Discuss an area of this week’s readings—or of another article related to emotional intelligence and leadership you found—that piqued your interest. Why did the information resonate with you, or what additional information would you like to have seen in the article and why?

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Emotional intelligence

Discuss an area of this week’s readings—or of another article related to emotional intelligence and leadership you found—that piqued your interest.

Why did the information resonate with you, or what additional information would you like to have seen in the article and why?

How do you see this applying to the business environment, your career, or your workplace?

These articles focus on leader emotional intelligence:

The following articles provide examples of and background about leadership frameworks that will be helpful for your assignment:

 

What do you consider to be the earliest “art”? Why? What was it “for”/what did it “do”? Given this function, what does it tell us about human cognitive abilities and/or social organization in the Paleolithic?

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Earliest “art”

Grade required: A What do you consider to be the earliest “art”? Why? What was it “for”/what did it “do”? Given this function, what does it tell us about human cognitive abilities and/or social organization in the Paleolithic?

approximately 400 word response

Be certain to make clear reference to the video and reading as well as class lecture/discussion.

 

What you know about the funds, which one do you think would be the best one for your investment?

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Investment

Action Required:

To access the link just click on the link (If not working, Copy it and paste in the URL)

 (Question):

  • What you know about the funds, which one do you think would be the best one for your investment?

 

What is each author’s central opinion on the issue? Identify at least three main supporting details each author uses to support their argument. Whose position do you agree with more, and why?

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Multiple Perspectives

  1. Locate TWO articles with different perspectives on your chosen topic.
  2. WRITE
    1. Write a detailed three-paragraph response (about 300-350 words) to the two articles that you have researched about your chosen topic. Use specific details from your opposing perspective articles when summarizing their main ideas.
      • What is each author’s central opinion on the issue?
      • Identify at least three main supporting details each author uses to support their argument.
      • Whose position do you agree with more, and why? Be specific in your response.
    2. Make sure all references and quotations are clearly cited, using the MLA parenthetical form of citations.
    3. Include a Works Cited in MLA format. (For a database source, use the Cite or Page tools to get an MLA formatted citation.)
    4. Respond to at least TWO friends where possible reply to at least TWO of your peers who posted on YOUR chosen topic. Your responses must be substantial (150-200 words).
    5. Directly address specific statements or facts discussed in the peer post and offer your own views/analyses. As needed, use details from sources to support your responses and challenge the views and ideas of your peers. You might also pose questions about the validity or soundness of their perspective.
    6. One more thing, be EXTRA CAREFUL about determining the credibility of web sources! Anyone can have a website, and anyone can write about controversial current issues; take the time to determine whether the writer should be trusted as a credible source. If you can’t tell, you probably should not use the source.

 

How can we adequately process information so it can be retrieved later? Three are listed below. Can you provide a definition and example for each?

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Memory

1) Short-Term Memory and Working Memory

Short-term memory is a component of the memory system that holds information for about 20 seconds. It is not stored in long-term memory and can’t be retrieved at a later date as it is not processed. When I’m introduced to new people, their names normally don’t stay in memory but for 1 to 2 seconds as I am not very good with names. For me to move their names to long-term memory, I have to process the information so that I can remember. Please click the following link to see how memory is processed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxr29NWQxEA

Working memory is the information that you are focusing on at any given time. It is your mental “workbench” of the memory system. It is the interface where new information is held temporarily (short-term) and combined with knowledge from long-term memory to solve problems, comprehend a lecture, etc. Please watch the following video via the link below and then provide your reflective comments as to why all of these are important for teaching and learning.

2) Knowledge of Long-Term Memory

There are three types of knowledge associated with Long-Term Memory. Information concerning each are listed below.

Declarative Knowledge: knowing the facts;π= 3.1416, National Colors = Red/White/Blue

Procedural Knowledge: Knowing how to do something. Knowledge that must be demonstrated.

Self-regulatory/Conditional knowledge: knowing how and when to use your declarative/procedural knowledge at the right place and time.

