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VIII Reflection Paper

For this activity, prepare a reflection paper, and consider the concepts that you have learned during your readings. Think about what you understand completely and what did not quite make sense. The purpose of this assignment is to provide you with the opportunity to reflect on the material you have read and to expand on it. This is not a summary. In the Unit I introduction to this course, Theodore Levitt’s remarks about the contrasting needs of the seller and the marketer were shared. Levitt described how satisfying the needs of the customer is now the pathway to marketing success. This concept and others related to the four Ps of product, price, promotion, and place were further explored throughout the units. For this reflection paper, respond to these three prompts: Reflect on how this introductory marketing course has changed your view of how the field of marketing works. What was the most surprising thing you learned? What do you need to learn more about? Do you see the rise of consumer power through evolving changes in technology? If so, how? If not, why not? Your reflection paper must be at least four pages in length and formatted according to APA guidelines. If you use any paraphrased or quoted material, you must have accompanying in-text citations and references. Title and reference pages do not count toward the minimum length requirement

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Research Paper Outline-LIFC 302

Research Paper: Final Draft Instructions

For this paper, you will choose an issue or question that is of particular interest to you from one of the topics discussed in the course and write a 7–10-page (not including the title page, abstract, or reference page) paper addressing the issue or topic. This assignment must strictly adhere to current APA format. This assignment will enable you to explore an area of interest in the field of marriage coaching in an in-depth manner and provide you with practice expressing your content knowledge in writing. The paper must include at least 8 relevant, empirical, peer-reviewed research sources (written no earlier than 2000) in addition to the course textbooks and the Bible.

The Research Paper: Final Draft is due by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Monday of Module/Week 6.

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SAILS Exam – Information Literacy

SAILS Exam – Information Literacy

Prepare: Knowing how to thoroughly research a topic is extremely important while achieving your education. You may be asked to support your information with peer-reviewed scholarly resources, but how can you find this type of resource? The Ashford University Library allows you to search through different avenues to find the requested types of resources. You can narrow your search by the author, year published, title, subject, and by indicating what type of resource you are looking for. You even have access to a librarian if you need some guidance in finding more resources on your topic.
Reflect: Given that you have been in college for awhile, it’s time to reflect on what you have learned through the use of the Ashford University Library in relation to how you learned to acquire new information from a variety of sources.
Write: This week, you will take the Standardized Assessment of Information Literacy Skills (SAILS) Exam. This exam is not graded, and your results are anonymous. The exam will exit from your screen immediately after completion, and you will not receive feedback or results. This is a nationally-normed, standardized exam for students in universities all over the United States. The results of this assessment will guide Ashford University in developing the best possible library resources and research methodologies training. Results will be published (in aggregate) on Ashford’s assessment website. Your participation is voluntary, so thank you if you choose to participate. Click on the link in your online course to access the SAILS Exam (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site..
After completing the SAILS Exam, in at least two paragraphs (of five or more sentences each),

  • Describe your experiences using resources, including concerns encountered when conducting academic research through the Ashford University Library. Areas of concern may include developing a research strategy, using the search function within a database, or evaluating sources.
  • Explain how using the Ashford University Library has improved your experience in conducting research. For example, you could identify and explain how specific tutorials that you have used have helped improve your ability to conduct research.

The Information Literacy Assignment

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Information Systems in Healthcare Paper

