A master status is a  status that dominates other statuses and thereby determines a person’s  general position in society. A master status is not about the status  that you personally think is the most important status in your life. It  is the primary status that society uses to identify you within the  social structure.  

Use at least 300 words to answer the discussion question below. 

1. Identify and describe a master status in your  life (bold or underline the status in your response). In what ways has  this status shaped the assumptions that people make about who you are,  and directly or indirectly, shaped your life/life trajectory—what you  have (or hope to) achieved (or not achieved), or how people interact  with you? Use specific examples to illustrate your point. 

Instructions

Bold or underline sociological concepts/theories.

Proofread for spelling, grammar, and punctuation before you submit. 

Provide at least 1 in-text citation from video lecture or textbook, per the rubric. 

Avoid plagiarizing. The majority (85-90%) of your response should be in your own words. If you use someone else’s words, you need to cite your work properly, and use quotations when necessary. ALL responses will be checked for plagiarism. 

https://openstax.org/books/introduction-sociology-3e/pages/4-2-theoretical-perspectives-on-society

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https://openstax.org/books/introduction-sociology-3e/pages/6-introduction

 

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Please write Paper 4 pages, APA format 7 edition, no palagrism turnitin no similarity, 5 references

Subject: Business Research Methods

Following the passage of the Tax Cuts Act by the US Congress in late 2017, several large corporations announced the offering of employee bonuses and other incentives to their employees as a good faith gesture of passing on parts of the tax gains to employees. In early 2018, United Airlines offered a lottery system of employee rewards and incentives instead of the more traditional employee bonus package. However, United’s plan quickly backfired and resulted in public humiliation for its top executives. Based on the information discussed in chapter one of your main textbook, how would you categorize the business orientation of United Airlines? If you were the top executive at United, would you have authorized a study to identify the proper employee incentive structure prior to making an announcement? If you were tasked with conducting research to recommend United Airlines on its bonus policy, how would you define the problem? After reviewing chapter six, list a few (at least two) questions that your research will attempt to answer. 

Review the article titled, “From Risk-Seeking to Risk-Averse: The Development of Economic Risk Preference from Childhood to Adulthood” by (Paulsen, et.al, 2012). Based on what was discussed in chapter three of your main textbook and the theories discussed in the article, what would be your proposition if you were given an opportunity to present your case in favor of conducting research on this matter. Based on your proposition, create a hypothesis that could be used in your research. Finally, how would you restructure the employee benefits package if your hypothesis was confirmed.

*** The business will be for a Creative Studio Called 757 Local. This studio will specialize in music production and artist development. The studio will also be a place for creatives to gather to conduct photoshoots, networking events and video shots. This studio is a one stop shop for all things creative. 

ASSIGNMENT DESCRIPTION 

For this major project you are asked to develop a Human Resource plan/audit. You can think of this as preparing for a new business you want to start, or a review of the business where you currently work, or a review of a friend’s business or non-profit. This major project will assist you with the business plan you will need to assemble in the MBA679 Business Plan & Launch course. Therefore, it has added value for you beyond this course.  

Write the narrative and lists under each heading with sufficient detail and specificity that anyone who reads this can work with the document without you and make the HR function work well. For example, please do not use phrases like “We will comply with all EEO legal requirements.” Instead, explain what the legal requirements are and how you intend to ensure they are complied with.

This project is scored using the ‘Major Project Rubric (not QEP)’. Please click on the underlined ‘Major Project’ heading above and review the rubric so that you know how the project will be scored.

The syllabus says that you have 16 hours to complete this project. In addition, you have 6.5 hours of reading available from the ‘study’ section. Use the reading to research information to assist you with this project.

The length of the document will vary from student to student with an ‘average’ length estimated at 20-30 pages double-spaced. It can be longer if you would like to use this for your business. Bullet-point lists are acceptable where appropriate to present your points.

