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How does this session relate to the economic concepts we covered from our second exam this semester? Specifically, how did this session address any of the following: elasticity, consumer and producer surplus, externalities, costs?

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Principles of Microeconomics

Assignment: Political Economy Days

Description:
This assignment will help you synthesize the material we are learning in this course with events occurring outside our classroom (or our virtual space). Please attend or watch at least one of the Political Economy Days guest lectures. The schedule of events is included under Announcements on our Canvas page. Some of these lectures will be recorded; the information will be sent to you after the event concludes.

Instructions:
Answer the following questions for each Political Economy Days lecture you attended or viewed.

Responses for questions 2-7 should be at least several sentences.

1. Which Political Economy Days lecture(s) did you view? Please state the title of the talk and the name of the presenter.

2. In your own words, please provide a brief overview of this session’s topic.

3. After attending this session, how has it affected your understanding of the topic? Focus on if this session has challenged or reaffirmed your ideas. If this is the first time you’ve engaged in this subject, describe your reaction.

4. How does this session relate to the economic concepts we covered from our first exam this semester? Specifically, how did this session address any of the following: trade-offs, opportunity costs, marginal analysis, scientific method, demand, supply, or market equilibrium? (In some sessions the relationships may be obvious, in other sessions they may be more subtle – remember, economic principles are present in all aspects of everyday life!) In your response, be sure to properly define all economic concepts/terms you discuss in your answer. Please underline the economic term in your definition.

5. How does this session relate to the economic concepts we covered from our second exam this semester? Specifically, how did this session address any of the following: elasticity, consumer and producer surplus, externalities, costs? (In some sessions the relationships may be obvious, in other sessions they may be more subtle – remember, economic principles are present in all aspects of everyday life!) Be sure to properly define any economic concepts/terms you discuss in your answer as well.

6. How does this session relate to the economic concepts we covered from our third exam this semester? Specifically, how did this session address any of the following: competitive markets, monopolies, oligopolies, monopolistically competitive markets, labor, factors of production? (In some sessions the relationships may be obvious, in other sessions they may be more subtle – remember, economic principles are present in all aspects of everyday life!) In your response, be sure to properly define all economic concepts/terms you discuss in your answer. Please underline the economic term in your definition.

7. What additional questions do you have that were not addressed within the scope of the presentation (or the following Question and Answer session, if recorded)?

Jeff Case, Mary McDonald, and Jen McManus tried to create a corporation in order to produce electric scooters. They satisfied all of the requirements, but did not file the corporate charter with the state of California. They believed that a valid corporation had been formed and conducted business as a corporation. After seven years, the corporation became bankrupt. The creditors of the corporation would like to hold each of the three owners of the business personally liable. Can they? Discuss.

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Discussion

  • David Walker and Robert Hudson were best friends and business partners. They paid $500,000 in cash for an old warehouse. Later, they received an appointment as promoters for a new corporation that would manufacture artificial arms. The corporation need a large production facility, and David and Robert sold the warehouse they owned for $800,000 worth of stocks in the new corporation once it was formed.

Later, the corporation was formed and the shareholders discovered just how much David and Robert paid for the facility. How much of the $800,000 in stocks is the new corporation entitled to cancel. Discuss.

  • Jeff Case, Mary McDonald, and Jen McManus tried to create a corporation in order to produce electric scooters. They satisfied all of the requirements, but did not file the corporate charter with the state of California. They believed that a valid corporation had been formed and conducted business as a corporation.

After seven years, the corporation became bankrupt. The creditors of the corporation would like to hold each of the three owners of the business personally liable. Can they? Discuss.

Write a reflection journal (250-300 words) to outline what has been discovered about your professional practice, personal strengths and weaknesses, and additional resources that could be introduced in a given situation to influence optimal outcomes.

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Health care delivery and clinical systems

Students are required to submit weekly journal entries throughout the course. These reflective narratives help students identify important learning events that happen throughout the course and the practicum. In each week’s entry, students should reflect on the personal knowledge and skills gained.

Write a reflection journal (250-300 words) to outline what has been discovered about your professional practice, personal strengths and weaknesses, and additional resources that could be introduced in a given situation to influence optimal outcomes. Each week there will be a specific focus to use in your reflection. Integrate leadership and inquiry into the current practice. Please make sure to address all areas in your writing.

Apply and discuss the four key functions to your family of orientation (the family you grew up in) or family of procreation (your spouse and/or children), and give examples from your family to illustrate the functions.

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Sociological perspective on family

This is a comparison and contrast essay between functionalist and conflict views on family as a social institution.

Review the functionalist perspectives on family from Theoretical Perspectives of Family (attached).

