Preparing to deliver a speech

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Part 1: Post a Response

Which one of the strategies listed below do you believe will best  help you prepare to deliver your introductory speech in an online  environment? Thoroughly explain how your chosen strategy will benefit  you as you prepare to deliver your recorded online speech. 

  • Ask your family and friends to listen and provide constructive criticism.
  • Consider (analyze) your audience.
  • Time your speech and be certain it meets the assignment’s guidelines.

Respond to Classmate post below 5-7 sentences 

   

Hello class and Professor:

For this week’s discussion I chose the first option. I would  always have my family and friends listen to my speech and provide  constructive criticism before recording my speech because they may  notice things that I don’t. My grandmother calls this looking for the  outside in. You can give a speech and think you have done an amazing job  in your own opinion but there are things that people listening may  notice about your speech that you don’t. The criticism that they give  back allows you to see the things that they see that you need to work on  in order to make your speech better. I accept all criticism, whether  it’s good or bad. It’s to give you ideas on what should be worked on to  make something the way it should be. Thank you for this week’s  discussion. I really enjoyed it. 

Nursing Core Competencies

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Introduction:

The major assignment in this course is a Professional Nursing Paper focusing on core competencies that are essential for nursing practice. These Nurse of the Future Nursing Core Competencies (NOFNCC) as discussed in Chapter 1 of the textbook* were developed after an extensive review of competency based education, current practice and educational standards, projected healthcare needs, and current literature (Massachusetts Department of Higher Education, 2010). The NOFNCC were designed to ensure the delivery of safe, quality, patient-centered care by nurses with diverse levels of education in all patient care settings (Fater, Weatherford, Ready, Finn & Tangney, 2014).

Paper Focus:

The purpose of this assignment is for NUR 3825 students to research NOFNCC as they relate to a chosen clinical area. Compare and contrast 3 of the NOFNCC as each relates to the responsibilities, opportunities, and expectations of the BSN in the clinical area after the degree is earned.

Requirements:

This paper will evidence student competency in developing and writing a professional nursing paper to include:

  • APA format – use 6th APA Style textbook, resources listed under the APA/ Writing Center tab on CANVAS, and others you may find that support your success
  • Use of 3rd person for this formal paper, it is not a personal essay
  • Correct grammar, punctuation, spelling and syntax as required with APA format
  • Appropriate reference citing to avoid plagiarism and maintain academic integrity
  • Minimum of 5 current references and may include your textbook
    • References should be from peer-reviewed professional journals,nursing texts, and refereed materials only (online peer-refereed journals are acceptable).  References from printed nursing journals, publications, and books found in the nursing section of Valencia College Library are acceptable.
    • Use of professional nursing databases (CINAHL, Ovid, Science Direct, ProQuest) is expected. Librarian contact information and tutorials are included in CANVAS under the APA/Writing Center module.
    • Internet sources must be professional sources(peer-reviewed nursing journals, government-maintained health websites, etc.) and MUST be properly referenced.
    • Google and Wikipedia are not considered professional research. However, Google Scholar does provide professional resources.
  • Paper length of 3-4 pages.  (A three page paper is to be 3 full pages).  No paper is to be longer than 4 pages.  The 3-4 page length does NOT include the REQUIRED title page and reference page(s). So your paper should be 5-7 pages INCLUDING a cover page and reference page.
  • Use Times New Roman 12 point font, double space, with 1 inch margins
  • Submission of paper as doc or docx file and includes submission label requirements
    • Late submissions will be penalized according to policy.
    • Papers will be graded per rubric online and returned online

References:

Fater, K. H., Weatherford, B., Ready, R. W., Finn, K., & Tangney, B. (2014). Expanding nurse of the future nursing core competencies across the academic-practice transition: A pilot study. The Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing, 45(8), 366-372. doi: 10.3928/00220124-20140716-03

Massachusetts Department of Higher Education. (2010). Creativity and connections: Building the framework for the future of nursing education and practice.  Nurse of the Future Nursing Core Competencies. Retrieved from http://www.mass.edu/currentinit/documents/NursingCoreCompetencies.pdf (Links to an external site.)

*A NOFNCC graphic can be found on page 7 of your NUR 3825 L&P textbook.

Deliverable 7 – Leading an Effective Team

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Assignment Content

  1. Competencies
    • Evaluate the roles and behaviors of teams in organizational settings.
    • Examine variables, conditions, and concepts that influence team performance and productivity.
    • Evaluate methods and systems for rewarding and compensating teams.
    • Analyze the interpersonal processes and structural characteristics that influence team effectiveness.
    • Examine team-member communication, collaboration, and strategies for developing team intelligence.
    • Analyze leadership roles, techniques, and challenges in leading teams.
    • Student Success Criteria
      View the grading rubric for this deliverable by selecting the “This item is graded with a rubric” link, which is located in the Details & Information pane.

