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June 4, 2024

Abortion & Creative Ethical Problem

Abortion & Creative Ethical Problem

Chapter 11 – Fictional counterexamples and Abortion

Philosopher Judith Jarvis Thompson (1929- ) has created three fictitious counterexamples in order to provide moral justification for and help us think about abortion in cases of rape, danger to the mother’s health, and failed birth control. For the sake of argument, Thompson is willing to concede that the fetus is, in fact, an innocent human being with a right to life. Research her counterexamples of the concert violinist, the big baby, and people seeds. Discuss the structure of the arguments and whether Thompson has made her case.

Abortion & Creative Ethical Problem

Chapter 12 – Bullying – Cheating, Kinda Cheating, Collaboration, or Creative Ethical Problem Solving?

Maggie stares at the clock. She has been working on the same math problem for over one-half hour and cannot solve it. She must pass this test. Although mathematics is not her strongest subject, she has studied hard for this exam and knows all the formulas. Right now she is suffering from math and test-taking anxiety because she can’t seem to solve this high value problem.

She is sitting next to her friend Rod. She likes Rod, he laughs at all her jokes and makes her feel good, and Rod is good at math. Seated behind Maggie is Stewart, a soccer player who is also good at math and likes Maggie.

Scenario #1: When the teacher turns his back, Maggie leans left tan takes a quick glance at Rod’s test. He is using a different formula on the troublesome problem. Maggie uses the other formula on the problem and is able to solve it correctly showing all her work.

Abortion & Creative Ethical Problem

Scenario #2: Maggie is about to lean left and look at Rod’s paper when Stewart, who sensed Maggie’s frustration and looked at her test, Taps her on the shoulder. “Maggie,” he whispers almost loud enough for the professor to hear, “Use the other formula!” Maggie heeds Stewart’s advice and uses a different formula. She is able to solve the problem correctly and show all of her work.

Did Maggie cheat? Or, was this acceptable collaboration or even creative problem solving? In both scenarios, Maggie knew how to use the formula correctly and did all the work herself. Was this just “kinda” cheating? Or, were Maggie’s actions acceptable? Do you see any relevant differences between scenario #1 and scenario #2? What should Maggie have done? What would you have done? Discuss and give reasons to support your answers. Judith Jarvis Thompson, “A Defense of Abortion” Philosophy and Public Affairs 1, no. 1 (Fall, 1971; 47-66. APA Referencing Style.

May 31, 2024

Medical Tragedy – Hurricane Katrina

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Medical Tragedy – Hurricane Katrina

Chapter 10 – Did Medical Personnel Kill Patients in the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina?

Were dozens of patent’s deaths the result of mercy killings at New Orleans Memorial Medical Center? The ferocious hurricane, plus poor responses from city, state, and FEMA officials led to a disastrous evacuation of the medical facility. According to one news source, “By the third day without water, sanitation and power to run medical equipment; dwindling food supplies; and temperatures reaching 110 degrees, caregivers began debating among themselves about euthanasia.”[1] The hospital was surrounded by flood waters, and many of the patients and staff were evacuated by helicopter or boat. The sickest patients were left behind with staff who planned to stay until help arrived. But help as not forthcoming, and those in the hospital were on their own. It has been alleged that doctors and nurses administered lethal doses of medication to up to 34 people in the aftermath of Katrina. Legally, this is second degree murder.

Medical Tragedy – Hurricane Katrina

What should be done in cases of forced abandonment? What obligations do doctors have to patients? If indeed these were mercy killings, given the circumstances, did the doctors and nurse act compassionately or did they kill their patients? Review the sections on mercy death and mercy killing, and do an internet search on the Katrina situation. Take a position on this issues, have reasons to support your views, and discuss.

Medical Tragedy – Hurricane Katrina

[1] “Euthanasia in Katrina aftermath?” World Net Daily, October 13, 2005. www.wnd.com/?pageid-32833

May 31, 2024

Suicide of Admiral Nimitz

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Suicide of Admiral Nimitz

Choose ONE of the following Ethics Problems and answer it to the very best of your ability. These questions are fairly complex, and will require a minimum of 4 full pages (double spaced, not including the title/header) pages to answer completely.

Chapter 9 – Is suicide always wrong? The suicide of Admiral Nimitz

Admiral Chester W. Nimitz Jr. was the son and namesake of the famous WWII naval hero Chester Nimitz. Admiral Nimitz Sr. was victorious in the historic battle of Midway. In this battle, his naval pilots sunk four of the aircraft carriers that led the attack on Pearl Harbor and effectively eliminated Japanese naval power as a major factor in the war.

