anp635wk1assignment

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ifferent cultural groups have unique beliefs and attitudes about health promotion and spirituality. It is important for a nurse practitioner to understand and adapt to those cultural and spiritual beliefs when educating patients.

Write a 750-1,000 word essay defining the AGACNP role of assessing the health and wellness of a specific patient population. Your essay should include three to five peer-reviewed sources.

A patient population can be a group of patients with the same chronic disease, same ethnicity, from the same community, or any other defined specific group.

Your essay should cover the following:

  1. Establish how the specific patient population views chronic diseases and the maintenance of wellness.
  2. Explain the cultural factors that may affect the attitudes of patients and families towards health promotion and maintenance.
  3. Evaluate how your own personal worldview influences your attitudes and beliefs towards health maintenance of this patient population.
  4. Evaluate how cultural bias may result in very different health-related preferences and perceptions.

You are required to cite three to five sources to complete this assignment. Sources must be published within the last 5 years and appropriate for the assignment criteria and nursing content.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

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

Change Management Presentation

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Assignment Content

  1. Purpose of Assessment
    Develop specific strategies with supporting tactics to implement positive change within an organization. You may refer to the information that you prepared in Week 5 to complete this assignment, but your submission should add to your prior research and not just copy your Week 5 assignment.

    The following companies may not be selected for your assignments: Apple, Coca-Cola, Nike, Starbucks or WalMart. If one of these companies is used for an assignment, a 50% point deduction will be applied.

    Scenario: 
    You’ve been hired as a consultant to develop strategies with supporting tactics to implement positive changes in the corporation you chose in Week 5.

    Review your analysis of the corporation’s change process from Week 5 to be sure you have a thorough understanding of the change and the need for the change.

    Prepare a 12- to 13-slide Change Management Presentation for the company’s Board of Directors. Include the following:

    • Evaluate why this change needed to occur.
    • Discuss how this change impacts the company on a global scale.
    • Discuss how this change impacts employees.
    • Using Kotter’s 8-Step Change Model, chart strategies and tactics for positively implementing the organizational change. In your chart, complete the following:
    • Develop strategies for each of the 8 steps in Kotter’s model
    • Develop tactics to support each strategy
    • Justify the effectiveness of each strategy and tactic with a rationale.
    • Conclude your presentation with an explanation of how this positive organizational change will help the company sustain a competitive advantage in the global market.
    • Submit your assignment.

Ethical and legal implications

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SCENARIO: As a nurse practitioner, you prescribe medications for your patients. You make an error when prescribing medication to a 5-year-old patient. Rather than dosing him appropriately, you prescribe a dose suitable for an adult.

To Prepare

Review the Resources for this module and consider the legal and ethical implications of prescribing prescription drugs, disclosure, and nondisclosure.

Review the scenario assigned by your Instructor for this Assignment.

Search specific laws and standards for prescribing prescription drugs and for addressing medication errors for your state or region, and reflect on these as you review the scenario assigned by your instructor.

Consider the ethical and legal implications of the scenario for all stakeholders involved, such as the prescriber, pharmacist, patient, and patient’s family.

Think about two strategies that you, as an advanced practice nurse, would use to guide your ethically and legally responsible decision-making in this scenario, including whether you would disclose any medication errors

Write a 3-page paper that addresses the following:

Explain the ethical and legal implications of the scenario you selected on all stakeholders involved, such as the prescriber, pharmacist, patient, and patient’s family.

Describe strategies to address disclosure and nondisclosure as identified in the scenario you selected. Be sure to reference laws specific to your state.

Explain two strategies that you, as an advanced practice nurse, would use to guide your decision making in this scenario, including whether you would disclose your error. Be sure to justify your explanation. 

Explain the process of writing prescriptions, including strategies to minimize medication 

At Least 3 citations using 7th edition APA format

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Assignment: A Plan to Improve Service
In this assignment, you will use what you learned about analytics, and customer feedback to improve service.

The following Course Outcome is assessed in this assignment:

MT221-5: Analyze customer feedback for improved service.

Read the scenario and then follow and complete the comic book provided.