      Scenario
      As a leader, you have been tasked with building a team whose purpose is to recommend a new performance evaluation system. The current system is outdated and greatly reduces employee morale each year. As the leader, your task is to build the team, from recruitment of team members to rewarding teams.

      Instructions
      As the leader of this problem-solving team, you are tasked with recruiting employees to be a part of this six-person team to recommend a new performance evaluation system. You know part of the process includes building the team and leading them through all the stages of team development; you need to be aware of the roles and behaviors that occur. In addition, consider performance and productivity for the team, rewarding and compensating teams, and communication between the team members. Further, consider your role as the leader and the challenges you may face. The company has asked you to create a slide presentation of your team’s recommendation, including a voice recording. Remember your audience when giving your presentation. You can use any Webware/software of your choosing for the voice recording, and include the following slides:

    • Title slide
    • Explain the roles and behaviors of the team
    • Provide best practices for influencing the team for performance and productivity
    • Describe the appropriate reward and compensation for your team
    • Explain interpersonal processes to influence the effectiveness of your team
    • Provide examples of effective team-member communication
    • Describe the most appropriate collaboration and strategy to develop team intelligence
    • Provide challenges you may face as a leader
    • Conclusion slide that includes the main points of this team process
    • Any additional, relevant information
    • References

Wk7 DQ – Advanced Statistical Concepts and Business Analytics

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Question:

Please answer each of the following questions in detail and provide examples for better clarity, wherever applicable. Provide in-text citations.

Figure 1 shows a typical composition of neurons in a net. This discussion questions aimed at learning how natural composition of neural nets can be mimicked to derive algorithms that can provide prediction at higher levels of complexity.

1. Consider a multiple regression model of your choice containing two predictors. Calculate the values of the regression equation with a range chosen by you for the values of the predictors. Provide the graph of the regression equation which is a plane.

2. Augment your regression model by a sigmoid posterior filter. Calculate the values of the regression equation within the range chosen in part 1. Provide the graph of the regression equation, which will be a sigmoidal surface. Show that this graph cannot have a local extremum.

3. Now, add another regression model with sigmoid posterior containing the same two predictors in the previous part. Repeat parts 1 and 2 for this new regression model. 

4. Now consider a model of a neural net, which has two parallel hidden layers, which are the two regression models considered above. The output of the net is simply the superposition of the two regression models. Show that by proper choice of the parameters you can have an output, which has a local extremum within the choice for the range of the values of the predictor. Provide the graph of the regression equation. 

5. How does this observation indicate an application of neural networks modeling in practice?    

Figure 1

Typical Composition of Neurons in a Net

Note:

1. In answering the above questions, you can provide examples formulated according to the model’s setting without actually constructing the solution.

2. Need to have at least 1 peer-reviewed article as the reference and textbook as the reference

3. Need in-text citation

4. Please find the attachments as the power points of the course for reference.

5. Textbook Information:

Bowerman, B., Drougas, A. M., Duckworth, A. G., Hummel, R. M. Moniger, K. B., & Schur, P. J.  (2019). Business statistics and analytics in practice (9th ed.). McGraw-Hill

ISBN 9781260187496

6. Please find the Course Learning Outcome list of this course in the attachment

7. Need to explain in detail and provide examples 

Procedural Law and the Bill of Rights

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Assignment 1: Procedural Law and the Bill of Rights  Due Week 4 and worth 200 points  The Bill of Rights finds its roots in documents such as the British Magna Carta of 1215 AD. It was one of the first documents that provided the common man independence from a monarch. It did imply that the federal government’s law dominated all others; however, it gave each state control of any laws outside of those reserved to the federal government. The Bill of Rights acts as a blueprint that every individual state uses to protect the rights of individual citizens. In this assignment, you will utilize the various concepts found in the Bill of Rights to provide the foundation of the various sections of the question.  Write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you: 1.Compare and contrast two (2) of the sources of rights and fundamental principles found in the United States’ legal system as outlined by the text.. 2.Critically analyze and discuss two (2) steps of the criminal justice process from arrest to imprisonment.. 3.Identify and discuss the particular amendment related to arrest, search and seizures.. 4.Compare and contrast the concepts of probable cause and reasonable suspicion. In your own words, explain how they are similar or different.. 5.Examine and discuss the two (2) examples in which the exclusionary rule may not apply.. 6.Identify and discuss one (1) contemporary issue or case law related to the use of force. . 7.Use at least four (4) quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources..

indiviual case study- case 3 an inconvient hr challenge

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This is the case study i used from week 4

