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  • The Capital Budget Committee at your institution has announced a schedule of dat

    The Capital Budget Committee at your institution has announced a schedule of dat

    The Capital Budget Committee at your institution has announced a schedule of dates, inviting leaders and managers to present their technology requests for items to be funded in the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from October 1st to September 30th. The committee has clearly defined a capital item as any product that improves outcomes, flow of care, or safety; with an expected lifespan of three years or more; and a purchase price of at least $1000.00.
    As a nurse manager, you begin to consider the capital items needed for your unit. You consult with your nursing staff, physicians, and other staff on the unit. Choose one item to request funding through the capital budget process. The item can be hardware or software. The item could be an item replacing a current item or it might be a new technology item. Investigate the internet for multiple vendors of this item and provide the following information to the capital budget committee, to justify the funding of your selected item.
    Prepare a Microsoft Office PowerPoint presentation with voiceover. (I will do the voice over).
    Use the following Slide Guide to develop your presentation.
    Slide 1: Title Slide
    Your title should indicate the item you would like to purchase. For example, patient lift equipment, automated vital signs equipment, bladder ultrasound, defibrillator, etc. Slide 1 should also include your name and a visual of the product. This slide should include all components of an APA title page (except for the page number).
    Slide 2: Clinical Defense
    State your clinical defense, explaining the reason this item is needed. For example, if choosing to replace the telemetry monitoring system on your unit, you may cite that your current system is ten years old and that the current vendor will no longer support the service of repairs or maintenance; or that monitors with new technology have sophisticated functionality that would increase patient safety on your unit. Find quantitative stats or qualitative data to support your evidence-based clinical defense.
    Slide 3: Manufacturers
    Next, identify (at least) two manufacturers of your selected capital item. Review the differences/similarities in features or point out the advantages/disadvantages of each product from both manufacturers. You may arrange this over multiple slides. Include visuals of your product. Include citations to allow the reader to validate the detailed features you are listing.
    Slide 4: Preference of Product
    Reinforce why you selected this product. For example, the product of one manufacturer may have reviews or studies that rate their unit superior to similar products from other vendors. Include a source to establish an evidence-supported preference.
    Slide 5: Financial Request
    Clearly show the total dollar amount of your capital request. Display costs in a chart or table that includes all accessories, subscriiptions, maintenance charges, or other cost components. Provide any details you find about payment options. If the actual cost of the item is available, include a citation verifying the source. If you cannot find exact pricing, clearly indicate this is an “estimated cost.”
    Slide 6: Justification
    Lastly, end with advocacy and justify your request. Reinforce the potential positive impacts of this item. Include a source to establish an evidence-supported statement.
    Slide 7: References
    Provide references in APA format. You may use multiple slides to display references.

  • For this essay, you should develop an argumentative thesis, support it with good

    For this essay, you should develop an argumentative thesis, support it with good

    For this essay, you should develop an argumentative thesis, support it with good reasons, and acknowledge relevant counter-arguments. While you do not need to use any research for this argument, if you draw on one of the NYT readings or other sources, cite them properly using MLA style or another documentation style.

  • Sustainability and the Future: Service Leadership Project 100 points Background

    Sustainability and the Future: Service Leadership Project
    100 points
    Background