Scenario: A company called Business Executive has been in business for one year with miraculous success. Their newest product, a laptop bag that has built-in legs and allows the business person to simply unzip the bag and fold down the legs, needs some changes. Customer service has been inundated in the last 48 hours since the launch of product 7 on their website. There were presales allowed for priority customers, with promised arrival of their new laptop bag and stand on the day of launch in Los Angeles. The customer service analytics started populating from the pacific time zone and rolled out across the world with just a 10–15-minute delay. This company has stores in various major airports throughout the world and a website where its customers are located. Their call centers are located in Los Angeles, CA; Des Moines, IA; Albany, NY; the United Kingdom, Spain, Brazil, Costa Rica, France, Germany, India, Hong Kong, and South Africa.

Instructions:

Follow along with the comic book to see the results of this product launch from the customer service standpoint. After reading the scenario and analyzing the analytics, fill in the comic book in a minimum of 80–90 words for each of the 6 checklist items provided in the presentation.

Checklist:

Provide:

  • A synopsis of the problem and priorities in addressing it (a, b, c, etc.).
  • An analysis of target customers’ feedback.
  • An analysis of the call center problem.
  • An explanation as to how to improve customer service based on customer feedback.
  • An explanation as to how resolving the call center problem will improve the customer experience.
  • An action plan.

Modern Organizations and Healthcare

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       PLEASE READ CAREFULLY THE WORDS IN BOLD FONT BEFORE RESPONDING

Please answer the following questions and cite all references in APA format. Make sure to provide detailed information and at least one current scholarly reference per question. 

Leadership Through Control

·  Specify how the planning process must first be completed before the controlling process can begin by the manager. Determine what the benefits are to the department if the supervisor efficiently carries out the control process.

·  Distinguish why the anticipatory aspect of control is so important to the department. Provide an example of how not looking forward can cause harm? What tools would you use to monitor these outcomes?

·  Compare and contrast tangible and non-tangible standards and provide examples of each. What performance metrics can be used to access each type on standard and how does it all fit into the Controlling Process shown in Exhibit 25.3 which are – Set Standards, Take Corrective Action Check, and Appraise Performance 

·  If the department chooses to use the exception principle to monitor the quarterly outcomes, what strategies would you use to fix the high rate of hospital-acquired infections?

·  Explain the various types of budgeting discussed in Chapter 26 – Revenue Budget, Expense Budget, and Capital Budget. 

What type of budget plan would you prefer for your Emergency Department as the supervisor? Why?

Click here to view your assignment rubric.

AccountingMethodsForLeaders_Assessment2

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Create a 9-slide presentation in which you analyze cost accounting practices to make a recommendation about whether or not to accept a purchase offer at a lower price than normal. You may either record the presentation or write a 2-3 page supporting report.

Scenario

The Acme Pickle Company has distributed pickles under the “Florida’s Best” brand for eight years from its production facility in Jacksonville, Florida. It sells the pickles to stores in the southeastern United States. Acme normally produces between 8,000 and 10,000 cases of pickles a month but has the capacity to produce 12,000 cases without adding equipment or personnel.

The owner of a twenty-store supermarket chain in Wisconsin, called Super Deals, visits friends in Florida and is impressed with the quality of “Florida’s Best” pickles. He approaches you, an Acme Pickle account manager, with an offer to buy 2,000 cases of pickles to use in a special promotion at his stores. He is thinking of something such as:

“Free jar of Florida’s Best pickles with every purchase of forty dollars or more—this month only!”

He offers Acme a price of $9.50 per case, knowing that it is a very substantial discount from the normal selling price of $20 a case. Acme’s management is inclined to turn the offer down, because their cost is calculated at $10.00 a case. They believe they would lose money if they sold at $9.50 a case. You, on the other hand, believe that some errors have been made in the cost accounting.

Your Role

You are the account manager for Acme Pickles.

Requirements

Your analysis for the Controller and Sales Manager is needed to suggest a different way of calculating the pricing of the pickles that may be lower. As part of your analysis, address the following items:

  • Explain why some production costs are variable and some are fixed.
  • Analyze the benefit of recalculating the cost of pickle production.
    • How would you recalculate it?
    • What would the result be?
    • What is the benefit to the company of recalculating the cost?
  • Analyze how financial accounting of production cost differs from managerial accounting of production cost.
    • Explain the difference between the two accounting methods.
    • Identify the benefits and drawbacks of each method.
  • Recommend a plan of action to management regarding Super Deals’ offer.

