Learning more about the origins of legislative agencies will help you understand their purpose and shed light on what makes them a unique part of our American government.For this paper you will explain the functions of legislative agencies, describe an agency of interest, and describe the rulemaking procedures a public administrator for the agency follows. Using the AZ Index of U.S. Government Departments and Agencies Links to an external site., choose an agency you have a personal interest in or are curious about. Then, write a 45 page paper that fully responds to each of the items below and provides both a clear and thorough response to each:
Explain what a legislative agency is. What are its functions?
Clearly identify an agency of interest to you. When was your agency created? What is its purpose? Provide detailed information in both responses.
Identify at least two strengths and two weaknesses of your chosen agency. Be sure to provide examples of the identified strengths and weaknesses. You should provide at least one example for each strength and each weakness identified.
Briefly outline the rulemaking process and procedures for your agency.
In your opinion, has this agency been successful at accomplishing its mission? Why or why not? Provide evidence to support your opinion.
Use at least three sources to support your writing. Choose sources that are credible, relevant, and appropriate. Cite each source listed on your sources page at least one time within your assignment. For help with research, writing, and citing sources, access the library or review library guides.
APA format
1) Minimum 17 pages (No word count per page)- Follow the 3 x 3 rule: minimum of three paragraphs per page ( minimum 300 words per page)
You must strictly comply with the number of paragraphs requested per page.
The number of words in each paragraph should be similar
Part 1: minimum 2 (Due 20 hours)
Part 2: minimum 3 (Due 48 hours)
Part 3: minimum 2 (Due 20 hours)
Part 4: minimum 1 page (Due 48 hours)
Part 5: minimum 1 page (Due 48 hours)
Part 6: minimum 1 page (Due 48 hours)
Part 7: minimum 1 page (Due 48 hours)
Part 8: minimum 2 pages (Due 20 hours)
Part 9: minimum 2 pages (Due 20 hours)
Part 10: minimum 2 pages (Due 20 hours)
Submit 1 document per part
2)¨******APA norms
The number of words in each paragraph should be similar
Must be written in the third person
All paragraphs must be narrative and cited in the text- each paragraph
The writing must be coherent, using connectors or conjunctive to extend, add information, or contrast information.
Bulleted responses are not accepted
Don’t write in the first person
Do not use subtitles or titles
Don’t copy and paste the questions.
Answer the question objectively, do not make introductions to your answers, answer it when you start the paragraph
Submit 1 document per part
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4) Minimum 3 references (APA format) per part not older than 5 years (Journals, books) (No websites)
All references must be consistent with the topic-purpose-focus of the parts. Different references are not allowed
5) Identify your answer with the numbers, according to the question. Start your answer on the same line, not the next
Example:
Q 1. Nursing is XXXXX
Q 2. Health is XXXX
Q3. Research is…………………………………………………. (a) The relationship between……… (b) EBI has to
6) You must name the files according to the part you are answering:
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Part 1: Diversity in Healthcare (20 hours)
Mr. Perez is a 76-year-old Mexican American who was recently diagnosed with a slow heartbeat requiring an implanted pacemaker. Mr. Perez has been married for 51 years and has 6 adult children (three daughters aged 50, 48, and 42; three sons aged 47, 45, and 36), 11 grandchildren; and 2 great grandchildren. The youngest boy lives three houses down from Mr. and Mrs. Perez. The other children, except the second-oldest daughter, live within 3 to 10 miles from their parents. The second-oldest daughter is a registered nurse and lives out of state. All members of the family except for Mr. Perez were born in the United States. He was born in Monterrey, Mexico, and immigrated to the United States at the age of 18 in order to work and send money back to the family in Mexico. Mr. Perez has returned to Mexico throughout the years to visit and has lived in Texas ever since. He is retired from work in a machine shop.
Mr. Perez has one living older brother who lives within 5 miles. All members of the family speak Spanish and English fluently. The Perez family is Catholic, as evidenced by the religious items hanging on the wall and prayer books and rosary on the coffee table. Statues of St. Jude and Our Lady of Guadalupe are on the living room table. Mr. and Mrs. Perez have made many mandas (bequests) to pray for the health of the family, including one to thank God for the healthy birth of all the children, especially after the doctor had discouraged them from having any more children after the complicated birth of their first child. The family attends Mass together every Sunday morning and then meets for breakfast chorizo at a local restaurant frequented by many of their churchs other parishioner families. Mr. Perez believes his health and the health of his family are in the hands of God.
