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250 words: 2 references 1) In 1787, the Constitution was drafted with a Preamble to explicitly state that the origins of power in this new democracy resided not with a king, but with the people. “We the People” has generally evolved over the years to include more than it did in the late 18th Century. In your opinion, are there still groups who are disenfranchised and are not considered as an equal source of power in our democracy?

Write ONE paper that answers all of FOUR task as described in the reading you find for a child care center director.Organizational skills are a must. For this paper to be organized this paper must have a weekly schedule/timeline for a work ]week. Task1 for this paper :USE a monday-Friday schedule from 6:30 am-7:00pm designing this schedule helps map projected times for the following activities: Classroom observation and participation Financial Record keeping Student/program record keeping Communicating with staff Other important director tasks (from internet research) This schedule should be detailed and planned for important task assigned to a childcare director.Such as policies and operating procedures which are very vital in a child care center with that that said Task2: Is to write in this paper a policy for your childcare center on the process of youth exiting the center for the end of the day. Task3: Make sure to draft some detailed notes for staff on how to implement the policy correctly. And finally Task4: Name 10 ways or things you can do to truly motivate staff at your center think of encouragment and job enrichment(be specific and realistic)

Write a paper of approximately five pages that answers one the following essay question. In answering the question utilize sources from this course, including Inhuman Traffick and other sources on the Transatlantic slave trade: 1Consider an academic article found using either Foxhunt or JStor from a peer-reviewed journal about the final century of the Transatlantic Slave Trade as a point of comparison with Inhuman Traffick. Using the graphic history and the accompanying primary sources, assess the theories of an expert in the field. Use a secondary source like the one by David Eltis below and scrutinize its theses and arguments in light of the specific examples present in the book by Blaufarb and Clarke. Develop a debatable and sophisticated thesis in response to the points of tension between your sources. David Eltis, “Was the Abolition of the U.S. and British Slave Trade Significant in the Broader Atlantic Context?” William and Mary Quarterly 66:4 (2009): 715-736 The paper will be graded based on the following criteria: 1Presence of a clear, effective, and argumentative thesis statement 2Effective use of evidence from the Blaufarb book and the article under review 3Organization of a structured and well-reasoned argument 4Fluid writing style that uses grammar correctly, avoids awkward sentences, and utilizes good topic sentences 5The ability to analyze and engage different interpretations of the same historical event 6Correct use of the citations according to the History Department Writing Guide (Footnotes) 7Plagiarism in any form will result in a failing paper and possible failure for the entire course! Tips: 1Include analysis of a examples from the entire book 2Edit the draft of the paper as many times as possible before submitting it 3Read over the History Department Writing Guide 4Use discussion forum as a way to practice ideas for the essay

