Biology and Genetics

You are the Director of the Health Information Management Department for Bayshor

You are the Director of the Health Information Management Department for Bayshore Hospital. A former patient of the hospital, Barbara Masters, is suing the hospital for negligent …

You are the Director of your state\'s health department. Yesterday, an envelope

You are the Director of your state's health department. Yesterday, an envelope containing a white powder thought to be Anthrax contaminated a post office in a neighboring state. T…

You are the HIM Director in an acute care hospital setting. Your facility has pu

You are the HIM Director in an acute care hospital setting. Your facility has purchased an electronic health record (EHR) system and pressure is mounting to deploy this system as …

You are the HIM Director in an acute care hospital setting. Your facility has pu

You are the HIM Director in an acute care hospital setting. Your facility has purchased an electronic health record (EHR) system and pressure is mounting to deploy this system as …

You are the LPN assigned to a newly admitted cardiac patient with rule out myoca

You are the LPN assigned to a newly admitted cardiac patient with rule out myocardial infarction or heart attack (R/O MI).  The man is 48 years old.  He is overweight, and looks v…

You are the RN Leader of a team with one LPN and one Nurse’s aide on the 7a-3p s

You are the RN Leader of a team with one LPN and one Nurse’s aide on the 7a-3p shift in an acute care hospital. The 3 of you are responsible for providing total care to 10 patient…

You are the ROI Coordinator. You are having a busy day today and are facing a va

You are the ROI Coordinator. You are having a busy day today and are facing a variety of ROI situations. How should you handle the situations described below and what, if any addi…

You are the ROI Coordinator. You are having a busy day today and are facing a va

You are the ROI Coordinator. You are having a busy day today and are facing a variety of ROI situations. How should you handle the situations described below and what, if any addi…

You are the Request of Release of Information (ROI) Coordinator. You are having

You are the Request of Release of Information (ROI) Coordinator. You are having a busy day today and are facing a variety of ROI situations. How should you handle the situations d…

You are the Vice President of Nursing at Good Care Medical Center, a large hospi

You are the Vice President of Nursing at Good Care Medical Center, a large hospital located in New Jersey. The CEO has formed a committee of various clinicians to consider whether…

You are the administrative assistant to the Compliance and Accreditation Special

You are the administrative assistant to the Compliance and Accreditation Specialist at a local healthcare facility. You have been tasked with formatting a memo to be sent out to a…

You are the assistant director of the HIM department. You have just been given t

You are the assistant director of the HIM department. You have just been given the responsibility of maintaining the chargemaster. The person who was maintaining the chargemaster …

You are the biological advisor to the CEO of a major US fishing fleet. Prepare a

You are the biological advisor to the CEO of a major US fishing fleet. Prepare a document to be sent to the CEO describing guidelines that are imperative to maintain sustainable f…

You are the biologist on an interstellar spacecraft and discover a life form. It

You are the biologist on an interstellar spacecraft and discover a life form. It appears similar to life forms on Earth. You extract a number of molecules from the organism and ch…

You are the chief executive officer (CEO) of a major hospital. A bioterrorist at

You are the chief executive officer (CEO) of a major hospital. A bioterrorist attack just occurred in your city. The ICS has been activated. Despite the infusion of this additiona…

You are the coordinator of a large-scale community advocacy program to change pu

You are the coordinator of a large-scale community advocacy program to change public policies, which currently limit supportive services for foster youth aging out of the foster c…

You are the coroner investigating the sudden death of a seemingly healthy young

You are the coroner investigating the sudden death of a seemingly healthy young man who is found dead at his home. Consider the three essential elements of the death investigation…

You are the director of HIM at Community Hospital, a small hospital that has jus

You are the director of HIM at Community Hospital, a small hospital that has just merged with another hospital in your area. The facilities are roughly the same size. Approximatel…

You are the director of HIM at Community Hospital, a small hospital that has jus

You are the director of HIM at Community Hospital, a small hospital that has just merged with another hospital in your area. The facilities are roughly the same size. Approximatel…

You are the director of communicable diseases in a city health department, respo

You are the director of communicable diseases in a city health department, responsible for a large urban community. It is early spring in 2003. For the past two years, your depart…

You are the director of health information at a large medical center that offers

You are the director of health information at a large medical center that offers inpatient, outpatient, and emergency care at several sites in one state. Your medical center has a…

You are the director of health information at a large medical center that offers

You are the director of health information at a large medical center that offers inpatient, outpatient, and emergency care at several sites in one state. Your medical center has a…

You are the environmental manager of the site and there has been a release of VO

You are the environmental manager of the site and there has been a release of VOC's and metals onto the ground surface and have migrated into the subsurface sediments and groundwa…

You are the environmental manager of the site and there has been a release of VO

You are the environmental manager of the site and there has been a release of VOC's and metals onto the ground surface and have migrated into the subsurface sediments and groundwa…

You are the environmental manager of the site and there has been a release of VO

You are the environmental manager of the site and there has been a release of VOC's and metals onto the ground surface and have migrated into the subsurface sediments and groundwa…