The Perez family lives in a modest four-bedroom ranch home that they bought 22 years ago. The home is in a predominantly Mexican American neighborhood located in the La Loma section of town. Mr. and Mrs. Perez are active in the church and neighborhood community. The Perez home is usually occupied by many people and has always been the gathering place for the family. During his years of employment, Mr. Perez was the sole provider for the family and now receives social security checks and a pension. Mrs. Perez is also retired and receives a small pension for a short work period as a teachers aide. Mr. and Mrs. Perez count on their nurse daughter to guide them and advise on their health care.
Mr. Perez visits a curandero for medicinal folk remedies. Mrs. Perez is the provider of spiritual, physical, and emotional care for the family. In addition, their nurse daughter is always present during any major surgeries or procedures. Mrs. Perez and her daughter the nurse will be caring for Mr. Perez during his procedure for a pacemaker.
1. Explain the significance of family and kinship for the Perez family (One paragraph)
2. Describe the importance of religion and God for the Perez family (One paragraph)
3. Identify two stereotypes about Mexican Americans that were dispelled in this case with the Perez family (Two paragraphs)
4. What is the role of Mrs. Perez in this family? (Two paragraphs)
Part 2: Diversity in Healthcare (24 hours)
Topic: Cultural Interview Assignment
Culture: Ruman
Interviewee: Women
Suppose you did these questions to the Ruman woman (Interviewee)
Communication
Do you find it difficult to share your thoughts, feelings, and ideas with family? Friends? Health-care providers?
What is your primary language?
Family Roles and Organization
What types of decisions do(es) the female(s) in your family make?
What should children do to make a good impression for themselves and for the family?
Workforce Issues
What concerns do you have about working with someone of the opposite gender?
What do you do when you do not know how to do something related to your job?
Biocultural Ecology
What are the major illnesses and diseases in your family?
What are the major health problems in the country from which you come (if appropriate)?
High-Risk Health Behaviors
How much alcohol do you drink each day? Ask about wine, beer, spirits, coffee, energy drinks.
What precautions do you take to prevent getting a sexually transmitted infection/HIV?
Make a literature review of the cultural group from which your interviewee comes.
1. Introduction about the topic (One paragraph)
2. Explain the Ruman cultural status in the USA (One paragraph)
3. Compare data from your interview with what you find in the literature. (One paragraph)
4. Contrast data obtained from your interview with what you find in the literature. (One paragraph)
5. Provide three recommendations for clinical practice (One paragraph)
6. Provide three recommendations for research (One paragraph)
7. Provide three recommendations for the health-care organization on this cultural group; be specific in your recommendations. (One paragraph)
8. Explain the value of this exercise to your current or future practice.(One paragraph)
9. Conclusion(One paragraph)
Part 3: Psychopathology (20 hours)
Jax is a 66-year-old Caucasian female whose wife has encouraged her to seek treatment. She has never been in therapy before, and has no history of depression or anxiety. However, her alcohol use has recently been getting in the way of her marriage, and interfering with her newly-retired life. She describes drinking increasing amounts over the last year, currently consuming approximately a six-pack of beer per day. She notes that this amount doesnt give me the same buzz as it used to. She denies ever experiencing the shakes or any other withdrawal symptoms if she skips a day of drinking.
Jax comments that her wife is her biggest motivation to decrease her alcohol use. She tells Jax that she gets argumentative and irritable when she drinks, though she does not always remember these incidents. She has also fallen while intoxicated twice, causing bruises both times and hitting her head on one of the occasions.
1. Describe the presenting problems/issues (One paragraph).
a. Is there any information that was not provided that you would need to formulate a diagnosis?
