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There are no readings for this module. It consists entirely of the final exam, which you are to submit through the Turnitin.com link. Your final must be turned in by or before 6 PM on Saturday (the usual time when discussions must be turned in.)

FINAL EXAM

Please answer each of the following three questions. If you use normal size font and page margins, each answer should be between 2-5 pages long. Don?t turn your answers in as three separate submissions ? write your answers to all three questions on one document, and submit that one document as your final.

1) If we look at the broad sweep of American labor law in history, it seems to fit into three periods. First, prior to the 1930s (i.e., prior to Norris-LaGuardia anti-injunction Act and the National Labor Relations Act or NLRA) was a period of hostility toward unions and worker organizations. Second, the period from 1935 to 1947 (NLRA prior to Taft-Hartley) was a period of encouragement of unions or worker organizations. Finally, the period from 1947 to the present (Taft-Hartley, and to some degree Landrum-Griffin) is a period that turns back toward the earliest period, with public policy (both new laws and reinterpretations of existing law) turning ever more toward curbing and weakening organized labor.

Which if any of these periods ?got it right?? Whatever answer you give, be sure to give explanations and arguments for your position, and show what is wrong with the other two periods.

2) The conduct of NLRB elections to determine whether a majority of employees prefer a union is crucial to the outcome. Some would argue that the employer should stay entirely out of the matter, or else the decision is likely to be at least somewhat (and perhaps greatly) coerced, due to the inherent nature of employer power over employees. At least since the passage of Taft-Hartley (1947) and actually before that, the courts have held the opposite view: under the ?employer free speech? view, employers are allowed to do a number of things to discourage employees from voting to create a union.

(a) Explain what types of employer conduct are allowable, and give examples

(b) Explain what types of employer conduct are not allowed, and give examples.

(c) Then argue one of 3 positions: (i) employers are given too much freedom to campaign against the union, leading to a coercive atmosphere; (ii) employers are given about the right amount of freedom; or (iii) employers are not given enough freedom. (Whatever position you choose, justify it with an argument, using illustrations as appropriate.)

3) The following is a situation similar to what often occurs in real life. Read it over carefully, and determine what legal issues arise out of it.

SITUATION:

John, Maria, Arcine, Yves, Juan, and Dominique all work at a nursing home in south Florida. They have decided to try to unionize the place with a local union. As soon as the company owning the nursing home hears of the union organizing drive, it hires a professional union-avoidance firm and begins a campaign to oppose the union.

Maria and Arcine, outspoken union supporters, are evaluated as ?unsatisfactory? in their work performance 2 weeks after the drive becomes known. Their previous evaluations have always been satisfactory or better. (Maria has worked there 2 years; Arcine for 8 months.) Because of their poor evaluations, both are reassigned to work which is isolated from the rest of the workforce; it consists primarily of cleaning toilets and washing floors.

John, another strong union supporter, and one of the few men working at the place (12 out of 125) is followed constantly by his supervisor, who criticizes his performance. The supervisor never mentions the union. Feeling a rising tension, on the eighth day of constant criticism, John tells his supervisor, ?I can?t take this anymore.? The supervisor suggests that he go home for the day. He does so, and the next day the company fires him for leaving work.

The company holds numerous ?captive audience? meetings, where the employees are treated to a barrage of anti-union speeches. They are told that unions are immoral, destroying the economy, a danger to job security because they drive companies out of business, and prone to strikes and violence. The patients are told that? the workers are ?disloyal? and are preparing to abandon them in a strike, which may turn violent. For this reason, many of the frightened older patients are pleading with the workers not to unionize, and if a worker tries to explain why they want a union (including better patient care and more staffing), they are threatened with dismissal for talking union matters on the job. One worker has been fired for this, and three others have been suspended for one week for the same reason.

Arcine, during a captive audience meeting 20 hours before the union election, tries to respond to the charge that unions are only trying to take the member?s money through dues, and is told to shut up. She objects that this is unfair; people should hear both sides of the story. She is promptly fired on the spot and escorted out of the room by a uniformed security guard in front of the other workers.

Anonymous leaflets appear in the employees? locker room asserting that the union preys upon immigrants and really only cares about native white workers. It claims that the union was sued by minority workers in another (unspecified) location at some (unspecified) point in the past, and was ultimately decertified by the unhappy employees it was supposed to represent. The leaflet ends: VOTE NO! PROTECT YOURSELF FROM THESE WHITE NORTHERN LEECHES! FOR THE SAKE OF YOUR FAMILY, VOTE NO! (Two of the three union organizers in this organizing drive are whites from the union?s national headquarters in the north; the third is a Haitian American living in the Miami area.)

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Which DSM-5 disorder matches the symptoms Abby is reporting? Which theoretical model does the homework assigned by Dr. Smith match? If Dr. Smith recommended medications only, which theoretical model would this match?

Scenario–Abby is a 20-year-old female college student. For at least the last 3 months, Abby has experienced ongoing anxiety and worry without a specific cause for these feelings. She has been restless and has noticed that her muscles feel tense and that these symptoms are beginning to affect her behavior in a way that is causing her to become distressed and that is preventing her from being able to complete her normal tasks. Abby correctly believed that it was normal to feel a little anxious sometimes; however, as the semester has progressed, she has not begun to feel significantly more comfortable.