Format
This paper should be about 750-1300 words or about 3 to 5 double-spaced typed pages.make sure that they are cited properly in MLA format

INSTRUCTIONS:

  • Define/describe the four key functions of family.
  • Apply and discuss the four key functions to your family of orientation (the family you grew up in) or family of procreation (your spouse and/or children), and give examples from your family to illustrate the functions.
  • Define and/ describe the Conflict theory on family and apply it to your family.
  • Finally, compare and contrast the theories and discuss which theory, functionalism or conflict theory, is better for explaining the purpose and role of the family in society and why.

Think about a time in your life when you tried to persuade someone to do something. Keep in mind that this situation does not have to be a full-blown argument—it can be something as simple as convincing a friend to go to a specific restaurant for lunch—and it does not have to be a situation where you “won” the other person over. Explain what strategies you used for persuading.

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English comp II

  1. Think about a time in your life when you tried to persuade someone to do something. Keep in mind that this situation does not have to be a full-blown argument—it can be something as simple as convincing a friend to go to a specific restaurant for lunch—and it does not have to be a situation where you “won” the other person over. Explain what strategies you used for persuading.

Identify two arguable sides of your first issue related to your career or degree field. Identify two arguable sides of your second issue related to your career or degree field.

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English comp II assist

Now that you have spent some time writing down some potential issues for your project, it is time to narrow the focus.

Part One: After exploring the library databases and reviewing your brainstorming activity, Select two potential issues that are related to your career or degree. Again, ensure that you are selecting and writing about two different issues. Each section should be written as a fully developed, 5–8 sentence paragraph.

Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:

  1. Identify two arguable sides of your first issue related to your career or degree field.
  2. Identify two arguable sides of your second issue related to your career or degree field.

Part Two: After exploring both sides of each issue, choose one to write about in your final persuasive essay.

Specifically, you must also address the following rubric criteria:

  1. Choose a side that you might argue.
  2. Identify why your topic would be meaningful to your audience (people connected to your career or degree field).

Do your interventions address further monitoring of the patient’s response to your interventions and to the achievement of the desired outcome? Are qualifiers: when, how, amount, time, and frequency used?

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ABNORMAL ASSESSMENT FINDINGS: Recognize Cues

Obtain information from various sources (e.g., the environment, the pt., the family, another nurse, EHR) in different formats (e.g., visual observation, audio perception, lab results, text description, etc.). TIME OUT!!!  Do you have an accurate match or are additional data required, or does another cue from abnormal assessment findings need to be investigated?

Assessment:  What are the identified abnormal findings:

  • List S&S= (Signs and symptoms, i.e., Abnormal Subjective and Objective Assessment Findings/lab results, etc.)

 

Analysis Cues

Interprets cues from their existing knowledge base and nursing perspective, evaluate cues in terms of relevancy, importance, and interrelationship among other cues, organize cues in the mental representation of the scenario (e.g., organize cues in clusters), and then develops a group of probable client needs/concerns and problems.

Prioritize Hypotheses

Evaluates the hypotheses generated previously in various dimensions (e.g., urgency, likelihood, risk/difficulty/time/cost of providing care to that hypothesis, etc.), and organize them into an ordered list where the priority hypotheses (i.e., client needs/concerns/problems) are on the top.

Analysis/Hypothesis: What is the cause of the patients problem that must be prioritized at this time?

  • Evaluate the Hypothesis = (Signs and symptoms, i.e., Abnormal Subjective and Objective Assessment Findings/lab results, etc.)

_________________________________________________________________________________________

Planning (Patient goals focus on resolving the problem), Must be SMART goals Generate Solutions

Develops a list of actions to address the priority hypothesis. The student nurse then selects the appropriate action from the list and carries out the action. TIME OUT!! The desired outcome must meet criteria to be accurate. The outcome must be specific, realistic, measurable, and include a time frame for completion. Does the action verb describe the patient’s behavior to be evaluated? Can the outcome be used in the evaluation step of the nursing process to measure the patient’s response to the nursing interventions listed below?

  • will (verbalize, demonstrate, be able to, increase & maintain, or decrease & maintain) __________________________________________________________________________
  • by the: (end of shift, end of day, discharge day) or within: (two hours; 12 hours, etc.) ____________________________________________________________________________________                                                 

Implementation (Specific nursing interventions that were performed during your shift): Take Action

Sorts the hypotheses (probable client needs, concerns, problems) in order (based on their evaluation in various dimensions) and carries out the action(s) to address the hypothesis/hypotheses with highest priority.

Must contain the following: Assess {observe, auscultate, palpate, percuss}; Monitor; Prepare, administer; Collaborate w/ specific multi-disciplinary team; & teach, i.e., VERBS

1._____________________________________________________________________________________                                                                                        

2.____________________________________________________________________________________                                                                                         

3._____________________________________________________________________________________                                                                                         

4. ____________________________________________________________________________________

Evaluation (What was the outcome: Did you meet your desired goal?) TIME OUT!! Re-Assess the Patient: Do your interventions address further monitoring of the patient’s response to your interventions and to the achievement of the desired outcome? Are qualifiers: when, how, amount, time, and frequency used? Is the focus of the action’s verb on the nurse

Goal; Met or Not met or partially met and how to revise.)

