COMPETENCY 1
Interpret findings from scholarly quantitative, qualitative, and outcomes research articles and studies.
CRITERION
Explain why the sources selected should provide the best evidence for the chosen diagnosis/health care issue.
Your result: Proficient
Distinguished
Explains why the sources selected should provide the best evidence for the chosen diagnosis/health care issue. Notes criteria used to determine the relevance and usefulness of the sources.
Proficient
Explains why the sources selected should provide the best evidence for the chosen diagnosis/health care issue.
Basic
Identifies the sources selected, but does not provide a full or clear explanation as to the relevance or usefulness of the sources selected within the context of the chosen diagnosis/health care issue.
Non-Performance
Does not explain the sources selected.
Faculty Comments:
I appreciated your explanation on why the sources selected should provide the best evidence for the diagnosis of CANCER. To achieve a higher performance score, you could have provided a more detail explanation as well as the criteria used to determine the relevance and usefulness of the sources. Keep working hard.
COMPETENCY 2
Analyze the relevance and potential effectiveness of evidence when making a decision.
CRITERION
Describe the best places, within the work setting, to complete research and what types of resources one would want to access to find pertinent information for the diagnosis/health care issue.
Your result: Distinguished
Distinguished
Describes the best places, within the work setting, to complete research and what types of resources one would want to access to find pertinent information for the diagnosis/health care issue. Notes one or more reasons for utilizing the places within the health care setting.
Proficient
Describes the best places, within the work setting, to complete research and what types of resources one would want to access to find pertinent information for the diagnosis/health care issue.
Basic
Lists where the best places, within the work setting, are to complete research and access resources to find pertinent information for the diagnosis/health care issue.
Non-Performance
Does not describe the best places, within the work setting, to complete research and access resources to find pertinent information for the diagnosis/health care issue.
Faculty Comments:
You did well describing the best places within the work setting to complete research and access resources to find pertinent information for the diagnosis within the context of a healthcare setting. I like how you noted the reason(s) of AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY for utilizing the place(s) with in the health care setting. In addition, I like that you supported the discussion with relevant citations from literature.
COMPETENCY 3
Plan care based on the best available evidence.
CRITERION
Identify five sources of online information (medical journal databases, websites, hospital policy databases, et ...
The document discusses evidence-based practice (EBP) in baccalaureate nursing. It provides a scenario where a nurse needs to research a new diagnosis for a patient. The assistant describes how they would communicate with the nurse to encourage research of the diagnosis. A list of five online sources is provided that could be used to locate evidence for the diagnosis, with an explanation for why each source would be suitable. The importance of EBP, effective communication strategies, and collaboration to locate credible evidence to provide quality patient care are emphasized.
Create a 1-2-page resource that will describe databases that are.docxmelvinjrobinson2199
Create a 1-2-page resource that will describe databases that are relevant to EBP around a diagnosis you chose and could be used to help a new hire nurse better engage in EBP.
Evidence-based practice (EBP) integrates the best evidence available to guide optimal nursing care, with a goal to enhance safety and quality. EBP is crucial to nursing practice because it incorporates the best evidence from current literature, along with the expertise of the practicing nurse. The concern for quality care that flows from EBP generates a desired outcome. Without these factors, a nurse cannot be an effective leader. It is important to lead not only from this position but from knowledge and expertise. To gain the knowledge, you require a good understanding of how to search for scholarly resources, as well as identify which databases and websites are credible for the purposes of implementing evidence-based changes in practice.
Demonstration of Proficiency
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the course competencies through the following assessment scoring guide criteria:
Competency 1: Interpret findings from scholarly quantitative, qualitative, and outcomes research articles and studies.
Explain why the sources selected should provide the best evidence for the chosen diagnosis.
Competency 2: Analyze the relevance and potential effectiveness of evidence when making a decision.
Describe the best places to complete research and what types of resources one would want to access to find pertinent information for the diagnosis within the context of a specific health care setting.
Competency 4: Plan care based on the best available evidence.
Identify five sources of online information (medical journal databases, websites, hospital policy databases, et cetera) that could be used to locate evidence for a clinical diagnosis.
Competency 5: Apply professional, scholarly communication strategies to lead practice changes based on evidence.
Describe communication strategies to encourage nurses to research the diagnosis, as well as strategies to collaborate with the nurses to access resources.
Communicate using writing that is clear, logical, and professional with correct grammar and spelling using current APA style.
Professional Context
As a baccalaureate-prepared nurse, you will be responsible for providing patient-centered, competent care based on current evidence-based best practices. You will be required to do research, analysis, and dissemination of best evidence to stay abreast of these best practices. Understanding where to go to find credible sources and locate evidence, as well as which search terms to use, is the foundation of incorporation of best practices.
Scenario
You are supervising three nurses working on the medical-surgical floor of a local teaching hospital. This hospital is nationally recognized as a leader in education and has a computer lab with an online libr.
Assessment 1 Instructions Locating Credible Databases and Research .docxgalerussel59292
Assessment 1 Instructions: Locating Credible Databases and Research
Content
Create a 1-2-page resource that will describe databases that are relevant to EBP around a diagnosis you chose and could be used to help a new hire nurse better engage in EBP.
Evidence-based practice (EBP) integrates the best evidence available to guide optimal nursing care, with a goal to enhance safety and quality. EBP is crucial to nursing practice because it incorporates the best evidence from current literature, along with the expertise of the practicing nurse. The concern for quality care that flows from EBP generates a desired outcome. Without these factors, a nurse cannot be an effective leader. It is important to lead not only from this position but from knowledge and expertise. To gain the knowledge, you require a good understanding of how to search for scholarly resources, as well as identify which databases and websites are credible for the purposes of implementing evidence-based changes in practice.
Demonstration of Proficiency
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the course competencies through the following assessment scoring guide criteria:
Competency 1: Interpret findings from scholarly quantitative, qualitative, and outcomes research articles and studies.
Explain why the sources selected should provide the best evidence for the chosen diagnosis.
Competency 2: Analyze the relevance and potential effectiveness of evidence when making a decision.
Describe the best places to complete research and what types of resources one would want to access to find pertinent information for the diagnosis within the context of a specific health care setting.
Competency 4: Plan care based on the best available evidence.
Identify five sources of online information (medical journal databases, websites, hospital policy databases, et cetera) that could be used to locate evidence for a clinical diagnosis.
Competency 5: Apply professional, scholarly communication strategies to lead practice changes based on evidence.
Describe communication strategies to encourage nurses to research the diagnosis, as well as strategies to collaborate with the nurses to access resources.
Communicate using writing that is clear, logical, and professional with correct grammar and spelling using current APA style.
Professional Context
As a baccalaureate-prepared nurse, you will be responsible for providing patient-centered, competent care based on current evidence-based best practices. You will be required to do research, analysis, and dissemination of best evidence to stay abreast of these best practices. Understanding where to go to find credible sources and locate evidence, as well as which search terms to use, is the foundation of incorporation of best practices.
Scenario
You are supervising three nurses working on the medical-surgical floor of a local teaching hosp.
The document discusses the importance of evidence-based practice for baccalaureate nurses. It presents a scenario where a nurse supervisor assists a new nurse in finding research on a unfamiliar patient diagnosis. The supervisor would communicate the importance of researching the diagnosis and collaborate to locate relevant evidence. Resources could include databases like CINAHL and PubMed, as well as hospital policy databases. The best sources depend on the diagnosis but may include nursing journals or hospital policies.
The document discusses evidence-based practice and describes a scenario where a nurse supervisor assists a newly oriented nurse in researching a diagnosis unfamiliar to them. It provides instructions for the reader to describe communication strategies to encourage research of the diagnosis, identify five relevant online sources of evidence, and explain why those sources were selected.
This document discusses evidence-based practice (EBP) and describes a scenario where a nurse supervisor assists a newly trained nurse in researching a patient's unfamiliar diagnosis. It recommends communication strategies for mentoring nurses, such as empathetic listening and feedback. It also provides criteria (currency, relevance, authority, accuracy, purpose) for evaluating credible online sources. Five sources are identified for researching postoperative pain management, including CINAHL, PubMed, and journals. The sources provide validated information from vetted medical articles.
Locating Credible Databases and Research Paper Discussion.pdfbkbk37
1) The document discusses assisting a new nurse in locating credible evidence-based research on a patient's unfamiliar diagnosis.
2) It recommends communicating encouragement to research the diagnosis and collaborating to access online databases and other resources within the hospital.
3) Five relevant online sources are identified, such as medical journal databases and hospital policy databases, with an explanation of why each would provide good evidence for the chosen diagnosis within the clinical context.
Develop a 2-4-page scholarly paper in which you describe a qualimackulaytoni
Develop a 2-4-page scholarly paper in which you describe a quality or safety issue, or a chosen diagnosis, and then identify and analyze credible evidence that could be used as the basis for applying EBP to the issue.
The goal of using evidence-based research findings is to enhance safety and quality of patient care and ensure optimal outcomes are achieved. It is not uncommon to hear a nurse say, "why change it as we’ve always done it this way." However, this is no longer acceptable in today's practice environment. The profession of nursing has evolved, and the expectation is that the professional nurse has a scientific foundation to support the care that is provided. As the profession of nursing continues to evolve and engage in health care transformation, baccalaureate-prepared nurses are expanding taking on leadership roles that include incorporating EBPs. To be able to do this, the nurse needs to understand the criteria and makes a resource credible, as this is crucial when deciding if the research is valid and reliable for implementation into health care settings.
It would be an excellent choice to complete the Vila Health Determining the Credibility of Evidence activity prior to developing the report. The activity is a media simulation that offers an opportunity to review a scenario and work on determining the credibility of presented evidence. These skills will be necessary to complete Assessment 2 successfully. This media simulation is one potential source of context on which to base your assessment submission. This will take just a few minutes of your time and is not graded.
DEMONSTRATION OF PROFICIENCY
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the course competencies through the following assessment scoring guide criteria:
Competency 2: Analyze the relevance and potential effectiveness of evidence when making a decision.
Explain criteria that should be considered when determining credibility of resources such as journal articles and websites.
Analyze the credibility and relevance of evidence and resources within the context of a quality or safety issue, or a chosen diagnosis.
Competency 3: Apply an evidence-based practice model to address a practice issue.
Explain the importance of incorporating credible evidence into an EBP model used to address a quality or safety issue, or a chosen diagnosis.
Competency 4: Plan care based on the best available evidence.
Describe a quality or safety issue, or a chosen diagnosis, that could benefit from an evidence-based approach.
Competency 5: Apply professional, scholarly communication strategies to lead practice changes based on evidence.
Communicate using writing that is clear, logical, and professional with correct grammar and spelling using current APA style.
PROFESSIONAL CONTEXT
As a baccalaureate-prepared nurse, you will be responsible for locating and identifying credible and scholarly resources to inco ...
The document discusses evidence-based practice (EBP) in baccalaureate nursing. It provides a scenario where a nurse needs to research a new diagnosis for a patient. The assistant describes how they would communicate with the nurse to encourage research of the diagnosis. A list of five online sources is provided that could be used to locate evidence for the diagnosis, with an explanation for why each source would be suitable. The importance of EBP, effective communication strategies, and collaboration to locate credible evidence to provide quality patient care are emphasized.
Create a 1-2-page resource that will describe databases that are.docxmelvinjrobinson2199
Create a 1-2-page resource that will describe databases that are relevant to EBP around a diagnosis you chose and could be used to help a new hire nurse better engage in EBP.
Evidence-based practice (EBP) integrates the best evidence available to guide optimal nursing care, with a goal to enhance safety and quality. EBP is crucial to nursing practice because it incorporates the best evidence from current literature, along with the expertise of the practicing nurse. The concern for quality care that flows from EBP generates a desired outcome. Without these factors, a nurse cannot be an effective leader. It is important to lead not only from this position but from knowledge and expertise. To gain the knowledge, you require a good understanding of how to search for scholarly resources, as well as identify which databases and websites are credible for the purposes of implementing evidence-based changes in practice.
Demonstration of Proficiency
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the course competencies through the following assessment scoring guide criteria:
Competency 1: Interpret findings from scholarly quantitative, qualitative, and outcomes research articles and studies.
Explain why the sources selected should provide the best evidence for the chosen diagnosis.
Competency 2: Analyze the relevance and potential effectiveness of evidence when making a decision.
Describe the best places to complete research and what types of resources one would want to access to find pertinent information for the diagnosis within the context of a specific health care setting.
Competency 4: Plan care based on the best available evidence.
Identify five sources of online information (medical journal databases, websites, hospital policy databases, et cetera) that could be used to locate evidence for a clinical diagnosis.
Competency 5: Apply professional, scholarly communication strategies to lead practice changes based on evidence.
Describe communication strategies to encourage nurses to research the diagnosis, as well as strategies to collaborate with the nurses to access resources.
Communicate using writing that is clear, logical, and professional with correct grammar and spelling using current APA style.
Professional Context
As a baccalaureate-prepared nurse, you will be responsible for providing patient-centered, competent care based on current evidence-based best practices. You will be required to do research, analysis, and dissemination of best evidence to stay abreast of these best practices. Understanding where to go to find credible sources and locate evidence, as well as which search terms to use, is the foundation of incorporation of best practices.
Scenario
You are supervising three nurses working on the medical-surgical floor of a local teaching hospital. This hospital is nationally recognized as a leader in education and has a computer lab with an online libr.
Assessment 1 Instructions Locating Credible Databases and Research .docxgalerussel59292
Assessment 1 Instructions: Locating Credible Databases and Research
Content
Create a 1-2-page resource that will describe databases that are relevant to EBP around a diagnosis you chose and could be used to help a new hire nurse better engage in EBP.
Evidence-based practice (EBP) integrates the best evidence available to guide optimal nursing care, with a goal to enhance safety and quality. EBP is crucial to nursing practice because it incorporates the best evidence from current literature, along with the expertise of the practicing nurse. The concern for quality care that flows from EBP generates a desired outcome. Without these factors, a nurse cannot be an effective leader. It is important to lead not only from this position but from knowledge and expertise. To gain the knowledge, you require a good understanding of how to search for scholarly resources, as well as identify which databases and websites are credible for the purposes of implementing evidence-based changes in practice.
Demonstration of Proficiency
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the course competencies through the following assessment scoring guide criteria:
Competency 1: Interpret findings from scholarly quantitative, qualitative, and outcomes research articles and studies.
Explain why the sources selected should provide the best evidence for the chosen diagnosis.
Competency 2: Analyze the relevance and potential effectiveness of evidence when making a decision.
Describe the best places to complete research and what types of resources one would want to access to find pertinent information for the diagnosis within the context of a specific health care setting.
Competency 4: Plan care based on the best available evidence.
Identify five sources of online information (medical journal databases, websites, hospital policy databases, et cetera) that could be used to locate evidence for a clinical diagnosis.
Competency 5: Apply professional, scholarly communication strategies to lead practice changes based on evidence.
Describe communication strategies to encourage nurses to research the diagnosis, as well as strategies to collaborate with the nurses to access resources.
Communicate using writing that is clear, logical, and professional with correct grammar and spelling using current APA style.
Professional Context
As a baccalaureate-prepared nurse, you will be responsible for providing patient-centered, competent care based on current evidence-based best practices. You will be required to do research, analysis, and dissemination of best evidence to stay abreast of these best practices. Understanding where to go to find credible sources and locate evidence, as well as which search terms to use, is the foundation of incorporation of best practices.
Scenario
You are supervising three nurses working on the medical-surgical floor of a local teaching hosp.
The document discusses the importance of evidence-based practice for baccalaureate nurses. It presents a scenario where a nurse supervisor assists a new nurse in finding research on a unfamiliar patient diagnosis. The supervisor would communicate the importance of researching the diagnosis and collaborate to locate relevant evidence. Resources could include databases like CINAHL and PubMed, as well as hospital policy databases. The best sources depend on the diagnosis but may include nursing journals or hospital policies.
The document discusses evidence-based practice and describes a scenario where a nurse supervisor assists a newly oriented nurse in researching a diagnosis unfamiliar to them. It provides instructions for the reader to describe communication strategies to encourage research of the diagnosis, identify five relevant online sources of evidence, and explain why those sources were selected.
This document discusses evidence-based practice (EBP) and describes a scenario where a nurse supervisor assists a newly trained nurse in researching a patient's unfamiliar diagnosis. It recommends communication strategies for mentoring nurses, such as empathetic listening and feedback. It also provides criteria (currency, relevance, authority, accuracy, purpose) for evaluating credible online sources. Five sources are identified for researching postoperative pain management, including CINAHL, PubMed, and journals. The sources provide validated information from vetted medical articles.
Locating Credible Databases and Research Paper Discussion.pdfbkbk37
1) The document discusses assisting a new nurse in locating credible evidence-based research on a patient's unfamiliar diagnosis.
2) It recommends communicating encouragement to research the diagnosis and collaborating to access online databases and other resources within the hospital.
3) Five relevant online sources are identified, such as medical journal databases and hospital policy databases, with an explanation of why each would provide good evidence for the chosen diagnosis within the clinical context.
Develop a 2-4-page scholarly paper in which you describe a qualimackulaytoni
Develop a 2-4-page scholarly paper in which you describe a quality or safety issue, or a chosen diagnosis, and then identify and analyze credible evidence that could be used as the basis for applying EBP to the issue.
The goal of using evidence-based research findings is to enhance safety and quality of patient care and ensure optimal outcomes are achieved. It is not uncommon to hear a nurse say, "why change it as we’ve always done it this way." However, this is no longer acceptable in today's practice environment. The profession of nursing has evolved, and the expectation is that the professional nurse has a scientific foundation to support the care that is provided. As the profession of nursing continues to evolve and engage in health care transformation, baccalaureate-prepared nurses are expanding taking on leadership roles that include incorporating EBPs. To be able to do this, the nurse needs to understand the criteria and makes a resource credible, as this is crucial when deciding if the research is valid and reliable for implementation into health care settings.
It would be an excellent choice to complete the Vila Health Determining the Credibility of Evidence activity prior to developing the report. The activity is a media simulation that offers an opportunity to review a scenario and work on determining the credibility of presented evidence. These skills will be necessary to complete Assessment 2 successfully. This media simulation is one potential source of context on which to base your assessment submission. This will take just a few minutes of your time and is not graded.
