Critically examine what food is, especially in today’s world, and how we make decisions about what we eat.

Purpose:

The purpose of this assignment is for you to critically examine what food is, especially in today’s world, and how we make decisions about what we eat.

Skills and Knowledge:

Upon successful completion of this assignment, you will be able to:

Examine the background, marketing, and ingredients of a processed food item.

Evaluate the veracity and quality of a variety of resources.

Reflect upon what food is (and is not) and how you go about making your food choices.

Demonstrate professional critical thinking and writing.

Task:

For this assignment, you are asked to select a processed food item that has at least 5 ingredients. At least one of the ingredients must have been a living organism prior to processing and at least one other of the ingredients must be a food additive (a substance designed to protect or improve the flavor, texture, and/or appearance of the end product).

You need to conduct research on the product itself as well as the company that produces the product. You will then need to select two ingredients: one that was a living organism prior to processing and the other a food additive. You will then conduct research on the evolutionary history and current production of the living organism and about the development and use of the food additive.

For this research, you can use all available sources, including blogs and Wikipedia, but you need to try to verify the truthfulness of all the material that you present in this assignment (that is, if the information is available in just one place, are you sure it is true?). You do need to cite at least two academic sources (defined as peer-reviewed journal articles or books/book chapters published by an academic press (e.g. Oxford University Press). Note that many government documents, particularly government websites, are not considered academic sources. These citations should occur in Parts 1-3 of the template. Please refer to this Guide to Evaluating Resources from Cornell College for how to determine an academic (scholarly) source. You must cite all of your sources in the text and list the full citation information at the end of the template.

After researching and writing up your findings, you need to reflect upon the variety and types of sources that you used to complete this assignment. In order to conduct this evaluation, please refer to the Evaluation Criteria for Internet Resources chart in the Guide to Evaluating Resources from Cornell College.

Reflect upon how completing this assignment and your coursework thus far has helped you think of how we define food and how you make decisions about what you will eat. You need to cite at least one course source (reading, lecture, or video) in this reflection.

Use the required template to write up your research results and your reflection.

Explore and Compare: Resources

Instructions

Explore and Compare: Resources

Evaluation Title: Source Comparison

This assignment will give you the opportunity to carefully explore two different resource types to further your understanding of selecting the appropriate resource type for your information needs. There are three parts of this assignment. For Part 1, you’ll be reading an article posted on the web and answering questions about the article. For Part 2, you’ll be reading a scholarly article and answering questions about it. In the final part, Part 3, you are asked to sum up your experience and compare/contrast the two information sources.

Part 1

Take a look at the article 9 Lessons I’ve Learned About Feeding Kid download

Please respond to the following prompts:

1. Who do you believe is the intended audience for this article?
2. What is the purpose of this article?
3. Briefly summarize the article by describing the main points used by the author.
4. Provide an APA reference entry for this information source.

Part 2

Next, review the following scholarly journal article, Challenges and Facilitators to Promoting a Healthy Food Environment and Communicating Effectively with Parents to Improve Food Behaviors of School Children  

Please answer the following questions:

1. Who do you believe is the intended audience for this article?
2. What is the purpose of this article?
3. Examine the references at the end of the article. Please explain how these references contribute to your understanding of the credibility of the source.  
4. Provide an APA reference entry for this information source.

Part 3

Summary question: Compare and contrast the two information sources. How is the information found in the USNews.com article different from the information found in the scholarly journal article? What would you use each type of information for? Finally, describe what you feel is the most important thing you learned from this assignment.

Your assignment submission should be a Word document that fully adheres to the instructions listed above and meets all APA formatting requirements.  Be sure to proofread your assignment. 

Think of a health issue that interests you

Discussion

Instructions

Think of a health issue that interests you. Then, go to the following government websites and explore each website to find information about the health topic you have chosen. 
(You may need to adjust your topic if you do not get results—that’s okay.)  Explore each website. 

In your initial post, fully compare and contrast your search results.

• What kind of information did each website have? 
• How was the information similar? How was it different? 
• What are you able to infer about the purpose or mission of each of these organizations? 
• What did you learn about the topic you did not previously know?
• What surprised you or seemed unexpected?

Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.

Mental imagery is an exciting area of research

Mental imagery is an exciting area of research because it has been used in many real-world applications, including improving sports performance, counseling, promoting well-being, and improving memory. Locate an article on mental imagery published within the past five years. Provide a brief summary and critique of the article. Next, discuss the importance and applications of the article’s findings in terms of contemporary issues. How could you use information from the article to improve cognition in different scenarios and professional settings?

Write a 750-1,000 word paper in which you review public policy and how it affects employment.

Write a 750-1,000 word paper in which you review public policy and   how it affects employment. Address the following scenarios:

Scenario 1: Nurse Deb was due for her   annual flu vaccination as mandated by her hospital’s policy. Nurse Deb   is a big supporter of the antivaccination movement and refused to   obtain her annual flu vaccination. Upon notice that nurse Deb did not   obtain the vaccination, the nurse manager fired Nurse Deb. Nurse Deb   has decide to file a wrongful termination suit. As the director of   nursing, how would you handle this situation?