    Sustainability and the Future: Service Leadership Project
    100 points
    Background: The Global Strategies Institute’s leadership course links learning about the world in
    2022 to envisioning 2050, emphasizing actionable solutions to future challenges. Its required
    service-learning component applies classroom knowledge to real-world contexts, while the
    service experience reinforces lessons from course materials.
    You are being tasked with finding a way to meaningfully engage with one or more of the topics
    we have discussed in this course; the specific topic and project are up to you. You should commit
    at least 5 hours total to this project, and you will be graded on both the quality of your work and
    your ability to relate that work to the materials from the course.
    For this assignment, you are being asked to accomplish three things.
    Step #1 – Select from the following choices one avenue that you will pursue to engage the trends:
    • Read a book and provide a written book report of the book.
    • Provide a review of a movie about one of the class topics and write a written report.
    • Organize a watch party with your friends or family over a film. Write a report about the
    watch party and outcomes.
    • Respond to a TED talk that is relevant to the course material and write a paper about your
    response.
    • Raise money to buy a family a goat from www.heifer.org.
    • Join a non-profit and provide a written report on what they are doing.
    • Participate in an event sponsored by Lions in Service (activity must be documented by
    Lions in Service and with an accompanying photo or video).
    Step #2 – Submit your assignment in Course Content under the Selecting Service Leader
    Assignment submission for approval.
    • Once you get the approval from your instructor, complete the service project.
    Step #3 – Written Report
    • A 1000-word minimum report about what you did and what it means. Include pictures of
    your project, videos, website links, and other materials as appropriate.
    • APA format, title page, reference, and citations (no abstract is needed).
    Grading Rubric is located in Course Resources.
    Your project will be graded according to the following criteria:
    • Your project submission should be on time and clear.
    • You should connect an issue raised in your service directly to at least one of the class
    topics.
    • Your report should critically assess the ideas, arguments, and sources you refer to.
    • Your report should contain suggestions for how others may act in this area.
    • Your report should reflect on your place in the world and connection with humanity.
    Read the information about the Leadership Service Project that is attached. Then, submit your Service Leadership Project proposal for approval.
    Include:
    1) The project from Step 1 in the instructions
    2) The specific topic, book, movie, TED Talk, etc.
    Word document is required. APA format is not required.
    It must include proper spelling and grammar.

  • Please help me write an abstract for this topic using the content provided in th

    Please help me write an abstract for this topic using the content provided in th

    Please help me write an abstract for this topic using the content provided in the word document. Also please place my references in order for me as well as the in-text reference numbering. Thank you!

  • Margo is a 49-year-old divorced woman who works as a bank teller. She tells her

    Margo is a 49-year-old divorced woman who works as a bank teller. She tells her

    Margo is a 49-year-old divorced woman who works as a bank teller. She tells her primary care provider (PCP) that she feels tired all the time and that she is gaining weight because she has no interest in her usual exercise activities, and that she has been overeating, even though she is often not really hungry. She notices that she has difficulty falling asleep at night and awakens around 4 a.m. most mornings, without her alarm, and cannot go back to sleep even though she still feels tired. She finds little joy in her life but cannot pinpoint any particular concern or event causing this problem. The PCP asks Angela to fill out a Beck’s Depression Scale, which indicates she has moderate depression.
    Choose a pharmacologic intervention for Margo.
    Provide Margo with written education regarding her prescriiption. (Include what she should expect when first taking the drug, appropriate activity warnings, when to expect improvement, side effects she may experience, and anything she should report to the provider).

  • Scenario: In Touchstone 1, you developed a SWOT analysis to fully understand the

    Scenario: In Touchstone 1, you developed a SWOT analysis to fully understand the

    Scenario: In Touchstone 1, you developed a SWOT analysis to fully understand the position of the Quenchbliss soda company in the current market. You should use that analysis to help inform your decisions on this Touchstone. You will continue your role as an Organizational Behavior Consultant to help Quenchbliss leaders grow their organization.
    For this Touchstone, we will make the following assumptions:
    * Quenchbliss needs to restructure the organization. As noted in the scenario, the company has grown fast and organically.
    * Based on the SWOT analysis performed in the Unit 1 Touchstone, Quenchbliss wants to expand into two more countries, Jamaica and the Dominican Republic, in the next 5 years.
    * Because they have high turnover, Quenchbliss needs to work on their motivation strategies to keep their people happy and engaged.
    Consider the following as you develop your organizational structure:
    * Quenchbliss has historically been an organic organization but needs to make mechanistic changes as it expands. Review the content on organizational structures and organizational design.
    * Quenchbliss does not have a clear path to promotion, which can be one motivational factor. According to the expectancy theory, showing employees that desirable behavior leads to positive outcomes, like promotions, is important as part of the organizational structure design.
    Consider the following questions as you develop your motivational plans:
    * How can a manager motivate employees extrinsically but also ensure they are intrinsically motivated?
    * Which motivational theory do you think is the most valid and applicable to Quenchbliss’s organization?
    Assignment: Develop a slide deck for a presentation for the leadership at Quenchbliss. As an OB expert, your presentation will address how the company can change the organizational structure, provide a graphic on a proposed structure, and also address motivational strategies that are tied to motivational theories.