DEMONSTRATION OF PROFICIENCY
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the course competencies through the following assessment scoring guide criteria:
Competency 2: Analyze the relevance and potential effectiveness of evidence when making a decision.
Explain criteria that should be considered when determining credibility of resources such as journal articles and websites.
Analyze the credibility and relevance of evidence and resources within the context of a quality or safety issue, or a chosen diagnosis.
Competency 3: Apply an evidence-based practice model to address a practice issue.
Explain the importance of incorporating credible evidence into an EBP model used to address a quality or safety issue, or a chosen diagnosis.
Competency 4: Plan care based on the best available evidence.
Describe a quality or safety issue, or a chosen diagnosis, that could benefit from an evidence-based approach.
Competency 5: Apply professional, scholarly communication strategies to lead practice changes based on evidence.
Communicate using writing that is clear, logical, and professional with correct grammar and spelling using current APA style.
PROFESSIONAL CONTEXT
As a baccalaureate-prepared nurse, you will be responsible for locating and identifying credible and scholarly resources to inco ...
CNA340 Pre-requisites for person-centred care Reflective pa.docxmary772
- A nurse forgot to connect an IV antibiotic to a patient's line during their morning shift, missing the scheduled dose. This clinical encounter highlighted a lack of one of the five prerequisites for person-centered care.
- The identified prerequisite was commitment to the job. Missing the IV dose posed risks to the patient's treatment process.
- The student reflected on how they will ensure their future practice consistently applies commitment to the job, such as being more attentive to tasks and double checking medications are administered.
Discussion Clinical and operational decisions.docxstirlingvwriters
The document provides instructions for students to complete an assessment where they define and research a patient, family, or population health problem relevant to their nursing practice. Students are asked to use a template to develop a 2-4 page submission where they:
1) Define a health problem, relevant goals, and their relationship to the patient/population.
2) Analyze literature and evidence to define the problem and guide proposed nursing actions.
3) Propose strategies to improve outcomes based on evidence and standards.
4) Reflect on how state nursing standards apply.
5) Communicate their analysis professionally using APA style.
This document provides instructions for an assignment to analyze an ethical dilemma faced by a healthcare professional. Students are asked to:
1) Select a case study describing an ethical dilemma. Summarize the case and identify the ethical issues.
2) Analyze the ethical issues using an ethical decision-making model, identifying factors that contributed to the problem.
3) Propose a solution to the dilemma, applying ethical principles and discussing how the solution would impact relationships and collaboration.
The assignment must be 3-5 pages long following APA style, cite at least one peer-reviewed source, and address communication, decision-making, and solutions presented in the case study.
Locating Credible Databases and Research Scoring GuideCRIT.docxLaticiaGrissomzz
Locating Credible Databases and Research Scoring Guide
CRITERIA NON-
PERFORMANCE BASIC PROFICIENT DISTINGUISHED
Describe
communication
strategies to
encourage nurses to
research a diagnosis,
as well as strategies
to collaborate with
the nurses to access
resources.
Does not
describe
communication
strategies to
encourage
nurses to
research a
diagnosis, as
well as
strategies to
collaborate with
the nurses to
access
resources.
Lists communication
strategies to encourage
nurses to research a
diagnosis, as well as
strategies to collaborate
with the nurses to
access resources.
Describes
communication
strategies to
encourage nurses to
research a diagnosis,
as well as strategies
to collaborate with the
nurses to access
resources.
Describes
communication
strategies to encourage
nurses to research a
diagnosis, as well as
strategies to collaborate
with the nurses to
access resources.
Additionally, notes
specific benefits of
strategies in helping to
build professional
competence or a positive
professional relationship.
Cites literature to support
discussion.
Describe the best
places to complete
research within the
workplace
environment and
what types of
resources one would
want to access to find
pertinent information
for a diagnosis.
Does not
describe the
best places to
complete
research within
the workplace
environment
and what types
of resources
one would want
to access
resources to
find pertinent
information for a
diagnosis.
Lists the best places to
complete research
within the workplace
environment and what
types of resources one
would want to access
resources to find
pertinent information for
a diagnosis.
Describes the best
places to complete
research within the
workplace
environment and
what types of
resources one would
want to access
resources to find
pertinent information
for a diagnosis.
Describes the best
places to complete
research within the
workplace environment
and what types of
resources one would
want to access
resources to find
pertinent information for
a diagnosis. Notes one
or more reasons for
utilizing the places within
the health care setting.
Identify five sources
of online information
(medical journal
databases, websites,
hospital policy
databases, et cetera)
that could be used to
locate evidence for a
clinical
diagnosis/health care
issue, and three out
of five should be
specific to the
diagnosis/health care
issue.
Does not
identify sources
of online
information
(medical journal
databases,
websites,
hospital policy
databases, et
cetera) that
could be used
to locate
evidence for a
clinical
diagnosis/health
care issue.
Identifies less than five
sources of online
information (medical
journal databases,
websites, hospital policy
databases, et cetera)
that could be used to
locate evidence specific
to a clinical
diagnosis/health care
issue, or one or more of
the identified sources of
online information is
inappropriate for
professional nursing
practice.
Identifies five sources
of online information
(medical journal
database.
Create a 3-5 page submission in which you develop a PICO(T) questiCruzIbarra161
Create a 3-5 page submission in which you develop a PICO(T) question for a specific care issue and evaluate the evidence you locate, which could help to answer the question.
Introduction
PICO(T) is an acronym that helps researchers and practitioners define aspects of a potential study or investigation.
It stands for:
· P – Patient/population/problem.
· I – Intervention.
· C – Comparison (of potential interventions, typically).
· O - Outcome(s).
· T - Time frame (if time frame is relevant).
The end goal of applying PICO(T) is to develop a question that can help guide the search for evidence (Boswell & Cannon, 2015). From this perspective, a PICO(T) question can be a valuable starting point for nurses who are starting to apply an evidence-based model or EBPs. By taking the time to precisely define the areas in which the nurse will be looking for evidence, searches become more efficient and effective. Essentially, by precisely defining the types of evidence within specific areas, the nurse will be more likely to discover relevant and useful evidence during their search. When applying the PICO(T) approach, the nurse can isolate the interventions of interest and compare to other existing interventions for the evidenced impact on the outcome of the concern.
You are encouraged to complete the Vila Health PICO(T) Process activity before you develop the plan proposal. This activity offers an opportunity to practice working through creating a PICO(T) question within the context of an issue at a Vila Health facility. These skills will be necessary to complete Assessment 3 successfully. This is for your own practice and self-assessment and demonstrates your engagement in the course.
Reference
Boswell, C., & Cannon, S. (2015). Introduction to nursing research. Jones & Bartlett Learning.
Professional Context
As a baccalaureate-prepared nurse, you will be responsible for locating and identifying credible and scholarly resources to incorporate the best available evidence for the purposes of enhancing clinical reasoning and judgement skills. When reliable and relevant evidence-based findings are utilized, patients, health care systems, and nursing practice outcomes are positively impacted.
PICO(T) is a framework that can help you structure your definition of the issue, potential approach that you are going to use, and your predictions related to the issue. Word choice is important in the PICO(T) process because different word choices for similar concepts will lead you toward different existing evidence and research studies that would help inform the development of your initial question. When writing a PICO(T)-formatted research question, you want to focus on the impact of the intervention and the comparison on the outcome you desire.
Scenario
For this assessment, please use a health care issue of interest from your current or past nursing practice.
If you do not have an issue of interest from your personal nursing practice, then review the optional Case Stu ...
Family Health AssessmentSelect a family to complete a family healt.docxPOLY33
Family Health Assessment
Select a family to complete a family health assessment. (The family cannot be your own.)
Before interviewing the family, develop three open-ended, family-focused questions for each of the following health patterns:
Values, Health Perception
Nutrition
Sleep/Rest
Elimination
Activity/Exercise
Cognitive
Sensory-Perception
Self-Perception
Role Relationship
Sexuality
Coping
NOTE: Your list of questions must be submitted with your assignment as an attachment.
After interviewing the family, compile the data and analyze the responses.
In 1,000-1,250 words, summarize the findings for each functional health pattern for the family you have selected.
Identify two or more wellness nursing diagnoses based on your family assessment. Wellness and family nursing diagnoses are different than standard nursing diagnoses.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
Apply Rubrics please for this assignment
Family Health Assessment
1
Unsatisfactory
0.00%
2
Less than Satisfactory
75.00%
3
Satisfactory
79.00%
4
Good
89.00%
5
Excellent
100.00%
80.0 %Content
20.0 %
Develops Open-Minded, Family-Focused Questions for Each of the 11 Identified Health Patterns
The development of open minded, family-focused questions for each of the 11 Identified Health Patterns is not offered.
The development of two to three open minded, family-focused questions for each of the 11 Identified Health Patterns is offered, but may be lacking in quality to elicit needed information.
The development of two to three open minded, family-focused questions for each of the 11 Identified Health Patterns meet the requirements of the assignment and appropriate for eliciting needed information.
The development of two to three open minded, family-focused questions for each of the 11 Identified Health Patterns meet the requirements of the assignment and are appropriate while structured in a way that shows sensitivity to the patient's culture and beliefs.
The development of two to three open minded, family-focused questions for each of the 11 Identified Health Patterns that are both thoughtful in content and in how they support each other in eliciting a holistic view of the patient.
30.0 %
Summarizes the Findings for Each Functional Health Pattern
Brief summarization of the findings for each functional health pattern for your family is not offered.
Brief summarization of the findings for each functional health pattern for your family is offered, but incomplete, lacking relevant information.
Brief summarization of the findings for each functional health pattern for your family meets the requirements of the assignment.
Brief summarization of the findings for each functional health pattern for your fa ...
· · · Must be a foreign film with subtitles· Provide you wit.docxLynellBull52
The document provides guidance for a management plan assignment. It discusses three best methods for management teams to use when problem solving: means-ends analysis, back up avoidance, and difference reduction. Means-ends analysis is recommended as it combines goal-driven and creative approaches. The role of judgment in problem solving processes and an example for the management plan are to be included. Problem solving involves breaking goals into sub-goals and applying appropriate methods. Management teams can acquire problem solving methods through discovery, instruction, or observing examples.
· Identify the stakeholders and how they were affected by Heene.docxLynellBull52
· Identify the stakeholders and how they were affected by Heene's actions?
· 2. What stage of moral reasoning is exhibited by Richard Heene's actions? Do you believe the punishment fit the crime? Why or why not?
· 3. Explain how the cognitive-developmental approach influences one's ability to make ethical judgments.
4. How do you assess at what stage of moral development in Kohlberg's model you reason at in making decisions? Are you satisfied with that stage? Do you believe there are factors or forces preventing you from reasoning at a higher level? If so, what are they?
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The document discusses financial statements and their importance for companies. It notes that the income statement shows a company's profitability over time by detailing revenue, gains, expenses, and losses. The balance sheet provides information on a company's assets, liabilities, and stockholders' equity at a point in time. It is used to make business decisions. Other comments add that the cash flow statement shows sources and uses of cash, and the owners' equity statement tracks changes in retained earnings. Unforeseen events like natural disasters, recessions, and changes in laws or regulations can impact businesses. There is a discussion around the importance of independent audits and maintaining separation between personal and business finances.
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· Week 3 Assignment
Government and Not-For-Profit Accounting
Value of Donated Assets
Which is the proper value to be assigned to certain donated assets? (This is a question for which answers cannot be found in either GASB pronouncements or the text), research is necessary.
A city’s road maintenance department received “donations” of two type of assets:
1. From the county in which the city is located it received earthmoving equipment. The equipment had cost the county $800,000 when it was acquired five years earlier. Accounted for in a county proprietary fund, its book value, net of accumulated depreciation at the time of donation, was $500,000. Its fair market value was $530,000.
2. From the city’s own utility fund (a proprietary fund) it received motor vehicles that had cost the city $400,000 when acquired three years earlier. At the time of transfer, the vehicles were recorded on the utility’s books at $180,000, net of accumulated depreciation. Their fair market value was #225,000.
Write a 1000 word, APA you answer style paper where the following:
1. At what value should the city record in its government-wide financial statements for: (1) the earth-moving equipment, and (2) the motor vehicles?
1. Briefly justify your response, commenting on any apparent inconsistencies in the values assigned to each of the two types of assets.
1. Comment on the significance of the resultant book values for decisions or assessments to be made by statement users.
Myth Clash Paper #1
Zheng Hui
The present paper will discuss how different ancient poets describe the myths. It will compare and Contrast the two versions of the myth of the Cyclops Polyphemus in the Archaic Greek poet Homer’s Odyssey (EH 298-314) and in the Hellenistic poet Theocritus' poem (Idyll 11) (ACM 399-401). It will also elaborate how Roman poet Ovid combine elements from each of these earlier poets’ versions to make his own version of the myth in his poem, the Metamorphoses (OM 374-381). In general, the paper will discuss and analyze the differences and similarities among several versions from different aspects including characters, features, techniques and others.
According to ancient Greek myth, there were three separate tribes of the mythical, one eyed giants known as Cyclops, or Cyclopes. One of them is the Ouranian Cyclopes, who was the offspring of Gaea and Ouranos. Besides, there is also another Cyclops called the mason-Cyclopes, who represents workers in Hephaestus’s forge. The third one is the shepherd-like Cyclopes, who was neighbors of the island-dwelling Polyphemus, who was a son of Poseidon (Weinstock, 2013). Based on the description of the Cyclopes in the ancient Greek myth, one feature that is present in all these Cyclopes is that they had one unique anatomy. In addition, they all had a single round eye in the middle of their foreheads. In fact, the eye, according to the Greek poet Hesiod, is the source of their name.
In Greek, Cyclops means “circle-eye.” These giants .
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Assignment 2: Critical Thinking
Topic: "People have become overly dependent on technology"
Your paper should present a reasoned, convincing argument for a position on a selected topic.
Write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you:
1. Follow the five (5) steps of persuasion: establishing credibility, acknowledging the audience’s position, constructing a rationale, transplanting root elements, and asking for a response.
2. Clearly define your position and supporting evidence.
3. Include all the necessary “evidence” for the reader to reach the expected conclusion in each argument in the paper (whether the overriding argument or one contained in an individual paragraph)
4. Ensure that each argument in the paper (whether the overriding argument or one contained in an individual paragraph) is valid and free from both formal and informal fallacies.
5. Include at least four (4) references (sources). At least one (1) of your sources must be obtained from the collection of databases accessible from the Learning Resources Center Web page.
The paper should follow guidelines for clear and effectively organized writing:
• The paper is well-organized, and every explanation is both complete and easy to understand.
• Include an introductory paragraph and concluding paragraph for the paper.
• Main ideas should be addressed in body paragraphs with a topic sentence and supporting sentences.
• Adhere to standard rules of English grammar, punctuation, and mechanics.
• The paper should be checked for spelling and grammatical errors.
Your assignment must:
• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• 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 and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
• Create written work utilizing the concepts of critical thinking.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in critical thinking skills and informal logic.
• Write clearly and concisely about issues in critical thinking using proper writing mechanics.
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The document discusses California becoming the first state to pass a law in 1999 legalizing electronic contracts and signatures. The law aims to ensure electronic contracts and signatures have the same legal standing as paper contracts. However, the law only applies when parties agree in advance to electronic transactions and excludes some transactions like wills and certain consumer protection agreements. While the law will significantly impact contract law in California and nationwide, its full effects remain to be determined through future legal cases involving electronic contracts.
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· WEEK 1: Databases and SecurityLesson
· Databases and Security
Databases are in just about everything we use today. When you are performing any task, think to yourself, Does this involve a database in some way?
As a daily process, communication occurs between people by many mediums, but there is no other medium more utilized than the large internetwork of computer systems we know as the Internet. When we look at some of the transactions that are performed on a daily basis, it is highly likely that there is a database involved. For example, if you open a web page to www.google.com and type a keyword in the textbox to search for, this process starts a series of searches through multiple databases. Another example is when searching for a book in the APUS library, this search is conducted using a database of books known as a catalog. so databases play an integral part in our daily lives; they store millions of pieces of data and more is collected each day (Basta, 2012).
In recent years, we find that technology has expanded to the reaches of utilities and production environments. Many of the utilities we come to rely on so heavily, such as gas, oil and electric, have been tied into the networks we use today. This interconnection allows for many new innovations in keeping everything in working order, but at the same time it also presents some very real threats to security. In reality, an intruder could take down an entire electrical grid which would remove power to millions of customers. An article in CIO Insight gives a great perspective on this and other issues in security where databases play such an important role (CIOInsight, 2011).
With the importance of securing the database infrastructure, we need to look at a multilayered approach to security. As can be seen in many security programs, multiple layers allow for strong security because it adds another roadblock that an intruder has to bypass to get to these systems. This same approach leads us to begin with the foundation of security; the CIA Triad. It all begins with the most basic approach, computer security and moves forward from that point on. Below is a detailed description of the components of the CIA Triad from (Basta, 2012):
· Confidentiality: For a system to provide confidentiality, it needs to do two things: ensure that information maintains its privacy by limiting authorized access to resources; block unauthorized access to resources.
· Integrity: This refers to the efforts taken through policy, procedure, and design in order to create and maintain reliable, consistent, and complete information and systems.
· Availability: This refers to the efforts taken through policy, procedures, and design to maintain the accessibility of resources on a network or within a database. These resources include, but are not limited to, data, applications, other databases, computers, servers, applications, files, drives, shares, and network access.
Database Structure, Models and Management
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· Unit 4 Citizen Rights
INTRODUCTION
In George Orwell's Animal Farm, the assertion that "all animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others" signals the breakdown of any semblance of a fair society. We have probably all experienced it: a situation where someone who was better connected, more influential, or in a position of power could advance far beyond the position or actions of the common person. On a typical day, this happens in travel, restaurant seating, the selection of a church pew, and the line at the grocery store.
It should not, however, happen in our public services. As citizens, we all have rights, and we all have the same rights. That is the beauty of the United States's democratic government structure, and perhaps one of the most cherished aspects of it. Economic and social diversity aside, when we interact with the government, we expect to receive the same treatment, whether we are a Rockefeller or a plumber. The reality is that this balance of citizen rights is difficult to achieve, because in many cases, those wielding power and influence attempt to trump equity.
