Statistics Calculating Confidence Intervals Submit Assignment

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Instructions

In this assignment, you will calculate confidence intervals for the quantitative variables in the Heart Rate Dataset.

Steps

  1. Open the Heart Rate Dataset in Excel and identify the quantitative variables
  2. Make sure the data is sorted by category (e.g.male-at-rest, female at-rest, etc.)
  3. Use the Data Analysis tools of Excel to construct 95% and 99% confidence intervals for all 8 categories of the sorted quantitative variables.  Excel will calculate the margin of error given as the “confidence interval” in the output. Use this margin of error to create your 8 confidence intervals by both adding and subtracting it from the sample mean (calculated in unit 3).  This creates a range of values that is the confidence interval.
  4. Create a Word document, and use your calculated results to explain what the confidence intervals tell us. What do these confidence intervals tell us about our heart rate data?  How would you interpret the 95% and 99% intervals for resting heart rate?
  5. Compare the 99% and 95% intervals and explain why one is larger than the other even though we use the same sample mean value.

Additional Instructions:

Your assignment should be typed into a Word or other word processing document, formatted in APA style. The assignments must include

  • Running head
  • A title page with
    • Assignment name
    • Your name
    • Professor’s name
    • Course

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  Insomnia is one of the most common medical conditions you will encounter as a PNP. Insomnia is a common symptom of many mental illnesses, including anxiety, depression, schizophrenia, and ADHD (Abbott, 2016). Various studies have demonstrated the bidirectional relationship between insomnia and mental illness. In fact, about 50% of adults with insomnia have a mental health problem, while up to 90% of adults with depression experience sleep problems (Abbott, 2016). Due to the interconnected psychopathology, it is important that you, as the PNP, understand the importance of the effects some psychopharmacologic treatments may have on a patient’s mental health illness and their sleep patterns. Therefore, it is important that you understand and reflect on the evidence-based research in developing treatment plans to recommend proper sleep practices to your patients as well as recommend appropriate psychopharmacologic treatments for optimal health and well-being. 

Case: An elderly widow who just lost her spouse. 

Subjective: A patient presents to your primary care office today with chief complaint of insomnia. Patient is 75 YO with PMH of DM, HTN, and MDD. Her husband of 41 years passed away 10 months ago. Since then, she states her depression has gotten worse as well as her sleep habits. The patient has no previous history of depression prior to her husband’s death. She is awake, alert, and oriented x3. Patient normally sees PCP once or twice a year. Patient denies any suicidal ideations. Patient arrived at the office today by private vehicle. Patient currently takes the following medications: 

  • Metformin 500mg BID 
  • Januvia 100mg daily 
  • Losartan 100mg daily 
  • HCTZ 25mg daily 
  • Sertraline 100mg daily 

Current weight: 88 kg

Current height: 64 inches

Temp: 98.6 degrees F

BP: 132/86 

 

  • List three questions you might ask the patient if she were in your office. Provide a rationale for why you might ask these questions. 
  • Identify people in the patient’s life you would need to speak to or get feedback from to further assess the patient’s situation. Include specific questions you might ask these people and why. 
  • Explain what, if any, physical exams, and diagnostic tests would be appropriate for the patient and how the results would be used. 
  • List a differential diagnosis for the patient. Identify the one that you think is most likely and explain why. 
  • List two pharmacologic agents and their dosing that would be appropriate for the patient’s antidepressant therapy based on pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics. From a mechanism of action perspective, provide a rationale for why you might choose one agent over the other. 
  • For the drug therapy you select, identify any contraindications to use or alterations in dosing that may need to be considered based on ethical prescribing or decision-making. Discuss why the contraindication/alteration you identify exists. That is, what would be problematic with the use of this drug in individuals based on ethical prescribing guidelines or decision-making?
  • Include any “check points” (i.e., follow-up data at Week 4, 8, 12, etc.), and indicate any therapeutic changes that you might make based on possible outcomes that may happen given your treatment options chosen. 