Now, watch the video via the link below and determine who has the declarative knowledge and who has the procedural knowledge. Please be detailed in your explanations.Long-term memory

3) Can you remember the names of all teachers you had throughout your time in school? If not, does this mean you wouldn’t recognize their names if presented by another? Can you remember everything you have been taught? You would if the information had been processed appropriately. The movie “Limitless” is a great example of being able to retrieve information stored in long-term memory. Information that is remembered for more than about 20 seconds is stored in long-term memory; however, it is difficult to retrieve unless it has been processed properly.

How can we adequately process information so it can be retrieved later? Three are listed below. Can you provide a definition and example for each?

 

Describe your topic and how it began. Who were the pioneers? Just how popular and widespread did this phenomenon become? Were there groups that were more influenced than others by this form of pop culture and why?

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American pop culture

Pop Culture Project Objective: Research a piece of American pop culture and analyze the influence on human behavior in society both then and now.. POP CULTURE TOPIC: FACEBOOK

To begin your research, you can browse through the online encyclopedia I have provided for you entitled, Pop Culture UniverseLinks to an external site.. Follow this link and then select Pop Culture Universe under “P” for an online encyclopedia that takes you through various decades of popular culture influences such as consumer products, music, television, fashion, and icons that defined different decades in American culture. This will provide an overview of the decade that houses your topic. Explore some of the social and political influences of the decade as well because these often contribute to how pop culture is both created and received by a mass audience.

Conduct further research on your topic for additional material to include in a PowerPoint presentation.

In you presentation you should analyze the pop culture topic using the sociological perspective. You should use information from any chapter(s) that correspond to your topic and you understand the sociological perspective. analyze your topic in Context. Using the sociological lens address how a sociologist would explain the birth and rise in popularity of your chosen form of culture. Examine the social/political environment, the current events, societal structure, of the time .

In addition to the sociological perspective, you will choose, describe, and apply two concepts from the course that correspond to your topic.

Create a PowerPoint presentation of 6-8 slides that shares the information you learned about your pop culture topic. Information should include but is not limited to the following:

The decade in which this element of pop culture is housed and a few things that defined this decade (social/political events)

  • Describe your topic and how it began. Who were the pioneers?
  • Just how popular and widespread did this phenomenon become? Were there groups that were more influenced than others by this form of pop culture and why?
  • Is there a form of this pop culture that exists today but may have advanced or changed in shape or form? (For example, vinyl records can now be associated with CDs of today).
  • Visual examples of this pop culture (you may include video clips and pictures)

 

Discuss how the interrelationships of physiological, developmental, cultural, and psychosocial considerations will influence, assist, or become barriers to the effectiveness of the proposed health education.

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Nursing plan of care \intervention

Purpose

As you learned in NR302, before any nursing plan of care or intervention can be implemented or evaluated, the nurse conducts an assessment, collecting subjective and objective data from an individual. The data collected are used to determine areas of need or problems to be addressed by the nursing care plan. This assignment will focus on collecting both subjective and objective data, synthesizing the data, and identifying health and wellness priorities for the person. The purpose of the assignment is twofold.

  1. To recognize the interrelationships of subjective data (physiological, psychosocial, cultural and spiritual values, and developmental) and objective data (physical examination findings) in planning and implementing nursing care
  1. To reflect on the interactive process that takes place between the nurse and an individual while conducting a health assessment and a physical examination Course Outcomes This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes.

CO 1: Explain expected client behaviors while differentiating between normal findings, variations and abnormalities. (PO1)

CO 2: Utilize prior knowledge of theories and principles of nursing and related disciplines to integrate clinical judgment in professional decision-making and implementation of nursing process while obtaining a physical assessment. (POs 4, 8)

CO 3: Recognize the influence that developmental stages have on physical, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual functioning. (PO 1)

CO 4: Utilize effective communication when performing a health assessment. (PO 3)

CO 5: Demonstrate beginning skill in performing a complete physical examination using the techniques of inspection, palpation, percussion, and auscultation. (PO 2

CO 6: Identify teaching/learning needs from the health history of an individual. (POs 2, 5)

CO 7: Explore the professional responsibilities involved in conducting a comprehensive health assessment and providing appropriate documentation. (PO 6, 7)

Due date Your faculty member will inform you when this assignment is due. The Late Assignment Policy applies to this assignment.

Total points possible 100 points

Preparing the assignment

Follow these guidelines when completing this assignment. Speak with your faculty member if you have questions.

