Are hospitals that routinely perform drug tests on any pregnant woman “suspected of being a drug user” violating the privacy rights of the woman?
Case Study: Health Care Ethics
Jennifer Johnson: Maternal Drug Use and Fetal Rights (2)
When 23-year-old Jennifer Johnson arrived to give birth to her fourth child, hospital drug tests found traces of cocaine in her blood. It was later revealed that her other children had all been cocaine-affected babies. A Florida judge found her guilty of delivery (through the umbilical cord) of a controlled substance to a child. Johnson was sentenced to 15 years of probation, drug treatment, random drug testing, and educational and vocational training. She was ordered to participate in an intensive pre-natal care program if she should ever become pregnant again.
According to the Physicians’ Committee for Responsible Medicine, an estimated one in five women use illegal drugs. The cost of caring for a cocaine-exposed infant can run into the millions of dollars. In response, several states have passed civil child abuse and neglect laws, which state that taking illicit drugs or alcohol during pregnancy constitutes child abuse. As a result of these laws, thousands of women have lost custody of their children and some have even been jailed or placed in mandatory drug treatment programs. As in the case of Jennifer Johnson, addicted women can avoid prison by agreeing to undergo drug treatment.
Choose one of the following questions:
· Question 1: Are hospitals that routinely perform drug tests on any pregnant woman “suspected of being a drug user” violating the privacy rights of the woman?
· Question 2: Does a pregnant woman who plans to carry her fetus to term have a moral obligation to refrain from using substances that are harmful to the fetus? If so, does the obligation necessarily depend upon the personhood or moral status of the fetus? Can we have a duty to refrain from behavior that might harm persons who do not yet exist?
Analyze how ethical standards impact moral decision making.
Applied Ethics Essay
Instructions
This assignment is designed to help you begin work on your Applied Ethics Essay due in Week 9. In this assignment, you will create an outline of what you will be writing in your essay. An outline is a tool used to organize your thoughts. You do not need to flesh out all your ideas, but briefly state your ideas along with supporting details that you will use in your final essay.
Begin by reading through the cases included below these instructions (there are four to choose from). Select one that interests you, and choose one of the moral questions to respond to. Then, develop an outline that you will use to structure your final essay.
Your outline must include the following:
· Briefly state a clear position on the moral question presented.
· List relevant facts of the case.
· Identify clarifying concepts you will use to analyze the case.
· Describe an ethical standard pertinent to the case.
· Include at least four references with proper SWS citation and explain how the information in that reference is relevant to your position. At least two of these sources will be from your textbook and other course materials.
See Sample Outline for an example of how this might look.
This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards. For assistance and information, please refer to the Strayer Writing Standards link in the left-hand menu of your course.
The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:
· Analyze how ethical standards impact moral decision making.
Should the PATRIOT Act infringe on people’s freedom of speech?
Case Study: Criminal Justice
USA PATRIOT Act and Academic Freedom (1)
A senior at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, was visited at his parent’s home by federal agents after he requested a copy of The Little Red Book, Mao Tse-Tung’s book on communism. The student who requested the book through the university library’s inter-library loan was doing a research paper on communism for a class on totalitarianism and fascism. The two agents who came to his home said the book was on a “watch list” and that the student’s background, which included “significant time abroad,” prompted them to investigate.
His professor told reporters that he suspected that there is a lot more monitoring of student and faculty activities by federal agents than most people realize. The professor also reconsidered a class that he was going to teach on terrorism because he feared it might put the students at risk. “I shudder to think of all the students I’ve had monitoring al-Qaeda websites, what the government must think of that,” he said. “Mao Tse-Tung is completely harmless.”
The USA PATRIOT Act overrides library confidentiality laws. The Department of Homeland Security has the authority to monitor college students’ and professors’ library borrowing records, Internet records, and e-mails, as well as international travel and phone calls. In addition, librarians are bound by a gag order. Once records are requested, librarians are not allowed to tell the person who is under investigation.
Several libraries have protested the PATRIOT Act. Librarians in Santa Cruz, California, for example, are shredding library records daily. Libraries in some other states are posting warning signs and passing out leaflets. The American Library Association passed a resolution calling sections of the PATRIOT Act a danger to constitutional rights.
Question: Should the PATRIOT Act infringe on people’s freedom of speech?
How would you refute the people who chose an additional tool rather than one of the tools that you selected?