On the recommendation of a friend, Abby visited the university’s counseling center and talked to Dr. Smith. Dr. Smith was warm and welcoming and, after discussing the limits of confidentiality with Abby and obtaining informed consent, encouraged Abby to describe her concerns. Dr. Smith listened attentively and asked Abby a few questions. They both agreed on an appointment date and time for the next week. Dr. Smith gave Abby a homework assignment to keep a written log of the negative thoughts or assumptions she has during the week and the circumstances under which those thoughts occurred. Abby was asked to bring the log with her to her next appointment.

Answer the following questions based on the scenario above. Answers should be short and concise.

Which DSM-5 disorder matches the symptoms Abby is reporting?

Which theoretical model does the homework assigned by Dr. Smith match?

If Dr. Smith recommended medications only, which theoretical model would this match?

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Evaluate the financial statements and the financial position of health care institutions.
Students, please view the “Submit a Clickable Rubric Assignment” in the Student Center.

Instructors, training on how to grade is within the Instructor Center.

Assignment 1: Financial Statement Analysis

Due Week 4 and worth 200 points

Select one (1) of the following publically traded health care organizations: Universal Health Services (NYSE: UHS) or Health Management Associates (NYSE: HMA).

Suppose you are a newly appointed CFO of your chosen health care organization. One of your first tasks is to conduct an internal financial analysis of the organization. Conduct a brief financial analysis and review of the chosen company’s financial statements for at least three (3) consecutive years. After conducting the analysis, interpret the data contained within the statements.

Write a three to four (3-4) page paper in which you:

Based on your review of the financial statements, suggest a key insight about the financial health of the company. Speculate on the likely reaction to the financial statements from various stakeholder groups (employee, investors, shareholders). Provide support for your rationale.
Identify the current industry trend that has the most significant impact on your chosen organization’s financial performance. Indicate the trend’s impact on the financial performance of the organization. As the CFO, suggest at least one (1) way that you might minimize the impact of the trend on the organization.
As the CFO, suggest one (1) key strategy that you might use in order to improve the financial performance of the organization. Recommend an approach to implement the suggested strategy. Provide support for your recommendation.
Use at least four (4) quality academic resources. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

Evaluate the financial statements and the financial position of health care institutions.
Analyze the role of important financial reporting statements – income statement, balance sheet, and statement of cash flows – and explain how they relate to one another and to the underlying sources of data.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in health financial management.
Write clearly and concisely about health financial management using proper writing mechanics

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Develop a nursing care plan with rationale and related interventions that could be implemented for Kevin .

This is the description below and i will upload the case study for the scinario and the health assessment that you need to follow and write in.

Assessment Task Three (Part B) – Health Assessment Workbook
Assessment Task 3 (Part B): Health Assessment and Nursing Care Plan on Case Study
Purpose: This assessment task also aims to extend knowledge and skills learnt in recognition of prior learning and to demonstrate skills required to produce a comprehensive nursing health assessment by the clinical decision making process.
Description:
• Students are required to discuss in 500 words the physical and mental health components for the assessment case study.
• This needs to be written according to academic standards and conventions.
• Students will be required to identify 4 major issues of the case study and write a summary of your overall assessment of this person.
• Ensure that ‘objective’ language is used. This would be similar to what is written in nursing notes as an admission history.
• Using the Nursing diagnosis section of the Adult health assessment booklet, identify and list as many nursing diagnosis as may relate to the Case study and provide the evidence from assessment that supports this.
• Now prioritise the 3 most important nursing problems (diagnoses) to formulate a nursing care plan. As the overall goal is discharge planning, consider this in formulating the nursing care plan and related interventions.
• Develop a nursing care plan with rationale and related interventions that could be implemented for Kevin (Case Study).
• Be sure to identify ways that you could measure success in relation to each of these Interventions – complete the evaluation sections of the care plan.

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Conduct a psychological evaluation of a client referred to you for a second opinion using valid psychological tests and assessment procedures.

Prior to beginning work on this discussion, read the assigned chapters from the text. It is highly recommended that you review each of the brief Blumenfeld (2012) video clips demonstrating the administration of a mental status examination. These are listed in the recommended resources and may require that you download Quicktime in order to view them. Although not required, these videos show the administration of a mental status exam and may prove helpful in this discussion.

Access the Barnhill (2014) DSM-5 Clinical Cases e-book in the DSM-5 library, and select one of the case studies. The case study you select must be one in which the client could be assessed using one or more of the assessment instruments discussed in this week’s reading.

For this discussion, you will take on the role of a psychology intern at a mental health facility working under the supervision of a licensed psychologist. In this role, you will conduct a psychological evaluation of a client referred to you for a second opinion using valid psychological tests and assessment procedures. The case study you select from the textbook will serve as the information provided to you from the professional who previously evaluated the client (e.g., the psychologist or psychiatrist).

In your initial post, begin with a paragraph briefly summarizing the main information about the case you selected. Evaluate and describe the ethical and professional interpretation of any assessment information presented in the case study. Devise an assessment battery for a psychological evaluation that minimally includes a clinical interview, mental status exam, intellectual assessment, observations of the client, and at least two assessment instruments specific to the diagnostic impressions (e.g., attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, autism spectrum disorder, etc.). The assessment battery must include at least one approach to assessing your client which is different from the assessments previously administered. The assessment plan must be presented as a list of recommended psychological tests and assessment procedures with a brief sentence explaining the purpose of each test or procedure. Following the list of tests and assessment procedures you recommend for your client, compare the assessment instruments that fall within the same categories (e.g., intellectual or achievement), and debate the pros of cons of the instruments and procedures you selected versus the instruments and procedures reported by the referring professional.

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