HCA421 final paper

Need someone to write an 8-10 page final paper which must be turned in by 2 December (Wednesday). Details are as follows:

For your Final Paper, choose one of the following health care organizations:

  • Hospital Corporation of America (HCA)
  • Tenet Health System
  • Mayo Clinic
  • Henry Ford Health System
  • Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
  • Children’s Miracle Network
  • Deborah Heart and Lung Center
  • Medtronic
  • Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH)
  • Planned Parenthood
  • Indian Health Service (IHS)
  • Health Markets

Conduct an evaluation of the organization based on strategic planning analysis, which includes the strengths and/or weaknesses that are internal to the organization and opportunities and/or threats external to the organization.  Your strategic plan analysis must include at least three strengths and three weaknesses that are internal to the organization and at least three opportunities and three threats that are external to the organization. You must utilize at least five valid sources in your analysis. Examples of valid sources include organizational websites, annual reports, personal interviews with organizational leadership, investigative reports, government reports, and conference transcripts.  Your Final Paper must address at least five key areas, concepts, and strategies that are outlined in the course text.  These include:

  • Internal and external assessments
  • Competitive marketing analysis
  • Identification of stakeholders
  • Overview and assessments of services provided
  • Competencies and resource
  • Public entities and regulatory requirements
  • Demographics served
  • Strategic financial planning
  • Financial and operational outcomes
  • Current and future direction of the organization of choice

Writing the Final Paper

The Final Paper:

  1. Must be 8 to 10 double-spaced pages in length, excluding the title and references pages, and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
  2. Must include a title page with the following:
    • Title of paper
    • Student’s name
    • Course name and number
    • Instructor’s name
    • Date submitted
  3. Must begin with an introductory paragraph that has a succinct thesis statement.
  4. Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought.
  5. Must end with a conclusion that reaffirms your thesis.
  6. Must use at least five scholarly sources, including a minimum of two from the Ashford University Library.
  7. Must document all sources in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
  8. Must include a separate reference page that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

Education Research Question

3-5 page research paper written on the following problem of practice in Education using the Structural Frame from the attached source. 

Problem of Practice:Does tenure for university professors create a culture where teachers don’t need to care about their students/course work to keep their jobs?

-Identify and briefly describe a complex problem of practice. By “briefly describe,” I mean no more than half a page. 

-Ensure that your complex problem is sufficiently complex.

-Describe how the structural frame and its underlying theories inform your understanding of the organizational causes of this complex problem of practice.

-The purpose of this paper is to use and apply the structural frame and related theories, not to summarize the content of these Chapters. You can assume that I have read and understood the book, so there is no need to tell me stuff I already know.

-Applications should clearly be labeled with components of each frame and related to theorists/researchers.

-When possible, you can also make connections between the reading and other research and theorists. Do so, when possible, to develop your historical, integrated, conceptual, and theoretical understanding.

Your objective in this assignment is to be accurate and complete.  Your writing should be clear and unambiguous.  There should be no unanswered questions in the reader’s mind about your written work or about what Bolman and Deal (2013) have written regarding the Structural Frame and the relationship to other theorists and researchers. 

Paper should:

+be free of errors such as typographical, grammatical, and/or spelling,

+represent the high quality of thinking and writing expected of doctoral students,

+use APA style (familiarize yourself with this style manual),

+have a cover sheet, page numbers, and a list of references following the APA style manual.

(Source Material Attached)

Assessing and Treating Patients With ADHD

PLEASE FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS AS INDICATED BELOW:

1). ZERO (0) PLAGIARISM

2). AT LEAST 5 REFERENCES, NO MORE THAN 5 YEARS (WITHIN 5YRS, OR LESS THAN 5YRS)

3). PLEASE FOLLOW THE APA 7 STYLE AND FORMAT

4). PLEASE SEE THE ATTACHED RUBRIC DETAILS AND THE CASE STUDY DECISION TREE.