Admiral Nimitz Jr. was also a hero, as a submarine commander. Tragically, his name made headlines years later when he and his wife ended their lives in a double suicide. Reportedly, the admiral’s final statement read:

Suicide of Admiral Nimitz

Our decision was made over a considerable period of time and was not carried out in acute depression. Nor is it the expression of mental illness. We have consciously, rationally, deliberately and of our own free will taken measures to end our lives today because of the physical limitations on our quality of life placed upon us by age, failing vision, osteoporosis, back and painful orthopedic problems.

He was 86 and his wife was 89 when they ended their lives with an overdose of sleeping pills.

The Nimitz’s had made it known at least a decade earlier that when the time came they would control their final days. The Admiral was in constant pain, had lost 30 pounds due to gastrointestinal complications, and was suffering from congestive heart disease. He could no longer drive, and his vision was failing. Nimitz’s wife was blind, and had no desire to live alone.

Suicide of Admiral Nimitz

It is reported that neither believed in God or an afterlife, and they had no religious affiliation. Does old age make suicide ethical? Was Admiral Nimitz justified in his decision to end his own life? Is suicide always wrong? Provide reasons for your point of view. APA.

May 31, 2024

Models of Leadership Styles

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Models of Leadership Styles

A number of models have been developed to explain the variety of leadership styles that school administrators need be able to utilize in order to be effective leaders and decision-makers in the ever-changing situations present in schools. These include Hersey and Blanchard’s (1984) situational leadership, Fiedler’s (1973) Contingency Model, House’s (1973, 1996) Path-Goal Theory, MacGregor’s (1960) Theory X and Theory Y Model, and Burn’s (1978) Transactional/Transformational Model. Through the use of different types of authority (Weber, 1947), administrators set the climate for the school.

Decide which model you think most accurately illustrates leadership in your school district. Interview two administrators/leaders, asking them how they view leadership in your district. describes that model you chose, tells me why you think it accurately depicts leadership in your district, and discusses whether or not your view of leadership in your district was consistent with the views of the administrators you discussed.

Models of Leadership Styles

May 31, 2024

Statistics – Confidence Intervals

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Statistics – Confidence Intervals

This short paper assignment will help you understand how confidence intervals provide us with information on how well a sample represents a population and helps us to answer specific types of research questions.

A study was done looking at communication between adolescents with asthma and their health care provider. Forty-six providers from four pediatric practices in North Carolina agreed to participate in the study. Two clinics were in rural areas and two were in suburban areas of North Carolina. Adolescent patients who agreed to participate were randomized, along with their caregiver, into either the intervention group or the usual care group. The intervention group watched a video on an iPad and then completed an asthma question prompt list before their visits. All visits were audiotape recorded. A secondary analysis of transcripts from these medical visits of adolescents, ages 11-17 years, discovered that 44% (81 out of 185) of the adolescents and/or their providers from the intervention group discussed tobacco smoking in a visit versus 32% (56 out of 174) in the control group.

Statistics – Confidence Intervals

From these results we can compute 3 different 95% confidence intervals using the sample proportions (p) from this study.

For estimate, pi = 0.44, 95% CI: (0.37, 0.51)

For estimate, pc = 0.32, 95% CI: (0.25, 0.39)

For estimate, pi – pc = 0.44 -0.32 = 0.12, 95% CI: 0.02, 0.22)

Prompt

After reading the short paper scenario and using the information provided, complete the steps below.

Part I

Describe the population that this sample was selected from.

Write out the research question that can be answered by the confidence interval (CI) in (a).

Describe in words the population parameter that is being estimated by the confidence interval in (a).

What is the margin of error for the confidence interval in (a)?

Interpret the CI in (a) using your own words. What answer is it giving us in regard to the research question?

Statistics – Confidence Intervals

Part II

Write out the research question that can be answered by the confidence interval in (c).

Describe in words the population parameter that is being estimated by the confidence interval in (c).

What is the margin of error for the confidence interval in (c)?

Interpret the confidence interval in (c) using your own words. What answer is it giving us in regard to the research question? APA.

May 31, 2024

Organizational Teams Strategic Plan

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Organizational Teams Strategic Plan

Competency

Justify the importance of building organizational relationships.

Scenario

New Age Creations is an interior design firm that specializes in high-end home designs. The business’ customers are primarily from new home sales and turnover of existing homes. People who purchase houses are decorating the homes to fit their style. Recently, the company leadership team has noticed a slowing of business in the designing of expensive homes. Upon further market research, the team noticed that high-value home sales have slowed for new and existing homes. New Age Creations management also conducted market research on mid-level valued homes and noticed this housing market experienced dramatic sales growth.

Organizational Teams Strategic Plan

The leadership team concludes that the upper, mid-level priced homes market is a new market that they would like to enter to increase sales and communicate to both the design and sales teams to coordinate their efforts. Leadership has communicated details about the new market strategy and the focus to guide the design, sales, and work teams.

