Week 2: The Clinical Issue and Research Questions Developed Using PICOT

PICOT is an acronym used to help develop clinical research questions and guide you in your search for evidence:

P = Patient population

I = Intervention or issue of interest

C = Comparison of interventions or comparison of interests

O = Outcome

T = Time frame

For example, you may wish to research the effects of interrupted sleep on cognition of ICU patients 65 or older.

Using this PICOT model,

In _________(P), how does __________ (I) compared to _________ (C) influence _________ (O) over ________ (T)?

In ICU patients who are 65 or older, how does interrupted sleep (awakened one time or more in four hours) as compared to uninterrupted sleep influence the patient’s cognitive ability over 5 days?

Assignment Directions

Begin by selecting a topic in nursing or medicine that is of interest to you. Next, use PICOT to format possible research questions about that topic. Provide 3 possible PICOT research questions.

Include the following:

• Title page
• Provide a brief description of the topic and background information.
• Explain the significance of the topic to nursing practice.
• Provide 3 clearly stated PICOT questions.

Your paper should:

• Be 2–3 pages (not including the title page and reference page)
• Use current APA format to style your paper and to cite your sources.

Review the rubric for further information on how your assignment will be graded.

The Importance of Being Earnest contains the features of a comedy of manners.

Which excerpt from the play best supports the statement?

Merriman. Mr. Ernest Worthing has just driven over from the station.

Algernon. It is much pleasanter being here with you.

Miss Prism. No married man is ever attractive except to his wife.

Chasuble. Mr. Worthing, I offer you my sincere condolence.

Read the passage from The Importance of Being Earnest .

Lady Bracknell. . . . [Turns to Jack.] Apprised, sir, of my daughter’s sudden flight by her trusty maid, whose confidence I purchased by means of a small coin, I followed her at once by a luggage train. Her unhappy father is, I am glad to say, under the impression that she is attending a more than usually lengthy lecture by the University Extension Scheme on the Influence of a permanent income on Thought. I do not propose to undeceive him. Indeed I have never undeceived him on any question. I would consider it wrong. But of course, you will clearly understand that all communication between yourself and my daughter must cease immediately from this moment.

How does Wilde poke fun at Victorian society in the passage? Check all that apply.

Lady Bracknell says her maid is trustworthy but has to bribe her to get help.

The names of the college and class seem reasonable to Gwendolen’s father.

Gwendolen’s father appears to be an unhappy man.

Lady Bracknell says it is wrong to be honest with her husband.

Lady Bracknell does not approve of Gwendolen dating Jack.

Miss Prism. . . . The good ended happily, and the bad unhappily. That is what Fiction means.

How does the epigram affect this scene?

How does the epigram affect this scene?

It suggests the serious idea that tidy endings are uncommon in real life.

It explains the humorous idea that bad endings are usually happy.

It introduces the pessimistic idea that happy endings only happen in stories.

It reveals the optimistic idea that most endings are a good thing.

Read the beginning of The Importance of Being Earnest .

Title: The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde

The Persons in the Play John Worthing, J.P. Algernon Moncrieff Rev. Canon Chasuble, D.D. Merriman, Butler Lane, Manservant Lady Bracknell Hon. Gwendolen Fairfax Cecily Cardew Miss Prism, Governess

First Act SCENE Morning-room in Algernon’s flat in Half-Moon Street. The room is luxuriously and artistically furnished. The sound of a piano is heard in the adjoining room.

[Lane is arranging afternoon tea on the table, and after the music has ceased, Algernon enters.]

Algernon. Did you hear what I was playing, Lane?

Lane. I didn’t think it polite to listen, sir.

Which analysis of the beginning of The Importance of Being Earnest is the most accurate?

The setting at the opening of the play makes a comment on the benefits of being married.

The names of the characters in the play help Wilde illustrate the differences between social classes.

The title is helpful in establishing the play as a comedy of manners because it makes use of witty wordplay.

The first line of dialogue in the play helps Wilde emphasize a contrast between city and country life

Read the passage from  The Importance of Being Earnest .

Lady Bracknell. . . . I think some preliminary inquiry on my part would not be out of place. Mr. Worthing, is Miss Cardew at all connected with any of the larger railway stations in London? I merely desire information. Until yesterday I had no idea that there were any families or persons whose origin was a Terminus.

Which excerpt from the passage contains a paradox and a pun?

“my part would not be out of place.”

“larger railway stations in London.”

“I merely desire information.”

“whose origin was a Terminus.”

What literary device does Oscar Wilde use in the title of his play The Importance of Being Earnest ? 

epigram

understatement

pun

paradox

Read the excerpt from H. G. Wells’s The War of the Worlds .

The peculiar V-shaped mouth with its pointed upper lip, the absence of brow ridges, the absence of a chin beneath the wedgelike lower lip, the incessant quivering of this mouth, the Gorgon groups of tentacles, the tumultuous breathing of the lungs in a strange atmosphere, the evident heaviness and painfulness of movement due to the greater gravitational energy of the earth—above all, the extraordinary intensity of the immense eyes—were at once vital, intense, inhuman, crippled and monstrous. There was something fungoid in the oily brown skin, something in the clumsy deliberation of the tedious movements unspeakably nasty.

Which statement best describes how Wells conveys his purpose with this excerpt?

He provides quotes from experts.

He shares data about the creature.

He appeals to the reader’s beliefs.

He uses detailed physical description

Which statement best explains the aesthetic elements of a literary work?

Aesthetic elements establish background.

Aesthetic elements distinguish characters.

Aesthetic elements impart an artistic quality.

Aesthetic elements offer a thematic message.

How do authors impart aesthetic elements? Check all that apply.

through their word choice

through persuasive argument

through their tone

through facts and data

through the story’s mood

Which excerpt from Act I of The Importance of Being Earnest . is an understatement?

“I am always telling that to your poor uncle, but he never seems to take much notice . . . as far as any improvement in his ailment goes.”

“Well, really, Gwendolen, I must say that I think there are lots of other much nicer names.”

“Gwendolen, I must get christened at once—I mean we must get married at once. There is no time to be lost.”

“You know that I love you, and you led me to believe, Miss Fairfax, that you were not absolutely indifferent to me.”

Read the excerpt from Act II of  The Importance of Being Earnest .

Cecily. [Rather shy and confidingly.] Dearest Gwendolen, there is no reason why I should make a secret of it to you. Our little county newspaper is sure to chronicle the fact next week. Mr. Ernest Worthing and I are engaged to be married.

Gwendolen. [Quite politely, rising.] My darling Cecily, I think there must be some slight error. Mr. Ernest Worthing is engaged to me. The announcement will appear in the Morning Post on Saturday at the latest.

Part of this excerpt would be considered an understatement because

when Cecily says, “There is no reason why I should make a secret of it to you,” she actually does have a reason to keep it a secret.

when Cecily says, “Mr. Ernest Worthing and I are engaged to be married,” she is actually making a joke.

when Gwendolen says, “I think there must be some slight error,” she is actually referring to the large error of Cecily saying she is engaged to Ernest.

when Gwendolen says, “The announcement will appear in the Morning Post on Saturday,” she is not telling the truth.

Read the excerpt from Act I of  The Importance of Being Earnest .

Algernon. Well, we might trot round to the Empire at ten?

Jack. Oh, no! I can’t bear looking at things. It is so silly.

Algernon. Well, what shall we do?

Jack. Nothing!

Algernon. It is awfully hard work doing nothing. However, I don’t mind hard work where there is no definite object of any kind.

What effect does the paradox in this excerpt have on the reader?

It causes the reader to think about the multiple meanings of the word bear in the play.

It causes the reader to think about how doing nothing should be easy, but in fact can be quite hard.

It causes the reader to realize that doing nothing is never hard work and that Algernon is wrong.

It causes the reader to realize that Jack thinks doing something is always better than doing nothing

Which excerpt from The War of the Worlds  uses a sensory detail for aesthetic impact?

“Henderson stood up with his spade in his hand.”

“Ogilvy told him all that he had seen.”

“The two men hurried back at once to the common, and found the cylinder still lying in the same position.”

“Air was either entering or escaping at the rim with a thin, sizzling sound.”

Read the excerpt from Act II of The Importance of Being Earnest .