 As the hospital administrator for Forest Glenn Medical Center, you oversee human resources functions for the medical center. Recently, within the outpatient medical team, three of the five doctors have submitted resignation letters effective immediately. You recognize that this presents a big problem because the outpatient medical team is a high-performance area in the medical center and cannot function with two full-time physicians alone. You immediately organize a meeting with the director of the outpatient medical team, Dr. Caron, to determine why these physicians are so determined to resign immediately. You meet with Dr. Caron and he states that he is just as surprised as you are that three of his team members have decided to leave suddenly. He is at a complete loss as to why they have decided to leave. After meeting with Dr. Caron, you decide to set up individual meetings with the three physicians, Dr. Lowe, Dr. Howell, and Dr. Cardenas, to process and discuss their resignations. Upon meeting with Dr. Lowe and his purpose for resigning, he states, “I just could not continue working for a tyrannical leader like Dr. Caron. While I love providing care to our patients and working for Forest Glenn, I cannot live up to the standards that Dr. Caron wants. Nor does he even let me try.” You decide to delve a little deeper into this complaint and mention to Dr. Lowe that there is a process in place to submit complaints for a hostile work environment. He states that he did not want to get anyone in trouble, and that he would rather find employment elsewhere. You then meet with Dr. Howell and Dr. Cardenas, who appear to corroborate with Dr. Lowe’s reasoning on resigning from Forest Glenn. You approach them with the possibility of talking to Dr. Caron about these complaints and whether they would be willing to stay while you search for suitable replacements if the hostile work environment is alleviated. Both Dr. Howell and Cardenas agree that they would be willing to stay for two months while you address the issues with Dr. Caron in the outpatient medical team. You immediately schedule a meeting with Dr. Caron to discuss the complaints and to initiate necessary steps for the establishment of a productive and effective work environment. 

These are instructions for week 9 based on case study from week 4

 

As you collaborate with your group, individually select one of the following leadership roles that would respond during this outbreak:

  • Director, FEMA
  • Director, CDC
  • Governor of an afflicted state
  • Incident Response Commander
  • Response Leader, American Red Cross (or other nongovernmental organization)
  • Health Care Administrator for a large medical center

After selecting your leadership role, use a systems approach to work with your group to establish immediate response in preventing another pandemic.

The Assignment—Part 1:

Individual Case Analysis (1–2 pages):

Based on the leadership role you selected for the Assignment, include the following:

  • A summary of the leadership challenges this leader would face in assuring the system changes necessary to be prepared for the next outbreak, epidemic, or pandemic
  • An explanation of how your leadership challenges as this leader relate to challenges of the other leaders listed above

Note: The leadership challenges that you describe should be those you would face as an individual in the role of your selected leader, rather than the functional challenges of the agency this individual leads.

The Assignment—Part 2:

Group Case Study Analysis (2–3 pages):

Then, using your leadership Assignment for the Case Study, collaborate with your colleagues to create a Group Case Study Analysis that includes:

  • An explanation of how the challenges identified in the individual case analyses collectively affect crisis response by the system and the individuals within it
  • An explanation of how transformational and transactional leaders might influence outcomes within this case
  • A summary of how poor leadership might affect the outcome of the case

Wk 3, MHA 505: DR1

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175-265 word count

APA format

Cite 1 peer reviewed reference

Read and respond to the following discussion posts. Be constructive and professional with your thoughts, feedback or suggestions. 

Respond to the following:

Makayla Eason

10:48 AM

I think the greatest challenges to health care lies in resilience. When I think of the word resilience , “bouncing back or recovering” comes to mind. According to the text resilience is a measure of a systems ability to survive and persist within a variable environment (Meadows, 2008, Chapter 3).

What makes resilience challenging in health care entities is that they must be ready to prepare, respond and implement change when sudden disruptions occur. This requires a lot of planning and framework. Resilient systems go through highs and lows, oscillation and even outbreaks and for some it is even the normal condition but during this time is where resilience actively works to start restoring. 

In some cases, it may also be difficult to notice the resilience because it’s not measurable by something you can see like static stability, which is measured by deviations weekly or yearly. As a result of that organizations often sacrifice resilience for stability, productivity, or another recognizable systems . (Meadows, 2008, Chapter 3).

References 

Meadows, D. (2008). Thinking in Systems. https://bibliu.com/app/#/view/books/9781603581486/epub/OEBPS/xhtml/chapter3.html#page_73.

Read the article attached and write a detailed summary of 1700 words plus answer the questions listed.

