In a five-paragraph essay (between 250 and 500 words), please write about a recent example of healthcare quality in your location. Your topic could include:
– an example of the importance of quality
– an example of measuring quality
– an example of improving quality
Search online or look on local news websites for examples. You may also consult recent magazines or journals. Please try your best to identify a story or example that is specific to your home country.
Your submission should have the following parts:
Introduction: describe the example you have found and identify why you think it is important.
2-3 paragraphs of analysis: you might consider how your example compliments or contradicts something you learned in this course. You might also describe how conditions changed over time before and after the example you’re writing about occurred.
Conclusion: identify the impact of your chosen example. What impact will it have on people, or on costs? Will the impact have a reach outside of your country?
Citing sources:
At a minimum, you should cite at least one source to identify where the example you’re writing about came from. Keep in mind that you should only consult reputable publications and websites, produced by legitimate media or other professional organizations. Your citation does not need to fit any particular style, but you should include a hyperlink if the source is available online.
project planning
(TCO B) Describe what each of the following means in project planning: what, how, who, how long, and how much.
250 words, 2 academic references, APA format,0 plagiarism
nursing philosophy
Search health care organizational websites for their philosophy of nursing. Compare and contrast 2 organizational nursing philosophies. Discuss main points of each philosophy. You must check your assignment after submitted within one hour.
Reinforcement Procedures Paper
In this assignment, you are able to connect the concepts of reinforcement to a real example of a mom and her children, which allows you to see how a highly effective reinforcer (the token economy) can still fail when not individualized. Consider the following scenario: A mother is trying to increase the amount of peas that her two children eat. She uses a sticker chart to monitor the amount of peas they are consuming and rewards them based on the number of stickers they have earned at the end of the week. The mother has found that this works for one child, but not the other. Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper discussing the following: Identify the behavior the mother is trying to reinforce. Identify the possible functions of the behaviors. Identify the method of reinforcement being used. Explain possible reasons for this method working for one child but not the other. Propose and outline three ideas that may work to increase pea consumption for the children, and include one method that uses negative reinforcement. Format your paper according to APA guidelines.
"Designing and Implementing an Effective Compliance Plan
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) has established a set of guidelines (e.g., auditing, monitoring, internal controls, sampling, due diligence, and standards of organizational and employee behavior, etc. Page 508 of the textbook) that physician practices should follow when creating a compliance plan. State your opinion as to which OIG guideline would be the single most significant aspect of a compliance plan for a small practice. Provide a rationale for your response. According the text, the fundamental purpose of a compliance plan is to create an organizational culture that promotes the prevention, identification, and resolution of issues associated with risk. Suggest two (2) main aspects of a management strategy necessary to create this type of culture. Support your recommendations with at least one (1) real-world example.
Legal Risks and Operational Benchmarking
Use Internet and / or Strayer Learning Resource Center to research articles (no older than five [5] years) on using technology to prevent medical malpractices. Next, discuss the overall manner in which using technology can help prevent malpractices. Speculate on the most damaging consequences of a malpractice case on a physician practice. Support your rationale. Imagine that you are the manager of a multi-specialty medical practice that is opening a new office and that you are involved in planning the layout and design of the new office. Determine three (3) functional areas that you think should be given priority with regard to the amount of space needed for efficient operations and patient flow in the new office. Justify your response.
Project Management
Compare the main strengths and weaknesses of the Gantt chart and PERT for project management, and give your opinion on which you believe is the most effective for project management. Diagnose the key factors which can influence the riskiness of projects (investments) in health care organizations. Justify your response.
Essay on Classic film The Godfather
Part 1: THE GODFATHER CLASSIC FILM
Create a new thread that contains the following:
List 10 general questions you have about the topic. These questions should be open-ended, and should not be answerable with a simple “yes” or “no.” See the Developing Research Questions page for examples. Then, try to narrow your focus by choosing 3 of the 10 questions that strike you as interesting. Note these 3 interesting questions in your post. Lastly, reflect on why those 3 questions interest you the most by writing an explanation of why they interest you underneath each of the 3 interesting questions.
