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  • Locate six articles on a research topic of your interest—two quantitative research articles, two qualitative research articles, and two mixed methods research articles—published in peer-reviewed journals.
  • Prepare an annotated bibliography that includes the following:
    • A one-paragraph introduction that provides context for why you selected the research articles you did.
    • A reference list entry in APA Style for each of the six articles that follows proper formatting. Follow each reference list entry with a three-paragraph annotation that includes:
    • A one-paragraph conclusion that presents a synthesis of the six articles.

Respond with a paragraph, citations and references.

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Nurses often become motivated to change aspects within the larger health care system based on their real-world experience. As such, many nurses take on an advocacy role to influence a change in regulations, policies, and laws that govern the larger health care system.

For this assignment, identify a problem or concern in your state, community, or organization that has the capacity for advocacy through legislation. Research the issue and use the “Advocacy Through Legislation” template to complete this assignment.

You are required to cite to a minimum of three sources to complete this assignment. Sources must be published within the last 5 years and appropriate for the assignment criteria and relevant to nursing practice.

While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance.


Maternity Case Study

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Chapter 15, Postpartum Adaptations

  • You are caring for Linda, who has just delivered her first baby. You are responsible for assessing Linda’s condition during recovery and for doing patient teaching when the opportunity arises. (Learning Objectives 1 and 2)
  • Gretta and Sam just had their first child. Gretta is excited and talkative about her birth experience and wants to keep her baby with her constantly. She tells you his name is Joseph and they will call him “Joey” for short. Gretta is breast-feeding and is attentive to Joey’s needs. You observe that Sam does not initiate contact with the baby but when Gretta insists that he hold Joey, he picks him up slowly and awkwardly and stares at his face for a long period of time. When Joey cries, he immediately returns him to Gretta’s arms. (Learning Objective 7)
  1. While she is recovering, you keep checking her fundal height. Linda asks you how her uterus will go back to the way it was before she had the baby. How would you explain this physiologic process? What could impede the process?
  2. Linda wants to know how long she should expect to bleed. What would you tell her?
  3. The next day Linda appears very passive and you have overheard her telling everyone who will listen about her labor experience. What phase of adjustment is Linda going through? What other stages should she go through while adjusting to her new role?
  • Based on your observations of Sam’s interactions with Joey, where is Sam developmentally in the process of paternal attachment and bonding?
  • What nursing interventions could you implement that would assist Sam in the transition to fatherhood?

Chapter 16, Nursing Management During the Postpartum Period

1. You are caring for Bonnie, age 42, who has just undergone a cesarean birth for her first baby. You are responsible for monitoring her condition during recovery and for teaching her how to take care of herself and her baby. (Learning Objectives 1, 2, 3, 4, and 7)

A. You note that Bonnie has a positive Homans’ sign in the left leg. What are the risk factors for thromboembolic disorders, and how will you determine if she has a DVT? If Bonnie has a DVT, what else is she at risk for?

B. Bonnie is ready for discharge and asks you about bleeding, perineal care, and what she should eat while breast-feeding. What are you going to teach her?

C. Bonnie, the baby, and Bonnie’s husband are following up for newborn care. What nursing interventions should be included to promote parental role adaptation and parent–newborn attachment?

2. You have just received report on the following patient. Hannah G1P1 gave birth vaginally 2 days ago to a baby girl. She had a midline episiotomy and has protruding hemorrhoids. Hannah is rubella negative and has A– blood type and her daughter is O+. Hannah is breast-feeding her daughter. Hannah is expected to be discharged to home later this afternoon. (Learning Objectives 5 and 7)

A. Describe the nursing management for Hannah and her family during the postpartum time period.

B. Hannah and Justin are preparing for discharge. What areas of health education are needed for discharge planning, home care, and follow-up visits for Hannah and her baby girl?

Chapter 22, Nursing Management of the Postpartum Woman at Risk

1. Amy calls the office 3 days after delivering a healthy baby girl and tells you she is passing small clots and feels like her bleeding is heavier than it should be. You advise Amy to come into the clinic to be checked. (Learning Objectives 1, 2, 3, and 6)

  1. What are the “four T’s” that need to be assessed in a possible case of postpartum hemorrhage?
  2. Amy also tearfully tells you that she is experiencing anxiety and feelings of being overwhelmed. What is she experiencing, and what education are you going to provide?

2. Alyssa, age 26, had a cesarean delivery 7 days ago and is breast-feeding her baby. She calls the office today and reports that she has a temperature of 102. (Learning Objective 5)

  1. Given the limited information you have, describe the four most likely types of infection Alyssa may have contracted.
  2. What additional questions do you want to ask her to try to ascertain the cause of her fever?
  3. Describe the care required to treat each of these infections.

HGMT322 UMUC Strategic and Operational Plan Discussion

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I need to respond to classmates discussion post

Question 1: What are the key differences between a strategic and operational plan? Explain.