 

Not only do children and adults have different presentations for ADHD, but males and females may also have vastly different clinical presentations. Different people may also respond to medication therapies differently. For example, some ADHD medications may cause children to experience stomach pain, while others can be highly addictive for adults. In your role, as a psychiatric nurse practitioner, you must perform careful assessments and weigh the risks and benefits of medication therapies for patients across the life span. For this Assignment, you consider how you might assess and treat patients presenting with ADHD.

To prepare for this Assignment:

  • Reflect on the psychopharmacologic treatments you might recommend for the assessment and treatment of patients with ADHD.

The Assignment: 5 pages

Examine Case Study: A Young Caucasian Girl with ADHD. You will be asked to make three decisions concerning the medication to prescribe to this patient. Be sure to consider factors that might impact the patient’s pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic processes.

At each decision point, you should evaluate all options before selecting your decision and moving throughout the exercise. Before you make your decision, make sure that you have researched each option and that you evaluate the decision that you will select. Be sure to research each option using the primary literature.

Introduction to the case (1 page)

  • Briefly explain and summarize the case for this Assignment. Be sure to include the specific patient factors that may impact your decision-making when prescribing medication for this patient.

Decision #1 (1 page)

  • Which decision did you select?
  • Why did you select this decision? Be specific and support your response with clinically relevant and patient-specific resources, including the primary literature.
  • Why did you not select the other two options provided in the exercise? Be specific and support your response with clinically relevant and patient-specific resources, including the primary literature.
  • What were you hoping to achieve by making this decision? Support your response with evidence and references to the Learning Resources (including the primary literature).
  • Explain how ethical considerations may impact your treatment plan and communication with patients. Be specific and provide examples.

Decision #2 (1 page)

  • Why did you select this decision? Be specific and support your response with clinically relevant and patient-specific resources, including the primary literature.
  • Why did you not select the other two options provided in the exercise? Be specific and support your response with clinically relevant and patient-specific resources, including the primary literature.
  • What were you hoping to achieve by making this decision? Support your response with evidence and references to the Learning Resources (including the primary literature).
  • Explain how ethical considerations may impact your treatment plan and communication with patients. Be specific and provide examples.

Decision #3 (1 page)

  • Why did you select this decision? Be specific and support your response with clinically relevant and patient-specific resources, including the primary literature.
  • Why did you not select the other two options provided in the exercise? Be specific and support your response with clinically relevant and patient-specific resources, including the primary literature.
  • What were you hoping to achieve by making this decision? Support your response with evidence and references to the Learning Resources (including the primary literature).
  • Explain how ethical considerations may impact your treatment plan and communication with patients. Be specific and provide examples.

Conclusion (1 page)

  • Summarize your recommendations on the treatment options you selected for this patient. Be sure to justify your recommendations and support your response with clinically relevant and patient-specific resources, including the primary literature.

“Captain of the Ship” Project – Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders

 PLEASE FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS BELOW

ZERO PLAGIARISM

4 REFERENCES

In earlier weeks, you were introduced to the concept of the “captain of the ship.” In this Assignment, you become the “captain of the ship” as you provide treatment recommendations and identify medical management, community support resources, and follow-up plans for a client with an obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Students will:
  • Recommend psychopharmacologic treatments based on therapeutic endpoints for clients with obsessive-compulsive disorders
  • Recommend psychotherapy based on therapeutic endpoints for clients with obsessive-compulsive disorders
  • Identify medical management needs for clients with obsessive-compulsive disorders
  • Identify community support resources for clients with obsessive-compulsive disorders
  • Recommend follow-up plans for clients with depression disorders

To prepare for this Assignment:

  • Select an adult or older adult client with an obsessive-compulsive disorder you have seen in your practicum.

In 3–4 pages, write a treatment plan for your client in which you do the following:

  • Describe the HPI and clinical impression for the client.
  • Recommend psychopharmacologic treatments and describe specific and therapeutic endpoints for your psychopharmacologic agent. (This should relate to HPI and clinical impression.)
  • Recommend psychotherapy choices (individual, family, and group) and specific therapeutic endpoints for your choices.
  • Identify medical management needs, including primary care needs, specific to this client.
  • Identify community support resources (housing, socioeconomic needs, etc.) and community agencies that are available to assist the client.
  • Recommend a plan for follow-up intensity and frequency and collaboration with other providers.