Information Systems in Healthcare Paper Guidelines
Purpose
The purpose of this assignment is to select a topic related to information systems in healthcare from the list provided, research and analyze the topic, and describe how you will apply your newfound knowledge to your nursing practice.
Course Outcomes
This assignment enables the student to meet one or more of the following Course Outcomes depending on the topic selected.
CO 1: Describe patient-care technologies as appropriate to address the needs of a diverse patient population. (PO 1)
CO 2: Analyze data from all relevant sources, including technology, to inform the delivery of care. (PO 2)
CO 3: Define standardized terminology that reflects nursing’s unique contribution to patient outcomes. (PO 3)
CO 4: Investigate safeguards and decision-making support tools embedded in patient care technologies and information systems to support a safe practice environment for both patients and healthcare workers. (PO 4)
CO 5: Identify patient care technologies, information systems, and communication devices that support safe nursing practice. (PO 5)
CO 6: Discuss the principles of data integrity, professional ethics, and legal requirements related to data security, regulatory requirements, confidentiality, and client’s right to privacy. (PO 6)
CO 7: Examine the use of information systems to document interventions related to achieving nurse sensitive outcomes. (PO 7)
CO 8: Discuss the value of best evidence as a driving force to institute change in delivery of nursing care. (PO 8)
Topics to Select
Select one of these topics below for the focus of your paper.
Standard terminologies (CO 3, CO 8)
Decision-making support tools (CO 4, CO 8)
Patient education technology (CO 5, CO 8)
Data integrity and its legal and ethical implications (CO 7, CO 8)
Directions
You are to research, analyze, and write an APA-formatted scholarly paper about the topic that you have selected. Include the level one headings as numbered below:
1) Write an introduction that defines and describes the topic ending with a purpose statement. (Decision-making support tools)
2) Address what purpose the topic serves and how it impacts the delivery of healthcare in general and nursing care in particular.
3) Provide one example of this topic. Describe the main features or aspects of the example with support from your sources.
4) Describe an experience where the topic impacted you personally, either when you were receiving healthcare or when you were providing nursing care. Relate one positive aspect or one negative aspect of this experience and how it could have been improved.
5) Write a conclusion that summarizes the topic, the purpose, and how your newfound insight will influence your nursing care.
Search for scholarly sources and relevant websites. Include a minimum of four scholarly sources no older than 5 years. The course textbook does not qualify as a scholarly source. Cite all sources in the body of the paper and include them in the References list following proper APA formatting.
Use Microsoft Word to develop your paper. Use APA formatting. Refer to the Publication Manual of the APA, sixth edition. The length of the paper should be a maximum of 4–5 pages, excluding the title page and the reference page. There should only be one small quote maximum in the paper. Citations should primarily include summary and restatement.

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Current information systems issues Article Review

INFORMATION SYSTEMS ARTICLE REVIEW
Review an article that is related to current information systems issues and prepare a 3-page paper that summarizes the article and raises critical comments and questions. The article should be of interest to you and examine possible solutions to the issues being raised and discuss possible real-life applications.
Instructions:
· The article you select must be late 2014 should belong to information systems area .
· Submit your responses in a word document.
· Plagiarism will be checked.

· APA format.

· Limit your response to 3-page.

· Include References to the material used.

· Turnitin report required.

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Sociology Short Answer Questions

ead chapter 7-10 answer the following questions.

  1. What Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) and Co-insurance is – how they benefit all involved etc…negatives if any…
  2. What “community rating” and “actuarial risk rating” is
  3. What Medicaid and Medicare are and what their differences are.
  4. Why the pharmaceutical companies have become so profitable in the last twenty or so years
  5. Myths surrounding why the cost of healthcare is rising in the United States. And the two more likely reasons based on research (according to the text)
  6. What an Almshouse is and what a Volunteer hospital is.  Why Volunteer hospitals first started.
  7. In modern hospitals patients are being treated “less like humans and more like number” because of several factors.  What are those factors?
  8. What “commodification” is and how it relates to health care today in America.
  9. What Hospice is.  What Hospice’s early philosophies were.
  10. Accomplishments and barriers in regards to patient safety as discussed in the article “Five years after To Err Is Human: What have we learned?” by Leape, L and Berwick, DM.
  11. The idea about bad systems being more related to error than individual actions.  Ideas surrounding malpractice liability and the inhibition it has on patient safety research.
  12. Differences between med model vs. Soc model in relationship to disability
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How would you advise a person to succeed in accomplishing personal, career, or learning goals based on what you’ve learned about attention, spaced repetition, and habit formation? 

