Qlt4 Task 1

Given the highly competitive nature of today’s markets we as a company must provide high quality products to survive. Quality itself has become a major competitive factor and in many ways is a contributing factor in success or failure. The intent of this memo is to identify, explain and evaluate the three types of cost associated with quality.

As we continue to move toward the end our quarterly objectives. I wanted to take the time to explain some of our costs. In our particular field of designing and manufacturing products, we are always engaging in ways that we can mitigate loss and improve our processes. Performing such changes will give a stronger presence in the market by allowing us to remain competitive.

Today, as many as 3.5% of children in the United States are being diagnosed with Conduct Disorders some as early as age three (Perou, et al., 2013). Research has shown that CD is a behavior that predicts Oppositional Defiant Disorder and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder symptoms at age six (Harvey and Metcalfe, 2013).

The National Center for Learning Disabilities (2016) or NCLD was founded in 1977. Based on information provided by NCLD (2016) their mission is to improve the lives of children and adults with learning and attention issues. The National Center for Learning Disabilities (2016) advocates for equal rights and opportunities for the learning disabled community by providing programs and reporting on related issues. The NCLD (2016) website gives access and information on programs that cater to parents, young adults, professionals, and educators about learning disabilities.I appreciate The NCLD (2016) website provides for children and their parents as well as professionals. As a future educator, i welcome any additional resources I can use in the future for my own classroom or even aide another colleague. I especially appreciate the Get Ready to Read program(2016) “a free early Learning Resource” Intended for educators .However I believe, parents can use the Get Ready to Read program(2016) for their own kids who are not yet in school or as a extra teaching tool in conjunction with their children's

I will discuss with the parents that assessing the biological age and training age will reduce the risk of injury because the maturity assessment helps to determine the fitness level of their children. Also, a complete health assessment will determine their weakness and strengths, as well as contraindications to exercise. The resistance training program will be based on the children’s maturity level, training age, physical abilities and specific goals. I will gradually increase the volume, intensity and rate of progression to reduce the risk of injury and overtraining. I will incorporate low- impact exercises, as their bones, ligaments, and tendons are not fully developed. Before each training session, they will start with a warm-up and end

In the event a physician is prescribing a medication, he must prescribe in accordance with the size and weight of the patient. For example if the patient is a child the physician must facilitate the aspects of good practices as outlined in the English National Service (NSF) for Children, Young People, and Maternity Services (Caldwell, 2013).

A. Area of Need: For a number of years at Whitehorse High School (WHS), the administration has been dealing with a huge issue of chronic absenteeism among scholars. This year after collaborating with the administration we decided to tackle the problem of attendance, including having educators develop relationships with the chronically absent scholars and provide professional development on how to fill out the forms (Check & Connect) we wanted the educators to use during the six-week attendance intervention pilot. Additionally, we wanted to provide resources which would enable the educators to connect with their mentees with which they were assigned. The goal was two assign two chronically absent scholars to each mentor, then have the mentors consistently check grades, including missing assignments, while monitoring attendance, and connect with their mentees by building relationships of trust. After getting to know their mentees, we wanted the mentors to show they truly cared for each individual by providing the necessary resources to enable scholar

Primary source: I accessed Ovid from the KU Online Library to find “studies written by the researchers who conducted them” (Polit & Beck, 2012, p.95). Some of the search terms that I used were diabetes management obstacles, diabetes management guidelines, diabetes obstacles, and poor diabetes management. I found an interesting article describing a study that was done in five Texas clinics to help manage diabetes within a set population. This study used community health workers to assist patients with their diabetes management. “Interventions utilizing community health workers (CHWs) to assist with diabetes management have demonstrated improvements in patient outcomes” (Walton, Snead, Collinsworth, and Schmidt, 2012, p.161). These healthcare workers created a plan of care for diabetic patients to participate in that provided these patients with longer doctors’ visits with more teaching and patient assessment. It also included more follow up care with continued longer doctors’ visits to ensure that they were on track with managing their diabetes. This study used statistical analysis to measure patients HbA1c levels throughout the study to measure the effectiveness of the study.

1) To build therapeutic relationships with paediatric patients and their families in order to establish patient and family centered care.

Data plays an important role in this research. Collecting adequate and accurate data is paramount. Prior to data collection, requirements have to be established on what statistics are required for research. To build an accurate simulation model, each detail within the process has to be captured. Process maps have been put together to capture the patient flow and understand resource utilization as various types of patients use different resources for statistically variable amount of time.

I would advise Carolyn to study the makeup of our changing nation and evidence of this as seen in our neighborhoods. She should make an effort to learn more about the new cultural groups moving into the community and school so that she is informed and better able to serve the changing community. It’s not enough just to know which groups comprise the community, but she should learn the customs and provide communication in different languages as well. However, it’s not just Carolyn that needs to make this effort, her staff needs to do the same and purposely include all groups within the school atmosphere. The knowledge that the school leaders are willing to make an extra effort to learn about different cultural groups, new students, and their

I met with Dr. Slack Tuesday regarding the SRCL inventory that has to be kept post SRCL. Because materials were purchased with federal funds inventory must be kept up to 5 years. She did tell me that possibly a check would happen within the first 3 years after the end of the grant. At this point I think we have a couple of options and I will defer to your suggestions:

CQI is an ever changing process in where the clinical needs of patients were being identified, discussed and corrected. This is where the individualized approach is being made, by the whole team, in accordance to the accepted level of laboratory results paired with what they are lacking or excessive. Doing CQI will enable the entire team to provide the highest care the patient needs. This will reduce other complications inside the treatment area which may affect the care being provided to the other patients. CQI develops evidence-based practice guidelines to improve care of ESRD subjects. These guidelines are put into practice through professional education programs. It must be patient centered to improve quality and cost outcomes of care.

In order to evaluate the improvements from these interventions, the baseline chart review was compared to a chart review conducted 2 weeks after the project initiation. Results indicated that documentation became more detailed, objective and factual and hand-offs reports also became standard with incorporation of Kardex and reflected increased accuracy.

Kitchen Karousel: Online Business Expansion Proposal Western Governor’s University E-Business QRT2: Task 2 May 31, 2013 Megan Greene