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Discuss the costs and benefits associated with these ideas using two or more selections.

1. Every story and essay in this section of the class deals with the conflict between the real and the ideal. Compare/contrast three of the selections and specifically look at how the characters handle the problems and challenges associated with their identities and situations.

2. Many of these stories and essays are focused on the way American society welcomes or excludes the various Ethnicity that make up our country. Choose three of them and discuss how their characters handle these difficulties.

3. From our laws to our social/moral code, it can be argued that America is obsessed with both the notions of exceptionalism and equality.

Discuss the costs and benefits associated with these ideas using two or more selections.

You are also required to use one outside source to provide additional support for your argument.

Remember that you must include all sources in your works cited page as well as Parenthetically cite them where they appear in your paper.

Describe how your project will improve services or outcomes and distinguish the organization from their competitors.

Innovative Healthcare Initiative

Your Business Case Plan should be based on the information that you learn within your clinical facility. Be sure to review the mission, vision, and values to understand the organizations purpose and culture. Based on your interpretation of the organization, what opportunities have you discerned that could improve their services?

Remember, you are not writing a BCP for a board of directors; that would take more time and resources than we have at our disposal and exceeds the boundaries of this course.

However, you are expected to follow the outline of the BCP and provide the required elements as outlined in the assignment instructions and grading rubric.

See the Course Schedule for the due date. Follow the guidelines below to complete your Business Case Plan.

Review the Business Case Plan Rubric [DOCX] for grading criteria and guidelines for creating your plan.
Use the following headings in your plan:

Executive summary

The primary purpose of the executive summary, the first section of the BPC, is to provide a condensed overview of the main document and capture the attention of the reader(s), and key stakeholder(s)

While the executive summary is the first section of a BCP, it should be written after you complete the other sections; remember it summarizes the entire presentation.

Define the Proposal
The purpose of this should be enumerated in three subsections:

1) Provide a factual summary of the current situation or environment;

2) Provide a clear analysis of the problem; and

3) Identify the solution. It is important to provide the reader with a clear picture of why you are making this proposal and then to help them understand the problem.

It is vitally important to align the organization’s mission, vision, and goals with your proposal

Clearly portray your solution to the problem through a relatively succinct description

Describe how your project will improve services or outcomes and distinguish the organization from their competitors.

Presentation of Options

This section focuses on brainstorming ideas and identifying alternative solutions to address and resolve the identified problem.; you are presenting the reader with options.

At a minimum, present the reader with two additional options to counterbalance the proposed option.

If one of your choices includes a status quo option, one that requires no change from the current situation, it is important to connect the consequences of doing so with the organization and how it will or will not address the problem being faced.

Market Analysis and Opportunity

This section will focus on the environment in which you plan to establish and grow your proposed idea(s) if approved. The market analysis may be internal (within your organization) or external (within the community environment).

Most nursing proposals are based upon inter-organizational (internal) analysis rather than external analysis.

Goals and Objectives

Consider what it is that you want to accomplish with this proposal Clearly describe your expectations for success and how that success will be identified and measured for key stakeholders.

Goals are generally broad and long-term as they determine the direction that you want to take.

Objectives are more detailed and define the specific, measurable actions that must be taken to achieve the overall goal.

It is important that goals and objectives are written in specific, measurable, and time-bound terms.

You may have multiple objectives that support the achievement of one goal.
Performance measures are the strategies that define the how, the actions, taken to meet identified objectives. They quantitatively assess each objective.

Each objective may have one or more performance measures that are used to determine if the objective has been achieved or not.

Implementation Plan and Timeline

Building on the identified goals and objectives, it is important to develop a detailed implementation plan that includes important milestones and deliverables with expected dates of completion.

Follow up any narrative descriptions of the implementation plan with a table to illustrate data

Key stakeholders will need to understand the resources required to implement the project in terms of financial, physical, and human capital support

Evaluation of the Program

This section will describe the evaluation plan for on-going assessment, measurement, and assurance of quality outcomes.
Performance measures should include both financial and service outcomes in their metrics for measurement and align with established goals and objectives for the proposal.

Financial Data and Projections

In this section you will need to provide a comprehensive financial picture of the project with budgetary assumptions and performance expectations clearly outlined.

In nursing, the BCP is typically focused on services, interdepartmental improvements or changes. As such, the financial analysis for the interdepartmental proposal has focused on expected revenue in the form of improved reimbursement or expanded service lines.

Projected costs of the proposed project- renovation of physical space, equipment, and salaries are offset by cost savings in decreased overtime or premium pay or better reimbursement rates.

