Essays on Altman

AIDS epidemic has been a public health concern over the last 50 years. The Aids cases have been rising since 1982 when it was termed as an epidemic due to increased number of cases. Initially, AIDS was thought to be rare cancer that presented among the homosexuals in 1981 (Altman, 1981). People found with the disease presented low immunity with high susceptibility to other infections mainly pneumonia. Also, the AIDS was common in gay men who practiced sexual intercourse with multiple partners. The disease also spread among the drug users especially those using intravenous drugs. After that, the cases ...

INTRODUCTION

Throughout human history there has always been crime, from the most petty of crimes to the most heinous of criminal injury, abuses and murder. The most gruesome of crimes are those involving murder, whether premeditated or “heat of the moment,” which carry heavy criminal consequences. These cases are tragic, but no murders are more disturbing and shocking than those committed by serial murderers. These are killers who torture, dismember and murder victims in very specific and very ugly ways that are an extension of the killer’s needs. There have been many serial killers who have become famous for ...

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Introduction

Pain is an unpleasant sensory and an emotional experience which is associated with the potential damage of tissues (Gregory & Haigh, 2008). There are various factors that contribute to the pain psychology such as psychological and environmental. Acute pain is associated with the actual tissue damage which is associated with the surgical incidence and tissue damage. When the pain is experienced for a longer period due to unknown reasons or any underlying problem, it’s called chronic pain which illustrates the pain of Mr. John Smith due to ...

There are several movements in healthcare reform in the USA that promote the transition from disease-oriented healthcare to a culture of wellness: the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), the Culture of Health initiative of the Robert Wood Foundation, and the increased focus on person-centered and fundamental care. These three movements respectively drive healthcare reform on the political, community, and nursing practice levels. The ACA extended health insurance and thus improved access to healthcare for at least an additional 50 million Americans who were previously uninsured (Nardin, Zallman, Sayah, & McCormick, 2016). Sections 4103 and 4104 of the act ...

The Implementation of the IOM Plan in the Field of Nursing

The field of Nursing reveals a summative view of future of development with the documentation of this report. In 2010, the Institute of Medicine authored the comprehensive and innovative report entitled The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health (Altman, et al., 2015). This report is a response in some respect to changes in nursing which also came with the Affordable Care Act, and concerns for the protection of patients (Altman, et al., 2015). The report includes ten recommendations that effect the nursing industry, diversity in nursing, cultural awareness, and many other factors (Altman, et al., 2015). This report ...

Data mining involves the analysis of huge data sets to study and use the resultant trends in the prediction of future occurrences. This paper reviews and compares three youtube videos on data mining in healthcare. In the first video, the reviewer, Joshua White (2013), sees data mining as a great potential in transforming service delivery within the health industry. The video shows the technique as an organization’s answer to using data and analytics in the identification of inefficiencies as well as appropriate practices in health care. The desirable outcome for this case is often attaining improved care and ...

Literature Review

Literature review Theoretical Concepts of the Topic Definition of millennial Before digging into the details of the topic, first, it is essential to understand the idea of a millennial. According to the definition of Smola and Sutton (2002), people who born between 1979 and 1994 are considered as millennial generation. These are the people that are self absorbed and overly self-confident; hence, they are considered as “look at me generation”. Millennial are continued to enter at the workplace in a larger amount (Smola and Sutton, 2002). The generation has an immense ability to develop organizational performance and to build ...

Without a doubt, American political culture, values and exceptionalism has hurt the quality of care that is available to most Americans. While such a statement might not seem intuitive when one considered the more popular known principles of American political culture such as the rule of law, and equality; it does make more sense when one considers the political values that are most involved in the healthcare system and its administration. Those values include federalism, liberty, capitalism, and democracy. Federalism refer to the constitutional principle that the federal government is a government of limited power; and those powers it ...

Foundation Course-

Evaluation Of The Strengths And Weaknesses Of The Current Theories In Explaining Revenge Pornography And The Implications That These Have For Policy And Practice In The UK In the recent past, there have been numerous cases of revenge pornography. Revenge pornography arises when an individual takes photographs of someone else without consent or knowledge. Then distribute the information either through the social media or any media channel (Cowen p.511, 2015).Revenge pornography takes many forms; for instance, through hidden recordings of sexual activity, taking photos of one when he/she is naked, recording of sexual assaults within the environment of ...

Introduction

Many nurses take pride in the practice of their nursing career. They are committed to advocate for the safety and quality patient care and they are supporting any reform of health delivery system that can go an extra mile to promote the nursing practice. The Nurses Day celebrations are received by a large population in a well orchestrated, thus, showing that nurses are the largest trusted workforce in the United States of America. The report released by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) in the year 2010 in their article entitle ‘The Future of Nursing: the Leading Change, Advancing Health’, ...

Credit Risk Management Analysis

Credit risk emanates from the peril of loss of principal or shortfall of a financial reward stemming from a borrower default to repay a loan obligation. The failures to honor a contractual agreement of a loan results of a wholesale credit risk. When a borrower envisages to use future cash flow to pay a current debt credit risk will eventually arise. Then the savers will assume credit risk by way of interest payment from the borrower or issuer of the debt obligation. The wholesale credit risk, therefore, emanates from the defaulters of debt obligation that have been acquired from ...

Question 1: What is Cineplex’s Altman Z-Score for 2013 and 2014?

Z = 1.2X1 + 1.4X2 + 3.3X3 + 0.6X4 + 1.0X5

Where:

X1 = Net Working Capital/Total Assets (it measures liquidity) X2 = Retained Earnings/Total Assets (it measures the cumulative profitability) X3 = Earnings before Interest and Tax/Total Assets (it measures the return on assets) X4 = Equity Market Value/Book Value of Liabilities (it measures the market leverage) X5 = Total Revenue/Assets (It measures the revenue generating potential of total assets) X1 = Net Working Capital/Total Assets = -184,021/1,609,416 = -0.11 X2 = Retained Earnings/Total Assets = -123,771 / 1,609,416 = -0.08 X3 = Earnings before Interest and Tax/Total Assets = (97,415 + 21,948) / 1,609,416 = 0.07 X4 = Equity ...

Analysis

The plan of ABC Company to build an adult entertainment retail store in the newly acquired land raises an ethical issue. The ethical issue arises from the fact that Owen is Luke’s brother who works for the company and has been assigned to develop the land for the construction of the entertainment facility. The construction of the facility would reduce the market price of the estate. Owen intends to sell the land and, therefore, Luke is concerned that the land belonging to his brother will deteriorate in price. Luke considers telling his brother Owen about the construction to ...