1. We as Christians are expected to live our lives to the fullest with love in our hearts, wisdom, knowledge, and understanding. A Christian’s individual faith and religious practice will be influenced by the tradition of the church to which they belong as well as their own personal relationship with God. In having a close relationship to God, a Christian should want to see the world heaven like, and influence people near and far to be like the Almighty God. The sole purpose of a Christian is to fulfill the wishes of God, there is no other reason to be on this planet if one has not chosen the path of God himself. Planning influences is a very important step in the decision-making process. Planning is the process of the thought process of thinking of doing. On the other hand, the decision-making process is the step of actually selecting a course of action. Apart from this, one should also have the knowledge of how to organize, plan, monitor and control the individual effects with the business efforts. This should be done to utilize each chance to serve God. With this in thought, better plans can be seen as the part of stewardship as Disciples of Christ. Biblical principles of planning influences will be a strong force in healthcare, because of the influence to be more God-like and to push for an honest approach for a more reasonable, solid healthcare. For “Christian healthcare to be termed as truly Christian, all the activities should be focused on Jesus Christ. Have faith in the Bible and all the nematic Christian faiths and principles must be followed.

2. Planning is essential when making decisions within the health care industry. As a Christian health care administrator, you are responsible for making decisions that would benefit how health services and treatment are provided to patients. Setting aside time to plan how to handle or complete a task will enable administrators to determine the best solution for the different circumstances they will encounter. When a Christian health care administrator takes the initiative to plan how to complete a task before beginning, they set the foundation required to accomplish more during a specific period. Creating a plan or setting goals before making decisions will allow Christian health care administrators to stay organized, focused, and on track throughout their day. When an administrator efficiently prioritizes tasks and meet deadlines promptly, they create the opportunity to make improvements in numerous areas of the health care system that would assist them in providing the best care to their patients.

Cost, access, and quality are three major cornerstones of health care delivery (Shi, 2015). Proper planning will assist Christian health care administrators in improving these areas. By planning before making a decision, Christian health care administrators can utilize funds available without being wasteful, maximize productivity when administering health care services, and provide efficient and effective care to more patients. Planning will also help administrators determine what is or is not working when working towards specific goals or deadlines. This will allow administrators to make necessary changes needed to complete their responsibilities correctly.

Christian health care administrators must fully understand the Biblical principles of planning and use the concept to manage their time adequately. Without establishing a plan, the chance of encountering errors, experiencing delays, and wasting valuable time dramatically increases. Proverbs 16:9 New International Version states, “In their hearts, humans plan their course, but the LORD establishes their steps.” By utilizing the biblical principles of planning, properly managing time, and most importantly trusting God in the process, Christian health care administrators can make decisions that would be beneficial to patients and the overall health care system. Not only will planning assist in making productive decisions, but it will also improve the cost, access, and quality of services within various health care settings.

3. Actively being a part of the scene of a healthcare organization I have constructed a few ideas for cost containment. So first my idea is to make patients know about the different benefits that are available. I believe it is like the bible if one cannot read then how can they understand what is written in it? Utilizing my Christian powers by making patients knowledgeable of the healthcare benefits such as telehealth then money can be saved on both ends of the healthcare visit. After thinking about great ideas that could help the healthcare delivery system another idea for cost containment is utilization. Many patients do not take advantage of the many benefits that are out there to help with their health insurance policy. Patients are stuck in complacency if they do not know about the benefits to take advantage of on the health plans and are most likely redundant. Another cost containment is Telemedicine. As a Christian health administrator, I get to see first-hand patients not taking advantage of this feature. Telemedicine is a true winner for patients by offering employees a lower-cost, virtual visit with a doctor, telemedicine helps employees get diagnosed and treated without their having to step out the door (Guttman, 2019). Telemedicine offers quick care and convenient care that does not clog up an emergency room. Telemedicine allows employees to avoid more expensive healthcare options, such as primary care, urgent care, and emergency rooms. But beware telemedicine that is not being utilized, does not have real value. One of the best opportunities for cost containment is through provider payment reform (Ginsburg, 2013). Analyzing this from a Christian administration perspective, this moves away from fee for service payment toward models that engage and reward providers and patients for reducing costs and increasing quality.