“Strategics planning are long-term organizational goals that help to convert a mission statement from a broad vision into more specific plans and projects. While Operations planning are daily, weekly, or monthly project benchmarks that implement larger strategic objectives”.(Matt .P & Jayne T, 2019)

According to Surbhi. S , the following are the keys differences between strategic planning and operational planning:

  1. The planning to pursue the organization’s vision is known as Strategic Planning. The planning to

achieve the tactical objectives of the organization is known as Operational Planning.

  1. Strategic Planning is long lasting as compared Operational Planning
  2. Operational Planning is done to support Strategic Planning.
  3. Strategic Planning takes into account the internal as well as the external environment of business. Conversely, Operational Planning is concerned with the internal environment of business.
  4. Strategic Planning is done by top level management, whereas the Operational Planning is a function of middle-level management.
  5. Strategic Planning covers the whole organization, but Operational Planning is done in a unit or department of the organization.

For Instance, in Healthcare services “Operational planning is typically based on a NHPSP that defines the vision, goals and objectives for the health sector. Operation planning is managerial and short term, as opposed to strategic planning, which usually has a 5-10-year horizon, sometimes even longer. Moreover, operational planning deals with day-to-day implementation and often has a one-year time Horizon” (Dean et, al)

References:

Surbhi Sood

Difference Between Strategic Planning and Operational Planning

www.keydifferences.com

Dean Shuey, Maryam Bigdeli & Dheepa Rajan

Operational planning: Transforming plans into action

www.apps.who.int

Matt Petryni, & Jayne Thompson

Difference Between Strategic & Operational Objectives

www.smallbusiness.chron.com

Question2

Compare and contrast zero-based versus incremental budgeting?

Zero-based budgeting requires starting from scratch with no authorized funds to budget for expenses and income. Each activity must be justified each time a budget is prepared. It does not rely on a historical base to determine what expenses and income will be but evaluates all items in order to determine whether they are still relevant (Noreen, Brewer, & Garrison, 2010) . Amounts are only budgeted if the activity can be justified. This method is very time consuming as each expense or activity must be justified. However, the advantage is that it allows managers to gain on understanding of how to prepare a budget from scratch. It is an excellent way to train managers who have never prepared a budget from scratch. It eliminates the need for management to decide how to reallocate budgeted amounts for expenses which are no longer relevant.

Incremental budgeting on the other hand uses a historical base to determine the estimates for income and expenditure (Noreen, Brewer, & Garrison, 2010) . One of the advantages of incremental budgeting is that adding increments to previously estimated amounts does not require a lot of time as managers simply increase expenses in the previous budget by a percentage. However, there are certain disadvantages that need to be noted. Expenses that are no longer relevant to the Trust may still be included. Increasing expenses may not be justified as some expenses are one off expenses. This leaves lower level managers with the task of deciding how to reallocate funds and therefore encourages waste (Noreen, Brewer, & Garrison, 2010). An additional disadvantage here is that the funds may not be reallocated efficiently.

Reference:

Noreen, E.W., Brewer, P.C., & Garrison, R.H. (2010). Managerial Accounting for Managers. 2nd ed. McGraw-Hill/Irwin.

Solve problems involving Ohm’s Law and electric circuits

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Please solve the following problems. You must show all work for full/partial credit. When complete, attach a typed cover sheet and submit to the assignment drop-box.

Question 1 (17 points):

How long would it take for a net charge of 2.5 C to pass a location in a wire if it is to carry a steady current of 5.0 mA?

Question 2 (18 points):

Two copper wires have equal lengths, but the diameter of one is three times that of the other.

  • The resistance of the thinner wire is ____ times that of the thicker wire: (prove your work)
    • 3
    • ⅓
    • 9
    • ¼
  • If the t wire has a resistance of 1.0 Ω, what is the resistance of the thinner wire?

Question 3 (17 points)

A 200 – W computer power supply is on 10 hours per day. If the cost of electricity is $0.15/kWh, what is the cost (to the nearest dollar) to run the computer every day for a year (365 days)?

Question 4 (5 points)

What is the emf of a battery with an internal resistance of 0.15 Ω if the battery delivers 1.5 A to an externally connected 5.0 Ω resistors?

Question 5 (16 points)

Three resistors of value 1.0 Ω, 2.0 Ω, and 4.0 Ω are connected in a parallel circuit with a 6.0 V battery.

  • What is the total equivalent resistance?
  • What is the voltage across each resistor?
  • The power delivered to the 4.0 Ω resistor?

Question 6 (10 points)

What is the equivalent capacitance of two capacitors of 0.40 µF and 0.60 µF when they are connected in:

  • Series?
  • Parallel?

Question 7 (17 points)

Three capacitors of equal capacitance are connected in parallel to a battery, and together they draw a certain amount of charge Q from that battery.

  • Will the charge on each capacitor be:
    • Q
    • 3Q
    • Q/3
  • Three capacitors of 0.25 µF in each parallel connected to a 12-V battery. What is the charge on each capacitor?
  • How much charge is drawn from the battery?