Jack. Oh! I don’t see much fun in being christened along with other babies. It would be childish. Would half-past five do?

Chasuble. Admirably! Admirably! [Takes out watch.] And now, dear Mr. Worthing, I will not intrude any longer into a house of sorrow. I would merely beg you not to be too much bowed down by grief. What seem to us bitter trials are often blessings in disguise.

Miss Prism. This seems to me a blessing of an extremely obvious kind.

Which two definitions of the word blessing does the pun in this excerpt rely on?

approval from someone in charge

a religious ceremony called a christening

encouragement from a friend

grace said at a meal

something that brings one happiness

Read the excerpt from Act I of The Importance of Being Earnest .

Jack. My dear Algy, you talk exactly as if you were a dentist. It is very vulgar to talk like a dentist when one isn’t a dentist. It produces a false impression.

The main effect of the pun in the excerpt is that it

confuses the reader.

creates a funny moment.

creates a serious moment.

explains something to the reader.

Read the passage from The Importance of Being Earnest .

Gwendolen. [To Jack.] Darling!

Algernon. [To Cecily.] Darling! [They fall into each other’s arms.]

[Enter Merriman. When he enters he coughs loudly, seeing the situation.]

Merriman. Ahem! Ahem! Lady Bracknell!

Jack. Good heavens!

[Enter Lady Bracknell. The couples separate in alarm. Exit Merriman.]

Lady Bracknell. Gwendolen! What does this mean?

In contrast to reading the scene, seeing the staged version of the scene would improve its aesthetic impact by allowing the audience to

see a single narrator, thereby adding to the drama.

watch the actors’ reactions, thereby adding to the humor.

witness different characters, thereby adding more tension.

view it being told in the past tense, thereby adding excitement.

Read the passage from The Importance of Being Earnest .

Gwendolen. Let us preserve a dignified silence.

Cecily. Certainly. It’s the only thing to do now. [Enter Jack followed by Algernon. They whistle some dreadful popular air from a British Opera.]

Gwendolen. This dignified silence seems to produce an unpleasant effect.

Cecily. A most distasteful one.

Gwendolen. But we will not be the first to speak.

Cecily. Certainly not.

Gwendolen. Mr. Worthing, I have something very particular to ask you. Much depends on your reply.

Wilde uses the exchange between Gwendolen and Cecily to 

praise the strict social codes of Victorian society.

show the superiority of women in Victorian society.

mock the formal courtship rules of Victorian society.

explain the importance of romance in Victorian society.

Read the excerpt from Act III of  The Importance of Being Earnest .

Lady Bracknell. That does not seem to me to be a grave objection. Thirty-five is a very attractive age. London society is full of women of the very highest birth who have, of their own free choice, remained thirty-five for years. Lady Dumbleton is an instance in point. To my own knowledge she has been thirty-five ever since she arrived at the age of forty, which was many years ago now. I see no reason why our dear Cecily should not be even still more attractive at the age you mention than she is at present. There will be a large accumulation of property.

Which Victorian social codes are reflected in this excerpt? Check all that apply.

the equality among the different social classes

the significance of being polite and mannerly

the emphasis on importance of appearances

the stress on etiquette in formal courtships

the importance of wealth and social ranking

Read the excerpt from Act III of  The Importance of Being Earnest .

Lady Bracknell. [With a shiver, crossing to the sofa and sitting down.] I do not know whether there is anything peculiarly exciting in the air of this particular part of Hertfordshire, but the number of engagements that go on seems to me considerably above the proper average that statistics have laid down for our guidance. 

What Victorian social code is reflected in Lady Bracknell’s disapproval of the number of engagements?

the belief that romance should play a large role in engagements

the perception that quick engagements go against religious beliefs

the belief that engagements and marriages should follow social rules

the perception that it is important to marry within one’s social class

Read the excerpt from Act III of  The Importance of Being Earnest .

Jack. [In a pathetic voice.] Miss Prism, more is restored to you than this hand-bag. I was the baby you placed in it.

Miss Prism. [Amazed.] You?

Jack. [Embracing her.] Yes . . . mother!

Miss Prism. [Recoiling in indignant astonishment.] Mr. Worthing! I am unmarried!

What do you learn about Miss Prism from this excerpt?

She believes in strict adherence to religion.

She believes in the division of social classes.

She believes in adherence to societal expectations.

She believes in morality over outward appearances

Read the passage from  The Importance of Being Earnest .

Algernon. I really don’t see anything romantic in proposing. It is very romantic to be in love. But there is nothing romantic about a definite proposal. Why, one may be accepted. One usually is, I believe. Then the excitement is all over. The very essence of romance is uncertainty. If ever I get married, I’ll certainly try to forget the fact.

In the passage, Wilde uses to achieve an aesthetic impact.

Read the passage from  The Importance of Being Earnest .

Jack. . . . Old Mr. Thomas Cardew, who adopted me when I was a little boy, made me in his will guardian to his grand-daughter, Miss Cecily Cardew. Cecily, who addresses me as her uncle from motives of respect that you could not possibly appreciate, lives at my place in the country under the charge of her admirable governess, Miss Prism. Algernon. Where is that place in the country, by the way?Jack. That is nothing to you, dear boy. You are not going to be invited . . .

By refusing to let Algernon meet Cecily, what character trait does Jack display?

protectiveness

mischievousness

jealousy

compassion

Read the passage from an essay on The Importance of Being Earnest .

Chasuble. . . . Your brother was, I believe, unmarried, was he not?

Jack. Oh yes.

Miss Prism. [Bitterly.] People who live entirely for pleasure usually are.

How is the passage an example of Wilde achieving his overall purpose in writing the play?

Wilde uses realism to instruct the audience so they approve of the marriage.

Wilde uses sarcasm to shame the audience into embracing the social code.

Wilde uses humor to entertain the audience while he comments on marriage.

Wilde uses criticism to instruct the audience about the importance of morality.

Read the passage from  The Importance of Being Earnest .

Cecily. [Coming over very slowly.] But I don’t like German. It isn’t at all a becoming language. I know perfectly well that I look quite plain after my German lesson. Miss Prism. Child, you know how anxious your guardian is that you should improve yourself in every way. He laid particular stress on your German, as he was leaving for town yesterday. Indeed, he always lays stress on your German when he is leaving for town. Cecily. Dear Uncle Jack is so very serious! Sometimes he is so serious that I think he cannot be quite well.

From the passage, the reader can conclude that Cecily

plans on traveling abroad.

wishes she were smarter.

values looks over knowledge.

wants to be more responsible.

 Continuation………..

It’s time to describe the monitoring tools for your two compliance plans in a way that all employees will understand at a large medical facility where you are the Compliance Officer.

Compliance Plans: 

• A compliance plan about washing hands.
• A compliance plan about Employees are not knowledgeable in the use of fire extinguishers.
• Your assignment is to write a 2-3 page section describing the monitoring tools for each compliance plan. (That means a total of 4-6 pages for the two plans; you can write them in one Word document.)
• Then, create a 1-page procedure based on one of your monitoring tools. Monitoring tools you should cover for each plan should relate to the policies and procedures you developed in previous modules.
• You chose policies/procedures under the key compliance areas of Compliance Standards, High-Level Responsibility, Education, Communication, Monitoring/Auditing (for Safety), Enforcement/Discipline, and Response/Prevention. (Check them out if you forget! Remember, you may have written about different policies/procedures for the two different compliance plans.)

 you are required to include research references throughout your compliance plan – for a total of 12 references for the whole project. That means one or two references per each monitoring tools section for your two compliance plans

“Every major has its own unique way of communication between its stockholders that are involved with its specific discourse community. Nowadays, construction management is a great major to be majoring in with all the construction that are going on in the entire world, but it is such a fighting game between starving lions that are looking to win something to feed their stomachs ate the end of that fight. This particular major is all about opportunities of winning your dream project as a construction manager. CMAA.org is your best reference to get connected with all the projects’ managers, and take it from there for a bright future. The website basically focuses only on the constructions industry, and the audience for it are people who want to be professionals, people who are professionals, and people who are interested in the profession. The website is great, my construction management class professor told me that this website is her little secret that she uses everyday to prepare for classes and look for opportunities. After going throw the website, I think that it is very important and useful for us as people who are working on being professional in this industry, but I definitely think that the website design and setups need to be improved, otherwise I think that managers and people who are interested in the industry are no more going to consider it as their best target to get what they need from”

Let me know what you think ?