3. Generate a primary using (Give rational) (Two paragraphs)
a. DSM5 (One paragraph)
b. ICD 10(One paragraph)
4. Generate three differential diagnosis using (Give rational) (Two paragraphs)
a. DSM5 (three differential diagnosis) (One paragraph)
b. ICD 10 (three differential diagnosis) (One paragraph)
5. Explain what processes lead to substance dependence according to (One paragraph)
a. Physiological
b. psychological
Part 4: Writing and rhetorical (Write in the first person) (Due 48 hours)
Five paragraphs per page
Specific audience: Female sex workers and Sex work activists
Research Question
Could legally recognizing female sex work in Florida increase the health indicator of this population due to free access to the health system?
Support Question
Can the quality of life of female sex workers be improved by allowing free access to the health system?
Could legalizing female sex work improve the quality of life of this population?
Could sexually transmitted diseases be preventable in sex workers if they have access to sex education?
Would the legalization of female sex work offer health resources for STD evaluation?
Source 1:
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0791603520937279
Source 2:
https://www.bmj.com/content/361/bmj.k2609
1. Explain your current research question and (One paragraph)
a. why you see this question as important to this particular audience.
i. Female sex workers
ii. Sex work activists
2. What specifically about your research is valuable, significant, and/or impactful to this audience? (One paragraph)
a. How does/will your research impact some aspect of their lives?
i. Include a personal impact, professional impact, cultural impact, political impact, or something else.
3. Describe some of the research you’ve done so far and how this is (One paragraph)
a. Focus on the particular idea(s) and source(s) that you think will be especially relevant to this particular audience.
4. Summary the sources (One paragraph)
a. Source 1 (Check File 1)
B. Source 2 (Check File 2)
5. Explain to your audience where you plan to go next with your research. What ideas do you plan on exploring? (One paragraph)
a. How will the next steps in your research help you to find answers/solutions to your research question?
Part 5: Writing and rhetorical (Write in the first person) (48 hours)
Five paragraphs per page
Specific audience: Students and parents
Research Question
It is possible that implementing a mental health program for students ages 11-17 in Florida high schools could reduce the incidence of shootings in schools?
Support Questions:
Can adolescent mental health programs reduce violence?
Is there a relationship between violent behaviors and the mental health of high school students?
Can the implementation of a mental intervention in students from 11 to 17 years reduce the events of shootings in school?
Can school shootings reduce after implementing a mental health intervention in a student from 11 to 17 years old?
Source 1:
https://www.sciencepolicyjournal.org/uploads/5/4/3/4/5434385/varghese_delany_dundon_jspg_v17.2.pdf
Source 2:
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=12916&context=etd
1. Explain your current research question and (One paragraph)
a. why you see this question as important to this particular audience.
i. Students
ii. Parents
2. What specifically about your research is valuable, significant, and/or impactful to this audience? (One paragraph)
a. How does/will your research impact some aspect of their lives?
i. Include a personal impact, professional impact, cultural impact, political impact, or something else.
3. Describe some of the research you’ve done so far and how this is (One paragraph)
a. Focus on the particular idea(s) and source(s) that you think will be especially relevant to this particular audience.
4. Summary the sources (One paragraph)
a. Source 1 (Check File 1)
B. Source 2 (Check File 2)
5. Explain to your audience where you plan to go next with your research. What ideas do you plan on exploring? (One paragraph)
a. How will the next steps in your research help you to find answers/solutions to your research question?