  1. Complete a health history and physical examination on an individual. This individual must be different from the individual used for the NR302 health history and physical examination assignment. Using the following subjective and objective components, as well as your textbook for explicit details about each category, complete a health history and physical examination on an individual. You may choose to complete portions of this assignment as you obtain the health history and perform the physical examination associated with the body systems covered in NR304.

The person interviewed must be 18 years of age or older. Please be sure to avoid the use of any identifiers in preparing the assignment and follow HIPAA protocols.

  1. Students may seek input from the course instructor on securing an individual for this assignment.
  2. Avoid the use of client identifiers in the assignment, HIPAA protocols must be utilized.
  3. During the lab experiences, you will conduct a series of physical exams that includes the systems listed in Objective Data below.
  1. Refer to the course textbook for detailed components of each system exam.

1) Remember, assessment of the integumentary system is an integral part of the physical exam and should be included throughout each system.

  1. Keep notes on each part of the health history and physical examination as you complete them so that you can refer to the notes as you write the paper, particularly the reflection section.
  1. Utilize proper medical terminology.
  2. Include the following sections, used as section headers within the paper.
  3. Health History: Subjective Data (30 points/30% [1-2 paragraphs in length])

1) Demographic data

2) Reason for care

3) Present illness (PQRST of current illness)

4) Perception of health

5) Past medical history (including medications, allergies, and vaccinations and immunizations)

6) Family medical history

7) Review of systems

8) Developmental considerations- use Erikson’s Stages of Psychosocial Development- which stage is your participant at and give examples of if they have met or not met the milestones for that stage.

9) Cultural considerations- definition, cultural traditions, cultural viewpoints on healing/healers, traditional and complementary medicine, these are examples but please add more

10) Psychosocial considerations- support systems-family, religious, occupational, community these are examples but add more

11) Presence or absence of collaborative resources (community, family, groups, and healthcare system)

  1. Physical Examination: Objective Data (30 points/30% [1 paragraph])

1) From NR302

  1. a) HEENT (head, eyes, ears, nose, and throat)
  2. b) Neck (including thyroid and lymph chains)
  3. c) Respiratory system
  4. d) Cardiovascular system

2) From NR304

  1. a) Neurological system
  2. b) Gastrointestinal system
  3. c) Musculoskeletal system
  4. d) Peripheral vascular system
  5. Needs Assessment (20 points/20% [2 paragraphs])

1) Based on the health history and physical examination findings, determine at least two health education needs for the individual. Remember, you may identify an educational topic that is focused on wellness.

2) Support the identified health teaching needs selected with evidence from two current, peer-reviewed journal articles.

3) Discuss how the interrelationships of physiological, developmental, cultural, and psychosocial considerations will influence, assist, or become barriers to the effectiveness of the proposed health education.

4) Describe how the individual’s strengths (personal, family, and friends) and collaborative resources (clinical, community, and health and wellness resources) effect proposed teaching.

Reflection (10 points/10% [1 paragraph])

Reflection is used to intentionally examine our thought processes, actions, and behaviors in order to evaluate outcomes. Provide a written reflection that describes your experience with conducting this complete health history and physical assessment.

1) Reflect on your interaction with the interviewee holistically.

  1. a) Describe the interaction in its entirety: include the environment, your approach to the individual, time of day, and other features relevant to therapeutic communication and to the interview process.

2) How did your interaction compare to what you have learned?

3) What barriers to communication did you experience?

  1. a) How did you overcome them?
  2. b) What will you do to overcome them in the future?

4) What went well with this assignment?

5) Were there unanticipated challenges during this assignment?

6) Was there information you wished you had available but did not?

7) How will you alter your approach next time?

  1. Writing Style and Format (10 points/10%)

1) Writing reflects synthesis of information from prior learning applied to completion of the assignment.

2) Grammar and mechanics are free of errors.

3) Able to verbalize thoughts and reasoning clearly.

4) Use appropriate resources and ideas to support topic with APA where applicable.

5) HIPAA protocols followed.

 

Define the middle range theory and the purpose of the selected middle range theory. Define and discuss the nursing metaparadigm within the context of the selected middle range theory.