The Human Resource Management Plan

Bill Gates has said that Microsoft, which employees 22,000, would become an unimportant company if it lost its 20 best people. That’s why you need to address the issue of how you will attract and retain key employees in any enterprise.

The things that make employees want to come to work for you and stay vary from business to business. Bottom line, however, choosing an employer is a highly personal decision. That’s why it’s crucial to understand the individual needs of your key employees so that you can give them exactly what they want. If you only offer a higher salary to an employee whose most important concern is the option to work at a job offering flexible hours so she can care for an elderly parent, then you probably won’t retain that employee.

Here are some of the commonly overlooked areas in a human resource management plan that actually drive a person’s employment decision:

Salary or hourly compensation – While the business may be your “baby,” and you may be willing to work for sweat equity, your first employee will the business as a paycheck. That means you will have to consider how you will pay them.

Method of compensation payment – will the employee be on payroll, or will you contract with the employee. You need to know the pros and cons of both from the perspective of your business and the employee’s perspective as well

Benefits – Paid holidays and sick leave, health insurance and retirement plans such as a 401(d) are among the key benefits most often listed as desirable by employees.

Compensation – Salary bonuses, stock options, profit sharing and auto mileage allowances are among the most important compensation issues to employees.

Work location – Does the employee have to work in an office, or can he or she work from home and “telecommute” to the office, thereby saving wear and tear on automobiles, and providing greater flexibility in work hours.

Miscellaneous – On-site child care, flexible work hours, paid memberships to business groups or gyms, and holidays off are important considerations as well.

The Human Resource Management section of your business plan should consider and address all of the above issues and describe the inducements you will offer key employees to encourage them to stay. It is also important to explain at what point in time certain HR things can occur. For example, you may have to start someone at an hourly rate when the business first starts, but you may be able to switch them to a salary in nine months after sales reach a certain level. In a small company, an investor is likely to be very leery of a plan that appears to be based on the capabilities of a handful of employees unless the business owner has clearly given a lot of thought to keeping these important workers on board.

The Management Team Section of your Business Plan (IF you are using this HR plan as a part of your final program Business Plan)

Georges Doriot, the father of venture capital and founder of American Research and Development Corporation (the first modern-day venture capital firm), said that he would rather “back an ‘A’ entrepreneur with a ‘B’ idea than a ‘B’ entrepreneur with an ‘A’ idea.” He reasoned that an A team would more easily mold and reshape a B idea into a winning opportunity than a B team could execute an A idea.

The management team section of the business plan is often the section that professional investors read after the executive summary. Thus, it is critical that the plan depict the members responsible for key activities and convey that they are exceptional people with integrity, knowledge, and skills.

The business planning process will help you identify what gaps exist on your team. It is rare that a founding entrepreneur has all the competencies needed to launch a successful business. Research suggests that ventures launched by teams are more likely to become sustainable businesses than those launched by individuals. For a start-up venture, as an example, many sharp businesspeople can identify a customer need, but don’t have the technology background to build a prototype. In these situations, it makes sense to recruit a co-founder—someone who complements your skill set so that together you can fill the gaps on the team.

 For a start-up venture, in most cases, you cannot have a complete team right from the start. It would drain too much cash (presuming you pay them). You need to be strategic and think about the two to five key people you will need to succeed. You also have to anticipate when you will need them. When building your core founding team, identify people that can multitask and are willing to take on lots of duties. Considering how important the team is to your company’s success, you need to present the power of your team as effectively as possible. Provide an introductory paragraph that talks about how the team came together. The subsequent subsections will provide the detail that connects the teams’ skills with the requirements of the business opportunity.

However, if this is a mature business you may well have all the key people in the right positions. In this case, it is best to start by identifying the founding team members and their titles. The key is to convince investors that you have assembled the best team possible and that your team can execute on the brilliant concept you are proposing.

Required sections of the Human Resource Management Plan are below. You may add additional sections you feel are needed for your business or organization.

