Synthesis is the act of creating something new from multiple existing entities. Synthesis of research is creating a new idea from existing ideas. It is a process developed through time and practice. In this assignment, you will apply the synthesis process to the course journal readings and your selected readings. As you synthesize, consider how leadership behavior influences leadership results. For example, leadership behaviors such as speech and mannerisms as well as what is not said or done effect followers profoundly in both their sense of value and their motivation.

General Requirements:

Use the following information to ensure successful completion of the assignment:

• Refer to the annotated bibliography and outline you created in the Module 5 assignment along with the assignment feedback from your instructor.
• Locate at least two additional, topically-related, empirical articles. Use “Empirical Research Checklist” to guide your selection.
• This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
• Doctoral learners are required to use APA style for their writing assignments. The APA Style Guide is located in the Student Success Center.
•  You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance.

Directions:

Locate the annotated bibliography and outline you created in the Module 5 assignment. Using the outline you developed, the information from the annotated bibliography, and the feedback provided by your instructor, write a paper (2,000-2,250 words) that synthesizes all****  articles from  annotated bibliography with the three (or more) topically-related, empirical articles you selected. Do that by including the following:

1. A statement of at least three common themes addressed in all of the articles.
2. A statement of the conclusions that can be drawn when the articles are taken together as a single entity. What is the overall message of the group of articles? ****Focus specifically on how leadership behavior influences leadership results.********** How might identity, worldview, and socio-cultural group membership influence the behaviors that effective leaders exhibit?********

RUBRIC

Attempt Start Date: 26-Nov-2020 at 12:00:00 AM

Due Date: 09-Dec-2020 at 11:59:59 PM

Maximum Points: 200.0

In this discussion activity, you will attempt to use the Internet via screen reader software and will compare/contrast this experience with using the Internet visually in order to analyze the way that technology has or has not lived up to the expectation of equalizing information-sharing.

*IMPORTANT NOTE:  If you are a student who has a visual disability and who already uses a screen reader program, please consider completing this assignment using a screen reader program that is different from yours and/or by visiting websites to which you do not normally go.

Steps:

Review some of the leading screen-reader software available to individuals who are blind or low-vision today:

• http://www.afb.org/prodmain.asp

Select a free screen reader program for your phone, tablet, or computer to use for this Activity:

• http://www.screenreader.net/index.php?pageid=11
• http://webanywhere.cs.washington.edu/wa.php
• http://www.readspeaker.com/ 
• http://usabilitygeek.com/10-free-screen-reader-blind-visually-impaired-users/

Turning off your monitor, and using only the screen reader program and your speakers, navigate to your top 5 favorite websites and attempt to use each, noting your experience as you go.  Keep track of missed links, content that does not work with the screen reader, and any difficulties you encounter.

• Make one of your visits to a website with a lot of video content – could you access the video with the screen reader?
• Try to access a website to which you have never been before – keep similar notes.
• Then, access a disability organization’s website – any of your choice, but several are listed here:
  • www.aapd.com
  • www.afb.org
  • http://www.unitedspinal.org/
  • http://ncil.org/
• Analyze your experience with each website and respond to the following questions
  • Did you notice differences in the websites?
  • What did you find frustrating about this activity?  
  • What would you recommend to make this experience easier? 
  • Do you think that you would have an easier time navigating with a screen reader program if you had more experience using it, or were there other factors?
  • How does this activity alter your perspective on the experience of the visually impaired and those with other physical impairments that make technology use a challenge?

Your supervisor has been asked many questions about how the economy works and why the idea of limited resources is such a major concern in today’s economy. As a result, she has asked you to prepare a report on the topics.

Specifically, your supervisor has asked you about to prepare:

Tasks:

• A circular flow diagram that includes the government sector. For this part of your paper, you should include a description of the roles that each participant plays in the economy and how the different sectors interact in the markets.
• An illustration of the Production Possibilities model, including a summary of what the model is illustrating and the economic implications for the economy.
• An explanation of why or why not trade with other countries is beneficial to an economy and how international trade fits into the circular flow diagram.
• An explanation of the difference between micro and macro economics, indicating why the division is necessary.

