practical connection

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  Individual privacy vs. law enforcement.

 Every law enforcement officer including AG Barr, James Clapper, former DNI, and other law enforcement and intelligence service leaders have decried the ability of citizens to encrypt their data in a manner that prevents law enforcement from reading their emails or cracking the password. 

The current standard in encryption is PKI. With PKI it is impossible to crack the password and decrypt a message even though the code that encrypts the message is open source and publicly available. Having the source code of the PKI algorithm does not help in cracking and decrypting the message. The only option for law enforcement when they have a phone such as the iPhone from the San Bernardino terrorist is to try to guess the password. However, Apple and Android have both made it impossible to guess a password enough times to open the phone. iPhone and Android phones both have a feature that will “brick” the phone after a certain number of unsuccessful guesses at the password. When trying to crack the password for the phone acquired from the San Bernardino terrorist, the FBI realized they couldn’t do it and tried to use the court system to force Apple to install a back door into their phones and provide a master key to the FBI. This effort failed.

Congress has tried many times over the years to assist law enforcement by passing a law that would require all companies building communications hardware, developing communications apps or encryption software to include a backdoor in their systems. Privacy advocates, usually composed of private citizens, have managed to defeat such legislation thus far. Privacy advocates have managed to make legislators understand that providing a master key to law enforcement guarantees that hackers will discover the backdoors and either steal the master key or develop their own. 

Develop a hypothesis as to whether it would be better to have a back door into every system with a master key held by law enforcement or is it better to enable private citizens to keep their communications private.  

Financing Health care (Due 24 hours)

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1) Minimum Minimum  3 full pages

2)¨******APA norms

          All paragraphs must be narrative and cited in the text- each paragraphs

          Bulleted responses are not accepted

          Dont write in the first person 

          Dont copy and pase the questions.

          Answer the question objectively, do not make introductions to your answers, answer it when you start the paragraph

3)****************************** It will be verified by Turnitin (Identify the percentage of exact match of writing with any other resource on the internet and academic sources, including universities and data banks) 

********************************It will be verified by SafeAssign (Identify the percentage of similarity of writing with any other resource on the internet and academic sources, including universities and data banks)

4) Minimum 3 references not older than 5 years

5) Identify your answer with the numbers, according to the question. Start your answer on the same line, not the next

Example:

Q 1. Nursing is XXXXX

Q 2. Health is XXXX

6) You must name the files according to the part you are answering: 

Example:

Part 1.doc 

Part 2.doc 

__________________________________________________________________________________

Financing Health care

Topic: Review of a Bill Assignment

Select an active bill at the state or federal level that impacts the professional practice of nursing

Must include (Mandatory):

1. Discuss the major provisions of the bill.

2. Explaining the background and all relevant facts of the bill.

3. Discuss any relevant history related to the legislation, pertinent votes, and issues that are stalling the legislation, etc.

4. Explain why some of these individuals support the bill and why some do not.

5. Explore the positions of the key stakeholders in the bill, both pros and cons. 

6. Discuss how the bill would impact a nurse’s ability to provide safe and quality care or to practice to the highest scope of the nursing license.

7. Explain specific actions that nurses can take to assist with the passage or defeat of the legislation

Research Ethics and Evaluating Qualitative Research

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PICOT Question and Literature Search

The first step of the evidence-based practice process is to evaluate a nursing practice environment to identify a nursing problem in the clinical area. When a nursing problem is discovered, the nurse researcher develops a clinical guiding question to address that nursing practice problem.

For this assignment, you will create a clinical guiding question know as a PICOT question. The PICOT question must be relevant to a nursing practice problem. To support your PICOT question, identify six supporting peer-reviewed research articles, as indicated below. The PICOT question and six peer-reviewed research articles you choose will be utilized for subsequent assignments.

Use the “Literature Evaluation Table” to complete this assignment.