Cover Page

Table of contents with page numbers

 1. Leader/Founder background information along with information on any other key members of the management team.

2. Description of the business.

3. Mission, Vision, and Guiding Principles (or Ethics Code) for the organization.

4. Locations of the business and specific location that this plan document relates to.

5. Product/service which organization provides (useful if multiple product/service divisions exist).

 6. Position and skill set summary table (fill in key information below). For this project, you do not have to use every position in the organization but you should include at least four.

Type of Employee

Functions – What do they do?

Knowledge – What body of information do they need to do the job? Education?

Skills – What type of manual, verbal, or mental skills do they need to do the job? I.E. Driving a truck, typing, etc.

Abilities – What observable activities do they need to possess to do the job? I.E. Ability to organize work, lead, etc.

7. Position Descriptions. Add additional details and descriptions to the information in the table above to create a position description for each type of employee position identified. You can use the Department of Labor’s job description website for this section of the plan and adapt the descriptions as needed. The website is located at https://www.onetonline.org/  You can also google O*Net and it will take you to the site.

8.   Compensation principles. Explain how you intend to go about determining compensation.

9.  Benefits and indirect compensation. In this section, list the benefits and any indirect compensation you will offer to each type of employee identified in the table above. REMEMBER, if you offer employer paid benefits, they will need to be part of your annual payroll budget contained later in this plan.

10. Hiring and Retaining. Provide details as to the principles and practices you will use to find, select, orient, train/develop, and retain qualified employees. You should address each in at least a paragraph, preferably more.

11. Privacy rules. Describe any legislation to which your business must adhere, and explain how you maintain privacy for both customers and employees as well as the business. This includes company trade secrets, customer information, employee information, credit card numbers, addresses, Social Security numbers, etc. How will you keep data in your computers safe?

12. Safety rules. Describe any legislation (e.g., OSHA) to which your business must adhere, and/or explain how you intend to keep employees safe and provide a safe environment for them to work in. Do not use a generic “we will comply with all safety regulations.” 

13. EEO, Sexual Harassment, and Bullying. State your policy and describe the principles used to avoid discrimination including any training. Include reporting procedures for employees who want to report violations. Explain how you intend to watch and monitor for disparate treatment and disparate impact.

14. Performance Reviews. Describe the organization’s principles for employee performance review and explain the process you will use for those reviews (what, when, who, how).

15. Discipline. Explain how you will handle situations of poor performance or possible criminal activity.

16. Telecommuting policy. Explain who is eligible, how they request it, who provides necessary equipment, etc.

17. For USA-based business, explain how you intend to make reasonable accommodation for an employee in compliance with the Americans with Disability Act and the Family Leave Act.

 18. Develop an organization chart and show the number of employees where more than one exists and the reporting relationships.

 19. Develop an annual payroll budget presuming 12 months of salary for exempt employees, 52 weeks payroll at 40 hours for hourly employees (using 2080 hours in one work year). Use the current benefit/taxes the firm has to pay for the location (country/state/city). For the USA this includes FICA, Medicare, unemployment taxes. If you pay a monthly allotment for clothing/uniform, medical insurance, life insurance, etc. please include these as line item expenses.

 20. Create a Gantt Chart identifying when you intend to hire each person during the first year of operation (or during the next 12 months for an existing company).

Please do not hesitate to contact your professor if you have questions.

Signature Assignment: Advance Human Rights

This signature assignment is designed to measure the BASW Program Learning Outcome (PLO) 3: Advance Human Rights and Social, Economic, and Environmental Justice. The following behaviors are associated with the demonstration of this learning outcome. 

● apply understanding of social, economic, and environmental justice to advocate for human rights at the individual and system levels; and ● engage in practices that advance social, economic, and environmental justice. 

ASSIGNMENT DIRECTIONS:

For this assignment, you are asked to develop a micro and macro advocacy strategy in response to two red flag alerts in one of the eight policy sectors. You will create hypothetical circumstances for each strategy based on the assignment guidelines, identify advocacy activities and goals, and discuss the relationship of your advocacy activities and goals to human rights, social, economic, and environmental justice. 