TOGGLE DRAWERHIDE FULL INTRODUCTION
Inherent in the concept of citizenship is the exchange wherein citizens give allegiance to a nation and receive protection offered by that nation. Citizens therefore have certain privileges in the eyes of the nation, such as the right to vote, to pay taxes, and to refuse certain actions, such as reciting the Pledge of Allegiance because it refers to God. There are benefits and entitlements that the citizen can demand from the government. These rights are balanced by responsibilities, such as upholding the law, participating in government, and engaging in the same privileges previously mentioned.
In this unit, issues of the middle class, the welfare state, and what constitutes citizenship will be examined based on the concept of citizen rights.
Reference
Orwell, G. (1945). Animal Farm. New York, NY: Harcourt Brace & Company.
SANDRA CISNEROS
Woman Hollering Creek
The day Don Serafín gave Juan Pedro Martínez Sánchez permission to take CleófilasEnriquetaDeLeón Hernández as his bride, across her father’s threshold, over several miles of dirt road and several miles of paved, over one border and beyond to a town en el otrolado—on the other side—already did he divine the morning his daughter would raise her hand over her eyes, look south, and dream of returning to the chores that never ended, six good-for-nothing brothers, and one old man’s complaints.
He had said, after all, in the hubbub of parting: I am your father, I will never abandon you. He had said that, hadn’t he, when he hugged and then let her go. But at the moment Cleófilas was busy looking for Chela, her maid of honor, to fulfill their bouquet conspiracy. She would not remember her father’s parting words until later. I am your father, I will never abandon you.
Only now as a mother did she remember. Now, when she and Juan Pedrito sat by the creek’s edge..
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· Unit: Interface-User Interaction
· Assignment Objectives: Employ appropriate tools and methods for simple, functional, and effective interfaces.
· Deliverable Length: Screenshot or functional application, and a Word document of 1-2 pages
Building on your initial user interface (UI) design mock-up of the organization’s program UI, the interface now needs to present more information to the user. Complete the following for this assignment:
· The interface should present information visually with icons or graphics and text regarding critical issues related to the system, such as the following:
· New orders
· Change in employee status
· Updated pictures
· New products or services offered
· You must add at least 5 critical issue UI design items to your interface. Remember to ensure that these are easily understood by users.
· Submit a screenshot in Word or another functional application.
· Describe the items that you added to your interface design. Be specific with your descriptions, and identify the particular design features along with an explanation of why they are added in the way that they were.
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· The Victims’ Rights MovementWrite a 2 page paper. Address the.docxLynellBull52
· The Victims’ Rights Movement
Write a 2 page paper. Address the following in your paper:
· Explain how has the victims’ rights movement has affected the criminal justice system and the rights of offenders?
Include a title page and 3-5 references. Only one reference may be from the internet (not Wikipedia).
Paper 2
· Victim Selection
Write a 2 page paper. Address the following in your paper:
· Is the victim selection process different between team serial killers and those who work alone?
· Discuss any differences and or similarities as it relates to motives, methods, and offender history.
· Support your argument. Be sure to cite your resource(s), use APA style formatting.
Include a title page and 3-5 references. Only one reference may be from the internet (not Wikipedia
Paper 3
· Credit Card Crime
In a two to three page paper, please discuss the following: Assume a person accidentally picks up a credit card that is not theirs and uses the card in several instances.
Can the person be charged with multiple violations of a state statute that makes it a crime to "knowingly obtain, possess, use, or transfer a means of identification or financial information of another?" Why or why not? See State vs. Leyda, 138 P.3d 610 (Wash. 2006).
Make sure you format your paper and cite all sources used in this paper appropriately according to APA style guidelines.
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· Question 1
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How does internal environmental analysis help health care organizations sustain competitive advantage? As a health care leader, what are some of the key aspects that you will assess in conducting your own internal environmental analysis?
Question 2
· How does the “value chain” relate to health care organizations? What is the role of the value chain in the strategic planning process?
Question 3
· How can the value chain be used to identify organizational strengths and weaknesses in health care organizations?
· Question 4
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Read the Perspective 4-3–LEAN Six Sigma on page 140 in your textbook Discuss the Ottawa Ankle Rules as an example of Six Sigma utilization. How was Six Sigma beneficial in this case example? Think about your own health care organization or one which you hope to lead. How might Six Sigma be utilized in your own facility, as our colleagues in Ottawa did a few years ago?
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BIOGRAPHY: CLARENCE L. EDER (January 2015)
Clarence Eder is a retired United States Air Force officer and is currently working as Principal Acquisition
Associate and Senior Systems Engineer for Quantech Services, Inc. in El Segundo, California. He leads a team
of systems engineers and acquisition professionals in the development of strategies and documents to start the
new Air Force Weather Systems Follow-On (WSF) program. Clarence has over 18 years of acquisitions,
engineering, and operational experience in space, intelligence, missile defense, and aircraft programs.
Clarence was raised in Honolulu, Hawaii. He graduated with a Mechanical Engineering degree from the
University of Hawaii and was commissioned into the Air Force in 1996. As a second lieutenant, he was
assigned to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio. He worked to improve Air Force flying training
systems, and then became a project manager to improve T-37 aircraft engines and A-10 aircraft engines.
In 1999, he was assigned to Space and Missiles Systems Center in Los Angeles, California. He worked as an
Acquisition Support manager to implement Department of Defense (DoD) processes and policies to major space
programs. As a captain, he became a Mission Integration Manager for launch vehicles. He led teams to
integrate Global Positioning System (GPS), weather, and intelligence satellites into the newly acquired $18.8B
Air Force rockets. He also worked Ground systems integration issues.
In 2003, he was assigned to the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA) in Reston, Virginia to be Chief
of Tactical Imagery Dissemination. He led a team to develop, test, and deploy a $17M imagery system. He
trained Navy Seals and Special Forces deployed worldwide to use the system. As a major, he became a
Contacting Officer Technical Representative (COTR) for the $2B Geoscout program, NG.
· Question 1Question 192 out of 2 pointsWhat file in the.docxLynellBull52
· Question 1Question 19
2 out of 2 points
What file in the etc/ directory contains user’s hashed password?
Selected Answer:
etc/shadow file
Correct Answer:
[None]
Response Feedback:
[None Given]
· Question 20
1 out of 2 points
What file and file-field are read by the finger command?
Selected Answer:
Passwd file, it reads user id info like user name phone number and so on
Correct Answer:
[None]
Response Feedback:
gecos field
· Question 21
0 out of 2 points
When a parent process dies, what happens to any child processes that are still running?
Selected Answer:
They Child Processes keep running
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[None]
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process becomes child of init
· Question 22
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What is the effect of the command: $ killall root (Where root is the root account of the system)
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It canceles all the Processes that the user
Correct Answer:
[None]
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shutdown
· Question 23
2 out of 2 points
List 4 shortcomings of root accounts.
Selected Answer:
1- Single Point of failure if compromised
2-The security model is not strong enough for a network
3-High security environments enforce rules that cannot be implemented with traditional UNIX
4- Since some rules are implemented in command code, modification requires rewrite and recompilation
5- Minimal support for auditing
Correct Answer:
[None]
Response Feedback:
[None Given]
· Question 24
1 out of 2 points
Write a BASH command that would force the OS into single-user mode.
Selected Answer:
Root should run the init command to change the run level using the letter s or the number 1 for example
Correct Answer:
[None]
Response Feedback:
telinit 1
· Question 25
0 out of 2 points
Explain when it would be necessary to use the non-rewinding interface file of any backup device.
Selected Answer:
To implement permanent changes to the backup device
Correct Answer:
[None]
Response Feedback:
Only if multiple dumps were being made to the same tape drive. Failure to use the non-rewind would cause successive dumps to overwrite each other.
· Question 26
2 out of 2 points
What BASH shell command can send any signal level to a running process?
Selected Answer:
Kill Command
Correct Answer:
[None]
Response Feedback:
[None Given]
· Question 27
2 out of 2 points
Which two inter-process signals cannot be caught or blocked?
Selected Answer:
Kill process
Stop Process
Correct Answer:
[None]
Response Feedback:
[None Given]
· Question 28
2 out of 2 points
What BASH shell utility allows you to monitor CPU and memory usage?
Selected Answer:
Network Monitoring: Netstat, nethogs, iptraf, iftop
Disk I/O: iotop
CPU/ memory: top, Ps, htop, atop
Correct Answer:
[None]
Response Feedback:
[None Given]
· Question 29
0 out of 2 points
In the file permission listing drwxr-xr-x, what is the file type?
Selected Answer:
.sh
Correct Answer:
[None]
Response Feedback:
directory
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· Question 1
5 out of 5 points
When psychologists discuss fear, anger, sadness, joy, surprise, disgust, and contempt, they are usually describing the:
Answer
Selected Answer:
b.
primary emotions
· Question 2
5 out of 5 points
Studies on sex differences in emotion have found that men are more likely to ruminate about _____________ thoughts whereas women are more likely to ruminate about ____________.
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Selected Answer:
a.
anger; depression
· Question 3
5 out of 5 points
Positive emotions evoke more electrical activity in the __________, and negative emotions evoke more activity in the __________.
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c.
left hemisphere; right hemisphere
· Question 4
5 out of 5 points
What limbic structure is a center for fear responses?
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Selected Answer:
b.
amygdala
· Question 5
5 out of 5 points
Imagine that you have just discovered a space craft that landed in a remote field near your home. Fortunately, the aliens aboard the space craft share your language, but they do not know anything about how to interact appropriately within the cultural norms of North America. Using your knowledge of emotions and emotional expression, create a list of 5 important points to remember when expressing emotion in this culture.
Answer
Selected Answer:
Smiling Frequently is ok
Dont kiss other male friends if male (european countries)
shake hands before hugging
Arms length of space between people, it can be seen as hostile or uncomfortable otherwise
Public displays of affection are often more acceptable then in other cultures
· Question 6
0 out of 5 points
Cindy used to study with her friend Amanda but found that she had to quit studying with her because Amanda was always so hyper and anxious before taking tests. Cindy often felt anxious after the study sessions and was worried that this might have a negative influence on her test performance. Cindy was probably experiencing:
Answer
Selected Answer:
c.
catharsis.
· Question 7
5 out of 5 points
Social and cultural rules that regulate when, how, and where a person may express emotions are referred to as:
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Selected Answer:
c.
display rules
· Question 8
5 out of 5 points
Why are polygraph tests considered invalid or unreliable?
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Selected Answer:
d.
There is no pattern of physical arousal that is specific to lying and distinct from other types of arousal
· Question 9
5 out of 5 points
This term is the process by which the facial muscles send messages to the brain about the basic emotion being expressed.
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Selected Answer:
c.
facial feedback
· Question 10
5 out of 5 points
___________, or how we explain events or behavior, affect our emotional responses.
Answer
Selected Answer:
a.
Attributions
· Question 11
0 out of 5 points
In one study, infants were put on a modified version of a visual cliff that is only moderately frightening because the cliff did not dr.
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· Question 1
2 out of 2 points
Which of the following is not considered a union unfair labor practice?
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under a valid union-shop agreement, demanding the discharge of an employee who fails to pay union dues
· Question 2
2 out of 2 points
In recent years,
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Selected Answer:
all of the above
· Question 3
0 out of 2 points
The first U.S. President ever to grant official recognition to federal government employees to bargain collectively was President
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Nixon
· Question 4
0 out of 2 points
Recent media campaign ads by the Automobile Workers have contained the message
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"America works best when we say, 'Union, Yes!' "
· Question 5
0 out of 2 points
Most of the local union's time is devoted to
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negotiating labor agreements.
· Question 6
0 out of 2 points
Most members of the National Education Association
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Selected Answer:
support right-to-work laws
· Question 7
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About 85 percent of the UAW's spending goes to
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strike funds.
· Question 8
0 out of 2 points
As compared to the Teachers, many of the building trades are much
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less active in research efforts.
· Question 9
0 out of 2 points
In 1970, an unprecedented federal sector eight-day strile was carried on by the employees of the
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State Department
· Question 10
2 out of 2 points
The American Federation of Labor was originally entitled the
Answer
Selected Answer:
Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions
· Question 11
0 out of 2 points
Under Taft-Hartley, if management or labor wishes to terminate or modify an existing labor contract, it must give a
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Selected Answer:
thrity-day notice to the other party.
· Question 12
0 out of 2 points
At present, the unionized percentage of all United States workers is approximately
Answer
Selected Answer:
33.4
· Question 13
0 out of 2 points
In 1993, the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union merged with the
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Selected Answer:
Service Employees International Union.
· Question 14
0 out of 2 points
By 1917 some thrity states had introduced
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Selected Answer:
antitrust laws for unions.
· Question 15
0 out of 2 points
Investigation of union misconduct under the Landrum-Griffin is the responsibility of the
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Selected Answer:
Senate Subcommittee on Ethics.
· Question 16
0 out of 2 points
COPE is a part of the
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Selected Answer:
Furriers.
· Question 17
0 out of 2 points
When it has found that employees have been unlawfully discharged for union activities, the NLRB has most frequently required
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Selected Answer:
automatic union certification.
· Question 18
2 out of 2 points
Employ.
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Running head: AUDITING INFORMATION SYSTEMS PROCESS Auditing information systems process Student’s Name University Affiliation Auditing information systems 2process Information systems are the livelihood of any huge business. As in past years, computer systems do not simply record transactions of business, but essentially drive the main business procedures of the enterprise. In such a situation, superior management and business managers do have worries concerning information systems. Auditing is a methodical process by which a proficient, independent person impartially obtains and assesses evidence concerning assertions about a financial entity or occasion for the reason of outlining an outlook about and reporting on the extent to which the contention matches to an acknowledged set of standards. Auditing of information systems is the administration controls assessment inside the communications of Information Technology. The obtained proof valuation is used to decide if systems of information are defensive assets, maintenance reliability of data, and also if they are efficiently operating in order to attain organization’s goals or objectives (Hoelzer, 2009). Auditing of Information Systems has become an essential part of business organization in both large and small business environments. This paper examines the preliminary points for carrying out and Information system audit and some of the, techniques, tools, guidelines and standards that can be employed to build, manage, and examine the review function. The Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) qualifications is recognized worldwide as a standard of accomplishment for those who assess, monitor, control and audit the information technology of an organization and business systems. Information Systems experts with a concern in information systems security, control and audit. At least five years of specialized information systems security, auditing and control work practice is necessary for certification. An audit contract should be present to evidently state the responsibility of the management, 2objectives for, and designation of authority to Information .
· Strengths Public Recognition of OrganizationOverall Positive P.docxLynellBull52
· Strengths Public Recognition of Organization
Overall Positive Perception of Organization
Established Integrity and Longevity of the Organizations
Continued success in saving lives and always willing to lend a helping hand
Weaknesses
Lack of Congruency of public and internal views
Commitment to service to the public overlooks the work environment of the employees that make these endeavors possible daily
Opportunities
Disaster relief is always a turning point for anyone’s perception of the organization especially when it hits close to home
Threats
Possibility of not being able to help someone due to lack in financial or physical resources
Understanding that it’s impossible to please everyone, there could be some bad experiences that are communicated to many tarnishing the positive perception of the brand
Strengths with Opportunities
Increasing amount of volunteers and assistance of employees on a continual basis in order to secure definite support in the face of a disaster
Weaknesses with Threats
Increase and expand awareness of employees concerns through surveys and group discussions in order to increase the morale of the organization.
Strengths with Threats
With understanding the necessity of all aspects of the organization needing to be congruent, implementing and ensuring that public and employees all hold the same values to be true simultaneously through continued efforts of the organization increasing the involvement of the employees in minor decision making abilities in order to feel as if the organization is less of a dictatorship and slightly reflective of a democracy
Weaknesses with Opportunities
Increasing awareness of the severity of a need for this organization in the country due to the lack of ability by the country alone
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3) Propose strategies to improve outcomes based on evidence and standards.
4) Reflect on how state nursing standards apply.
5) Communicate their analysis professionally using APA style.
This document provides instructions for an assignment to analyze an ethical dilemma faced by a healthcare professional. Students are asked to:
1) Select a case study describing an ethical dilemma. Summarize the case and identify the ethical issues.
2) Analyze the ethical issues using an ethical decision-making model, identifying factors that contributed to the problem.
3) Propose a solution to the dilemma, applying ethical principles and discussing how the solution would impact relationships and collaboration.
The assignment must be 3-5 pages long following APA style, cite at least one peer-reviewed source, and address communication, decision-making, and solutions presented in the case study.
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Locating Credible Databases and Research Scoring Guide
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PERFORMANCE BASIC PROFICIENT DISTINGUISHED
Describe
communication
strategies to
encourage nurses to
research a diagnosis,
as well as strategies
to collaborate with
the nurses to access
resources.
Does not
describe
communication
strategies to
encourage
nurses to
research a
diagnosis, as
well as
strategies to
collaborate with
the nurses to
access
resources.
Lists communication
strategies to encourage
nurses to research a
diagnosis, as well as
strategies to collaborate
with the nurses to
access resources.
Describes
communication
strategies to
encourage nurses to
research a diagnosis,
as well as strategies
to collaborate with the
nurses to access
resources.
Describes
communication
strategies to encourage
nurses to research a
diagnosis, as well as
strategies to collaborate
with the nurses to
access resources.
Additionally, notes
specific benefits of
strategies in helping to
build professional
competence or a positive
professional relationship.
Cites literature to support
discussion.
Describe the best
places to complete
research within the
workplace
environment and
what types of
resources one would
want to access to find
pertinent information
for a diagnosis.
Does not
describe the
best places to
complete
research within
the workplace
environment
and what types
of resources
one would want
to access
resources to
find pertinent
information for a
diagnosis.
Lists the best places to
complete research
within the workplace
environment and what
types of resources one
would want to access
resources to find
pertinent information for
a diagnosis.
Describes the best
places to complete
research within the
workplace
environment and
what types of
resources one would
want to access
resources to find
pertinent information
for a diagnosis.