WEEK 8 SOAP NOTE

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Instructions:

CLINICAL CASE SCENARIO 

A 5-year-old boy presents to your clinic with a 1-day history of refusing to use his left arm. His father states that his son and his older sister were cared for by a babysitter the previous day. The babysitter said she had been playing with the children in the front yard when the patient ran after a ball that was rolling toward the street. She grabbed the patient’s left forearm and pulled him away from the street. Thereafter, the patient was irritable and holding his left arm close to his body with the elbow in a flexed position. On physical examination, the child has no bony tenderness, erythema, or swelling of the joints, but on passive motion, the child resists and cries in pain. Today, his vitals are as follows: weight 40.5 lbs, height 43.0 inches, BP 110/76, HR 100, RR 26, and Temperature is 98.6 F.

Step 1 – Read the assigned clinical scenario and using your clinical reasoning skills, decide on the diagnoses. This step informs your next steps.
Step 2 – Document the given information in the case scenario under the appropriate sections, headings, and subheadings of the SOAP note.
Step 3 – Document all the classic symptoms typically associated with the diagnoses in Step 1. This information may NOT be given in the scenario; you are to obtain this information from your textbooks. Include APA citations.

Example of Steps 1 – 3:
You decided on Angina after reading the clinical case scenario (Step 1)
Review of Symptoms (list of classic symptoms):
CV: sweating, squeezing, pressure, heaviness, tightening, burning across the chest starting behind the breastbone
GI: indigestion, heartburn, nausea, cramping
Pain: pain to the neck, jaw, arms, shoulders, throat, back, and teeth
Resp: shortness of breath
Musculo: weakness

Step 4 – Document the abnormal physical exam findings typically associated with the acute and chronic diagnoses decided on in Step 1. Again, this information may NOT be given. Cull this information from the textbooks. Include APA citations.

Example of Step 4:
You determined the patient has Angina in Step 1
Physical Examination (list of classic exam findings):
CV: RRR, murmur grade 1/4
Resp: diminished breath sounds left lower lobe

Step 5 – Document the diagnoses in the appropriate sections, including the ICD-10 codes, from Step 1. Include three differential diagnoses. Define each diagnosis and support each differential diagnosis with pertinent positives and negatives and what makes these choices plausible. This information may come from your textbooks. Remember to cite using APA.

Step 6 – Develop a treatment plan for the diagnoses. Only use National Clinical Guidelines to develop your treatment plans. This information will not come from your textbooks. Use your research skills to locate appropriate guidelines. The treatment plan must address the following:
a) Medications (include the dosage in mg/kg, frequency, route, and the number of days)
b) Laboratory tests ordered (include why ordered and what the results of the test may indicate)
c) Diagnostic tests ordered (include why ordered and what the results of the test may indicate)
d) Vaccines administered this visit & vaccine administration forms given,
e) Non-pharmacological treatments
f) Patient/Family education including preventive care
g) Anticipatory guidance for the visit (be sure to include exactly what you discussed during the visit; review Bright Futures website for this section)
h) Follow-up appointment with a detailed plan of f/u

CLINICAL CASE SCENARIO 

A 5-year-old boy presents to your clinic with a 1-day history of refusing to use his left arm. His father states that his son and his older sister were cared for by a babysitter the previous day. The babysitter said she had been playing with the children in the front yard when the patient ran after a ball that was rolling toward the street. She grabbed the patient’s left forearm and pulled him away from the street. Thereafter, the patient was irritable and holding his left arm close to his body with the elbow in a flexed position. On physical examination, the child has no bony tenderness, erythema, or swelling of the joints, but on passive motion, the child resists and cries in pain. Today, his vitals are as follows: weight 40.5 lbs, height 43.0 inches, BP 110/76, HR 100, RR 26, and Temperature is 98.6 F.

