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Create an annual budget for the school using a digital spreadsheet. Base this budget on the data and information gathered from the schoolwide budgetary needs assessment you administered, your previous analyses of past and current budgets, and any additional observations you may have relating to school process and operations that could affect the school budget.

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Create an annual budget for the school using a digital spreadsheet. Base this budget on the data and information gathered from the schoolwide budgetary needs assessment you administered, your previous analyses of past and current budgets, and any additional observations you may have relating to school process and operations that could affect the school budget. Align the budget to the school’s current CIP/SIP goals.

Include the following components in your budget:

  • Current budget revenue and expenditures
  • Proposed revenue and expenditures
  • For line items that are increasing or decreasing significantly, include an explanation for the increases and decreases, with support from the data you gathered to prepare the budget. (For example, if you observed a process that could be changed and would result in a decreased expenditure, explain that process improvement.)
  • Strategies demonstrating line items you would adjust if you do not receive the funds you are requesting
  • Line items you would add if you receive more funds than anticipated

In a 250 word reflection, describe the data you analyzed to identify and prioritize items on the budget. Justify how the proposed budget supports the school’s CIP/SIP priorities and goals.

Explain Romantic love versus Rational love, and how the two can impact Pia. Explain how the label’s that are given to Pia by her parents, have the potential to impact Pia.

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According to the Labeling theory described by the Interactionist perspective, labels can become self-fulfilling. If a person is labeled with negative attributes, they risk believing that these attributes are true, and may face an undesirable declining trajectory. Pia’s parents are approaching a situation in a negative manner, and this is cultivating Pia’s beliefs of having, or possessing negative attributes.

Read the case scenario for Pia below, and answer the questions below as if you are having dialogue with this family.

1) Explain Romantic love versus Rational love, and how the two can impact Pia.

2) Explain how the label’s that are given to Pia by her parents, have the potential to impact Pia.

3) Select and explain at least 3 positive attributes that Pia has in order to point out her strengths and build her self-esteem.

4) Meeting #2 has been scheduled and Pia’s parents will be joining this meeting. After reading “Conflict Resolution Strategies”, page 559, select 3 strategies that you plan to utilize with this family. You are to explain your goals and why you have selected these approaches.

Case Scenario;

You are a social worker and Pia, an eighteen-year-old senior has been referred to see you. Pia is scheduled to graduate in two months, however, Pia’s instructors have reported a drop in her grades, and a sudden change in her demeanor. You are aware that if Pia’s grades continue to decline, she runs the risk of not meeting graduation requirements. Historically, Pia excelled in high school and was a star athlete. She was known to be a reliable motivated hard worker. She was a determined leader and had goals of attending college. During the meeting, Pia reports that she is 6 weeks pregnant, and plans to marry her 19-year-old boyfriend. Pia reports that she has been forbidden to see her boyfriend, and her parents are not interested in what he or his parents have to say. Pia reports that her parents are furious, disgraced, embarrassed and have told her numerous times that she has been selfish, disrespectful, a failure, and has tarnished the family name. Pia reports that she understands that she is a failure and is ready to drop out of school.

Create a 1-2-page resource that will describe databases that are relevant to EBP around a diagnosis you chose and could be used to help a new hire nurse better engage in EBP.

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Create a 1-2-page resource that will describe databases that are relevant to EBP around a diagnosis you chose and could be used to help a new hire nurse better engage in EBP.

Evidence-based practice (EBP) integrates the best evidence available to guide optimal nursing care, with a goal to enhance safety and quality. EBP is crucial to nursing practice because it incorporates the best evidence from current literature, along with the expertise of the practicing nurse. The concern for quality care that flows from EBP generates a desired outcome. Without these factors, a nurse cannot be an effective leader. It is important to lead not only from this position but from knowledge and expertise. To gain the knowledge, you require a good understanding of how to search for scholarly resources, as well as identify which databases and websites are credible for the purposes of implementing evidence-based changes in practice.