Describes the best
places to complete
research within the
workplace environment
and what types of
resources one would
want to access
resources to find
pertinent information for
a diagnosis. Notes one
or more reasons for
utilizing the places within
the health care setting.
Identify five sources
of online information
(medical journal
databases, websites,
hospital policy
databases, et cetera)
that could be used to
locate evidence for a
clinical
diagnosis/health care
issue, and three out
of five should be
specific to the
diagnosis/health care
issue.
Does not
identify sources
of online
information
(medical journal
databases,
websites,
hospital policy
databases, et
cetera) that
could be used
to locate
evidence for a
clinical
diagnosis/health
care issue.
Identifies less than five
sources of online
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journal databases,
websites, hospital policy
databases, et cetera)
that could be used to
locate evidence specific
to a clinical
diagnosis/health care
issue, or one or more of
the identified sources of
online information is
inappropriate for
professional nursing
practice.
Identifies five sources
of online information
(medical journal
database.
Create a 3-5 page submission in which you develop a PICO(T) questiCruzIbarra161
Create a 3-5 page submission in which you develop a PICO(T) question for a specific care issue and evaluate the evidence you locate, which could help to answer the question.
Introduction
PICO(T) is an acronym that helps researchers and practitioners define aspects of a potential study or investigation.
It stands for:
· P – Patient/population/problem.
· I – Intervention.
· C – Comparison (of potential interventions, typically).
· O - Outcome(s).
· T - Time frame (if time frame is relevant).
The end goal of applying PICO(T) is to develop a question that can help guide the search for evidence (Boswell & Cannon, 2015). From this perspective, a PICO(T) question can be a valuable starting point for nurses who are starting to apply an evidence-based model or EBPs. By taking the time to precisely define the areas in which the nurse will be looking for evidence, searches become more efficient and effective. Essentially, by precisely defining the types of evidence within specific areas, the nurse will be more likely to discover relevant and useful evidence during their search. When applying the PICO(T) approach, the nurse can isolate the interventions of interest and compare to other existing interventions for the evidenced impact on the outcome of the concern.
You are encouraged to complete the Vila Health PICO(T) Process activity before you develop the plan proposal. This activity offers an opportunity to practice working through creating a PICO(T) question within the context of an issue at a Vila Health facility. These skills will be necessary to complete Assessment 3 successfully. This is for your own practice and self-assessment and demonstrates your engagement in the course.
Reference
Boswell, C., & Cannon, S. (2015). Introduction to nursing research. Jones & Bartlett Learning.
Professional Context
As a baccalaureate-prepared nurse, you will be responsible for locating and identifying credible and scholarly resources to incorporate the best available evidence for the purposes of enhancing clinical reasoning and judgement skills. When reliable and relevant evidence-based findings are utilized, patients, health care systems, and nursing practice outcomes are positively impacted.
PICO(T) is a framework that can help you structure your definition of the issue, potential approach that you are going to use, and your predictions related to the issue. Word choice is important in the PICO(T) process because different word choices for similar concepts will lead you toward different existing evidence and research studies that would help inform the development of your initial question. When writing a PICO(T)-formatted research question, you want to focus on the impact of the intervention and the comparison on the outcome you desire.
Scenario
For this assessment, please use a health care issue of interest from your current or past nursing practice.
If you do not have an issue of interest from your personal nursing practice, then review the optional Case Stu ...
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Family Health Assessment
Select a family to complete a family health assessment. (The family cannot be your own.)
Before interviewing the family, develop three open-ended, family-focused questions for each of the following health patterns:
Values, Health Perception
Nutrition
Sleep/Rest
Elimination
Activity/Exercise
Cognitive
Sensory-Perception
Self-Perception
Role Relationship
Sexuality
Coping
NOTE: Your list of questions must be submitted with your assignment as an attachment.
After interviewing the family, compile the data and analyze the responses.
In 1,000-1,250 words, summarize the findings for each functional health pattern for the family you have selected.
Identify two or more wellness nursing diagnoses based on your family assessment. Wellness and family nursing diagnoses are different than standard nursing diagnoses.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
Apply Rubrics please for this assignment
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The development of two to three open minded, family-focused questions for each of the 11 Identified Health Patterns is offered, but may be lacking in quality to elicit needed information.
The development of two to three open minded, family-focused questions for each of the 11 Identified Health Patterns meet the requirements of the assignment and appropriate for eliciting needed information.
The development of two to three open minded, family-focused questions for each of the 11 Identified Health Patterns meet the requirements of the assignment and are appropriate while structured in a way that shows sensitivity to the patient's culture and beliefs.
The development of two to three open minded, family-focused questions for each of the 11 Identified Health Patterns that are both thoughtful in content and in how they support each other in eliciting a holistic view of the patient.
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The document provides guidance for a management plan assignment. It discusses three best methods for management teams to use when problem solving: means-ends analysis, back up avoidance, and difference reduction. Means-ends analysis is recommended as it combines goal-driven and creative approaches. The role of judgment in problem solving processes and an example for the management plan are to be included. Problem solving involves breaking goals into sub-goals and applying appropriate methods. Management teams can acquire problem solving methods through discovery, instruction, or observing examples.
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· Identify the stakeholders and how they were affected by Heene's actions?
· 2. What stage of moral reasoning is exhibited by Richard Heene's actions? Do you believe the punishment fit the crime? Why or why not?
· 3. Explain how the cognitive-developmental approach influences one's ability to make ethical judgments.
4. How do you assess at what stage of moral development in Kohlberg's model you reason at in making decisions? Are you satisfied with that stage? Do you believe there are factors or forces preventing you from reasoning at a higher level? If so, what are they?
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The document discusses financial statements and their importance for companies. It notes that the income statement shows a company's profitability over time by detailing revenue, gains, expenses, and losses. The balance sheet provides information on a company's assets, liabilities, and stockholders' equity at a point in time. It is used to make business decisions. Other comments add that the cash flow statement shows sources and uses of cash, and the owners' equity statement tracks changes in retained earnings. Unforeseen events like natural disasters, recessions, and changes in laws or regulations can impact businesses. There is a discussion around the importance of independent audits and maintaining separation between personal and business finances.
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· Week 3 Assignment
Government and Not-For-Profit Accounting
Value of Donated Assets
Which is the proper value to be assigned to certain donated assets? (This is a question for which answers cannot be found in either GASB pronouncements or the text), research is necessary.
A city’s road maintenance department received “donations” of two type of assets:
1. From the county in which the city is located it received earthmoving equipment. The equipment had cost the county $800,000 when it was acquired five years earlier. Accounted for in a county proprietary fund, its book value, net of accumulated depreciation at the time of donation, was $500,000. Its fair market value was $530,000.
2. From the city’s own utility fund (a proprietary fund) it received motor vehicles that had cost the city $400,000 when acquired three years earlier. At the time of transfer, the vehicles were recorded on the utility’s books at $180,000, net of accumulated depreciation. Their fair market value was #225,000.
Write a 1000 word, APA you answer style paper where the following:
1. At what value should the city record in its government-wide financial statements for: (1) the earth-moving equipment, and (2) the motor vehicles?
1. Briefly justify your response, commenting on any apparent inconsistencies in the values assigned to each of the two types of assets.
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Myth Clash Paper #1
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The present paper will discuss how different ancient poets describe the myths. It will compare and Contrast the two versions of the myth of the Cyclops Polyphemus in the Archaic Greek poet Homer’s Odyssey (EH 298-314) and in the Hellenistic poet Theocritus' poem (Idyll 11) (ACM 399-401). It will also elaborate how Roman poet Ovid combine elements from each of these earlier poets’ versions to make his own version of the myth in his poem, the Metamorphoses (OM 374-381). In general, the paper will discuss and analyze the differences and similarities among several versions from different aspects including characters, features, techniques and others.
According to ancient Greek myth, there were three separate tribes of the mythical, one eyed giants known as Cyclops, or Cyclopes. One of them is the Ouranian Cyclopes, who was the offspring of Gaea and Ouranos. Besides, there is also another Cyclops called the mason-Cyclopes, who represents workers in Hephaestus’s forge. The third one is the shepherd-like Cyclopes, who was neighbors of the island-dwelling Polyphemus, who was a son of Poseidon (Weinstock, 2013). Based on the description of the Cyclopes in the ancient Greek myth, one feature that is present in all these Cyclopes is that they had one unique anatomy. In addition, they all had a single round eye in the middle of their foreheads. In fact, the eye, according to the Greek poet Hesiod, is the source of their name.
In Greek, Cyclops means “circle-eye.” These giants .
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Assignment 2: Critical Thinking
Topic: "People have become overly dependent on technology"
Your paper should present a reasoned, convincing argument for a position on a selected topic.
Write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you:
1. Follow the five (5) steps of persuasion: establishing credibility, acknowledging the audience’s position, constructing a rationale, transplanting root elements, and asking for a response.
2. Clearly define your position and supporting evidence.
3. Include all the necessary “evidence” for the reader to reach the expected conclusion in each argument in the paper (whether the overriding argument or one contained in an individual paragraph)
4. Ensure that each argument in the paper (whether the overriding argument or one contained in an individual paragraph) is valid and free from both formal and informal fallacies.
5. Include at least four (4) references (sources). At least one (1) of your sources must be obtained from the collection of databases accessible from the Learning Resources Center Web page.
The paper should follow guidelines for clear and effectively organized writing:
• The paper is well-organized, and every explanation is both complete and easy to understand.
• Include an introductory paragraph and concluding paragraph for the paper.
• Main ideas should be addressed in body paragraphs with a topic sentence and supporting sentences.
• Adhere to standard rules of English grammar, punctuation, and mechanics.
• The paper should be checked for spelling and grammatical errors.
Your assignment must:
• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• 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 and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
• Create written work utilizing the concepts of critical thinking.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in critical thinking skills and informal logic.
• Write clearly and concisely about issues in critical thinking using proper writing mechanics.
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The document discusses California becoming the first state to pass a law in 1999 legalizing electronic contracts and signatures. The law aims to ensure electronic contracts and signatures have the same legal standing as paper contracts. However, the law only applies when parties agree in advance to electronic transactions and excludes some transactions like wills and certain consumer protection agreements. While the law will significantly impact contract law in California and nationwide, its full effects remain to be determined through future legal cases involving electronic contracts.
· WEEK 1 Databases and SecurityLesson· Databases and Security.docxLynellBull52
· WEEK 1: Databases and SecurityLesson
· Databases and Security
Databases are in just about everything we use today. When you are performing any task, think to yourself, Does this involve a database in some way?
As a daily process, communication occurs between people by many mediums, but there is no other medium more utilized than the large internetwork of computer systems we know as the Internet. When we look at some of the transactions that are performed on a daily basis, it is highly likely that there is a database involved. For example, if you open a web page to www.google.com and type a keyword in the textbox to search for, this process starts a series of searches through multiple databases. Another example is when searching for a book in the APUS library, this search is conducted using a database of books known as a catalog. so databases play an integral part in our daily lives; they store millions of pieces of data and more is collected each day (Basta, 2012).
In recent years, we find that technology has expanded to the reaches of utilities and production environments. Many of the utilities we come to rely on so heavily, such as gas, oil and electric, have been tied into the networks we use today. This interconnection allows for many new innovations in keeping everything in working order, but at the same time it also presents some very real threats to security. In reality, an intruder could take down an entire electrical grid which would remove power to millions of customers. An article in CIO Insight gives a great perspective on this and other issues in security where databases play such an important role (CIOInsight, 2011).
With the importance of securing the database infrastructure, we need to look at a multilayered approach to security. As can be seen in many security programs, multiple layers allow for strong security because it adds another roadblock that an intruder has to bypass to get to these systems. This same approach leads us to begin with the foundation of security; the CIA Triad. It all begins with the most basic approach, computer security and moves forward from that point on. Below is a detailed description of the components of the CIA Triad from (Basta, 2012):
· Confidentiality: For a system to provide confidentiality, it needs to do two things: ensure that information maintains its privacy by limiting authorized access to resources; block unauthorized access to resources.
· Integrity: This refers to the efforts taken through policy, procedure, and design in order to create and maintain reliable, consistent, and complete information and systems.
· Availability: This refers to the efforts taken through policy, procedures, and design to maintain the accessibility of resources on a network or within a database. These resources include, but are not limited to, data, applications, other databases, computers, servers, applications, files, drives, shares, and network access.
Database Structure, Models and Management
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· Unit 4 Citizen Rights
INTRODUCTION
In George Orwell's Animal Farm, the assertion that "all animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others" signals the breakdown of any semblance of a fair society. We have probably all experienced it: a situation where someone who was better connected, more influential, or in a position of power could advance far beyond the position or actions of the common person. On a typical day, this happens in travel, restaurant seating, the selection of a church pew, and the line at the grocery store.
It should not, however, happen in our public services. As citizens, we all have rights, and we all have the same rights. That is the beauty of the United States's democratic government structure, and perhaps one of the most cherished aspects of it. Economic and social diversity aside, when we interact with the government, we expect to receive the same treatment, whether we are a Rockefeller or a plumber. The reality is that this balance of citizen rights is difficult to achieve, because in many cases, those wielding power and influence attempt to trump equity.
TOGGLE DRAWERHIDE FULL INTRODUCTION
Inherent in the concept of citizenship is the exchange wherein citizens give allegiance to a nation and receive protection offered by that nation. Citizens therefore have certain privileges in the eyes of the nation, such as the right to vote, to pay taxes, and to refuse certain actions, such as reciting the Pledge of Allegiance because it refers to God. There are benefits and entitlements that the citizen can demand from the government. These rights are balanced by responsibilities, such as upholding the law, participating in government, and engaging in the same privileges previously mentioned.
In this unit, issues of the middle class, the welfare state, and what constitutes citizenship will be examined based on the concept of citizen rights.
Reference
Orwell, G. (1945). Animal Farm. New York, NY: Harcourt Brace & Company.
SANDRA CISNEROS
Woman Hollering Creek
The day Don Serafín gave Juan Pedro Martínez Sánchez permission to take CleófilasEnriquetaDeLeón Hernández as his bride, across her father’s threshold, over several miles of dirt road and several miles of paved, over one border and beyond to a town en el otrolado—on the other side—already did he divine the morning his daughter would raise her hand over her eyes, look south, and dream of returning to the chores that never ended, six good-for-nothing brothers, and one old man’s complaints.
He had said, after all, in the hubbub of parting: I am your father, I will never abandon you. He had said that, hadn’t he, when he hugged and then let her go. But at the moment Cleófilas was busy looking for Chela, her maid of honor, to fulfill their bouquet conspiracy. She would not remember her father’s parting words until later. I am your father, I will never abandon you.
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· Unit: Interface-User Interaction
· Assignment Objectives: Employ appropriate tools and methods for simple, functional, and effective interfaces.
· Deliverable Length: Screenshot or functional application, and a Word document of 1-2 pages
Building on your initial user interface (UI) design mock-up of the organization’s program UI, the interface now needs to present more information to the user. Complete the following for this assignment:
· The interface should present information visually with icons or graphics and text regarding critical issues related to the system, such as the following:
· New orders
· Change in employee status
· Updated pictures
· New products or services offered
· You must add at least 5 critical issue UI design items to your interface. Remember to ensure that these are easily understood by users.
· Submit a screenshot in Word or another functional application.
· Describe the items that you added to your interface design. Be specific with your descriptions, and identify the particular design features along with an explanation of why they are added in the way that they were.
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· The Victims’ Rights Movement
Write a 2 page paper. Address the following in your paper:
· Explain how has the victims’ rights movement has affected the criminal justice system and the rights of offenders?
Include a title page and 3-5 references. Only one reference may be from the internet (not Wikipedia).
Paper 2
· Victim Selection
Write a 2 page paper. Address the following in your paper:
· Is the victim selection process different between team serial killers and those who work alone?
· Discuss any differences and or similarities as it relates to motives, methods, and offender history.
· Support your argument. Be sure to cite your resource(s), use APA style formatting.
Include a title page and 3-5 references. Only one reference may be from the internet (not Wikipedia
Paper 3
· Credit Card Crime
In a two to three page paper, please discuss the following: Assume a person accidentally picks up a credit card that is not theirs and uses the card in several instances.
Can the person be charged with multiple violations of a state statute that makes it a crime to "knowingly obtain, possess, use, or transfer a means of identification or financial information of another?" Why or why not? See State vs. Leyda, 138 P.3d 610 (Wash. 2006).
Make sure you format your paper and cite all sources used in this paper appropriately according to APA style guidelines.
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How does internal environmental analysis help health care organizations sustain competitive advantage? As a health care leader, what are some of the key aspects that you will assess in conducting your own internal environmental analysis?
Question 2
· How does the “value chain” relate to health care organizations? What is the role of the value chain in the strategic planning process?
Question 3
· How can the value chain be used to identify organizational strengths and weaknesses in health care organizations?
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Read the Perspective 4-3–LEAN Six Sigma on page 140 in your textbook Discuss the Ottawa Ankle Rules as an example of Six Sigma utilization. How was Six Sigma beneficial in this case example? Think about your own health care organization or one which you hope to lead. How might Six Sigma be utilized in your own facility, as our colleagues in Ottawa did a few years ago?
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BIOGRAPHY: CLARENCE L. EDER (January 2015)
Clarence Eder is a retired United States Air Force officer and is currently working as Principal Acquisition
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of systems engineers and acquisition professionals in the development of strategies and documents to start the
new Air Force Weather Systems Follow-On (WSF) program. Clarence has over 18 years of acquisitions,
engineering, and operational experience in space, intelligence, missile defense, and aircraft programs.
Clarence was raised in Honolulu, Hawaii. He graduated with a Mechanical Engineering degree from the
University of Hawaii and was commissioned into the Air Force in 1996. As a second lieutenant, he was
assigned to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio. He worked to improve Air Force flying training
systems, and then became a project manager to improve T-37 aircraft engines and A-10 aircraft engines.
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programs. As a captain, he became a Mission Integration Manager for launch vehicles. He led teams to
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· Question 1Question 19
2 out of 2 points
What file in the etc/ directory contains user’s hashed password?
Selected Answer:
etc/shadow file
Correct Answer:
[None]
Response Feedback:
[None Given]
· Question 20
1 out of 2 points
What file and file-field are read by the finger command?
