In your conversations with classmates, ask questions about their topics and their research experience in the APUS Online Library. For example, you might ask any of the questions below or other think of something different to ask: What library search strategies did you use to locate information? Did you contact a librarian in order to start gathering information? What was the experience like? Did you conduct a deep web search? What did you find? What did you like about the online library’s search functions?

For this week’s Forum, share with the class an outline of your research project. (Refer to the Lesson for information about outlining.) Within this outline, include statements of fact that you have found in your early research. Also provide a preliminary list of four (4) resources you think you will use in the project. Based on this week’s reading and lesson, why have you selected these resources? What makes them reliable and scholarly resources for your project?
 
Outlining can take on the traditional outline format, but you are also welcome to use any of the following (or other) online tools to demonstrate your planning for the final project:
In your conversations with classmates, ask questions about their topics and their research experience in the APUS Online Library. For example, you might ask any of the questions below or other think of something different to ask:

What library search strategies did you use to locate information?
Did you contact a librarian in order to start gathering information? What was the experience like?
Did you conduct a deep web search? What did you find?
What did you like about the online library’s search functions?
What library resource will you revisit as you build your final project?
Which video linked in the Lesson was the most useful?
Is there a concept in your outline or mind-map that you are unable to support through library research? Do you need help finding supporting material?
Did you find a resource that is a counter argument to your topic? Does this information impact your project plan?

What are the explicit premises of this argument? 2. What is the conclusion of this argument? 3. What are the implicit premises of this argument? Remember that these are the assumptions implied in the argument which are not explicitly stated. 4. How can you make the implicit premises more explicit? 5. Are there any weaknesses you can identify in this argument? Explain.

1. What are the explicit premises of this argument?
2. What is the conclusion of this argument?
3. What are the implicit premises of this argument? Remember that these are the assumptions implied in the argument which are not explicitly stated.
4. How can you make the implicit premises more explicit?
5. Are there any weaknesses you can identify in this argument? Explain.

Review the concepts of informatics as presented in the Resources, particularly Rutherford, M. (2008) Standardized Nursing Language: What Does It Mean for Nursing Practice? Reflect on the role of a nurse leader as a knowledge worker. Consider how knowledge may be informed by data that is collected/accessed. The Assignment: In a 2- to 3-page paper, address the following: Explain how you would inform this nurse (and others) of the importance of standardized nursing terminologies. Describe the benefits and challenges of implementing standardized nursing terminologies in nursing practice. Be specific and provide examples.

 
To Prepare:

Review the concepts of informatics as presented in the Resources, particularly Rutherford, M. (2008) Standardized Nursing Language: What Does It Mean for Nursing Practice?
Reflect on the role of a nurse leader as a knowledge worker.
Consider how knowledge may be informed by data that is collected/accessed.

The Assignment:
In a 2- to 3-page paper, address the following:

Explain how you would inform this nurse (and others) of the importance of standardized nursing terminologies.
Describe the benefits and challenges of implementing standardized nursing terminologies in nursing practice. Be specific and provide examples.
Be sure to support your paper with peer-reviewed research on standardized nursing terminologies that you consulted from the Walden Library.

You are a public health scientist and informatician assigned to lead a team of environmental specialists investigating an outbreak of lead poisoning in a small community. The suspicion is that the lead poisoning has been caused by pollution generated by a large commercial plant that produces paints under a federal contract. The community water sources have been contaminated with the plant waste. Your assigned task is to organize your team and lead a surveillance investigation. You must meet with the community’s elected leaders to discuss the outbreak, present preliminary outbreak data, and explain how your team will proceed with its investigation (O’Carroll, Yasnoff, Ward, & Ripp, 2010).

You are a public health scientist and informatician assigned to lead a team of environmental specialists investigating an outbreak of lead poisoning in a small community. The suspicion is that the lead poisoning has been caused by pollution generated by a large commercial plant that produces paints under a federal contract. The community water sources have been contaminated with the plant waste. Your assigned task is to organize your team and lead a surveillance investigation. You must meet with the community’s elected leaders to discuss the outbreak, present preliminary outbreak data, and explain how your team will proceed with its investigation (O’Carroll, Yasnoff, Ward, & Ripp, 2010).

Write a 2-3 page  in MS-Word about SOME OF (but not ALL OF) these aspects from Chp 1-4 of the text, on this new app you downloaded: Techno-fixation Haptic Interface Multi-Modality Emotional Impact Economical Impact

 
. Download some new app onto your mobile device that you’ve heard about (if you do not have a mobile phone call me and we’ll come up with an alternative), and then you will
2. Write a 2-3 page  in MS-Word about SOME OF (but not ALL OF) these aspects from Chp 1-4 of the text, on this new app you downloaded:

Techno-fixation
Haptic Interface
Multi-Modality
Emotional Impact
Economical Impact
Safety-critical situations
Usability
User Experience
Interaction as Brand
Interaction as Package
technology acceptance
Innovation
Building on Past Success
Designing the Interaction
Platform Design
Prototyping

  Include citations. .

