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1. As a new Products Process Manager, you are responsible for helping project managers to develop new product processes and use them effectively;
Explain the difference between Invention and innovation relative to new product development.
2. Take a moment and reflect on the topics introduced in this Unit.
Formulate at least one question that arose while you were reading the material and completing the assignments.
Was there anything in this Unit that surprised you or caught your attention? Explain.
For assistance with reflective writing, read How to Write a Reflective Paper.
The Portfolio Assignment entry should be a minimum of 500 words and not more than 750 words. Use APA citations and references if you use ideas from the readings or other sources. This assignment is graded by the instructor.

TOPIC 1

Boston hospital denies heart transplant for unvaccinated patient
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Boston-based Brigham and Women’s Hospital will not perform a heart transplant on a patient who refuses to get vaccinated against COVID-19, CBS News reported Jan. 25.
DJ Ferguson, 31, was at the front of the line to receive a transplant, but hospital policy deemed him no longer eligible due to his vaccination status. David Ferguson, his father, told CBS Boston, the vaccination “kind of” goes against his son’s “basic principles.”
“Like many other transplant programs in the United States — the COVID-19 vaccine is one of several vaccines and lifestyle behaviors required for transplant candidates in the Mass General Brigham system in order to create both the best chance for a successful operation and also the patient’s survival after transplantation,” the hospital stated.
Systems across the country began requiring COVID-19 vaccination for organ recipients and donors in October. Arthur Caplan, the head of medical ethics at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, told CBS that vaccinations are necessary for these types of procedures.
“Post any transplant — kidney, heart, whatever — your immune system is shut off,” Dr. Caplan said. “The flu could kill you, a cold could kill you, COVID could kill you. The organs are scarce. We are not going to distribute them to someone who has a poor chance of living when others who are vaccinated have a better chance of postsurgery of surviving.”

TOPIC 2

If the frontline stops showing up, who will be there to care for the sick?
Stephen J. Motew, MD, MHA, FACS, Chief of Clinical Enterprise at Inova Health System – Thursday, September 9th, 2021″ rel=”nofollow” style=”color: rgb(0, 57, 116); font-size: 1em; word-break: normal; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px;”> Print | Email
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We are in the midst of a healthcare crisis that extends beyond COVID-19.
The direct patient care workforce is exhausted, burned out and more-than-ever at risk of becoming permanently disengaged. Nurses, who are consistently ranked as the most trusted professionals and are responsible for the majority of direct patient care, are disproportionally impacted. They are also leaving the workforce. Current estimates of open nurse positions across the U.S. may be as high as 220,000 and a majority of health systems identify clinical staffing as their top concern, putting patient care and safety at risk. This begs the question: if the frontline stops showing up, who will be there to care for the sick?
Nursing shortages have been present for years. Today the problem is particularly dire as we see the continued onslaught of COVID-19, requiring our healthcare heroes to buckle down for each new surge. Over the past 18 months this workforce, which represents the last line of defense for the sick, has had no days off, no remote work-from-home options and increasing workplace violence, all while managing the daily life challenges associated with the pandemic.
The availability of widespread vaccinations provided a tangible glimmer of hope. With an end in sight, this battered workforce buckled down in early 2021, determined to beat the pandemic. But the hope has been stifled as we experience another COVID-19 surge. This surge, however, is different. It is different because it is preventable. Seven in 10 adults in the U.S. are vaccinated, but more than 90% of severe cases leading to emergency department and hospital admissions occur among the unvaccinated. While some adults have legitimate reasons for not being vaccinated, such as for religious beliefs or medical conditions, most unvaccinated are refusing vaccination by questioning the evidence and science. And their reasoning is tied up in partisan ideologies and has nothing to do with the facts, or the science, that has helped them live well up to this point.
Not only is our healthcare workforce at risk by servicing unvaccinated patients, but their day-to-day stress is soaring as emergency rooms, ICUs and hospitals continue to be overwhelmed. It is increasingly difficult for healthcare teams to understand why some of their neighbors aren’t taking this step to protect them by getting vaccinated yet still expect to be cared for with compassion.
We know that by conventional measures, the healthcare workforce is remarkably ‘resilient’. The calling to care, the mission to heal and the privilege to earn the respect of our communities as compassionate dedicated professionals has always kept us going. Working one extra shift away from families, staying late to manage the overflowing ICUs and depleting personal emotional energy for each dying patient is simply “what we do” – without question.
But what will happen if we do see this historically resilient and dedicated workforce question why they keep showing up? What will happen if they question why they continue treating patients who disregard the science or the safety of the very healthcare workers they are asking to care for them? As we see more direct attacks on nurses, hospitals, doctors and science itself, there is increasing withdrawal from the core tenets of compassion and empathy. Fatigue is setting in. If this continues, then the allure of the most noble of career callings will wane. When caring is lost, who is left standing when we need it the most?
The feeling of desperation among U.S. healthcare workers has been pushed to the edge. If the unvaccinated continue to stay that way, America’s hospitals and communities face a bleak future. But perhaps one of the longer-lasting effects of today’s unvaccinated will be the damage to our nursing workforce, risking driving them out of their professions and serving as a warning for those who wish to enter the profession.
This is an existential threat to healthcare in the U.S., and we must issue a call to action to protect our protectors. The solutions aren’t simple, but we must start with facing the problem head-on, recognizing and supporting these heroes and committing to wellbeing and caring as core principles. Foundational changes to training, innovating to create wellness and resilience and holding to account those who impede the progress of the caring industry are necessary. It is critical that as vaccination policies are established and updated, we keep in mind the preservation of both today’s and tomorrow’s nurses. Dr. Jean Watson noted: “Caring is the essence of nursing,” and we have an obligation to assure this remains true.
Stephen J. Motew, MD, MHA, FACS, is Chief of Clinical Enterprise at Inova Health System. He is a fellow with the American College of Surgeons, and a member of the Southern Association of Vascular Surgery and the Society for Vascular Surgery.