Diagnosis – Subluxation of Radial Head

As you develop your narrated PowerPoint, be sure to address the criteria discussed in the video above and the instructions listed below:

FOLLOW THE TEMPLATE BELOW for the Clinical Case Report – SOAP PowerPoint Assignment:

DO NOT INCLUDE THESE INSTRUCTIONS IN THE POWERPOINT. POINTS WILL BE DEDUCTED. REFER TO THE EXAMPLE CASE REPORT FOR GUIDANCE.

SUBJECTIVE (S): Describes what the patient reports about their condition.
For INITIAL visits gather the info below from the clinical scenario and the textbook. DO NOT COPY AND PASTE THE SCENARIO; EXTRACT THE RELEVANT INFORMATION.

Historian (required; unless the patient is 16 y/o and older): document name and relationship of guardian
Patient’s Initials + CC (Identification and Chief Complaint): E.g. 6-year-old female here for evaluation of a palmar rash
HPI (History of Present Illness): Remember OLD CAARTS (onset, location, duration, character, aggravating/alleviating factors, radiation, temporal association, severity) written in paragraph form
PMH (Past Medical History): List any past or present medical conditions, surgeries, or other medical interventions the patient has had. Specify what year they took place
MEDs: List prescription medications the patient is taking. Include dosage and frequency if known. Inquire and document any over-the-counter, herbal, or traditional remedies.
Allergies: List any allergies the patient has and indicate the reaction. e.g. Medications (tetracycline-> shortness of breath), foods, tape, iodine->rash
FH (Family History): List relevant health history of immediate family: grandparents, parents, siblings, or children. e.g. Inquire about any cardiovascular disease, HTN, DM, cancer, or any lung, liver, renal disease, etc…
SHx (Social history): document parent’s work (current), educational level, living situation (renting, homeless, owner), substance use/abuse (alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, illicit drugs), firearms in-home, relationship status (married, single, divorced, widowed), number of children in the home (in SF or abroad), how recently pt immigrated to the US and from what country of origin (if applicable), the gender of sexual partners, # of partners in last 6 mo, vaginal/anal/oral, protected/unprotected.

Patient Profile: Activities of Daily Living (age-appropriate): (include feeding, sleeping, bathing, dressing, chores, etc.), Changes in daycare/school/after-school care, Sports/physical activity, and Developmental History: (provide a history of development over the child’s lifespan. If a child is 1y/o or younger, provide birth history also)

HRB (Health-related behaviors):
ROS (Review of Systems): Asking about problems by organ system systematically from head-to-toe. Included classic associated symptoms (this includes pertinent negatives and positives).

OBJECTIVE: Physical findings you observe or find on the exam.
1. Age, gender, general appearance
2. Vitals – HR, BP, RR, Temp, BMI, Height & Percentile; Weight & Percentile, Include the Growth Chart
3. Physical Exam: note pertinent positives and negatives (refer to the textbook for classic findings related to present complaint and the diagnosis you believe the patient has)
4. Lab Section – what results do you have?
5. Studies/Radiology/Pap Results Section – what results do you have?

RISK FACTORS: List risk factors for the acute and chronic conditions

ASSESSMENT: What do you think is going on based on the clinical case scenario? This is based on the case. You are to list the acute diagnosis and three differential diagnoses, in order of what is likely, possible, and unlikely (include supporting information that helped you to arrive at these differentials). You must include the ICD-10 codes, the definition for the acute and differential diagnoses, and the pertinent positives and negatives of each diagnosis.

You are to also list any chronic conditions with the ICD-10 codes.

NATIONAL CLINICAL GUIDELINES: List the guidelines you will use to guide your treatment and management plan

TREATMENT & MANAGEMENT PLAN: Number problems (E.g. 1. HTN, 2. DM, 3. Knee sprain), use bullet points, and include A – F below for each diagnosis and G – H after you’ve addressed all conditions.