Demonstration of Proficiency.
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the course competencies through the following assessment scoring guide criteria:

Competency 1: Interpret findings from scholarly quantitative, qualitative, and outcomes research articles and studies.
Explain why the sources selected should provide the best evidence for the chosen diagnosis.
Competency 2: Analyze the relevance and potential effectiveness of evidence when making a decision.
Describe the best places to complete research and what types of resources one would want to access to find pertinent information for the diagnosis within the context of a specific health care setting.
Competency 4: Plan care based on the best available evidence.
Identify five sources of online information (medical journal databases, websites, hospital policy databases, et cetera) that could be used to locate evidence for a clinical diagnosis.
Competency 5: Apply professional, scholarly communication strategies to lead practice changes based on evidence.
Describe communication strategies to encourage nurses to research the diagnosis, as well as strategies to collaborate with the nurses to access resources.
Communicate using writing that is clear, logical, and professional with correct grammar and spelling using current APA style.
Professional Context
As a baccalaureate-prepared nurse, you will be responsible for providing patient-centered, competent care based on current evidence-based best practices. You will be required to do research, analysis, and dissemination of best evidence to stay abreast of these best practices. Understanding where to go to find credible sources and locate evidence, as well as which search terms to use, is the foundation of incorporation of best practices.

Does the Mozart Effect work with babies? Why or why not? If you wanted to increase the intelligence of your infant (age 0 – 1 year), what would you do?

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Discussion Board- The Mozart Effect Response Post.

According to the video, does the Mozart Effect work with babies? Why or why not? If you wanted to increase the intelligence of your infant (age 0 – 1 year), what would you do? If you wanted to increase your own intelligence, what would you do? Why do you think the Mozart Effect has been so popular? Consider economics, psychology, and scientific reasoning.

Read Kristin J. and Rebecca C. post and “respond” to them. Respond in a way that furthers the conversation, with comments and questions. Responses to your classmates which simply agree (“I agree that” or “I like how”) are not substantive or acceptable.

Mathematically test using Euler’s Theorem to indicate if a Euler Path, a Euler Circuit, or just a path is present. Trace the path on the graph in red with arrows pointing in the direction you are going. Make sure the graph is large enough to be seen clearly.

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This project will contain two parts, one dealing with you going to Animal Kingdom (Disney World, the other you are taking a visit to Sea World. Look up both theme parks maps on the internet and graph each scenario with vertices at the given locations and label the vertices with capitol letters from the name of the site. Connect the vertices with all possible edges (there is a right number of edges). Mathematically test using Euler’s Theorem to indicate if a Euler Path, a Euler Circuit, or just a path is present. Trace the path on the graph in red with arrows pointing in the direction you are going. Make sure the graph is large enough to be seen clearly.

Animal Kingdom (Disney World) Vertices
Flight of Passage
Safari
Discovery Island
Mount Everest
Nemo’s Theatre
Dino Land

Sea World Vertices
Stingray Lagoon Shamu
Dolphin Cove Shark Encounter
Sea Lion Kraken
Bayside Stadium Journey to Atlantis

Perform sensitivity analysis for WACC, cost saving, and salvage value of the new machine with their values change at increasing and decreasing of 10%, 20% and 30%. Which variable is more dangerous?

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1.The Zhang Equipment Company’s machine was purchased 5 years ago for $55,000. It had an expected life of 10 years when it was bought, and its remaining depreciation is $5,500 per year for each year of its remaining life. As older machine are robust and useful machine, this one can be sold for $20,000 at the end of its useful life. A new high-efficiency, digital-controlled machine can be purchased for $120,000, including installation costs. During its 5-year life, it will reduce cash operating expenses by $30,000 per year. Sales revenue will not be affected. At the end of its useful life, the highefficiency machine is estimated to be sold at $10,000. MACRS depreciation will be used, and the machine will be depreciated over its 5-year property class life. The old machine can be sold today for $35,000. The firm’s tax rate is 25%, and the appropriate cost of capital is 13%.

a) If the new machine is purchased, what is the amount of the initial cash flow at Year 0?

b) What is the after-tax salvage value of the new machine at the end of the project?

c) What are the incremental cash flows that will occur at the end of Years 1 through 5?

d) What is the NPV, IRR, MIRR, payback period, discounted payback period of the project?

e) Perform sensitivity analysis for WACC, cost saving, and salvage value of the new machine with their values change at increasing and decreasing of 10%, 20% and 30%. Which variable is more dangerous? Explain through graph. Datatable is required to get credit for this problem.