This information will help you and your key stakeholders to decide if your proposal is worth initiating, or if you need to reevaluate key assumptions. It is important to prepare projections that both realistic and inclusive, but also account for any known financial risks.

Identify Risks Key stakeholders and decision makers will be looking for a comprehensive analysis of risk that addresses three aspects:

1) a detailed discussion of risks related to the identified problem as noted in the Proposal section,

2) a detailed discussion of risk as they relate to each of the identified options noted in the Presentation of Options section, and

3) describe risks in terms of proceeding or not proceeding with your proposal. Risks should be described in easy to define terms and address the likelihood of their occurrence.
Consider threats and opportunities that you identified in the Market

Analysis and provide a discussion of them here.
Benefits can be defined as savings in terms of revenue, productivity, and improved reimbursement rates that are the result of improving outcomes and achieving greater efficiency in processes.

Recommendation – Based on the financial analysis, present your final recommendation and explain your rationale. Highlight the benefits and costs involved and point out how the recommended solution clearly demonstrates the greatest ROI
Include a table to summarize financial information

Summary/conclusion

Emphasize the crucial parts of your BCP that you want key stakeholders and decision-makers to remember after the presentation.

This is a persuasive argument, your last chance to sell your idea and convince them that your proposal has merit and should be approved.

Highlight the strengths of the proposal and critical points.

Review the problem in terms of why the proposal is so important.

Remind them of the possible solutions and the benefits and risks of each.
Point out the return of investment highlighting why your proposal is the most efficient, effective option for the organization.

Lastly, based on the information presented state your final recommendation.

Note: When using tables you may include them as an addendum so as not to exceed the page limit.

Identify the role that individuals within organizations hold in relation to the successful planning and implementation of interventions.

The application of applied behavior analysis (ABA) in organizations.

In this assignment, you will play the role of a behavior-consulting intern. You are working as a behavior consulting intern for Acme, Inc. Your company is taking on a new client, Shoreside Community-Based Residential Facility. You will prepare a presentation consisting of a narrated Power Point addressing the following scenario.

Scenario: Shoreside Community-Based Residential FacilityShoreside would like your company to provide consultation in their unit for adults with traumatic brain injury. Shoreside management and staff have expressed a concern over increasing rates of disruptive behavior during community outings and have had little success with their current interventions. They believe they may need assistance with staff training and behavior management Techniques.The company uses some Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) with their clients but has never used ABA at an organizational level. The Director recently learned about Organizational Behavior Management (OBM) and wants to know more about how basic concepts of ABA could be used at Shoreside. The Director of Shoreside believes this would be an effective way to address the problems within the organization.You have been tasked with conducting a preliminary assessment using the first few steps of the problem-solving model: Pinpointing and Measurement, as well as providing an overview of what the process will look like at Shoreside. Your manager has asked you to make a presentation to management and staff to provide more information about OBM and how fundamental principles of behavior can be used in the organization. Additionally, Shoreside is skeptical that the same principles they use with their clients could be applied to staff within the organization.

Using what you have learned about OBM and fundamental principles of behavior, you must create a narrated PowerPoint presentation (minimum of 12 slides) consisting of the following:

Provide an overview of Organizational Behavior Management (OBM):

Define and describe OBM.
Identify and describe at least one specific application of OBM that is applicable to the above organization.
Provide an overview of the problem-solving process:

Describe the steps of a behavior analytic problem-solving model for organizations.

Identify the role that individuals within organizations hold in relation to the successful planning and implementation of interventions.

Describe how problems are prioritized and addressed.

Define and describe fundamental principles of behavior and provide

examples of how this is applied on an organizational level. Use non-technical language, when possible, so that all those attending the meeting understand your discussion:

Reinforcement and punishment
Define positive and negative reinforcement and punishment.
Provide general examples illustrating the principles.
Utilize the ABC Model and conduct a PIC/NIC analysis for one behavior using the following information from an observation at shoreside:

re with 2 staff members and a group leader. One client started engaging in grabbing items off the shelf and yelling. Staff member #1 immediately yelled at the client, which is not the correct protocol reviewed by the behavior analyst prior to the outing. The Group Leader saw this and then turned away and began talking to Staff member #2. Staff member #2 gave attention to another client for asking to look at items before picking them up. The Group Leader was observed to be holding his phone and scrolling through social media throughout the remainder of the outing.