Selected Answer:
Passwd file, it reads user id info like user name phone number and so on
Correct Answer:
[None]
Response Feedback:
gecos field
· Question 21
0 out of 2 points
When a parent process dies, what happens to any child processes that are still running?
Selected Answer:
They Child Processes keep running
Correct Answer:
[None]
Response Feedback:
process becomes child of init
· Question 22
1 out of 2 points
What is the effect of the command: $ killall root (Where root is the root account of the system)
Selected Answer:
It canceles all the Processes that the user
Correct Answer:
[None]
Response Feedback:
shutdown
· Question 23
2 out of 2 points
List 4 shortcomings of root accounts.
Selected Answer:
1- Single Point of failure if compromised
2-The security model is not strong enough for a network
3-High security environments enforce rules that cannot be implemented with traditional UNIX
4- Since some rules are implemented in command code, modification requires rewrite and recompilation
5- Minimal support for auditing
Correct Answer:
[None]
Response Feedback:
[None Given]
· Question 24
1 out of 2 points
Write a BASH command that would force the OS into single-user mode.
Selected Answer:
Root should run the init command to change the run level using the letter s or the number 1 for example
Correct Answer:
[None]
Response Feedback:
telinit 1
· Question 25
0 out of 2 points
Explain when it would be necessary to use the non-rewinding interface file of any backup device.
Selected Answer:
To implement permanent changes to the backup device
Correct Answer:
[None]
Response Feedback:
Only if multiple dumps were being made to the same tape drive. Failure to use the non-rewind would cause successive dumps to overwrite each other.
· Question 26
2 out of 2 points
What BASH shell command can send any signal level to a running process?
Selected Answer:
Kill Command
Correct Answer:
[None]
Response Feedback:
[None Given]
· Question 27
2 out of 2 points
Which two inter-process signals cannot be caught or blocked?
Selected Answer:
Kill process
Stop Process
Correct Answer:
[None]
Response Feedback:
[None Given]
· Question 28
2 out of 2 points
What BASH shell utility allows you to monitor CPU and memory usage?
Selected Answer:
Network Monitoring: Netstat, nethogs, iptraf, iftop
Disk I/O: iotop
CPU/ memory: top, Ps, htop, atop
Correct Answer:
[None]
Response Feedback:
[None Given]
· Question 29
0 out of 2 points
In the file permission listing drwxr-xr-x, what is the file type?
Selected Answer:
.sh
Correct Answer:
[None]
Response Feedback:
directory
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· Question 1
5 out of 5 points
When psychologists discuss fear, anger, sadness, joy, surprise, disgust, and contempt, they are usually describing the:
Answer
Selected Answer:
b.
primary emotions
· Question 2
5 out of 5 points
Studies on sex differences in emotion have found that men are more likely to ruminate about _____________ thoughts whereas women are more likely to ruminate about ____________.
Answer
Selected Answer:
a.
anger; depression
· Question 3
5 out of 5 points
Positive emotions evoke more electrical activity in the __________, and negative emotions evoke more activity in the __________.
Answer
Selected Answer:
c.
left hemisphere; right hemisphere
· Question 4
5 out of 5 points
What limbic structure is a center for fear responses?
Answer
Selected Answer:
b.
amygdala
· Question 5
5 out of 5 points
Imagine that you have just discovered a space craft that landed in a remote field near your home. Fortunately, the aliens aboard the space craft share your language, but they do not know anything about how to interact appropriately within the cultural norms of North America. Using your knowledge of emotions and emotional expression, create a list of 5 important points to remember when expressing emotion in this culture.
Answer
Selected Answer:
Smiling Frequently is ok
Dont kiss other male friends if male (european countries)
shake hands before hugging
Arms length of space between people, it can be seen as hostile or uncomfortable otherwise
Public displays of affection are often more acceptable then in other cultures
· Question 6
0 out of 5 points
Cindy used to study with her friend Amanda but found that she had to quit studying with her because Amanda was always so hyper and anxious before taking tests. Cindy often felt anxious after the study sessions and was worried that this might have a negative influence on her test performance. Cindy was probably experiencing:
Answer
Selected Answer:
c.
catharsis.
· Question 7
5 out of 5 points
Social and cultural rules that regulate when, how, and where a person may express emotions are referred to as:
Answer
Selected Answer:
c.
display rules
· Question 8
5 out of 5 points
Why are polygraph tests considered invalid or unreliable?
Answer
Selected Answer:
d.
There is no pattern of physical arousal that is specific to lying and distinct from other types of arousal
· Question 9
5 out of 5 points
This term is the process by which the facial muscles send messages to the brain about the basic emotion being expressed.
Answer
Selected Answer:
c.
facial feedback
· Question 10
5 out of 5 points
___________, or how we explain events or behavior, affect our emotional responses.
Answer
Selected Answer:
a.
Attributions
· Question 11
0 out of 5 points
In one study, infants were put on a modified version of a visual cliff that is only moderately frightening because the cliff did not dr.
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· Question 1
2 out of 2 points
Which of the following is not considered a union unfair labor practice?
Answer
Selected Answer:
under a valid union-shop agreement, demanding the discharge of an employee who fails to pay union dues
· Question 2
2 out of 2 points
In recent years,
Answer
Selected Answer:
all of the above
· Question 3
0 out of 2 points
The first U.S. President ever to grant official recognition to federal government employees to bargain collectively was President
Answer
Selected Answer:
Nixon
· Question 4
0 out of 2 points
Recent media campaign ads by the Automobile Workers have contained the message
Answer
Selected Answer:
"America works best when we say, 'Union, Yes!' "
· Question 5
0 out of 2 points
Most of the local union's time is devoted to
Answer
Selected Answer:
negotiating labor agreements.
· Question 6
0 out of 2 points
Most members of the National Education Association
Answer
Selected Answer:
support right-to-work laws
· Question 7
0 out of 2 points
About 85 percent of the UAW's spending goes to
Answer
Selected Answer:
strike funds.
· Question 8
0 out of 2 points
As compared to the Teachers, many of the building trades are much
Answer
Selected Answer:
less active in research efforts.
· Question 9
0 out of 2 points
In 1970, an unprecedented federal sector eight-day strile was carried on by the employees of the
Answer
Selected Answer:
State Department
· Question 10
2 out of 2 points
The American Federation of Labor was originally entitled the
Answer
Selected Answer:
Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions
· Question 11
0 out of 2 points
Under Taft-Hartley, if management or labor wishes to terminate or modify an existing labor contract, it must give a
Answer
Selected Answer:
thrity-day notice to the other party.
· Question 12
0 out of 2 points
At present, the unionized percentage of all United States workers is approximately
Answer
Selected Answer:
33.4
· Question 13
0 out of 2 points
In 1993, the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union merged with the
Answer
Selected Answer:
Service Employees International Union.
· Question 14
0 out of 2 points
By 1917 some thrity states had introduced
Answer
Selected Answer:
antitrust laws for unions.
· Question 15
0 out of 2 points
Investigation of union misconduct under the Landrum-Griffin is the responsibility of the
Answer
Selected Answer:
Senate Subcommittee on Ethics.
· Question 16
0 out of 2 points
COPE is a part of the
Answer
Selected Answer:
Furriers.
· Question 17
0 out of 2 points
When it has found that employees have been unlawfully discharged for union activities, the NLRB has most frequently required
Answer
Selected Answer:
automatic union certification.
· Question 18
2 out of 2 points
Employ.
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Running head: AUDITING INFORMATION SYSTEMS PROCESS Auditing information systems process Student’s Name University Affiliation Auditing information systems 2process Information systems are the livelihood of any huge business. As in past years, computer systems do not simply record transactions of business, but essentially drive the main business procedures of the enterprise. In such a situation, superior management and business managers do have worries concerning information systems. Auditing is a methodical process by which a proficient, independent person impartially obtains and assesses evidence concerning assertions about a financial entity or occasion for the reason of outlining an outlook about and reporting on the extent to which the contention matches to an acknowledged set of standards. Auditing of information systems is the administration controls assessment inside the communications of Information Technology. The obtained proof valuation is used to decide if systems of information are defensive assets, maintenance reliability of data, and also if they are efficiently operating in order to attain organization’s goals or objectives (Hoelzer, 2009). Auditing of Information Systems has become an essential part of business organization in both large and small business environments. This paper examines the preliminary points for carrying out and Information system audit and some of the, techniques, tools, guidelines and standards that can be employed to build, manage, and examine the review function. The Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) qualifications is recognized worldwide as a standard of accomplishment for those who assess, monitor, control and audit the information technology of an organization and business systems. Information Systems experts with a concern in information systems security, control and audit. At least five years of specialized information systems security, auditing and control work practice is necessary for certification. An audit contract should be present to evidently state the responsibility of the management, 2objectives for, and designation of authority to Information .
· Strengths Public Recognition of OrganizationOverall Positive P.docxLynellBull52
· Strengths Public Recognition of Organization
Overall Positive Perception of Organization
Established Integrity and Longevity of the Organizations
Continued success in saving lives and always willing to lend a helping hand
Weaknesses
Lack of Congruency of public and internal views
Commitment to service to the public overlooks the work environment of the employees that make these endeavors possible daily
Opportunities
Disaster relief is always a turning point for anyone’s perception of the organization especially when it hits close to home
Threats
Possibility of not being able to help someone due to lack in financial or physical resources
Understanding that it’s impossible to please everyone, there could be some bad experiences that are communicated to many tarnishing the positive perception of the brand
Strengths with Opportunities
Increasing amount of volunteers and assistance of employees on a continual basis in order to secure definite support in the face of a disaster
Weaknesses with Threats
Increase and expand awareness of employees concerns through surveys and group discussions in order to increase the morale of the organization.
Strengths with Threats
With understanding the necessity of all aspects of the organization needing to be congruent, implementing and ensuring that public and employees all hold the same values to be true simultaneously through continued efforts of the organization increasing the involvement of the employees in minor decision making abilities in order to feel as if the organization is less of a dictatorship and slightly reflective of a democracy
Weaknesses with Opportunities
Increasing awareness of the severity of a need for this organization in the country due to the lack of ability by the country alone
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· Part I: Key
Case Summary
This case discusses the Union Carbide gas leak that occurred in Bhopal, India in 1984. Over five thousand people were killed and hundreds of thousands were injured after water inadvertently mixed with methyl isocyanate (MIC) causing the release of a deadly gas. The plant in Bhopal was a pesticide production facility that served the increasing demand of India’s thriving farming industry. However, uncontrolled zoning allowed the plant to be built within close proximity to a densely populated region. While the plant was initially profitable, market changes negatively impacted revenue forcing budget cuts that led to the decay of maintenance and safety practices. There are several theories as to why the incident occurred such as a disgruntled employee’s maliciousness or an accidental contamination. Over several years, Union Carbide paid out hundreds of millions of dollars to the survivors and ultimately ceased to exist, while the community continues to struggle with the aftermath of the disaster.
Main Critical Issues (the list):
· India’s officials adopted careless zoning practices and allowed the construction of the plant near dense population.
· The proper safety procedures were not followed and the equipment was not being properly utilized as designed. UCIL managers placed a higher weight on cost cutting than on safety, resulting in the reduction of maintenance and safety practices.
· Union Carbide Corp. did not require frequent reporting from its subsidiary in India (UCIL), which allowed malpractices and unsafe systems in the Bhopal plant to go unnoticed.
· Union Carbide Corporation and UCIL had an ethical obligation to warn the surrounding community of potential dangers of living close to the pesticide plant
· If the case, the disgruntled employees action to sabotage the plant to take vengeance
· Employees and supervisors in the Bhopal plant did not follow numerous policies and routines that could have prevented the tragedy (e.g. acting upon the alarming increase in the tank pressure, instead of postponing it to after the tea break).
· The residents were not informed of what actions to take in the event of a toxic leak or accident.
· The employees did not use the emergency buses to evacuate surrounding residents.
·
Part II: Key
Stakeholders:
The following are the stakeholders in the case: The Union Carbide’s Corporation Stockholders, The Bhopal’s population, The Indian Government, The Bombay Stock Exchange, The Union Carbide’s workers from de Indian subsidiary “UCIL”. The workers from Union Carbide headquarter in Connecticut, The Board of Directors of Union Carbide Headquarter, and The Board of Directors from Union Carbide’s Indian subsidiary. The American and Indian lawyers. UCIL’s Executives. Carbides’ Scientifics. Indian Scientists and engineers. Indian Court Systems. Insurance company. Indian Public. Corrupts Physicians. Corrupts Court Officials. Bhopal Congress. Chemical Industry. Dow Chemical. The Activis.
· Perceptual process is a process through manager receive organize.docxLynellBull52
· Perceptual process is a process through manager receive organize and interpret information. According to this case, after Andrea decided quit this job, Sam chose Grant for the manager position from three candidates, even he is not very suitable for this position, because Sam strongly believes the manager have to be a full time based on previous customer experience(He believed that you can’t be a part time manager and that his customers would think Vibe was not a serious company if he appointed a part time manager for marketing and public relations-Sam Nguyen) Moreover Sam thought Grant could Increase himself-awareness to achieve demonstrate good relationship with customer.
· Job satisfaction is a collection of positive or negative felling that an individual holds toward their job. In this case, Andrea is a good example of having a negative felling of her job. ( Sam’s only criticism of her was that she seemed to live to work). Because Sam does not care about the employee satisfaction, Andrea can not get more spiritual benefit even get good salary. People may have different level of the job satisfaction. In this case, Andrea work long hours, she may feel very stressful, she is happy with cognitive job satisfaction, but not with the affective job satisfaction.
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SEMESTER TWO EXAMINATION PERIOD
2010
student ID: Seat Number:
Unit Code: LST2LBA
Unit Name:
Paper Name:
Reading Time:
Writing Time:
Paper No: 1
Law of Business Association
Final
30 minutes
3 hours
No. of Pages (including cover sheet): 9
OFFICE USE ONLY (FACULTY/SCHOOL STAFF):
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Number
102
92
ALLOWABLE MATERIALS
Description
Open book, including electronic dictionary
Students may make notes during reading time (not on script books or multiple
choice answer sheets)
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
1. This examination Is in three parts:
i. Part A: This Is a set of 20 multiple choice questions, worth 1 mark each. You may tear off the
answer sheet at the back of the examination paper. Write your student number on the answer
sheet. Circle the appropriate letter for each question.
li. Part B: This comprises three questions worth 10 marks each. Answer all questions.
III. Part C: Answer ONE of the two questions In Part C. It Is worth 20 marks.
2. This examination is worth 70 marks, being 70% of the marks for the course.
This paper MUST NOT BE REMOVED from the examination venue
Part A
This Part of the examination consists of twenty (20) multiple choice questions, each worth
one (1) marlc. The suggested time for completion is fifty minutes; that is, two minutes and
thirty seconds for each question. Be very careftal not to spend too much time on this section.
Students should circle the most appropriate answer to each question in Part A on the Part A
answer sheet provided at the end of this examination paper. Y o u may tear the answer shee.
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· Next, write a 200-word response in English to the issues raised. Make sure to address the following questions:
1. What is syncretism and how does it differ from the concept of the melting pot?
2. How is Latin America’s (specifically Brazil and Cuba) experience with racial and cultural mixture different from that of the U.S.?
3. Can you give a couple of examples of syncretism in your own culture or in the U.S.?
Article
SYNCRETISM AND ITS SYNONYMS: REFLECTIONS ON CULTURAL MIXTURE by CHARLES STEWART
(If you would like to read the article from which this excerpt was taken, you can find it in Doc Sharing.)
The subject matter of anthropology has gradually changed over the last twenty years. Nowadays ethnographers rarely search for a stable or original form of cultures; they are usually more concerned with revealing how local communities respond to historical change and global influences. The burgeoning literature on transnational flows of ideas, global institutions, and cultural mixture reflects this shift of attention. This increased awareness of cultural penetration has, furthermore, been instrumental in the critique of earlier conceptions of “culture” that cast it as too stable: bounded, and homogeneous to be useful in a world characterized by migrations (voluntary or forced), cheap travel, international marketing, and telecommunications… In this body of literature the word syncretism has begun to reappear alongside such related concepts as hybridization and creolization as a means of portraying the dynamics of global social developments.
My purpose in considering the history of syncretism up to the present is not to enforce a standard usage conformed to the domain of religion; nor is it my goal to promote syncretism to a position of primus inter pares in the company of all other terms for mixture. I see my approach instead as an attempt to illustrate historically that syncretism has an objectionable but nevertheless instructive past…
Current Discussions of Mixture
Cultures, if we still wish to retain this term (and I do), are porous; they are open to intermixture with other, different cultures and they are subject to historical change precisely on account of these influences. This has no doubt always been the case…
Cultural borrowing and interpenetration are today seen as part of the very nature of cultures… To phrase it more accurately, syncretism describes the process by which cultures constitute themselves at any given point in time. Today's hybridization will simply give way to tomorrow's hybridization, the form of which will be dictated by historical-political events and contingencies… As [Edward] Said expresses it: all cultures are involved in one another, none is simple and pure, all.
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A review of the growth of the Israel Genealogy Research Association Database Collection for the last 12 months. Our collection is now passed the 3 million mark and still growing. See which archives have contributed the most. See the different types of records we have, and which years have had records added. You can also see what we have for the future.
LAND USE LAND COVER AND NDVI OF MIRZAPUR DISTRICT, UPRAHUL
This Dissertation explores the particular circumstances of Mirzapur, a region located in the
core of India. Mirzapur, with its varied terrains and abundant biodiversity, offers an optimal
environment for investigating the changes in vegetation cover dynamics. Our study utilizes
advanced technologies such as GIS (Geographic Information Systems) and Remote sensing to
analyze the transformations that have taken place over the course of a decade.
The complex relationship between human activities and the environment has been the focus
of extensive research and worry. As the global community grapples with swift urbanization,
population expansion, and economic progress, the effects on natural ecosystems are becoming
more evident. A crucial element of this impact is the alteration of vegetation cover, which plays a
significant role in maintaining the ecological equilibrium of our planet.Land serves as the foundation for all human activities and provides the necessary materials for
these activities. As the most crucial natural resource, its utilization by humans results in different
'Land uses,' which are determined by both human activities and the physical characteristics of the
land.
