regulatory affairs

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Description: Develop an informed consent form for a clinical trial. A synopsis of the protocol shown on the following link:
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02404311?term=HIV&rank=15
Follow this link and develop an informed consent form for the study listed above. I am looking for the required informed consent elements

Critical Thinking Questions

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Please answer the following Critical Review Questions from Chapter Nine.

Chapter Nine –

A strong emotional attachment and loyalty to a charismatic leader can have both beneficial and detrimental effects on followers. Explain both types of effective followers.
Explain the importance of effective communications skills for charismatic and transformational leaders.
Servant leadership emphasizes being able to serve and lead. In your opinion, is this contradictory or doable. Explain!
Do you believe everyone has the same capability to become a servant leader, or are some people by their nature more inclined to be a servant leaders? Explain!
Describe a charismatic or transformational leader you have known.
Your submission should be a minimum of two full pages of analysis.

ECOMAP AND GENOGRAM RELATIONSHIP

Overview

This assessment requires you to discuss role changes and the impact of childbearing on the family as well as evaluate the impact of childhood illness both acute and chronic on the family.

Objectives

Discuss role changes and the impact of childbearing on the family

Evaluate the impact of childhood illness both acute and chronic on the family

Due Date: Sun, Jul 10 by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) of the US.

Point Value: 30

Instructions

To be successful, complete the following steps in order:

STEP 1. Review the instructional materials and finish learning activities in module 4

STEP 2. Click here to download the rubric.

STEP 3. Create a new Word document, write your paper based on the above overview and objectives.

No title page needed.

Review the ecomap and genogram in your textbook on page 379.

Create an ecomap and genogram similar to that based on a family you interview.

Create a legend consisting of genogram and ecomap symbols as shown in your text book.

Write an analysis of the family relationship based on the concepts from your text and outside resources.

The ecomap/genogram and the analysis with references MUST be in one document. After creating the ecomap/genogram on word, move cursor below it and type the analysis. Include reference page below analysis. Click here to download a sample ecomap and genogram with analysis. It is called Ecomap Genogram Relationship Assignment.

Assignment should include a minimum of 3 professional references. One reference may be your text book. One must be a refereed journal article , and the other may come from a professional website. All journal articles must be no older than five years.

STEP 4. Refer to APA book and rubric for correctly formatting the paper.

STEP 5. Word limit 600 minimum excluding reference pages.

STEP 6. Save the document with the filename: “Lastname_Firstname_Module_4_Assessment_10” (Example: Smith_Jill_Module_4_Assessment_10.docx)

STEP 7. Submit the document by clicking the link below titled “MODULE 4: ASSESSMENT 10: WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT – ECOMAP AND GENOGRAM RELATIONSHIP”

Statistics
1) Determine whether the evaluated group is a population or a sample
a) Based on a randomly selected group of 500 patients with high cholesterol, it was found that 67% have heart disease. Is this a population or a sample; explain your answer.
b) An investigation of 150 randomly selected local restaurants concluded that 42% of local restaurants have serious health code violations. Is this a population or a sample; explain your answer.
2) Determine whether the given value is a statistic or a parameter.
a) A researcher determines that 42.7% of all downtown office buildings have ventilation problems. Is this a statistic or a parameter; explain your answer.
b) After taking the first exam, 15 of the students dropped the class. Is this a statistic or a parameter; explain your answer.
3) Identify the type of sampling used.
a) A tax auditor selects every 1000th income tax return that is received. What type of sample is this and why?
b) The name of each contestant is written on a separate card, and the cards are placed in a bag with three names being picked from the bag. What type of sample is this and why?
4) Is the study experimental or observation and why?
a) A political pollster reports that his candidate has a 10% lead in the polls with 10% undecided.
5) Select the study that is most appropriate and EXPLAIN WHY it is most appropriate for the study.
a) Is the aspirin produced by a particular pharmaceutical company better than that of a competitor at relieving headaches? Which of the following would best be used to study this: 1) a case-controlled observation; 2) an observation; 3) a double-blind experimental procedure; and 4) and experimental procedure.