Below is the cost report for a recent month. In this month, Acme produced 9,000 cases and sold them at $20 per case, which is Acme’s normal selling price. Nine thousand cases are well beyond Acme’s break-even point, enabling Acme to record a substantial profit at the nine-thousand-case level.

Acme Pickle Company Cost ReportItemCostCucumbers$15,000Spices and vinegar11,000Jars and lids10,000Direct labor, paid by the case30,000Line supervisors, on salary10,000Depreciation on factory10,000Property taxes on factory3,000Insurance on factory1,000Total Costs:$90,000Cost per case (9,000 cases produced) $10.00

Deliverable Format

Your team lead wants to share this analysis across remote locations of the organization and is hoping you will set the standard for how analyses and decisions of this type should be presented and supported. Your team has requested either a recorded presentation (including slides and notes) or a presentation and supporting reporting that can be distributed as a model. Prepare a presentation of at least 9 slides using PowerPoint or software of your choice detailing your recommendation and the information you used to make your recommendation. You can either record the presentation or prepare a separate report supporting the presentation.

If you choose to record your presentation, you may use Capella-supported Kaltura Media or another technology of your choice that produces a shareable URL. Kaltura is recording software that can be used to create webcam, screen, and audio recordings. Refer to the MBA Program Resources for the Using Kaltura tutorial to prepare for this option. If you choose to use something other than Kaltura Media, ensure that it creates a shareable URL and can be embedded in the courseroom to ensure faculty can access your recording.

Note: If you require the use of assistive technology or alternative communication methods to participate in these activities, please contact [email protected] to request accommodations.

Recommendation requirements:
  • Presentation slides:
    • Create at least 9 slides detailing your recommendation and the information you used to make your recommendation.
    • Include additional details as slide notes.
  • Supporting information. Choose one of the following options:
    • Record your presentation.
    • Create a 2–3 page report to support your slides.

Report: Analysis of a Criminological Problem

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This report is based on the research you conduct on any criminogenic risk factor tied to criminality. You can choose from any of the following criminogenic factors (these are most highly correlated with criminality):

criminology

Description

Report: Analysis of a Criminological Problem

Value:  30% of final grade

Purpose: This report is based on the research you conduct on any criminogenic risk factor tied to criminality. You can choose from any of the following criminogenic factors (these are most highly correlated with criminality):

1.  Antisocial behaviour (exploitive, aggressive or harmful behaviour toward others)

2.  Antisocial personality pattern (impulsive, sensation seeking, risk taking, aggressive, manipulative and exploitive) https://convenientpaperwriters.com/case-study-week-5-discussion/

3.  Antisocial cognition (values, beliefs, feelings and thoughts that contribute to personal identity that favors and reinforces criminal behaviour

4.  Antisocial peers (preferring to associate with pro-criminal peers and isolation from anti-criminal peers and social contexts)

5.  Family (chaotic and poor-quality family relationships that have minimal or no pro-social expectations regarding crime and substance use)

6.  School/work (poor performance and limited engagement with school or work resulting from dissatisfaction and avoidance of them)

7.  Leisure and recreation (limited involvement in anti-criminal leisure activities)

8.  Substance abuse (use and abuse of alcohol and / or drugs)

Your task is to describe the criminogenic risk factor and then analyze it (what makes the risk factor a criminological problem). Keep the focus on Canada.  

Instructions on the Report:

You are writing through both a descriptive (describe the criminogenic risk factor) and a critical lens (analyze the risk factor). https://myhomeworkassister.com/financial-research-report/ Stay in the present (do not include any history of the problem). You are writing a brief report (not an essay).