TOPIC 3
Viewpoint: Hospitals should not discriminate against the unvaccinated
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As hospitals are again overwhelmed with by COVID-19 patients, opinion pieces in The Washington Post have argued that health systems should prioritize the vaccinated or even consider refusing to treat the unvaccinated. However, that would set a dangerous precedent for ethics and public health, Atlantic science writer Ed Yong wrote Jan. 20.
After interviewing a number of ethicists, he argued that medical care should be offered in line with the severity of a patient’s emergency and should not consider one’s behavior. For example, those who smoke cigarettes or get in car accidents without wearing seatbelts are still treated in hospitals, Yong wrote.
“We don’t use the medical-care system as a way of meting out justice. We don’t use it to punish people for their social choices,” said Matt Wynia, MD, a medical ethicist at the University of Colorado.
The unvaccinated population of the U.S. is also disproportionately poor and those who would consider getting a vaccine outnumber those who say they never would, Mr. Yong wrote. This suggests factors beyond some people’s control are preventing them from getting vaccinated, whether that be a rural location, lack of sick leave or no internet access.
“Blaming or neglecting unvaccinated people won’t save the healthcare system or end the pandemic. It will just be the latest manifestation of America’s instinct to punish individuals for societal failures,” Mr. Yong wrote.
Read the full article here.
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Upload the topic you will be debating for the presentation. Provide a 3-5 sentence summary of the issue and why you have chosen this issue.
Rubric
Nur 423 Debate Topic Rubric
Nur 423 Debate Topic Rubric
Criteria Ratings Pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeTopic
50 pts
Level 4
Debate topic listed with summary of why this issue was chosen
37.5 pts
Level 3
Debate topic listed with summary briefly explaining why issue was chosen
25 pts
Level 2
Debate topic listed or slightly unclear with minimal summary explaining why the issue was chosen.
12.5 pts
Level 1
Debate topic unclear with little to no summary on why it was chosen.
0 pts
Level 0
Debate topic not listed or not identified. No summary provided.
50 pts
Total Points: 50

Answer this question using this week’s reading and viewing materials.
Make your answer a well-structured essay of 750 words, plus or minus 10%.
Be sure to cite your sources using Chicago Manual of Style notes bibliography style.

Please refer to the videos on the Essay Writing Help page for information on this writing form
and the requirements regarding citation of sources in Chicago Manual of Style format.

These are the course objectives for this assignment:
CO1: Students will be able to recall and classify factors that relate to issues of gender, race, religion, and economic status in US society from early settlement to 1877.
CO3: Students will be able to identify and explain the gradual construction of the nation’s identity.
CO4: Students will be able to discuss and explain connections between historical events as well as describe historical changes over time.
CO5: Students will be able to interpret, explain, and organize historical material relating to the comparative experience of the groups and societies that formed the United States.
CO8: Students will be able to analyze primary historical sources, thus, demonstrating critical reading skills.