Example:
1. HTN
a) Vaccines administered this visit & vaccine administration forms given,
b) Medication-include dosage amounts and mg/kg for drug and number of days,
c) Laboratory tests ordered
d) Diagnostic tests ordered
e) Non-pharmaceutical treatments
f) Patient/Family education including preventive care

2. HLD
a) Vaccines administered this visit & vaccine administration forms given,
b) Medication-include dosage amounts and mg/kg for drug and number of days,
c) Laboratory tests ordered
d) Diagnostic tests ordered
e) Non-pharmaceutical treatments
f) Patient/Family education including preventive care
Also discussed:
g) Anticipatory guidance for next well-child visit (be sure to include exactly what you discussed during the visit; review Bright Futures website for this section)
Return to the clinic:
h) Follow-up appointment with a detailed plan for f/u and any referrals

Alternative Case Study

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 Using the link answer the following questions in APA style

Teaching Bilinguals (Even If You’re Not One)

Video 1: Getting Acquainted

  1. New York and Florida are states with a large population of students whose first language is not English. According to Sara Vogel, in New York, these students were often forced to speak English or remain silent.  What language practices did you experience when you were in school in Florida (or elsewhere).  What practices have you seen in your previous field experiences?
  2. Puerto Rican and other activists in New York in the 1960s and 1970s, with some degree of success, advocated for bilingual education. Which groups advocated for English language learners in Florida in the 1980s, resulting in the 1990 Florida Consent Decree?  What did the Consent Decree accomplish?
  3. Define “translanguaging”. What is your opinion of this practice?

Video 2: Being an Advocate for Bilingual Students

  1. How does Ms. Conte use students’ backgrounds as resources in their learning?  Give two additional ideas to implement.
  2. How does reading books featuring multicultural/multilingual characters create a culture of inclusion? Have you participated in this practice in the classroom, as a student, a teacher, or an observer?  Describe your experience.
  3. How can English speakers profit from exposure to bilingual books?
  4. Conte, being monolingual, was uncomfortable about her students speaking in languages she didn’t understand. She felt that she would lose control of the classroom.  What did she find out?  What are your thoughts about not controlling everything that goes on in the classroom?

Video 3: Bilingual Superpowers

  1. What are benefits of graphic novels?
  2. Describe the process Ms. Ballantyne-Berry uses with her graphic novel assignment.
  3. How does Ms. Ballantyne-Berry use students’ language repertoire as a resource?

Video 4: Knowing your Students

  1. Chapman-Santiago reads a quote from Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird. How does this quote apply to a teacher’s work?
  2. What might you learn by carefully watching the cues students send through body language and facial expressions? Describe an example from when you were a student, or when you taught or observed a class.
  3. What information can a teacher gain by encouraging students to use their home language?
  4. What are some practical ways to incorporate home language as a scaffold?

Video 5: The Benefits of Bilingual Education

  1. What does Sara Vogel mean when she states in her introduction to the video that teachers can “push for more” in promoting their students’ learning?
  2. Aponte says that reading the book My name is Jorge on Both Sides of the River has changed her students’ lives. Describe what you think is the impact of the book on students.
  3. What is the goal of bilingual education programs? How does a bilingual program impact English speakers?

End-of-Life Decisions and Advanced Directives

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Participation Requirement: You are required to post a minimum of three (3) times in each discussion. These three (3) posts must be on a minimum of two (2) separate days. You must respond to the initial discussion question by 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday.  On additional days, respond to your peers’ posts as well as additional faculty posts. Responses to peers must be posted by 11:59 p.m. on Sunday each week a discussion is due.

Step 1: Read attached article entitled, Advance Directives and Health Care Planning-Are all the pieces in place.pdfPreview the document 

Step 2: Read the following article: Effect of Living wills on End of Life Care.pdf.   

 

An Advanced Directive is a document in which a client who is competent is able to express wishes regarding future acceptable health care. The document may include decisions including the desire for extraordinary lifesaving measures, such as resuscitation, intubation, and artificial hydration, and nutrition. The advanced directive may also be used to designate another person to make decisions when the client becomes physically or mentally unable to do so. The Patient-Determination Act requires all clients admitted to a health care facility be asked if they have advanced directives.

