r=0 Bakalar, N. (2006). Marijuana as Me Continue Reading...