A grading rubric is attached with the assignment and you should review the rubric before writing your paper. For each part of the assignment, write the heading (ex. Part One: Policy Sector and Red Flag Alerts) followed by your response.

Your responses, in the appropriate sections, should indicate your understanding of the concepts of advocacy, human rights, and types of justice. Therefore, definitions and explanations of these concepts in your response should be stated primarily in your own words. Direct quotations from other sources should be limited to data provided to support your statements. Sources of policies and other sources that are used in your response should be cited according to APA guidelines for in-text citations and references.  

Assignment Overview: There are four parts to this assignment. 

​Part One:  Policy Sector and Red Flag Alerts 

​Part Two: Micro Advocacy Response

​Part Three Macro Advocacy Response

​Part Four: Human Rights & Justice Discussion 

Part One:  Policy Sector and Red Flag Alerts:

For Part One of the assignment, use your textbook to select one policy sector and two red flag alerts associated with the policy sector. Write down your responses to Part One, using the above heading, and include the following information: 

● Identify your selected policy sector.● Write the number of each of your two selected alerts and write out or summarize each of the two alerts. ● Identify which of the above alerts t you will use for your micro advocacy response and which one  you will use as the topic for your macro advocacy response. You must use a different alert for each of the advocacy responses.

Part Two: Micro Advocacy Response:

​ In organizing your response, first write the above heading for this section, followed by the number and content of the red alert statement that you will be using for this response. As you write your paper, identify each of the 4 main headings below, followed by your responses (respond to each prompt in each category). In this part of the assignment, you will develop a micro advocacy policy approach to address the selected red alert by creating circumstances relevant to this alert that impact advocacy and identifying a strategy to respond to the issues associated with the alert. These are the guidelines for your response: 

Guidelines: 

1. Describe the Setting of the Advocacy Practice including all of the following elements: (2-3 paragraphs, 5-7 sentences per paragraph)● Identify the facility: School, type of agency, etc.● Your role in this setting● Rural, urban, or suburban location● Overview of leadership structure of organization2. Client Situation: (3-4 paragraphs, 5-7 sentences per paragraph)● The issue or problem● Client description (age, gender, race, ethnicity, other relevant identifying information)● Client support system: include family, professionals, friends, community, as applicable. 3. Policy Issue Setting: (3-4 paragraphs, 5-7 sentences per paragraph)● Identify a type of policy that could address this issue ● Is it an organizational policy or local, state, or federal?● Identify a potential ally or supporter of this policy.● Identify leadership, an interest group, or power structure that influences this policy sector4. Advocacy Strategy & Goals: (3-4 paragraphs, 5-7 sentences per paragraph) ● Describe your micro level advocacy approach (at least three activities that you would engage in to advocate for the issue)● What outcome/s do you want to achieve for this client/s and what will the benefits to the client be? (identify at least two benefits)

Part Three: Macro Advocacy Response. 

In organizing your response, first write the above heading for this section, followed by the number and content of the red alert statement that you will be using for this response. As you write your paper, identify each of the 3 main headings below, followed by your responses (respond to each prompt in each category). Describe a specific example of macro policy advocacy that you would engage in to respond to this red alert by creating circumstances relevant to the alert that impact advocacy and identifying a strategy to respond to the issues associated with the alert. These are the guidelines for your response: 

Guidelines: 

1. Identify the setting/focus: (3-4 paragraphs, 5-7 sentences per paragraph)● Population, group impacted. Any significant characteristics. ● Educational, healthcare, U.S. gov’t. type of agency, or organization, etc.● Your role/position in this setting● Rural, urban, or suburban location● Administrative or organizational structure of the agency/setting 2. Policy Issue Setting: (3-4 paragraphs, 5-7 sentences per paragraph)● Identify a type of policy and that could address this issue ● Is it an organizational policy or local, state, or federal?● Identify potential allies or supporters for this issue● Identify relevant leaders or the power structure that influences this policy sector3. Advocacy Strategy & Goals: (3-4 paragraphs, 5-7 sentences per paragraph) ● Describe your macro level advocacy approach (at least three activities that you would engage in to advocate for the issue)● What type of change is being sought and how will this be helpful? 