  1. Select a nursing practice problem of interest to use as the focus of your research. Start with the patient population and identify a clinical problem or issue that arises from the patient population. In 200–250 words, provide a summary of the clinical issue.
  2. Following the PICOT format, write a PICOT question in your selected nursing practice problem area of interest. The PICOT question should be applicable to your proposed capstone project (the project students must complete during their final course in the RN-BSN program of study).
  3. The PICOT question will provide a framework for your capstone project.
  4. Conduct a literature search to locate six research articles focused on your selected nursing practice problem of interest. This literature search should include three quantitative and three qualitative peer-reviewed research articles to support your nursing practice problem.

Note: To assist in your search, remove the words qualitative and quantitative and include words that narrow or broaden your main topic. For example: Search for diabetes and pediatric and dialysis. To determine what research design was used in the articles the search produced, review the abstract and the methods section of the article. The author will provide a description of data collection using qualitative or quantitative methods. Systematic Reviews, Literature Reviews, and Metanalysis articles are good resources and provide a strong level of evidence but are not considered primary research articles.  Therefore, they should not be included in this assignment.

While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. 

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are not required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite.

AttachmentsNRS-433V -RS1-LiteratureEvaluationTable.docx 

Week 3 Project – BUS3001

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 Week 3 ProjectAssignment Task: Submit to complete this assignment Due May 18 at 12:59 AM

Use the same organization as in previous week’s projects. Last week, you completed the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis for your organization. Hopefully, you have begun researching potential social causes, issues, or nonprofits for your company to adopt.

As you consider your options, select three or four possible candidates (social causes) and evaluate whether the alternatives you come across fit with your company’s mission, vision, and ethical framework, as well as any existing social responsibility efforts. Finally, select the new cause that will build upon your company’s strengths. Will selecting this cause support the responsibility owed to your stockholders and stakeholders?

Tasks:
Propose your top three potential social causes for your organization and why your selected social cause or issue is a good match with your chosen corporation for creating a corporate social responsibility (CSR) campaign. You will want to be sure that you cover the following items in your report:

  • Evaluate how each of your top three social causes do or do not meet your company’s mission, vision, and ethical framework, as well as, any on-going social responsibility efforts.
  • Defend why the social cause you chose is a good fit with your corporation.
  • Assess how Stockholder Theory and Stakeholder Theory impacted your final selection (Week 1 reading)
  • Justify which personal ethical framework impacted your final selection and how it impacted your selection (Week 2 reading)
  • Analyze the internal and the external ethical impacts of your selection (Week 3 reading)

Submission Details:

  • Submit your paper in a 5- to 7-page Microsoft Word document, using APA style.
  • Name the document SU_BUS3001_W3_ LastName_FirstInitial.doc.
  • Submit your document to the Submissions Area by the due date assigned.

U3

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Create a table that shows all of the possible IT security (Cyber, Information, and Physical) certifications.

Highlight six of the certifications that you have chosen to take, as well as any you have already completed (indicate results). Include columns indicating the name of the exam, the date you will begin study, and the date you plan to write the exam. Your dates should be reasonable in terms of study time and spacing of exams to ensure success. Include columns to indicate where the exam will be held, what organization proctors the exam, and what study materials you will need to have available. Indicate also the total cost of all study materials and the exam itself. Also indicate other considerations such as the penalty (wait time) before you can write the exam again.

When you are finished, you will have a plan for certification.

Under the table create one paragraph that explains the importance to you of following the plan in terms of becoming a fully certified IT security professional ready to begin your career.

Create a second paragraph indicating the importance of continuing professional development once you are employed. Discuss further certification, study, and conferences which will be important to your career.paper should be 2–3 pages in length

NURSING PICO QUESTION- Create a CONCEPT MAP

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NURSING PICO QUESTION

  1. Formulate a PICO question for your “Design A Research Study” assignment. Use the following formulated question as PICO question to create the Concept Map:

Which form of oxytocin administration during the third stage of labor is most effective in reducing the risk of postpartum hemorrhage?

