Interactive Guided Practice Change – More Pain than Gain

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One thing we can count on is that change is unavoidable. Have you learned strategies for managing change and reducing resistance? Lets see how you perform in this units guided practice Change – More Pain than Gain (Links to an external site.).  Click this link and select this video from the library.  Follow the onscreen instructions to work your way through this scenario. In your report, compare your responses to those of the manager. Explain any differences. Grade Carlos on his management skills, techniques, and overall performance. Would he pass or fail? Describe how you would handle this situation differently or better than Carlos.

Alterations in Cellular Processes

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Scenario 1: A 16-year-old boy comes to the clinic with a chief complaint of a sore throat for 3 days. Denies fever or chills. PMH negative for recurrent colds, influenza, ear infections, or pneumonia. NKDA or food allergies. Physical exam reveals temp of 99.6 F, pulse 78 and regular with respirations of 18. HEENT normal with exception of reddened posterior pharynx with white exudate on tonsils that are enlarged to 3+. Positive anterior and posterior cervical adenopathy. The rapid strep test performed in the office was positive. His HCP wrote a prescription for amoxicillin 500 mg po q 12 hours x 10 days disp #20. He took the first capsule when he got home and immediately complained of swelling of his tongue and lips, difficulty breathing with audible wheezing. 911 was called and he was taken to the hospital, where he received emergency treatment for his allergic reaction.

Post an explanation of the disease highlighted in the scenario you were provided. Include the following in your explanation:

The role genetics plays in the disease.
Why the patient is presenting with the specific symptoms described.
The physiologic response to the stimulus presented in the scenario and why you think this response occurred.
The cells that are involved in this process.
How another characteristic (e.g., gender, genetics) would change your response.
Address the content at a cellular level

Feel free to use the resource below if helpful. Please use at least 3 current and credible sources.

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance and quality writing

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Please read Part II in Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.

Go back and read what you have written for Assignment 6 & Assignment 7.

Answer this question in 600 words or less:

How has your sense & understanding of “quality” evolved? Cite Part II of our book (multiple times). Use MLA format.

The idea for Assignment 21 is to re-read what you’ve written about quality after you’ve read _Zen_. Tell me if your ideas regarding “quality” have changed or “evolved.” Be clear. Be specific. Organize your thoughts and write well.

Form. Style. Content.

Hotel operations

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Utilizing industry resources, your textbook and the online library, please discuss the different operational departments within a typical lodging organization.  Discuss the different career opportunities available in this industry and describe the roles each department manager plays in relation to the other departments.  How does each department affect every other department, both positively and negatively?

Use real world examples to back up your statements and opinions.