Week 6: Environmental Health (graded)

11 unread reply.11 reply.

Purpose

This week’s graded topics relate to the following Course Outcome (CO).

  • CO 6: Utilize a systems-based and collaborative approach to address factors that influence the health of a community and population health problems. (PO 2)

Discussion

Visit the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s MyEnvironment site at http://www.epa.gov/myenvironment (Links to an external site.), and enter your city and state, ZIP code, or location into the location box.

Choose one of the topic areas.

  • My Health
  • My Climate
  • My Air
  • My Water

Then, click on the boxes under the Map Contents menu to add data into the map on specific topics. Explore the site to learn more about your environment and things that might be impacting the health of its citizens.

  • Identify something new you learned about your environment and how it could be affecting health by completing this statement, “I didn’t know _____.”
  • How could you, in the role of a community health nurse, address these concerns?

Optional: For more environmental health information, you can also visit the following resources.

Module 4 – Goals versus ObjectivesDiscussion Topic

Task: Reply to this topic

5 Points

[Learning Objectives Assessed: 1b, 1d, 2b, 5a]

Are “goals” and “objectives” the same thing from a strategic planning perspective? Explain.

In your post be sure to define goals and objectives (and cite your source) before answering the question.


  • Your post should be 175-250 words.
  • Review the Discussion Grading Rubric
  • You will not be able to see any posts by other students until you make your original post.
  • Support your post by citing one reference (other than the text).
  • Cite paraphrased information but do not use quotes for this assignment.
  • Submit your original post by Thursday before 12am midnight (EST).
  • Respond to at least two (2) other students’ original post by Sunday before 12am midnight (EST).
  • In addition to your replies on other students’ posts, you should also respond to any student who posts to your original post and to any of my questions.

Required Textbooks:

1. Harris, J.M. (2012). Healthcare strategic planning (4th ed.). Chicago, IL: Health

Administration Press. ISBN:9781567938999

This is a Collaborative Learning Community (CLC) assignment.

Nursing theories are tested and systematic ways to implement nursing practice. Select a nursing theory and its conceptual model. Prepare a 10- slide PowerPoint in which you describe the nursing theory and its conceptual model and demonstrate its application in nursing practice. Include the following:

  1. Present an overview of the nursing theory. Provide evidence that demonstrates support for the model’s efficacy in nursing practice. Explain how the theory proves the conceptual model.
  2. Explain how the nursing theory incorporates the four metaparadigm concepts.
  3. Provide three evidence-based examples that demonstrate how the nursing theory supports nursing practice. Provide support and rationale for each.

Refer to the resource, “Creating Effective PowerPoint Presentations,” located in the Student Success Center, for additional guidance on completing this assignment in the appropriate style.

While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

PHD INTERVIEW


PhD IT

  1. What are your research interests in the area of Information Technology? Why do you think it is important to research in this area?
  2. Why did you select to pursue a program at our college instead of other institutions?
  3. As an individual, what are your strengths and weaknesses? How will these impact you as a doctoral information technology student?
  4. Where do you see the future of Information Technology heading?
  5. How can obtaining a doctorate impact your contribution to the practices of information technology? Where do you see yourself after obtaining a doctorate from our college?

Review the IOM report, “The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health,” and explore the “Campaign for Action: State Action Coalition” website. In a 1,000-1,250 word paper, discuss the influence the IOM report and state-based action coalitions have had on nursing practice, nursing education, and nursing workforce development, and how they continue to advance the goals for the nursing profession.

Include the following:

  1. Describe the work of the Robert Wood Foundation Committee Initiative that led to the IOM report, “Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health.”
  2. Outline the four “Key Messages” that structure the IOM Report recommendations. Explain how these have transformed or influenced nursing practice, nursing education and training, nursing leadership, and nursing workforce development. Provide examples.
  3. Discuss the role of state-based action coalitions. Explain how these coalitions help advance the goals specified in the IOM report, “Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health.”
  4. Research the initiatives on which your state’s action coalition is working. Summarize two initiatives spearheaded by your state’s action coalition. Discuss the ways these initiatives advance the nursing profession.
  5. Describe barriers to advancement that currently exist in your state and explain how nursing advocates in your state overcome these barriers.