I NEED MY PAPER IN APA FORMAT WITH PROPER CITATION, REFERENCES, DOI NUMBER
Chamberlain College of Nursing NR-630 Executive Practicum
Business Plans
Describe whether your mentor is, or has been, involved in implementing a business plan for his or her unit or scope of responsibility. What was the scope of the business plan and target population? If your mentor has not been involved in implementing a business plan, describe other financial projects that he or she has been involved in implementing. What aspects of a business plan were followed to achieve approval of the financial project?
One of the many responsibilities of a nurse executive is to assess the financial feasibility of staffing, resource utilization, a specific financial project, or implementation of a new service. A business plan is the key to securing financing, maintaining focus, and communicating the plan to senior administrators. The plan helps you identify customers, target the market, and competition. Also, a business plan can demonstrate the impact of staff cuts, program downsizing, or the financial risk or unprofitability of a proposed program or business. It is also important to consider the size and scope of the program proposed by the business plan. The scope may be as small as requesting additional equipment for the unit or as large as building an additional wing for the medical center.
Course Outcomes
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Integrate effective communication techniques and relationship management in the role of the nurse leader. (PO 3)
Weekly Objectives
• Examine techniques that foster professional and financial interactions and relationship building.
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Delineate effective resource management and fiscal responsibilities of the nurse executive. (PO 8)
Weekly Objectives
• Determine the impact of implementing business strategies for request of services and personnel.
• Assess efficiency in resource utilization.
Business Plan
Introduction
A business plan is a detailed plan for a proposed program, project, or service. The scope of a business plan may be small as requesting additional equipment for a nursing unit or substantial as building an additional wing for an acute-care hospital. A business plan can demonstrate the impact of staff and program downsizing, the financial risk or unprofitability of a proposed program or business. The depth and complexity of the business plan will vary by the scope of the proposed project. For projects with large capital investments, a thorough business plan is crucial. The business plan should clearly state the objectives of the proposed project and demonstrate how the plan’s objectives will lead to accomplishment of the organization’s goals. A major component of any business plan is for the nurse executive to understand the financial feasibility of the project being proposed. Developing a business plan requires an understanding of the business industry, the competition in the market, the projected revenues and expense, and the time frame for achieving a break-even position. Many times, new programs fail because of inadequate financial planning, or the program does not serve the needs of the population (Marquis & Huston, 2009).
Reflection
Questions that a nurse executive may ask in preparing to develop a business plan include the following.
1. What exactly is the proposed project?
2. To what extent does the organization have the capabilities to undertake the project?
3. Will the project make a profit?
4. How much financial security is needed for the proposed project?
Seven steps comprise the business plan.
1. Project Proposal
2. Product Definition
3. Market Analysis
4. Rough Financial Plan
5. Detailed Operations Plan
6. Detailed Financial Plan
7. Executive Summary
Project Proposal
The first step in developing a business plan is for the nurse executive to introduce the new product or service. This section relates to what the business plan proposes to do and what will change as a result of implementing the new program or service. For example, the nurse executive may be proposing an expansion of the telemetry unit with 10 additional patient beds to improve the throughput of patient admissions from the emergency department as well as discharges to the medical-surgical units.
Product Definition
Once a program has been proposed, the nurse executive must carefully define the product. The nurse executive will want to include in this section the organization’s goals and mission statements and how the new program supports those goals. The following questions should be asked to assist in defining the product.
1. What is the specific product or service?
2. What are the ways to provide the product or service?
3. What will be the resources needed to provide the product or service?
4. What patients will be served as a result of the new product or service?
5. What will be the labor requirements to institute the new product or service?
6. Is there a need for capital investments? If so, what is the amount of capital investment?
7. How long will it take to start the program?
8. What is the impact of economic and technological trends?
Market Analysis
Having defined the product, the next step is the market analysis. A market analysis identifies the estimated market share, clients and client mix, and payers and payer mix. The market share is the estimated percentage of the entire market for a product or service that is managed by a provider or organization. For example, the organization may admit 20% of the market share of cardiac patients. Is it reasonable to propose that the market share will increase based on the proposal? In preparing the market analysis section of the business plan, the nurse executive needs to define market for the new product or service. The more specific the product is defined, the more easily the market boundaries can be defined. A market is a set of actual and potential customers. In our previous example, the market would be patients that are admitted from the emergency department to the telemetry unit (Debelak, 2000).
SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) Analysis
Internal and External Market Analysis
A SWOT analysis of the marketing plan assesses the organization’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. The strengths and weaknesses consist of the internal audit of the organization, and the opportunities and threats assess the organization’s external position. When completing a SWOT analysis, it is important for the nurse executive to assess the organization from a customer’s point of view (Debelak, 2000). A major part of any marketing program is projecting to customers the image the organization wants to be known for. How the organization is perceived by its customers is what will determine marketing and business-plan success. Internal audit is one area where the organization tends to see itself in a much more positive light than its consumers do and not see its weaknesses. An organization’s weaknesses are not necessarily deficiencies; they are facts of the market. The internal audit is the snapshot of the organization’s current state and where it has been in the past. Following is a list of potential strengths and weaknesses of an organization that the nurse executive may assess when completing the market analysis.
Features Innovation
Market focus Product service and design
Alliance partners Sales force
Customer service Experience
Management Meets consumer needs
Geographic location Financial strength
Perceived status Source of customer information
Perceived to be the save choice Price/value
Promotional program Quality
Reimbursement Product differentiation
Market trends are just one of the healthcare organization’s concerns. The organization also has to adjust to moves by competitors and changes in customer needs. In other words, in order to succeed, healthcare organizations have to understand the customer’s total world and how that world interacts with the organization’s services. The external market audit of a business plan assesses an organization’s opportunities and threats. The external audit consists of evaluating the future opportunities of the organization and whether the profits of a service or product line will be financially sound. New trends, new developing healthcare markets, and new technology can create opportunities for the organization. The threats include what the other hospitals within the market area are doing to expand their services and/ or products and if there is competition for services. In today’s healthcare market, if you miss a trend you’ll be either out of business or have a significantly smaller patient clientele. The organization’s goal is to start capitalizing on potential threats by adding new services to meet new trends and then to continuously modify existing services so they serve the needs of the new trends. Nurse leaders need to know what their threats are. But instead of reacting to those threats, they need to learn how to turn them into opportunities. Questions the nurse executive may ask in developing the external market analysis can consist of the following.
1. What market share does the organization get?
2. Is there enough demand for the product? Is the market likely to grow?
3. What will the competition do when they see the new product?
4. What are some of the strengths and weaknesses of the competition?
Reflection
Consider completing a SWOT analysis at your practicum site related to your management project or perhaps another project that your nurse mentor is currently addressing. What would be included as the organization’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats?
Rough Financial Plan
A rough financial plan includes rough estimates of revenues and expenses. The revenues can be based on the demand projections from the market analysis. Revenues can be projected based on assumptions of payer mix (e.g., 70% being Medicare; 15% HMO). Furthermore, the revenues for each patient type can be projected based on assumptions and payment analysis. The expenses are based on approximations of the types and amounts of resources needed and may include: start-up costs of the program such as purchase of equipment, office supplies, salaries, and other miscellaneous items. After completion of the rough financial plan, the nurse executive should be able to arrive at one of three findings: First—do not continue with the plan; second—proceed; and, third—requires more thought; although, there should be a certain degree of skepticism if the plan requires more thought. Further analysis would be required to determine the feasibility of the project.
Detailed Operations Plan
The next step of the business plan is for the nurse executive to develop a detailed operations plan. The main question to be answered in this section of the plan is: What impact will the project have on the entire organization from an operations perspective? The first element to consider is the physical location and structure required by the project; next, the human resources and equipment and supplies. For example, who will staff the new program, will there be a manager or clinical coordinator that oversees the program, will a medical director be involved, and what other departments may be involved?
Detailed Financial Plan
A detailed financial plan is done after considering the various impacts of the proposed plan on the operations of the organization. This part of the plan incorporates all the information from the operations plan, considering the financial impact of the resources to be used, and will ultimately determine whether it is possible to go ahead with the proposed program.
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Sensitivity analysis is considered with the fact that often a number of assumptions and predictions are made in calculating the financial aspects of the business plan. Sensitivity analysis is a process whereby the financial results are recalculated under a series of varying assumptions—the “what if” analysis. This analysis recognizes uncertainty and provides a means by which you can gain confidence in the project.
Executive Summary
The executive summary is the most crucial aspect of the business plan and should be very brief, no more than one page (similar to an abstract for a journal article). The executive summary is always reviewed by the senior executive team and financial executives and immediately casts a yes or no decision in reading the remainder of the business plan and accepting the new service or product. The summary should state what the project is, the competitive position of the organization, and what the most likely projected results are—financials and future.
References
Debelak, D. (2000). Marketing plan: Winning strategies for every small business. Avon, Massachusetts: Streetwise Publishing
Marquis, B. L. & Huston, C. J. (2009). Leadership roles and management functions in nursing: Theory and application. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins

