To prepare for this Discussion, visit the CDC Wonder site in this week’s resources. Investigate the incidence and prevalence of TB in your community (Travis County in Austin, TX). What information did you find? Analyze how your community compares to county (Travis), state (Texas), or national (United States) data for the same topic. Was the incidence and prevalence of each higher or lower than you expected?

 
An Epidemic in the Community
To prepare for this Discussion, visit the CDC Wonder site in this week’s resources. Investigate the incidence and prevalence of TB in your community (Travis County in Austin, TX). What information did you find? Analyze how your community compares to county (Travis), state (Texas), or national (United States) data for the same topic. Was the incidence and prevalence of each higher or lower than you expected?
Consider the following scenario: This is Debbie’s first year working as a nurse at the local health department in a rural county. Most of her days are spent in the clinic seeing clients who often do not have health insurance.
Over the past month, Debbie has noticed that several young Hispanic men have come to the health department, each diagnosed with tuberculosis. Debbie is concerned about what the outbreak of tuberculosis among the migrant workers could mean for the community. Through a community health profile, Debbie identifies the group of migrant farm workers as being at highest risk for contracting tuberculosis.
Using the Epidemiologic Triangle concept, consider the relationship among causal agents, susceptible persons, and environmental factors. Then, respond to the following:

As a BSN-prepared community health nurse, what steps should Debbie take next?
Considering economic and social considerations within the community, what are the primary, secondary, and tertiary interventions that Debbie might use in managing this outbreak?
Can similar interventions be applied to your community and its TB prevalence?
What considerations need to be addressed within your community that are different form Debbie’s community?

 This should be a 3-paragraph (at least 250–350 words) response. Be sure to use evidence from the readings and include in-text citations. Utilize essay-level writing practice and skills, including the use of transitional material and organizational frames. Avoid quotes; paraphrase to incorporate evidence into your own writing. A reference list is required. Use the most current evidence (usually ? 5 years old). 

Describe one potential health-related consequence to low health literacy and a population at risk for this potential consequence, explaining why they are at risk.

Health Literacy
The government has defined health literacy as “The degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions” (Healthy People 2020, 2011). Scholars have demonstrated that health literacy skills are stronger predictors of health status than age, income, employment status, education level, and race or ethnicity. Individuals with inadequate health literacy often struggle with basic tasks when managing a chronic condition such as reading and comprehending prescription bottles, appointment slips, self-management instructions, and educational brochures. The problems are compounded when the individual has several conditions requiring different medications. Inadequate health literacy can be a barrier to controlling disease that can lead to medication errors, increased hospitalization, poor health outcomes, and greater health care costs.
Discussion:   

*Provide an example that illustrates the difference between literacy and health literacy.
*Describe one potential health-related consequence to low health literacy and a population at risk for this potential consequence, explaining why they are at risk.

After viewing the video, address the following in your discussion post:What are the three competing approaches of organizational culture and how are they defined?According to Schein, describe the formal definition of culture.Based on the video content, are there any suggestions you could offer to your internship organization about organizational culture?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wd1bsxWeM6Q&t=3s

View the video “Organizational Culture” by Edgar Schein (10:50 mins) at:

After viewing the video, address the following in your discussion post:What are the three competing approaches of organizational culture and how are they defined?According to Schein, describe the formal definition of culture.Based on the video content, are there any suggestions you could offer to your internship organization about organizational culture?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wd1bsxWeM6Q&t=3s

Analyze at least one strength and one weakness of the policy or legislation. Discuss the impact of the policy or legislation for all stakeholders, both providers and consumers.

 
Assignment Details
For this Assignment, select a local or state health care policy or legislation that was enacted in the last 5 years. Then:

Summarize the policy or legislation.
Analyze at least one strength and one weakness of the policy or legislation.
Discuss the impact of the policy or legislation for all stakeholders, both providers and consumers.