Read the following two published papers :

– Kakabadse, N.K., Figueira, C., Nicolopoulou, K., Hong Yang, J., Kakabadse, A.P., and Özbilgin, M.F. (2015). Gender diversity and board performance: women’s experiences and perspectives. Human Resource Management, 54(2), pp. 265–281.

– Ionascu, M., Ionascu, I., Sacarin, M., & Minu, M. (2018). Women on Boards and Financial Performance: Evidence from a European Emerging Market. Sustainability, 10(5), 1644.

Assignment Questions:

1. Identify the research purpose of the two articles. (1 Mark)

2. Explain the research methodology of each article:

a. The research methodology adopted (1 Mark)

b. Techniques used to gather data (1 Mark)

c. The findings and conclusions (1 Mark)

3.

Read the following two published papers :

– Kakabadse, N.K., Figueira, C., Nicolopoulou, K., Hong Yang, J., Kakabadse, A.P., and Özbilgin, M.F. (2015). Gender diversity and board performance: women’s experiences and perspectives. Human Resource Management, 54(2), pp. 265–281.

– Ionascu, M., Ionascu, I., Sacarin, M., & Minu, M. (2018). Women on Boards and Financial Performance: Evidence from a European Emerging Market. Sustainability, 10(5), 1644.

Assignment Questions:

1. Identify the research purpose of the two articles. (1 Mark)

2. Explain the research methodology of each article:

a. The research methodology adopted (1 Mark)

b. Techniques used to gather data (1 Mark)

c. The findings and conclusions (1 Mark)

3. Can you suggest any recommendation(s) to improve the findings of each article (1 Mark)

4. What are the differences between qualitative and quantitative research methods?

What are the strengths and weaknesses of each method?  (2 Marks)

You have to support your answer with at least three academic references.

What are the strengths and weaknesses of each method?  (2 Marks)

You have to support your answer with at least three academic references.

Questions

Answer the following questions in relation to the case study. Assume that the audience for your responses is senior level management, who do not have a strong technical background. The word limit for this assessment item is 750 words.

1. Describe the incident that occurred, using both the MITRE ATT&CK framework and the ACSC threat lifecycle to frame your description.

2. Correlate the characteristics of the incident with reference to relevant statistics (for example, from the Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report). Describe the motivation and capabilities of the attacker(s).

3. Discuss the impact of the incident both in technical and business terms. Your discussion of the business impact should consider confidentiality, integrity and availability.

4. Propose and justify potential mitigations for this type of attack. Include consideration of people, process and technology factors

 

In this Assignment, you will be assessing the quality of services provided by hospitals. Likewise, you will also assess how these hospitals can improve their organizational performance.

• Using the Medicare Hospital Compare website, research two hospitals varying in quality performance*
  • One hospital should display a high level of quality
  • One hospital should display a low level of quality
• Provide a general overview of each hospital (e.g., name, location, bed size, ownership, etc.)
• Discuss the quality performance differences between hospitals (e.g., survey results, deficiencies, complaints, services provided, value, etc.)
• Discuss how the first hospital is able to yield a high level of quality.
• Discuss opportunities for the second hospital to increase their level of quality.
• Synthesize how each hospital could potentially increase value to their existing services.
• Report your findings by using one:
  • Power Point presentation for a Board of Directors (10-12 slides; speaker notes as needed to support assertions).

*You can select any to hospitals published on the Medicare Hospital Compare website. You will need to research the database until you locate two hospitals that vary in performance measures. To narrow your selection, consider researching hospitals in your community, previous places of residence, employers, competitors, or even hospitals you would like to network with someday.

Reference: http://www.medicare.gov/hospitalcompare/search.html

Discuss the importance of forming collaborative relationships and interacting appropriately with diverse client groups, workplace supervisors and colleagues, and other organizational stakeholders in a healthcare organization

Use resources within the last 5 years.

3 pages total.

The video below provides a first-person narrative of a young couple’s passion for the arts as they transform their community from an ‘arts’ desert to an ‘arts’ showcase providing a venue for activist musicians to find audiences they might never otherwise connect with. Please watch the video called Building Community through the arts which demonstrates how important every single individual can be in building a deep sense of community.

In your initial post, please address the following:

Why might musicians use their music to raise awareness and consciousness about different social issues? In your response please use at least one example (from the video, from your own community or from a different resource) in order to illustrate your points.
Artists and musicians often choose to utilize public spaces. Why might a song, focused on a social justice issue, be more effective in public spaces rather than in a private home turned music venue? Do you think there would be fewer or more restrictions on the types of messages when presented in the public forum? Defend your position.
Benoit and Elaine are powerful examples of community building. In a separate paragraph describe a venue you would create if given the chance. What form of the arts would you focus on (dance, music, reading poetry, etc.) and what themes, social justice issues, or community issues would you present at the grand opening? Explain your choice.
Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.

Big Sugar, Lake Okeechobee, and Florida’s Water

Recent years have seen voter mandates to the Florida Legislature to deal with Everglades protection, dramatic videos of Summer time green slime outbreaks on both of South Florida’s coasts, and considerable infighting in the Legislature over whether or not to deal with the growing crisis in South Florida’s water flow.

A. Read these online stories and view the video as background prior to participating in his Forum. Do not participate in the discussion without having this background knowledge.

• Big Sugar Hires 64 Lobbyists in Tallahassee
• Bittersweet: The Sugar Industry in South Florida
• Florida Legislature Passes Everglades Restoration Bill – May 2017
• Lake Okeechobee: A Time Warp for Polluted Water
• What is Eutrophication? (video)
• U.S. Sugar Corporation home page

B. Now answer the following questions in your posting and number your responses B1 and B2 (worth 12 points).

1. How has cartoonist Doug MacGregor used the cartoon at the top of this page to illustrate the current status of the quality of South Florida’s water flow? That is, how has he used the map, colors, shapes, etc. to tell this story? (6 points)

2. Describe whether or not you think the illustration is accurate in its depiction. Use your textbook readings or the above articles/video to support your description

Performing Strategic Analysis and Making Decisions

Learning Objectives

After Studying This Chapter, Students Should Be Able To

· Understand the various types of strategies that can be employed in making major decisions

· Explain how to go about formulating strategies

· Collect information that can help in developing strategies and making decisions

· Conduct an analysis of data gained from a variety of sources including environmental, functional, business, and historical

· Differentiate among the models of approach in developing operational changes

· Implement a strategic plan that involves all the stakeholders

Chapter Summary

This chapter stresses the importance of understanding the strategic planning process and developing a plan of action that allows it to attain and sustain a competitive advantage over would-be competitors. The strategic plan helps formulate a long-range view utilizing resources efficiently. The strategic management process focuses on formulating the plan that will keep the organization ahead of the competition and toward maintaining focus on the organization’s mission and goals.

The first step of the strategic management process is to look ahead by asking five key questions:

1. What is our mission? What business are you in?

2. Who are our customers?

3. What do our customers consider of value?

4. What have been our results?

5. What is the plan?

. The second responsibility is to design an implementation plan:

· Identify organizational mission and goals.

· Assess current performance of the organization.

· Create strategic plans to accomplish the objectives.

· Implement the strategic plans.

· Evaluate results, change plans and/or implementation.

Levels of Strategy

Successful organizations formulate different levels of strategy:

· Corporate level: Overall plan set by top management.

· Business level: Marketplace plan set by top- and mid-level managers.

· Functional level: Internal operational service plan set by mi- and low-level managers.

Types of Strategy

As these plans or levels become visualized, then types of strategies are pursued:

· Growth or expansion strategies.

· Concentrate resources strategies, for increased leverage.

· Diversification strategies to expand services or products in unrelated areas.

· Retrenchment or reduction of products and services strategies:

(a) Retrenchment by way of a turnaround or downsizing.

(b) Retrenchment by way of divestiture or selling parts.

(c) Retrenchment thru liquidation or closure/bankruptcy.

· Stability strategies via maintaining current operations.