Current & Emerging Technology

No plagiarism please..

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1. With the explosion of users on social media sites, businesses need to establish their presence on social media sites. Just search for “Vans” or “Starbucks” on Facebook for examples of company sites. To manage their interaction with customers (and fans), companies need to hire social media managers. Using a job site such as Monster.com, search on “social media manager” and review the job postings. What are the educational requirements for social media managers? What technical skills do these jobs require? Given your major, what companies would you do well for as a social media manager?

2. You’ve embarked on a position as a freelance editor. You’ll be using your own computer. Until now, you haven’t worried too much about backing up your data. Now, however, it’s extremely important that you back up all your work frequently. Research the various backup options available, including online backup services, external hard drives, and portable flash storage. What are the size limitations of each? What are the initial and ongoing costs of each? How frequently do the options allow you to perform backups? Which option would you choose, and why?

Requirements:

1. Your assignment should be written in APA style format.

2. Each question should be answered not less than 250 words.

3. Double spaced with 12-point Times New Roman font and make sure to use headings.

4. Separate title and reference page (minimum of 2-3 references).

Project Charter Development

Using the project management case study, develop a project charter (use headings) of three to four pages (no more than four pages). In addition to the course textbook, research two additional resources. In your charter,

  • Summarize the project’s scope and limitations.
  • Propose a business case for the project.
    • Address how the project will enable the corporate strategy.
    • Address how the project will apply corporate social responsibility (CSR) values.
    • Calculate the Net Present Value (NPV) for the project business case. (Use Microsoft Excel to derive the NPV assuming the data below—submit an Excel spreadsheet as an appendix:
      • Purchase price of $400,000.
      • One-time project costs total of $100,000 spent in Year 0.
      • Net benefits after taxes of $150,000 per year for five years.
      • Salvage value for Year 6 and beyond of $400,000.)
    • Summarize your results of NPV in the paper and refer to the Appendix.
  • Develop a milestone schedule that includes five to seven elements
    • Use the case study to derive the milestones. If the case is lacking, feel free to include a solution or milestone that you think Walmart would value.
  • Predict the risks, threats, and opportunities of the project.
  • Outline resources needed for the project.
  • Develop your plan to form a high-performing project team.
  • Identify five important groups of stakeholders.

The Project Charter Development paper

  • Must be three to four double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA Style (Links to an external site.) resource.
  • Must include a separate title page with the following:
    • Title of paper
    • Student’s name
    • Course name and number
    • Instructor’s name
    • Date submitted

For further assistance with the formatting and the title page, refer to APA Formatting for Microsoft Word (Links to an external site.).

Carefully review the Grading Rubric (Links to an external site.) for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.

Penetration Test Report

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There are two deliverables due for Project 2.

  • A video showing your exploitation, credential theft, and data exfiltration.
  • A penetration test report that discusses the steps and actions in the video and how they are relevant to the client. The report also includes your recommendations for the client.

Use Microsoft Stream to create the video.

If you have not already done so last week:

Upload and submit two items for this assignment:

  • the Hacking Video Demonstration showing your exploitation
  • the Penetration Test Report document

How Will My Work Be Evaluated?

Penetrating the system (gaining access) is only the beginning for a penetration tester. You must also be able to clearly communicate your findings and recommend corrective actions in a way that a nontechnical audience can understand. Therefore, the written report describing the engagement’s technical details is a critical part of the job.

Having the best keyboard penetration skills in the business will not help if you are not able to properly document findings and convey critical issues to the client. A successful penetration proposal could lead to additional business from the client’s subsidiaries and partners.

The following evaluation criteria aligned to the competencies will be used to grade your assignment:

2.1.2: Describe the context surrounding the issue or problem.

  • In the Hacking Video Demonstration and the Penetration Test Report, address the client in the correspondence. Provide a brief introduction explaining the services performed and a summary at the end of the report. Summarize the actions of the attacker during the penetration test. Validate the attack methodology using industry approved techniques. Include at least two to three references in IEEE format.