  • Be sure to use the data for the state assigned to complete Assignment #1: Nursin

    Be sure to use the data for the state assigned to complete Assignment #1: Nursin

    Be sure to use the data for the state assigned to complete Assignment #1: Nursing Home Comparative Data.
    Assignment Instructions
    Review the following report in detail: “Trends in Low-Risk Cesarean Delivery in the United States, 1990-2013” from the CDC Website – https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr63/nvsr63_06.pdfLinks to an external site. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr63/nvsr63_06.pdf
    It is critical to read the full report to gain an understanding of how the study was conducted and to learn the details behind the data presented. This will help you specifically in answering Question #3.
    Question #1: Create a line graph benchmarking your home state against the national percentage reflecting the trend of low-risk CS rate for the three years 1997, 2009, and 2013.
    Your graph should include two separate lines with three data points each. One line should track the national percentage for the years described and the other should track your state’s percentage.
    Question #2: Create a bar graph reflecting your home state’s percent of change in comparison to the national average percent of change for the same time period.
    The report calculates the percent of change from 1997-2009 and from 2009-2013. In order to create the requested bar graph, you will need to calculate the percent of change from 1997-2013 for the United States as well as for your individual state. These two numbers will then be used to create a bar graph with two bars. One bar will show the percent of change for the United States from 1997-2013 and the other bar will show the percent of change for your state from 1997-2013. ***Use the numbers in the “Percent” columns for your calculations. For example, when calculating the percent of change for the United States, you will calculate the change between 18.4% in 1997 and 26.9% in 2013.
    How to calculate the percentage change:
    Step 1: Calculate the change (subtract old value from the new value)
    Step 2: Divide that change by the old value (you will get a decimal number)
    Step 3: Convert that to a percentage (by multiplying by 100 and adding a “%” sign)
    Note: when the new value is greater than the old value, it is a percentage increase, otherwise it is a decrease.
    Both graphs MUST include labels on both the x and y axis as well as a graph title.
    Question #3:
    Determine if your state trended within 2% of the national average, based on the percentage change. For instance, if you calculated the national change as 40%, the state change must be between 38%-42% to have trended within the +/- 2% of the national average. (Note: The 40% change indicated here is intended as an example and not the true calculation of the national change.)
    If your state did not trend within +/- 2% of the national average rate, why do you think your home state varied? It may be helpful to analyze the individual rates of change from 1997-2009 and from 2009-2013 to see where the differences arose. It may also be helpful to consider factors such as race, age, and other demographic data within your individual state that could impact the percentage.
    If your state did trend within +/- 2% of the national average rate, provide a discussion on what could possibly affect this number in the future, specific to the characteristics of your state.
    In either situation, your answer should be a minimum of 150 words and include state-specific information. Outside resources to determine influencing factors are permissible and encouraged, but should be cited

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     Using proper APA format in at least 450 words, briefly list and provide an ove

     Using proper APA format in at least 450 words, briefly list and provide an overview of a few of the different types of sex crimes. In doing so, briefly discuss how an investigator should approach a possible sexual assault investigation. 
    450 word/2 references

  • Review the story of Brittany Maynard (1984-2014) https://compassionandchoices.or

    Review the story of Brittany Maynard (1984-2014)
    https://compassionandchoices.or

    Review the story of Brittany Maynard (1984-2014)

    Brittany Maynard


    In the context of this case, do you support or oppose Brittany’s decision? Stick to your position, DON’T WAIVER (I would like the paper written in the context of supporting Brittany’s position)
    Clarify, define, and distinguish justice issues between state and federal law related to physician aid-in-dying.
    Utilizing the case of Vacco vs. Quill (1997), discuss your position regarding if New York State should permit clinician aid-in-dying. Article attached or you may use your own resource(s).
    When is society justified in overriding the autonomous wishes of competent members in society?
    You can support your position using international laws regarding palliative care and aid-in-dying?