· Cooperation strategies through collaboration partnerships.

· Strategic partnerships with other organizations with mutual interests.

· Outsourcing alliances by purchasing services.

Savvy organizations employ other multiple strategies to solidify their competitive advantage:

· Cost and quality strategies, with an emphasis on operating efficiency and/or product or service quality.

· Knowledge and training strategies, with an emphasis on learning, innovation, and speed of delivery to market for new ideas.

· Barriers to entry strategies, with an emphasis on creating a market stronghold that is protected from entry by others.

· Financial stronghold strategies, with an emphasis on investments and/or loss sustainment that competitors can’t match.

Decision-Making Process

Five essential valuesdrive the decision-making process for managers:

1. Accountability: For the decision made, but also for how the decision was determined, what data were analyzed, and which course of action was pursued in arriving at the final decision.

2. Adaptability: Means being flexible in considering options, being able to deal with a wide range of people, and having a versatile business approach.

3. Dependability: Making timely decisions that, for the most part, are correct and specify a proper course of action.

4. Responsibility: Embraces responsibility for making decisions, takes ownership for decisions, and views the management role as a commitment to organizational excellence.

5. Visibility: Leaders are present and on the scene.

Portfolio Planning

This approach is a basic method of formulating strategy and making decisions, in which managers allocate scarce organizational resources among competing opportunities. There are four possibilities or approaches within this type of planning:

· Stars produce substantial profits through penetration of expanding markets.

· Question marks are low-market-share businesses in high-growth market locations.

· Cash cows are high-market-share businesses in low-growth market locations.

· Dogs are low-market-share businesses in low-growth market locations.

Strategic Tools for Decision Making

Strategic tools play a very important part in the strategic planning process. Great emphasis is placed on

· Collecting hard realistic data.

· Basing decisions on historical information or past actions.

· Using frames of reference or book knowledge.

· Analyzing hard data.

· Assessing prediction attempts.

· Following one’s gut instinct.

Types of Analysis

Once data are collected they must be analyzed with relevance to environmental, functional, business, and historical attributes to the organization’s mission and goals:

● Environmental analysis: Takes into account the theoretical and physical environment in which you operate and the action plan that will be undertaken.

● Functional analysis: You evaluate every role affected by implementing and executing a strategic action plan: “Who can do what to make this happen?”

● Business analysis: You must analyze business-related dynamics.

(a) Continuous quality improvement (CQI).

(b) Continuous business development (CBD).

● Historical analysis: Takes into account past precedents established in the organization, as a starting point. Must consider relevance and contribution to the organization.

Models of Implementing Strategies and Decisions

Common Strategic Pitfalls

1. Failure of substance or inadequate attention to detail.

2. Failure of process or poor handling of the plan itself.

Military Model Has Five Distinct Parts

1. Define the objective.

2. Identify resources.

3. Establish a plan.

4. Lay out a course of action.

5. Provide closure.

Parliamentary Model Is an Eight-Step Process

1. Establish need.

2. Define optimum outcomes.

3. Conduct a stakeholders’ review.

4. List pros and cons.

5. Make an options review.

6. Review potential consequences.

7. Formulate a step-by-step plan.

8. Analyze achievement.

Strategy Plan Completion and Implementation

· Communicate with stakeholders:

(a) With clarity.

(b) With closure on a positive note.

(c) With cohesion from team members working together.

(d) With command by swift decisions and timely action.

Key Terms

Action analysis The process of a manager examining the viability of a plan and predicting whether a decision is sound and the courses of action effective.

Business strategy Top- and mid-level management set the direction for a single business unit.

CBD A building-block approach to all departmental activities in management efforts. Every effort undertaken by the department should be done to make the department a stronger, more progressive entity than it was prior to the effort. Stands for continuous business development.

Competitive advantage An attribute or combination of attributes that allows an organization to outperform its rivals.

Concentration Growth strategy that uses existing strengths in new and productive ways.

Corporate strategy Top management directs an organization as a whole toward sustainable competitive advantage.

CQI Ongoing quality enhancement as the incentive that fuels everyday activities associated with optimum health care delivery. Stands for continuous quality improvement.

Diversification Growth strategy that focuses on acquiring or investing in new businesses and services.

Emergent strategy Strategy that develops progressively over time as managers learn from and respond to work situations.

Environment analysis Analysis that takes into account the theoretical and physical environment in which you operate and in which the action plan will be undertaken.

Formal references Information sources such as journals, management texts, or an organization’s manual of standard operating procedures.

Function analysis Analysis in which you evaluate every role affected by implementing and executing a strategic action plan.

Functional strategy Middle- and low-level management guide the use of resources to implement a specific business strategy.

Growth strategy Strategy that pursues larger-size and expanded operations.

Hard data Any information that may have been generated by a test, questionnaire, form, or survey.

Historical analysis Analysis that takes into account past precedents established in the organization.

Outsourcing alliance Contracting to purchase important services from another organization.

Portfolio planning approach A basic method of formulating strategy and making decisions, in which managers allocate scarce organizational resources among competing opportunities.

Retrenchment strategy Strategy that reduces the scale of operations in order to gain efficiency and improve performance.

Stability strategy Strategy that maintains a present course of action without major operating changes.

Strategic alliance Two or more organizations join together in partnership to pursue an area of mutual interest.

Strategic intent The focusing of all organizational energies on a unifying and compelling target.

Strategic management The process of formulating and implementing strategies that create competitive advantage and advance an organization’s mission and objectives.

Strategy A comprehensive action plan that identifies long-term direction and guides resource utilization to accomplish an organization’s mission and objectives with sustainable competitive advantage.

Strategy formulation Assessing existing strategies, organizations, and environments to develop new strategies and strategic plans capable of delivering future competitive advantage.

Strategy implementation Acting upon strategies successfully to achieve the desired results.

Sustainable competitive advantage An attribute that is difficult for competitors to imitate.

Complete Exercises 6, 8, and 9 in Statistics for Nursing Research: A Workbook for Evidence-Based Practice, and submit as directed by the instructor.

Use MS Word to complete “Questions to be Graded: Exercise 27” in Statistics for Nursing Research: A Workbook for Evidence-Based Practice. Submit your work in SPSS by copying the output and pasting into the Word document. In addition to the SPSS output, please include explanations of the results where appropriate.

1. What effects did Mongol actions and Ming economic development have on Korea, Japan, and Vietnam? What were some of the key artistic and cultural features of Japanese society?

Class Material for week 5. This week is the week for the 12-14 page paper.

Review in Week 4:

· Module 3 – Analyze the Problem/Issue ( attached as a file, it was also in the class material for week 4)

Read via Hyperlink:

· Leadership Decision Making: “Thinkable Decisions and the Economy of Strategic Thinking” (part 7): http://home.ubalt.edu/ntsbarsh/opre640/partXIII.htm#rbeingThinkable

· “Investigating Ideas and  Solutions”

Assignment

( Use the same topic as in the first one/ Juvenile Delinquents)

The second assignment is to analyze the issue, identifying the public safety administration concepts and challenges involved. The analysis should identify if the issue is truly an issue or symptom (see Content for information on how to tell the difference), how the issue developed, how it sustains itself, and how it relates to public safety core concepts, including ethics. The issue at this point needs to be shown in light of a single organization. Present your analysis in a 12- to 14-page paper (no abstract required, but must include title and reference pages).

Write a 12-14 page paper. Must be APA format, 12pt font, double spaced, 10-14 legitimate verifiable sources, title page, an introduction, intext citations, reference page. Plagiarism Free!!

Based upon our forecasts for P&G, we have placed a HOLD rating on the stock given its current trading levels. Using the Exit Multiple, Key Driver, and FCF approaches we have projected a stock price for P&G in the $82 to $83 range indicating approximately a 5-6% drop in price from its current closing price of $87.25.

