Total Quality Management (TQM) Programs

question 111

Multiple Choice

Total quality management (TQM) programs

• A) deal exclusively with procedures to achieve defect-free manufacturing and assembly.
• B) nearly always contribute more to the achievement of operating excellence than either business process reengineering or Six Sigma quality control techniques.
• C) entail creating a corporate culture bent on continuously improving the performance of every task and every value chain activity.
• D) are considerably more effective in improving manufacturing and assembly activities than they are in improving such value chain activities as R&D, human resources management, supply chain management, information technology, sales, and marketing and finance.
• E) are generally considered the best tool for reengineering strategy-critical business processes.

Identify different routes of medication administration and the principles guiding each.

Describe various reactions and effects of medications, including allergic, toxic, side effects, and idiosyncratic reactions.

Recognize factors affecting medication absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion.

Explain the significance of medication dosages, frequency, and the concept of therapeutic range.

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Definitions:

Top-Down Processing

is an approach to understanding by starting with the larger concept or idea and working down to the details.

Bottom-Up Processing

A cognitive process where sensory analysis starts with the input from the environment and works up to the formation of perception and cognition.

Biopsychosocial Approach

A comprehensive perspective that considers the complex and varied interplay of biological, psychological, and social factors as determining factors in the outcome of a disease.

Reproduce

The biological process by which new individual organisms are generated, often involving sexual or asexual means.