  1. Create a concept map for your PICO question, using the module resources on concept mapping. Using guidelines from the concept mapping topic of this module, create a new concept map based on your PICO question. See resources and guidelines attached below 
  2. The first step is in concept mapping to create boxes with the four pieces of your PICO.
  3. Then begin making connections between the population, intervention, comparison, and outcomes for your question. 
  4. Expand your map by including additional levels of concepts, ideas, and search terms (synonyms) for each subtopic. 
  5. You should have at least three levels of sub-concepts in addition to your main PICO concepts. This process will help you tremendously when you begin to search the databases for literature on your paper topic. 

PICO and Concept Map Assignment Grading Rubric: 

  

Possible Points

Points Given

Comments

 

PICO and Search   Query Worksheet attached and complete

5

 

Well-written   PICO of nursing relevance

5

  

PICO represented as main concept boxes on concept   map an Contains at   least 3 additional levels of concepts beyond the main boxes

5

 

Map Appears   thorough and neat

5

HCS 499 WEEK 4 REPLY 2

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Reading the following reply below, what are your thoughts? Please be sure to meet the word count of 175 – 265. Absolutely no plagiarizing! This response is due 08/02/21. Thanks so much in advance.

 When seeking out the best outcome, it is important to ensure that you have the best strategic plan in place. When watching the videos in LinkedIn videos it is important to ensure that you take advantage of putting the correct employees in place and to use the proper and necessary resources, this is a step-by-step process. Laying out the plan and ensuring that the organization recognizes its strengths and weaknesses. These tools in the videos show how to recognize the skills that the organization and the members have working to further develop them. By working with the team and identifying the mission and the goal of the organization it will be easier to implement the strategic plan and ensure that it is successful. This would be useful for me to help with the organizational needs as I am working with my team on developing and recognizing their strengths. This skill set is important to ensure that the employees can develop their careers as well as the organization being successful. Taking the time to recognize individual strengths can ensure the success for everyone involved.

Discussion reply2

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What is the difference between degenerative bone disease and osteoporosis? Explain the pathology of each.
Osteoporosis is porous bone (Huether & McCance 2018, p. 1437).  It is the most common bone disease characterized by low bond mineral density, impaired bond structural integrity, decreased bone strength, and risk of fracture (Huether & McCance 2018, p. 1437).  There is primary/idiopathic osteoporosis which is the most common.  Secondary osteoporosis is caused by other conditions such as endocrine diseases, medications, and other substances such as tobacco (Huether & McCance 2018, p. 1437).  Osteoporosis manifestations depend on the bones involved, but bone deformity is the most common (Huether & McCance 2018, p. 1437).  Pain usually accompanies a fragility fracture.  As bone lose volume, they become weak and brittle, causing collapse or become misshapen (Huether & McCance 2018, p. 1437).  The development of osteoporosis occurs when the remodeling cycle is disrupted.  The remodeling cycle is the process of bone formation and resorption (Huether & McCance 2018, p. 1437).  The disruption leads to an imbalance in the coupling process (Huether & McCance 2018, p. 1437).  Degenerative bone disease, such as osteoarthritis is more of a result from wear and tear on the bones destroying the structure.  OA is the loss and damage of articular cartilage and has been viewed as a mechanical problem (Huether & McCance 2018, p. 1445).

2.    What treatment options should be discussed with the patient?  Prevention of osteoporosis is important, but treatment is more common, and its focus is preventing fractures and maintaining optimal bone function (Huether & McCance 2018, p. 1437).  Calcium’s role to prevent and treat osteoporosis is controversial.  Yet, it is accepted that oral calcium intake to maintain normal balance of calcium is necessary during adolescence to ensure peak bone mass development (Huether & McCance 2018, p. 1437).  Diets deficient in calcium aggravates bone loss which is associated with aging and menopause.   Postmenopausal women should not increase calcium and vit d intake to prevent fractures (Huether & McCance 2018, p. 1437).  Higher fruit and vegetable take is correlated to a high BMD.  Other nutrients that appear to help include magnesium, vit k2, and docosahexaenoic acid (Huether & McCance 2018, p. 1437). 