How would you advise a person to succeed in accomplishing personal, career, or learning goals based on what you’ve learned about attention, spaced repetition, and habit formation? Based on the information presented on selective attention, spaced repetition, and habit formation (located in chapters 4-7 of the webtext), summarize each concept and identify one principle of success for each concept related to accomplishing learning, career, or personal goals. In addition, explain how you have experienced each of these principles working in your life or how you plan to apply them to meeting your own personal or career goals.
Milestone 2 should be two to four (2-4) pages in length and should include the following:
1. One principle of success related to the concept of selective attention.
a. State one principle of success related to selective attention in one sentence.
b. Summarize the concept of selective attention and explain its relationship to learning. – One paragraph of 3-5 sentences
c. Explain how you have personally seen this principle of success work in your own learning or how you plan to put it into action in accomplishing your future learning goals. – One paragraph of 3-5 sentences
2. One principle of success related to the concept of spaced repetition (or the spacing effect).
a. State one principle of success related to spaced repetition in one sentence.
b. Summarize the concept of spaced repetition and explain its relationship to learning. – One paragraph of 3-5 sentences
c. Explain how you have personally seen this principle of success work in your own learning or how you plan to put it into action in accomplishing your future learning goals. – One paragraph of 3-5 sentences
3. One principle of success related to the concept of habit formation.
a. State one principle of success related to habit formation in one sentence.
b. Summarize the concept of habit formation and explain its significance for meeting goals. – One paragraph of 3-5 sentences
c. Explain how you have personally seen this principle of success work in meeting your own goals or how you plan to put it into action. – One paragraph of 3-5 sentences
4. Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
a. Typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
b. Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length. [Use writing templates in the webtext to make your cover page according to APA style guidelines.]
c. Include a reference page. Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length. [Use writing templates in the webtext to make your in-text citations and automatically create your reference page according to APA style guidelines.]

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Assignment 2: LASA 1—The Time Value of Money

Assignment 2: LASA 1—The Time Value of Money

By the due date assigned submit a 4-5 page report based on the following problem:
Mary has been working for a university for almost 25 years and is now approaching retirement. She wants to address several financial issues before her retirement and has asked you to help her resolve the situations below. Her assignment to you is to provide a 4-5 page report, addressing each of the following issues separately. You are to show all your calculations and provide a detailed explanation for each issue.
Issue A:
For the last 19 years, Mary has been depositing $500 in her savings account , which has earned 5% per year, compounded annually and is expected to continue paying that amount. Mary will make one more $500 deposit one year from today. If Mary closes the account right after she makes the last deposit, how much will this account be worth at that time?
Issue B:
Mary has been working at the university for 25 years, with an excellent record of service. As a result, the board wants to reward her with a bonus to her retirement package. They are offering her $75,000 a year for 20 years, starting one year from her retirement date and each year for 19 years after that date. Mary would prefer a one-time payment the day after she retires. What would this amount be if the appropriate interest rate is 7%?
Issue C:
Mary’s replacement is unexpectedly hired away by another school, and Mary is asked to stay in her position for another three years. The board assumes the bonus should stay the same, but Mary knows the present value of her bonus will change. What would be the present value of her deferred annuity?
Issue D:
Mary wants to help pay for her granddaughter Beth’s education. She has decided to pay for half of the tuition costs at State University, which are now $11,000 per year. Tuition is expected to increase at a rate of 7% per year into the foreseeable future. Beth just had her 12th birthday. Beth plans to start college on her 18th birthday and finish in four years. Mary will make a deposit today and continue making deposits each year until Beth starts college. The account will earn 4% interest, compounded annually. How much must Mary’s deposits be each year in order to pay half of Beth’s tuition at the beginning of each school each year?
Turn in your completed work to the Submissions Area through the end of the module.
Assignment 2 Grading CriteriaMaximum PointsCalculated the compounded interest over 20 years and evaluated the value of the savings account upon closing. (CO 1)32Calculated the bonus payout over 20 years vs. a one time payout with interest and distinguished which bonus option would be better for the client. (CO 1)32Calculated the present value of the bonus and analyzed the difference in bonus for the client. (CO 2)32Analyzed the tuition costs for the client and determined what the future costs will be and determined how these funds can be accumulated over time. (CO 4)60Written Components: Organization, usage and mechanics, APA elements, style44Total:200
Due DateNov 29, 2017 11:59 PM