2.1.3: Explain the significance of the issue or problem.

  • In the Hacking Video Demonstration and the Penetration Test Report, discuss the vulnerability you exploited on the system. Explain how you were able to steal credentials and take data important to the company. Discuss the implications, including loss of revenue and company reputation.

10.1.2: Gather project requirements to meet stakeholder needs.

  • In the Penetration Test Report, you need to address the fact that the client has asked you to use other accepted practices and tools to exploit its systems. You will need to use tools such as Kali, Metasploit, John the Ripper, and include screenshots with date and time stamps, IP addresses, and ports that show how you connected the attack system to the victim machine.

12.2.1: Identify systems for the risk assessment.

  • In the Penetration Test Report, you need to address the fact that during any scan report, it is critical that you list the IP address of the system you are using to connect to the client’s corporate network (for auditing purposes) as well as the IP address of the system(s) that you are exploiting. Discuss the scope of engagement and the limitations of your actions to stay within the parameters of the penetration test.

12.2.2: Perform a risk analysis.

  • In the Hacking Video Demonstration and the Penetration Test Report, explain to the client in clear terms the security issues that are present on the system. Discuss the exploit you used to compromise the Linux system and the steps to mitigate this vulnerability. Provide detailed information on the versions of the vulnerability and application software.

13.1.1: Create documentation appropriate to the stakeholder.

  • In the Penetration Test Report, explain to the client the actions that you used during the engagement. Talk about how an attacker would know how to get into the system and what methods could be used to compromise the victim machine. Finally, discuss the post exploitation techniques that allowed the attacker to get the credentials of a user account and to extract confidential data from the target system.

When you are finished, click “add a file” to upload your two deliverables, and then click the Submit button.   

Strategies For Decision Making

 

Applying the 21 Synectics Steps (ALL ORIGINAL WORK PLEASE)

The need for thinking and problem-solving skills dominates our lives. Individuals must analyze problems in the workplace, at school, as a parent, and in many other daily situations. You have an opportunity to practice your problem-solving skills through this assignment.

Assignment:  Select one problem from the following list or define your own problem. 

  1. Design a new textbook for a psychology class, science class, etc.
  2. Invent a new telephone.
  3. Design a new suitcase.
  4. Design new clothes for soldier/teacher/cook/student/ etc.
  5. Invent a new style for a video game.
  6. Create a short story.
  7. Design a new computer.
  8. Invent a new way to protect computers from viruses.
  9. Create a new type of credit card.
  10. Work on solving a problem of your own choosing – a problem that is related to your major field of study.

Remember that you don’t need to create anything physically. You may use images or just descriptions of your ideas. What is important for this assignment is your ability to generate ideas.

  • Number your ideas 1 through 21.
  • Generate 21 ideas about solving it, using the 21 Synectics steps linked here.  https://content.grantham.edu/academics/LPF_HU260/Synectics.html 

Note: The 21 Synectics steps were developed by SynecticsWorld, inc.

Invention Labs & Workshops |  Synecticsworld. (n.d.).  Synecticsworld. Retrieved May 23, 2012, from http://synecticsworld.com/invention-labs-workshops/

***Your completed assignment should be written primarily in first person and should be 500 words in length. If you use sources in your writing, be sure to identify them. If you use any direct language from a source, be sure to place those words in quotation marks.

***Your assignment should adhere to the stated page length requirement for the week and use APA style formatting including a title page and reference section. You should use Times New Roman, 12pt. font, double-spaced lines, and one inch margins. A description of APA style and the APA template can be found in the Writing Center.

Inventory Management Writing Assignment

Background: Days on Hand or Days in Inventory provides a metric for comparison of supply chain operations within the same industry. Days in Inventory represent “the average number of days a company holds its inventory before selling it.” A lower number of days indicates a lower cash investment and less inventory on the floor. Less inventory on the floor results in less floor space needed, less chance for obsolescence, and less chance for damage and theft.  