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Assignment Criteria:

For this assignment select a middle range theory (the one I selected is mentioned above: Leininger’s Cultural Care Diversity & Universality Theory) Using this theory, develop a scholarly paper that includes the following criteria:

  1. Define the middle range theory and the purpose of the selected middle range theory.
  2. Define and discuss the nursing metaparadigm within the context of the selected middle range theory.
  3. Explain how the theorist employs and defines each of the four concepts that comprise the nursing metaparadigm within the selected middle range theory
  1. Explain the importance of the selected middle range theory in nursing practice.
  2. provide and discuss two examples of use of the selected middle-range theory from current practice
  3. The scholarly paper should be 4-5 pages excluding the title and reference pages.
  4. Include level 1 and level 2 headings.
  5. The paper should begin with an introductory paragraph that includes the purpose statement. The introductory paragraph and purpose statement allow the reader to understand what the paper/assignment is going to address.
  1. The paper should include a conclusion.
  2. Write the paper in third person, not first person (meaning do not use ‘we’ or ‘I’).
  3. Include a minimum of three references from professional peer-reviewed nursing journals (review in Ulrich Periodical Directory) to support the paper. ***Historical references may be used as appropriate. (Definition of historical reference: reference to a well- known person, place event or literary work that adds meaning to the paper.)
  1. APA format is required (attention to spelling/grammar, a title page, a reference page, and in-text citations).

 

Describe the industry in terms of short and long term growth and how you will take advantage of changes. What is happening in the industry to force those changes?

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Company Description

(you must write an actual description of your business to start this section)

Should be an overview of the key components of your business idea. It should explain exactly what you do and why you are original/unique/better. The reader should be able to discern what your benefit is to the market and why you belong.

This should be your, who, what, when, where, how section.

***Reminder it is inappropriate to write a business plan in the first person “I” “My” “Me” etc you should always use third person by using your company name “We” and “the company/business” or use your companies name.

Summarize what kind of business you have, or what you are planning to offer.

Mission Statement

The mission statement should explain in one or two sentences exactly what you do and who your company is NOW. Remember this is for the customer and should resonate with them and cause your employees to take action or behave in a specific manner.

Vision Statement

This is who you want your company to be in the future. You want to make it short and repeatable/memorizable. This is for your employees.

Goals

Where do you want your business to be in the near future? What would you like to achieve? How do you want people to perceive your business? These are your goals.

Objectives

Your objectives are the measurable steps you will use to measure your progress toward meeting your goals. When we talk about measurable there needs to be a number or a time frame here, examples “in 6 months” or “increase our market share by 5%”. This section can be bullet-pointed.

Philosophy

Your philosophy is what is important to you and your business or how you plan to approach production and sales.

Customers

To whom will you market? Describe your ideal customers. Start with age, sex, location, income, education, and interests.

Industry

Describe the industry in terms of short and long term growth and how you will take advantage of changes. What is happening in the industry to force those changes? For example, if you were manufacturing electric cars you may want to touch on the fact that gas is $5 a gallon or how emissions affect the environment, or how governmental influences/regulations could have an effect on the production of gas cars?

Strengths

Describe strengths, core competencies, and what will make your company successful. Make sure to address how the management team will leverage these strengths.

Ownership Structure

Describe the legal form of ownership, and why this structure was selected

 

Can you create a meaningful project schedule from your WBS? Does it have enough detail to create a meaningful budget? Can you assign all the work to a team based on this WBS?

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Organizing the Project and Its Components Course Project

 Part One A: Identifying the Scope and Complexity

Now you will work with identifying scope and complexity for a real project. You will identify how much you understand about the actual deliverables for two of your projects.

Review the following graph that was presented in this module. The graph showed a scale of relative ambiguity from 1 (vague) to 10 (clear) for project methods, on the X axis, and project outcomes, on the Y axis.

 

 
   

 

Choose two specific projects to consider in this activity. Ideally, you will choose one project from the past that has already been completed and one that you are working on currently. You will map each of these projects to the ambiguity scale as shown. You want to be able to identify, as early as possible, which quadrant every project is in so that you can work to bring about greater clarity in methods and outcomes as needed.

