How do you think technology might strengthen or weaken those key relationships as we age?

Directions: You must respond to both questions below separately in at least 100 words each. To encourage an atmosphere of a conversational discussion, citations and references are not required for the reply posts. However, any sources cited must have been published within the last five years unless the student is citing classic or historical theoretical information or research. Acceptable sources include course materials, scholarly peer-reviewed sources, and/or the Bible, in current APA format, with at least 1 of the sources being from course materials or scholarly, peer-reviewed articles or texts. Each reply must be labeled in order to identify the classmate you are responding to. 

How do you think technology might strengthen or weaken those key relationships as we age? And what’s one way you could apply RDS theory to better understand a challenge in your own life?

Discussion

State your research question and identify any biases with your study.

Your colleagues will respond with their comments relative to your research question and the biases that you have identified.

Also respond to this question: As you have learned more about research in this course, would you consider pursuing a doctoral degree to continue your research?

Health and Aging

This week, you should write a short essay responding to the topic: “Health and Aging.”  Chapter 6 & 13

You should demonstrate what you have learned about the intersection between Health and Aging from these chapters.  Discuss your response to the reading, and pose any questions or critiques.

You should draw from all the readings – including the chapters, the article, and the lecture – in your reflection this week. 

Reflections should be 700 words, give or take, and key components of your reflections should: 

Note essential concepts, theories, and overarching trends from the readings.

Organize your reflection around themes found within the readings and any additional resources. 

Reflect on the material and what you learned.

What are your thoughts about the topic? 

Relate the material (using terms and concepts accurately) to your personal life or a real-life example.  

Discuss any questions you might still have concerning the topic or provide a critique. 

Discuss anything you found confusing or that you do not understand. 

If you thought the readings did not address an essential aspect of the topic, you can discuss that here, too. 

Always provide support!  You should cite from the reading(s) and any outside sources throughout your reflection. 

While opinions are welcome, as graduate students, you should always be ready to show support beyond yourself for any statement you make. 

“Anyone can say anything, but can you support it?”

When reflecting and relating the material to your life or a real-life example, I will assess how accurately you use the terms – not your opinions.  Opinions cannot be graded, but whether you provide support for your opinions and how accurately you use and apply the terms and concepts can. 

Reflections should not summarize the reading, and you do not need to address all the material/concepts in the chapter.  The goal is for you to think critically about and apply the material (see the first bullet).   

Barkan, Steven E. 2020. Social Problems: Continuity and Change Version 2.0. FlatWorld. ISBN: 978-1-4533-9215-7.

Action Research

In Weeks 1 and 2, the focus of your assignment was your action research area of focus and your
literature review. By now, you have received feedback from your instructor for your Week 1
assignment that you will use to make revisions and refinements to contribute to your Week 3 Action
Research Proposal: Proposed Study or Research assignment. Feedback for your Week 2
assignment will be sent to you this week. Take a moment to carefully review the Week 3 assignment
to understand your expectations for this week. To prepare you for this assignment, this discussion
forum will provide an outlet for sharing the draft of your Action Research Proposal: Proposed Study
and Research Draft and obtaining further formative feedback from your classmates and instructor.
Once you have reviewed your instructor’s feedback from the Week 1 assignment and have
completed the weekly readings, make suggested revisions to your Action Research Proposal: Area
of Focus. Combine that assignment with your Action Research Proposal: Literature
Evaluation assignment from Week 2, and post in the discussion to share with your peers and
instructor. If you have any particular area(s) that you are struggling with or need more feedback,
please request for your Critical Friends to focus their feedback, perspectives, insights, and
questions on that specified area. The sections of the action research introduction and literature
review you should include are as follows:

  • Context for the Proposed Study
  • Purpose and Educational Significance
  • Explanation of Problem
  • Population
  • One Research Question
  • Locus of Control
    One of the qualities of great leaders and professionals is to be open to and objective about
    feedback—this is something you will likely need to do in your own professional role, so getting used
    to seeking and considering feedback objectively is a critical skill for all professionals in any field.
    Remember that, when giving and receiving feedback, it is important to be objective and not take
    feedback personally. All feedback should be geared toward helping each other construct a quality
    action research proposal, support success, and encourage critical thinking about action research.
    Once you have thought critically about feedback you have received, if you disagree with it, that is
    okay. You can continue to respectfully engage in discussion and build understanding by asking
    questions and sharing insights and perspectives.
    Write
    In addition to sharing your Action Research Proposal draft, explain the following ethical
    considerations in a minimum of 100 words. You will expand on this in your Week 3 assignment.
  • What steps will you take to protect your participants from harm?
  • How will you protect your participants anonymity and confidentiality?
    Support your rationale with one Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources.

Engagement in Literacy

Observation of Student Engagement in Literacy Instruction

Observation Guide

CRD 624

Observe the boy with the burgundy shirt: Record the instructional activities and the student’s engagement with /response to the activities. Note the impact the student’s response has on the instruction and his/her own learning. You may not view all of the items listed below.

Develop a report that summarizes the observation, discusses recommendations you may have for the teacher, and describes professional development goals you have considered after observing the instruction.

Materials used during lesson: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Review of previous skills/story: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

New skill instruction/reinforcement:

______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________

Practice

______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________

Wrap-Up :

______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________

Directions for development of the Observation Report: 

After reflecting on the observations noted above, develop a report on the following:

(1) Summarize the students’ response to the literacy instruction.

(2) Discuss two recommendations you would make to the teacher to increase the positive impact of the lesson on your particular student and justify your recommendations. 

(3)Finally, identify and describe one professional goal you have developed for your own literacy instruction practices as a result of this observation. 