Calculate Days on Hand by dividing the inventory by daily COGS. Annual COGS (Cost Of Goods Sold, Cost of Revenue, or Cost of Sales) is found on the Income Statement, and Inventory is found on the Balance Sheet. Each of these financial documents can be found in the companies’ annual report Form 10-K.  Look for the “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” section. (Refer to the section on Measuring Supply Chain Performance in Chapter 11 of the text.) 

Improvement in operational efficiency, as indicated by a lower Days on Hand, yields two financial benefits. First, the reduced inventory results in a lower inventory carrying cost. Second, the reduced inventory results in a first-year reduction in expenditures (operations based on already purchased inventory) and, therefore, a positive cash flow impact equivalent to the reduction in inventory. 

You cannot just declare a lower inventory level. You can not reduce inventory without reducing the need for inventory (i.e., variation in lead time, forecast accuracy, or quality).  Reducing inventory without reducing the need results in problems in operations and customer satisfaction.

Assignment: Compare the 2019 Days on Hand results for Nike and Under Armour.  You can find the data you need in the annual reports for each of these companies on the internet. 

Write an executive summary (use the model provided) detailing the daily Cost of Goods Sold, respective days of inventory for 2019, and the potential financial impact if the under-performing company could match the Days on Hand measure of the higher-performing company (by improving processes so that they would require less inventory to operate). Assume a 25% carrying cost ratio.  There is information on how to do these calculations in the example provided. 

Be careful to use the correct units for the financial impact. (Financial numbers in Income Statements and Balance Sheets are often in $ millions.) Also, comment on any other noticeable differences in performance or situation. Provide the date for the financial information. 

Explain differences in performance (merely stating that a difference in size exists is not adequate).

Submit to D2L a single Word document with a minimum of one page single-spaced, 12 pt font.  Your submission should follow the format of the example analysis provided.  Use good grammar. Get help if you need it (Grammarly is one option). Use expressive language. Be careful about using the word “very” (what does that mean?) and do not use the word “thing” – not even once.  Submit one file with the filename DaysOnHand.docx.  

Grading:  Assignment is worth 45 points as follows:

• Introduction 10 points

o Comparison of the two companies in a manner that gives the reader an understanding of the industry, company sizes, sturctures, sales, and strategies

• Results Table 8 points

• Result Calculations 4 points

o 1 point for each formula (2 formulas) 2 points

o 1 point for each result (2 results) 2 points

• Results Narrative 5 points

o Assessment of results 

• Improvement Opportunity 11 points

o Narrative assessment 5 points

o 1 point for each formula (3 formulas) 3 points

o 1 point for each result (3 results) 3 points

• Formatting 2 points

• Style/Grammar 5 points

o 0-1 style/grammar issues 5 points

o 2-3 style/grammar issues 4 points

o 4-5 style/grammar issues 3 points

o 6-7 style/grammar issues 2 points

o 8-9 style/grammar issues 1 point

o >9 style/grammar issues 0 points

Diversity through 21st Century Teaching and Learning

 
 Diversity through 21st Century Teaching and Learning

There is a broad range of experiences brought to the school every day by cultural, linguistic, and ethnically diverse students. These unique diversities compel the development and use of different teaching strategies to target each student as an individual. In this discussion, you will explore the concept of supporting diversity through 21st century teaching and learning. This discussion is also intended to support your performance on the Week 1 Assignment.

Initial Post – Select three of the five prompts below, and then discuss how the Framework for 21st Century Learning (Links to an external site.) can be applied to each prompt using specific examples of the actions you would take to apply the framework. Your response to each of the three selected prompts should be one paragraph.

  • Analyze how you can maintain high standards and demonstrate high expectations for all ethnically, culturally, and linguistically diverse students in the classroom.
  • Reflect on ways in which you will choose culturally relevant curriculum and instructional materials that recognize, incorporate, and reflect students’ heritage and the contributions of various ethnic groups.
  • Discuss how you would differentiate instruction for the inclusion of various learning styles.
  • Reflect on ways in which you would modify instruction for special education students.
  • Discuss how you would modify instruction to meet the needs of students who are designated second language learners.