Lino (2016) argued “teachers need to know the developmental characteristics of children in order to select appropriate materials. . . to address children’s needs, interests and rights, and create provocative learning environments that challenge the children and promote their learning and development” (p. 9). Furthermore, the author emphasizes the importance of understanding the interrelatedness of domains of development. This final presentation provides you the opportunity to reflect on your learning throughout this course, demonstrate your mastery of professional standards, analyze how domains of development are interrelated, and discuss how this knowledge will serve you in achieving your professional goals.
To prepare for this assignment,
Read The Benefits of Developing a Professional Portfolio article
Review the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) 2019 Professional Standards and Competencies for Early Childhood Educators
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Review the following webpage on How to Add Speaker Notes to Your Slides
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Download and use the Final Project Template
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To complete this assignment,
Choose assignments that you have completed in this course (THEY ARE ATTACHED) and reflect on how they are related to the NAEYC Professional Preparation Standards. You will choose five different course assignments and describe how they relate to the standards. Four standards are chosen for you, and you may choose the other one. For each standard, provide the following information:
First Standard. 1a: Understand the developmental period of early childhood from
birth through age 8 across physical, cognitive, social and emotional,
and linguistic domains, including bilingual/multilingual development.
On the Slide: Name the chosen assignment, describe how the assignment relates to the competency, and describe how the assignment demonstrates your own mastery of the competency.
In the Notes: Describe how this assignment will aid you in fostering student learning, how this assignment shows that domains of development are interrelated, and how this assignment will aid you in the future.
Second Standard. 1b: Understand and value each child as an individual with unique developmental variations, experiences, strengths, interests, abilities, challenges, approaches to learning, and with the capacity to make choices.
On the Slide: Name the chosen assignment, describe how the assignment relates to the competency, and describe how the assignment demonstrates your own mastery of the competency.
In the Notes: Describe how this assignment will aid you in fostering student learning, how this assignment shows that domains of development are interrelated, and how this assignment will aid you in the future.
Third Standard. 1c: Understand the ways that child development and the learning process occur in multiple contexts, including family, culture, language, community, and early learning setting, as well as in a larger societal context that includes structural inequities.
On the Slide: Name the chosen assignment, describe how the assignment relates to the competency, and describe how the assignment demonstrates your own mastery of the competency.
In the Notes: Describe how this assignment will aid you in fostering student learning, how this assignment shows that domains of development are interrelated, and how this assignment will aid you in the future.
Fourth Standard. 1d: Use this multidimensional knowledge—that is, knowledge about the developmental period of early childhood, about individual children, and about development and learning in cultural contexts—to make evidence- based decisions that support each child.
On the Slide: Name the chosen assignment, describe how the assignment relates to the competency, and describe how the assignment demonstrates your own mastery of the competency.
In the Notes: Describe how this assignment will aid you in fostering student learning, how this assignment shows that domains of development are interrelated, and how this assignment will aid you in the future.
Fifth Standard. NAEYC Professional Preparation Standard
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of your choice
On the Slide: Name the chosen assignment, describe how the assignment relates to the competency, and describe how the assignment demonstrates your own mastery of the competency.
In the Notes: Describe how this assignment will aid you in fostering student learning, how this assignment shows that domains of development are interrelated, and how this assignment will aid you in the future.
Professional Preparation Self-Reflection Presentation
Must be least 10-12 slides in length (including graphics but not including title and references slides) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Writing Center’s How to Make a PowerPoint Presentation
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Must include a separate title slide with the following:
Title of presentation in bold font
Student’s name
Course name and number
Instructor’s name
Due date
Must use at least six scholarly sources in addition to the course text.
The Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources
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table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source for a particular assignment.
To assist you in completing the research required for this assignment, view the Quick and Easy Library Research
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tutorial, which introduces the University of Arizona Global Campus Library and the research process, and provides some library search tips.
Must display meticulous comprehension and organization of syntax and mechanics, such as spelling and grammar.
Must document any information used from sources in APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA: Citing Within Your Paper
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Must include a separate reference slide that is formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center. See the APA: Formatting Your References List
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resource in the Writing Center for specifications.

Lastly, Article I, section 10, clause 1 of the United States Constitution provides that “No State shall … pass any … impairing the Obligation of Contracts …” This is known as the contract clause, and shows just how important freedom of contract is to a fair and orderly society.
Yet, in this Unit, we’ve learned about an element of contract that impacts the ability of some people to enter contracts, the element of capacity.
Considering what you’ve learned about the element of capacity, and any research you complete to enhance your understanding of capacity, answer the following questions:
Do the limitations on contracts imposed by the element of capacity make sense from a public policy perspective? What are we trying to achieve by limiting the rights of some people to contract?
Fully describe the differing outcomes for the following three contractual scenarios:
A minor who lives with his parents leases an apartment for a year. May the minor disaffirms after three months? What are the rights of the minor tenant and the landlord at the time the minor disaffirms?
A minor who does not have an adult to provide him shelter leases an apartment for a year. May the minor disaffirms after three months? What are the rights of the minor tenant and the landlord at the time the minor disaffirms? How is the resolution to this scenario different from the result in part A?
An adult leases an apartment for a year. May the adult disaffirm after three months? If the adult moves out of the apartment after three months, what are the rights of the adult tenant and the landlord at the time of the move-out? How is the resolution to this scenario different from the result in part A and part B?
Write your answers to the above questions in a 1,000-word essay, double-spaced, and upload to Blackboard as a Word file. Cite any sources that you use in APA style. Lastly, I upload a document to help you answer some of this question.