What has been the impact of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on healthcare access, cost, and quality? Who was newly covered and how is this achieved? What are exchanges and how are different States approaching them?

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Consider the following: What has been the impact of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on healthcare access, cost, and quality? Who was newly covered and how is this achieved? What are exchanges and how are different States approaching them? What does the Medicaid program have to do with the ACA? How are health insurance premiums being affected? What variables are in play in the political debate over the impact of the ACA on cost, access, and quality of care? What are some of the key challenges facing state and national policymakers? On balance, is the ACA a good or bad law? Provide a clear, fact-based, non-emotional justification for your conclusion. Is healthcare a right? Why or why not? What role should the federal government play in healthcare given the 10th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”

Define roles for the organization’s top/corporate management, facility/department management, and the role of the individual allied health professional in implementing the proposed initiative’s activities.

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Allied health professionals are uniquely qualified in many ways to recommend, implement, and provide valuable feedback regarding safety considerations, risk management, and quality of service across multiple levels within a health care organization.

For this assignment, develop a 1,250-1,500 word proposal inclusive of the following elements: The proposal identifies and promotes one specific safety, risk management or quality improvement initiative that is recognized or proven to be successful. The proposed idea would benefit your employer/organization, or if you are not currently employed in this capacity, would benefit an organization in your city/region in your chosen health care field. The proposal must include and define roles for the organization’s top/corporate management, facility/department management, and the role of the individual allied health professional in implementing the proposed initiative’s activities. Use the “Topic 1 Assignment Template” for crafting your proposal. Appendices are optional; if needed to support a point or idea in your proposal, please attach tables or graph resources in this section and not in the body of the proposal. You are required to use and cite a minimum of three qualified resources from the readings or the GCU Library in order to complete this assignment successfully.

Provide a comprehensive understanding of the concept of “local government”. Show how the concept has evolved internationally and how this has influenced the concept of local government in South Africa;

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These are unprecedented times. COVID – 19 is affecting all parts of the globe in many ways. As a result of this pandemic, the South African government has chosen to deploy all kinds of resources to municipalities to help them proactively address this pandemic.

You have just been appointed by the National Treasury Department to provide
“municipal planning” services to the Kwa DuKuza Local Municipality as a consultant.

At your inception meeting with the newly appointed municipal manager she has admitted that she comes from the private sector and has limited knowledge of government. She has a press conference in two days and as your first task as a consultant to the municipality she has instructed you to do the following:

– Provide a contextual understanding of the municipality (geographic location, physical, infrastructure social, economic – think status quo) anything that can help the municipal manager understand her municipality better;

– Provide a comprehensive understanding of the concept of “local government”.
Show how the concept has evolved internationally and how this has influenced the concept of local government in South Africa;

– Provide a rationale and understanding of what “municipal planning” is comprised of in the South African context and what the various core plans that make up a municipal plan are. Each of these need to be explained in the context of the following:
• Legislation
• Key components of each plan
• How the various plans relate to each other (within local government and between the spheres of government)
– Provide some guidance to the municipal manager on how she should address the concept of municipal planning in this municipality during her period as
municipal manage;
– Provide some guidance to the municipal manager on what she should do to immediately address the issue of COVID – 19 in her municipality.

Explain how the concept of bundled payments can mitigate risk for a health care institution, or how you believe that it will increase the financial risk to an organization.

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The concept and strategy of Bundled Payments may be a useful tool as health care risk reimbursement models emerge. CMS has begun to experiment with this concept.

Explain how the concept of bundled payments can mitigate risk for a health care institution, or how you believe that it will increase the financial risk to an organization. Is there an opportunity within your organization for this strategy to be applied?