Thyme Herbal Plant Research Term Project, Part 3: Folklore, Myths and Superstitions Now it is time to research the folklore, myths and stories that have built up around your chosen herb. This is fun and often very colorful, but has a serious side to it as well. To critically think, you must be able to separate entertaining and possibly traditional cultural practices from serious fact-based effectiveness. Include: Short introduction Stories, Myths, Superstitions about your chosen plant Identify clearly the cultural origin of the story

Thyme Herbal Plant Research Term Project, Part 3: Folklore, Myths and Superstitions
Now it is time to research the folklore, myths and stories that have built up around your chosen herb. This is fun and often very colorful, but has a serious side to it as well. To critically think, you must be able to separate entertaining and possibly traditional cultural practices from serious fact-based effectiveness.
Include:

Short introduction
Stories, Myths, Superstitions about your chosen plant
Identify clearly the cultural origin of the story
Include  pictures as illustrations. Make sure they are integrated nicely in the text, not separate or all at the end. Also make sure they are an appropriate size.
include the word count please. 
Include your reference citations

Choose at least 3 images to discuss for the week, and in one to two sentences, explain why you chose these images. Was it a personal connection? Did you like something in particular? Or Did you just simply choose them because you felt like it? For your three chosen images, provide a visual analysis. Describe what you see. Think about shape, material, color, pigment (if it has any), and texture. Is it an object? A sculpture? A painting. Observe the image, and simply just describe what you see. Then list 3-5 facts about the image. Situate it in its historical context and tell me something we won’t know just by looking at it. Consider questions like who made it?

Choose at least 3 images to discuss for the week, and in one to two sentences, explain why you chose these images. Was it a personal connection? Did you like something in particular? Or Did you just simply choose them because you felt like it? For your three chosen images, provide a visual analysis. Describe what you see. Think about shape, material, color, pigment (if it has any), and texture. Is it an object? A sculpture? A painting. Observe the image, and simply just describe what you see. Then list 3-5 facts about the image. Situate it in its historical context and tell me something we won’t know just by looking at it. Consider questions like who made it? Why was it made? What does it represent? What was its function? What’s the connection between the artist and the object?Images Byzantine Images Byzantine Early Byzantinearchitecture Hagia Sophia Middle Byzantine Theotokos Mosaic Illuminated manuscripts ***note the importance of books during this period*** The Paris Psalter Naturalism in Hagia Sophia Vita Icons FranceLast Judgement from Autun Reliquary of St. Foy Pentecost of Vezelay Virgin and Child in Majesty Morgan Leaf

How did/should black Americans respond to Jim Crow? Read the following articles: Write two paragraphs for each man/document. Make sure you address the following for each one: What is the author’s argument? What should black Americans do in response to the onset of Jim Crow laws? Briefly summarize why each man feels that way. What are his reasons for suggesting what he does?

How did/should black Americans respond to Jim Crow?
Read the following articles:
Write two paragraphs for each man/document. Make sure you address the following for each one:

What is the author’s argument? What should black Americans do in response to the onset of Jim Crow laws?
Briefly summarize why each man feels that way. What are his reasons for suggesting what he does?

Writer’s Notebook – Tony Kushner’s play Angels in America challenges public perceptions and blame toward gay men during the early AIDS crisis. “All theater is political,” says Kushner. Yet at the same time, he says that artists should not confuse their work with activism. How does his play serve as a political provocateur and provoke transformation? Give examples from the script. 

Writer’s Notebook – Tony Kushner’s play Angels in America challenges public perceptions and blame toward gay men during the early AIDS crisis. “All theater is political,” says Kushner. Yet at the same time, he says that artists should not confuse their work with activism. How does his play serve as a political provocateur and provoke transformation? Give examples from the script. 

Begin by introducing yourself to the class. Describe your current setting or professional experience and give your definition of health information technology, explaining why it is important for clinicians to know. How important is the attitude of nurses in effectively implementing health information technology?

  
Begin by introducing yourself to the class. Describe your current setting or professional experience and give your definition of health information technology, explaining why it is important for clinicians to know.
How important is the attitude of nurses in effectively implementing health information technology? What attitudes toward HIT have you encountered in your professional career? 
Include at least two references with your initial response to this question with citations in APA style.