Social welfare & policy

Lesson 11 Discussion

Discussion Guidelines: Your initial post should be approximately one page (250 words). 

Looking closer at the proposed reforms of social security and Medicare (Raising the retirement age, privatizing social security, raising social security taxes), discuss your opinions on these proposals – do you agree or disagree with these proposals? Is there a good solution to the issue of maintaining these programs for future generations due to rising costs? 

Lesson 11 Assignment

During the video – the speaker discusses “Welfare – the never-ending debate”. In an essay format paper, discuss/answer the questions he asks (list the question and reply with a minimum of a few paragraphs):

How should government promote “the general welfare”?

What welfare programs should exist?

Who should benefit?

What role should the federal government play relative to the states?

Is it a government role at all?

RESOURCES

Social Welfare in the United States

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_ssxCKpECY

Hall, A. (2014, Apr 8). Social Welfare Programs in the United States. [Video]. YouTube.

Lesson 12 Discussion

Discussion Guidelines: Your initial post should be approximately one page (250 words). 

Share with the class a local social service program that benefits your community (that is not listed in this chapter). These programs can be found on your local county website (usually under social services).

Develop a questionnaire to collect data on the type of features students at a college will be looking for in a mobile application.

Develop a questionnaire to collect data on the type of features  students at a college  will be  looking for in a mobile application. After you have identified the  features, choose 2 features and collect data from 10 hypothetical  students/people to complete the survey. The scale will use an interval  measurement scale of 1-7 with 1= completely disagree and 7=completely  agree. The assignment can be uploaded as an Excel file. 

Steps.

1. Create two separate columns.

2. The first row should include the name of each feature.

3. There should be ten separate rows of data with values between 1-7.

4. Calculate the mean and standard deviations for each feature.

5. Based on the standard deviation describe if there is more or less  variability between each feature and how you know there s more or less  variability.

6. Based on the mean describe if there is a difference between each mean.

Please note students may find it easier to actually survey 10 students/people rather than making up hypothetical data

Write a research paper on digital signatures and certifying authorities

 Write a research paper on digital signatures and certifying authorities including their relation to RSA Public and Private Key encryption. This research paper should be at least 800 – 1100 words and include references to the legal status in developed nations, the mathematics behind the technology, what are the major recognized authorities, and the likely future for this technology/business practice. The researcher should find the major US entities and how they relate and trust each other. On the legal topic, the researcher should find national and state laws and standards. You may also find laws from other countries and international organizations. Since many of these laws are now a decade or more old, we could also find legal interpretations of the law itself. The grading rubric remains unchanged from the syllabus. The grading rubric for the research paper includes the following: Quality of Research 25% • At least 2 peer-reviewed sources plus recent developments in the area; is any critical and easily accessible information omitted? Quality of Analysis 25% • Are summarizations and conclusions made by student clear, well thought out, and based on the cited research? Mathematical Explanations 30% • Is the math behind the topic explained well and with sufficient depth? Writing Quality 20% • Length within amounts provided, spelling, grammar, following the APA style guide? 

Develop your own nurse educator philosophy statement.

Assessment Instructions

For this assessment, develop your own nurse educator philosophy statement. Identify your beliefs and values regarding the adult learner, learning environment, and teaching strategies and applicable learning theories that you will use as an educator. Address how this philosophy will guide you in the tripartite roles of a nurse educator—how it will guide your teaching, scholarship, and service. Support your philosophy with your knowledge of historical events that are pertinent to your work. In addition, identify the competencies that you see as critical to your role.

In sum, your philosophy statement should guide your practice as a nurse educator.

Your educator philosophy statement should do the following: 

  • Identify the area of nursing education or the area in health care in which you will apply your MSN, education specialization skills, and knowledge.
  • Formulate your nurse educator philosophy statement, which should comprise your beliefs and values regarding the adult learner, learning environment, and teaching strategies and applicable learning theories that you will use as an educator.
  • Apply your philosophy statement to each of the tripartite roles of the nurse educator. What does your philosophy mean for your approach to teaching, scholarship, and service? As you discuss the role of teacher, be sure to address any theories (adult learning theory, learner-center education, and others) that shape your approach as an educator.
  • Analyze the relationship of significant historical events that have shaped the role you seek to fill.
  • Analyze the most essential nurse educator competencies necessary for this MSN-prepared nurse educator. Explain why you selected the competencies you did.
  • Conclude with a summary.

Additional Requirements

Your assessment should meet the following requirements:

  • Written communication: Written communication should be free of grammar and spelling errors that distract from the content.
  • APA format: Use correct APA format, including running head, page numbers, and a title page. Citations and references (if used) are to be in correct APA format.
  • Format: Submit your assessment as a Word document.
  • Length: 3–5 double-spaced pages, not including the title page and references page.
  • Font and font size: Times New Roman or Arial, 12 point.
Fire prevention case study | Environmental science homework help

Review the following NIST technical note and video below:

Weinschenk, C., Overholt, K., & Madrzykowski, D. (2016). Simulation of an attic fire in a wood frame residential structure, Chicago, IL. Fire Technology, 52(6), 1629-1658. Retrieved from https://libraryresources.columbiasouthern.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bcr&AN=119057970&site=ehost-live&scope=site

National Institute of Standards and Technology. (2014, December 2). Simulation of an attic fire in a wood frame residential structure—Chicago[Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nY3JO_Kf9Qk#t=14

Be sure to include the following in your case study:

  • Examine the applicable building codes for this structure.
    • How were they developed?
      • Were they developed locally?
      • Were they modified or adopted?
      • If modified, how so?
  • Analyze the tests conducted on materials found in the structure.
    • What types of materials were used in the construction of the house?
    • What were the results?
    • What were the lessons learned?