Planning guides for seriously ill clients includes:

  1. Living will: Legal document that instructs health care providers and family members about what, if any, life-sustaining treatment an individual wants if at some time the individual is unable to make decisions.
  2. Durable power of attorney for health care: Legal document that designates another person to make health care decisions for the client when the client becomes unable to make decisions independently.

Nursing intervention in these types of situations is to ensure to communicate to the interdisciplinary health care team that the client has provided and advanced directive and that it has been placed in the client’s medical record. Clients who do not have advanced directives must be given written information outlining rights related to health care decisions.

Initial Discussion scenario:

Mr. Gomez is a 73-year-old man who is estranged from his wife. Since he prefers that she doesn’t make any medical decisions for him should the need arise, he has filled out an advance directive naming his daughter Elena as his health care proxy. He has suffered from diabetes for many years and is adamant that he does not want dialysis, even if it would sustain his life. He does, however, wish to have tube feeding for however long it will sustain him.

One evening while at home with his daughter, Mr. Suarez has a seizure. He is taken to the hospital immediately, but never regains consciousness and doctors do not expect him to do so. Elena contacts her mother Mr. Gomez’s estranged wife and she quickly joins her daughter at the hospital. They want to put him on dialysis (as his diabetes is worsening) and a feeding tube (as there is no other way for him to receive nutrients). His daughter informs the doctors of her father’s end-of-life wishes. The doctors warn her that without dialysis her father will pass away more quickly, even with the feeding tube. Mr. Gomez’s estranged wife informs Elena that she needs to follow the advice received from the doctors in order to save her father’s life. Elena says that although she is aware of the consequences, she wants them to carry out her father’s wishes.

The clients estranged wife immediately has her attorney file an order to stop Elena from following her father’s wishes that are in his advanced directive. She feels that even though they are estranged, she still should have the right to make decisions regarding Mr. Gomez’s care. This action delays Elena’s ability to honor her father’s wishes and the doctors feel that it is necessary to inform the hospital’s ethics committee about the ongoing issue.

Assignment: Discuss the following questions

  1. What is the role of the doctors in deciding whether or not to respect Mr. Gomez’s advanced directive?
  2. Does Mr. Gomez’s estranged wife have the authority to step in and ignore Mr. Gomez’s advanced directive. Explain your reasoning while providing evidence-based solutions in your conclusion.
  3. Gomez’s estranged wife has filed temporary order to ignore the advanced directive. If you were Elena, how would you handle this dilemma? What rights does Elena have that allow her to honor her father’s wishes?
  4. What is the role of the ethics committee and how can they best support the client and his family?

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Personal Narrative Instructions

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Personal Narrative Instructions

You are required to submit the FINAL copy of this assignment, but you may first submit an optional DRAFT. This will allow you to receive qualitative feedback that can inform your revision. You should always avoid focusing solely on the grader’s DRAFT feedback; use the feedback as a supplement to the course lessons and your own revision ideas. Always expect to revise beyond what the DRAFT grader specifically notes.

Topic and Structure:

Multimodal Personal Narrative – Develop a multimodal document to both visually illustrate and verbally express a personal transformation.

Use a one-page newspaper or single-panel brochure format to present a personal narration of a transformation of your choice from a point in your childhood to today. You might discuss a career aspiration you had as a child, transition to the job you held as a teenager, and lastly, explain the profession you maintain today. Use connecting ideas to ensure you have a cohesive essay, which will ultimately (in the conclusion) explain what you learned from this transformation. For example, how and why did you go from point A (job 1) to point B (job 2) and then on to point C (job 3)? Or, you might consider illustrating a transformation based on a way of life or philosophy.

Implement three photos to represent your ideas, feelings, etc., at the three focal points in your life. You may use personal photos, clip art, or other images, but be sure you use and/or attribute the them appropriately. For example, you are free to use your personal photos as you’d like, but make sure to choose clip art or other images that you either have permission to use freely or that you cite adequately. Equally consider your document’s layout, such as text sizes, photo placement (near the related essay text), and colors, in addition to how you present your content, to include thesis, support, and organization.