Page length: 3-4 pages exclusive of cover page and references.
Support your paper with a minimum of three scholarly references.
To view the Grading Rubric for this Assignment, please visit the Grading Rubrics section of the Course Resources.
Assignment Requirements:
Before finalizing your work, you should:

be sure to read the Assignment description carefully (as displayed above);
consult the Grading Rubric (under the Course Resources) to make sure you have included everything necessary;
utilize spelling and grammar check to minimize errors; and
review APA formatting and citation information found in the Writing Center, online, or elsewhere in the course.

Your writing Assignment should:

follow the conventions of Standard English (correct grammar, punctuation, etc.)
be well ordered, logical, and unified, as well as original and insightful;
display superior content, organization, style, and mechanics; and
use APA 6th edition formatting and citation style.

Respond to the following:In the following op-ed Dr. Patricia Williams, a prominent scholar of race and law, argues for the continuing need for affirmative action. If you were going to team up with Dr. Williams in a debate on the importance of diversity-based policies, what scholarly argument would you put forward in the debate? In your response, be sure to explore the theories of identity that emphasize how important diversity is, and the efficacy of diversity policies discussed in Sociological research. Select this link to view the op-ed: NY Times Opinion: Can diversity survive without affirmative action?

Respond to the following:In the following op-ed Dr. Patricia Williams, a prominent scholar of race and law, argues for the continuing need for affirmative action. If you were going to team up with Dr. Williams in a debate on the importance of diversity-based policies, what scholarly argument would you put forward in the debate? In your response, be sure to explore the theories of identity that emphasize how important diversity is, and the efficacy of diversity policies discussed in Sociological research. Select this link to view the op-ed: NY Times Opinion: Can diversity survive without affirmative action?

Discuss the cultural transmission within and social mobility of the elite in Domhoff. Discuss the similarities and differences between Mills’ power elite and the upper class referred to by Domhoff. Discuss the notion of Reich’s American social compact in relation to the power elite, Domhoff’s upper classes, and the persistence of the poor or underclass in the U.S. How might these concepts be interrelated or interdependent? In your group’s opinion, what is the most compelling argument or function of the poor or underclass as discussed by Gans. Why?

Discuss the cultural transmission within and social mobility of the elite in Domhoff. Discuss the similarities and differences between Mills’ power elite and the upper class referred to by Domhoff. Discuss the notion of Reich’s American social compact in relation to the power elite, Domhoff’s upper classes, and the persistence of the poor or underclass in the U.S. How might these concepts be interrelated or interdependent? In your group’s opinion, what is the most compelling argument or function of the poor or underclass as discussed by Gans. Why?

Imagine that your school or center has adopted performance assessment to measure student growth.  Your principal or director has asked you to create a letter for your students’ parents explaining performance assessment.  In your letter, you must address the following: At least two reasons why using performance assessment with children is a reliable method of measuring student growth. At least two typical concerns associated with performance assessment and how you will address those concerns.

Imagine that your school or center has adopted performance assessment to measure student growth.  Your principal or director has asked you to create a letter for your students’ parents explaining performance assessment.  In your letter, you must address the following:

At least two reasons why using performance assessment with children is a reliable method of measuring student growth.
At least two typical concerns associated with performance assessment and how you will address those concerns.
At least two different performance assessments that you will use in the classroom and why you will use these assessments.

THEY RECOMMEND TO WRITE IN YOUR OWN WORDS.  BUT IF YOU WANT TO USE ANY OUTSIDE SOURCES IT MUST BE PROPERLY CITED IN APA FORM WITH A REFERENCE AT THE END.

Due to the increasing percentage of older adult clients in the U.S., it is imperative that healthcare providers assess and confront their own attitudes and perceptions toward older adults. Describe ageism and its impact on societal views of older adult clients. Explain how ageism can influence the healthcare provisions of older adult clients.

Directions:
Due to the increasing percentage of older adult clients in the U.S., it is imperative that healthcare providers assess and confront their own attitudes and perceptions toward older adults.
Describe ageism and its impact on societal views of older adult clients.
Explain how ageism can influence the healthcare provisions of older adult clients.
As a healthcare provider, how can one best assess and confront attitudes, perceptions, behaviors, and biases toward older adults?

