Week 5-A: Congress is cutting hospital reimbursements, and hospital systems are merging to survive. Ambulatory care settings provide healthcare on an outpatient basis. In fact more than half of all surgical procedures are now performed in ambulatory surgery facilities. Ambulatory care settings include but are not limited to physician offices, urgent care centers, dialysis facilities, ambulatory surgical centers, cancer clinics, imaging centers, endoscopy clinics, public health clinics, and other types of outpatient clinics. What is responsible for these current trends, and is it good, bad, inevitable? As a result of the large variety of ambulatory healthcare settings, is the quality of patient care better or worse?300 word eachWeek 5-B: In spite of nursing’s vital importance to hospitals, nurses face excessive paperwork, managerial and staffing responsibilities, as well as supervision of lesser trained techs and aides. These tasks [and other duties as assigned] require an inordinate amount of time spent in functions other than direct patient care. These frustrations are combined with long work hours, stagnant salaries, and other difficulties. As the Chief Nursing Officer for your health organization, provide three [3] possible solutions to these growing issues
Studying optimal fleet management and vessel routing for oil tankers in the Red Sea region using analytics and simulation modeling
The Red Sea region is a critical maritime passage connecting Europe, Asia, and Africa. It handles over **10% of global trade** and sees approximately **9 million barrels of oil** pass through it every day. Given its strategic importance, efficient fleet management and vessel routing are essential for ensuring uninterrupted oil supply to consumers worldwide. ## […]