6) Identify the following variables as either qualitative or quantitative and EXPLAIN your answers.
a. The number of people on a jury.
b. The color of your house
7) Identify the number as either continuous or discrete and EXPLAIN your answers.
b) The average height of all freshmen entering college in a certain year is 68.4 inches.
c) The number of limbs on a 2-year-old oak tree is 21.
8) Determine which of the four levels of measurement is most appropriate and explain your answer.
a. Temperatures in degrees Fahrenheit of the ocean at various depths.
b. The rank of individuals in the military
c. The number of people with blue, brown and red hair in a classroom
9) Determine the following (show your work):
a. The speed of a new microprocessor is 800MHZ, but a new test of its speed gives a measurement of 820MHZ. What is the absolute error? What is the relative error?
b. Convert 1/16 to a percent
c. Convert 0.45 to a percent
d. Humanities majors spend an average of $115 per course on books. Mathematics majors spend an average of $70 per course on books.
What is the percent difference between the two amounts relative to the amount for mathematics majors (round to the nearest percent)?
e. Suppose that the cost of a statistics text was $50 in 1985 and is $100 in 2000. What is the “Statistics Text Index” number, rounded to the nearest tenth, for the 2000 edition with the 1985 price as the reference value?

Case Study Somerset Furniture Company
Order Description

For the Somerset Furniture Company described determine the product lead time by developing a time line from the initiation of a purchase order to product delivery. Discuss the company’s possible transportation modes and channels in China and to and within the United States, and the likelihood of potential problems. Identify and discuss how international trade specialist(s), trade logistics companies, and/or Internet exchanges might help Somerset reduce its product lead time and variability.
CASE PROBLEM 10.1
Somerset Furniture Company’s Global Supply Chain
The Somerset Furniture Company was founded in 1957 in Randolph County, Virginia. It traditionally has manufactured large, medium-priced, ornate residential wood furniture such as bedroom cabinets and chests of draws, and dining and living room cabinets, tables, and chairs, at its primary manufacturing facility in Randolph County. It employed a marketing strategy of rapidly introducing new product lines every few years. Over time it developed a reputation for high-quality, affordable furniture for a growing U.S. market of homeowners during the last half of the twentieth century. The company was generally considered to be an innovator in furniture manufacturing processes and in applying QM principles to furniture manufacturing. However, in the mid-1990s, faced with increasing foreign competition, high labor rates, and diminishing profits, the Somerset Company contracted to outsource several of its furniture product lines to manufacturers in China, simultaneously reducing the size of its own domestic manufacturing facility and labor force. This initially proved to be very successful in reducing costs and increasing profits, and by 2000 Somerset had decided to close its entire manufacturing facility in the United States and outsource all of its manufacturing to suppliers in China. The company set up a global supply chain in which it arranges for shipments of wood from the United States and South America to manufacturing plants in China where the furniture products are produced by hand by Chinese laborers. The Chinese manufacturers are very good at copying the Somerset ornate furniture designs by hand without expensive machinery. The average labor rate for furniture manufacturing in the United States is between $9 and $20 per hour, whereas the average labor rate for furniture manufacturers in China is $2 per day. Finished furniture products are shipped by container ship from Hong Kong or Shanghai to Norfolk, Virginia, where the containers are then transported by truck to Somerset warehouses in Randolph County. Somerset supplies retail furniture stores from this location. All hardware is installed on the furniture at the retail stores in order to reduce the possibility of damage during transport.
The order processing and fulfillment system for Somerset includes a great deal of variability, as do all aspects of the company’s global supply chain. The company processes orders weekly and biweekly. In the United States it takes between 12 and 25 days for the company to develop a purchase order and release it to its Chinese suppliers. This process includes developing a demand forecast, which may take from one to two weeks; converting the forecast to an order fulfillment schedule; and then developing a purchase order. Once the purchase order is processed overseas by the Chinese manufacturer, which may take 10 to 20 days depending on the number of changes made, the manufacturing process requires approximately 60 days. The foreign logistics process requires finished furniture items to be transported from the manufacturing plants to the Chinese ports, which can take up to several weeks depending on trucking availability and schedules. An additional 5 to 10 days are required to arrange for shipping containers and prepare the paperwork for shipping. However, shipments can then wait from one day to a week for enough available containers. There are often too few containers at the ports because large U.S. importers, like “Big W” discount stores in the United States, reserve all the available containers for their continual stream of overseas shipments. Once enough containers are secured, it requires three to six days to optimally load the containers. The furniture pieces often have odd dimensions that result in partially filled containers. Since 9/11, random security checks of containers can delay shipment another one to three weeks, and smaller companies like Somerset are more likely to be extensively checked than larger shippers like Big W, whom the port authorities don’t want upset with delays. The trip overseas to Norfolk requires 28 days. Once in port, one to two weeks are required for a shipment to clear customs and to be loaded onto trucks for transport to Somerset’s warehouse in Randolph County, which takes from one to three days. When a shipment arrives, it can take from one day up to a month to unload a trailer, depending on the urgency to fill store orders from the shipment.
Because of supply chain variability, shipments can be off schedule (i.e., delayed) by as much as 40%. The company prides itself on customer service and fears that late deliveries to its customers would harm its credibility and result in cancelled orders and lost customers. At the same time, keeping excess inventories on hand in its warehouses is very costly, and since Somerset redesigns its product lines so frequently a real problem of product obsolescence arises if products remain in inventory very long. Somerset has also been experiencing quality problems. The Chinese suppliers employ quality auditors who rotate among plants every few weeks to perform quality control tests and monitor the manufacturing process for several days before visiting another plant. However, store and individual customer complaints have forced Somerset to inspect virtually every piece of furniture it receives from overseas before forwarding it to stores. In some instances, customers have complained that tables and chairs creak noisily during use. Somerset subsequently discovered that the creaking was caused by humidity differences between the locations of the Chinese plants and the geographic areas in the United States where their furniture is sold. Replacement parts (like cabinet doors or table legs) are difficult to secure because the Chinese suppliers will only agree to provide replacement parts for the product lines currently in production. However, Somerset provides a one-year warranty on its furniture, which means that they often need parts for a product no longer being produced. Even when replacement parts were available, it took too long to get them from the supplier in order to provide timely customer service.
Although Somerset was initially successful at outsourcing its manufacturing process on a limited basis, it has since discovered, as many companies do, that outsourcing can result in a host of supply chain problems, as indicated. Discuss Somerset’s global supply chain and possible remedies for its supply chain problems, including strategic and tactical changes that might improve the company’s supply chain performance, reduce system variability, and improve quality and customer service.
Answer below
For the Somerset Furniture Company described determine the product lead time by developing a time line from the initiation of a purchase order to product delivery. Discuss the company’s possible transportation modes and channels in China and to and within the United States, and the likelihood of potential problems. Identify and discuss how international trade specialist(s), trade logistics companies, and/or Internet exchanges might help Somerset reduce its product lead time and variability.