The most recent Q3 earnings call for PG did not meet our expectations. The company is still facing headwinds primarily due to foreign currency and competition. Sales in Q3 were slightly down (-1%) year-over-year, reflecting yet another quarter of negative revenue growth as P&G is restructuring its business to focus on key markets and sheds less profitable product categories. The divesture of 41 beauty brands to Coty Inc., which was completed in October 2016, negatively impacted overall revenue growth by 2 percentage points. However, the strongest negative contributor to revenue growth in the quarter was the Grooming segment, which presented a 6% drag on overall revenue growth due to unfavorable product mix (-4%) and challenging pricing (-2%). A bright spot was the Health Care segment, which contributed 4% to net sales growth, driven by higher volumes. The results of Q3 are incorporated in our TTM, which has been a large determinant of our estimated sales growth for fiscal 2017.

As noted from PG’s CFO, a good year for PG is between 1-3% all-in sales growth and a great year 3-5% all-in sales growth. In terms of their current strategy, product innovation and repeat customers are key for PG’s developed markets especially the U.S. PG forecasted “organic sales growth for its U.S. market to be about 2% for the first half of FY 2017”[footnoteRef:1]. Internationally, PG sees China as its biggest opportunity with their growth drivers set on “premiumization of our brands, digital execution, transforming our Go-To Market, and dedicated category- customer organization”[footnoteRef:2]. [1: PG CAGNY 2017 Presentation] [2: PG 2016 Analyst Day Presentation]

In PG’s FY 2017 guidance, foreign currency is expected to be “2-3% drag on the company’s all-in sales growth resulting in their expectation for FY 2017 to be flat”[footnoteRef:3]. We feel foreign currency is going to continue to be a headwind for PG due to the outlook of rising U.S. interest rates driving the strength of the USD. Internationally, China has become a concern due to PG losing market share in the country “primarily driven to the Baby Category”[footnoteRef:4]. Political unrest in Brazil and Venezuela along with trouble in economies that are dependent on oil make us feel international sales growth will still be a challenge. Analyst research has reflected closer to 2-3% growth per year based on the full restructuring succeeding & emerging market pickup. We forecast PG can remain flat in ’17 and adjusted down our future estimates due to foreign currency (as US interest rates are expected to continue to rise), softness internationally in sales, and industry /population growth trends. Our estimates are .40% in ‘17, 1.4% in ‘18, 1.9% in ‘19, 2.3% in ‘20, 2.7% in ‘21. (see segment for more detail) [3: PG Q3 2017 Earnings Presentation] [4: PG Q3 2017 Earnings Transcript]

Our sensitivity analysis most definitely had an impact on our investment decision, particularly when looking at WACC vs Growth. When WACC was above 6.5%, our decision would have changed from “Hold” to “Sell” in all growth cases. When WACC was 5.3% our decision would have changed from “Hold” to “Buy” in all growth cases. As we see more upside risk in WACC give current economic conditions, we stayed in the “Hold” camp unless the EV/EBITDA multiple dropped below 12.70 then we would have placed a “Sell” rating on PG.

The EV/EBITDA multiple we chose was 13.2 implying a 2% growth rate. In comparison to Colgate-Palmolive which our speaker described as PG’s closest competitor, our 13.2 multiple is more conservative than Colgate’s multiple of 15.98. We feel 13.2 is a realistic assumption due to PG’s 5-year average being 13.21 and 13.2 being slightly in the middle between its median level EV/EBITDA multiple of 12.03 and it’s all time high of 14.28. This multiple also implied growth between 1.5-2% terminal growth which is in line with our assumptions.

Outline Format:

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· Tax rate – We researched the historical tax rate and observed slight increases from 22% in 2011 to 25% in 2016. We feel tax reform by the Trump administration is ways away from becoming legislation due to political gridlock; therefore, we decided to keep the effective tax rate constant at 25% to keep the forecasting consistent with future years.

· Sales Segment Growth– The sales segment growth was based off our trailing twelve month assessments. We forecast growth rates to remain the same in FY ‘17, for each segment to keep results slightly above flat. For the future years, we see Fabric generally increasing about a .5% to 1% due to increased market penetration of fabric enhancers and beads. We see health care continuing to excel at a nice pace with growth plateauing at 4.5% based in industry expectations. We see the bleeding in Grooming stop in FY ‘20 and return to growth as the product pipeline is strong, which is slightly pessimistic to analysts who view Grooming returning to growth in FY ‘19. (Factset). We see Beauty marginally increasing each year plateauing at 2% in FY ‘19 due to stabilization from brand divestitures as part of the COTY deal. Beauty worldwide has been strong as evidenced by the international sales in this segment. We also see pricing power in this segment as the products remaining have stong brand loyalty and units sold are strong. Finally, for Baby, Feminine, & Family, we view this segment returning to growth in FY ’18 and plateauing at 2.5% in FY ‘20; however, we are nowhere near as optimistic as analysts “2.71% in FY ‘18” due to concerns with China as we mentioned in the Baby Category.

· Gross Margin and Operating Margin – PG went through large restructuring changes previously, but now that those changes appear to be finished (we adjusted past years to see actual margins wo these costs), we don’t predict more restructuring in their future. We also didn’t assume impairments as well. All other operating expenses we assumed in our forecasts.  However, PG has announced that they will be implementing a new “$10 billion productivity and supply chain program from 2017 to 2021”[footnoteRef:5].  This new program is meant to streamline supply networks across the United States and create a more direct way to link PG to their customers. Because of this and analyst research, we see gross margins and operating margins increasing to 52.55% and 24.75% by FY ‘21. We aren’t nearly as optimistic due to foreign currency concerns driving up costs internationally and increased R&D spending incurred so the company can continue to innovate to improve sales growth. We forecast gross margins increasing .25%-.5% each year to 51.25% and Operating margins rising .2%-.5% to 24.2% by FY ‘21. We also see the higher margin healthcare and beauty division driving some of this growth now that the product line has been paired down. [5: PG 2016 Annual Report]

· Growth rate– We presumed a 2% long term growth rate for PG. Historically the U.S. economy has been growing at about 2-2.5% and we don’t see PG being able to outperform the U.S. economy. Also, PG reported weakness internationally as we mentioned earlier in our report; therefore, we are being moderately conservative with a 2% terminal growth rate. This also aligns with industry research as consumer staples will tend to grow with GDP are not very volatile to economic trends.

· ROIC– Our terminal ROIC projection is 12.4%. We see NOPLAT rising slightly $400M each year offset $3 billion of increased capital needs; thus, causing ROIC to grind slowly up to 12.4%. This estimation is slightly higher than the PG’s 6 year average ROIC of 11.07%. still pretty conservative as the restructuring is showing signs of success thus returning the Company to higher ROI.

· EV/EBITDA multiple– Our estimation for this multiple was 13.2. We determined this was by looking at the average EV/EBITDA ratios and its closest competitors. Terry from PG mentioned Colgate- Palmolive as a close competitor with a EV/EBITDA of 15.98; however, we feel this is too high because PG’s multiple has never reached 15.98 historically. We chose 13.2 because it’s a more appropriate near PG’s 5-year average of 13.21 and given the restructuring is almost complete, we feel this is in line with the future growth of the firm.

· Operating Cash – For Operating cash as % of revenues we chose 5% because it closest to the industry standard of cash as percentage of revenues excluding PG. PG is a bit of an outlier with their cash being historically about 8.95% on a 5-year average.

· Goodwill – We projected to be flat for the foreseeable future due to the fact their last major acquisition was Gillette in 2005.

· Capex– We estimated capital expenditures to stay approximately 5%-6% of sales. Historically and as mentioned in PG’s FY ‘17 presentation CAPEX is “expected between about 5%-5.5% of sales.”[footnoteRef:6] [6: PG Q3 2017 Earnings Presentation]

· PP&E and NWC– We see PP&E ramping up from 31% in ‘17 to 35% in ‘21 as the firm continues to expand overseas. As the restructuring is stated to end next year, NWC needs will increase due to restructuring being over and the company needed new equipment as well for growth and as part of their planned supply chain overall.

· Intangible Assets– We estimate intangibles to incrementally return to their historical average of 38.5% as NWC needs increase due to restructuring ending.

· DSO-We estimate that our DSO ratio slightly increases in our forecasting years returning to average levels of 27 days in 2021. We attribute the prior years due to declining sales and divesting brands equating to less accounts receivable.

· DIO– We forecast DIO increasing back to normal averages of 58 by 2021. We attribute the precipitous drop in inventory from 2014 to 2015 that stayed consistent in 2016 due to divesting businesses. We see inventory picking back for our future expected sales growth forecasts.