Goal: □ Met                          Goal: □ Not Met                  Goal: □ Partially Met                           Goal: □ Unable to Assess

What questions does the article spark for you? After reading the article, what are you curious about now? If you were going to research this topic further, what would you look for next?

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Al Qaeda’s Foot Soldiers: A Study of the Biographies of Foreign Fighters Killed in Afghanistan and Pakistan Between 2002 and 2006.

Once you have selected an article you must read it thoroughly and write a review. Your written review should be longer than 2 pages and shorter than 3 pages. Use Times New Roman, 12 point font, 1 inch margins, and double-space. Include the following sections (these should be labeled):

1) In your own words, what is the article about? What is the author trying to prove and what methods are they using to demonstrate it? If you include a quotation it must be properly cited in APA format. Quoted material that is not cited will result in a zero for this assignment. There is norequirement that your review contain quotations. Your reviews will be submitted to the Turnitin plagiarism software.

2) In your opinion, what was the most interesting information from the article? Why was it interesting? What impact does the information from the article have on the real-world?

3) What questions does the article spark for you? After reading the article, what are you curious about now? If you were going to research this topic further, what would you look for next?

Define crime and what it means to conform in a sociological context. Use a sociological theory to determine if there is a relationship between substance use issues and crime. List social programs in your local area that can support parents and youth with information and family services related to substance use issues.

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Deviance Prevention Guide

Assignment Content

  1. Sociological research can be used to provide information to inform communities about human behaviors in their neighborhood. Citizens can then use that information to understand and develop actions to take which could impact the quality of life for the groups who live there. This week’s assignment will give you the opportunity to consider human behavior related to crime and substance use issues in your community from a sociological perspective. Use your knowledge of sociological research to educate families about this kind of human behavior.
    Scenario:Your local community center has started to host orientation classes for groups of parents of middle- and high-school-aged children. These families have recently moved to the area or are looking to relocate and want to know more about your community. You are part of a group of citizens who wants to support these parents by sharing information about local crime and substance use issues so that they can make informed choices for their families. The community center has asked you to prepare an informational guide to share this information with them.
    For this assignment:

    • Choose 1 sociological theory to interpret the connection between substance use issues and crime.
    • Choose 1 type of software to create a guide with visuals, such as Microsoft Word or Canva.

    Develop a 2- to 3-page local guide in the form of a flyer, poster, pamphlet, or newsletter.
    Use a software of your choice to create your guide and enrich it with visual images.
    Include the following:

    • Define crime and what it means to conform in a sociological context.
    • Use a sociological theory to determine if there is a relationship between substance use issues and crime.
    • List social programs in your local area that can support parents and youth with information and family services related to substance use issues.
    • Support the information in your guide with data from current and factual resources.

    Cite references in your guide.
    Include a section with APA-formatted references.

Explain what your nursing diagnosis is (What is the main problem for this patient? What need to be addressed?). Explain what your goal is for helping the patient recover (What do you want to change for the patient?).

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Case study

In order to write a case study paper, you must carefully address a number of sections in a specific order with specific information contained in each. The guideline below outlines each of those sections.

Section Information to Include
Introduction (patient and problem)
  • Explain who the patient is (Age, gender, etc.)
  • Explain what the problem is (What was he/she diagnosed with, or what happened?)
  • Introduce your main argument (What should you as a nurse focus on or do?)
Pathophysiology
  • Explain the disease (What are the symptoms? What causes it?)
History
  • Explain what health problems the patient has (Has she/he been diagnosed with other diseases?)
  • Detail any and all previous treatments (Has she/he had any prior surgeries or is he/she on medication?)
Nursing Physical Assessment
  • List all the patient’s health stats in sentences with specific numbers/levels (Blood pressure, bowel sounds, ambulation, etc.)
Related Treatments
  • Explain what treatments the patient is receiving because of his/her disease
Nursing Diagnosis & Patient Goal
  • Explain what your nursing diagnosis is (What is the main problem for this patient? What need to be addressed?)
  • Explain what your goal is for helping the patient recover (What do you want to change for the patient?)
Nursing Interventions
  • Explain how you will accomplish your nursing goals, and support this with citations (Reference the literature)
Evaluation
  • Explain how effective the nursing intervention was (What happened after your nursing intervention? Did the patient get better?)
Recommendations
  • Explain what the patient or nurse should do in the future to continue recovery/improvement

Your paper should be 3-4 pages in length and will be graded on how well you complete each of the above sections. You will also be graded on your use of APA style and on your application of nursing journals into the treatments and interventions.