The utilization of land is impacted by human needs and environmental factors. In countries
like India, rapid population growth and the emphasis on extensive resource exploitation can lead
to significant land degradation, adversely affecting the region's land cover.
Therefore, human intervention has significantly influenced land use patterns over many
centuries, evolving its structure over time and space. In the present era, these changes have
accelerated due to factors such as agriculture and urbanization. Information regarding land use and
cover is essential for various planning and management tasks related to the Earth's surface,
providing crucial environmental data for scientific, resource management, policy purposes, and
diverse human activities.
Accurate understanding of land use and cover is imperative for the development planning
of any area. Consequently, a wide range of professionals, including earth system scientists, land
and water managers, and urban planners, are interested in obtaining data on land use and cover
changes, conversion trends, and other related patterns. The spatial dimensions of land use and
cover support policymakers and scientists in making well-informed decisions, as alterations in
these patterns indicate shifts in economic and social conditions. Monitoring such changes with the
help of Advanced technologies like Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems is
crucial for coordinated efforts across different administrative levels. Advanced technologies like
Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems
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Changes in vegetation cover refer to variations in the distribution, composition, and overall
structure of plant communities across different temporal and spatial scales. These changes can
occur natural.
This presentation was provided by Steph Pollock of The American Psychological Association’s Journals Program, and Damita Snow, of The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), for the initial session of NISO's 2024 Training Series "DEIA in the Scholarly Landscape." Session One: 'Setting Expectations: a DEIA Primer,' was held June 6, 2024.
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COMPETENCY 1Interpret findings from scholarly quantitative, qual
1. COMPETENCY 1
Interpret findings from scholarly quantitative, qualitative, and
outcomes research articles and studies.
CRITERION
Explain why the sources selected should provide the best
evidence for the chosen diagnosis/health care issue.
Your result: Proficient
Distinguished
Explains why the sources selected should provide the best
evidence for the chosen diagnosis/health care issue. Notes
criteria used to determine the relevance and usefulness of the
sources.
Proficient
Explains why the sources selected should provide the best
evidence for the chosen diagnosis/health care issue.
Basic
Identifies the sources selected, but does not provide a full or
clear explanation as to the relevance or usefulness of the
sources selected within the context of the chosen
diagnosis/health care issue.
Non-Performance
Does not explain the sources selected.
Faculty Comments:
I appreciated your explanation on why the sources selected
should provide the best evidence for the diagnosis of CANCER.
To achieve a higher performance score, you could have
provided a more detail explanation as well as the criteria used
to determine the relevance and usefulness of the sources. Keep
working hard.
COMPETENCY 2
Analyze the relevance and potential effectiveness of evidence
when making a decision.
CRITERION
2. Describe the best places, within the work setting, to complete
research and what types of resources one would want to access
to find pertinent information for the diagnosis/health care issue.
Your result: Distinguished
Distinguished
Describes the best places, within the work setting, to complete
research and what types of resources one would want to access
to find pertinent information for the diagnosis/health care issue.
Notes one or more reasons for utilizing the places within the
health care setting.
Proficient
Describes the best places, within the work setting, to complete
research and what types of resources one would want to access
to find pertinent information for the diagnosis/health care issue.
Basic
Lists where the best places, within the work setting, are to
complete research and access resources to find pertinent
information for the diagnosis/health care issue.
Non-Performance
Does not describe the best places, within the work setting, to
complete research and access resources to find pertinent
information for the diagnosis/health care issue.
Faculty Comments:
You did well describing the best places within the work setting
to complete research and access resources to find pertinent
information for the diagnosis within the context of a healthcare
setting. I like how you noted the reason(s) of AVAILABILITY
OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY for utilizing the place(s)
with in the health care setting. In addition, I like that you
supported the discussion with relevant citations from li terature.
COMPETENCY 3
Plan care based on the best available evidence.
CRITERION
Identify five sources of online information (medical journal
databases, websites, hospital policy databases, et cetera) that
3. could be used to locate evidence for a diagnosis/ health care
issue and three out of five should be specific to the
diagnosis/health care issue.
Your result: Basic
Distinguished
Identifies five sources of online information (medical journal
databases, websites, hospital policy databases, et cetera) that
could be used to locate evidence specific to a clinical
diagnosis/health care issue. Ranks the sources from most useful
for nurses to least.
Proficient
Identifies five sources of online information (medical journal
databases, websites, hospital policy databases, et cetera) that
could be used to locate evidence specific to a clinical
diagnosis/health care issue.
Basic
Identifies less than five sources of online information (medical
journal databases, websites, hospital policy databases, et cetera)
that could be used to locate evidence specific to a clinical
diagnosis/health care issue, or one or more of the identified
sources of online information is inappropriate for professional
nursing practice.
Non-Performance
Does not identify sources of online informatio n (medical
journal databases, websites, hospital policy databases, et cetera)
that could be used to locate evidence for a clinical
diagnosis/health care issue.
Faculty Comments:
You identified only THREE sources of online information that
could be used to locate evidence for a clinical diagnosis;
however, 5 sources were required to earn full credit here and
three out of the five need to be specific to the diagnosis of
CANCER.. Please review the grading rubric criteria while
writing your papers and follow what�s being asked. You can
do this!
4. COMPETENCY 4
Apply professional, scholarly communication strategies to lead
practice changes based on evidence.
CRITERION
Describe communication strategies to encourage nurses to
research a diagnosis/health care issue, as well as strategies to
collaborate with the nurses to access resources.
Your result: Proficient
Distinguished
Describes communication strategies to encourage nurses to
research a diagnosis/health care issue, as well as strategies to
collaborate with the nurses to access resources. Additionally,
notes specific benefits of strategies in helping to build
professional competence or a positive professional relationship.
Cites literature to support discussion.
Proficient
Describes communication strategies to encourage nurses to
research a diagnosis/health care issue, as well as strategies to
collaborate with the nurses to access resources.
Basic
Lists communication strategies to encourage nurses to research
a diagnosis/health care issue, as well as strategies to collaborate
with the nurses to access resources.
Non-Performance
Does not identify communication strategies to encourage nurses
to research a diagnosis/health care issue, as well as strategies to
collaborate with the nurses to access resources.
Faculty Comments:
Good job describing communication strategies to encourage
nurses to research diagnosis as well as strategies to collaborate
with the nurse(s) to access resources. I especially like the OPEN
COMMUNICATION BETWEEN NURSES strategy you
discussed. To achieve a higher performance score, you could
have provided the benefits of the strategies you discussed, in
helping to build professional competence or a positive
professional relationship and supported the patient-risk concern
5. with data or evidence which illustrated or indicated that the
concern is an issue in practice. You will also want to include
citations to support your statements. KEEP UP THE GOOD
WORK!
CRITERION
Organize content so ideas flow logically with smooth
transitions; contains few errors in grammar/punctuation, word
choice, and spelling.
Your result: Proficient
Distinguished
Organizes content with a clear purpose. Content flows logically
with smooth transitions using coherent paragraphs, correct
grammar/punctuation, word choice, and free of spelling errors.
Proficient
Organizes content so ideas flow logically with smooth
transitions; contains few errors in grammar/punctuation, word
choice, and spelling.
Basic
Attempts to organize content with some logical flow and smooth
transitions. Contains several errors in grammar/punctuation,
word choice, and spelling.
Non-Performance
Does not organize content for ideas. Lacks logical flow and
smooth transitions.
Faculty Comments:
The scholarly writing is developing. There were some areas to
improve upon with grammar, punctuation, etc. Here�s a link
to Learner Success Lab tab located along side of the course
room as it�s full of writing resources and can assist with
enhancing your scholarly writing
skills: https://campus.capella.edu/school-of-nursing-and-health-
sciences/nhs-learner-success-lab
CRITERION
Apply APA formatting to in-text citations and references
exhibiting nearly flawless adherence to APA format.
6. Your result: Proficient
Distinguished
Exhibits strict and flawless adherence to APA formatting of
headings, in-text citations, and references. Quotes and
paraphrases correctly.
Proficient
Applies APA formatting to in-text citations and references
exhibiting nearly flawless adherence to APA format.
Basic
Applies APA formatting to in-text citations, headings and
references incorrectly, detracting noticeably from the content.
Inconsistently uses headings, quotes, and/or paraphrasing.
Non-Performance
Does not apply APA formatting to headings, in-text citations,
and references. Does not use quotes or paraphrase correctly.
Faculty Comments:
Nice job overall with APA formatting. There were just a few
items to improve upon, such as MORE INTEXT CITATIONS
AND HEADINGS TO ORGANIZE CONTENT. Thank you for
all your effort and time. Well done! If you would want to check
it out, here�s a link to APA
information: http://www.apastyle.org/learn/tutorials/basics-
tutorial.aspx
Book Title: Price of Honor: Muslim Women Lift the Veil of
Silence on the
Islamic World
Author: Jan Goodwin
Chapter 2: Muslims, the First Feminists
Section 1
Quote: “Treat your women well, and be kind to them.” Prophet
Mohammad
7. Despite its rapid spread, Islam is not a religion for those who
are casual about
such things; adhering to its five pillars takes effort and
discipline. One must rise
before dawn to observe the first of five ritual prayers required
daily, none of which
can take place without first ritually cleansing oneself. Sleep,
work, and recreational
activities take second place to prayer. Fasting for the month of
Ramadan,
undertaking the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca at least once in a
lifetime, paying Zakat
tax for relief of the Muslim poor, in addition to accepting
Islam's creed, which
begins, "There is no God but Allah, and Mohammad is his
messenger," require a
serious and energetic commitment. And the vast majority of
Muslims worldwide
do observe those tenets.
Every condition and circumstance of life is believed contained
within the Koran,
the hadiths (the reported traditions recording the Prophet
Mohammad's behavior
and sayings), and the Shariah, the Islamic code of law. The
most minute details of
everyday existence are governed, such as the correct way to
style one's hair, or by
which foot one should enter a toilet. The Koran's teachings, in
their entirety, are
meant to be observed in their original purity. Unlike the Bible,
for example, the
Koran may not be given contemporary interpretation; it is
considered
incontrovertible, modern mores notwithstanding. It is for that
reason that Muslims,
8. no matter their mother tongue, are expected to read their holy
book in the original
Arabic, not in translation, which may change the meaning
originally intended.
So it is ironic that the most outstanding contradiction regarding
the inequities
suffered by Muslim women is that Mohammad, the founder of
Islam, was among
the world's greatest reformers on behalf of women. He
abolished such sex-
discriminating practices as female infanticide, slavery, and
levirate (marriage
between a man and his brother's widow), while introducing
concepts guaranteeing
women the right to inherit and bequeath property, and the right
to exercise full
possession and control over their own wealth. Islam, in fact,
may be the only
religion that formally specified women's rights and sought ways
to protect them.
Today's Islamic spokesmen frequently extol the Prophet's
revolutionary
innovations, but usually fail to note that" they are rarely
honored in reality.
They fail to observe, for example, that it is not the Koran that
compels Islamic
women to be enshrouded from head to toe or confined to their
homes while men
feel free to pester women who do venture out. Mohammad's
directives on this issue
were addressed to both sexes and could not be clearer:
9. Say to the believing men that they should lower their gaze and
guard their
modesty. And say to believing women that they should lower
their gaze and guard
their modesty.
Said Islamic Scholar Dr. Zaki Badawi, "This section of the
Koran also states that
women should not show 'their adornment except what normally
appears.' This
means it is left to custom. There has never been an Islamic
obligation for women to
cover at any time. In fact, veiling the face is an innovation that
has no foundation
whatsoever in Islam. Even in Saudi Arabia the covering of
women from head to
toe is recent; it was not required before the discovery of oil."
The hijab veil (which
covers all of a Muslim woman's hair) is also not obligatory. And
in Europe, for
example, it should be prohibited because it creates a lot of
problems for women. If
women are attacked because they are wearing the hijab, as
happened in France not
so long ago, then they should not wear it. I have spoken out on
this issue on a
number of occasions, and since I began doing so, a lot of
Muslim women in
Europe have started leaving off the head covering."
The veil originated as a Persian elitist fashion to distinguish
aristocracy from the
common masses, and has moved in and out of fashion ever
since. Early Islamic
scholars, for example, tried to enforce veiling by declaring "all
of woman is
10. pudendal." Islamic studies specialist Nancy Dupree, of Duke
University, explained
its more recent use. "At the time of national movements against
colonial powers, it
became a symbol of resistance against alien policies that were
generally viewed as
a move to encourage female over permissiveness. After
independence was won
and governments embarked on their indigenous Western-
oriented paths, the veil
was discredited as an emblem of enforced orthodoxy and
suffocating social
control, an archaic social institution similar to slavery."
Like Pakistan's first female prime minister, Benazir Bhutto,
many Muslim
women who grew up in this less-restrictive era wore Western
dress. Bhutto took to
Islamizing her wardrobe only when she began her election
campaign. Throughout
her time in office she has had great difficulty keeping her head
modestly covered
simply because she is unused to wearing the chador intended for
that purpose, and
it keeps sliding off.
As Islamic radicalism rose at the beginning of the last decade,
the pendulum for
Muslim women swung the other way again. Once more they
were to be hidden
behind veils, a development that now seemed to legitimize and
institutionalize
inequality for women. In fact, calls by Islamist organizations in
11. recent years for
Muslim women to veil themselves have been followed shortly
thereafter by
demands that women stop working, stay home, limit their
educations, and resign
positions of authority. Insists Dr. Badawi, however, "This is not
required by Islam.
According to our religion, women have a perfect right to take
part in society."
Despite the limitations placed on them, Muslim women have
achieved amazing
gains. In Islamic cultures, where education for women often
began only three or
four decades ago, women whose mothers are totally illiterate
frequently earn
advanced degrees. One need only look to the percentage of
women teaching in
universities in Muslim countries to see how fast change is
occurring for women.
''In 1981, in Egyptian universities, twenty-five percent of the
faculty were women.
In American universities at the same time, it was twenty-four
percent and in
Germany, twenty-five percent," says Fatima Mernissi, a leading
Moroccan
sociologist. "Even in conservative Saudi Arabia, women have
invaded sexually
segregated academic space. They are twenty-two percent of
university faculty
there." It was also in this era that Benazir Bhutto became the
first woman to head a
modern Muslim state, and many other women succeeded to
public office. A
number of Arab states, however, had female ministers as early
as the fifties, long
12. before most Western countries. These Muslim women are the
ones who have been
able to balance their culture 's traditional customs and demands
at home -arranged
marriages, obedience to their husbands - with the
progressiveness their careers
demand.
Women who do work in Gulf and Middle Eastern countries
often enjoy job
benefits their female counter parts in the West would envy.
Equal pay with men
has existed in a number of the countries since the 1970s, while
women in the
United States and Britain still earn only slightly more than half
a man's salary for
the same job. In Iraq, where human rights are scant, a woman's
employment
benefits are extensive and include free child care while she is
working and the right
to retire with a full pension after fifteen years of employment.
And in virtually all
Arab countries, maternity leave on full pay is substantially
longer than it is in the
United States.
Dichotomously, as we near the twenty-first century, the
majority of Muslim
women still find their lives controlled by their closest male
relative. They are the
daughters whose future marriage partners continue to be
determined by their
fathers. They are the brides who must be virgins on their
wedding nights in a
culture where if they are not, honor killings are common and
often carried out by
13. the girl's own brothers. To guard against this, a simple surgical
procedure - hymen
restoration - is equally common in the Muslim world. Fratricide
can occur when a
young woman refuses to marry a man of her family's choice.
Even though Islam
states that a woman has the right to refuse a husband selected
for her, in reality,
familial pressures can be so strong, they may result in her death
if she is not
acquiescent.
Bride-price still exists in Muslim countries, a convention that
only serves to
confirm that a woman is a man's property. Once married, every
aspect of a
woman's life will be dictated by her husband: what she does,
who her friends are,
where she is permitted to go, how her children are raised, and
even whether she
may use birth control or be sterilized. She cannot obtain a
passport or travel abroad
without his written approval.
And if she is not obedient, her husband may take another wife.
Polygyny is the
specter that haunts every married Muslim woman: husbands are
entitled to take
four wives. According to Koranic dictates, should a man decide
to marry again, he
is supposed to obtain his first wife's permission. He is also
required to treat each
wife exactly the same, in affection, time spent together,
14. material possessions, and
status. In practice, if his first wife doesn't agree, he gets
married anyway, and
human nature being what it is, he invariably favors the newer
and younger spouse.
I remember a discussion with a woman whose husband had
taken a second wife
when she was twenty-six and had borne six children. "He just
moved her into our
home. He didn't tell me. One day she wasn't there; the next day
she was. After that
time, I sit in the same room with them and he hardly speaks to
me, he has never
come into my bed again, and he ignores our children and favors
hers. It is difficult
to get him even to buy clothes for mine." Now ten years later,
she is delighted that
her husband is taking a third wife. "Good," she told me. "Now
his second wife will
know what it was like for me. She can watch, as I did, as he
ignores her and spends
all his time with the new wife."
Not so long ago, a young woman began a national outcry in
Pakistan when she
questioned in a letter to a newspaper why, if polygyny was
really the Islamic right
of men, Islamic law did not grant similar rights of polyandry to
women. Outraged
religious and political leaders publicly condemned the woman,
terming her
statement "illegal, immoral, and highly irresponsible." She was
ordered to "repent,
or she would be declared apostate."
15. The point the young woman was making that was completely
overlooked in the
furor is that polygyny was not intended to be an automatic right
for Muslim men, a
chance to trade in the old model for a sleeker, newer version.
The Prophet
Mohammad's original intention was to provide protection to
widows and orphans.
The Koranic verses on polygyny were recorded shortly after a
major battle, when
many Muslim males were killed, and women would have been
left destitute unless
the surviving males took additional wives.
Originally, in the pre-Islamic or Jahilliah period of Arabian
society, often
referred to as an era of ignorance, polygyny and polyandry were
recognized
institutions. Men and women were allowed to have multiple
spouses. Islam,
however, condemned these practices for both sexes. The Koran
permitted
polygyny only in exceptional cases, principally for war widows,
whom the Prophet
feared would become impoverished or "unprotected" once their
husbands were
dead. Later, when the early Islamic caliphate was replaced by
monarchy, wealthy
males with the assistance of the then half-educated ulema
(religious and legal
leaders) again revised the pre-Islamic form of polygyny.