A significant factor in developing positive organizational relationships amongst staff working in teams is effective communication for cooperating on shared decision-making to meet objectives. The design and sales teams will need to collaborate on the designs for the size and style of homes in this pricing category.

You need to create a written strategic plan for the sales and design teams to work on the new business strategy that will be communicated to the leadership team.

Organizational Teams Strategic Plan

Instructions

Create a written strategic plan that addresses the following:

Why will it be important for these teams to collaborate on the new business strategy? What will the organizational impact of the teams’ collaborative work be to the new business strategy?

What are some of the strengths and weaknesses of team decision-making? How can team members ensure effective decision-making?

What modes of communication will the teams leverage to coordinate work and achieve team objectives?

Use examples to support the understanding of concepts in a well-defined strategic plan.

Provide attribution for credible references used in the development of content ideas following academic guidelines.

As always, please keep in mind who your audience is and use correct grammar and spelling.

Use the Writing Lab for timely feedback to help you fine-tune your deliverable before you submit it for grading.

Peer tutoring may be available for this course. Search for course-specific tutoring within Tutor Match. APA.

May 31, 2024

Industry and Company Analysis

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Industry and Company Analysis

Overview

Next month, you will be meeting with a group of investors to discuss the possibility of a capital investment in your current company (or a company of interest) to significantly expand operations. The company’s Board of Directors will also attend the meeting.

In order to prepare for your presentation to these decision-makers and stakeholders, you need to conduct a thorough and honest evaluation of your company and its products or services.

Instructions

Write a paper of 5 to 7 pages in which you evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of your company and its products or services. To create the structure – sections and subsections – of your paper, use the Sample Outline provided at the end of these Instructions. You should refer to the course content and show that you have used online resources to gather both quantitative and qualitative information related to your company.

Industry and Company Analysis

Sample Outline

Use the following Outline to organize your paper. Use the underlined headings as section headings. Use the prompts in each section to be sure you include the required content.

When you have finished your paper, write an Abstract (summary) of one to two paragraphs summarizing the main points in your paper. The Abstract goes on a separate page, right after the Cover Page.

Cover Page

Abstract

On a separate page, write a short summary of your overall evaluation of the company’s prospects

Introduction

o Briefly describe the overall structure and purpose of your report

Background and Products

o Describe your company’s market sector and industry

o Explain the market structure: is it perfect competition, monopoly, monopsony, or oligopoly?

o Describe your company’s major products or services

Industry and Company Analysis

Assessment of Company and Products/Services

o Specify the economic factors – such as price elasticity – that impact supply and demand

o Specify any other significant economic characteristics, such as utility, type of good, etc.

o What non-economic forces – such as weather, business cycles, new technologies or changes in regulations – can impact your company’s sales and profitability?

Economic Outlook

o Using GUIDES, choose a macroeconomic indicator that poses an external concern or points to an area of risk; explain the implication of this indicator for your company and industry

o Using GUIDES, choose a macroeconomic indicator that provides some reassurance or points to future growth; explain the implication of this indicator for your company and industry

o Summarize the outlook for investors in the short-term (1 to 3 years), specifying the major favorable and unfavorable elements from your research

o Summarize the outlook for prospective investors in the long-term (4+ years), specifying the major favorable and unfavorable elements from your research

Conclusion

o Briefly recap and summarize the major findings of your report

Industry and Company Analysis

Submission Requirements

Typed, double-spaced, professional font (size 10-12), include headings and subheadings, with one-inch margins on all sides
Include a Cover page containing the title of the assignment, your name, your professor’s name, the course title, and the date
Include an Abstract: a short summary of your paper that readers can use as an overview
Utilize the Sample Outline provided on the next page, or create one of your own that mirrors the grading Rubric’s deliverables
Tables or graphs are encouraged as appropriate and can be embedded within the body of your paper or added in an Appendix
Include a References page that enables the reader to locate original sources. Application and analysis of course materials and resources are expected, and additional research is welcome
The Cover page and References page are not included in the required length of five to seven pages

MAN4240CBE Section 01CBE Organizational Behavior Analysis (11 Weeks) – CBE Online Course – 2024 Spring Quarter. APA.

May 31, 2024

Watching the Good Doctor

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Watching the Good Doctor

Now you are going to write a one paragraph summary of the article you read where you describe the following elements:

a) the design the authors used for their project,
b) identify the independent and dependent variables,
c) talk about how the authors carried out their study (the methods; including the participants, how they manipulated the iv, how they measured the dv, and how they controlled for confounding variables in the study),
d) summarize the results.

But here’s the catch: I want you to write a bad paper. Yup, you read that right, I want you to write a bad paper. I want you to write an example of what a paper should NOT be.

Watching the Good Doctor

You may be wondering, “what do you mean by a bad paper?” Well, here’s where you can get creative. In your paper you should:

Incorrectly describe two of the above-mentioned required aspects of the paragraph (items a through d)
Include at least 4 grammatical errors.

