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Prior to engaging in this discussion, review Chapters 7 and 8 in your text, read “Recovering Health Through Cultural Traditions” by Krohn (2013), and review the Instructor Guidance.Refer to the information in the . For this discussion, address the scenario below based on your assigned family member who is currently experiencing issues with substance misuse and complete the discussion according to the instructions. Lucy Miller is a 20 year old woman who has recently been diagnosed with bipolar disorder. As a coping mechanism for her wild mood changes, Lucy began experimenting with illegal drugs while still in high school and has now become addicted to them. Lucy’s younger brother, Josh, was recently discovered using marijuana.  His response to his parents when confronted was, “It’s just an herb!  Grandma Ella says as long as it is natural, it is good.”  In truth, Grandma Ella has not said anything about marijuana and does not know that Josh has been using it. Sam Miller, Lucy and Josh’s uncle, is 50 years old and divorced.  He works as a foreman on the Maldonado produce farm.  He is an alcoholic and has been diagnosed with severe substance use disorder due to his alcohol addiction.  His alcohol use is affecting his position as the foreman.   Over the past few months, he has experienced emotional outbursts, missed work, and started arguments with the workers, third-party wholesalers, and Al Goldberg (Olson family).  Sam has been upset that his parents sold the family farm to the Maldonado family instead of passing it down to him.For your assigned family member, analyze the biology of substance misuse and describe its potential for dependence in certain families and the outcomes of various behaviors.  Is it likely that Lucy, Josh, or Sam had a genetic predisposition to alcohol or substance addition? How does lifespan development make a difference in propensity to misuse substances?  How does the stage of life at which the misuse begins affect the user’s behaviors?250 words

How would applying the core values and concepts of the Baldrige Health Care Criteria for Performance Excellence improve healthcare quality? (See Critical Concept 2.1.) Need at least 150 words. Introduction to Healthcare Quality Management (2nd ed.), Ch. 2

Answer 2 out of 3 questions. 200 words each for each question response. NO PLAGRISIM use APA formatting for citations. All I need is the question and the answer I do not need a cover page or any of that. Thanks!  1.Upgrading from Server 2008 to Server 2012 a.What upgrade options exist for moving from Server 2008 (R2) to Server 2012?  What limitations or caveats should be considered when upgrading? Would you typically recommend a clean install or an in-place upgrade when attempting to move a service from Server 2008 to 2012, and why? 2.Server Corea.Describe a scenario in which you\’d use Server Core, including a description of the services that you might install on the server, and the advantages and disadvantages of using Server Core. 3.Hyper-V Deploymenta.Consider a data center heavily built on Hyper-V (or VMware) and the ability to clone virtual machines from template VMs or from other existing VMs.  For a highly virtualized data center, how does this change the deployment options available from traditional data centers?  Is there any benefit or need in using some of the traditional deployment options (e.g., disk imaging using software like Ghost, deploying operating systems using Windows Deployment Services and the Windows Automated Installation Kit or Microsoft Deployment Toolkit)?  

   You work at a small community-based hospital as a manager in the quality assurance department. One function of your job is to analyze internal data such as medical records, patient surveys, and incident reports to track trends and help improve patient care delivery. Your supervisor just came back from a seminar on quality benchmarking and has asked about your thoughts on analyzing secondary data from the health care industry as a way to benchmark and measure the organization\’s quality performance against its peers. You have been asked to prepare a report on the use of both secondary data and internal data as way to improve quality in your organization. Complete the following:

A strategic component and responsibility of the human resources department is the management of the people of the organization, which is frequently called . As the new HR manager, you have conducted an analysis of your organization and found that performance management processes are highly inconsistent among departments. There are no ties to organizational goals, and departments are free to determine the review criteria for their employees. Some departments have a process of a formal annual appraisal while other departments do not provide employees with any documented feedback on their performance. In performance improvement, some departments have a process of documenting employee performance issues; others seem to follow a process of no documented warnings before recommending termination. With your experience, you recognize the benefits of establishing a comprehensive performance management process that ties individual, group, and department performance, and rewards to organizational goals and success.Using the Internet and the library, research information on performance management and then develop a detailed plan to present to your chief executive officer (CEO). In this process, you will focus on three key areas of performance management: performance appraisals, tying performance goals with strategic organizational goals, and the disciplinary action/performance coaching process. At minimum, your plan should address the following:Note: You are required to use a minimum of 2 scholarly references in your research. Ensure that citations and references are formatted in compliance with APA style. 

Sears Holdings Company has had continuous earnings decline since its creation in 2005 from a merger of Sears and Kmart.Do an internal and external analysis of the company and address the following within your discussion board post;Some articles to consider: (ATTACHED) () 

Forum #1 Why is it important to critically analyze sources? Why are scholarly sources more appropriate for academic research? Forum #2 

Strategy formulation requires an objective analysis of the factors that characterize the company\’s strategic situation. There are a number of techniques that can be used to create a quick strategic overview of the company. SWOT analysis is an example of such a technique. SWOT analysis is based on the assumption that an effective strategy derives from a soundit\” between the company\’s internal resources (Strengths and Weaknesses) and its external situation (Opportunities and Threats). A good fit maximizes the company\’s strengths and opportunities and minimizes its weaknesses and threats.For example:With the information above and other research, conduct a SWOT analysis on the company you selected. The format presented above should be used for your analysis.Then provide a 1-2 page narrative describing the analysis you conducted.