Polyandry for women,
however, stayed banned. At the same time, men began to ignore
the Koranic
16. preconditions for polygyny, and instead of marrying unprotected
widows, it
became, and remains, the practice for them to take young,
unwed women as their
subsequent wives.
There is a continuing debate in the Islamic world over whether
polygyny is
outdated and should be expunged from Islam. Modernists insist
it is inappropriate
today, anti-women, and some go as far as to argue that when
one man impregnates
multiple wives, it only exacerbates the high birthrates in
Muslim countries.
Traditionalists insist polygyny is a Muslim male's right and that
the word of God as
recorded in the Koran may not be changed. But despite
insistences that Koranic
intent not be modified at all, concubinage and slavery -which
still stand in the
Koran- have been subsequently abrogated. Tunisia prohibited
polygamy in 1957. It
cited the Koranic verse in which Mohammad acknowledges that
men "have it not
in your power to deal equally between wives, however much
you may wish it."
Tunisian religious authorities concluded that "unless and until
adequate evidence
was forthcoming that the wives would be treated impartially,
which was virtually
impossible, the essential conditions of polygamy could not be
met."
In Turkey, Ataturk abolished the veil by decree when he came
to power in the
twenties, the first Muslim ruler to do so. But today, despite
17. Turkey's now having a
woman premier, in small towns and villages in the interior of
the country women
are rarely seen on the streets without being covered by a black
chador, and
polygamy is still practiced although it is legally forbidden.
Feminists say that what
Ataturk may have accomplished on paper still has to be
accepted in practice by
many Turks.
How is it then that Islam, the only religion to outline formally
the protection of
women's rights, is also the faith most perceived to oppress
women? When Islam
began fourteen hundred years ago, the women around the
Prophet participated in
public life, were vocal about social inequities, and often shared
decision making
with him. In fact, many women displayed traits that a modern-
day feminist would
recognize.
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Theirs was a relationship as contemporary as today.
She was an international trader, forty years old and widowed
twice, who headed
her own thriving business. A mature, aristocratic beauty of
substantial wealth, she
moved in the elite circles of her world. And as an intelligent
and determined
woman, and an excellent judge of character, she was, not
surprisingly, influential
18. in her community.
He was a twenty-five-year-old freelance importer-exporter, a
slim young man of
average height, whose beard, like his hair, was thick, black, and
given to curl. The
aquiline nose was typical of his ancestors, but it was his eyes
that caught one's
attention: large and set wide, with long, dark lashes, they had a
luminous quality
that everyone who met him commented on.
Orphaned as a child, he began work at twelve. Thirteen years
later he was still
too impecunious to marry. His first marriage proposal was
rejected; the girl's father
considered him insufficiently established financially. By his
twenties, his strongest
asset was still only his professional reputation.
Considered honest, reliable, and trustworthy by the traders for
whom he had
worked, he was well known in his field. She needed someone
with those qualities
to oversee a large shipment of her merchandise that would be
traded in Syria, and
so she hired him.
He was a skilled businessman, and the commodities he brought
home sold for
double the amount of the original investment.
Shortly after, she asked him to marry her, and he accepted.
Fifteen years his senior and his employer, Khadija bint
Khuwaylid became the
19. first wife of Mohammad, the man destined to be the Prophet and
founder of Islam.
It was a harmonious and monogamous marriage of twenty-five
years that ended
only when she died, and even after he remarried, he spoke of
her constantly and
with great affection. She bore him six children, four girls and
two boys; both sons
died in childhood.
Was Khadija unusual in sixth-century Mecca, in what is now
Saudi Arabia? She
was, after all, a publicly visible woman who was economically
independent due to
inherited wealth, and who had initiated her own marriage to a
man many years
younger than her. Pre- Islamic Arabia is believed to have been a
male-dominated
society, where women were scarcely more than sales
commodities, and girl babies
were so little valued they were frequently buried alive.
Although many women
were treated as slaves, in major cities and trading centers,
affluent women like.
Khadija occasionally had opportunities to enter commerce. And
in Khadija's case,
according to Professor Leila Ahmed, chair of the women's
studies department at
the University of Massachusetts, "the wealth she earned from
caravan trains freed
Mohammad from working and enabled him to become
contemplative, the prelude
20. to his prophethood."
Certainly his first wife appears to have contributed to
Mohammad's respect and
concern for women. During her lifetime, she was his confidante
and counselor, his
strongest supporter. She shared his ideology, became his first
convert to Islam and
a leading proselytizer of the new faith. And throughout their
marriage, he turned to
her for reassurance when he was threatened by his enemies or
bewildered by his
religious revelations. It was she who held him close and
reassured him that he was
not insane or sick after he received his first vision.
Mohammad was forty years old in A.O. 610, when Angel
Gabriel first appeared
to him and commanded him to read, a seemingly odd instruction
to a man who,
like most of his contemporaries, was illiterate. At that time, he
was meditating
alone, as he did frequently, in a mountainside cave above
Mecca, when he heard a
voice tell him, "O Mohammad, thou art the apostle of God, I am
Gabriel."
Over the next twenty-two years, Mohammad received many
revelations, the
contents of which became the Koran, the divine guide for all
Muslims, who are
required to accept every word as the literal word of God.
"Some eighty percent of Koranic rulings are devoted to
regulating marital
relations and the conduct of women," says Professor Ahmed, an
21. authority on
women and Islam. "The area in which Islam introduced the
greatest reform was
marriage and sexual relations." This is not surprising given the
Prophet's statement
that "marriage is half the religion."
Many of those rulings, most being of a practical nature and
intended to improve
and regulate the everyday life of Muslims, often occurred in
circumstances when
the Prophet had been undergoing some profound experience in
his own life. The
various domestic dramas that the Prophet experienced with his
wives frequently
were used as the sources of his own enlightenment.
When Khadija died in A.D. 620, Mohammad, then aged fifty,
was bereft, and
friends recommended that he marry again. They suggested two
potential spouses,
Sawdah bint Zam'ah, who was in her thirties and who had been
recently widowed,
or A'isha, the daughter of his closest friend, Abu Bakr. It
depended, the Prophet
was told, on whether he wanted to marry a virgin or non-virgin.
The Prophet chose
both, marrying Sawdah first. At his marriage to six-year-old
A'isha a few months
later, the child-bride was not present, and the union was
contracted between
Mohammad and the girl's father. Because of A'isha's youth, she
continued to live at
22. her parents' home, unaware of her new marital state.
Three months later, the Prophet married again, this time to
Hafsa, whose
husband had just died in a recent battle, and who was the
daughter of another of
Mohammad's most powerful supporters. It was after the
Prophet's fourth marriage
that the Koranic verses regarding polygyny were revealed to
him: "Marry of the
women who seem good to you, two or three or four. And if ye
fear that ye cannot
do justice to so many, then marry only one."
In the twelve years following Khadija's death until his own
demise at age sixty-
two, Mohammad married between nine and twelve women (the
exact figure has
been lost in history). He was apparently not subject to the four-
wife restriction
because of his position. He did, however, endeavor to treat all
his wives fairly.
After every marriage, a room of identical proportions was added
to the Prophet 's
home to accommodate the new wife. Mohammad did not have
quarters built for
himself; instead, he shared those of each of his wives in turn.
Of all the world's religions, Islam is closest to Christianity, yet
the Christian
world has reviled it and its founder from the Crusades until
today. A frequent point
of attack was the Prophet’s multiple marriages, which caused
Christian critics to
denounce him as "lust-ful"; Voltaire went so far as to accuse
him of being sexually
23. insatiable. Such arguments drew apparent support from the
writings of the early
Islamic chroniclers of the hadiths, who described Mohammad's
sexual vigor as
being "equal to that of forty men."
There were, however, sound political and social motivations for
the Prophet’s
numerous marriages. At a time when Islam had gained many
converts and
Mohammad was well established as its Prophet, the new religion
continued to meet
with enormous resistance. By selecting the wives he chose to
marry, the Prophet
forged alliances with tribes that had been bitter enemies of
Islam and in the fore
front of battles against it. His marriage to Safiya bint Huyay,
the daughter of an
important Jewish chief, for example, diminished Jewish
opposition to the Prophet's
mission. Important clans suppressed long- standing feuds with
Muslims and
accepted the new faith.
Even the consummation of his marriage to A'isha when she was
ten, an age later
critics considered scandalously young, took place at the request
of her father, who
wanted to strengthen the bonds between the two families. It was
A'isha's father,
Abu Bakr, an important supporter of Islam, who succeeded
Mohammad after his
death.
With the exception of A'isha, all of Mohammad's wives were
widows, many of
24. whom lost their husbands during wars. By marrying widows in
an age when few
were permitted to remarry after their husbands died, the Prophet
tried to ensure that
women who would otherwise have been unprotected were cared
for.
Mohammad is described as being tolerant, flexible, affectionate,
and good-
humored with his wives. But he was unable to live up to his own
ideal of treating
them equally. That he tried to, they recognized, as he drew lots
among them to
select a companion to accompany him when traveling, and
systematically spent
each night with a different wife. And it was he who stated in a
hadith, "A man who
marries more than one woman and then does not deal justly
between them will be
resurrected with half his faculties paralyzed."
The Prophet's downfall was Maryam, a Coptic Christians slave
renowned for her
beauty, who had been sent to him as a gift by the ruler of Egypt.
Mohammad was
so enamored of her he began to spend days and nights in her
company, ignoring his
wives, who became increasingly jealous. Eventually, the
Prophet's wives became
so resentful that Mohammad retreated from his household to
meditate. While he
was gone, rumors spread rapidly that he was about to divorce all
of his wives. His
25. followers were appalled, recognizing that divorce would destroy
the earlier tribal
alliances brought about by the Prophet's marriages.
During his long meditation, he received a vision in which he
was shown how to
bring harmony back to his home and restore peace among the
women he loved. A
month later, Mohammad returned to his family and told his
wives God had given
them a choice: either they could accept an ordinary life and be
honorably divorced,
or, if they "desired Allah and his Messenger and the abode
hereafter, then Allah
[would] prepare [them] a great reward " If they chose the latter,
however, Allah
required that they "stay at home and not display themselves as
in the days of
ignorance." Influenced by A'isha, his wives all chose to stay
with the Prophet.
The Prophet's other wives were equally jealous of the time he
spent with A'isha.
It was clear he was fondest of her, and those who wanted to
please Mohammad
would donate their turn with him to her. But when they voiced
any feelings of
discontent, the Prophet chastised them. It was in A'isha's
company, he told them,
that he received the most revelations.
Zeinab bint Jahsh was another wife around whom many
revelations occurred.
She was the high-ranking and beautiful cousin of the Prophet,
and Mohammad had
given her in marriage some years before to his adopted son,
26. Zaid, a former slave.
The Prophet's intent had been to show that social class was
irrelevant. Zeinab, an
extremely proud woman, had not been happy in the marriage to
a man she
considered infinitely her inferior, and, because of her
discontent, neither had Zaid.
Mohammad was visiting his adopted son's home one morning
when he caught a
glimpse of Zeinab as she was dressing, and embarrassed by his
feelings, he
hurriedly left the house. When Zeinab later told her husband of
the incident, she
hinted that the Prophet was impassioned with her. In an
apparently loveless
marriage, and not wishing to stand in his father's way, Zaid
offered to divorce
Zeinab if the Prophet wanted to marry her. Mohammad refused.
In Arabia at that
time, an adopted son was viewed as a blood relative, and
marriage with Zaid's ex-
wife would have been considered incestuous. But the incident
triggered a
breakdown in Zaid's marriage, and the couple divorced anyway.
Shortly after, in
another revelation, God commanded Mohammad to marry
Zeinab.
The potential scandal in the community was avoided by the fact
that same
revelation also told the Prophet that adoption was now no
longer legally permitted,
27. and so, did not confer the status of parenthood. Zaid, who had
been known for
thirty-five years by the name Ibn Mohammad, meaning "son of
Mohammad," now
reverted to the name of his biological father.
And since divorce was frowned upon by Islam, this divine
revelation also
decreed that all future marriages must be between consenting
partners; the woman
must also be consulted and must agree. A radical change in its
day, this had not
been the case when Zeinab's first marriage was arranged for her.
At the Prophet's marriage to Zeinab, another far-reaching divine
decree was
revealed. Mohammad became angry when wedding guests stayed
too long in
Zeinab's room talking to her, and that same day he observed
male guests touching
the hands of his wives, possibly as they offered food to their
guests. Since his
home was at the center of the burgeoning religion, and the
Prophet did not have
private quarters of his own, there was a constant flow of visitors
to the house. A
revelation shortly after led to the seclusion of the Prophet's
wives. "Enter not the
dwellings of the Prophet for a meal without waiting for the
proper time, and unless
permission be granted you. When your meal is ended, then
disperse. Linger not for
conversation. And when ye ask the wives of the Prophet for
anything, ask it of
them from behind a curtain."
28. The same decree forbade Mohammad's wives to marry again
after the Prophet
died. By this and other divine verses it was made clear that the
wives of the
Prophet were to be treated, and comport themselves, differently
from ordinary
women. The rulings for them to stay home and be secluded
behind a curtain, the
literal meaning of purdah, were formalized into the religion.
However, it was clear
that such rulings were intended for Mohammad's wives and not
for women in
general.
But it was an incident with A'isha that not only led to the
Koranic punishment
for slander but also is believed to have instigated the initial
rupture in Islam, which
created the religion's Sunni and Shi'a sects.
In the eighth year of A'isha's marriage to the Prophet, she
accompanied him on
one of his frequent expeditions, and was traveling in an
enclosed howdah on a
camel. On one of their regular halts to pray, A'isha slipped
away from the men to
seek privacy to perform the ritual washing required beforehand.
Adjusting her veil
as she rejoined the party, she realized she had lost her necklace
and turned back to
find it. The beads had great sentimental value for her, having
been a wedding gift
from her mother. By the time she located the necklace, the
29. expedition had left,
assuming she was inside the howdah. A'isha had no choice but
to wait for someone
to realize the error and return for her.
As she waited, a young man she had known in the days before
she married rode
by and recognized her. He offered to help her catch up with
Mohammad 's party,
and, seating her on his camel, he led A'isha back to the city.
Gossip traveled faster
than they did: people who saw the attractive couple together
concluded that
Mohammad 's favorite wife, then only fourteen, preferred the
company of a
younger man to that of the now aging Prophet. It was the
beginning of a scandal
that shook the community. The uproar came at a disturbing time
for Mohammad;
the Muslim community was showing signs of disunity, and his
divine revelations
had apparently ceased. He became cold toward A'isha, and
began to question many
people about her character and fidelity. All but one of the men
with whom he
discussed the issue spoke well of her. Only his cousin and son-
in-law Ali, who was
married to Mohammad 's daughter Fatima, did not. "Women are
plentiful, you can
always change one for another," said Ali, encouraging the
Prophet to divorce
A'isha. A'isha never forgave him for it. This antipathy between
the two would later
cause Islam to splinter into two main sects.
The drama was finally brought to a close with another
30. revelation in which the
Prophet was told that his wife was not guilty of the accusations
against her. The
Koranic verse still used today in adultery cases dates from this
time: "And those
who accuse honorable women but bring not four witnesses, flog
them with eighty
stripes, and never again accept their evidence. For such men are
evil-doers."
Throughout his life, the Prophet's affection and concern for
women, and for
mothers in particular, was evident. On one occasion when asked
by a follower to
whom one should show the most respect and kindness, the
Prophet responded,
"Your mother." "And then who?" insisted the questioner. "Your
Mother,"
Mohammad replied again. "And then who?" "Your Mother,"
responded the
Prophet for the third time. The questioner persisted: "And after
that who?" "Your
father," Mohammad replied, positioning men in fourth place.
Similarly, on another
occasion, when the Prophet was asked whether there was a
shortcut to Paradise, he
responded, "Paradise lies under the feet of the mother."
And in what turned out to be his final public address to Muslims
from Mount
Arafat near Mecca, the Prophet exhorted them, "Treat your
women well and be
kind to them."
31. Shortly after, Mohammad, now in his sixty-second year, began
to complain of
debilitating headaches. The pain intensified, and he finally
collapsed. He was
carried to A'isha's room and was nursed by all his wives. A few
days later, on June
11, in the year 632, the man known to Muslims as the final
Prophet died in the
arms of A'isha, his favorite wife, who was then only eighteen.
Section 3
The unexpected death of a Prophet who left no male heirs
created a major crisis
in the Islamic world. Rebellions broke out all over Arabia, and
for a while it looked
as if the new Islam unity might revert to the former tribal
factions. Immediately,
those who wanted to appoint a successor to Mohammad split
into rival camps.
A'isha's father, Abu Bakr, eventually succeeded as first Caliph
or representative of
Mohammad, with only Ali initially refusing to acknowledge his
authority.
The appointment of her father as Caliph helped to confirm
A'isha's position in
the Islamic world. Even as a teenager, because of her closeness
to the Prophet, she
was frequently asked to interpret verses of the Koran and
religious traditions, or to
rule on Islamic law. She became the most prominent of all of
Mohammad 's wives,
and was considered a major authority on Islam and an adviser to
Muslims. One
description of her at the time was as follows: "There is no
32. greater scholar than
A'isha in the learning of the Koran, obligatory duties, lawful
and unlawful matters,
poetry and literature, Arab history and genealogy." Her juristic
opinions were
widely sought, and one-quarter of the Islamic Shariah law,
which is based on the
collection of hadiths, is believed to have been narrated by her.
Later, after her father's death and that of his successor, A'isha
led the opposition
against the appointment of Ali, her former antagonist, to third
Caliph. Says
Professor Leila Ahmad, when the two opposing factions rode
out to the attack in
what is now known as the Battle of the Camel -the first time
Muslim slaughtered
Muslim - A'isha was leading her troops. Ali, who recognized
her as a rallying point
for her men, ordered her camel cut down from under her, which
caused confusion
among the ranks and brought about a ceasefire.