Part Four: Human Rights & Social, Economic, and Environmental Justice: (3-4 paragraphs, 5-7 sentences per paragraph)

For this part of the assignment, you will select either your micro OR macro policy advocacy approach. In organizing your response, write the heading above, followed by your response to the questions, below. Be sure to respond to each part of the question and include examples from either Part Two (micro advocacy response) or Part Three (macro advocacy response) of this assignment in your response to the questions below, as applicable.  

1. Identify the advocacy response (micro or macro) that you will be discussing in response to this part of the assignment.   a. Explain and discuss how your advocacy practices and goals would advance human rights and social, economic, and environmental justice. Provide examples from your selected advocacy response descriptions of the issue, client or group, and setting, as applicable, in your discussion and include data and reasoning that supports your response. 

Signature Assignment Rubric:

Course Number and Course Title: SOWK 506 Policy Practice and Advocacy

PLO Number and Title: PLO 3 Advance Human Rights and Social, Economic, and Environmental Justice.

Learning 

Outcome

Criteria

EXEMPLARY

PROFICIENT

DEVELOPING

EMERGING

NOT COMPLETE

CLO 1

Policy Sector and Red Alert

5

Accurate selection of two appropriate red flag alerts, and one policy sector. Included number and content of alert, and written description/summary is complete and accurate.  A topic is chosen for each response type

5

Accurate selection of two appropriate red flag alerts, and one policy sector. Included number and content of alert, and written description/summary is mostly complete and accurate.  A topic is chosen for each response type.

4

Accurate selection of only one appropriate red flag alert, and one policy sector. Included number and content of alert, but written description/summary is incomplete and/or inaccurate.  A topic is chosen for each response type.

3

Accurate selection of one appropriate red flag alert, and one policy sector. Included number and content of alert is missing or incorrect, and written description/summary is incomplete and not accurate.  A topic is chosen for one response type

2

No response or inaccurate or significantly incomplete response. 

0

PLO 3

CLO 1

Micro advocacy

95

Excellent overall  responses to the descriptors in advocacy situation. Thorough and complete detail provided in descriptions. Created complete and realistic scenario, activities, and goals. Advocacy approach is completely appropriate and clearly related to the setting, client and policy issue, and at least 3 activities are described in detail.  Outcome/benefits are realistic and thoroughly described, and at least 2 clear benefits are described.

All information is accurate. Responded to each prompt in detail, and all instructions for format were followed.

95

Good over all responses to the descriptors in advocacy situation. Mostly complete detail provided in descriptions. Created mostly complete and realistic scenario, activities, and goals. Advocacy approach is appropriate and  related to the setting, client and policy issue and at least 3 activities are described.  Outcome/benefits are realistic and mostly thoroughly described, and at least 2 benefits are described.

All information is accurate. Responded to most, but not all, prompts in detail, and all instructions for format were followed.

90

Satisfactory over all responses to the descriptors in advocacy situation. Somewhat complete detail provided in descriptions, but some are vague. Created somewhat realistic scenario, activities, and goals. Advocacy approach is mostly appropriate and related to the setting, client and policy issue, but some sections are not clearly related OR fewer than 3 activities are described in detail.  Outcome/benefits are somewhat realistic but not thoroughly described OR only one benefit is described.

Most information is accurate. Responded to most, but not all, prompts in detail, and some instructions for format were not followed.