Deliverable Length: 4-6 pages
You enter your project team meeting with Mike and Tiffany to hear them discussing the tools that they found to conduct an analysis of the industry and competitors. “Mike, there are so many more tools than I even realized to give us some good data,” Tiffany states.
“I know,” Mike says. “That’s why I wanted to take some time to look at our options and figure out what information we really need to support the board’s decision.”
Mike and Tiffany both found some great tools from their research on the subject. Complete the following:
- Based on your classmates’ discussion posts for Week 2, do you still believe the tools that you selected will work best for a global strategy? Why or why not?
- What evidence do you have to support your decision?
- How would you refute the people who chose an additional tool rather than one of the tools that you selected?
- Based on the tools that you selected, provide a brief analysis of your market, using those tools.
Provide a SMART goal that you will need to meet to launch your product and explain the reasoning for these goals.
Deliverable Length: 4–6 pages (not including cover page and resource page)
Goal setting is a common practice in marketing. It is important to set goals in the marketing strategy plan so that the marketing practices are aligned with the overall goals of the business. SMART Goals are Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, and Time-Bound. These goals are applicable in business as well as for yourself. In this assignment, you will combine these purposes. You are a future entrepreneur. You have a new product or service that you have created, and you are getting ready to launch your new brand. While putting together your marketing strategy plan, you should consider some of the important goals in marketing.
Read this article to understand “10 SMART Goals in Marketing (and Why They Are Important)”. 10 SMART Goals in Marketing (and Why They’re Important) | Indeed.com
Watch this video to better understand how to set SMART goals for digital marketing. How To Set Goals For Digital Marketing That You Can Actually Reach
Using what you have learned, use the following questions to guide your writing:
- Describe the name of your brand and the product and/or service that will launch your business.
- Provide a SMART goal that you will need to meet to launch your product and explain the reasoning for these goals.
- Why is this goal relevant to your business and how would you attain it?
- Please explain why it is important to be SMART when setting goals for your business?
Please use the MKTG630_U2_IP_Template to complete this assignment.
Explain how the information in the report you have selected would be used to form the basis for a presentation to the district attorney’s office, or for any arrest or follow up investigation.
Week 7 Assignment – Asking the Right Questions
Overview
Including the right information in your criminal justice reports depends on many things. It is very important that you develop a habit of asking the right questions in order to collect the right information, taking detailed notes, and always keeping your information organized. You must ensure that the information you put in your reports is specific and accurate in order to ensure individuals are readily identified, that the facts regarding possible criminal activity lead to or show the necessary probable cause, and that any action by law enforcement during the incident or post-incident investigation does not violate anyone’s civil rights or constitutional protections.
Instructions
To complete this assignment, write a 2–3 page paper in which you:
- Select one of the criminal justice reports you reviewed in the Week 2 assignment, Create a Criminal Justice Report Summary.
- Prepare a summary of the essential questions you will need to ask to gather the information to be included in the report.
- Describe an organizational or note-taking strategy that would facilitate the creation of this report.
- Explain how the information in the report you have selected would be used to form the basis for a presentation to the district attorney’s office, or for any arrest or follow up investigation.
- Use the Strayer Library to find at least two academic resources. Note: Wikipedia and similar websites are not considered quality references.
This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards. For assistance and information, please refer to the Strayer Writing Standards link in the left-hand menu of your course. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
Identify the most essential pieces of information that should be included in criminal justice reports.
You can choose one of the these below
Define marginal cost of capital.
Respond to the following scenario with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. Be substantive and clear, and use research to reinforce your ideas. (750-1000 words)
Mary Francis has just returned to her office after attending preliminary discussions with investment bankers. Her last meeting regarding the intended capital structure of Apix went well, and she calls you into her office to discuss the next steps.
“We will need to determine the required return for our intended project so that we have a decision criteria defined for the project,” she says.
“Do you have the information I need to describe capital structure and to calculate the weighted average cost of capital (WACC)?” you ask.
“I do,” she smiles. “We can determine the target WACC for Apix Printing Inc., given these assumptions,” she says as she hands you a piece of paper that says the following:
Weights of 40% debt and 60% common equity (no preferred equity)
A 35% tax rate
Cost of debt is 8%
Beta of the company is 1.5
Risk-free rate is 2%
Return on the market is 11% “Great,” you say. “Thanks.”