· DPO-Our DPO ratio shows our accounts payable decreasing steadily to the 5-year average of 80 by 2021. FY 2016’s DPO of 100 days appears to be an outlier when looking at the company’s historical operating cycle. DPO was 100 days just once in 2016 out of the past 15 years of historical data. Much of this was due to their restructuring efforts and with the Company returning to more efficiency overall, this will improve DSO, DIO and DPO

Sources:

http://www.snl.com/interactive/newlookandfeel/4004124/CAGNY2017Handout.pdf

http://www.pginvestor.com/Cache/1001223393.PDF?O=PDF&T=&Y=&D=&FID=1001223393&iid=4004124

http://www.pginvestor.com/Cache/1001216941.PDF?O=PDF&T=&Y=&D=&FID=1001216941&iid=4004124

https://seekingalpha.com/article/4065580-procter-and-gamble-pg-q3-2017-results-earnings-call-transcript?page=1

http://www.pginvestor.com/Cache/1500090608.PDF?O=PDF&T=&Y=&D=&FID=1500090608&iid=4004124

Unit 2 Assignment: Assessment Article Review

For this week’s Assignment, you will evaluate the assessment and measurement tools from a study or case scenario. Identify an article in the past (5 years) that is related to an ethical psychological assessment instrument or tool. The article should summarize the test designer’s assessment techniques, an ethical violation, and the author’s ability to address or remedy the issues.

Write an essay, no fewer than seven pages in length, incorporating the following elements based on your findings:

• Discuss the study or case scenario and applicable qualities that relate to the APA      ethical codes.
• Write your own critical review on the imperfections in this article and your analysis on how to address the problems noted.
• Take an affirmative position on whether or not these ethical challenges affect the validity of the study or case, and if there are additional test biases noted.

Along with the text, use a minimum of three scholarly articles to support your critic. One of your supporting articles should be the APA Ethical Codes accessible through the following Library links.

• Revision of Ethical Standard 3.04 of the “Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct” (2002, as Amended 2010). (2016). American      Psychologist, 71(9), 900. doi:10.1037/amp0000102.
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Miller and Lovler (2016) recommended four websites for psychological test databases, refer to (page 30) of your textbook.

Note: Find a test measuring a construct in your area of interest; do not purchase a review of any test. You will use the websites to look up the name and brief description of a test and then conduct further research on your own about this test.

The assignment should include the following:

• Follow assignment directions (review grading rubric for best results).
• Use correct APA formatting per the APA Publication Manual, 6th Edition.
• Demonstrate college-level communication through the composition of original materials in Standard American English.
• Be written in Standard American English and be clear, specific, and error-free. If needed, be sure to use the Writing Center for help.
• Be a      minimum of seven pages (not including Title Page and Reference List).

Haddon, M. (2003). The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

For this assignment, you will submit your thesis and annotated bibliography for your Course Project on the assigned novel for your Module 03 written assignment. Please use an APA formatted template with a Rasmussen College cover. See the Course Guide for assistance if you are unfamiliar with the Rasmussen College APA template.

Thesis:

The Thesis statement should be on page 2 of the document. A thesis statement will guide the paper, so be sure to write a thesis that states what areas you will be covering in the paper. For example, if you are going to discuss one or more themes of the novel, then those themes should be in the thesis statement. Perhaps you will be covering two or more elements of fiction (from your literary terms). Then those terms should be an integral part of the thesis.

Note:  In the final version of your paper, the thesis statement is the last sentence of your introductory paragraph. However, for this week, you will only turn in the thesis statement and your annotated bibliography.

Annotated Bibliography:

Along with the thesis, you will submit the annotated bibliography that references and summarizes your research.

• Include at least five sources, with three from the Rasmussen online library.
• Each annotation should be four to five sentences in length.
• Each annotation should include facts, details, and a summary of the article.
• Your last statement in the annotation should be written in first person and state why you chose the resource.

The annotated bibliography should begin on page 3 of this assignment. The Annotated Bibliography should be done in Noodlebib (again see our library resources tab). Please avoid .com sites, personal websites/blogs, and Wikipedia. If you use outside resources, make sure they are credible resources with .edu or .org or .gov, rather than .com.

Below is a sample annotation for one entry. You will create 5 of these in a Word document. You may export them directly from Noodlebib onto your Word APA template once they are created in that program.

For this assignment, you will submit your thesis and annotated bibliography for your Course Project on the assigned novel for your Module 03 written assignment. Please use an APA formatted template with a Rasmussen College cover. See the Course Guide for assistance if you are unfamiliar with the Rasmussen College APA template.

Thesis:

The Thesis statement should be on page 2 of the document. A thesis statement will guide the paper, so be sure to write a thesis that states what areas you will be covering in the paper. For example, if you are going to discuss one or more themes of the novel, then those themes should be in the thesis statement. Perhaps you will be covering two or more elements of fiction (from your literary terms). Then those terms should be an integral part of the thesis.

Note:  In the final version of your paper, the thesis statement is the last sentence of your introductory paragraph. However, for this week, you will only turn in the thesis statement and your annotated bibliography.

Annotated Bibliography:

Along with the thesis, you will submit the annotated bibliography that references and summarizes your research.

• Include at least five sources, with three from the Rasmussen online library.
• Each annotation should be four to five sentences in length.
• Each annotation should include facts, details, and a summary of the article.
• Your last statement in the annotation should be written in first person and state why you chose the resource.

The annotated bibliography should begin on page 3 of this assignment. The Annotated Bibliography should be done in Noodlebib (again see our library resources tab). Please avoid .com sites, personal websites/blogs, and Wikipedia. If you use outside resources, make sure they are credible resources with .edu or .org or .gov, rather than .com.

Below is a sample annotation for one entry. You will create 5 of these in a Word document. You may export them directly from Noodlebib onto your Word APA template once they are created in that program.

For this assignment, you will submit your thesis and annotated bibliography for your Course Project on the assigned novel for your Module 03 written assignment. Please use an APA formatted template with a Rasmussen College cover. See the Course Guide for assistance if you are unfamiliar with the Rasmussen College APA template.

Thesis:

The Thesis statement should be on page 2 of the document. A thesis statement will guide the paper, so be sure to write a thesis that states what areas you will be covering in the paper. For example, if you are going to discuss one or more themes of the novel, then those themes should be in the thesis statement. Perhaps you will be covering two or more elements of fiction (from your literary terms). Then those terms should be an integral part of the thesis.

Note:  In the final version of your paper, the thesis statement is the last sentence of your introductory paragraph. However, for this week, you will only turn in the thesis statement and your annotated bibliography.

Annotated Bibliography:

Along with the thesis, you will submit the annotated bibliography that references and summarizes your research.

• Include at least five sources, with three from the Rasmussen online library.
• Each annotation should be four to five sentences in length.
• Each annotation should include facts, details, and a summary of the article.
• Your last statement in the annotation should be written in first person and state why you chose the resource.

The annotated bibliography should begin on page 3 of this assignment. The Annotated Bibliography should be done in Noodlebib (again see our library resources tab). Please avoid .com sites, personal websites/blogs, and Wikipedia. If you use outside resources, make sure they are credible resources with .edu or .org or .gov, rather than .com.

Below is a sample annotation for one entry. You will create 5 of these in a Word document. You may export them directly from Noodlebib onto your Word APA template once they are created in that program.

This assignment will incorporate a common practical tool in helping clinicians begin to ethically analyze a case. Organizing the data in this way will help you apply the four principles of principlism.

Based on the “Case Study: Healing and Autonomy” and other required topic study materials, you will complete the “Applying the Four Principles: Case Study” document that includes the following:

Part 1: Chart

This chart will formalize principlism and the four-boxes approach by organizing the data from the case study according to the relevant principles of biomedical ethics: autonomy, beneficence, nonmaleficence, and justice.

Part 2: Evaluation

This part includes questions, to be answered in a total of 500 words, that describe how principalism would be applied according to the Christian worldview.

Remember to support your responses with the topic study materials.

APA style is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.

