Make a post that answers the following questions about the primary sources:Some of the primary sources are legal documents, while others are memoirs or narratives. How might their nature make a difference in what they contain? Does one type of primary source seem more reliable than the others? Taken together, what insights do the documents give you into the concerns, hopes, and preoccupations of European urban dwellers in the Middle Ages?

Make a post that answers the following questions about the primary sources:Some of the primary sources are legal documents, while others are memoirs or narratives. How might their nature make a difference in what they contain? Does one type of primary source seem more reliable than the others? Taken together, what insights do the documents give you into the concerns, hopes, and preoccupations of European urban dwellers in the Middle Ages?Sources:

 Sentencing disparity persists because punishment of offenders in the United States is basically a state or local concern where justice is determined by state legislatures and reflects consensus among political constituents. What are the problems with sentencing guidelines? What are the problems with determinate sentences? 

 Sentencing disparity persists because punishment of offenders in the United States is basically a state or local concern where justice is determined by state legislatures and reflects consensus among political constituents. What are the problems with sentencing guidelines? What are the problems with determinate sentences?  What are the problems with indeterminate sentences? Discuss some possible ways in which sentencing disparity might be resolved.  

Prompt Recall the use of data from the National Health Survey to estimate behaviors such as alcohol consumption, cigarette smoking, and hours of sleep for all U.S. adults. In the 2005-2007 report, they estimated that 30% of all current smokers started smoking before the age of 16.Suppose that we randomly select 100 U.S. adults who are smokers and find that 25% of this sample started smoking before the age of 16 (an error of 5% compared to the 2005-2007 report).Is this much error surprising? Find the probability that a sample proportion will be an over- or underestimate of the parameter by more than 5%.

Prompt Recall the use of data from the National Health Survey to estimate behaviors such as alcohol consumption, cigarette smoking, and hours of sleep for all U.S. adults. In the 2005-2007 report, they estimated that 30% of all current smokers started smoking before the age of 16.Suppose that we randomly select 100 U.S. adults who are smokers and find that 25% of this sample started smoking before the age of 16 (an error of 5% compared to the 2005-2007 report).Is this much error surprising? Find the probability that a sample proportion will be an over- or underestimate of the parameter by more than 5%.

After reading Exodus 18:31-23, what management practices are evident in these passages? How could those practices easily be applied to one’s everyday work life?

Question 1 Prompt: In Chapter 2, the table on “Management Ideas and Practices throughout History” fails to include biblical references. After reading Exodus 18:31-23, what management practices are evident in these passages? How could those practices easily be applied to one’s everyday work life?Prompt: Discuss the difference between the good managers and the bad managers based on past to current personal work experiences. How are they different? How do they compare to the list of “Top 10 Mistakes managers Make” in Chapter 1 of the text?

What is the role of the nurse in healthcare program implementation? How does this role vary between design and implementation of healthcare programs? Can you provide examples?

ADVOCATING FOR THE NURSING ROLE IN PROGRAM DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION
As their names imply, the honeyguide bird and the honey badger both share an affinity for honey. Honeyguide birds specialize in finding beehives but struggle to access the honey within. Honey badgers are well-equipped to raid beehives but cannot always find them. However, these two honey-loving species have learned to collaborate on an effective means to meet their objectives. The honeyguide bird guides honey badgers to newly discovered hives. Once the honey badger has ransacked the hive, the honey guide bird safely enters to enjoy the leftover honey.
Much like honeyguide birds and honey badgers, nurses and health professionals from other specialty areas can—and should—collaborate to design effective programs. Nurses bring specialties to the table that make them natural partners to professionals with different specialties. When nurses take the requisite leadership in becoming involved throughout the healthcare system, these partnerships can better design and deliver highly effective programs that meet objectives.
In this Assignment, you will practice this type of leadership by advocating for a healthcare program. Equally as important, you will advocate for a collaborative role of the nurse in the design and implementation of this program. To do this, assume you are preparing to be interviewed by a professional organization/publication regarding your thoughts on the role of the nurse in the design and implementation of new healthcare programs.
Resources:
· Milstead, J. A., & Short, N. M. (2019). Health policy and politics: A nurse’s guide (6th ed.). Jones & Bartlett Learning.
· Chapter 5, “Public Policy Design” (pp. 87–95 only)
· Chapter 8, “The Impact of EHRs, Big Data, and Evidence-Informed Practice” (pp. 137–146)
· Chapter 9, “Interprofessional Practice” (pp. 152–160 only)
· Chapter 10, “Overview: The Economics and Finance of Health Care” (pp. 183–191 only)
· American Nurses Association (ANA). (n.d.). 
AdvocacyLinks to an external site.. Retrieved September 20, 2018, from https://www.nursingworld.org/practice-policy/advocacy/

· Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). (n.d.). 
Step by step: Evaluating violence and injury prevention policies: Brief 4: Evaluating policy implementationLinks to an external site.. Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/injury/pdfs/policy/Brief%204-a.pdf

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Congress.govLinks to an external site.. (n.d.). Retrieved September 20, 2018, from https://www.congress.gov/

· Klein, K. J., & Sorra, J. S. (1996). 
The challenge of innovation implementationLinks to an external site.. Academy of Management Review, 21(4), 1055–1080.

· Sacristán, J., & Dilla, T. D. (2015). 
No big data without small data: Learning health care systems begin and end with the individual patientLinks to an external site.. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 21(6), 1014–1017.

· Tummers, L., & Bekkers, V. (2014). 
Policy implementation, street level bureaucracy, and the importance of discretionLinks to an external site.. Public Management Review, 16(4), 527–547.

To Prepare:

· Review the Resources and reflect on your thinking regarding the role of the nurse in the design and implementation of new healthcare programs.
· Select a healthcare program within your practice and consider the design and implementation of this program.
· Reflect on advocacy efforts and the role of the nurse in relation to healthcare program design and implementation.

The Assignment: (2–4 pages)

In a 2- to 4-page paper, create an interview transcript of your responses to the following interview questions:
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Tell us about a healthcare program, within your practice. What are the costs and projected outcomes of this program?

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Who is your target population?

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What is the role of the nurse in providing input for the design of this healthcare program? Can you provide examples?

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What is your role as an advocate for your target population for this healthcare program? Do you have input into design decisions? How else do you impact design?

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What is the role of the nurse in healthcare program implementation? How does this role vary between design and implementation of healthcare programs? Can you provide examples?

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Who are the members of a healthcare team that you believe are most needed to implement a program? Can you explain why?

Andrew Jackson is one of the most polarizing presidents in the history of the United States. People either believe he was a great president or an absolutely terrible president with few opinions in between. As a matter of fact there are a number of Indian reservations that refuse to take $20 bills because they have his picture on them. Considering the controversy, along with his contributions to the country, was Andrew Jackson a good president? Why or why not?

 
Prompt
Andrew Jackson is one of the most polarizing presidents in the history of the United States. People either believe he was a great president or an absolutely terrible president with few opinions in between. As a matter of fact there are a number of Indian reservations that refuse to take $20 bills because they have his picture on them. Considering the controversy, along with his contributions to the country, was Andrew Jackson a good president? Why or why not?
Make sure to bring up specific examples from the reading and course materials.
*INSTRUCTOR’S NOTE* I admit that this can be a controversial, but this is why academia exists in the first place; to discuss controversial and thorny topics. That said, there is NO right or wrong answer. What matters is how well your argument is. Along with that, given the nature of this topic, we need to show respect to EVERYONE in this discussion.
Directions
Create a thread in which you answer the prompt above. Your original post needs to be well thought out and written with a minimum length of 300 words. If you use outside sources, you MUST cite them using parenthetical citations.

You will submit the annotation of a qualitative research article on a topic of your interest. Narrative, ethnographic, grounded theory, case study, and phenomenology are examples of types of research designs or approaches used in qualitative research.