“Be sure to indicate how these costs of capital might be used to determine the feasibility of the capital project,” Mary says. “I want your recommendation about which is more appropriate to apply to project evaluation, too. Let me know what you think.”
“One more thing,” she says as she stands up to signal the end of the meeting. “You did a good job with the explanations that you provided Luke the other day. Would you have time to define marginal cost of capital for me so I can include it in my discussions with investors? You seem to have a knack for making things accessible to nonfinancial folks.”
“No problem,” you say. “I’m glad my explanations are so useful!”
For this assignment, complete the following:
- Describe capital structure.
- Determine the WACC given the above assumptions.
- Indicate how these might be useful to determine the feasibility of the capital project.
- Recommend which is more appropriate to apply to project evaluation.
- Define marginal cost of capital.
Analyze quality initiatives to improve health outcomes across the continuous of care.
Please include 400 words in your initial post
This course is designed to expand the student’s knowledge of pharmaco-therapeutics and pharmaco-kinetics to broad categories of pharmacologic agents. Focus will be on pharmaco-therapeutic modalities utilized by advanced practice nurses.
End of Program Student Learning Outcomes (EPSLO’s)
- Integrate nursing and related sciences into the delivery of care to clients in diverse healthcare settings.
- Create effective interdisciplinary organizational and systems leadership in the care of clients in diverse care settings.
- Analyze quality initiatives to improve health outcomes across the continuous of care.
- Apply practice guidelines to improve practice and health outcomes.
- Relate information and communication technologies to document and improve practice health outcomes.
- Examine the effect of legal, ethical, and regulatory processes on healthcare delivery, practice and health outcome.
- Employ collaborative interprofessional strategies for improving client and population health outcomes.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of clinical prevention interventions that affect individual and population based-health outcomes, perform risk assessments, add design plans or programs of care.
- Relate knowledge of illness and disease management to providing evidence-based care to clients, communities, and vulnerable populations in an evolving healthcare delivery system.
What needs to be included with your CHE application?
For this week’s assignment, begin by reviewing the 2018 CHE Applicant Information Guides and the NIH General Instructions for NIH and Other PHS Agency Application Packages found in this week’s resources. Then, schedule a face-to-face meeting with your professor to discuss the program you have selected concerning how it fits within CHE priorities. In this meeting, be prepared to discuss answers to the following questions:
What program will you utilize? What does the program involve? What is the intervention? What is your connection to it? What population will you use your program? Where will your program be held? What are the various resources you will need to successfully implement this program?
How does your program fit with the funding priorities of CHE and the NIH? How does your program fit within the psychology context?
What needs to be included with your CHE application? What are the parts of the letter of intent (LOI) vs. the Stage II full application? What does the NIH require?
Ask your professor any questions you have about grant writing.
If you are unable to schedule a Skype or telephone meeting with your professor, you are required to submit a response paper in which you briefly respond to the questions above or you can create a video note in NCUOne.
To create a video note, select the Record video option in the assignment submission area. You will need your webcam to complete this video. Press the New Recording button when you are ready to record your video note and the Stop Recording when finished. Click the Add button to include the video in your assignment submission.
Note on length limitation of video notes: Audio only, up to 1 minute. The video, up to 3 minutes. Multiple submissions can be uploaded if you need more time.
The length of the face-to-face meeting: Plan to schedule a 30-minute conversation. For attendance purposes, submit a Word document with notes from your conversation. This does not have to be in proper APA format and references are not required.
Length of alternative assignment paper: 2-4 pages, not including title page
Your assignment should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts presented in the course by providing new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic. Your response should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards where appropriate. Be sure to adhere to Northcentral University’s Academic Integrity Policy.
Recommend security controls that could have been implemented to prevent the data breach from occurring.
Security Breach at Target
Requirements
In this assignment, you will read the article, “Teaching Case: Security Breach at Target.” Then you will write a 3–4-page case analysis in which you:
1. Outline the security breach at Target.
2. Describe how Target became aware of the security breach.
3. Examine the security breach’s impact on Target’s customers.
4. Recommend security controls that could have been implemented to prevent the data breach from occurring.
5. Research how the data breach at Target affected Target’s and other companies’ security practices.
6. Locate and integrate into the assignment at least three quality, peer-reviewed academic resources, written within the past five years.
Wikipedia and similar websites do not qualify as quality resources.
Formatting: APA format.