Read the Required Puterbaugh (2015) article on self-care. Locate, read, and cite a credible article on burnout in the helping professions. What are some signs to watch for when working in the helping professions that might indicate that you or a colleague may be experiencing burnout? Describe your self-care plan to help alleviate stress and ward off burnout while working in the field of human services? (Note: this is your self-care plan; write as much as you need). Prepare to discuss those specific tactics that you intend to employ to fellow students who may inquire about your choices. Your initial post should be at least 500 words long. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings.

Resources  Required Text   Martin, M.E. (2014). Introduction to human services: Through the eyes of practice settings (3rd.  ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson Education. ISBN: 9780205848058   Required References  ABC Life Literacy Canada. (2010, July 20). Workplace education podcast part 2 – Conducting an organizational needs assessment [Video file]. Retrieved from  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxQCHtTEadA (Links to an external site.)     Miller, S.E., Tice, C.J., & Harnek-Hall, D.M. (2008). The generalist model: Where do the micro and macro converge? Advances in Social Work, 9(2), pp. 80-90. Retrieved from http://journals.iupui.edu/index.php/advancesinsocialwork/article/viewFile/203/198 (Links to an external site.)  Puterbaugh, D. (2015).  Self-care in the world of empirically supported treatments. Retrieved on December 10, 2015, from http://ct.counseling.org/2015/05/self-care-in-the-world-of-empirically-supported-treatments/ (Links to an external site.)     Recommended References  Greene, G., Madkins, K., Andrews, K., Dispenza, J. & Mustanski, B. (2016). Implementation and evaluation of the keep it up! Online HIV prevention intervention in a community-based setting. AIDS Education & Prevention, 28(3), 231-245. DOI: 10.1521/aeap.2016.28.3.231.  Hergenrather, K. Emmanuel, D., Durant, S. & Rhodes, S. (2016). Enhancing HIV prevention among young men who have sex with men: A systematic review of HIV behavioral interventions for young gay and bisexual men. AIDS Education & Prevention, 28(3)252-271DOI: 10.1521/aeap.2016.28.3.252.  HumanServicesCouncil. (2016, February 23). The future of the human services sector [Video file]. Retrieved from  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0UqjTDPwwk (Links to an external site.)      Moate, R. Gnilka,P.,West, E., & Bruns, K. (2016). Stress and burnout among counselor educators: Differences between adaptive perfectionists, maladaptive perfectionists, and non-perfectionists.  Journal of Counseling & Development. 94(2), 161-171. DOI: 10.1002/jcad.12073.  Negandhi, P., Neogi, S., Chopra, S.,  Phogat, A., Sahota, R.,  Gupta, R., Gupta, R., Zodpey, S. (2016). Improving reporting of infant deaths, maternal deaths and stillbirths in Haryana, India.  Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 94(5), 370-375. DOI: 10.2471/BLT.15.157693.  Regis University. (2010, April 7). Leaders in practice: Social responsibility [Video file]. Retrieved from  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a45j3eHsvnA (Links to an external site.)      Steury, E. (2016). Mobile phone short message service to improve malaria pharmacoadherence in Zambia. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 48(4), 354-361. DOI: 10.1111/jnu.12216.  Souza-Talarico, J., Wan, N., Santos, S., Fialho, P., Chaves, E., Caramelli, P., Bianchi, E., Santos, A., & Lupien, S. (2016).  Cross-country discrepancies on public understanding of stress concepts: evidence for stress-management psycho-educational programs. BMC Psychiatry, 16, 1-11. 11p. DOI: 10.1186/s12888-016-0886-6.  Tanner, A., Mann, L., Song, E., Alonzo, J., Schafer, K., Arellano, E., Garcia, J. & Rhodes, S. (2016). weCARE: A social media-based intervention designed to increase HIV care linkage, retention, and health outcomes for racially and ethnically diverse young MSM. AIDS Education & Prevention. 28(3), 216-230. 15p. DOI: 10.1521/aeap.2016.28.3.216.  Wagaman, M., Geiger, J., Shockley, C., & Segal, E. (2015). The role of empathy in burnout, compassion satisfaction, and secondary traumatic stress among social workers. Social Work, 60(3), 201-209. DOI: 10.1093/sw/swv014.

 

Respond to your colleagues by offering one or more additional mitigation strategies or further insight into your colleagues’ assessment of big data opportunities and risks.

At least 2 references in each peer responses!

 

Big data in the clinical system is the abundance of the health care records collected from various sources like the electronic health record. One potential benefit of using big data is that it leads to error minimization and precise treatment of the patient (Raghupathi,2014). Since there are enough records on a patient, there is the possibility of predicting the outcome of a specific treatment; hence the provider gives a more personalized care treatment. The potential risk of using big data is the security issue that arises due to unauthorized access to data (McGonigle,2017). The big data contains the patient’s personal information and health history, which can be very damaging if disclosed to an unauthorized individual.

The most effective strategy of ensuring that the challenge of unauthorized individuals access a patient’s data is making data security the number one priority. Protection of the information can be done by having control over the access of data and having authentication protocol (Thew,2016). By limiting the number of people that access specific data and putting firewalls to protect data from hackers helps secure data of the patient. The other strategy that can be used is the introduction of analytical tools that helps in reducing the time taken to generate a report. Big data has a lot of records, but it becomes a challenge when one cannot access data on time. When data can be accessed when required, and in a correct format, it helps the providers to quickly predict the outcome of a precise treatment on a patient. The strategies help the big data attain its aim of transforming the clinical system towards a value-based model that provides superior patient treatment and outcomes.

Kenworth Motors Case

  As a consulting you mostly have to be compelled to come back and prepare before you meet the potential shopper.   The proposal should be gift at the meeting.   As i’m reading this case study, i believed it absolutely was simply a proper personal review of a gathering that 2 business partners that reach out for facilitate.   I don’t believe that the adviser was ready for the meeting.   He simply talks to the shopper and attend a firm that he knew nothing concerning.   He failed to have associate degree agenda of what the business was all concerning and he wasn’t centered concerning the agenda.   He manager himself doesn’t even grasp what’s the matter that running within the company before having the consulting to return in.  

If he’s an expert adviser, he ought to initial analysis concerning the organization and ready himself a trifle higher. additionally he has to do some analysis on the management and it operation inside the organization.   One issue that I will offer credit to the current consulting is that he’s a decent trafficker.   He initial begins his question concerning the plant and product of the

organization and semiconductor diode the manager to speak concerning completely different topic of their product. additionally each the manager and adviser had a positive perspective toward everything.  

The adviser lay out the retreat however didn’t have any arrange of however the retreat would facilitate their issues.   Everything wasn’t in writing and also the time to arrange for the retreat is just too short to even harden.  As a consulting, he wasn’t professionally gift his action and plans to gift however it’ll facilitate the potential shopper.   This case study shows a really ineffective ways in which of doing consulting for giant organization. additionally it permits you to suppose that hiring effective consulting isn’t by victimization mutual acquaintance. this can be a decent example of contract meeting of what to try and do or to not do.  

I think this initial meeting goes well however with unprepared consulting will cause several wrong direction and cause failure as a adviser however additionally injury the corporate name.   There area unit several   effective methods to assist consulting to own an expert contract meeting.

Paper

· Paper: 4 pages, double-spaced (not including the references page), uploaded to D2L assignment folder, a comment on the upload should articulate the team’s work breakdown

· Video Presentation: 15 minutes, recorded presentation containing a slide deck and audio, stored in Google Drive and shared via web link to course spreadsheet

Steps for Conducting a Case Analysis

· Define the problem

· List any outside concepts that can be applied

· List relevant qualitative data

· List relevant quantitative data

· Perform external Research on this company or similar companies that have gone through a similar situation. (Research on 2 companies is recommended).

· Describe the results of your analysis.

· Describe alternative actions.

· Describe your preferred action plan.

* Note, there is no ‘template’ to follow, no set ‘way’ to do this. As you prepare to enter business, your creative insight is needed in order for you to be able to get your message across in a convincing manner. Be professional.

* Many teams respond with a write-up that is accompanied with a PowerPoint presentation with bullets to make their case and their recommendation. Others prepare a write-up and incorporate charts, graphs, pictures, etc. Make this your own. Be creative.

* Create a response that is backed up with facts and data to support your view and is convincing. Also, be clear on the ‘why’ behind the recommendation.