Assignment: Case 4

Hi dear, please covers each point in section (1-2-3-4-5-6-7) at below. Also, covers each point in rubric because is very important to I get the high degree. In addition, using . (Please find attached). Moreover, please looks at the end in these pages Chapter 8 (Spain’s Telefonica).

Purpose
To assess your ability to apply the concepts from this week.

Overview
In MBA 727, you will display your ability to apply the concepts from the overview through case study analysis. Each week, you will read a case and complete a case analysis. You are not to answer the questions at the end of the case. However, the questions should help you formulate where your thinking should be taking you during your analysis.
Your case analysis is to contain the following sections:
Section 1: Provide a general description of the company.
Section 2: Define the central issue of the case.
Section 3: Define the company’s goals.
Section 4: Identify the constraints of the problem.
Section 5: Identify all the relevant alternatives.
Section 6: Select the best alternative and provide a justification for the selection. Note: there is no right answer but it is about how you justify your selection based on international business theory.
Section 7: Develop an implementation plan.
Action Items
1. Review the grading rubric (below) for this assignment.
2. Read the case at the end of Chapter 8 in International Business.
3. Write a 3- to 4-page case analysis with section headers using a business brief format. Review the Business Brief Guidelines in the MBA Toolbox to assist you in the proper formatting of your paper. Cite resources as appropriate to support your findings.
4. Submit your paper to turnitin.com.
5. Read the originality report and modify your paper as needed. This may include adding proper citations or better paraphrasing.

