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Evaluate strategies for applying your strengths in the health care workplace. Identify at least two that you can use to add value to a team or workgroup to improve quality and safety.

It is relatively easy to describe our acquired expertise, but most of us struggle when asked to describe our natural talents. —Rath, 2007, p. 21 Recognizing innate talents is critical not only for leveraging one’s own strengths, but for fostering a workplace environment in which everyone’s contributions are respected and maximized. This is valuable because […]

What are the caveats listed for the ICD-11 beta draft? What is the date ICD-11 will be presented to the World Health Assembly?

Visit the ICD-11 website (http://www.who.int/classifications/icd/revision/en/ (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.) and locate the information on Topic Advisory Groups. What is the role of the clinical topic advisory groups? Which diseases or domain areas are represented? What is the relationship of the Topic Advisory groups to the Revision Steering Group? Visit the […]

Describe the criteria to be met before screening for this disease. Describe how the effectiveness of the screening program will be evaluated.

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) collects and disseminates information about outbreaks of disease. H1N1, SARS, and West Nile virus are just a few of the disease outbreaks that the CDC has reported. You have been called upon to lead one of the investigations. Select a disease outbreak for which you will lead an investigation. […]