* There is no ‘right or wrong’ answer to responding to this case. Rather, we are looking to see how you apply the concepts of operations and supply management from the class to address a real business issues. Finally, please respond from Jessica’s and the company’s point of view when making your recommendation

1000 wordsplease follow the directions and don’t a qoute from the Internet. 

  Paragraph 1.  Explain the author’s thesis—the main point or points that he/she is trying to make in the book.  This is not a description or summary of the book; it is an explanation of the author’s purpose; the central idea or ideas around which the article is organized.2. Next 3-4 paragraphs.  Give a broad, general summary of the book.  You cannot in 3-4 paragraphs summarize the entire article, but you can give an example of the author’s arguments which capture the flavor of the article.3. Next paragraph.  Discuss the sources upon which the author bases his/book.  What research materials did he or she use?4. Last paragraph.  Assess the book.  DO NOT tell  me whether or not you like it or found it interesting, but tell me how successful the author was in achieving his objectives.

Use a provided template to develop a 3-5 page proposal for an intervention and implementation plan related to the health problem you defined in the first assessment.
Important: You must complete all of the assessments in order for this course.
For this assessment, you will be designing and planning the implementation for the intervention to improve the health problem you defined in the first assessment. You will also examine implications of interprofessional collaboration, technology, and organizational and governmental policies for your intervention and implementation plans.
Demonstration of Proficiency
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:

• Competency 3: Transform processes to improve quality, enhance patient safety, and reduce the cost of care.
  • Propose a plan, referencing relevant existing and newly created processes, to implement an intervention to improve quality and safety, and reduce costs within the context of a chosen health problem.
• Competency 4: Apply health information and patient care technology to improve patient and systems outcomes.
  • Analyze technology within a chosen health care practice context to support a proposed plan.
• Competency 5: Analyze the impact of health policy on quality and cost of care.
  • Explain the ways in which governmental or organizational policies could impact the proposed plan.
• Competency 6: Collaborate interprofessionally to improve patient and population outcomes.
  • Explain strategies for communicating and collaborating with patients and interprofessional teams to improve health outcomes.
• Competency 8: Integrate professional standards and values into practice.
  • Communicate professionally in clear, logically organized writing, using correct grammar, spelling, and APA style.
• Important: You must complete all of the assessments in order for this course.
  Professional Context
  As a professional nurse, you perform a critical role in solving a host of health care problems. In this assessment, you will use the literature to plan best-practice strategies to foster positive health outcomes for your chosen patient or population.
  Preparation
  Your intervention and implementation plan should be carried out in an interprofessional context, aligned to your topic, and based on the work you did in the first assessment. You should find collaborators as soon as possible so you can solicit their feedback about intervention and implementation plans to inform your approach.
  Instructions
  Having identified a health problem relevant to your current or future nursing practice and reviewed the literature to support nursing standards, decision making, and improvement strategies, you should now plan an intervention to address the chosen health problem based on the research you conducted.
  Construct a plausible plan that leverages the best practices and research collected to date as well as additional research into similar projects that you find in the literature. Be sure to frame your plan within the context of the health care setting in which you are completing your practicum hours. Incorporate relevant site-specific processes and policies into your implementation plan.
  Use the Plan Proposal Template [DOC] ATTACHED TO THIS ASSESSMENT to complete this assessment.
  As you develop your plan, be sure to address the following:
• Collaboration and communication with patients and colleagues to improve health outcomes.
• Governmental or organizational policies that could affect the plan.
• Quality and safety improvement strategies.
• Technology at the site that could be leveraged.
• Scoring Guide Criteria
• Propose a plan, referencing relevant existing and newly created processes, to implement an intervention to improve quality and safety, and reduce costs within the context of a chosen health problem.
• Analyze technology within a chosen health care practice context to support a proposed plan.
• Explain the ways in which existing governmental or organizational policies could impact the proposed plan.
• Explain strategies for communicating and collaborating with patients and interprofessional teams to improve health outcomes.
• Communicate professionally in writing that is clear, logically organized, and uses correct grammar, spelling, and APA style.
• Additional Requirements
• Length of submission: Use the provided template. Most submissions will be 3 to 5 pages. You do not need to include a title page. Be sure to complete the reference page at the end of the template.
• Number of references: Cite a minimum of 5 sources of scholarly or professional evidence that support your central ideas. Resources should be no more than five years old.
• APA formatting: Make sure that in-text citations and reference list follow current APA style.
• Portfolio Prompt: Remember to save the assessment to your ePortfolio. After you complete your program you may want to consider leveraging your Portfolio as part of a job search or other demonstration of your academic competencies.

Three-part APA Paper….

Part 1: Reflect on how those experiences from the Discussion Post impact your nursing practice now?

-Discussion post question:

1. How does a person’s difference in age, culture, race, gender and living situation impact your comfort as a nurse in communicating with them?
2. While growing up, how were OAs treated in your family, culture, community and in society (identify the year range).

Part 2: Discuss what ageing biases you have witnessed &/or perpetrated.

Part 3: Create a community education plan to address ageing bias.

The assignment should be written in an APA-formatted essay. The essay should be at least 1500 words in length and include at least two scholarly sources other than provided materials.

NURS 4335 Community & Public Health Nursing

Spring 2020

Clinical Makeup Assignment

The following assignment will take place of your remaining clinical hours required for this semester. Your responses should be well thought out, proofread, and use APA format for your citations and reference list (see rubric). The following is a list of resources to get you started, although you will likely need to find others to complete the assignment:

· https://www.jhsph.edu/covid-19/

· https://www.bbc.com/news/world-51235105

· https://www.jhsph.edu/podcasts/public-health-on-call/

· https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html

Part I.

The COVID-19 (Corona Virus) pandemic has presented several challenges to our world’s health, care systems, and economy. Healthcare professionals are responsible not only for the care of individual patients, but also to serve as leaders and educators to ensure the safety and wellbeing of our communities. In one to two pages, answer the following questions:

1. How did this pandemic begin?

2. How is Corona Virus spread (type of transmission)?

3. How does this virus differ from the seasonal flu (look up: case fatality rate and R-naught)?

4. How can individuals prevent becoming infected?

a. Identify primary prevention and secondary prevention measures that help decrease the spread of the disease

5. What does it mean to “flatten the curve”?

6. Who is most at risk for serious complications and death?

Part II.

Using your answers from Part I, create an educational handout or brochure. Your audience is the general public or members of your local community. Consider education and reading levels of your audience. Get creative and make it visually appealing (handout should be no more than two pages, or one sheet front and back).

Part III.

In one to two pages, compare the public health responses to the epidemics in South Korea and Italy. Why is South Korea considered the “gold standard” in its response to the virus? How did this differ from Italy?

Part IV.

Post in the Clinical Makeup Discussion thread: what was the most surprising or most interesting thing you’ve learned as you completed the assignment? Include one original post and one reply to another student.

Clinical Makeup Assignment Rubric

Criteria

Points

Points Rewarded

Comments

Answers to each question are complete and well thought-out, uses support from reputable sources, evidence of critical thinking

40

Brochure/handout includes relevant information, uses proper health literacy level, and is visually appealing

30

Use of proper grammar and APA format

15

Participates in Clinical Makeup Discussion thread with one original post and one reply post (total of two posts)

15

Total

Post your initial response to one of the two topics below.

Topic 1

Personal Philosophy

· From your readings about teaching and learning theories, develop and discuss your personal philosophy of teaching in nursing.

Topic 2

Recall a clinical learning experience you enjoyed.

· Describe the experience and what made it a positive experience.Identify specific aspects such as:

o Educational setting,

o Motivational strategy,

o Learning theory,

o Characteristics of instructor,

o Delivery of content (how was the material presented).

Lack of patient’s health compliance of diabetic patients as a health issues, create a case report and discuss the following (600-800 words)

Introduction with a problem statement (lack of health compliance of diabetics)
Brief synthesized review. (use online nursing journal within 5 years)
Description of the case/situation/conditions.
Proposed solutions describing the validity and reliability of the research you have read.
Choose a nursing journal where you would want to publish this case study and explain why you choose that nursing journal
What are some barriers in translating research into practice
Conclusion