1. What evidence does Nurse Deb have that could help her win the   case?
2. What law protects the hospital’s mandated vaccination   procedures?
3. How concerned should the hospital be if the     lawsuit is a success?

Scenario 2: Joe Gomez worked as a plant   operations specialist at Premier Hospital. While Joe’s manager was   working on the HVAC system that protects patients from harmful viruses   and bacteria, he noticed that he was not using OSHA-approved filters.   Joe felt that it was important to report this to the compliance   officer. The day following his report, Joe was fired by his manager.   As the CEO of Premier Hospital, how would you handle the situation?

1. How concerned should you be about the termination of Joe?
2. What legal principles are involved?
3. If Joe was a member     of the local employee services union, does this make the termination   different?

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.

Discussion-organizational success: power and influence

Jane Doe has a promising career at University Hospital. In six months of working, she has been promoted to Associate Director and tasked with overseeing consumer quality and satisfaction, which will be used to support the hospital’s new vision and mission. This is Jane’s first big assignment, which is to develop a campaign aimed toward adult learners across several departments. However, her project is at risk due to a 32-year veteran on her team, named John Doster, who is reluctant to participate.

Jane must find a way to leverage power and influence in order to encourage and motivate John to increase his performance and participation to ensure success of the project.

Discuss the following:

• What are the sources of power for Jane? And for John?
• What influence tactics can Jane utilize in order to get John on board?
• Which power bases should Jane draw on to help her influence John?
• How does Jane use influence to get John to be more concerned about the organizational success than his own needs or desires?

Your posts will be graded on how well they meet the Discussion Requirements posted in the “Before You Begin” section. Please review this section as well as the discussion scoring rubric.

Write a 2-page elements of fiction essay on one of the short stories,

Write a 2-page elements of fiction essay on one of the short stories, or the poem, from the assigned readings for Module 01. Explain the following in your paper:

1. Key historical events which influenced the piece: Expand on how the key historical events influenced the plot and theme.
2. Setting: Why is the setting important to the story? (The setting is where the story takes place).
3. Theme: What is the major theme or idea of the story? Here are some examples of themes you might find in literature: loss of innocence, love, loss, grief, man vs. nature, man vs. technology, death, old-age, coming of age, alienation, overcoming the odds, a hero’s quest, etc.

Note: The theme of a work of fiction is different from the plot—the plot tells you the sequence of events or what happened. The theme tells you the main lesson or message of the narrative. It is the main point that the author wants you to understand from reading the short story, poem, or novel.

1. Also, select one of the terms to include in your story analysis from your Literary Terms Exercise in this module (Allegory, Ambiguity, Antagonist, Archetype, Diction, Flashback, Foreshadowing, Protagonist, and Regionalism). Explain how this was used in the story, with examples and lines illustrating your claims. Use in-text citations where needed.

Your paper must be written in APA format. Use the APA template from your Course Guide to complete this assignment. You should have an APA cover page; 2 full pages of essay text with in-text citations, quotes, and lines from the readings; and a References page. No additional resources other than the assigned readings are required; however, you may want to include additional resources from the Rasmussen library. All papers are to be written in Times New Roman 12 pt. font and be double-spaced.

Change management plan

Utilize the Change Management Plan Outline as a guide for developing your Change Management Plan. Incorporate the work you completed in previous weeks into your final plan.

Look for health policy issue that is of national concern that you will use as the subject for a change management plan.

Health policy issue is: Prescription Drug abuse

Develop a 1,150- to 1,600-word Change Management Plan using John Kotter’s eight-step change model from Week 3.

Include the following in your plan;

1. What current health policy issue exist that are of national concern that affect the NP? 

2. What evidence is there to support the need to address the policy? Does the evidence indicate a sense of urgency regarding the issue? 

3. How is the policy issue represented in the media and what type of influence does this have on you implementing change in this area? 

4. What are the ethical consequences if changes aren’t implemented?

5. Identify stakeholders that will assist you in implementing the change, including opportunities for inter professional relationships.

6. Develop a plan for how and where you see the policy issue making an impact. 7. Identify potential barriers that will hinder you from implementing change in this area and how you will face them to keep the change process progressing.

8. Create a strategy that will gain the support of your congressional representative or of one your  senators and drive them to introduce legislation that will address the policy issue. 

9. How can you use Kurt Lewin’s change management model to solidify change in this area?

Cite and reference using APA guidelines.

The Death of Socrates: Suicide or Martyrdom?

The Death of Socrates: Suicide or Martyrdom?

 Read “The Suicide of Socrates, 399 BC” at http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/socrates.htm (Links to an external site.). Do you think, like this author, that Socrates committed suicide by allowing himself to be sentenced to death? Might there be reasons for one to tell lies in order to safe oneself from death, or should one simply allow an unfair penalty even when one believes it to be wrong? As you discuss this please remember Socrates’s idea that “an unexamined life is not worth living.” Your responses must be no less than 200 words.  

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Critically reflect on the importance of capital budgeting. Why is this such a heated subject in many boardrooms? How does capital budgeting promote the financial health of an organization? How will you use the financial techniques you have learned this week to promote the financial health of your organization?