PART ONE of THREE (Peer-Reviewed Research Paper)

Research Database: Peer-Reviewed Articles Only, such as Google Scholar

Research Question/Topic:
Are Social Movements counterintuitive in resolving social justice?

Primary aims to consider while conducting our research:

Are they creating more division?
Have they achieved anything notable?
What’s the Narrative?
What’s their Mission?
What’s their Purpose and Reason for Existence?
Identify some, if any Significant Events.
How does Society view them?
How is it shaping our society?

Primary Groups that will be researched and discussed:
-Antifa
-All Lives Matter
-Blue Lives Matter
-Black Lives Matter
-Black Panther Party
-Freedom Convoy
-Me Too

Please submit a 500-1,000 word paper that identifies the topic of your project and the primary aims of this. Your paper, in-text citations, and reference list should be in APA format. Please see the following links.
General format (font, title page etc.)
In-text citations
Reference list
In creating your topic statement, consider the following:
Briefly discuss the topic you are researching. Consider: What is your topic? What is interesting about your topic? Why are you drawn to studying your topic? Why would someone else be interested in your topic?
What do you know about this topic from courses you have taken and/or academic literature? Please list an initial literature review of several academic journals and/or books that you have looked at. These sources may change as you continue with your project but at this stage, you should have completed some reading.
How are you going to narrow your topic into a project doable in fifteen weeks? What search terms will you use? Where will you concentrate your efforts? How will your research give insight into the topic you have chosen?
State your research question.

Affirmative Action Forum
You are going to discuss affirmative action in terms of a current event. Your initial post and peer reply should each consist of approximately 150-200 words.
Part I (Original Post)
Find a current event that deals with affirmative action and discuss it here. Be sure to bring one of this week’s readings to bear on the discussion. Part II (Peer Reply)
Be sure to complete your original post by Friday, and your peer reply by Sunday.
Which TWO classmates’ posts stood out to you? Why? Be sure to engage the concept(s) and argument(s) your classmates present, rather than only agreeing or disagreeing with the substance of the post. Describe and explain your thinking!

Affirmative Action Case Analysis
Overview and If you have not done so, be sure to read the Case Analysis Structure Overview.
In this essay you have 5 tasks:
Give a clear and concise explanation of the case at hand.
Give a thorough philosophical exegesis of the relevant aspects of Pojman’s and Mosley’s theories.
Present an argument applying the philosophers’ arguments to the case at hand. This should include an argument justifying to whom each philosopher would give the job.
Present an argument explaining why one of the philosophers can be viewed as offering a more successful solution to the case at hand.
In no more than one paragraph explain who you would hire and why.
Case
Consider a new position at the very prestigious Chronus Department of the Federal Government. The Chronus Department examines how issues from the past have an impact on current affairs, and their new position aims at recruiting a new employee to be groomed to eventually because the director of the department. The ideal candidate would be someone who has a degree in some area of the humanities that deals with research, history, and culture, and who has a demonstrated ability to work well with others in a leadership capacity. This position has an incredible benefits package including, healthcare, vacations, and a pension.
The Department has narrowed its selection down to two candidates:
Molly is an African American woman from a very affluent and politically active Texas family. She attended Yale, where she earned an undergraduate degree in Anthropology with a minor in US Civics. After graduating, she volunteered for two years in the Peace Corps, and then took a year off to tour around Europe.
Cameron is a third-generation Irish American from a working-class family in Pennsylvania. After high school, he spent a year working with his father in a steel mill, but then decided he wanted to go to university. He received a scholarship to Princeton, where he graduated with a degree in US History. In his final year of school, Cameron was elected Student Body President and implemented a union for the teaching assistants.
Upload your Affirmative Action Case Analysis here.
Case Analysis Structure Overview
Explain the case at hand back in your own words.
This should be no more than one paragraph. It’s just a quick summary so I know how you’re understanding the case.
Explain the theories of the two philosophers that are assigned in that particular week.
This should be where you show that you understand the arguments of the philosophers that are covered in a particular topic. So if you’re writing on the Welfare Case Analysis, you’d explain the arguments of Walzer and Murray.
This should be completely neutral — just a succinct presentation of the arguments that isn’t influenced by or that mentions the case.
This should be at least two paragraphs, and probably more like four.
Present an argument applying the philosophers’s arguments to the case at hand.
Here you should take the work you did in task two and apply that to the story. So if you were writing on Welfare, you might say that Walzer’s theory would give the aide to person X because of reason Y and then justify that. You’d then do the same with Murray.
This should be at least two paragraphs, and could easily be four.
Present an argument explaining why one philosopher has a better solution to the case at hand.
Do to this you need to explain what you think a successful solution to the case would demonstrate and then show hoe one of the philosophers does this better than the other.
This should be two paragraphs.
Explain what you would do and why.
This should be exactly one paragraph.

