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Introduction
The very fact that the main character in “The Hunger Artist” is an artist means that his starvation is (or is attempting to be) symbolic. Pieces of art, by definition, represent parts of life, express the inexpressible, show the unseen, or – most simply – stand in for something else. 

Here we have an artist whose work of art is not only his own body – the way it might be for a dancer, actor, comedian, etc. – it is the mistreatment of his body. Furthermore, we have an audience willing to watch self-inflicted pain.

Activity Instructions
Consider both versions of “The Hunger Artist” – Kafka’s prose and Crumb and Mairowitz’s graphic novel. Citing specific moments from the stories – as well as from Foster and the lectures as you see fit – write a detailed essay about the following:

• What does the Huger Artist’s performance symbolize and why has he chosen starvation as his means of expression?
• What is Kafka saying about the relationship between an artist and his or her audience?
• According to Kafka, must that audience always involve someone suffering?
• Given the two versions of the story, in which ways does the graphic novel succeed at being Kafka-esque and in which ways is the prose version more effective? 

Writing Requirements (APA format)

• 2-3 pages (approx. 300 words per page), not including the reference page
• 1-inch margins
• Double spaced
• 12-point Times New Roman font
• Reference page (minimum of 3 outside resources)

Instructions

As a manager in a medical records department for a community hospital, you were asked to provide a presentation to health care providers on how to safeguard patients’ medical records and explain the legal reporting requirements. You were asked to include the following information:

1) Discuss regulations relating to safeguarding health information.

2) Explain the mandatory contents and legal obligation of providers to maintain accurate medical records.

3) Explain patient and provider obligations to protect the privacy of health information.

4) Describe the legal defense of an employee accused of mismanaging a patient’s health information.

5) Describe a patient’s legal argument concerning the release of inaccurate information concerning their health to the public.

6) Explain what is meant by legal reporting requirements.

7) Identify three legal reportable events.

Your presentation should consist of at least eight slides, not including the title and references slides.

PowerPoint Requirements:

1) Include a title slide.

2) Use short bullet points for each slide.

3) Add three or more graphics and a table or graph if appropriate.

4) All graphics must be cited.

5) Include Speaker Notes so that the information on the slide contains simple bulleted phrases and the notes expand on those bullets with complete sentences as if you would use them in an oral presentation.

6) Include a reference slide with at least three references.

Q6. How did the Dred Scott decision impact African Americans? Explain the Supreme Court’s decision, its implications for the expansion of slavery, and how it limited black equality in the United States?

1. The Dred Scott ruling alarmed white and black abolitionists, blacks, and white northerners alike. For white northerners, even those who did not believe blacks were their equals, the decision was more evidence of a Slave Power conspiracy to undermine free white labor. Blacks were enraged by the Dred Scott decision; the Court had confirmed that they were not citizens, even though they were free. Black leaders such as Frederick Douglass and Robert Purvis blasted the decision; Douglass called the ruling “judicial wolfishness.”

2. Many blacks left the United States in the wake of the decision. Some fled to Canada, which by 1860 had a sizable black population. Black leaders such as H. Ford Douglas, Mary Ann Shadd Cary, and Martin R. Delany fled to Canada in the 1850s.

3. Black nationalism, which evolved from the idea of black self-reliance into black self-determination and called for an independent black nation, became the rallying cry of blacks who were disillusioned by the Scott decision. Martin R. Delany, the father of black nationalism, championed black emigration to Canada, Central and South America, the West Indies, and West Africa. The first national emigration convention was held in Cleveland in 1854. By 1859, Delany and Robert Campbell, a Jamaican chemist, traveled to Africa in search of land for settlement along the Niger River valley.

4. Interest in emigration remained widespread, but it also inspired debates; proponents emphasized black self-rule, while opponents looked to the ACS’s failed experiment and pointed out Liberia’s high mortality rate and inefficient government. James Theodore Holly, an Episcopalian priest and missionary, argued for emigration to Haiti. In 1861, Holly led 101 blacks to an ill-fated, short-lived settlement there.

5. In 1859, five black men joined John Brown’s antislavery forces, who planned an insurrection that was to begin in Harpers Ferry, Virginia, and move south. Brown and a band of twenty-one men raided the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry in the hope that slaves would rush to get arms and liberate themselves and their fellow captives. The slaves never showed up, and federal troops came instead. Ten of Brown’s comrades were killed, including two of Brown’s sons. Five members of Brown’s militia escaped, and seven, including Brown, were captured.

