What support strategies help the reader accept Chitwoods claims?
Read Higher Education through Discombobulation (attached) and write an analysis using the following question: 1. What is the essays main claim? 2. What argument is the essay a response to? 3. What support strategies help the reader accept Chitwoods claims? 4. What additional support strategy might Chitwood use and why? 5. How does Chitwoods voice help the reader understand and accept her position? Use excerpts from the essay to support your claim. 6. How could Chitwood make her argument more insightful by introducing more opposition?
Perform a Du Pont analysis on BestCare.
a. Perform a Du Pont analysis on BestCare. Assume that the industryaverage ratios are as follows:Total margin 3.8%Total asset turnover 2.1Equity multiplier 3.2Return on equity (ROE) 25.5%b. Calculate and interpret the following ratios for BestCare: Industry AverageReturn on assets (ROA) 8.0%Current ratio 1.3Days cash on hand 41daysAverage collection period 7daysDebt ratio 69%Debt-to-equity ratio 2.2Times interest earned (TIE) ratio 2.8Fixed asset turnover ratio 5.2
Analyze the role of public policy with regard to your project.
Building on the work you completed in the Concept Draft, you will complete the final version of your feasibility study, The Feasibility of a Patient-Centered Self-Management System to Improve Patient Outcomes and Continued Care, with the initial list of relevant scholarly sources.Using the feasibility study outlined in the attached Daniels and Dickson (1990) article as a model, and including a minimum of six other scholarly sources, create a 12- to 15-page feasibility study that includes the following headings and supporting information:Evaluating FeasibilityThe concept of a feasibility study is central to viability, the worth to the effort ratio, and return on investment (ROI). What needs to be taken into consideration to create a feasibility study (e.g., human resources, community needs, and technological advances, federal and state regulatory issues)? Within this section, you will research and design an economical health care service that is responsive to a given market. This research stems from understanding your target population and present need in health services. Furthermore, as you have seen from the Daniels and Dickson (1990) article, you must appraise your human resources, capital investment, and how your effort will yield a return on investment from a facilities perspective as well as the tangible greater good of providing healthcare to a community. Strategic EffectAnalyze the role of public policy with regard to your project. What policies and processes should be in place to create an effective program? How will you measure the effectiveness of your program and your provision of health care services? Develop a microeconomic model that is responsive to the specific health care service demands of your target population. For example, the current trend of the medical home model, which allows for the coordination of care, allows for better communication among service providers as well as convenience for patients. Is the population a market priority? How does your program serve a need for your target population? Market AnalysisWithin this section you will identify the population demographics, who your competitors are, and whether or not a real need for the services you are proposing exists in the community. As you examine the demographic and population needs using Census data and other reliable sources, you must also consider what competitors, if any, exist in the present climate. This requires an evaluation of the present socio-economic and cultural trends influencing how people make decisions in health care. In addition, in this analysis, you will need to compare and contrast economic challenges and incentives among health care organization models. This comparison requires an understanding of past challenges and incentives that other organizations have implemented. Financial AnalysisThis section includes the revenue, expenses, and net income. Compare and contrast economic challenges and incentives by finding and describing multiple sources of public and private funding (e.g., grants, donations, awards, special projects) for this project. Include a reference list for your funding sources that is formatted in APA as outlined in the Writing Center. Next, identify the funding constraints for each source. Include limitations of monies awarded, timing issues, fitting the needs of the funding sources, difficulties of connecting with private funders, etc. Finally, specify the internal ramifications of moving forward using SWOT analysis. What are the fixed and variable costs associated with your project? What are the annual maintenance and operation costs? Elaborate on how you arrived at your sensitivity analysis conclusions. Operations PerformanceThis section examines the incremental effect of how your proposed service will impact all aspects of health services. This portion of the study explores how the statistical data you have researched affects the proposed service in terms of efficiency and value. This can be difficult to measure initially. However, through incremental and ongoing evaluation of operations, you can begin to see what constitutes the best performance in this instance and how it serves the target population. In this section, you will further illustrate the incentives and challenges faced by a health organization and communicate the relevance of economics within the U.S. health care system as it pertains to your proposed services. InpatientIf your proposed study has an inpatient component, this section will analyze on volume of patients, types of payers, and how utilization rates impact your proposed study. In addition, you will further explain how your new inpatient service will add value for patients and improve the financial viability of the institution. This section will require you to use both qualitative and quantitative data to justify the plan. Hospitals operate in terms of how many beds are occupied relative to how many are empty. Most CEOs want to see that a unit is running at near full capacity and that volume is increasing year to year. Analyze how your proposal will meet these demands by explaining the data you have collected and predicting potential financial outcomes. Finally, evaluate and explain how value-based care will impact your ability to maintain margins within this newly proposed service. OutpatientIf your proposed study has an outpatient component, examine how admissions, revenue, and workflow of staff will improve the efficiency of your proposed service. Analyze how your outpatient service will add value for patients and improve the financial viability of the institution. Justify your plan with appropriate data. As stated in the inpatient section, the content here applies much the same way. However, the caveat for outpatient services lies in the ambulatory setting. This aspect should be most interesting under conditions created by the Affordable Care Act. The new paradigm shift will be toward more preventative, primary, and outpatient care settings to reduce the numbers of patients being admitted to hospitals. Please explain how your proposal takes these conditions into consideration. In this section, you will further compare and contrast economic challenges and incentives among health cares organization models in an outpatient setting. You will also further augment your design in an economic framework that is responsive to your market. OutlookThis section examines future implications of your proposed services and how they will impact the future health outcomes of the community and financial health of the services being provided. Analyze economic theories that are germane to the provision of your proposed health services. What adjustments might you need to make in terms of what the unintended consequences may be? For example, Baylor Hospital in Houston proposed and spent 250 million to create a brand new hospital that currently stands empty because it was built during the U.S. economic downturn, the loan was no longer able to finance the construction, and the initial examination of its necessity did not play out as expected. Provide conclusions and implications of how your feasibility study fits within the larger context of the system of services currently being provided. How do they work with one another within the larger health care system? Finally, evaluate how your study will respond to market and design models that impact the community based on current regulatory and market needs.* Must use at least twelve scholarly sources formatted according to APA style.*
What do you think are some effective tactics for APN strategic positioning regarding pay equality?