Case Analysis Rubric

Total 90 points
Criteria
Describes the company.
Proficient
Accurately describes the company and demonstrates solid ability to accomplish the assignment.
(5 points)
Criteria
Defines the central issue of the case.
Proficient
Accurately defines the central issue of the case and demonstrates solid ability to accomplish the assignment.
(9-10 points
Criteria
Defines the general goals of the company
Proficient
Accurately defines the general goals of the company and demonstrates solid ability to accomplish the assignment.
(5 points)

Criteria
Identifies the constraints of the problem.
Proficient
Accurately identifies the constraints of the problem and demonstrates solid ability to accomplish the assignment.
(9-10 points
Criteria
Identifies all the relevant alternative solutions.
Proficient
Accurately identifies all the relevant alternative solutions and demonstrates solid ability to accomplish the assignment.
(9-10 points)
Criteria
Selects the best alternative and justifies the selection
Proficient
Selects the best alternative and justifies the selection and demonstrates solid ability to accomplish the assignment.
(9-10 points
Criteria
Develops an implementation plan for the selected solution.
Proficient
Develops an implementation plan and demonstrates solid ability to accomplish the assignment.
(9-10 points

Criteria
Integrates established international business principles into the discussion
Proficient
Consistently does a good job of integrating established international business principles into the discussion.
(9-10 points)
Criteria
Synthesizes relevant information and materials to provide evidence of critical thought.
Proficient
Consistently and effectively synthesizes information, which provides strong support to main ideas.
(9-10 points)
Criteria
Considered holistically, demonstrates the ability to write at the graduate level.
Proficient
Considered holistically, the student demonstrates a proficient ability to write at the graduate level.

(9-10 points)

Standard Format for a Business Brief in the MBA Program
Business Writing Style: A business brief should be written using a “low-context” style of communication*. A business brief is direct (to-the-point) and presents relevant information to the reader. You want to avoid a conversational style of writing.
* communications should be straightforward, concise, and efficient in telling what action is expected
Students in the MBA program are expected to adhere to the following when completing a business brief.
1.12-point Serif font (Times New Roman or Courier).
2.Single-spaced within paragraphs; double-spaced between paragraphs.
3.Paragraphs are to be left justified.
4.1-inch margins at the top, bottom, left, and right of every page.
5.No title page.
6.Place important points or details into lists. The paragraphs provide context for the lists.
7.Phrases not to use in a business brief, unless, you have been asked/hired to specifically provide a recommendation:
• I think…
• I believe…
• I feel…
• In my opinion,…
8.Phrases to use or something similar in a business brief that is appropriate in any analytical discussion:
• The data shows…
• Research studies point out…
• The analysis indicates…
• Studies demonstrate…
• Forecast indicates…
9. Complete sentences, correct grammar, correct spelling and accurate punctuation is expected.
10. Absence of typographical errors
11. Citations within the body of the text follow APA format. Note: Citations are not always required. However, you must include a reference list so the reader knows from where you are deriving your information.
12.Reference list (if necessary) starts on a new page and follows proper APA format.
13.Images, graphs, charts, or other types of visuals are considered to be figures in APA format and must adhere to proper APA formatting.
Follow the business brief layout below:
Header: approximately 1/8 of the business brief
Opening, Context and Task: approximately 1/4 of the business brief
Summary, Discussion Segment: approximately 1/2 of the business brief
Closing Segment, Necessary Attachments: approximately 1/8 of the business brief
Sample Business Brief
If you would like a copy of the Business Brief guidelines while writing your brief, click here to obtain a pdf copy of the guidelines.
Chapter 8
CLOSING CASE
Spain’s Telefonica