You may be wondering, “what do you mean by a bad paper?” Well, here’s where you can get creative. In your paper you should: 1. Incorrectly describe two of the above-mentioned required

aspects of the paragraph (items a through d)

Include at least 4 grammatical errors.

Watching the Good Doctor

You will be sharing this paper with your peers this week, so be prepared to swap papers with one of your group members during the discussion assignment! The goal is to give your peers lots of elements to fix, so don’t be afraid to be tricky!

Write no more than 10 sentences, the max word count is 250.
In-text citation and direct quotes are not needed (we will learn how to do that next week!).
You cannot directly copy and paste the sentences/phrases from the original article. You must use your own words (paraphrase) to summarize. Each student’s writing should and must be different.
Font: Times New Roman; Font size: 12.

Don’t forget to save a copy of your response to this question before you submit your assignment! You’ll need it for the discussion assignment this week! APA.

May 31, 2024

Improving Quality and Safety

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Improving Quality and Safety

For this assessment, you will develop a 3–5 page paper that examines a safety quality issue in a health care setting. You will analyze the issue and examine potential evidence-based and best-practice solutions from the literature as well as the role of nurses and other stakeholders in addressing the issue.

Instruction

For this assessment, you will analyze a safety quality issue in a health care setting and identify a quality improvement (QI) initiative.

Be sure that your plan addresses the following, which corresponds to the grading criteria in the scoring guide. Please study the scoring guide carefully so that you know what is needed for a distinguished score.

Explain factors leading to a specific patient-safety risk in a health care setting.
Explain evidence-based and best-practice solutions to improve patient safety and reduce costs.
Explain how nurses can help coordinate care to increase patient safety and reduce costs.
Identify stakeholders with whom nurses would coordinate to drive safety enhancements with a specific safety quality issue.
Communicate using writing that is clear, logical, and professional, with correct grammar and spelling, using current APA style.

Improving Quality and Safety

Additional Requirement

Length of submission:3–5 pages, plus title and reference pages.
Number of references:Cite a minimum of 4 sources of scholarly or professional evidence that support your findings and considerations. Resources should be no more than 5 years old.
APA formatting:References and citations are formatted according to current APA style.

Competencies Measured

By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the course competencies through the following assessment scoring guide criteria:

Competency 1: Analyze the elements of a successful quality improvement initiative.
- Explain evidence-based and best-practice solutions to improve patient safety and reduce costs.
Competency 2: Analyze factors that lead to patient safety risks.
- Explain factors leading to a specific patient-safety risk in a health care setting.

Improving Quality and Safety

Competency 4: Explain the nurse’s role in coordinating care to enhance quality and reduce costs.
- Explain how nurses can help coordinate care to increase patient safety and reduce costs.
- Identify stakeholders with whom nurses would coordinate to drive safety enhancements with a specific safety quality issue.
Competency 5: Apply professional, scholarly, evidence-based strategies to communicate in a manner that supports safe and effective patient care.
- Organize content so ideas flow logically with smooth transitions; contains few errors in grammar or punctuation, word choice, and spelling.
- Apply APA formatting to in-text citations and references exhibiting nearly flawless adherence to APA format.

May 31, 2024

Change Management Plan

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Change Management Plan

This step requires creating a Change Management Plan. How should the solution be implemented?

The Task Force Plan must follow this structure:

Professional Cover Page

List of Contributors

Table of Contents

Executive Summary

An executive summary is designed primarily to serve the person who, at least initially, does not intend to read the entire report. It usually states the main points of each section and emphasizes results, conclusions, and recommendations, usually in around three pages.

Executive summaries are ideally suited to the needs of leaders who are seeking advice about a decision or a course of action. These summaries are called executive summaries because some decision-makers rely wholly upon their advisors to read and evaluate the rest of the report.

For the purposes of this assignment, the Executive Summary should be no more than two pages and should concentrate on the background of the problem, current state, and a summary of recommended solutions.

Organized Sections of Proposed Solutions (for example, goals, objectives, action steps, protocols, resources, definition of terms, etc.)

References in APA format (for scholarly or practitioner resources that are cited or used within the plan)

Appendices (OPTIONAL – attached materials, tools, documents, samples, templates, etc. that are part of the solution)

Create a brief Change Management Plan in PowerPoint to accompany your Task Force Plan. The Change Management Plan must address the following:

What will be improved with this solution? How will the problem be solved?

What is the process for using and communicating the Task Force Plan among the organization’s task force members?

What additional resources may be needed for successful implementation?

How will implementation be monitored for resistance (a normal part of change)?

How will successful virtuous leadership and team performance be celebrated?

What is the process for reviewing, revising, and continuously improving the solution?

If any resources are cited in the Change Management Plan, use APA style to format in-text citations and the references list.

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