Part 6: Recreational Therapy (Writ in the first person)
Four paragraphs per page
Practice setting: Pediatrics
Check:
https://fiu.instructure.com/media_objects_iframe/m-51FeEGQQf8p8sYwuPA9myGsvr65gDT3Q?type=video?type=video
1. Guest speakers background (One paragraph)
a. Description of the agency they work at
2. Explain:(One paragraph)
a. What populations are served
b. Types of activities that are offered
c. General job responsibilities
3. Summary of what was mentioned about the APIED process(One paragraph)
(Assessment, Planning, Implementation, Evaluation and Documentation)
a. How this is implemented at their workplace
4. What do you learned about the other agencies (One paragraph)
a. RT at Blythedale Children’s Hospital
b. RT at Parkridge Valley, Children & Adolescent Campus
c. RT at Shriner’s Hospital for Children
Part 7: Recreational Therapy (Writ in the first person)
Four paragraphs per page
Practice setting: Geriatrics
Check:
https://fiu.instructure.com/media_objects_iframe/m-51VVeKc6sN5X3ZKZ1XSigfNnEumV5x53?type=video?type=video
1. Guest speakers background(One paragraph)
a. Description of the agency they work at
2. Explain:(One paragraph)
a. What populations are served
b. Types of activities that are offered
c. General job responsibilities
3. Summary of what was mentioned about the APIED process(One paragraph)
(Assessment, Planning, Implementation, Evaluation and Documentation)
a. How this is implemented at their workplace
4. What do you learned about the other agencies(One paragraph)
a. RT at Sterling (Independent and Assisted Living)
b. RT at Interior Health (Adult Day Training for Older Adults)
c. RT at St. John’s Home
Part 8: Inclusive recreation services (Writ in the first person)
Check:
1. Explain three main points that the podcast discussed (One paragraph)
2. What barriers were discussed in regard to making the recreation are discussed accessible to all?(One paragraph)
3. What are 2 specific areas within your community that you could make an impact in regard to removing barriers? (One paragraph)
a. Programmatic
b. Psychological
c. Architectural
4. John Scalzi wrote an entry titled “Being Poor”Links to an external site. on his Blog Whatever back in 2005 where to offered over 60 examples of what it means to be poor.
Check:
Select 5 examples that Scalzi gave and write your reaction to those (One paragraph)
a. write your reaction
b. write your reaction
c. write your reaction
d. write your reaction
e. write your reaction
5. As leisure professionals, why do we need to address about this barrier? (One paragraph)
6. What would you tell your children if you could not afford to enroll them in baseball, ballet, camp, or swimming lessons?(One paragraph)
Part 9: Inclusive recreation services (Writ in the first person)
Check:
1. Explain three main points that the podcast discussed (One paragraph)
2. What barriers were discussed in regard to making the recreation are discussed accessible to all?(One paragraph)
3. What are 2 specific areas within your community that you could make an impact in regard to removing barriers? (One paragraph)
a. Programmatic
b. Psychological
c. Architectural
4. John Scalzi wrote an entry titled “Being Poor”Links to an external site. on his Blog Whatever back in 2005 where to offered over 60 examples of what it means to be poor.
Check:
Select 5 examples that Scalzi gave and write your reaction to those (One paragraph)
a. write your reaction
b. write your reaction
c. write your reaction
d. write your reaction
e. write your reaction
5. As leisure professionals, why do we need to address about this barrier? (One paragraph)
6. What would you tell your children if you could not afford to enroll them in baseball, ballet, camp, or swimming lessons?(One paragraph)
Part 10: Psychopharmacology (20 hours)
Topic: Antipsychotic Agents
Medication: risperidone (Risperdal)
1. Discuss (Two paragraphs)
a. Use
b. Potential side effects
c. Dosing
d. Mechanism of action
e. Receptors it affects in the brain.
2. Compare: Tardive Dyskinesia, Acute Dystonia, Athetosis, and Tics. (Two paragraphs)
3. Contrast Tardive Dyskinesia, Acute Dystonia, Athetosis, and Tics. (Two paragraphs)
Slory Pte Ltd are owned by Sim and Tom. They are also Slory Pte Ltds directors.
Lam works for Slippery Pte Ltd and his job involves keeping the premises clean.Lam finds out that Sim and Tom are wealthy, and wants them to pay him for
his injury. Explain whether he would be able to do so. Would it make a
difference if Sim and Tom operate their business as a partnership?
While descending the stairs one morning to retrieve his cleaning tools, one of the
wooden steps got dislodged and Lam slipped and fell. He fractured his leg and
was bedridden for a couple of months. Slory Pte Ltd had previously sent out a
circular via email to its employees about the faulty steps and advised that the
elevators be used instead. On the day of the incident, the elevators were being
serviced.
a) Advise Lam on the possibility of initiating a claim against Slory Pte Ltd.
(10 marks)
b) Lam finds out that Sim and Tom are wealthy, and wants them to pay him for
his injury. Explain whether he would be able to do so. Would it make a
difference if Sim and Tom operate their business as a partnership?