85

Mostly unsatisfactory over all responses to the descriptors in advocacy situation. Incomplete detail provided in descriptions, and most are vague. Created somewhat unrealistic scenario, activities, and goals. Advocacy approach is mostly not appropriate OR is unrelated to the setting, client and policy issue.  Outcome/benefits are not completely realistic and/or not thoroughly described, and only one benefit is described.

Some information is inaccurate. Responded to fewer than 75% of the prompts in detail, and most instructions for format were not followed.

80

No response or irrelevant, disorganized, or significant lack of responses, clarity or inaccuracies in more than 5 responses to prompts.

0

PLO 3

CLO 1

Macro Systems Advocacy

95

Excellent overall  responses to the descriptors in advocacy situation. Thorough and complete detail provided in all descriptions. Created complete and realistic scenario, strategy, and goals. Advocacy approach is completely appropriate and clearly related to the setting and policy issue and at least 3 activities are described in detail.  Change being sought is realistic and thoroughly described and how it would be helpful is thoroughly described and clearly related to the change discussed.

All information is accurate. Responded to each prompt in detail, and all instructions for format were followed.

95

Good overall  responses to the descriptors in advocacy situation. Mostly thorough and complete detail provided in all descriptions. Created mostly complete and realistic scenario, strategy, and goals. Advocacy approach is appropriate and related to the setting and policy issue and at least 3 activities are described.  Change being sought is realistic and mostly thoroughly described and how it would be helpful is mostly thoroughly described and clearly related to the change discussed.

All information is accurate. Responded to each prompt and all instructions for format were followed.

90

Satisfactory overall  responses to the descriptors in advocacy situation.  Somewhat complete detail provided in most descriptions, but some are vague. Created somewhat complete and realistic scenario, strategy, and goals. Advocacy approach is somewhat appropriate and related to the setting and policy issue but at least one activity is not, OR only two activities are described.  Change being sought is somewhat realistic but described vaguely and how it would be helpful is not clearly described.

Most information is accurate. Responded to most, but not all, prompts, and some instructions for format were not followed.

85

Mostly unsatisfactory overall responses to the descriptors in advocacy situation.  Mostly incomplete detail provided in most descriptions. Created incomplete and somewhat unrealistic scenario, strategy, and goals. Advocacy approach is not completely appropriate or related to the setting and policy issue.  Change being sought is somewhat unrealistic and only vaguely described, and how it would be helpful is missing or not related to the change.

Most information is inaccurate. Responded to fewer than 75% of  prompts, and most instructions for format were not followed.

80

No response or irrelevant, disorganized, or significant lack of responses, clarity or inaccuracies in more than 5 responses to prompts.

0

PLO 3

CLO2

Human Rights & Justice

95

Response to prompt provides completely accurate application of concepts. Addresses each concept in a thorough and thoughtful way. Thoroughly and completely explains and discusses how advocacy practices and goals would advance human rights and social, economic and environmental justice.  Includes completely relevant examples from prior sections of the paper, along with completely relevant data and reasoning that supports the response. Clearly identifies which approach is being discussed.

95

Response to prompt provides mostly accurate application of concepts. Addresses each concept in a  thoughtful way. Mostly thoroughly explains how advocacy practices and goals would advance human rights and social, economic and environmental justice.  Includes  relevant examples from prior sections of the paper along with relevant data and reasoning that supports the response. Clearly identifies which approach is being discussed.

90

Response to prompt provides somewhat accurate application of concepts, but some are not accurate. Some, but not all, concepts are addressed in a  thoughtful way. Somewhat thoroughly explains how advocacy practices and goals would advance human rights and social, economic and environmental justice, but some parts are vague.  Includes examples from prior sections of the paper, but not all are relevant, along with data and reasoning that don’t completely support the response. Doesn’t clearly identify which approach is being discussed.

85

Response to prompt provides inaccurate application of concepts. Most concepts are not addressed in a  thoughtful way. Does not thoroughly explains how advocacy practices and goals would advance human rights and social, economic and environmental justice.  Includes no examples from prior sections of the paper, OR examples are not  relevant. Doesn’t use appropriate data or reasoning to support the response. Doesn’t clearly identify which approach is being discussed.