In your introductory paragraph,

  1. state the purpose of this report (answer the question, “why write a report on this topic?”)
  2. provide a 1 or 2 sentence outline for the criminogenic risk factor you will be examining
  3. in 1 or 2 sentences briefly outline scope of your analysis (how will you be analyzing the risk factor in this report)
  4. provide your thesis statement (or what your actual analysis in the report will conclude)

Length of introductory paragraph = approximately ½ page

In the body of your report,

1.  describe the criminogenic risk factor

                Length = ½ page minimum to 1 page maximum

2.  then analyze the risk factor (what makes the risk factor a criminological problem)

Length = 2 page minimum to 4 pages maximum (using paragraphs with topic sentences to separate out the themes to your analysis

In your concluding paragraph

  1. draw an actual conclusion based on your analysis. Clearly tie this to your thesis statement (answer the question what did you learn from writing about this topic, implications (policy/practice, etc) or next steps

Length = 1/2 page minimum to 1 page maximum

Length of conclusion = ½ page minimum to 1 page maximum

Reminders on Academic writing:

Make use of a third person voice, pay attention to the organization of your ideas, the transition between points, and clear topic sentences for each paragraph.

Give credit to the authors of the work you are paraphrasing using parenthetical citations. Use quotes and paraphrases of the material to support the points you want to make. For example, use something like, As Smith (2015) suggested…. as opposed to writing a paragraph and ending it with (Smith, 2015).  In the latter form, it is unclear what your point is and what is coming from the reference.

As this is academic writing, in each paragraph you must use references to substantiate your descriptions and analysis. If you do not, then this is not academic writing – it may be plagiarized or simply unsubstantiated thoughts.

References:

Use a minimum of 5 different, RELEVANT (to the specific risk factor), quality academic sources. You can and should reference a source more than once to substantiate your points, however you will want to incorporate multiple sources to convey your knowledge of the topic.

ACADEMIC SOURCES. https://trustedessayhelpers.com/2021/06/10/im-working-on-a-nursing-multi-part-question-and-need-support-to-help-me-learn-a-2/ If you are unclear about what constitutes an academic source (such as an article in a Journal) please take a few minutes to read and watch the following:

Identifying academic sources: http://owll.massey.ac.nz/academic-writing/identifying-academic-sources.php

How to identify academic sources (video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBZTqSXYODo

Format:

APA (with headings) – create your own headings

See the CJ Writing Reference Manual to help you with the formatting for APA.

Please staple the report and title page together in the left top corner for submission. This report will be a minimum of 4 ½ pages excluding the cover page and reference page. There is a penalty for any length under 4 ½ pages (beginning with 1% off per half page short). Aim for a 5 full page report minimum!

Grading Matrix:

The Grading Matrix for this Assignment will be available on the D2L. Carefully note the expectations and how the marks are assigned.

Introduction – 2 marks

Body and Content – 15 marks

Conclusion – 2 marks

Writing – 3 marks

References – 3 marks

Citations – 2 marks

Formatting – 3 marks

Discussion:week 8 Decision Making When Treating Psychological Disorders/NURS 6521: Advanced Pharmacology

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Psychological disorders, such as depression, bipolar, and anxiety disorders can present several complications for patients of all ages. These disorders affect patients physically and emotionally, potentially impacting judgment, school and/or job performance, and relationships with family and friends. Since these disorders have many drastic effects on patients’ lives, it is important for advanced practice nurses to effectively manage patient care. With patient factors and medical history in mind, it is the advanced practice nurse’s responsibility to ensure the safe and effective diagnosis, treatment, and education of patients with psychological disorders.

For this Discussion, you will select an interactive media piece to practice decision making when treating patients with psychological disorders. You will recommend the most effective pharmacotherapeutic to treat the psychological disorder presented and examine potential impacts of pharmacotherapeutics on a patient’s pathophysiology.

To Prepare
  • Review this week’s interactive media pieces and select one to focus on for this Discussion.
  • Reflect on the decision steps in the interactive media pieces, and consider the potential impacts from the administration of the associated pharmacotherapeutics on the patient’s pathophysiology.
By Day 3 of Week 8

Post a brief explanation of the psychological disorder presented and the decision steps you applied in completing the interactive media piece for the psychological disorder you selected. Then, explain how the administration of the associated pharmacotherapeutics you recommended may impact the patient’s pathophysiology. How might these potential impacts inform how you would suggest treatment plans for this patient? Be specific and provide examples.