You are required to cite to a minimum of three sources to complete this assignment. Sources must be published within the last 5 years and appropriate for the assignment criteria and relevant to nursing practice.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance.

PSYC 3540 Debate Preparation and Summary Worksheet

Debate Team Names:

Date:

To prepare for the debate in Unit 7, use this worksheet to synthesize what you have learned from your research about the topic.Complete both sections of this sheet and submit the full worksheet at the end of the Unit 6.

Section 1: Debate Preparation

1. Your position statement.

In the space below, construct a position statement that reflects your team’s favorable or unfavorable view of the debate topic. Your team position should include the following:

• A position statement (pro or con).

• A brief summary of each argument that you will present to support your position.You should construct three arguments for your position.

2. Your summary of the arguments that support your position and the researched-based evidence to support those arguments.

Please include appropriate intext citations for your evidence as well as the full reference in the reference list at the end of the document. Include evidence from research for each argument.

• Supporting Argument 1:

o Evidence, example, illustration 1:

o Evidence, example, illustration 2:

o Evidence, example, illustration 3:

• Supporting Argument 2:

o Evidence, example, illustration 1:

o Evidence, example, illustration 2:

o Evidence, example, illustration 3:

• Supporting Argument 3:

o Evidence, example, illustration 1:

o Evidence, example, illustration 2:

o Evidence, example, illustration 3:

Addsupporting arguments as needed.If you have more than three arguments, place them in the same format as the others here:

Section 2: Counterarguments

3. Possible counterarguments to your position, and your rebuttals.

Consider possible counterarguments that can challenge your position. How would you reply to these counterarguments?Think about potential counterarguments that you have read in the literature. These are your rebuttals.

COUNTERARGUMENTS

REBUTTALS (with citations as appropriate)

4. Summary and conclusion. (Use this section as a way to summarize the debate)

• Using the above information, in one or two well-developed paragraphs, summarize in your own words thepossibleargumentsagainst your position:

• In one or two well-developed paragraphs, summarize your rebuttals to the counterarguments:

• Conclude with a statementexplaining why your position ismorevalid and reasonable than your opponent’s:

5. APA reference list. (Format your journal article citations as follows:)

Author last name, initials of first and middle names (if provided). (Year of publication). Title of the article. Title of the Journal,volume(issue), page number–page number. doi: number (if any)

Sample reference for a journal article:

Klassen, R.M., Perry, N.E., & Frenzel, A.C. (2012). Teachers’relatedness with students:

An underemphasized component of teachers’basic psychological needs. Journal

of Educational Psychology, 104(1), 150–165. doi: 10.1037/a0026253

Use this area below to format the references you will use in the debate.

References

1

Students,

This week, your assignment is a case instead of a discussion. Read the case (2-2 Doing Business in Cuba… One day soon) from chapter 2 in your textbook. Analyze the case in light of the current situation in Cuba.

Here is the actual case for those of you who don’t have the textbook yet.

Cuba case.doc

Use this rubric and instructions. About 300 words.

  1. Summary/ Background: (2 points) Write a brief summary of the case given. Who is Terry Kaminer? What is she planning to do with her business?
  2. Situation/ Problem: (3 points) Identify briefly the main issues in this case.What is the current situation in Cuba in light of the US embargo.
  3. Solution: (3 points) If you were Terry, what will your decide?Will you try to expand to Cuba or not? What will your next steps be while dealing with the problems you identified in part 2.
  4. Reference: (2 points) At least 2 references; one of which can be your textbook.Include name of print source/ website, title of article, date published and author, if any.

For this assignment, you are to read current news articles about Latin America from the website for the North American Congress of Latin America (NACLA) and submit 3 short reviews during the semester. Please submit one review per due date. Each review is to be at least 3-4 pages and each due date corresponds to a regional topic in Latin America. I’ll explain further later in these instructions. The due dates for these reports are September 20, October 25 and November 27. Here are the regional topics corresponding to each due date:

  • September 20: Mexico, Canada or Central America (Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Belize, or Panama).

