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Since there are no surveillance systems in place for diabetes, what measure of health or measure of disease frequency will you calculate and why?

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You are a member of a healthcare team which has been sent to a province in a third world nation whose size and population is almost close to that of Burlington, Vermont. The team has been tasked with performing a health needs assessment for the province over the course of 18 months and you, having some knowledge about epidemiology and bio-statistics, is required to estimate the burden of type 2 diabetes in this population. Since there are no surveillance systems in place for diabetes, what measure of health or measure of disease frequency will you calculate and why? Being given a budget of $100,000, briefly propose or speculate how you will obtain the needed information to calculate your measure of disease frequency or burden.

What are some theological agendas that have affected interpretation in the past? Are there any contemporary cultural issues that would affect interpretation?

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Investigate the Historical Context of the Passage.

Use the bible passage and larger context of the whole book to figure out:

Who?

Who wrote the passage? The author go beyond the name.

What was the mindset of the author/ relationship between author and God or audience/ the author’s circumstances?

Understanding who wrote it changes how we are going to read it.

Why did God choose that person?

Who was the passage written to? The Recipient

Jewish audience or Greek audience?

(needs/circumstances/characteristic)

What benefit would the audience get from the passage?

The main characters more than just the name pivotal to the story even God can be a main character of the passage (needs/circumstances/characteristics) brings perspective into the passage.

What?

What was being written about? ← According to the lecture, the what is not strictly about what was written/ being said.

what is the genre? and how does its literary context emphasize, bring the message.

When?

When was the section written?

cultural differences from then and now.

Where?

Where was the author when he was writing the passage?

Where was the author writing to?

What was the cultural climate into which the passage was written?

If necessary, consult commentaries, study bibles, or other historical references to gather further information.

Be sure to cite sources where necessary

Think about Personal Contexts

Preconceived Ideas

What are some possible preconceived ideas about the passage or the message that it communicates?

Theological Agendas.

What are some theological agendas that have affected interpretation in the past?

Cultural Issues.

Are there any contemporary cultural issues that would affect interpretation?

Provide a plan to deal with this provider’s actions based on your knowledge of the law, ethics, and the internal guidance you are said to have in your organization.

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Regardless of the provider type, when you are in an administrative position, you more likely than not will be asked to render a decision about a person’s continued relationship with your organization. This exercise will provide you with practice applying this week’s concepts to a scenario involving a provider. Here you are being asked to provide a plan to deal with this provider’s actions based on your knowledge of the law, ethics, and the internal guidance you are said to have in your organization.

Before beginning this assignment, view the following scenario:  found in materials

Now that you have reviewed the scenario and the bylaws, address these questions:

  1. What actions can be taken based on the bylaws that you currently have in place?
  2. If charges are filed by the District Attorney against the dentist but he hasn’t yet gone to trial, can action be initiated against his privileges?
  3. With the information you currently have, do you need to report the dentist to the NPDB? If so, for what reason(s)?  If not, why not, and what action would need to be taken for reporting to be appropriate?

Spend 30 minutes in prayer after your finish your study of the passage but PRIOR to the beginning of the development of the lesson plan.  Then write a ½page reflective response. Place this response at the beginning of the Lesson Plan.

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Prayer Exercise.Spend 30 minutes in prayer after your finish your study of the passage but PRIOR to the beginning of the development of the lesson plan.  Then write a ½page reflective response. Place this response at the beginning of the Lesson Plan.

  • Spend the 1st15 minutes praying for an openness of your heart to God’s truth. Be responsive to any directions God leads you in.
  • Spend the 2nd15 minutes praying for God to show you the key idea he concerning the content of your message for the people you may teach this Bible study to.

Part 2: Lesson Plan.  Write a four-page lesson plan for a Bible study on the Gospel passage you have chosen to study.  Your lesson plan needs to be written with enough detail that someone else could teach your Bible study with minimal study.  You can pick any age group to teach and tailor the content to a specific group.  However, write your lesson plan with the “teacher” in mind, giving them a thorough discussion of the passage.  See Appendix C in the course syllabus for the grade rubric.

Read the book written by Elizabeth Barrett Browning – Sonnets from the Portuguese. Write an explanatory academic essay after the reading. Make sure you create a good thesis to go with your paper.

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Read the book written by Elizabeth Barrett Browning – Sonnets from the Portuguese.

She was a later part of the English Romantic movement, a second wave as it were. Her husband, Robert Browning , an equal to the great early English romantics,
was kind of too, but his style was tending towards the ways of modern poetry, indeed perhaps one of the progenitors of modern poetry.

He ‘saved’ her from a stern Victorian father and lifestyle, took her to Italy, where they pretty much lived out their lives together until she died. One day she came downstairs of her home there from her study into the kitchen and told him she had translated sonnets from Portuguese poets. They were of course really her sonnets written to him. A fascinating, much celebrated story.

this is a set of romantic poems that covers a historic love affair and details in what their love was all about. As good as the earlier Romantics on love, especially Keats and Shelley.

After reading this book look into your own insights, your own thinking in regards to what this book is about.

Write an explanatory academic essay after the reading.
Make sure you create a good thesis to go with your paper. Be detailed about your reading showing within your paper that you carefully read the entire book.