Assess the medical profession’s compliance in honoring patients’ living wills and durable powers of attorney.

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This Course Project gives you the opportunity to select a relevant healthcare topic with legal and/or ethical implications and analyze it in greater depth in a written format. The Research Paper should critically analyze the issues related to the topic within the context of the current healthcare environment. The PowerPoint presentation is a visual technology tool to support a live presentation to a specific group of stakeholders (e.g., leadership team, board of directors, community and public interest group, etc.). Both web references and professional journals should be considered as references. Don’t overlook the Keller Online Library as an important source of information for your Research Paper.

See a more detailed grading rubric below.

The Course Project has two deliverables due in Week 7.

  1. Research Paper: The length of the Research Paper should be approximately five to seven pages, double-spaced in MS Word and include a minimum of six references in APA or another approved format.
  2. PowerPoint Presentation: The length of the PowerPoint Presentation should be approximately 10–15 slides with relevant speaker’s notes and include a minimum of three audio-visual components (e.g., images, figures, tables, audio and/or video links, etc.). Follow these guidelines to create your PowerPoint Presentation.
    • Include a cover slide with course number, course title, title of PowerPoint Presentation, your full name, and date.
      • Title of Presentation: Course Project: PowerPoint Presentation
    • Insert headers or titles or subtitles on each slide.
    • Insert page and slide number.
    • Keep it simple but engaging. Use appropriate images and graphics to illustrate and complement your presentation.
    • Number of slides: 10–15 slides
    • Complete a minimum of three of the 10–15 PowerPoint slides with an audio or visual component to present, explain, and bring to life your presentation. Show enthusiasm and speak with proper volume and inflection to maintain audi

Diversity in the Media

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Task 5

Diversity in the Media

Locate a magazine/ periodical of your choice (it can’t be a newspaper). Once you have done so find and analyze three ads found inside that magazine:

    Research and analyze the target readership of the magazine/periodical you selected: look for clues about targeting gender, age range and economic status.

    Analyze the specific demographics (gender, age, economic status) to which your selected ad caters . Please be sure to substantiate your claims: WHY do you believe the target demographics are as you describe them? How do the three ads you have selected target that specific demographics?

    Write a two-page (at least) report where you address the questions described above. Note that the evaluation of this exercise is based mostly on how well you described the rationale for the choices you make in this report.

    Evaluation of Value of Health Care Goods Services and Institutions Paper

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    • Evaluate the value of assigning appropriate brand identities to represent health care goods, services, and institutions. Provide support for your rationale.
    • Assess the value of Calder and Reagan’s Brand Design Model as a device for systematically guiding health care marketers through the process of formulating brands. Explain one (1) reason why a SWOT analysis is needed to help health care organizations understand competitor brands. Provide two (2) examples from a health care organization with which you are familiar that support the value of Calder and Reagan’s Brand Design Model.
    • Explain the fundamental reasons why brands do not exist in isolation but do exist in larger environments that include other brands. Provide two (2) specific recommendations or solutions that can help a health care facility improve patient satisfaction.

    Assess the value of Lederer and Hill’s Brand Portfolio Molecule when used to understand brand relationships. Provide at least two (2) specific examples of strategic or tactical initiatives within a health care organization.

    As a Christian healthcare financial manager when would you feel justified in using the “off the balance” technique?

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    Identify the purpose, components and format of the balance sheet. After reading “Off the Balance Sheet Financing” please find an example of a company that has used “Off the Balance Sheet” (attached) financing to misrepresent a company’s financial condition and what happened to this companyAs a Christian healthcare financial manager when would you feel justified in using this technique?

    • Don’t answer “never” or “always” without discussing some specific situations in which this technique could be used, explaining your rationale clearly.

    2 Safe enviroments

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    For this discussion, think about the information presented in Chapter 8 regarding safe and supportive indoor and outdoor environments. In addition, think about your personal philosophy of learning and choose one developmental level (e.g. infants, toddlers, preschoolers). When thinking about developmental levels, consider your future career aspirations. Some of you may want be to be an infant and toddler home daycare provider, a family specialist for Head Start, or you may want to be a kindergarten classroom teacher. Please use the subject line of your discussion post to state what you wish to be in your future role. Then for your discussion, attach four pictures that you feel show elements of safe and supportive physical environments that you wish to create in your future role. Two of the pictures should be indoor environments and two of the pictures should be outdoor environments. These pictures can be from environments that you have access to, Microsoft clip art, or they may be from the Internet.

    For each picture, your discussion should address the following questions:

    1. What specifically do you like about the features of the environment?
    2. What specific elements make this a safe environment?
    3. What specific elements make this a supportive environment for the developmental level and future role you have identified?

    You may attach the pictures directly to your discussion, or you may attach a Word document in which you compile your pictures and reflections. Be sure to include a reference to the textbook and at least one outside resource to support your ideas with justification.