 
ANNOTATION OF A QUALITATIVE RESEARCH ARTICLE
Submit: Annotation of a Qualitative Research Article
This week, you will submit the annotation of a qualitative research article on a topic of your interest. Narrative, ethnographic, grounded theory, case study, and phenomenology are examples of types of research designs or approaches used in qualitative research.
An annotation consists of three separate paragraphs that cover three respective components: summary, analysis, and application. These three components convey the relevance and value of the source. As such, an annotation demonstrates your critical thinking about, and authority on, the source topic. This week’s annotation is a precursor to the annotated bibliography assignment due in Week 10.
An annotated bibliography is a document containing selected sources accompanied by a respective annotation of each source. In preparation for your own future research, an annotated bibliography provides a background for understanding a portion of the existing literature on a particular topic. It is also a useful first step in gathering sources in preparation for writing a subsequent literature review as part of a dissertation.
Please review the assignment instructions below and click on the underlined words for information about how to craft each component of an annotation.
Please use the document “Annotated Bibliography Template with Example” for additional guidance.
It is recommended that you use the grading rubric as a self-evaluation tool before submitting your assignment. 
RESOURCES
Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity.Click the weekly resources link to access the resources. 

Use the Walden library database to search for a qualitativeLinks to an external site. research article from a peer-reviewedLinks to an external site. journal on a topic of your interest.
Before you read the full article and begin your annotation, locate the methodology section in the article to be sure that the article describes a qualitative study. Confirm that one of the types of qualitative research designs or approaches, such as narrative, ethnographic, grounded theory, case study, or phenomenology, was used in the study.
Annotate one qualitative research article from a peer-reviewed journal on a topic of your interest.
Provide the reference list entryLinks to an external site. for this article in APA Style followed by a three-paragraph annotation that includes:

Format your annotation in Times New Roman, 12-point font, double-spaced. A separate References list page is not needed for this assignment.
Submit your annotation.

RESOURCES
 

Golafshani, N. (2003). Understanding reliability and validity in qualitative researchLinks to an external site.. The Qualitative Report, 8(4), 597–606. Retrieved from http://nsuworks.nova.edu/tqr/vol8/iss4/6
Burkholder, G. J., Cox, K. A., Crawford, L. M., & Hitchcock, J. H.  (Eds.). (2020). Research designs and methods: An applied guide for the scholar-practitioner. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Chapter 12, “Quality Considerations”
Chapter 13, “Ethical Considerations”

Smith, J. K. (1984). The problem of criteria for judging interpretive inquiry Download The problem of criteria for judging interpretive inquiry. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 6(4), 379–391.?The problem of criteria for judging interpretive inquiry by Smith, J. K. in Educational evaluation and policy analysis, 6(4), 379-391. Copyright 1984 by Sage Publications-Journals. Used with permission of Sage Publications-Journals via the Copyright Clearance Center.
Document: Trustworthiness (PDF)Download Trustworthiness (PDF)
Walden University Office of Research and Doctoral Services (2018). Research ethics & complianceLinks to an external site.: Documents and FAQs. Retrieved from https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/researchcenter/orec/documents
Download the “Research Ethics Planning Worksheet”. Read this document to understand the ethical standards that researchers must address during the research planning process.

Walden University Office of Research and Doctoral Services. (2015c). Research resources: Research planning & writingLinks to an external site.. Retrieved from http://academicguides.waldenu.edu/researchcenter/resources/planning
Download the “Litmus Test” document.

Walden University. (n.d.). Essential elements for writing annotated bibliographiesLinks to an external site.. Walden University Quick Answers. https://academicanswers.waldenu.edu/faq/358634
Walden University. (2015a). How do I find an article that reports on research that uses a specific methodologyLinks to an external site.? Retrieved from http://academicanswers.waldenu.edu/faq/72633
Walden University: Writing Center. (2015). Common Course Assignments: Annotated BibliographiesLinks to an external site.. Retrieved from http://academicguides.waldenu.edu/writingcenter/assignments/annotatedbibliographies
Document: Annotated Bibliography Template with Example (Word document) Download Annotated Bibliography Template with Example (Word document) 

Required Media

Describe how transformational leadership style may influence the process of investigating this professional nurse colleague that reports to one of your unit managers.