(16 marks)
1. How can the study of aphasia advance out knowledge of language processing and language development?
2. What do games like peek-a-boo and This Little Piggy do to facilitate language development? What are some of the characteristics that these games share with adult conversations?
3. Discuss some ways that culture, gender, and socioeconomic factors can influence (both positively and negatively) language development?
4. Explain the challenges of referring a bilingual child for language evaluation. What do professionals recommended when evaluating a second language learner?
5. Provide one piece of evidence, with an example, to support the nativist (nature) point of view on language development. Then provide one piece of evidence with an example, to support the constructionist (nurture) point of view.
6. What are some of the strategies caregivers use to facilitate language? In your answer you may want to discuss adaptive techniques. Such as IDS and elaborative techniques such as parallel talk.
Purpose of Assignment
This assignment will address the current issues in pediatric healthcare related to safety. Growth and development is an important factor that should be considered along with safety in many areas of pediatric health alterations. Many times the health alterations experienced by children can be prevented if safety education is provided.
Competency
Prioritize nursing interventions when caring for pediatric clients with health disorders.
Instructions
This discussion will focus on the importance of teaching a chosen safety concern in the pediatric population. You will present your response in the discussion addressing the following questions: (discussion should be 300 words).
Initial Post:
Determine the age and developmental stage and how that impacts the child related to the safety concern.
Describe why you believe the safety education you chose will benefit the pediatric population. Who do you believe is the target age range for this specific educational teaching?
Describe at least three nursing diagnoses related to the incident you are providing teaching to prevent. Support your choices with rationales citing 1-2 scholarly sources.
Response Posts:
Respond to two classmates’ posts with a different safety education than you chose and add additional rationale for why this type of education is beneficial. Cite 1-2 scholarly sources to support each response.
???What information must be included in your informed consent in Texas? List below.
???Is there other information that you want to include in your own informed consent? If so, please list.
Part 2
Explain the term “abandonment” of a client and list nine ways to avoid abandoning a client (see text pp.
87-88)
You have learned a lot during your training to become a Registered Nurse. At this point in your education, where do you see yourself as a nurse? What unit would you like to work in and why?
To be able to care for patients, you must be able to care for yourself. What are some practices you plan to implement to help you care for yourself and why?
Bottom of Form
Bottom of Form
Using the information from the Week 4 lecture, you will analize the film 12 Angry Men and its characters from a communications perspective.You must watch the film in its entirety, take notes and answer the specific questions posted in the Week 5 Discussion Board forum. You may want to have the questions with you as you watch the movie.Go to Just Watch It to rent the movie for $3.99 in most streaming services. You can choose which service you prefer.Pay close attention to the plot and the characters in the 1957 film. While the group communications methods are in person and may seem old-fashioned, the exchanges are valuable as guides of what is effective and what is not in a group environment. The setting in the film may not be viewed by all as a professional setting, but it is. The men who gather are strangers to each other. They must (or should) be professional using all tips noted in the Week 4 lecture, they must (or should) show respect, and they must work toward one, unified goal. Enjoy the film. NOTE:Although 12 Angry Men is still considered a standard for depicting what happens inside a jury room, it is not without its problems. For instance, you will notice the jury is made up of all men. The play on which this film is based was written in the days before women were allowed to serve on juries in most jurisdictoins. BackgroundIn England before the 15th century, juries were chosen among people who actually knew something about the customs of the people and the locale in question. The modern jury dates from the 15th century when English Common Law judges began to instruct juries on the law and restrict them to finding the facts from the evidence presented at the trial. Under the U.S. Constitution, a person is entitled to a jury of his peers. This doesnt mean that the jurors must come from the same racial, ethnic, or cultural background as the defendant, but rather that no particular race or ethnic background can be excluded from the jury selection process. The discussion the men are having about how to treat the youth of the slums is a perennial debate in American Society. See Boys Town.When a jury begins to analyze the facts of a case, the application of twelve minds to a set of circumstances is an amazing and awesome process. Attorneys who have often worked on a case for years will miss facts brought out by the jurors. An example from the film is the jurys analysis of the marks made on the nose of the eyewitness by her glasses. Jurors often find that their original positions are changed by the discussion during deliberations. The film is true to life. On rare occasions, a position that was held by only one dissenting juror has eventually been adopted by the rest of the jury, as occurs in this movie.12 Angry Men has been shown to law school and business school classes as a study in the jury system and as an example of effective persuasion.Due Process of Law
is a set of procedures designed to make sure that people are treated fairly by the government;
is based on the idea that a person cannot be deprived of life, liberty or property without appropriate legal procedures and safeguards;
includes, at least, the right to notice, an opportunity to be heard, and protection from an unreasonable or capricious result;
is a flexible concept and requires different procedures in different situations; for example, the due process requirements for a criminal case are more stringent than due process requirements for a civil case because a criminal conviction carries potential incarceration, a heavier punishment than mere loss of money; and
requires more protections in a court case than in an administrative proceeding; in an administrative hearing the decision must be reasonable but it doesnt have to meet the standards of beyond a reasonable doubt or even a preponderance of the evidence.