Customer Satisfaction Improvement Plan Most people have experienced frustration when talking with customer service at least once. Often, organizations provide satisfaction surveys to customers in order to evaluate their experience. In the health care field, accrediting agencies require providers to measure patient satisfaction through surveys. You will be using the Customer Satisfaction Improvement Plan template (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. document to enter all of your information. Note: If you have responded substantively to each of the content items within the template of the assignment, the template document should be between three and four pages. Choose one of the customer experience scenario options below: Customer contacted a Health Plan Customer Service department but could not understand the representative. Customer scheduled an appointment with a primary care physician for an acute illness and there were no appointments available. Customer had an appointment for lab testing or a diagnostic test (MRI, CT scan, etc.) and the facility environment was disorderly and unclean. Customer visited the Emergency Department (ED), also known as Emergency Room, but the wait time was extensive (over three hours). Customer’s car repairs estimate was $200.00, however, the actual bill was $900.00 when repairs were completed. Customer contacted a cable company to have an installation of internet and cable for their home. Installer arrived and did not know how to do internet installations. Respond to the questions listed in the Customer Satisfaction Improvement Plan template (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. document. Once you have responded to all of the questions in the template, your document should be between three and four pages. Describe the patient satisfaction scenario chosen. Include enough detail on what occurred to ensure the reader has a full understanding of what occurred. Describe a minimum of three data elements you would gather to fully assess the situation and assist you with improving the customer satisfaction scenario you chose. Outline the CQI methods you would utilize to develop your improvement plan. Then, explain your plan for improvement. Provide a statement from a scholarly source that supports your plan. Identify three stakeholders on your team and discuss how the communication method differs for each (e.g., physician, administration/management, and health care staff). Include information on the barriers that may be encountered in communicating effectively within the team and when implementing the plan. Analyze how cost and quality are linked based on your chosen scenario. Include information on the potential impact to the organization if the issue is not resolved. Describe how you will be evaluating the success or failure of the plan. Discuss the process. Provide a minimum of one statement from a scholarly source that supports your evaluation plan.