While job opportunities for men and women are considerably more balanced than they were 40 years ago, the career aspirations may still differ. Is there a difference in majors chosen by men and women?

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UNIT 6 Complete

Use the Student_Data which consists of 200 MBA students at Whatsamattu U. It includes variables regarding their age, gender, major, GPA, Bachelors GPA, course load, English speaking status, family, and weekly hours spent studying.

Historically, the MBA program at Whatsamattu U. has about 40% of their students choose a Leadership major, 30% choose a Finance major, 20% choose a Marketing major, and 10% choose no major. Does the most recent class of 200 MBA students fit that same pattern or has there been a shift in the choice of majors. Using the sample of 200 students (in the data file), conduct a Chi Square Goodness of Fit test to determine if the current distribution fits the historical pattern. Use a .05 significance level.

While job opportunities for men and women are considerably more balanced than they were 40 years ago, the career aspirations may still differ. Is there a difference in majors chosen by men and women? Using the sample of 200 MBA students (in the data file), conduct a Chi Square Test of Independence to determine if one’s choice of major is independent of their gender. Use a .05 significance level.

CISC 665 Nova Southeastern University Assignment 1 This assignment is worth 30% of your total grade. Description An exactly-once service will guarantee a client’s request is processed at most once and at least once, provided the client does not fail. Your task in this assignment is to implement an exactly-once service in a client-server system. There is a single server in this system that supports multiple clients. This server must support non-volatile data and must recover from a crash. Connection-less protocols do not guarantee message delivery. The protocol implementation is based on a “best try”. In this assignment you will design and implement your communication using datagrams. The server’s exactly-once service must implement a data structure that will hold a fiveletter string. Initially the string is blank. When a client sends a successful request to the server, the server will modify its five-letter string in the following manner: • Shift the first four characters of the server string to the right by one character. • Store the character transmitted by the client in first slot of the server’s string. For example, the current value of the server string is “lmnop”. If the client passed in an “x”, the server would create a new string with the value “xlmno” and return this string to the client. You must design and implement a test plan for the exactly-once service. This includes error/fault injection. The system must be able to handle a server crash and begin running from the point in which it ended. Thus, you must have a mechanism for starting a clean system as well as a system that has just recovered from a crash. The client and server will display their activities to the screen and contain a logging mechanism.

 1 CISC 665 Nova Southeastern University Assignment 1 This assignment is worth 30% of your total grade. Description An exactly-once service will guarantee a client’s request is processed at most once and at least once, provided the client does not fail. Your task in this assignment is to implement an exactly-once service in a client-server system. There is a single server in this system that supports multiple clients. This server must support non-volatile data and must recover from a crash. Connection-less protocols do not guarantee message delivery. The protocol implementation is based on a “best try”. In this assignment you will design and implement your communication using datagrams. The server’s exactly-once service must implement a data structure that will hold a fiveletter string. Initially the string is blank. When a client sends a successful request to the server, the server will modify its five-letter string in the following manner: • Shift the first four characters of the server string to the right by one character. • Store the character transmitted by the client in first slot of the server’s string. For example, the current value of the server string is “lmnop”. If the client passed in an “x”, the server would create a new string with the value “xlmno” and return this string to the client. You must design and implement a test plan for the exactly-once service. This includes error/fault injection. The system must be able to handle a server crash and begin running from the point in which it ended. Thus, you must have a mechanism for starting a clean system as well as a system that has just recovered from a crash. The client and server will display their activities to the screen and contain a logging mechanism. 2 Deliverables Client-Server Programs Your ZIP file must include the following: 1. A detailed discussion of the methodology you used to implement your client-server system and a concise and detailed design for the client-server system (methodology and design in one file). 2. The Java source files for the system (client & server java, do not submit as packages or jars). 3. The class files. 4. A description of how to install and use your system (keep it simple). 5. A test plan and test data. The files must be Virus free and must run in the Sun JRE.