Your case study response should be two to four pages in length and follow APA guidelines.

Comparative critique of seven articles

You are required to review a minimum of seven articles (published within 8 years) which describe the public relations role of school leaders. You must write a single essay that compares and contrasts the elements of the seven articles. You will include a title page, abstract, and reference page in APA format that lists the seven articles used for this assignment. This critique needs to be 5–8 pages not including the title page, abstract, and reference page.

Create a 6–8-slide PowerPoint presentation that describes communication barriers within an interdisciplinary team

Create a 6–8-slide PowerPoint presentation that describes  communication barriers within an interdisciplinary team and how those  barriers affect patient safety and health care outcomes. Offer a  solution in which you recommend evidence-based strategies to improve  communication within the team and explain how the strategies benefit the  team and patients.

The ability to effectively communicate as part of interdisciplinary  collaboration is essential for patient safety and successful health  care delivery.

Effective communication is important in all organizations and is  especially important in the area of health care. Communication can come  in many forms, but the crucial factor is whether the communication is  effective.

Collaboration among teams is important for the delivery of  appropriate medical care and for providing the specialized skills  necessary to meet the needs of patients and the public. Assessing the  needs of a community may involve communication across several public  service providers and private entities.

Maintaining open communication and collaboration among teams is  essential to assess the needs of a community or those of patients and  their families within a health care system. The same communication  skills must be evident within the interdisciplinary health care team, or  across the public and private sectors in a community, in order to  promote collaboration and understanding and to provide the utmost  quality service.

Imagine you are part of an interdisciplinary health care team in your  organization. Although the team has been working together for several  months, communication between members is not always efficient or  effective, and the situation has become stressful for everyone. The team  leader asks you to develop a presentation for the team that addresses  the issue.

Preparation

Search the Capella library and the Internet for scholarly and  professional peer-reviewed articles on communication. You will need at  least three articles to use as support for your work on this assessment.

Directions

Create a 6–8-slide PowerPoint presentation to examine the  communication issue and the risk it creates for positive health care  outcomes.

  • Describe the types of communication barriers that occur within an interdisciplinary team.
  • Explain how the communication barriers can impact patient safety and health care outcomes.
  • Recommend specific evidence-based strategies to improve communication within the team.
  • Explain how the strategies will benefit team members and patients.

Use the notes section of each slide to expand your points and cite  your supporting evidence. Also, include a title slide and a reference  slide that lists the resources you used in this assessment.

Additional Requirements

  • Use APA format for citations and references.
  • Be creative. Consider your intended audience
For this essay, you are going to select an issue that you feel strongly about and explain why you feel strongly about the issue.

For this essay, you are going to select an issue that you feel strongly about and explain why you feel strongly about the issue.  This essay will, later on, be used in your larger research paper.

The assignment will include an MLA outline (1 page), the essay itself (Max. 2 pages) and an MLA works cited (1 page).  The assignment should not exceed four pages.

Evaluation Criteria: (NEED TO TWEAK FOR ESSAY 3)

  • The most important thing is that you fully use your analytical skills in using the appropriate rhetorical structure.  
  • I will be looking to see how well you appeal to your audience and how well you stress the logical and emotional aspects of your association with the person/place.  Also, I will be looking for the use of opening and concluding strategies.
  • The style will be formal, and I want to see how well you can utilize the standards of American Edited English.
  • I will be looking to see how well you incorporate cause and effect and comparison into your essay.
  • I will focus on the quality of your introduction.
  • I am not looking for grammatical perfection, but the essay must be readable and free of mechanical errors that distract your reader.
Using Information to Support Sourcing Decisions

Using Information to Support Sourcing Decisions

The purchasing manager has provided the following information for your use:

Spend Category

Amount Thousands US$

Number of Suppliers

Production Machinery

170

2

Maintenance

20

10

Hardware

3

10

Sheet Metal

23

7

Electronic Components

288

5

  • Assuming that the amounts shown represent the total annual spend (Amount/Total Amount) calculate the percent of spend for each category.
  • Classify each spend category as either low or high complexity and summarize your reasoning.
  • Create a 2×2 Risk/Value matrix showing each of the five spend categories placed in either “High” or “Low” Risk group. 
  • Explain why you placed each item in the selected category.

Submit your assignment as an MS Word document.

Your assignment

  • Must be 600-900 words (excluding title page and references page) in length, double-spaced and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. Contextual (Level One) headings must be used to organize your paper and your thoughts.