WEEK 91) Reflect on the current roles of advanced practice nurses in healthcare as the care providers at the front line of disease management and health promotion in primary care and many other specialty settings.2) What do you think are some effective tactics for APN strategic positioning regarding pay equality?3) Should APNs position themselves as lower-cost providers who provide better care or push for comparable worth, same service and same pay?Below is an article that provides great practical information that highlights how provider productivity is calculated in the clinical setting, which is important to know as future nurse practitioners.Calculating Your Worth: Understanding Productivity and Value- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4093517/
Provide an example, either within your work environment or in society at large, of when a risk analysis or risk register had a positive impact on goal setting or planning, in general, for an organization.
Reflect on the 3 competencies of this course.Consider how they might directly apply to your life and work environment when answering the questions below in a minimum of 750 words. Competency 1: You will conduct risk analysis.Competency 2: You will recommend a compliance plan to mitigate risk.Competency 3: You will apply mitigation practices to address the risks associated with business objectives.Reflect on the following questions in a minimum of 500 words.Question #1:Think of a situation in which an incident response plan was needed and how it would have improved the management of the incident. How could you utilize a gap analysis matrix within your own work environment? Provide an example, either within your work environment or in society at large, of when a risk analysis or risk register had a positive impact on goal setting or planning, in general, for an organization. Question #2:???????What specific assignments or learning activities from this course did you find particularly beneficial? What do you feel could have improved or added to your learning experience in this course?
After World War I and more than twenty years of reform, Americans became much more conservative in the 1920s. In fact, Reinhold Niebuhr stated that America was rapidly becoming the most conservative nation on earth. Give examples that defend this perception of America as conservative in the 1920s.
For part 3 of the Unit 2 Exam, choose ONLY 1 essay question from the list below, which covers chapters 20 and 21 in the textbook. Grades will be based on the content of the answer and must be more than 300 words in length. Direct quotes do not count toward the required word count.Part 3 Essay Questions:1 After World War I and more than twenty years of reform, Americans became much more conservative in the 1920s. In fact, Reinhold Niebuhr stated that America was rapidly becoming the most conservative nation on earth. Give examples that defend this perception of America as conservative in the 1920s.2 The 1920s are commonly referred to as the Roaring Twenties. Document who was and who was not roaring in the 1920s. Your answer ought to illustrate the dichotomy of the decade.3 The 1920s present a time when an entire people was grappling with massive technological and social change. Americans spent the decade seeking to adapt to the rise of a mass-production, mass-culture metropolitan world that had emerged seemingly overnight. Discuss the decade in these terms, describing the many ways in which Americans sought to deal with this change.4 Would you describe the 1920s as a decade that benefited women? Why, or why not? Remember to consider the experience of all women when composing your answer.5 The Great Depression came dramatically with the stock market crash, but the causes of the Depression had been planted well before 1929. Discuss what brought on the Great Depression and why Hoover was not able to properly address the crisis.6 Analyze how FDR oversaw the transformation of the Democratic Party into a coalition of farmers, industrial workers, the reform-minded urban middle class, liberal intellectuals, northern African-Americans, and the white supremacist South.7 How did the New Deal alter the role of the national government? In your answer, discuss specific New Deal reforms.8 Compare the New Deal reforms with those of the Progressive era. How did the New Deal reflect the reform traditions of the Progressive era? Be sure to include in your answer a discussion about Roosevelts key administrators.9 Thinking back to other labor struggles in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, such as the Homestead Strike, Haymarket Affair, 1902 Coal Strike, and Ludlow Massacre, how do the Memorial Day Massacre and the UAW sit-down strikes compare? Had organized labor become any more sophisticated over the years in its tactics? Had business or government become any more sympathetic?10 Even though there were no significant gains made in civil rights during the 1930s, there seemed to be an optimistic view among the black community. African-Americans were able to find help in the 1930s through the hope they viewed in the Roosevelt administration, their inclusion within the Congress of Industrial Organizations, and the Popular Front. Write an essay that elaborates on these three pillars, and discuss what each offered to the African-American community.
compare and contrast how the workers in these pieces deal with the prospect of not having work.