By Day 6 of Week 8

Read a selection of your colleagues’ responses and respond to at least two of your colleagues on two different days who selected a different interactive media piece on a psychological disorder, and provide recommendations for alternative drug treatments to address the patient’s pathophysiology.

Note: For this Discussion, you are required to complete your initial post before you will be able to view and respond to your colleagues’ postings. Begin by clicking on the “Post to Discussion Question” link, and then select “Create Thread” to complete your initial post. Remember, once you click on Submit, you cannot delete or edit your own posts, and you cannot post anonymously. Please check your post carefully before clicking on Submit!

Personal Health Assesment. I will provide my weight and other personal things to make it fit to me

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Prepare a report to assess your personal health status and possible associated health risks.  

Your report should include the following 6 parts:

  1. Please provide the information that is relevant to this assignment based on your physical characteristics and behavior.  You will decide on a PA (Physical Activity) factor. Justify the number you chose based upon your level of physical activity.
  2. Calculate the individual energy requirements (EER) using the appropriate equation for the age and gender. Please refer to page 521 (Section 14.3) of your textbook  (“What’s Your Estimated Energy Requirement?”) for further details and the calculation equations.  Be sure to provide the appropriate equation, and list each of the variables (height, weight, age, and physical activity level). Convert weight and height into kilograms and meters. Show every step of your calculations!
  3. Calculate your BMI (body mass index) using one of the formulas provided on page 527 of the textbook (Section 14.5). You can also use “How To Determine BMI” on page 249 as a reference. Be sure to provide the equation you used, the variables, and show every step of your calculations! According to the 14.10 (“What’s Your BMI?”, page 528), what is your assessment of your BMI?
  4. Waist circumference measurement and assessment. Use a tape to measure your waist circumference at the level of the belly button. List your measurement. According to the information in your textbook concerning waist circumference and health risks (p. 526 in Section 14.4), provide an assessment of your waist circumference.
  5. Provide a brief summary of your family medical history. Include close family members (parents, brothers/sisters, children) as well as extended family members (grandparents, aunts/uncles, cousins, etc.). Do any of the family members have diabetes? High blood pressure? Heart disease? High cholesterol levels? Cancer?  Given your medical history and the results of your calculations of body weight and body fat distribution in the steps above, explain whether you are at risk for developing heart disease, cancer, and/or diabetes – either now or in the future.
  6. Consider the knowledge you have gained from this activity and from the readings of Chapter 14 and Chapter 15 on weight control. What is your assessment of your body weight? Do you believe you should lose/maintain/gain weight? And if so, how much weight should you lose/gain? Provide justification for your response.

Additional Resources:
NIH: Health Risks of Being Overweight (Links to an external site.)
MedlinePlus: Health Risks of Obesity (Links to an external site.)
WebMD: Health Risks Linked to Obesity (Links to an external site.) 

Aircraft Weight and Balance

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Welcome back to the last part of your Independent project. In this module, you will research and apply knowledge about the stability and control of your selected aircraft Cessna 172, before finalizing your work with a concluding presentation. You will submit the entire presentation as a whole finished production.  Keep in mind, this is supposed to be an “Instructional Presentation.” So you are telling someone else about the characteristics of your chosen aircraft as if they have never heard of that aircraft before

For your selected project aircraft, create an instructional presentation that details the weight and balance of your selected aircraft.  

From the provided resources, find and diagram the allowable center of gravity (CG) range for your aircraft and explain how passenger and/or fuel loading would affect the CG. 

Then, compile your entire Cessna 172 aircraft documentation into a presentation format, utilizing a presentation tool of your choice The goal of the presentation is to inform a new owner/operator of your selected aircraft about the specific performance characteristics that you analyzed throughout this project. So, make sure to properly instruct your audience on how the provided data is applicable to the intended flight operations. Once completed, upload your presentation in the designated area. Then, each student individually reviews at least two of the other teams’ presentations and provides commenting and reflection.

Again, the emphasis in this project task is on explaining your methodology as if you attempted to instruct someone unfamiliar with the aerodynamic details and relationships. Therefore, make sure to detail all assumptions, all formulas used, and all steps that were taken.

As previously, you are encouraged to utilize appropriate computational software such as Excel® or MatLab®.