Established in the 1920s, Spain’s Telefonica was a typical state-owned national telecommunications monopoly until the 1990s. Then the Spanish government privatized the company and deregulated the Spanish telecommunications market. What followed was a sharp reduction in the workforce, rapid adoption of new technology, and focus on driving up profits and shareholder value. In this new era, Telefonica was looking for growth. Its search first took it to Latin America. There, too, a wave of deregulation and privatization was sweeping across the region. For Telefonica, Latin America seemed to be the perfect fit. Much of the region shared a common language and had deep cultural and historical ties to Spain. Also, after decades of slow growth, Latin American markets were growing rapidly, increasing the adoption rate and usage not just of traditional fixed line telecommunications services, but also of mobile phones and Internet connections.
Having already learned to transform itself from a state-owned enterprise into an efficient and effective competitor, Telefonica believed it could do the same for companies it acquired in Latin America, many of which were once part of state-owned telecommunications monopolies. In the late 1990s, Telefonica invested some $11 billion in Latin America, acquiring companies throughout the region. Its largest investments were reserved for Brazil, the biggest market in the region, where it spent some $6 billion to purchase several companies, including the largest fixed line op- erator in Sa~o Paulo, the leading mobile phone operator in Rio de Janeiro, and the principal carrier in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. In Argentina, it acquired 51 percent of the southern region’s monopoly provider, a franchise that included the lucrative financial district of Buenos Aires. In Chile, it became the leading share- holder in the former state-owned monopoly, and so on. Indeed, by the early 2000s Telefonica was the No. 1 or 2 player in almost every Latin American country, had a continent-wide market share of about 40 percent, and was generating 18 percent of its revenues from the region. Still, for all of its investment, Telefonica has not had it all its own way in Latin America. Other companies could also see the growth opportunities, and several foreign telecommunications enterprises entered Latin America’s newly opened markets. In the fast-growing mobile segment, America Movil, controlled by the Mexican billion- aire Carlos Slim, emerged as a strong challenger. By 2008, the Mexican company had 182 million wireless sub- scribers across Latin America, compared to Telefonica’s 123 million, and intense price competition between the two companies was emerging. With the die already cast in Latin America by the mid-2000s, Telefonica turned its attention to neighboring countries in Europe. For years, there had been a tacit agreement between national telecommunications com- panies that they would not invade each other’s markets. In 2005 this started to break down when France Tele- com entered Spain, purchasing Amena, the country’s second-largest mobile carrier behind Telefonica. Telefonica moved quickly to make its own European acquisition, acquiring Britain’s major mobile phone operator, O2, for $31.4 billion. O2 already had significant operations in Germany as well as the United Kingdom. The acquisition transformed Telefonica into the second-largest mobile phone operator in the world, measured by customers, behind China Mobile.

Case Discussion Questions

1.What changes in the political and economic environment allowed Telefonica to start expanding globally?
2.Why did Telefonica initially focus on Latin America? Why was it slower to expand in Europe, even though Spain is a member of the European Union?
3.Telefonica has used acquisitions, rather than greenfield ventures, as its entry strategy. Why do you think this has been the case? What are the potential risks associated with this entry strategy?
4.What is the value that Telefonica brings to the companies it acquires?
5.In your judgment, does inward investment by Telefonica benefit a host nation? Explain your reasoning?

How are the characters Kitty, Joe, and Tom interpreted through Saroyan’s passage and how is the passage reflected on the play?

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The Time of Your Life by William Saroyan
In the time of your life, live—so that in that good time there shall be no ugliness or death for yourself or for any life your life touches. Seek goodness everywhere, and when it is found, bring it out of its hiding-place and let it be free and unashamed. Place in matter and in flesh the least of the values, for these are the things that hold death and must pass away. Discover in all things that which shines and is beyond corruption. Encourage virtue in whatever heart it may have been driven into secrecy and sorrow by the shame and terror of the world. Ignore the obvious, for it is unworthy of the clear eye and the kindly heart. Be the inferior of no man, nor of any man be the superior. Remember that every man is a variation of yourself. No man’s guilt is not yours, nor is any man’s innocence a thing apart. Despise evil and ungodliness, but not men of ungodliness or evil. These, understand. Have no shame in being kindly and gentle, but if the time comes in the time of your life to kill, kill and have no regret. In the time of your life, live—so that in that wondrous time you shall not add to the misery and sorrow of the world, but shall smile to the infinite delight and mystery of it.