Mandates and Cost The Department of Health and Human Services has oversight of several agencies (i.e., FDA, CDC, AHRQ, NIH, CMS) that regulate health care in the United States. Regulation encompasses insurance plans, cost, research, safety, all in the name of delivering quality care in a cost effective manner. These agencies are responsible for monitoring compliance and enforcing legislative mandates. However, the debate continues on government regulation and its effect on ensuring quality care. After completing this week’s reading, review the following articles listed below, which were published 11 years apart. Analyze the cost-quality paradigm noted in the articles. Considering the many governmental mandates and regulations to reduce costs and ensure the delivery of quality care that have been implemented over the years, discuss your opinion regarding why costs have continued to rise without improving quality. List two examples that illustrate your point. DHHS Article related to Cost and Quality (2002) (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. Institute of Medicine article (2013) (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. Your initial post should be 250-300 words and utilize at least one scholarly source

The research proposal must include , Title, Abstract, Introduction, Literature review, methodology theoretical framework, data collection methods,sample,validity,reliability,ethical principals, data collection& analysis, resource implications &cost, limitations and weaknesses and bibliography/references.

Please post your reaction to and interpretation of one of the pairs of poems. I suggest you choose poems that you are planning to compare/contrast so that you build the pre-writing for your next essay, since Essay #2 is a comparison and contrast of two poems. For the essay you will need to cite specific lines from each poem to show how they are similar or different, and discuss the deeper themes/meanings and how they are similar or different. I suggest you use this discussion board to get started on that assignment. Introduction to Poetry Read: LWP Chs 12 “How Do I Read Poetry,” 13 “Writing about Persona and Tone,” 14 “Writing about Poetic Language” (You do not have to read all of the poems within these chapters unless you would like to do so) Read the following poems in pairs: Waller, “Go, Lovely Rose” (498) Parker, “One Perfect Rose” (498) Whitman, “A Noiseless Patient Spider” (515) Ryan, “Turtle” (516) Hall, “My Son My Executioner” (518) Hirsch, “Execution” (654) Piercy, “Barbie Doll” (648) Piercy, “Belly Good” (see poem attached in this week’s folder)

The Eisenhower Era Ike and Nixon, 1952 Campaign, Modern Republicanism, the social contract, massive retaliation, Ike and Russians, The emergence of the third world, Cold War/Vietnam War, Mass Society and Rebels without a cause. Textbook: “Give Me Liberty” Chapter 24 An Affluent Society” Email me I can send you pictures of the pages

Write a mission statement that reflects this new direction for St. Mary’s. Write a vision statement reflecting the new mission statement. What type of strategy did the leadership team at St. Mary’s pursue? Which organizations in the community might view the wellness center as a new form of competition? What factors described in this chapter might affect the implementation of this new strategy? Your assignment must be two to three pages in length (excluding title and reference pages). Utilize your course textbook and at least one additional scholarly source. Your paper and all sources must be formatted according to APA style.