Public policy has a major impact on your practice and your patients. Advocacy is an expectation of the advanced practice nurse. Elected officials care about what their constituents have to say. To make a difference, you need to be informed and engaged. Contacting your legislator and discussing issues is an important attribute of nurse […]
Public Policy, the News Media, and Outside Interests “The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty.” – James Madison Open your physical or email mailbox during a campaign year and you may find hundreds of unsolicited, political handbills funded by individual campaigns, Political Action Committees (PACs), and Super Political […]
Using a Microsoft Word document, please post one federal statute and one state statute utilizing standard legal notation and a hyperlink to each statute. In the same document, please post one federal case and one state case using standard legal notation and a hyperlink to each case. Examples: You may use this guide as an aid in […]
Scenario: You are the senior member of a two-man hostage negotiation team for a maximum security facility in the Northeast. You and partner are called to a cell block where an inmate, identified as Alfredo Albondigas, has taken two facilities maintenance personnel and a fellow corrections officer hostage. He is claiming that there are aliens […]
Presented with a problem involving multiple agencies, each student assumes an agency role and a project role to identify a collaborative, optimal solution. Individually, each student will present an agency description, the agency’s perspective and role, and research the available resources. Students will then form groups, and each group will present a collaborative, optimal solution. In the […]
Imagine that you are running for a state office (e.g., governor, senator, or representative) and you have to prepare a position paper for a debate on controversial issues in the news. ( Copyright laws protect rights of creative independent artists against a large corrupt music industry ) You will want your position paper to demonstrate critical […]
Final Project Assignment Instructions Scenario Background: A marketing company based out of New York City is doing well and is looking to expand internationally. The CEO and VP of Operations decide to enlist the help of a consulting firm that you work for, to help collect data and analyze market trends. You work for Mercer […]
Choose a source of media information written about a health policy issue; you can use any form of media discussed this week in the classroom theory. Critique the information using criteria presented in determining an unbiased source. Please use APA format and at least 200 words, no source less than 5 years old Media Tools […]
The state of East Masshampshire is suffering through a fiscal crisis. Last year, the state ran a budget deficit of $34 billion, which constituted 15% of all state spending. State legislators are concerned that without dramatic reduction in spending, the state will not be able to pay for basic services and debt service on […]
As the first notable work of cyberpunk fiction, Neuromancer creates a “feeling of transformed reality, where a new vocabulary is required to describe how perception itself has been changed by computers” (Mullan, 2014). Many readers struggle with Gibson’s descriptions, and many are lost because of his vocabulary. Your challenge is to create a mini-guide, […]