6. As news spread of the sensational raid on Harpers Ferry, reports inflamed the conspiratorial views that the slave South and the free North had of each other. Proslavery advocates saw Brown as a madman and contended that the North intended to destroy their way of life, and black and white abolitionists—even those who opposed violence—lauded Brown and his comrades as martyrs. Before his execution in December of 1859, Brown handed a note to a jailer in which he predicted that slavery would not end without “verry [sic] much bloodshed.”

7. In 1860, Abraham Lincoln, the Republican Party candidate, won the presidential election. All of Lincoln’s electoral votes came from voters in the free states of the North and West; the majority of the electorate voted against him. Lincoln emerged from a crowded race in which the northern and southern wings of the Democratic Party ran separate candidates and the hastily organized Constitutional Union Party offered a fourth choice. He won just 39 percent of the popular vote. Despite the fact that he vowed not to disturb slavery where it already existed, southern states made plans to withdraw from the Union.

PLEASE FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS AS INDICATED BELOW:

1). ZERO (0) PLAGIARISM

2). AT LEAST 6 REFERENCES, NO MORE THAN 5 YEARS (WITHIN 5YRS, OR LESS THAN 5YRS)

3). PLEASE SEE THE ATTACHMENT FOR RUBRIC DETAILS, DECISION TREE, AND EXTRA INSTRUCTION.

 Impulsivity, compulsivity, and addiction are challenging disorders for patients across the life span. Impulsivity is the inclination to act upon sudden urges or desires without considering potential consequences; patients often describe impulsivity as living in the present moment without regard to the future (MentalHelp.net, n.d.). Thus, these disorders often manifest as negative behaviors, resulting in adverse outcomes for patients. For example, compulsivity represents a behavior that an individual feels driven to perform to relieve anxiety (MentalHelp.net, n.d.). The presence of these behaviors often results in addiction, which represents the process of the transition from impulsive to compulsive behavior.In your role as the psychiatric nurse practitioner (PNP), you have the opportunity to help patients address underlying causes of the disorders and overcome these behaviors. For this Assignment, as you examine the client case study in this week’s Learning Resources, consider how you might assess and treat clients presenting with impulsivity, compulsivity, and addiction.Reference: MentalHelp.net. (n.d.). Impaired decision-making, impulsivity, and compulsivity: Addictions’ effect on the cerebral cortex. https://www.mentalhelp.net/addiction/impulsivity-and-compulsivity-addictions-effect-on-the-cerebral-cortex/

To prepare for this Assignment:

• Review this week’s Learning Resources, including the Medication Resources indicated for this week.
• Reflect on the psychopharmacologic treatments you might recommend for the assessment and treatment of patients requiring therapy for impulsivity, compulsivity, and addiction.

The Assignment: 5 pages

Examine Case Study: A Puerto Rican Woman With Comorbid Addiction. You will be asked to make three decisions concerning the medication to prescribe to this client. Be sure to consider factors that might impact the client’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.

Prior to beginning this discussion, read Chapters 3 and 4 of the course text.

Thinking strategically using strategic models and techniques must be the precursor to strategic planning and implementation. The perception of “thinking” is often considered to be a subjective “out of the box” process with little defense or research of the proposed opportunity. Strategic thinking may contain those same proposed outcomes; however, the process includes defined research models defending and supporting the recommendations for a sustainable business model.

Two companies that are at opposite ends of the spectrum in development and growth are Whole Foods and Kmart. For this discussion, provide a researched summary for   one of the two organizations including its history and current market situation. Define the success or failure of their business model and the potential for future sustainability. Support your thoughts using one or more of the described strategic thinking techniques, such as blue ocean, structured brainstorming, Abell’s three-dimensional business definition model, strategic frontiers, four-action framework, and strategy canvas.

Using the same company, perform a brief external environmental analysis looking at the industry, the competition, the market, and the general environment to defend your strategic thinking choices and explain how the analysis will support future strategic planning and implementation, either as a growth opportunity or a termination of business.

Guided Response: Your initial post must be specific and significant. The initial post must be between 300 and 350 words. You must support your post with at least two scholarly resources in addition to the text to defend your positions and findings. Use the Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources (Links to an external site.) document for additional guidance.