Deliverables:

• Prepare a 5-10 page Microsoft Word document that addresses the above tasks and meets APA standards.
• Include a summary section in your report that contains 5-7 bullet points identifying your major findings or conclusions of your paper. 
• Submit this report (as an attachment) as your initial post in the W1: Assignment 2 Discussion Area by Week 1, Day 3.
• Continue your discussions until the end of the week by commenting on at least two other submissions by your peers, identifying the strengths and weaknesses of each post.

All submissions must be original and all resources must be properly acknowledged.

Assignment: Academic Success and Professional Development Plan Part 2: Academic Resources and Strategies

New construction projects begin with a design phase, where architects blueprint the vision complete with design details. They work in collaboration with builders who use the designs to prepare the appropriate strategies, tools, and materials to bring the vision to reality. You are both architect and builder of your success. You have started to blueprint your vision in your Academic Success and Professional Development Plan. You have identified others with whom you will collaborate. Now you can begin to prepare the appropriate strategies, tools, and materials

How will you approach your studies? What types of resources are available to you, and how will you access and utilize them? Taking the opportunity to prepare these strategies, tools, and materials will help ensure you can “break ground” without incident and successfully move to the phase where you begin building your vision.

To Prepare:

• Consider your goals for academic accomplishments while a student of the MSN program.
• Reflect on the strategies presented in the Resources for this module.

The Assignment:

In this Assignment, you will continue developing your Academic Success and Professional Development Plan by appending the original document you began in the previous Assignment to develop the second component—academic resources and strategies. To accomplish this:

• Identify and describe at least three academic resources or strategies that can be applied to the MSN program
• Identify and describe at least three professional resources that can be applied to success in the nursing practice in general or your specialty in particular
• Explain how you intend to use these resources, and how they might benefit you academically and professionally

CASE STUDY ASSIGNED BY INSTRUCTOR 

CASE STUDY 2

EB is a 68-year-old black female who comes in for a follow-up of hypertension. She has glaucoma and her vision has been worsening during the past few years. She lives alone and is prescribed four hypertension medications (Hydralazine 50 mg PO Q8H, Metoprolol XL 200 mg PO Q12H, Lisinopril 40 mg PO daily, and HCTZ 25mg PO daily). She brings in her medication bottles and she has some medication bottles from the previous year full of medications. She is missing one medication she had been prescribed and says she may have forgotten it at home. Her BP in clinic today is 182/99 with HR of 84.

May 2012, Alice Randall wrote an article for The New York Times on the cultural factors that encouraged black women to maintain a weight above what is considered healthy. Randall explained—from her observations and her personal experience as a black woman—that many African-American communities and cultures consider women who are overweight to be more beautiful and desirable than women at a healthier weight. As she put it, “Many black women are fat because we want to be” (Randall, 2012).

Randall’s statements sparked a great deal of controversy and debate; however, they emphasize an underlying reality in the healthcare field: different populations, cultures, and groups have diverse beliefs and practices that impact their health. Nurses and healthcare professionals should be aware of this reality and adapt their health assessment techniques and recommendations to accommodate diversity.

In this Discussion, you will consider different socioeconomic, spiritual, lifestyle, and other cultural factors that should be taken into considerations when building a health history for patients with diverse backgrounds. Your Instructor will assign a case study to you for this Discussion.

To prepare:

• Reflect on your experiences as a nurse and on the information provided in this week’s Learning Resources on diversity issues in health assessments.
• By Day 1 of this week, you will be assigned a case study by your Instructor. Note: Please see the “Course Announcements” section of the classroom for your case study assignment.
• Reflect on the specific socioeconomic, spiritual, lifestyle, and other cultural factors related to the health of the patient assigned to you.
• Consider how you would build a health history for the patient. What questions would you ask, and how would you frame them to be sensitive to the patient’s background, lifestyle, and culture? Develop five targeted questions you would ask the patient to build his or her health history and to assess his or her health risks.
• Think about the challenges associated with communicating with patients from a variety of specific populations. What strategies can you as a nurse employ to be sensitive to different cultural factors while gathering the pertinent information?

By Day 3 of Week 2

Post an explanation of the specific socioeconomic, spiritual, lifestyle, and other cultural factors associated with the patient you were assigned. Explain the issues that you would need to be sensitive to when interacting with the patient, and why. Provide at least five targeted questions you would ask the patient to build his or her health history and to assess his or her health risks.