Prepare a neat and organized report for the Strategic Officers Steering Committee (SOS-C) of ToolsCorp Corporation. The purpose of this paper is to obtain permission from them to go forward with the next step (developing a full-blown business plan) for ToolsCorp’s strategic initiative to break into the global marketplace

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ToolsCorp Corporation is a fictitious company that does not exist anywhere. For the purpose of this course, it is located in Tennessee. As members of the senior management team of ToolsCorp Corporation, your group has been asked to prepare a neat and organized report for the Strategic Officers Steering Committee (SOS-C) of ToolsCorp Corporation. The purpose of this paper is to obtain permission from them to go forward with the next step (developing a full-blown business plan) for ToolsCorp’s strategic initiative to break into the global marketplace.

Your paper should discuss the following:The one-year, five-year, and ten-year strategic objectives of the strategic initiatives presented as one strategic proposal for each time frame (3 strategic proposals in all), complete with implementation plans, potential ramifications, and feedback mechanism.

Background Information
ToolsCorp Corporation is a fictitious company that does not exist anywhere. For the purpose of this course, it is located it in Tennessee. It builds power tools, lawn mowers, lawn furniture, microwaves, and ranges. All products are manufactured locally and sold through large retailers that place sales papers inserted in every Wednesday and Sunday paper. Although they have a thriving business in the United States and Canada, ToolsCorp is trying to break into the global marketplace.

Analyze strengths and weaknesses of leader in all five domains (communication and relationship management, knowledge of health care environment, leadership, professionalism, and business skills).

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Contemplate the effectiveness of a nurse leader in a formal leadership role (charge nurse, director of nursing, nursing manager, administrator, or nursing instructor). This nurse could be a current manager, or a leader you identify from a past encounter. From the list, select “Nurse Executive Competencies.”
Write a three to four page paper (in addition to cover page and reference page) that analyzes the effectiveness of this leader in relation to all five of the AONE domains.
Include the following criteria when writing this paper:
Describe the nurse selected, including the title and scope of their current leadership role.
Analyze strengths and weaknesses of leader in all five domains (communication and relationship management, knowledge of health care environment, leadership, professionalism, and business skills). The “domain” is the large category, i.e. leadership.
Analyze how the leader you identified met or did not meet the specific characteristics listed under the domain. Make certain each of the specific characteristics under your chosen domain is addressed in your analysis. Use at least two competencies from each domain to describe the leadership of your chosen leader. The competency is the sub-category under a given domain, i.e. for leadership: systems thinking and change management. You may use any of the bullet points under the competency as part of your analysis.
Validate your analysis with personal experience and a minimum of three current scholarly sources. The AONE document should be cited and referenced. Your textbook, Leading and Managing in Nursing, may be considered as another scholarly source used for this assignment.

Junius Williams related the/his history of Newark, community activism, and Black Power with the Occupy Wall Street movement. Make an argument either agreeing or disagreeing with this connection?

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Junius Williams related the/his history of Newark, community activism, and Black Power with the Occupy Wall Street movement. Make an argument either agreeing or disagreeing with this connection?

1. Junius Williams related the/his history of Newark, community activism, and Black Power with the Occupy Wall Street movement. Make an argument either agreeing or disagreeing with this connection?

2. Extend your analysis of the poetry and drama of Amiri Baraka. Analyze and assess the vision and the success or failure of this particular form of political art.

3. Discuss Black Power in relationship to Junius Williams and/or Amiri Baraka.

Demonstrate an understanding of the running of a business venture. Apply key entrepreneurship and small business theories and principles.Critically examine how entrepreneurs manage networks and relationships.

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Introduction: Entrepreneurship starts with an idea. This idea, in turn, should be demonstrable and feasibly executory through the Business Plan. As a tool, the Business Plan is used to start, run, and grow the venture that undergoes refinement overtime. Its importance is two-fold: Firstly, to obtain funding and, secondly, to set out what you seek to achieve and how to achieve it. It is for these reasons that as MBA students, the module has been tailored fit for your deep and extensive awareness of what entrepreneurship is all about.

This examination will gauge what you have gained from the module. You are expected to develop a well-thought-out START UP BUSINESS PLAN with the given structure.

Demonstrate an understanding of the running of a business venture.

Apply key entrepreneurship and small business theories and principles.

Critically examine how entrepreneurs manage networks and relationships.

Identify sources of finance for developing a business and how to manage risk.

Does regular oral care reduce the incidence of ventilator associated pneumonia in critically ill adult patients?

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There are three case scenarios in this discussion board.Choose whichever one you’d like, for your initial post.

After you’ve chosen your case scenario -find TWO articles that help to answer the clinical question. In two paragraphs, discuss the evidence in relation to the question. Post the article link or in PDF form. What do the articles say? How do they help answer the question? How do they each answer the question? Are the articles conflicting or do they come to the same conclusion? What strengths/limitations are there? Use your textbook to support whether the evidence is strong or not. What remaining questions do you have?

The textbook used in class is
Hoffman, T., Bennet, S., & Del Mar, C. (2017). 3nd ed. Evidence-Based Practice: Across the health professions. Australia: Churchill Livingston Elsevier.

You are the nurse in charge of a busy intensive care unit at a regional general hospital. An infection control audit has identified a high number of patients diagnosed with ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) on your unit during the previous 12 months. You recently attended a critical care conference and heard a number of nurses talking about the role of oral care in preventing VAP and wonder whether an oral care policy would reduce the incidence of VAP in critically ill ventilated patients on your unit. You decide to search for research to answer your question with the aim of presenting the findings to the staff at the next unit meeting.

Does regular oral care reduce the incidence of ventilator associated pneumonia in critically ill adult patients?