Leadership and Management Attributes
Competency
Evaluate leadership and management attributes that support critical decisions for nursing practice.
Scenario
You have recently started a position as a department director with five managers reporting to you. Earlier today, one of your managers reports that a client expired on her unit. She suspects that a factor that may have contributed to the client’s demise may be related to the actions of a nurse on her unit. This nurse has several notes in her personnel file that reflect potential client abuse. You and the nurse manager both have concerns that this sentinel event must be investigated.
Later in the day, the Chief Nursing Officer asks you to speak to new nurse managers to share attributes of leadership with the plan of enhancing their leadership skills. You see an opportunity to combine the situation of the client with a bad outcome, due to the alleged influence of one of the nurses, while building information to share this real-life situation with new nurse leaders.
Instructions
As a follow up to the investigation of the client’s unexpected death, generate an internal memo to your managers to reflect leadership and management attributes and include steps taken to investigate this unfortunate situation. As you create this memo, keep in mind that you should include:

At least five leadership and/or management attributes for nurse leaders, as well as how they can improve client outcomes.
Steps you would take to ensure the collection of data regarding this incident.
Describe how transformational leadership style may influence the process of investigating this professional nurse colleague that reports to one of your unit managers.
Provides stated ideas with professional language and attribution for credible sources with correct APA citation, spelling, and grammar.

Use the attached story to write a summary on how ones sense of reason is distorted due to fear. Then add some personal life experiences that shows you understand the concept. A little bit about me: I am a high school sophomore. I play football and basketball, Im 5’8 so I am pretty short. I live at home with my mom, step day and little sister. My oldest brother graduated and moved to college last year. My dad died from cancer when I was 6 years old only four months after we found out he had cancer. I have had two brothers pass away in the last three years.  

Please use the attached story to write a summary on how ones sense of reason is distorted due to fear. Then add some personal life experiences that shows you understand the concept.
A little bit about me: I am a high school sophomore. I play football and basketball, Im 5’8 so I am pretty short. I live at home with my mom, step day and little sister. My oldest brother graduated and moved to college last year. My dad died from cancer when I was 6 years old only four months after we found out he had cancer. I have had two brothers pass away in the last three years.  
 
Body paragraph Topic sentences
BP#2 Topic Sentence- There are several
informational texts that showed how
one’s sense of reason is distorted due to fear.
BP#3 Topic Sentence- Explain how I have
fallen victim to this unexplained phenomenon.
Conclusion Paragraph

Explain the importance of budgets in developing tactical goals, providing detailed support. Develop operational goals (monthly, weekly, or daily) for reaching tactical goals.

Overview
For this assignment, you will work on creating a strategic plan aimed at boosting the performance of a company. The following case is based on a real company, Curtis & Associates, Inc. (The permission of Dean Curtis, President of the company, has been obtained for the use of his company.) While the case is based on a real company, many of the facts and events are fictional to facilitate the learning of management principles and concepts. Curtis & Associates was founded by Dean Curtis who had formerly taught Speech and Communications at the University of Nebraska at Kearney in Kearney, Nebraska.
Scenario
Dean Curtis formed Curtis & Associates when he was invited by an older student to bid on a contract for the Nebraska Department of Social Services. This student was the manager of the Kearney office of the Department of Social Services. Dean has now organized a company to conduct workshops to train welfare recipients in job search skills.
A year has passed, and thanks to your help, it has been a very successful year. Dean’s company has experienced a 70% placement rate for clients who have taken his workshops. This means that 7 out of 10 welfare recipients who have taken his company’s workshops have found jobs. Since this is now to be his line of work, Dean realizes he needs to think long-term about his goals for the business.
Instructions
Write a 3-4 page strategic plan in which you:

Develop at least three long-term strategic goals (3-5 years) for Curtis & Associates.

Make sure these goals meet the criteria for effective goals as outlined in the text.
Provide justification and your rationale for these goals.

Develop the tactical goals (or annual goals) for the company that support the long-term strategic goals.

Provide justification and your rationale for these goals.

Explain the importance of budgets in developing tactical goals, providing detailed support.
Develop operational goals (monthly, weekly, or daily) for reaching tactical goals.

Provide justification and your rationale for these goals.

Use at least three sources to support your writing. Choose sources that are credible, relevant, and appropriate. Cite each source listed on your source page at least one time within your assignment. For help with research, writing, and citation, access the library or review library guides.

This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards (SWS). The library is your home for SWS assistance, including citations and formatting. Please refer to the Library site for all support. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:

Prepare a strategic plan that includes strategic, tactical, and operational goals to increase the performance of the organization.