The followers of A'isha eventually came to be known as Sunni
Muslims, and
those of Ali, the Shi'a. Today's Sunni Muslims, who make up
approximately 85
percent of the Islamic world, believe the first four Caliphs were
the rightful
successors of Mohammad. While they respect the Prophet's
family, they do not
believe that the temporal and spiritual leader of Islam must be a
member of it.
Shi'a Islam rejects the first three Caliphs and regards Ali, the
Prophet's cousin
33. and son-in-law, as the original Caliph. They insist that the
Imam, Muslim leader,
must be a descendant of Ali and his wife, the Prophet's
daughter. They also reject
the Sunni sect, and the Sunna hadith laws from which they take
their name. Shi'as
are found mostly in Iran, Iraq, Yemen, and Azerbaijan, and have
sizable
populations in Kuwait, the Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan,
and Pakistan.
Since the murder of Ali in A. D. 661 to the present day, Shi'as
have waged an on-
again, off-again war to overthrow the Sunnis and make Shi'ism,
which is older than
Sunni'ism, the dominant faith.
After A'isha's defeat by Ali, he charged that by going into battle
she had violated
the seclusion imposed on Mohammad 's wives by the Prophet.
Her place, he told
her, like that of the other wives, was at home. It was then that
A'isha retired from
public life. "Women scholars and authorities were still to be
met with in the
following two generations, though in far fewer number," says
Professor Leila
Ahmed. "Gradually it became extremely rare for any teachers of
the hadiths to
have learned from a woman. This is the period typically blamed
for the restriction
on women 's lives." Added an early biographer of A'isha,
"Muslim women's
position was now one of passivity and submissiveness. By the
34. second and third
centuries of Islam, the seclusion and degradation of women had
progressed beyond
anything known in the first decades of Islam.''
Section 4
It begins at birth. The delivery of a baby boy is greeted with
felicitations,
parties, and, in some Muslim countries, even celebratory bursts
of gunfire. The
birth of a girl, on the other hand, is invariably a time for
mourning. Even in
everyday speech in much of the Arab world, when a silence falls
at a gathering, the
phrase uttered is Yat Bint, "a girl is born." And when one is,
midwives have been
known to abandon a delivery the moment they realize the child
they have just
helped into the world is of the "wrong" sex. Even before the
umbilical cord is cut,
more than one mother has had her face slapped for daring to
give birth to a girl.
Husbands frequently feel shame, women feel guilt, and their
family and friends
offer whispered condolences instead of the customary sweets.
"It is God's will,"
they say sadly, using the same expression employed when
someone dies. "Next
time," the new mother is told, "next time, you'll give him a
son.''
Modern Muslim physicians recognize the problem. A woman
obstetrician at a
high-tech Arab hospital in the Gulf told me, "We never inform
women of the sex
35. of their baby-to-be after they've had a sonogram. We find they
can cope much
better and longer with labor pains if they don't know they are
giving birth to a girl."
If a Muslim woman doesn't present her husband with a son,
chances are high
that he will eventually take a second wife. He may even divorce
her, which, in
much of the Islamic world, can render her a social pariah. In a
culture where men,
on being asked how many children they have, will reply, for
example, "Four
children" meaning four sons, and when pushed will reluctantly
add, "and three
daughters," women are blamed for the birth of girls. Few
Muslim males, even
educated ones, accept that it is he, not his wife, who determines
the gender of their
child. "My wife is worth less, she has only given me girls," is a
common refrain.
And indeed, a woman's place in many Muslim societies can be
determined by her
sons; without them she is frequently viewed as having lower
status than other
women. Similarly, the woman is held responsible if the couple
is unable to have
children.
The low value placed on the average female Muslim child may
have its genesis
in the title used to describe a girl before marriage: translated, it
means "another's
36. wealth." The epithet refers to the fact that any investment made
in a girl in her
early years will be enjoyed only by her husband's family when
she moves in with
them permanently upon marriage. Because she is seen as having
only "temporary
guest membership" in her own family, money, time, and effort
spent on her
childhood development may be minimal.
In l985, the president of Pakistan established a commission to
investigate the
status of women. The report concluded, "The average woman is
born into near
slavery, leads a life of drudgery, and dies invariably in
oblivion. This grim
condition is the stark reality of half our population simply
because they happen to
be female." Not surprisingly, the government suppressed the
report.
Few statistics are available in most Muslim countries for the
simple reason that
all information is tightly controlled by the governing regimes;
concerning women,
however, they scarcely exist, and when they do, they can be
grim. In Pakistan
women have a lower life expectancy than men. In fact, the
country is listed in The
Guinness Book of World Records for an unusual reason - the
world's lowest
female- male ratio: 936 women to every 1,000 men. The world
average is the
reverse: 1,110 women to 1,000 men. The main reason for this is
poor health in
women caused by the discrimination they face from the time of
37. birth. A boy infant,
for example, is breast-fed for two years as prescribed by the
Koran. A female baby
is frequently weaned much earlier. In the majority of families,
girls and their
mothers usually eat only after the male in the family; not
surprisingly, therefore,
girls have a much higher malnutrition rate than boys. And even
in privileged
homes, sons are more likely than daughters to be given milk,
eggs, meat, and fruit.
Though she eats less than her brothers, a girl in an ordinary
household does
twice the work. Her fragile nutritional status leads to anemia
and other nutritional
deficiencies, and exposes her to infection. She is ill more often
than her brother.
But even when she is ill, studies show that she is more likely to
be treated at home,
whereas boys are taken to doctors or hospitals. Women and girls
have died when
the men in their families have refused permission for them to be
examined by male
physicians because of Islamic modesty dictates, and female
physicians are still
rare.
Studies show that in Pakistan, for example, female deaths
between the ages of
fifteen and forty are fully 75 percent more frequent than male
deaths. A significant
cause of this is the extremely high rate of maternal mortality -
38. Pakistan has one of
the highest in the world- which is caused by one of the highest
nutritional anemia
rates. A shocking 97.4 percent of all pregnant women in
Pakistan are anemic.
Such cause and effect is not confined to Pakistan. Many Muslim
countries share
depressingly similar practices, except among the minority, the
educated elite. And
even then, while women's physical needs may be well attended
to, frequently their
emotional needs are ignored.
From the time a girl is five or six, preparation for the only
acceptable role for
her -wife and mother- begins. She is groomed to be a good wife:
docile, obedient,
and self-sacrificing. She will learn that her brothers come first
in everything, and
that even her younger ones hold sway in her life. I found it
unnerving to watch a
nine-year-old boy walk into a room and with barely a glance
cause his seventeen-
year-old sister to give up her chair to him and sit at his feet. I
was told by a young
woman graduate student whose class was about to go on a
perfectly ordinary half-
day field trip, "My father gave me permission to go. But my
younger brother
became very angry and said it was not appropriate for his sister
to go out on such a
trip. He was so angry, he said he would leave our house if my
father permitted it.
And so I couldn't go." A more depressing example of male
dominance is a seven-
39. year-old who told his mother he would not give her his
permission to go out when
she wanted to attend a course in mother-and-child health care,
and she complied.
As a Muslim girl approaches adolescence, the injunctions to
walk, talk, and
dress unobtrusively- to be invisible - become more stringent.
She is constantly
imbued with such values as the following: "A girl should be like
water, unresisting.
It takes on the shape of the container into which it is poured but
has no shape of its
own." Even her movements and associations are strictly
curtailed. Her place is at
home, she is not allowed to play outside, and her friends are
limited. If she is
fortunate enough to have attended school, which is usually
segregated by gender
except for the very young, she is often withdrawn as a teenager.
And once she reaches puberty, her world will be severely
circumscribed. How
much her world is limited depends on where she lives, and to
which class she
belongs. Only after menopause does she attain any real
authority. No longer able to
bear children, she is often considered an honorary male. And if
she has been totally
veiled, it is at this age she may uncover her face, but by then
she may no longer
want to.
40. Feminism in the Islamic world, however, has a long history. The
first Islamic
feminist movement began in Egypt at the end of the last century
and quickly
spread to Turkey, Syria, and Iran. Women lobbied heavily for
changes in
polygyny, divorce, inheritance, and child custody laws, but won
only minor
successes. T hen in the twenties in Egypt, women began to shed
their veils. In Iran,
the veil was formerly abolished in 1936 by Reza Shah, and the
king did the same
for Afghanistan in 1921. The law there was soon reversed in a
conservative
whiplash. But in 1959, Afghanistan's President Daoud reversed
it again, and most
women unveiled.
Between the 1950s and 1970s, women in a number of Muslim
countries made
great strides. Today, however, the situation is reversing, as
Islamic conservative
movements such as the Muslim Brotherhood, and Wahabi-
backed groups and
Rabitat-Islami, both originating in Saudi Arabia, grow and
spread.
" For a period of time, Muslim women were. able to obtain
education, to work,
and, in some cases, even join their country's armed forces. A
middle class was born
in some of these states, and women were an active part in it,"
says Iranian scholar
and professor of Middle Eastern studies Shaul Bakhash. "Things
began to reverse
for these women at the end of the seventies. If you look at
41. Muslim countries today,
across the board the direction is toward Islamist movements.
The current situation
for women is not at all encouraging; the reverse, in fact: it is
regressive.
"In countries like Iran where harsh restrictions have been placed
on women,
there is a tremendous amount of resistance against them from
the new educated
female elite. And because of this, Muslim movements back to
traditionalism may
have to yield on some issues. Conversely, in a number of
Muslim countries,
women are again being viewed as a potential source of
corruption in the society
(by their very existence), one that has to be watched most
carefully so that such
influence can be guarded against."
For Akbar S. Ahmed, an Islamic scholar of international repute,
formerly of
both Princeton and Harvard, the current change in the Islamic
world regarding the
situation vis-a-vis women comes down to a simple equation:
"The position of
women in Muslim society mirrors the destiny of Islam: when
Islam is secure and
confident so are its women; when Islam is threatened and under
pressure so, too,
are they."
Chapter 2: Muslims, the First FeministsSection 1Section
2Section 3Section 4
42. ·
· Create a 1-2-page resource that will describe databases that
are relevant to EBP around a diagnosis you chose and could be
used to help a new hire nurse better engage in EBP.
Introduction
Evidence-based practice (EBP) integrates the best evidence
available to guide optimal nursing care, with a goal to enhance
safety and quality. EBP is crucial to nursing practice because it
incorporates the best evidence from current literature, along
with the expertise of the practicing nurse. The concern for
quality care that flows from EBP generates a desired outcome.
Without these factors, a nurse cannot be an effective leader. It
is important to lead not only from this position but from
knowledge and expertise. To gain the knowledge, you require a
good understanding of how to search for scholarly resources, as
well as identify which databases and websites are credible for
the purposes of implementing evidence-based changes in
practice.
Your Online e-Portfolio
Creating an ePortfolio is not required in the BSN program, but
you may find it helpful to create one to attach to your
professional resume while job hunting. Online ePortfolios serve
two key purposes: 1) to support learning and reflection, and 2)
to be used as a showcase tool. Your learning journey can
be documented, and ePortfolios contribute to lifelong learning
and growth through reflection and sharing. Online ePortfolios
can also be shared with employers and peers to present artifacts
that demonstrate your accomplishments at Capella.
Professional Context
As a baccalaureate-prepared nurse, you will be responsible for
providing patient-centered, competent care based on current
evidence-based best practices. You will be required to do
research, analysis, and dissemination of best evidence to stay
abreast of these best practices. Understanding where to go to
find credible sources and locate evidence, as well as which
search terms to use, is the foundation of incorporation of best
43. practices.
Scenario
You are supervising three nurses working on the medical-
surgical floor of a local teaching hospital. This hospital is
nationally recognized as a leader in education and has a
computer lab with an online library where staff has access to
medical research databases (that is, CINAHL, PubMed,
Medline, and Cochrane library) and online sources of all
hospital policies, procedures, and guidelines, and computers at
nurse workstations that also have access to these resources. (For
this scenario, use the Capella University Library to simulate the
hospital's online library.) You have given the nurses their
patient assignments and you have all participated in shift
report. A new nurse who just completed orientation and training
a week ago approaches you and tells you that one of the
assigned patients has a diagnosis he or she is very unfamiliar
with. Knowing that patient-centered care based on best practices
is imperative to positive patient outcomes, you want to assist
this nurse to find research that can be utilized to provide the
best care for this patient. Describe how you would communicate
with this nurse to encourage him or her to research the
diagnosis. Assume you will assist in the quest to locate
evidence, then describe where you would go within the facility
and what resources you would look for. These resources may
include websites, journals, facility policies or guidelines, or any
other sources of online information.
You may choose the diagnosis for the patient in this
scenario. Choose something you would find interesting to
research or that applies to a clinical problem you would be
interested in addressing. Create a list of at least five sources
that could be used to find evidence, with the best source listed
first, and explain why the sources you chose are best to find
evidence for the diagnosis you chose and the clinical
scenario. You are only evaluating the sources of evidence
(database, website, policy database or website, et cetera). You
are not actually completing a search and selecting
44. evidence. Consider the following examples: a nursing journal in
CINAHL may not be the best source of evidence for information
on how to administer medications through a central-venous
catheter, whereas a hospital policy database found on a website
may not be the best source of information on caring for a
patient with a rare chromosomal abnormality.
Preparation
To help ensure you are prepared to complete this assessment,
review the following resources related to the Capella library.
These resources will provide you an overview of the types of
tools, resources, and guides available in the library. This may
be useful in forming a better understanding of the library to
apply to the hypothetical situation laid out in the scenario of
this assessment.
· BSN Program Library Research Guide.
· Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing & Health Sciences.
· Databases A-Z: Nursing & Health Sciences.
· Get Critical Search Skills.
Remember, it is also appropriate to look toward databases and
resources outside of the Capella library, such as organizational
policies, professional organizations, and government health care
resources.
You are encouraged to complete the Evaluating the Credibility
of Evidence activity. This activity offers an opportunity to
practice evaluating the credibility of evidence. These skills will
be necessary to complete Assessment 1 successfully and is for
your own practice and self-assessment. Completing this activity
is also a way to demonstrate course engagement.
Instructions
The purpose of this assessment is to understand where to find
evidence that can be applied to clinical scenarios and to learn
effective communication and collaboration with clinical staff
during the process of evidence location. As a baccalaureate-
prepared nurse, you will not only use research for self-
improvement in your clinical role, but you will also serve as a
mentor to supervised nursing staff. Therefore, you will need to
45. be able to communicate and collaborate effectively to guide
them toward resources to find research, as well as support them
through the initial evidence location process. In doing so,
nurses can gain access to evidence that can be analyzed and
utilized to stay current on best practices. This allows them to
provide safe, patient-centered care and improve patient
outcomes.
For this assessment:
· Describe your role as a baccalaureate-prepared nurse
supervising clinical staff nurses with regard to communication
and collaboration in locating evidence for application to a
nursing practice scenario.
· Compile a list of five online databases or other online sources
(that is, websites, journals, facility policies or guidelines, et
cetera) that can be used to research evidence to apply to this
scenario and describe to which of these you would direct a
nurse colleague to search for evidence.
· Describe where you might go in the clinical setting to
complete this research and how you would access the desired,
relevant research within research databases or other online
sources.
Be sure to address the following in this assessment, which
correspond to the grading criteria in the scoring guide. Please
study the scoring guide carefully so that you will know what is
needed for a distinguished score.
. Describe communication strategies to encourage nurses to
research the diagnosis, as well as strategies to collaborate with
the nurses to access resources.
. Describe the best places to complete research and what types
of resources you would want to access to find pertinent
information for the diagnosis within the context of a specific
health care setting.
. Identify five sources of online information (medical journal
databases, websites, hospital policy databases, et cetera) that
could be used to locate evidence for a clinical diagnosis.
. Explain why the sources of online information selected should
46. provide the best evidence for the chosen diagnosis.
. Communicate using writing that is clear, logical, and
professional with correct grammar and spelling using current
APA style.
Note: While you are not selecting and evaluating specific
evidence to help with the clinical diagnosis, you should still be
citing the literature and best practices to support your
description of your communication and collaboration approach.
Additionally, it is appropriate to cite best practices related to
EBP and evaluating databases to support your explanation as to
why you selected the five sources of online information that you
did.
Example Assessment: You may use the following to give you an
idea of what a Proficient or higher rating on the scoring guide
would look like:
. Assessment 1 Example [PDF].
Additional Requirements
Your assessment should meet the following requirements:
. Length of submission: 1–2 pages (not including the reference
page) description of communication, collaboration, and
evidence location process, including a list of databases or other
sources with description of why they are appropriate for clinical
scenario diagnosis (that is, something that would be useable in
professional practice for other nurses). Be sure to include an
APA-formatted reference page at the end of your submission.
. Number of references: Cite a minimum of three sources of
scholarly or professional evidence that supports your findings
and considerations. Resources should be no more than five years
old.
. APA formatting: References and citations are formatted
according to current APA style.
Portfolio Prompt: Remember to save the final assessment to
your ePortfolio so that you may refer to it as you complete the
final Capstone course.
Competencies Measured
By successfully completing this assessment, you will
47. demonstrate your proficiency in the course competencies
through the following assessment scoring guide criteria:
. Competency 1: Interpret findings from scholarly quantitative,
qualitative, and outcomes research articles and studies.
. Explain why the sources selected should provide the best
evidence for the chosen diagnosis.
· Competency 2: Analyze the relevance and potential
effectiveness of evidence when making a decision.
. Describe the best places to complete research and what types
of resources one would want to access to find pertinent
information for a diagnosis within the context of a specific
health care setting.
· Competency 4: Plan care based on the best available evidence.
. Identify five sources of online information (medical journal
databases, websites, hospital policy databases, et cetera) that
could be used to locate evidence for a clinical diagnosis, and
ensure three out of five are specific to the diagnosis.
· Competency 5: Apply professional, scholarly communication
strategies to lead practice changes based on evidence.
. Describe communication strategies to encourage nurses to
research a diagnosis, as well as strategies to collaborate with
the nurses to access resources.
. Organize content so ideas flow logically with smooth
transitions; contains few errors in grammar/punctuation, word
choice, and spelling.
. Apply APA formatting to in-text citations and references
exhibiting nearly flawless adherence to APA format.
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