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How does the organization deal with the differentiation-integration issue?

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4 pages long (not including title and references pages). This organization is a medical center with a orthopedic department. 3-4 references required Case Questions:

  1. Diagram the formal structure of your organization.  Identify the various management positions or titles on the chart and indicate the positions/jobs that would report to each.  Identify the various management positions or titles on the chart and indicate the positions/jobs that would report to each.  SmartDraw.com (https://cloud.smartdraw.com/) provides free examples, though others are also available via Google.  PowerPoint also has templates for organizational charts you can use.
  2. Describe how work is divided (specialization and departmentalization), coordinated (chain of command and span of control), and controlled (centralization and formalization).  Is the structure more mechanistic or organic?
  3. Describe the informal structure of the organization.  How does work actually get done?
  4. How does the organization deal with the differentiation-integration issue?
  5. Having completed this analysis, identify three strengths and three weaknesses of the organizational design.
  6. If you could suggest one major improvement to the organizational design, what would it be?
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What is the pathogenesis of diarrhea?

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You are an RN working in an Urgent Care. Below is just a brief history  of a client with information limited on purpose to encourage you to  utilize your critical thinking skills. Subjective information: Miranda is a 26-year-old female who  presents to the office with the complaint of diarrhea for 6 days. She  states she has lost 8 pounds in one week. She is not currently taking  any medications. She has tried over-the-counter remedies for the  treatment of her diarrhea with minimal improvement. She is generally  healthy with only a sinus and bladder infection on occasion. Objective information: She does not have a temperature, BP  is 102/60, Pulse is 98, and her bowel sounds are present in all   quadrants and are hyperactive. Her abdomen is soft and mildly tender.   In a 2-3 page paper, answer the following questions. Include, at  minimum, two peer reviewed sources (in-text citation), and provide a  Reference page (not included in the page count) using APA Editorial  format.
  1. What is the pathogenesis of diarrhea?
  2. Describe the different mechanisms of diarrhea (osmotic, secretory and motility).
  3. With the limited information provided, what  additional  information would you like to obtain from her history and physical  to  help direct your care plan? Describe why obtaining this information  would be helpful in leading you to a nursing diagnosis.
  4. What infectious or inflammatory conditions could she be suffering from?
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