ABC (PIC/NIC) Analysis
Provide one example of a PIC/NIC analysis for Shoreside utilizing the following table in your presentation to organize the information.
Antecedents

Consequence

P/N

I/F

C/U

The problem performance (occurring now): List the staff behavior for change here

The desired performance: List the desired staff behavior here

Reinforcement and Punishment
Describe the result of the PIC/NIC analysis.
Discuss the roles of positive and negative reinforcement.
5. Identify 1 pinpoint for change at Shoreside and identify the measurement to be used.

Include an operational definition for the staff behavior to be changed.
Describe how behavior will be measured by selecting a measurement type, i.e., frequency, duration, and how the data will be collected.
6. Introduce the next steps in the problem-solving process:

Provide a general overview of the problem-solving process
Include a research question related to a potential intervention based on the pinpoint identified.
Describe why using a behavior analytic approach on all levels of the organization is preferred over a non-scientific approach and how the principles of ABA can be used to improve performance in organizations.
Narrated Power Point:

Create a 5–10-minute presentation by narrating your Power Point slides. Your narration should share key ideas expanding on the bullet points located on each of your Power Point slides.
Write your speaking points from your narration of your presentation in the notes section for each corresponding slide.
Draw from the course material and briefly elaborate on the concepts covered in each slide.
Presentation should be a high quality and professional presentation that would be presented by a behavior analyst in the given scenario.
Your PowerPoint presentation should have an APA Style title page and reference page. The sources of the information used in the preparation of your presentation should be cited with in-text citations in APA Style and should be reflected on your reference page.

Your PowerPoint should be a minimum of 12 slides in length, not including title and reference pages, include proper APA formatting (including properly formatted headings for each section of your plan), and include at least two academic references (including your course text)

Identifying and measure risk in portfolio, and adjust these risks and create a new portfolio with these adjustments.

Investment Asset Portfolio, Risk management, Finance

Analysing the performance of a fund (investment portfolio). Measuring the funds’s performance through capital /dividend/interest.

Identifying and measure risk in Portfolio, and adjust these risks and create a new portfolio with these adjustments.

Discuss the elements in the management of change. Identify the similarities and the differences as highlighted by all these articles and in relation to human resources management.

Change management implementation within organisations

You are required to review between 10 to 15 academic journal articles on how to manage change in an organization (example, Business, Non-Profit Organisation (NGO) and or communities). The central question is “How can change be successfully implemented in an organization”? putting the emphases on the human resources management and the changes it goes through during that change period.

The Proposed Report structure
1. Executive Summary
To include introduction and background of the study. The introductory paragraph is to cover the topic reviewed, the number of articles reviewed and the aim of the review

2. Literature reviews
Provide in a summary form, the literature of the articles reviewed. You are to explain what these articles are saying about the topic of study. Quotations are required in this section. For example, According to John (2020), he mentioned that change management is necessary as it allows organisations to adapt to the changes in the external environment
3. Body
1: Define the term change management and provide an example.
2: Discuss the elements in the management of change.
3: Identify the similarities and the differences as highlighted by all these articles and in relation to human resources management.
4: Identify the gaps by evaluating the findings and linking them together to make sense out of your findings

In answering this section consider the questions of what, why, where and how changes happen in organisations.

4. Conclusion You are to provide a conclusion by answering the reason for the study, summarise your main findings and provide your opinion

5. Reference and Bibliography Provide the list of the references or Bibliography from your articles, a minimum of 10 and maximum of 15 journal articles

What distinguishes a hate crime from, say, a merely malicious or hateful act? Was your case an example of a symbolic or actuarial bias offense?

Conceptualization of What Constitutes a Hate Crime
The purpose of this assignment is to provide you with an opportunity to think about hate crimes by trying to conceptualize what is meant by the term and whether or not definitions of hate crime should or should not include select provisions (e.g., race, sexual orientation, gender, disability, celebrity, political affiliation, etc.).

Requirements:
Find a recent hate crime case (from January 2015 until the present) in a reputable newspaper (New York Times, LA Times, Chicago Tribune, etc.) and link the article in the Works Cited of your paper. This case must be from the United States and must have ended: plea bargain, guilty verdict, found innocent, etc. No papers about cases without verdict, for example: Charlottesville.

Using the case you’ve found, consider the ideas and examples presented in class. Having considered this material (lecture and readings), summarize the case (max. 1-page summary) and then answer the following types of questions in an essay format:
1.What constitutes a hate crime?
2.Why is the case you find not simply a “parallel” crime?
3.How do we know a hate crime when we see one?
4.What evidence was present in your case?
5.What distinguishes a hate crime from, say, a merely Malicious or hateful act?
6.Was your case an example of a symbolic or actuarial bias offense?
7.How does the law handle the issue of “motivation” or “intention” in respect to your case?
8.Do you believe the outcome of the case was fair? Why or why not? Use evidence.