You are the environmental manager of the site and there has been releases of VOC

You are the environmental manager of the site and there has been releases of VOC’s and metals onto the ground surface and have migrated into the subsurface sediments and groundwat…

You are the executive director of a small publicly funded behavioral health agen

You are the executive director of a small publicly funded behavioral health agency that serves indigent clients. After 10 years of being able to serve all clients seeking help, yo…

You are the finance manager in a long term care facility that is struggling to r

You are the finance manager in a long term care facility that is struggling to remain solvent. The facility’s administrator has hired a consultant to work with you to increase Med…

You are the health information manager at General Hospital. Your in-house counse

You are the health information manager at General Hospital. Your in-house counsel has been contacted by an attorney for a former patient of the hospital whose inpatient hospitaliz…

You are the health information manager at General Hospital. Your in-house counse

You are the health information manager at General Hospital. Your in-house counsel has been contacted by an attorney for a former patient of the hospital whose inpatient hospitaliz…

You are the hospital administrator for a county hospital, which is funded in a l

You are the hospital administrator for a county hospital, which is funded in a large part by that county's property taxes. You discover that you have an indigent patient who has b…

You are the hospital administrator for a county hospital, which is funded in a l

You are the hospital administrator for a county hospital, which is funded in a large part by that county's property taxes. You discover that you have an indigent patient who has b…

You are the manager in a laboratory where you develope methods that are useful i

You are the manager in a laboratory where you develope methods that are useful in metabolomics (study of metabolites) and proteomics (study of proteins), meaning that you need to …

You are the manager of a city park that has bird feeding stations that are evenl

You are the manager of a city park that has bird feeding stations that are evenly spaced throughout a city park. These birds draw in a lot of people who like to bird watch. Howeve…

You are the manager of a large division of a healthcare organization. All of you

You are the manager of a large division of a healthcare organization. All of your employees are "employees at will". One of your employees has recently been arrested for a DUI and…

You are the manager of a large division of a healthcare organization. All of you

You are the manager of a large division of a healthcare organization. All of your employees are "employees at will". One of your employees has recently been arrested for a DUI and…

You are the manager of a local health clinic. You are preparing informational ma

You are the manager of a local health clinic. You are preparing informational material for the community on various health subjects. Choose and research one specific pathogen that…

You are the manager of a medical-surgical unit. The unit has 32 beds and an occu

You are the manager of a medical-surgical unit. The unit has 32 beds and an occupancy rate of 75%. The desired staffing mix consists of four RNs, two LPNs/LVNs, and two nursing as…

You are the manager of a medical/surgical unit. The unit has 32 beds and an occu

You are the manager of a medical/surgical unit. The unit has 32 beds and an occupancy rate of 75%. The desired staffing mix consists of four RNs, two LPNs/LVNs, and two nursing as…

You are the manager of a new primary care clinic located about twenty five (25)

You are the manager of a new primary care clinic located about twenty five (25) miles outside of a small city (population of 50,000). With five (5) family physicians, two (2) nurs…

You are the manager of a new primary care clinic located about twenty five (25)

You are the manager of a new primary care clinic located about twenty five (25) miles outside of a small city (population of 50,000). With five (5) family physicians, two (2) nurs…

You are the marketing director of a major health care system in the Pacific Nort

You are the marketing director of a major health care system in the Pacific Northwest. Over the past several years, the organization has developed a major center of excellance in …

You are the new travel director for Marine Animal Excursions, which specializes

You are the new travel director for Marine Animal Excursions, which specializes in booking trips so that small marine animals have the opportunity to visit the habitat of their dr…

You are the newly appointed CEO of a 300-bed community hospital in the Midwest.

You are the newly appointed CEO of a 300-bed community hospital in the Midwest. During your first week on duty, your board president and your chief of medical staff both express t…

You are the newly hired director of human resources (HR) for a large inner-city

You are the newly hired director of human resources (HR) for a large inner-city health care organization. The CEO has asked you to develop a strategic response to numerous HR prob…

You are the nurse assigned to a young 32-year mother of two young children who w

You are the nurse assigned to a young 32-year mother of two young children who was recently diagnosed with Chrohn’s disease. She has taken a medical leave of absence form the law …

You are the nurse assigned to a young 32-year mother of two young children who w

You are the nurse assigned to a young 32-year mother of two young children who was recently diagnosed with Chrohn’s disease. She has taken a medical leave of absence form the law …

You are the nurse assigned to a young 32-year mother of two young children who w

You are the nurse assigned to a young 32-year mother of two young children who was recently diagnosed with Chrohn’s disease. She has taken a medical leave of absence form the law …

You are the nurse assigned to a young 32-year mother of two young children who w

You are the nurse assigned to a young 32-year mother of two young children who was recently diagnosed with Chrohn’s disease. She has taken a medical leave of absence form the law …

You are the nurse caring for the following 6 patients: 1. Mr. Jones - 2 days pos

You are the nurse caring for the following 6 patients: 1.      Mr. Jones - 2 days post-op bowel resection has been stable to date 2.      Jennifer - a fresh post-op from hysterect…