Sample thesis statement: Growing up in Sedona, Arizona, I was constantly looking up into the clear night sky, viewing multiple constellations and shimmering stars, which had me yearning to reach them—literally—so when I turned 16, I began working as a camp counselor at a space camp, which ultimately led to a career at NASA; my journey taught me that if I reached for the stars, nothing could stop me.

Format Requirements:

While you do not need to follow standard MLA format for this assignment, be sure to still include your name, the course title, assignment name, and date within your submission as part of the newspaper or brochure.

Length: This assignment should be at least 500 words. 

Underline your thesis statement.

Example format:

Personal narration title document example shows title at the top. There are three columns in the document, each of which include a text description that correlates with a picture below.

Job Hunt

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Foundations for the Job Hunt

In this assignment, you’ll be turning in one (1) single document with screenshots of 3 different tasks:

1.) A Google Jobs Alert for any search term you’d like

2.) Your completed account on any one (1) of the following websites:

– Upwork.com

– Linkedin.com

– Guru.com

– Freelancer.com

– Workaway.info

– Monster.com

– Indeed.com

3.) A reach-out message to any hiring manager, either via:

-the job application process on one of the above-mentioned sites, or

-as a cold email to a client you’d like to work with (for help with this, review document 2.2, template #4 from last week’s Tyrus template packet)

To take a screenshot:

Mac: Press command+shift+4, then trace a box around the section you’d like to screenshot. A picture file will appear on your desktop.

Windows: Press Windows+shift+S. Click and drag on your screen to select the part of your screen you want to capture. A screenshot of the screen region you selected will be copied to your clipboard. You can paste it in any application by selecting Edit > Paste or pressing Ctrl + V, just as you’d paste a full-screen shortcut taken with the Print Screen key.

Step 1. Navigate to google.com and search for any job type in the following format “[Search term] jobs near [City], [State].

Step 1.2 Press “Alerts” at the top right corner of the page

Step 1.3 Enter your email address and select a frequency for your job alerts.

Step 1.4 Don’t forget to take your screenshot and paste it into your submission document.

Step 2. Navigate around the following sites (- Upwork.com – Linkedin.com – Guru.com – Freelancer.com – Workaway.info – Monster.com – Indeed.com) and decide on which one you’d like to create an account.

Please, if you already have an account on one or more of these sites, create an account on a site you don’t already have. It’s a little annoying, especially if you’re not sure about the site, but this is a great opportunity to check out a new resource—and you’ll thank me if you ever get a job hit from it.

Step 2.2 Set up your account completely. This step will take a little bit of time.

Step 2.3 Don’t forget to take your screenshot and paste it into your submission document.

Step 3. Send your “reach-out message.” This can be an actual submission of your résumé and a cover letter via any of the career sites, or it can be an application for a particular gig on Upwork, Guru, Freelancer or Workaway (these are a particularly good idea if you’d like a lower stakes reach-out), or it can be a cold email (as mentioned above: for help with this, review document 2.2, template #4 from last week’s Tyrus template packet)

Step 3.2 Don’t forget to take your screenshot and paste it into your submission document.

Step 4. Save your document and submit it!

Unit 7 Final Assignment Paper and Powerpoint

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  Final Capstone Paper Project (Due by Thursday 11:59 p.m. in Unit 7) Write a capstone paper that includes the unit writing assignments from the entire course. When designing this paper, be sure that each of the following sections is illustrated on its own separate page from the general context: Abstract, Acknowledgements, Tables and Figures, References and Appendix. The length of the Final Capstone Paper is a minimum of 30 pages. Each of the following sections should be illustrated on a page of its own according to APA formatting: Abstract, Acknowledgements, Tables and Figures, References, and Appendix. 

Final Capstone Paper Project Written Assignment: Submit by Thursday 11:59 p.m.