Choose two of the following prompts for your midterm response. At least one response should be a 2-3 page . The second can be an You may draw from videos and readings we have covered in class so far; outside material and a bibliography are not needed. Be sure to address each part of the prompt, provide specific details, and carefully proofread your writing.The idea of home in relation to working (or not working) has been a part of several pieces we have encountered this term. Choose at least two of our readings or videos from this term and discuss how they deal with this aspect of the working life. 1-Some texts express the desperation felt by workers who find themselves outside the working world because of the loss of a job or industry. Select two of our readings or videos and compare and contrast how the workers in these pieces deal with the prospect of not having work.2-Comment on one aspect of the role of race, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality in our working lives. How might these aspects shape our workplace experiences? Choose at least two of our readings or videos from this term to support your response.3-Our working life is a significant part of our identity. Choose at least two of our readings or videos from this term and explore what they say about our identity as workers or as unemployed/displaced workers in our contemporary world.4-TWO FIRST 2 PAGES AND ONE OF 1 PAGE
Is the finish that was used on your firearm a good option for its purpose? Why or why not?
All firearms are built with a purpose, whether that be hunting, plinking, military service, home or personal defense, etc., and this purpose has a big influence on not just the design of the firearm, but also the finish. Finishes are often as purpose-specific as the rest of the design of a firearm.Think about one of your own firearms and the purpose behind its overall use and design. Now think back over all the different finishing options you have learned about in this course and respond to the following questions.I used the Glock model 22 Is the finish that was used on your firearm a good option for its purpose? Why or why not? If it was, what might have been an even better-suited option, or one which you would have preferred? If it was not, what would have been a better choice, and why? Now investigate the process for repairing damage to both finish types. Do they need to be completely refinished or can they be effectively touched-up? Considering the purpose of the firearm, how easy and likely is it to damage the finish during regular intended use? Do you still think the alternative finish would be a better choice? Why or why not?Min 500 words
discuss your understanding of the concepts of cultural politics, cultural domination, accommodation and resistance as it relates to syncretism and the emergence of the culture of the enslaved (the precursor to African American culture) in the US.
Considering the videos below, discuss your understanding of the concepts of cultural politics, cultural domination, accommodation and resistance as it relates to syncretism and the emergence of the culture of the enslaved (the precursor to African American culture) in the US.This prompt is designed to test your understanding of the processes through which the culture of enslaved Africans was created. We expect you to cover:1.) Conditions under which slave culture emerged. Slave environment within which culture emerges Why was it that the enslaved needed to create new cultures2.) The sources of cultural materials for this new culture and it was that these new cultures were combined.3.) Accommodation, resistance, and the cultural politics of cultural relations.4.) The strengths of capitalist investments in slave regimes and the effect on slave cultures.5.) The strengths of Africanisms and its relationship to cultural politics of resistence.Adequate essays include a discussion of the elements in 1-3 with particular attention to the interaction of resistance and accomodation.Good essays will include some elements from 1 with a strong sense of 2, 3, and 5 and will use examples from the evidence ie the articles provided.Excellent essays have a very good command of 1-5 and will make use of the both the readings and the evidence to illustrate key points.In general, overall fluency with the conceptual categories and demonstration of a critical approach in utilizing conceptual categories presented in class in a relationship to the everyday evidence provided in a well written essay is what we are looking for.Roots: A History Revealed Forms of Rebellion | History (Links to an external site.)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nthxeoyukgw (Links to an external site.)
What myths about the American Revolution does Prof. Berkin expose in her article? Examine at least three of the myths and the arguments Prof. Berkin presents to debunk them.
Topic: Myths of the American RevolutionRead Prof Carol Berkins article Teaching the Revolution. (See attachment)Use specific examples from the source to address the following questions:1. What myths about the American Revolution does Prof. Berkin expose in her article? Examine at least three of the myths and the arguments Prof. Berkin presents to debunk them. 2. According to the essay, what group of people became loyalists? What group became revolutionaries, and why?3. Does this article challenge in any way your previous understanding/knowledge of the American Revolution? Why, or why not? Format of the assignment:On the top of the page, type: Week 3-Reaction Paper. Then type the first question, and then your answer right under it. Then, type the second question, and your answer under it. Your paper should be 12-font, single-spaced. You need to write a minimum of one page. There is no limit on maximum pages.You need to use at least three specific examples per answer. Each topic sentence needs to be a mini-thesis statement, and the examples have to support it and be relevant to it. Use quotation marks when citing directly from the sources and include the authors last name and page number in parenthesis next to the quotation. (This is an MLA style of citation.) You should be able to address the questions just using information from the provided readings. If you are consulting external sources, please provide a reference at the end of the paper. Type your paper in your text-editing program, save it on your computer, and upload your file. I will accept the following file formats: .doc, docx, .pdf