Many people have found this passage moving, and some have suggested that it embodies the playwright’s philosophy. Still others find it to be an appropriate prologue to the 5 act play (advertised as 3 acts!) that follows.
Prompt: How do you think this passage reflects on the play? Use and analyze at least three characters to argue your interpretation. If you wish, draw heavily from your group presentation analysis.
Guidelines: As you did with your first literary analysis, create a strong, precise argumentative thesis that forecasts the analysis to follow. Support your ideas fully by showing rather than telling your reader what you mean, how you arrive at your conclusions, and what significance you derive, etc. Organize your paragraphs effectively so that you can create connections between them and present a logical interpretation that flows smoothly. Quote and cite the text correctly using the documentation guidelines in WAL and MLA. For this essay, please do include a correct Work Cited section.
Length: 4-5 pages (1000-1250 words)
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Qualitative Approaches
Suppose you have been asked to review and reevaluate the findings of a quantitative, quasi-experimental, state-level study regarding the impact of the Guardian ad Litem (GAL) program in a single state. Data has been collected for 200 children over two years. One group had GALs assigned to them and the other did not. The GAL program attempts to provide a voice for abused and neglected children through the use of citizen volunteers as opposed to attorneys. GALs act as advocates for children in judicial proceedings and placement in permanent and safe homes. The study evaluated the effectiveness of the program in achieving positive outcomes for the children. These outcomes involved everything from court continuance and closures, increases in services, and adoptions and number of placements.
The study concluded that, although it did make a difference with respect to most of the outcome variables, there was no apparent effect on types of placements of the children during the study period of two years. Placements ranged from least to most restrictive such as permanent homes, foster homes, shelters, and institutions.
As a reviewer, you suspect that this finding or absence thereof might be illuminated by a different approach so you propose a qualitative evaluation design to focus on this question.

Because children are being used in this study, are there ethical considerations that must be considered along with the method selection?

Theology of Worship

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The paper to explaining the above Topic. Use the book “Starting Right” by Clark and the ISBN: 9780310234067. Review the examples of how theology informs philosophy in the above textbook. Please include 1-3 academic resources.

Journal entry on asthma

Week 5 Assignment 2

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Practicum Experience: Journal Entry

After completing this week’s Practicum Experience, reflect on a patient with a known history of asthma. Explain potential predisposing genetic and environmental factors associated with asthma. If you did not evaluate a patient with this background during the last 5 weeks, you may select a related case study from a reputable source or reflect on previous clinical experiences.

This Assignment is due by Day 7 of Week 7. You will submit this Week 5 Journal Entry along with the Week 4 and Week 6 Journal Entries, the Week 7 SOAP Note, and your Practicum Time Log on Day 7 of Week 7.
Week 5 Learning Resources

This page contains the Learning Resources for this week. Be sure to scroll down the page to see all of this week’s assigned Learning Resources.
Required Resources
Readings
• Buttaro, T. M., Trybulski, J., Polgar Bailey, P., & Sandberg-Cook, J. (2013). Primary care: A collaborative practice (4th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Mosby.
o Part 4, “Office Emergencies”
? Chapter 26, “Acute Bronchospasm” (pp. 189–191)

This chapter explores the epidemiology, pathophysiology, and clinical presentation of acute bronchospasm. It also describes the roles of physical examinations, diagnostics, and differential diagnoses in management of acute bronchospasm.
o Part 10, “Evaluation and Management of Pulmonary Disorders” (pp. 404–486)

This part outlines examination and treatment components of pulmonary disorders, such as acute bronchitis, asthma, chest pain, chronic cough, COPD, dyspnea, lung cancer, pleural effusions, and pneumonia. Lifespan considerations, complications, and health promotion strategies are also examined.
o Part 20, “Evaluation and Management of Infectious Disease”
? Chapter 237, “Tuberculosis” (pp. 1283–1292)

This chapter differentiates between active and latent tuberculosis and examines components that aid in diagnosing and managing tuberculosis, including pathophysiology, clinical presentation, and diagnostics.
• Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease. (2011). At-a-glance outpatient management reference for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Retrieved from
http://www.cmocares.org/documents/diagnostic-guidelines/respiratory-diseases/GOLD_AtAGlance_2011_Jan18.pdf

This article outlines the COPD guidelines and includes guidance for diagnosis, assessment, and management of patients with COPD.
Optional Resources
• American Lung Association. (n.d.). Retrieved November 28, 2012, from http://www.lung.org
• Drugs.com. (n.d.). Retrieved November 28, 2012, from www.drugs.com
• Institute for Safe Medication Practices. (n.d.). Retrieved November 28, 2012, from http://www.ismp.org/
• WebMD. (2012). Medscape. Retrieved from http://www.medscape.com/
Please proceed to the Discussion.