  • After completing Unit Six, you should combine all of your writing assignments into a Final Paper according to the following outline:
  1. Abstract
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Tables and Figures
  5. Introduction
  6. The Value of Education in Your Sports Organization
  7. The Value of Understanding Current Issues and Trends in Sports Organization
  8. Leadership and Sports Ethics in Sports Organizations
  9. High-Performance Teamwork and the Success of Sports Organization
  10. The Value of Advanced Organized Leadership in a Sports Organization
  11. The Impact of Sports Finance and Budgeting in a Sports Organization
  12. The Ethics of Strategic Leadership in a Sports Organization
  13. The Importance of Understanding Current Issues in Human Resources of a Sports Organization
  14. How Will You Impact or Incorporate a Christian Worldview within the Parameters of an Existing of Future Sports Organization
  15. Personal Reflections on Your Master of Sports Administration Academic Journey: From Bachelor’s Degree to Master’s Degree
  16. Conclusion
  17. Reference Page
  18. Appendix (only if needed)

Unit Seven:  Final Paper with all yellow sections and green sections need to be submitted by Thursday of Unit Seven.

Unit Seven:  PowerPoint needs to be loaded to the Canvas and to a Discussion Forum for peers to see in a Virtual Capstone Conference Forum.  There will also be a discussion forum posted so that you can post the PowerPoint for you and your peers to see your presentations between Friday and Saturday of Unit Seven. Earlier submission in Unit Seven is encouraged.

 A minimum of 20 references are required, including the text, The Holy Bible (New Living Translation), books and articles from academic sources (Net Library), and other periodicals. Be attentive to APA style, grammar and punctuation, integration of required components, and critical thinking. Papers should contain a title page, appropriate citations, and references. The APA Publication Manual is provided as your reference for style. Assignments are due no later than 11:59 p.m. (CT) on Thursday. Earlier submissions are accepted. The Final Capstone Paper Project will be evaluated using the Final Capstone Paper Project rubric in Appendix B. Final Capstone Paper Project-PowerPoint Presentation (Due by Thursday at 11:59 in Unit 7) Complete a 20 slide, Final Capstone Paper-PowerPoint Presentation. Assignments are due no later than 11:59 p.m. (CT) on Thursday. Earlier submissions are accepted. The Final Capstone Paper PowerPoint Presentation will be evaluated using the Final Paper Capstone PowerPoint Presentation rubric in Appendix C. 

“Strategic Management and Strategic Competitiveness Overview”

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Choose one public corporation in an industry with which you are familiar. Research the company on its own website, the public filings on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Filings & Forms page, the Lexis Advance database, and any other sources you can find. The annual report will often provide insights that can help address some of these questions.

Requirements

Write a 4–6 page paper in which you address the following:

  • Assess how globalization and technology changes have impacted the corporation you researched.
  • Apply the industrial organization model and the resource-based model to determine how your corporation could earn above-average returns.
  • Assess how the vision statement and mission statement of the corporation influence its overall success.
  • Evaluate how each category of stakeholder impacts the overall success of this corporation.

The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is the following:

  • Determine the impact of globalization and technology changes, strategic models, vision and mission statements, and stakeholders on a corporation’s success.

  

· You are required to have a heading for each of the sections in your paper. 

o The required headings have been provided for you. (Globalization, Technology,   

Industrial Organization Model, Resource-Based Model, Vision, Mission, Stakeholders, Sources) 

o DO NOT delete, alter, or add anything to the section Headings.

o DO NOT type the assignment instructions into the sections.

  

Week 3 Strategic Management and  Strategic Competitiveness Assignment

Write your introduction here. Include one (1) paragraph (not more than 6 lines of text) that explains what your paper will discuss. Much of your introduction may be taken from the assignment instructions (in your own words). 

  

Globalization

Thoroughly assess how globalization has impacted the public corporation you researched. Provide a thoughtful and well researched response. Consider for example, how your chosen company has been involved in expanding globally, how it has been impacted by global competition, and the global economy. Do not simply define the term globalization. If your company has locations in other countries, do not just state that your corporation has locations in other countries or simply list the various countries in which the company does business. You need to assess the impact globalization has had on your selected corporation. 