4. As a Christian health administrator, it is essential to use your position to enforce cost containment within the United States health care delivery system. By utilizing cost containment, Christian health care administrators create the opportunity to cater to the health care needs of numerous communities and populations. In this unit, we learned about two types of cost containment, regulatory approaches, and competitive approaches. Regulatory approaches to cost containment, in the United States and elsewhere, typically control health care supply, prices, and utilization (Shi, 2015). Health planning, which I found most interesting, refers to a government undertaking to align and distribute health care resources so that, at least in the eyes of the government, the system will achieve desired health outcomes for all people. Health planning establishes the opportunity for communities and populations to access health care based on their specific needs and improve the overall health of their environment.

I believe the most useful concept of competitive approaches is utilization control. Utilization control has cut through the unnecessary and inappropriate services provided to numerous consumers. By practicing utilization control, the unnecessary cost for medical services will significantly decrease. As a Christian health care administrator, you can accomplish this concept by providing patients only with the necessities needed to improve their health status. Most physicians tend to perform unnecessary health services, resulting in the wasteful use of funds available to them. Cost containment will enable Christian health care administrators to maximize funds provided to them while providing patients with the appropriate health care services.

As a Christian health care administrator, an idea to utilize cost containment is to continue to expand your understanding of the health care industry. For example, using your knowledge of different health care delivery settings can assist in improving how services are administered to patients. It is crucial administrators recognize the needs of their patients and address them accordingly. Being able to acknowledge the specific service a patient needs or facility they should be treated at will eliminate unnecessary usage of additional health care services. Christian health care administrator should use their position to improve the health of patients they encounter, as well as the overall functioning of the health care delivery system.

Quiz 2 Study Guide

Chapters 5-8

• What does informed consent imply?
• What is included in the written consent form for therapy?
• What are some examples of malpractice claims?
• What are the advantages and disadvantages of counseling via the internet?
• How does counselor competence or incompetence pose a risk for malpractice law suits?
• When reviewing the disclosure documents with clients, what should the counselor consider and keep in mind?
• What does the ACA (2015) Codes of Ethics state about bartering?
• What is client privacy referring to? What are some things that put the client’s privacy at risk?
• What is the legal term that the counselor can use to protect himself from forced disclosure if the therapist was subpoenaed to testify in court against his client?
• If a client threatens suicide or homicide what is the first step that the counselors should take?
• Understand the rulings from the following cases
  • Bradley Center V. Wessner
  • Jablonski v. U.S
  • Jaffee V. Redmond
  • Hedlund V. Superior Court
  • Tarsoff Decision
• What is HIPAA (1996)
• What are dual relationships (think of examples) and potential ethical risks and how can counselors avoid these in their communities?
• What should a counselor do if they are considering developing a multiple or dual relationship with the client?
• Counselors educators and trainers are expected to present varied theoretical positions to their students, what else could they do to help prepare students to serve their diverse clientele?
• Ethical guidelines regarding confidentiality
• What should a counselor do in the event that they are sued?

MEDIA ANALYSIS: Your assignment is to maintain a folder or notebook in which you will include newspaper or magazine articles related to criminal justice in the U.S. Students completing this assignment should:

There are four assigned media analysis assignments. You may use newspapers or magazines, on-line or print as your source. Locate an article or editorial about some current topic or event or issue involving criminal justice. Try and apply information you’ve learned in the class room and/or in the text book. This is an analysis of the article and not just a summary. So while you might want summarize what was in the article, you still need to give your opinion on what was written. Was the article on point and correct? Was the opinion of the author the same your opinion? Was something left out that should have been included?

I would suggest that your assignment should be about 2-3 pages in length. Number your pages. Give it a title. Double space and indent your paragraphs. At the end, include the full APA style reference. Include the article with the assignment. It can be clipped from a newspaper or magazine, copies and pasted on a sheet of paper, downloaded, or some other means but include it for sure.

Textbook Title: Essentials of Criminal Justice (2019)

This is an optional assignment where you can work on the week 7 assignment that is due and I can provide feedback to you prior to its submission. You can work on parts of it or submit the entire paper for feedback. The directions are given below.

Outbreak Investigation

On February 7, 2018, a nurse employed at the Flinn Corporation noticed an increase in the number of employees who were sick. She was concerned that there may be a Salmonella outbreak at the company. She has interviewed each of the employees at the corporation. She has taken samples and sent them out for testing but has not received the results. She asks you, the local epidemiologist, to investigate to see if an outbreak exists and if so what the source of the outbreak is. You follow the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s steps in outbreak investigation (https://www.cdc.gov/ophss/csels/dsepd/ss1978/lesson6/section2.html#step1) and report your findings to her. Please note that we will not address all outbreak investigation steps in this assignment.