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80

No response or inadequate response to all parts of prompt. Inaccurate definitions or no explanations or examples provided.

0 

CLO

Writing & Organization

10

Included all elements of graduate level writing: sentence structure, grammar, and punctuation. Well organized, clearly written. Used headings to organize. APA citation style used to accurately identify any journals, textbook, website, or other sources used. Minimal use of quotations. Primarily original writing. In-text and reference citations appropriate and accurate.

10

Satisfactorily wrote at a graduate level with some errors in either sentence structure, grammatical or punctuation. Used headings to organize. Applied APA citations. Primarily original writing with limited use of quoted material. In-text and reference citations mostly accurate and appropriate.  

8

Some elements of graduate level writing but consistent errors in either sentence structure, grammatical or punctuation, and/or citation. 

5

Did not write clearly with frequent writing errors and missing or inaccurate citations. Disorganized. 

2

No response, no citations or significant inaccuracies in APA citation or didn’t use APA format. Significant structure or content errors throughout writing. 

0

On the Discussion Board we will be exploring conceptual models.Hamric’s Integrative Model of Advance Practice NursingThe AACN Synergy ModelStrong Memorial Hospital’s Model of Advance Practice NursingShuler’s Model of Nurse Practitioner PracticeThis week you will describe how these models may help APNs articulate professional role identify and function. Conceptual models will serve as a framework for organizing beliefs and knowledge about your professional roles and competencies and provide a basis for further development of knowledge.Question: Select one model from the above list and read the original source description. Address how well the model meets the following purposes:a. Helping to organize your beliefs and knowledge about advanced practice nursingb. Providing structure for research on advanced practice nursingc. Providing a coherent structure in which concepts important to advanced practice nursing are identified and related to one anotherd. Guiding curriculum development for advanced practice nursinge. Allowing practitioners to see the bigger picture so that they can provide holistic and comprehensive careParticipation Responses: No later than the due date assigned, review and comment on the discussion question responses posted by at least two of your peers and faculty. Continue to monitor your question and responses until the end of the week.Guidelines: Support your responses with scholarly academic references using APA style format. You are not writing an APA paper–but citing your sources in APA format.  Assigned course readings and online library resources are preferred. Weekly lecture notes are designed as overviews to the topic for the respective week and should not serve as a citation or reference.In your discussion question response, provide a substantive response that illustrates a well-reasoned and thoughtful response; is factually correct with relevant scholarly citations, references, and examples that demonstrate a clear connection to the readings.In your participation responses to your peers, comments must demonstrate thorough analysis of postings and extend meaningful discussion by building on previous postings.

• Week 1 ProjectAssignment    Due June 7 at 11:59 PMBased on your selected MSN program, write your first section of your ROLE paper using the following criteria: For this assignment, you will research an advanced nursing practice role and summarize your findings in a 2-4 page paper (excluding the title page and references): 
  • Focusing on the specialty for which you were admitted to South University, select an advanced nursing role to research. (It must be one offered by South University.)
  • Distinguish the role as clinical or non-clinical and how it promotes patient outcomes, ie safety, access to health care or health information relative to the ANP level
  • Apply an Advance Nursing Practice Concept to your chosen role
  • Develop a minimum of ten questions that you would like to ask the advance practice clinician or non-clinician that you have chosen to interview.  Identify in the paper the individual by name, credentials, position and your planned date for the interview (Interview is due Week 3)
  • Support your findings with at least two research articles (study, design, sample and results must be discussed). Other peer reviewed articles that are non-research and nursing organization websites may be used. All articles must be current (not more than five years old, unless it is a hallmark reference; i.e. American Association of College of Nursing. (2010)).
  • Format your paper, citations, and references using correct APA Style.
  • Submission Details: 
  • Submit your document to the Submissions Area by the due date assigned.