  

Technology

Thoroughly assess how technological changes have impacted the public corporation you researched. Provide a thoughtful and well researched response. Consider for example, how the company has been impacted by cloud computing, social media, crowdfunding, program apps, email, texting, websites, mobile, automation, robotics, IOT (Internet of Things), AI (Artificial Intelligence), e-commerce, data and analytics, etc. Research how the company may have been impacted by diffusion and disruptive technologies as explained in the textbook. Do not simply define the term technology. You will need to assess the impact changes in technology have had on your selected corporation. 

  

Industrial Organization Model

Thoroughly apply the industrial organization model to determine how your corporation could earn above-average returns (i.e. revenue). This model is based upon the corporation’s external environment which is anything outside of the corporation that can influence or impact its business (macro)/operations (micro). Your application should walk through the components the model suggests are needed to earn above average returns.  

  

Resource-Based Model

Thoroughly apply the resource-based model to determine how your corporation could earn above-average returns (i.e. revenue). Consider the corporation’s unique resources (corporate culture, land, location, equipment, brand, reputation, trademarks, patents, etc.) and capabilities (skills, experience, etc.) that set it apart from its competition. Your application should walk through the components the model suggests are needed to earn superior returns 

  

Vision

Thoroughly assess how the vision statement of the corporation influences its overall success. Include the actual vision statement for your chosen company (be sure to quote and cite your source).  

  

Mission

Thoroughly assess how the mission statement of the corporation influences its overall success. Include the actual mission statement for your chosen company (be sure to quote and cite your source). Regarding mission in your assessment of your selected corporation’s mission statement. Do not simply provide a definition of mission or make general statements.  

  

Stakeholders

Thoroughly evaluate how each category of stakeholder, described in the textbook, impacts the overall success of your selected corporation. Do not Google “stakeholders” or simply provide a definition or list of stakeholders. You must provide an evaluation that demonstrates your understanding of each classification of stakeholders.

  

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Ethical Dilemma Brief

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  1. Due DateMonday, November 30, 20209:00 AMPoints Possible105
  2. Ethical Dilemma Brief
    Introduction
    Health care administrators are confronted with ethical dilemmas and difficult decision making during their work. As we have already discovered, there are important interactions between ethical behaviors and legal issues. Health care administrators need to understand the relationships as well as the distinct differences. Health care institutions have ethics committees that play a central role in the protection of patient’s rights, the organization as a whole, and its staff.
    Instructions
    Imagine you work as a professional health care administrator in a large medical center. You have been asked to present a paper at a professional conference on medical ethics and caregiver-patient encounters. You must write a paper about a significant physician-patient ethical dilemma in a medical setting, defending the decision and conclusions made.
    Below is a resource with multiple ethical case studies that involved patients, their families, and members of the interdisciplinary team. Choose one of the scenarios on this site, or select a case of your own choosing from another resource.

    • Medical Ethics and Physician-Patient Encounters: Case Studies and Best Practices.
    • Your paper should be 3–5 pages and should include a title page and references, for a total of 5–7 pages.
      Strayer Writing Standards
      This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards. For assistance and information, please refer to the Strayer Writing Standards link in the left-hand menu of your course.
      Grading Criteria
      The grading criteria for this executive summary is as follows. It must include the elements listed below, so be sure to address each point. You may also want to review the performance-level descriptions for each criterion in the scoring guide to see how your work will be assessed:
    1. Prepare a brief from the perspective of a lead administrator dealing with an ethical dilemma.
    2. Apply ethical and moral theories to a case study involving a patient and caregivers.
    3. Outline the ethical concerns and potential outcomes in a selected ethical dilemma.
    4. Propose a solution to mitigate the issues raised in a selected ethical dilemma.
    5. Defend the solution from an ethical standpoint.
    6. Use at least three peer-reviewed articles less than five years old.
    7. Provide appropriate in-text citations and reference section.
    8. Meet clarity, writing mechanics, and formatting requirements.
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