What is the typical state of mind of those who experience these emotions? That is, what do you imagine are the basic feelings that, when combined, give rise to those emotions?

The Pathetic Appeal in King Henry’s “Band of Brothers” Speech

The following speech is taken from Shakespeare’s play, Henry V (Henry the Fifth). Here, the army of King Henry is preparing to face the forces of France, who vastly outnumber his own dwindling forces. In order to check on the morale of his troops, Henry has disguised himself as a common soldier to move among his men and eavesdrop on their conversations. He learns that they are very much afraid and that some of them wish to break ranks and run. One of his generals, the Earl of Westmorland, cries out that he wishes they had another 10,000 soldiers so that it would at least be a fair fight. At that moment, Henry throws off his disguise and presents the following speech, chock-full of pathetic appeal, in order to invoke the particular emotions that will prepare his men for the bloody fight against a superior force. Henry’s army will win this battle, which will be decisive and end the war with victory going to England. This speech, Shakespeare implies, was instrumental in securing Henry’s victory over the full might of the French army.

Your assignment is first of all to identify the particular emotions Henry invokes and then to discuss the particular way in which he invokes them. For this second task, ask yourself

A) What is the typical state of mind of those who experience these emotions? That is, what do you imagine are the basic feelings that, when combined, give rise to those emotions?

B) What vivid images associated with those feelings does Henry paint in the minds of his men? And C) towards whom are each of these emotions directed?

(Assignment length: approximately 300 words)

“Band of Brothers” Speech
from Henry V by William Shakespeare

WESTMORELAND. O that we now had here
But one ten thousand of those men in England
That do no work to-day!

Rubric
Journal Rubric
Journal Rubric
Criteria Ratings
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeFocus
Journal establishes and sustains a narrow focus on the particular Rhetorical elements at work in the reading selection as assigned.
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeDevelopment
Thesis is well supported with examples from the reading selection. Analysis is accurate, reflects an understanding of the reading, and is as detailed as the word count allows. The elements of rhetorical theory assigned in the corresponding unit are used to generate genuine insight into the piece of literature being examined.
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeStyle
An advanced level of written fluency is demonstrated. Writing not only clearly express thoughts, but employs the resources of sentence-structure and vocabulary to refine and arrange those thoughts.
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeResearch and Documentation
Essay distinguishes ideas of the author from the ideas of other writers. Paraphrase, quotations, citations and formatting are compliant with MLA conventions of documentation.
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeMinimum Requirements
To be awarded credit towards the completion of this course, assignment must meet the required word count, not be plagiarized, and/or excessively weak in Focus, Development, Documentation and/or Style.

What would be the positive outcome if the solution was implemented? What changes would need to occur in the community to foster implementation?

Healthcare Policy

In this course, the students will have the opportunity to identify a healthcare policy concern and community

healthcare concern which can be improved with a change in policy, ordinance or the language in existing

law. The outcome would be the potential for improved health for a population group. Students will present

a proposed solution or change to an elected official, and provide an analysis of the project. While students

are not responsible for ensuring the implementation of their identified solution to the healthcare policy

concern, the student is required to meet with an elected official to present the concern and

proposed resolution. The purpose of this current assignment is to identify the community-based healthcare

policy concern and provide an extensive evidenced-based foundation for proposing a policy change to an

This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes:

CO 1. Employ strategies to impact the development, implementation, and consequences of Holistic focused healthcare policies at the institutional, local, national, and international levels using evidence-based practice principles.

CO 3. Demonstrate professional and personal growth regarding the advocacy role of the advance practice nurse in healthcare policy for diverse healthcare settings.

CO 5. Advocate for institutional, local, national, and international policies that influence person-centered healthcare, consumers, and nursing practice.

Due Date Sunday 11:59 p.m. MT at the end of Week 2

Students are given the opportunity to request an extension on assignments for emergent situations. Supporting documentation must be submitted to the assigned faculty. If the student’s request is not approved, the assignment is graded and a late penalty is applied as follows:

If the student’s request is approved, the student will be informed of the revised due date. Should the student fail to meet the revised due date, the assignment is graded and a late penalty is applied as follows:

Description of the Assignment

For this assignment, the student must first select a healthcare policy concern. The concern must be a community-based, public health policy concern. Student may not use healthcare entities or organizational concerns occurring within a private or public healthcare facility. Scholarly evidence supporting the concern must be presented that provides a comprehensive picture of the selected healthcare concern as well as the student-identified solution. The elected official whom the student will interview is also identified in this paper.