Use the attached Excel worksheet to produce graphs and statistics to answer the questions below. Submit your report as a Word doc (or PDF) and include figures and tables you generate. The report should be easy to follow and interpret and should be in proper APA formatting.

1. Look at the Excel Spreadsheet attached. There are 3 worksheets (see tabs on bottom of page – “Nurse’s Interview”, “Epi Curve”, “Retrospective Cohort Study”). The first sheet “Nurse’s Interview” has a line list of employees who work at Flinn Corporation. This sheet represents the data the nurse has collected from those employees in an interview. Do you think that an outbreak exists? Why would you recommend to further investigate? Discuss your reasoning. (Step 2: Establish outbreak)

2. Research salmonellosis using academic sources. Are the symptoms that the ill employees exhibit consistent with salmonellosis? Provide a brief summary (1-2 paragraphs) of the disease and discuss the chain of infection for this disease. Use in-text citations in proper APA format and include all sources in your reference section. (Step 3: Verify diagnosis)

3. Identify the percentage of ill employees with each symptom. For example, 1 out of 12 ill employees had blood in stool (Bs) = 8.3%. (Step 4: Working case definition)

4. Conduct descriptive epidemiology (Step 6). Describe the characteristics of the ill employees to determine trends and risk factors.

a. Person – Calculate the percentage of ill employees that are male/female. Determine the mean age of the ill employees.

b. Place – What percentage of ill employees ate at the cafeteria? What percentage of well employees ate at the cafeteria?

c. Time – Using the data collected in the Nurse’s Interview, fill in the column “# of cases” in the “Epi Curve” worksheet. Use 0 if there are no cases. As you fill in the data, the graph will automatically generate. Choose an appropriate title for the graph. Copy and paste graph into your report. What type of epidemic curve is it ? (Hint: read https://www.cdc.gov/ophss/csels/dsepd/ss1978/lesson6/section2.html#step6)

5. Based on the information you have gathered, you have developed an hypothesis that there is a food being served at the cafeteria that is causing the employees to become ill. You need to further test this hypothesis by conducting a retrospective cohort study (Step 8). Use the worksheet “Retrospective Cohort Study” to calculate attack rates and risk ratios. The first food item Baked Chicken is done for you. You can also consult https://www.cdc.gov/ophss/csels/dsepd/ss1978/lesso… for help. Report the Risk ratio for each food item. Based on risk ratios, which is food is most likely to be the source of the illness? Explain.

6. Based on your findings, what would you recommend for prevention and control measures? Apply food safety principles from academic sources to discuss further prevention of Salmonella outbreaks in the cafeteria. (Step 11) Use in-text citations and include sources in reference section.

7. Include a properly formatted reference section in APA format that includes at least 3 academic sources (popular sources should not be used).

Administrative Requirements

1. The paper must be a minimum double spaced. *Note: It is a rare instance that an extended quote is appropriate and most of the time they are considered non-academic.

2. The format of the paper and references must follow the American Psychological Association (APA) guidelines for reference and bibliographic citation. If necessary, refer to Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ED). 2009 Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association. (must reference the movie)

3. Use Times New Roman Font in a 12-point font.

4. Use 1 inch for the top, bottom, left and right margins.

5. Use proper APA format as given to you in the attached example.

Submission: You must submit your completed paper through this assignment link as it will be subjected to TurnItIn. Save your file in the following format before you submit: Last Name, First draft.

*PLAGIARISM: Your paper will go through TurnItIn, a plagiarism software. If you receive a high score in TurnItIn, it is likely that you have committed plagiarism whether intentional or not. Review this website to insure you do not commit plagiarism: http://www.plagiarism.org/. If you receive a TurnItIn score that is high, I suggest that you revise and resubmit before the due date.

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Assignment Instructions:

Please review the Grading Rubric prior to submission. Assignments are due in the Assignment portion of the classroom no later than Sunday of week 5 at 11:55 p.m. EST each week. Make sure you read and understand the directions and requirements for each Assignment. Assignment will be graded based on the following areas: Foundation of knowledge, application of knowledge, formatting, and overall impression. Refer to Library Online Resource Center for any research assistance. Refer to the Student Handbook for policies relevant to academic honesty and other procedures and policies related to this course.

Draft is due May 10th, I need someone that will also be able to take the feedback the teacher gives back after that to add any corrections they suggest. I do not want to go to more than one person.