  • October 25: The Caribbean region (any of the islands, like Cuba, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Haiti; or Venezuela or Colombia)

  • November 27: The rest of South America (Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Uruguay, Ecuador, Bolivia, Paraguay, or the Guianas)

To select the articles, click on any of the NACLA tags to see a page of various articles that you can access. For the first due date of September 20, select any article from the following pages: Mexico (Links to an external site.), Canada (Links to an external site.), Guatemala (Links to an external site.), Honduras (Links to an external site.), El Salvador, (Links to an external site.) Nicaragua (Links to an external site.), Panama (Links to an external site.), Costa Rica (Links to an external site.), and Belize (Links to an external site.).

Please submit your reports through Canvas in either of the following formats: doc, docx or PDF (if you are using Apple Pages to compose your review, please be sure to convert your paper to docx or PDF before submitting it). Late papers will be accepted for each submission, but only for one week after the assigned due dates and will be assessed a full grade deduction. Please use both a title page and a works cited page (neither of these pages count toward your 3-4 pages of text). These 3 reports will count as a combined 15% toward your final grade. In your works cited page, compose your article entry in a format like this:

Nidia Bautista, “Justice for Lesvy: Indifference and Outrage in Response to Gender Violence in Mexico City,” NACLA Report on the Americas website (July 31, 2017).

In terms of the content of each report, I am looking for two main points of discussion. First, you should devote the first half of the report to a summary of the main points in the article that you selected. To help you to address this issue, consider some of these questions: What is the main issue being discussed? (i.e. immigration, elections, education, environment, women’s issues, crime, etc.) Who are the main personalities mentioned in the article? (i.e. Enrique Peña Nieto, Nicolás Maduro, Maurcio Macri, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Jair Bolsonaro, President Trump, Secretary of State Pompeo, etc.) How does the issue affect the people of the country mentioned in the article? Does the issue have any connection with United States interests? In other words, please try to be as objective as possible during this portion of the assignment.

And for the second point of discussion, please analyze the article that you selected and present your point of view on the story. For example, how do you feel about the story? How did this article contribute to your understanding about modern Latin America or the Americas in general? And what do you think about the author’s perspective on the article?

everything you need is in the PP file.

let me know if you need anything else

Your company is a security service contractor that consults with businesses in the U.S. that require assistance in compliance with HIPAA. You advertise a proven track record in providing information program security management, information security governance programs, risk management programs, and regulatory and compliance recommendations. You identify vulnerabilities, threats, and risks for clients with the end goal of securing and protecting applications and systems within their organization.

Your client is Health Coverage Associates, a health insurance exchange in California, and a healthcare covered entity. Because of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), the exchange enables individuals and small businesses to purchase health insurance at federally subsidized rates. In the past 6 months, they have experienced:

  • A malware attack (i.e., SQL Injection) on a critical software application that processed and stored client Protected Health Information (PHI) that allowed access to PHI stored within the database
  • An internal mistake by an employee that allowed PHI to be emailed to the wrong recipient who was not authorized to have access to the PHI
  • An unauthorized access to client accounts through cracking of weak passwords via the company’s website login

They would like you to develop a security management plan that would address the required safeguards to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of sensitive data from the attacks listed above and protect their assets from the vulnerabilities that allowed the attacks to occur.

Write a 1- to 2-page high-level executive summary of the legal and regulatory compliance requirements for the company executives. The summary should provide accurate information on the requirements under HIPAA for securing Protected Health Information (PHI), as well as FISMA and HIPAA requirements for a Security Plan and the scope of the work you will perform to meet the company’s requests.

Compile a 1- to 2-page list of at least ten of the CIS Critical Security Controls that provide key alignment with the administrative (policies), physical (secured facilities), and technical safeguards required under HIPAA to protect against the attacks listed above. Include corresponding NIST controls mapped to the selected CIS Critical Security Controls.

Write a 1- to 2-page concise outline of the contents of the security management plan to include the policies they will need to manage, protect, and provide access to PHI, the recommended risk management framework the company should adopt, as well as key elements they should include in their Plan of Actions and Milestones.

Cite all sources using APA guidelines.