Due process is more than just important. It is essential in a government of ordered liberty because it is important to individuals that when the government makes a decision affecting them, that the decision be made fairly. If the government takes action without due process, it will lose the loyalty of its citizens.
After you have read the Week 5 lecture and watched the film 12 Angry Men answer the following questions:
Describe the plot/premise of the movie in one sentence.
What is the goal?
There is a jury foreman. Is he the leader of this group? If so, why? If not, who is the leader and what does the jury foreman do wrong?
The dissenting juror (Juror # 8) may have suspected that the young man killed his father. Why does he still argue that the young man should be acquitted of the charges?
How did Juror 8 stand out from the other jurors? Why was this important to the story?
How does he persuade the other jurors to change their minds? Using what style/type of communication.
What was more important in the process of swaying the jurors’ minds: facts or opinions? How was Juror 8 effective in using both facts and opinions to create doubt among the other participants?
Pick another juror. How does his personal live affect how they communicate to the others?
What are some of the characteristics of the jurors? How did this make them more empathetic or more hostile toward the defendant?
What are some of the non-verbal cues that communicate a character’s feelings or opinions?
Does non-verbal communication play a role in the voting or decisions by the jurors? Explain.
Which jurors communication style most resembles your communication style in a group or professional setting and why?
Discussion: Compare and contrast the growth and developmental patterns of two toddlers of different ages using Gordons functional health patterns. Describe and apply the components of Gordons functional health patterns as it applies to toddlers.
Requirements:
– Formatted and cited in current APA 7
– The discussion must address the topic
– Rationale must be provided
– Use at least 600 words (no included 1st page or references in the 600 words)
– Use 3 academic sources. Not older than 5 years
– Not Websites are allowed.
– Plagiarism is NOT allowed
This tutorial contains the Individual Assignment for week 2 of BSA/375 Fundamental of Bussiness System Development class.
Analyze HR System Paper Part 1 (Individual Assignment)
Complete the first section of the final paper due in Week Four. Using the Service Request SR-rm-004, Analyze HR System, prepare a 1400 to 2100 word portion that accomplishes the following:
Describe the information-gathering techniques and design methods you would propose to use for the project.
Identify the key factors that will help ensure the information required for the project is gathered successfully.
Explain the scope and feasibility of the project.
Cite and discuss 3-4 references, in addition to the required readings, that are relevant to the assignment. Be sure to include citations and references using the University of Phoenix approved style guide format. Note that these should be from strong sources, not those like Wikipedia and other such sources. These should also be outside the course text. I expect you to do research for these, not just reference the readings. You should have references to any material you use, regardless of the source, but you must have at least 3 to 4 solid references from good outside sources.
You should put all your findings into the form of a full APA paper. Your introduction should preview the content in the paper at a high level and your conclusion should summarize the findings of the paper. The body should go into all the elements required by the assignment.
This portion of the paper should run about 1400 to 2100 words; though I will be grading for how clear, concise and complete you are rather than on the exact number of words used. You should also use section headers to properly mark the different portions of your paper. These should conform to the APA standard. A single paragraph each is the appropriate length for the introduction and conclusion for a paper of this length.