Criteria for Content

Overview of healthcare policy: This section introduces healthcare policy. It should contain the following elements

Define healthcare policy in general and its implications for the nursing profession

Define the role of advocacy and how it can impact healthcare policy

Explain how the role of advocacy is consistent with the responsibilities of an advance practice nurse

Identification of selected healthcare policy concern: This section provides foundational information regarding the student-selected healthcare policy

concern. It should contain the following elements:

Specifically identify the selected healthcare policy concern
Description of the impacted population group

Provide a comprehensive description of the selected healthcare concern by including:

How frequently does it occur?
What impact does the selected healthcare concern have upon the

community and population group?
Description of student-identified solution to the selected healthcare

concern: This section presents a comprehensive picture of the student-selected solution to the selected healthcare concern. It should contain the following elements:

Identify, with specific detail, the solution to the student-selected healthcare concern

Identify the following areas:
What would be the positive outcome if the solution was implemented?
What changes would need to occur in the community to foster

implementation?
What changes would need to occur in the population group to foster implementation?

What measureable actions will demonstrate a positive outcome if the solution was implemented?

What might be 2 (two) challenges to implementing the proposed solution and how can each of these challenges be avoided or resolved?

Identification of elected official: This section identifies the elected official that the student will present the selected healthcare concern and its solution to. It should contain the following elements:

The name of the elected official
The position of the elected official

Explanation of why this individual was selected
Conclusion: This section provides a comprehensive and concise review of the key elements of the assignment.

Preparing the Assignment

Criteria for Format and Special Instructions

Title page, body of paper, and reference page must follow APA guidelines as found in the current edition of the manual. This includes the use of headings for each section of the paper except for the introduction where no heading is used.
A minimum of 6 (six) appropriate research-based scholarly references must be used of which 2 may be empirical evidence from state and county website data… (Check with your instructor regarding .org or .gov sites). Required textbook for this course, dictionary and Chamberlain College of Nursing lesson information may NOT be used as scholarly references for this assignment.

For additional assistance regarding scholarly nursing references,

See the course Library Guide. Be aware that information from .com websites may be incorrect and should be avoided. References are current – within a 5-year time frame unless a valid rationale is provided and the instructor has approved them prior to submission of the assignment.

Ideas and information from scholarly, peer reviewed, nursing sources must be cited must be cited within the text of the paper as well as appearing in the reference list with correct APA format.

Rules of grammar, spelling, word usage, and punctuation are followed and consistent with formal, scientific writing.

This assignment must be submitted to TurnItIn™ (TII) as required by the TurnItIn™ policy. To allow sufficient time for revision, early submission of the assignment to TurnItIn™ is highly encouraged. The final submission will be graded by faculty. If a TurnItin™ report indicates that plagiarism has occurred, the Academic Integrity policy will be followed.

This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeOverview of Healthcare Policy
20 pts
Presentation of information was exceptional and included all the following elements: • Define healthcare policy in general and its implications for the nursing profession • Define the role of advocacy and how it can impact healthcare policy • Explain how the role of advocacy is consistent with the responsibilities of an advance practice nurse

Presentation of information was good, but was superficial in places and included all the following elements: • Define healthcare policy in general and its implications for the nursing profession • Define the role of advocacy and how it can impact healthcare policy • Explain how the role of advocacy is consistent with the responsibilities of an advance practice nurse

Presentation of information was minimally demonstrated in the all the following elements: • Define healthcare policy in general and its implications for the nursing profession • Define the role of advocacy and how it can impact healthcare policy • Explain how the role of advocacy is consistent with the responsibilities of an advance practice nurse

Presentation of information in one of the following elements fails to meet expectations: • Define healthcare policy in general and its implications for the nursing profession • Define the role of advocacy and how it can impact healthcare policy • Explain how the role of advocacy is consistent with the responsibilities of an advance practice nurse

Presentation of information is unsatisfactory in two or more of the following elements: • Define healthcare policy in general and its implications for the nursing profession • Define the role of advocacy and how it can impact healthcare policy • Explain how the role of advocacy is consistent with the responsibilities of an advance practice nurse
20 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeIdentification of Selected Healthcare Policy Concern

Presentation of information was exceptional and included all the following elements

• Specifically identify the selected healthcare concern • Description of the impacted population group

• Provide a comprehensive description of the selected healthcare concern by including: o How frequently does it occur?