3.    What lifestyle changes should be recommended to the patient?  The patient would be educated on stopping smoking and drinking.  Education would also include a diet stating that risk factors include low dietary calcium and vit d, low endogenous magnesium, excessive protein and sodium and high caffeine intake (Huether & McCance 2018, p. 1437).  Exercise would be encouraged, as a sedentary lifestyle is a risk factor.  
The risk of osteoporosis can be reduced through lifestyle changes (Rizzoli et al, 2014).  Adequate dietary intake of calcium, protein, and vit D is a lifestyle change needed along with exercise, smoking cessation, and alcohol reduction (Rizzoli et al, 2014).  

 

Deliverable 3 – Operations Management Challenges

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Scenario

XYZ health clinic has operated in the local area for 10 years. Due to an economic decline as a result of the state’s increasing number of uninsured residents, XYZ health clinic must adjust its current service offerings in order to recoup lost revenue. The state has elected to opt out of the Medicaid expansion program; therefore, many of the residents remain uninsured. This has proven extremely problematic for XYZ as many of the patients in the area are low income, but do not qualify for traditional Medicaid. As a result, XYZ’s payer mix is unfavorable as 33% of the residents have public insurance, 12% are uninsured, and only 5% are covered by private insurance. XYZ would like to implement telehealth as part of a new strategy to reach a wider demographic of patients.

Instructions

You will conduct a case study analysis of the aforementioned case. Your case analysis will address XYZ’s health clinic challenges reflected in the scenario.

  • Utilizing a mind map or Root Cause Analysis, provide an assessment of the issues facing XYZ health clinic.
  • Assess the strategy by XYZ to implement a telehealth program in order to address current issues facing XYZ.
  • Develop a proposed solution to the issues facing XYZ.
  • Include a discussion on the staffing models necessary, technology requirements, and legal requirements of implementing telehealth.

rubric:

Mind Map/Root Cause Analysis provided a thorough and detailed assessment of issues facing the clinic with proper organization based on the selected method.

Assessed the strategy by XYZ to implement a telehealth program with strong, well-implemented supporting evidence.

Thoroughly developed a proposed solution to the issues facing XYZ that included a discussion on the staffing models necessary, technology requirements, and legal requirements of implementing telehealth.

Case study was cohesively organized, formatted, and professional in tone.

The Art of Stories:

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DBQ 5.2 Forum: The Art of Stories:

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DBQ 5.2:  The Art of Stories:

Consider how self-understanding assists (or doesn’t assist) in self-transformation. For instance, how does authoring and/or voicing your own stories about who you are impact your presence and your experience in your community?

Also, consider the role of community not only in such self-understanding but in community-understanding? For instance, for people going into “helping professions” such as teaching, social work, or counseling, listening openly and compassionately to other people’s stories is important work. Paying thoughtful attention not only to how people narrate their lives but also to what individual experiences they have had will enable you to challenge your assumptions about people different from yourself. When considering that even professions not deemed “helping professions” involve working with others, is such ability also helpful to people working in most other professions?

Choose two or more of the pieces from this week’s reading in the text and discuss how you might use the insights the authors convey to you. What can you learn from listening to how someone tells her or his story? How might this help you in your later work helping others? Can this help even in professions not generally thought of as so-called “helping professions,” such as financial planning, accounting, advertising, media? What assumptions did you discover you needed to challenge when you read each author? How was each author challenging?

Finally, how might this benefit both individuals and communities?

The stories being referred to are from page 428 to page 467 from Deirdre Mullane’s anthology book entitled “Crossing The Danger Water: Three Hundred Years of African American Writing