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1. Detailed – Comprehensive Summary for THIS article
      Your Detailed – Comprehensive Summary for THIS article post should be no less of 1,700 words.  
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2. Which are the three most CRITICAL ISSUES of THIS article? Please explain why? and analyze, and discuss in great detail …
    For EACH Critical Issue please post at least two strong comprehensive paragraphs
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3. Which are the three most relevant LESSONS LEARNED of THIS article? Please explain why? and analyze, and discuss in great detail …
    For EACH Lesson Learned please post at least two strong comprehensive paragraphs
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4. Which are the three most important BEST PRACTICES of THIS article? Please explain why? and analyze, and discuss in great detail …
    For EACH Best Practice please post at least two strong comprehensive paragraphs
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5. How can you relate THIS article with the TOPICS COVERED in class? Please explain, analyze, and discuss in great detail …
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6. Do you see any alignment of the concepts described in THIS article  with the class concepts reviewed in class? Which are those alignments  and misalignments? Why? Please explain, analyze, and discuss in great  detail …

Reference:
Kim, W. C., & Mauborgne, R. (2004, October). Blue ocean strategy. Retrieved February 16, 2021, from https://hbr.org/2004/10/blue-ocean-strategy

Applied Criminal Justice Ethics powerpoint

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Assignment 2: Scenario Analysis

You are a member of the training division at your law enforcement agency. The Sergeant of the unit has asked that you create an informative voice-over PowerPoint presentation that explains the normative and applied prevailing criminal justice models of ethical reasoning. This PowerPoint presentation will be played at all roll calls and shift briefing training(s) for your department. The instruction set delivered to you indicates that (at a minimum) the PowerPoint should address the history, tenets, and applications of each of the theories. The presentation will assume the normative judgment model, which emphasized the three moral judgment imperatives (the human act, free will, effect upon others). This presentation requires that an embedded audio recording be included with the presentation, which serves to explain the slides that are presented. A suggested outline for the slideshow is listed below.

  1. Title slide (required)
  2. The Ethics of Virtue (title slide)
  3. History of the Ethics of Virtue
  4. Tenets of the Ethics of Virtue
  5. Provide a criminal justice based, ‘real world’ example of the ethics of virtue
  6. Ethical Formalism (Deontological Ethics) (title slide)
  7. History of Ethical Formalism
  8. Model of Ethical Formalism
  9. Provide a criminal justice based, ‘real world’ application of Deontological ethics
  10. Consequentialism (Teleological Ethics) (title slide)
  11. History of Consequentialism
  12. Model of Consequentialism
  13. Provide a criminal justice based, ‘real world’ example of Utilitarianism
  14. Ethics of Care (Restorative Justice)
  15. History of the Ethics of Care
  16. Tenets of the Ethics of Care
  17. Provide a criminal justice based “real world” example of the Ethics of Care
  18. Where does the concept of Noble Cause corruption fits within the ethical models?
  19. Summary
  20. References Slide (required)

PowerPoint Format:

  • Use the slide notes section in the presentation to include information that follows your narration, being sure to follow the conventions of Standard English.
  • Slide content should include brief points that identify the areas that will be addressed in the narration.
  • In-text citations should be included with any brief points that were researched from outside sources and the narration should fully explain the points
  • Cite all sources on a separate reference slide at the end of the PowerPoint and reference each source in the body of the presentation using APA format.
  • Identify the source of any pictures you use, being sure to cite them correctly in APA style using in-text citations.

Narration Guidelines:

  • Maintain a persuasive tone by summarizing observations and evaluations for each slide.
  • Ensure that your presentation is highly ordered, logical, and unified.
  • Words should be clearly enunciated and professional tone should be sustained throughout the presentation narration.
  • Audio recording should be free of background noise and interruptions.

For additional help with APA, visit the University Writing Center.

For assistance with embedding the audio into your PowerPoint presentation, please make use of this tutorial.

Scholary Research Paper

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 Competency

  • Create a research question for a study that will help fill a gap and provide benefits in a field.
  • Design a research strategy in order to answer a research question.
  • Evaluate research and data that can help answer the research question and support a hypothesis.
  • Draft a paper that answers the research question based on findings.
  • Revise research and writing based on feedback.
  • Compose a report inclusive of research and data analysis

Student Success Criteria

View the grading rubric for this deliverable by selecting the “This item is graded with a rubric” link, which is located in the Details & Information pane.

Scenario

You have received your master’s degree and now have a job in your field. Your boss has encouraged you to do research on a topic in your field and write a scholarly paper for publication. You remember that you took a graduate course in Research and Writing, in which you already did some work on a research question you have always been interested in. This will be an opportunity for you to pursue that research question in more detail and put everything together in a scholarly paper.

Instructions

Create a research question you are interested in, conduct the research to answer that question, and write a complete scholarly paper on your question. This paper should contain the following sections:

  • An introductory section that explains your research question, your purpose, and how your paper fills a deficiency or gap in the research. Also explain any limitations to your study and how you dealt with any potential ethical issues.
  • A section reviewing the current literature on this topic. This section should discuss as least five relevant and current articles related to your research question.
  • A section on the methods you followed to perform your research.
  • A section on data collection and analysis.
  • A section that details your findings.
  • A concluding section that evaluates the usefulness of your study and any practical implications it has