* Locate sources of information about your refined research topic. As you locate good sources, complete step 2 below. Link for working Bibliography: http://spcollege.libguides.com/c.php?g=254159&p=1697156 * I. Essay Topic: Classic Film The Godfather
If you cannot find your film online, at a video store or at your local library, search the web or go to this website – you may be able to locate your film here: http://web.archieve.org Remember that each SPC library has a selection of films, so you may be able to locate your chosen film at one of the SPC libraries. Call one of the libraries and someone there should be able to research all campus libraries in an attempt to locate a film for you. After viewing and researching your film, develop a tentative thesis and submit it to the Research Essay Thesis Forum for peer review by two of your classmates and then your professor. The focus of the thesis will be what you believe to be the film maker’s message, the theme or the lesson learned you have taken away from the classic film you have selected and viewed. It will be a three-part thesis which covers the following areas for support of your focus: Characterization, Setting and Theme/Lesson Learned. Once your thesis is peer reviewed by your classmates and approved by your professor, compose a six (6) paragraph, min. 1,200 word/max. 1,300 word, Research Essay with a minimum 1,000 word Rough Draft which will first be submitted to the Turnitin Drop Box. Include at least three credible research sources within your essay as well as a Works Cited section using correctly formatted MLA documentation. PLEASE NOTE: At least one source must come from the SPC Library Online Database. Review the Research Essay Rubric as your guide for organizing, drafting, revising and editing this essay.
II. Essay Guidelines for Each of the Six Paragraphs 1st Paragraph: The Introductory Paragraph – Offer your overall impression of the film while providing the movie’s title, director and key actors. Then, provide a thesis where you state what you believe to be the film maker’s message – the theme OR the Lesson Learned – you have taken away from this classic film. Remember, this will be a three-part thesis where you state the central focus of the essay and then preview the three areas you will be discussing: Characterization, Setting and Theme. 2nd Paragraph: Body Paragraph, Decade Summary – Provide a brief overview of the popular culture of the decade in which your film was made, with an emphasis on how your film may have been influenced by the events of that decade. 3rd Paragraph: Body Paragraph, Characters/Characterization – Discuss the characterization(s) of one or two of the central characters in the film. How did the actors portray these key character roles? Provide specific examples/scenes from the film as you develop this portion of the essay. 4th Paragraph: Body Paragraph, Setting: Discuss the film’s setting. How did this setting enhance the film maker’s message? Was it believable? Provide specific examples/scenes from the film as you develop this portion of the essay. 5th Paragraph: Theme/LESSON LEARNED: What was the message about life/the theme or the LESSON LEARNED conveyed within this Classic Film? How did the filmmaker convey this message to his audience? 6th Paragraph: Conclusion: This is your opportunity to sum up what you have learned and to make your recommendation regarding this film! Refer to http://webuser.bus.umich.edu/Programs/BMC/Transitions.htm for the use of transitions in your writing.
TECHNOLOGY AND GLOBALIZATION ESSAY
YOU WILL CREATE AN ITITNERARY TO PARIS, FRANCE FOR JUST YOU FOR TWO WEEK TRIP. WRITE THE ITINERARY IN ESSAY FORM AS A MICROSOFT WORD DOCUMENT. THE MININMUM LENGTH SHOULD BE 4-5 PAGES, PLUS TITLE PAGE AND REFERENCE PAGE FOR THE LIST OF WEBSITES OR OTHER RESOURCES YOU USED TO PLAN THE TRIP
CHILD ABUSE AND ELDER ABUSE
Conduct online research to locate two (2) recent cases (one of child abuse and one of elder abuse). In a 3–5 page paper, summarize the cases and identify the forms of abuse involved and the overall effects on the victims. PLEASE NOTE: This project will require outside research. Use at least two credible sources beyond the text material.) You may consult the internet, the textbook, other course material, and any other outside resources in supporting your task, using proper citations in APA style. Discuss how you evaluated the credibility of the resources used.