 

Project 1: Past Project
Title/description:
 

 
Map this project to the graph as shown.
The outcomes (Y axis):

 
 

 
The methods (X axis):
 

 
In which quadrant did the project start?

 
 
In which quadrant did the project end?
 
Project 2: Current Project
Title/description:
 
Map this project to the graph as shown.
The outcomes (Y axis):

 
 

 
The methods (X axis):
 

 
In which quadrant did the project start?

 
 
In which quadrant is this project currently?
 

 

Course Project Part One B: Creating a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

When you create a work breakdown structure (WBS), you are identifying the outcome of the project and then breaking it down into workable chunks so that you can show all the steps along the way. This step is critical for effective project management efforts. Now you will practice creating a WBS.

The purpose of this activity is to practice creating a WBS. If you already create these as part of your regular project management work, you can submit one that you have already created; there is no need to create an artificial WBS for the sake of this exercise if you are already experienced at this task. However, it should be your original work, not a WBS created by someone else.

 

Instructions:

  1. Choose a project to work with. It can be a simple project.
  2. Using any format you prefer, create a WBS for your project.
  3. As discussed in this module, your WBS should show a hierarchical structure. Each level in the hierarchy should contain successively more detail. All the steps that need to be completed should be shown.
  4. Include logical numbering to indicate in which order the steps should be completed. It is not necessary to explicitly indicate precedence.
  5. Copy/paste your WBS into this project document and submit it at the end of the course. Alternatively, you can submit it at the end of the course clearly labeled as a separate file using the naming convention “CEPM501_YourName_WBS.”

 

Hint: How will you know when your WBS is complete? How will you know if it needs more detail? This is subjective. Professor Nozick offers these self-check questions. You should be able to answer “Yes” to these questions:

  • Can you create a meaningful project schedule from your WBS?
  • Does it have enough detail to create a meaningful budget?
  • Can you assign all the work to a team based on this WBS? (In other words, can you assess all the human resource needs this project has?)

If you can’t answer “Yes,” your WBS needs more detail.

 

Course Project Part Two: Creating the Project Network

It’s important to practice thinking about how to put durations on tasks. In this part of the course project, you will create a project network, which includes mechanisms to identify task durations. You will identify the critical path and also identify whether there are any shortcomings: are there other paths that may become critical? (This is important to do because if you focus only on the critical path, you will miss the things that will make you late.)

 

Instructions:

  1. Use the WBS you created in part one of the course project (or another WBS, if you prefer) and translate it into a project network. You can do this in PowerPoint, in Word, or in Visio.
  2. Identify the activities. You should be able to identify at least 10-12 tasks.
  3. Identify the durations of the activities. Ask yourself how sure you are about those durations. Indicate whether your certainty is high, medium, or low.
  4. Identify the precedence between the activities. (In other words, indicate which activities have to be done before something else can be done.)
  5. Identify the critical path.
  6. Identify the smallest amount of time for the project to be completed, the longest amount of time, and the most likely.
  7. Copy/paste your project network into this course project and submit it at the end of the course. Alternatively, you can submit it at the end of the course clearly labeled as a separate file using the naming convention “CEPM501_YourName_ProjectNetwork.”

 

Course Project Part Three: Identifying Sources of Uncertainty

 

Uncertainty in projects is common; your ability to address that uncertainty will be critical to your success. A Gantt chart is a helpful tool that allows you to view the project schedule with the start and end time associated with each activity. This helps you understand at a glance which of your activities will overlap. In this part of the course project, you will create a Gantt chart for your project so that you can spot those areas of overlap. You will identify sources of uncertainty in task durations and will also use float information to make decisions.

Instructions:

  1. Construct a Gantt chart for your project.
  2. Identify some of the sources of uncertainty related to task durations. (As discussed, there are many sources of uncertainty; they may relate to customer requirements, methods, availability of resources, facilities, schedule uncertainty, and so on. For the purposes of this exercise, you are only identifying those related to task durations.)
  3. Indicate how you can use float information to help you improve your decision making on this project. What does float information tell you?
  4. Copy/paste your Gantt chart and your answers into this project document and submit it all at the end of the course. Alternatively, you can submit it at the end of the course clearly labeled as a separate file using the naming convention “CEPM501_YourName_Gantt.”