The report will be graded according to the following scale:

Summary of student’s engagement with/response to lesson are detailed  3 ___

Recommendations and justifications reflect best practices in literacy instruction 5 ___

Identification and description of a professional goal represent appropriate 2 ___

reflection of personal strengths and weaknesses       _______________

Total     10

Strategic Planning Process

Case Study #6–Real-World Case 6.1 

TOPIC:  Strategic Planning Process

No references needed. APA Format. Short responses for each questions. 

AHIMA Competency/Learning Outcome:

lll.2–Utilize technologies for health information management (3)

Certain members of the executive management team at ABC Hospital are interested in adding voice recognition software to their current EHR. As director of HIM, Cynthia is preparing an extensive report on the impact this would have on the department. She is proposing that a feasibility study and subsequent request for proposal be completed.

The report includes information on voice recognition such as the projected workload of voice recognition software and how it would be implemented in the daily EHR operations. This includes its usage for the standard transcribed reports, such as discharge summaries; histories and physical exams; operative, autopsy, and consultation reports; physician progress notes; nursing care documentation; and other therapy documentation. A review of historic and current transcription workload, number of staff with respective salary and benefits, supplies, and equipment is completed.

One of the objectives Cynthia has made is to interview HIM directors at other hospitals who use voice recognition. She wants feedback on how it changed the HIIM functions within the department and the hospital. In addition, she wants to know how this software affects the quality of the generated reports and how much time is invested in report editing by the staff. The physician query process is another area that she wants to scrutinize. The transcription supervisor is also trying to determine what criteria and updated skills will be needed in the retained employees. The human resources department was consulted regarding the process of lay-offs for some of the staff whose positions are not upgraded.

  • Recommend changes needed to change the job description of a transcriptionist to an editor for transcribed reports.
  • Identify job retraining to be offered to transcriptionists whose positions are eliminated due to the implementation of voice recognition software.
  • Develop a list of questions to be addressed at site visits to evaluate different voice recognition systems at various healthcare organizations.

political ideology

This essay is comprised of two components. The essay must be at least 1000 words overall in MLA Style format. Please include a works cited page as well. 

Part One:

  • Begin by completing the following political ideology quizzes:
    • Advocates for Self Government a libertarian website: https://www.theadvocates.org/quiz/Links to an external site.
    • Pew Research Center for People & the Press: www.people-press.org/typlogy/quizLinks to an external site.
  • Next, analyze the results. Do you believe these quizzes accurately measured your ideological leanings to the right or the left? Why or why not?

Part Two:

  • Some people argue that there are no significant differences between the two major parties.  Backing up your perspective with appropriate sources, what are the major differences and similarities in the views of the Democratic and Republican parties (Pew Research CenterLinks to an external site.)?  What are the primary areas of difference between contemporary Democrats and Republicans? How are the two parties similar? What are the consequences of these patterns for voters and election outcomes?  For policy outcomes?

Instructions for Writing Your Essay:

All essays must be written using proper English grammar, punctuation, and spelling. Points will be deducted for grammatical, punctuation, syntax, capitalization, etc. errors. Essays are automatically submitted to Turnitin. Work that Turnitin identifies as having more than a 10% rate of similarity (plagiarism) after quoted material and small matches (10 words or less) are excluded will not be read and will receive a grade of 0.

Developing tools which monitor the financial health of a supplier

Supplier selection is among the most critical in managing supply chains. Our discussion will guide us in developing tools which monitor the financial health of a supplier. Our text discusses the Z score in Chap 6. What does the Z score do? Please conduct some Internet research and support your comments with a brief overview of supplier bankruptcies in the news. Were there red flags that were not seen before a supplier went out of business?

Gain knowledge on emerging risk management frameworks along with tools, techniques and approaches

Discussion Prompt:

  1. Several elements are required of successful ERM systems. Take a look at this video on Enterprise Risk Management, which offers an overview of ERM.Section five details some requirements of successful ERM’s. Choose and summarize two of these elements. Could one of these be more important than another?
  2. Ch. 10 offers examples of probabilistic modeling. How does scenario planning at DuPont offer an example of a company becoming outward looking in managing supply chain risk?

Final Project Plan

What is your proposed change and how will you implement it?

Throughout this course, you will work at your clinical site with a preceptor and with stakeholders to implement a plan to change a potential or known problem at your practice. For this Assignment, you will review the project management plan you developed in NURS 8502. Reflect on your plan, your preceptors, and your specialty to determine what/if changes are needed to begin the implementation of your plan.

Resources

Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity.
Click the weekly resources link to access the resources. 

WEEKLY RESOURCES

To Prepare

  • Review the project management plan selected and developed in NURS 8502.
  • Meet with your clinical site to review your project plan for changes.
  • Review the Learning Resources covering available project management plan options.

The Assignment

Submit your revised and updated final project management plan.

Reminder: The College of Nursing requires that all papers submitted include a title page, introduction, summary, and references. The Walden Writing Center Sample Paper provides an example of those required elements (available at https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/writingcenter/templates/general#s-lg-box-20293632). All papers submitted must use this formatting.

Submit by Day 7 of Week 1. 

CriteriaRatingsPts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeSelect a project management tool most appropriate to design and plan your project.20 to >17.0 pts Excellent The plan is completed using a selected tool that is clearly appropriate for the design and plan of the project.

This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeDevelop a project management plan to design and plan your project.40 to >0.0 pts Excellent A complete project management plan is submitted.
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeIdentify SMART objectives to lead the project.25 to >22.0 pts Excellent The plan includes SMART objectives that clearly align with the project.