Lesson 13 Discussion Board
The Billing Phase of the outpatient revenue cycle

After a patient encounter, the services are coded and a claim is submitted to the third-party provider. The claim will either be rejected or paid. Rejected claims must be corrected and resubmitted. We have discussed some of the reasons for errors in coding in a previous lesson. Once the claim is approved and paid an explanation of benefits (EOB) report is sent to the patient by the insurance carrier to inform them that a claim has been filed. The EOB shows the amounts that were billed, what will be paid by the insurance, and what may be owed by the patient. Here is a link to an infographic explanation of an EOB from the CMS (Links to an external site.) that shows the final reimbursement determination, explaining any decision, and reimbursement that may be due to the provider. Claims may be by paper or electronic means. The following list contains terms related to billing and reimbursement.
Review these short videos on Billing Terms (Links to an external site.) and the basic billing process (Links to an external site.).
Explain two of the following terms related to billing and reimbursement and provide an example for each. Remember to include it the term relates to paper or electronic billing or both. You may need to research some of the topics on the internet. Include at least one reference for your information source using APA formatting for the citation.
Clearinghouses
Claim scrubbers (claim scrubbing)
Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
CMS-1500
Advance beneficiary notice
Coordination of benefits (COB)
Lesson 14 Discussion Board
The accounting phase of the outpatient revenue cycle.
After the claim has been submitted, the claims processing activities occur and the claim is returned with a payment or a rejection. The accounting phase of the outpatient revenue cycle begins when payment is approved by the third-party payer.
Denials (denied claims)
Payment by third-party plans. Include the EOB or ERA and the allowable amount in your discussion.
The patient payment (remember to include copayment, coinsurance, and deductibles in your post)
Submitting unpaid accounts for collection
Write-off (include write-offs related to the allowable amount and for bad debt)
Closing the account
Select one of the above subprocesses of the accounting phase of the outpatient revenue cycle. Explain its purpose and the steps that an administrative assistant in a medical office would need to accomplish to complete this process, and provide an example.

Suppose a company wishes to compare the hourly output of its employees before and after vacations. Explain how you would collect data for this comparison and discuss the test that you would recommend for this scenario.

Analyzing the Form and Structure of IG Performance Audit Reports

The purpose of this assignment is to analyze how inspectors general structure their written reports in order to communicate their findings. You are analyzing and comparing the written form and structure used in two different IG performance audit reports. You are not analyzing the content.

You will compare the Yonkers IG “Report on South Broadway Bid” dated August 15, 2008, with a federal inspector general performance audit report that you choose from the OIG that you are studying for your term project. (The federal IG reports are available on your OIG’s website.) In selecting an appropriate federal OIG report to use as a comparison, make sure you are selecting a report of a performance audit, in which the OIG conducted an evaluation of a specific program. The South Broadway Bid is such a performance review. You want to compare reports that use the same accountability techniques. Hint: chose a short report, not a lengthy one.

The objective of this assignment is to understand and explain how each IG structured his or her written report, and to determine whether the structure used was effective.

In no more than 4 pages, double-spaced (you should single space bullet points and numbered lists), discuss the similarities and differences in form and structure of the two reports. Your discussion of the reports’ content should be minimal. Only identify the subject matter and findings of each report in 1 or 2 sentences. Hint: You should focus on the headings in the reports and explain what purpose each section has in the structure of the report. Note the similarities and differences in the structure of the two reports.

In your conclusion, discuss whether you believed that the IGs effectively structured their reports and whether the structure and organization helped make the report easy to read and understand. If you found one report to have a better structure and organization, explain why.

You should include a link to the federal IG report that you have chosen at the end of your paper.