Nursing theories are tested and systematic ways to implement nursing practice. Select a nursing theory and its conceptual model. Prepare a 10-15 slide PowerPoint in which you describe the nursing theory and its conceptual model and demonstrate its application in nursing practice.
Research Proposal Research Proposal 20%Due Date:November 23rdat 11:59 pm ECAssignment Description and InstructionsFor this assignment,you will submit a PracticumProposal related to your ProjectReport or Research Project Practicumfor a study of a workplace issue or problem that you have identified as existing in a reputable organisation in the Caribbean regionor internationally. The Practicum Proposalwill be submitted at the end of Part 1 of MGMT 3116, priorto the commencementof the proposed project itself. This Practicum Proposalshould explainthe background, problem or issue, purpose and rationale for the study. Inaddition, itshould pose a focused research question (or hypothesis) to be addressed thatdescribes the perspective from which you will approach the study of the problem. The Rationale and further breakdown of the research questionswill be included, as will your literature review. You will describe what the authors of your key resources wrote that connected their research to your topic area. The administrative structure of theinstitution,the principal officers with whom the learner will interact, the name,position and qualifications and experience profile of the proposed on-site mentor ofthe practicum experience. In your paper,you will also propose a research design for collecting andanalysing your data (you will add more detail to this part of your project whenyou are preparing to carry out the actual project work in Part 2). Practicum Proposal Word limit: 4000 words.[Wordlimit is to be strictly adhered]This word limit does not include your title page, table of contents, diagrams,charts, tables, list of references or appendices.The course material and your Supervisors will support your learning about these different sections of the Practicum Proposalas you move through the course. Note:Your PracticumProposal must be approvedbefore you can start your Project Report or Research Project Practicum in MGMT 3116 Part 2in Semester II
The essay is to discuss 2 main issues: 1. PD Self-Care /Management, 2. Depression and 3. Body Image and how nurses can help patients cope and manage with PD ( Peritoneal Dialysis).
Option 1: Sport and Society Critical Analysis Paper (adapted from Dr. Dan Durbins course at USC). You are to trace a story involving sports and a key social concerns (or other major social concerns) from the last five years. Writing on an older story will lead to a zero on this assignment.
You are to trace the entire story of one major sports event of the last five years. You are to follow the storys trajectory from first report to last report. Thus, the story must (for the moment) be considered dead (ended). If you have any questions regarding this, ask me.
Your analysis of the story will involve a critical discussion of the value systems the narrators from sports and society brought to this particular issue. As weve noted, in some cases, sports have been well ahead of society in bringing about social change, in many other cases, sports have been way behind society and in most cases sports have followed their own unique value criteria in matters of race, gender, sexuality, disabilities, and social class.
In examining the story, you are to describe the values exemplified in the actions of sports organizations and compare those to the values shown in the actions of the contemporary society. You are to point out when the authors of articles on the event praise or blame a set of actions by the sports organizations or others. Your comparison should illuminate the distinct value systems brought to these important social arguments and the ways in which the media shape the rhetorical perspective of audiences concerning these values.
For example, in 1987, Al Campanis, General Manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers, made some infamous remarks on ABC-TVs Nightline program. Campanis stated that African-Americans may not have the tools to be Major League Baseball managers. These comments immediately caused a firestorm of controversy throughout the country. Yet, as groups throughout the United States voiced anger over Campaniss comments, the first reaction of the Dodgers and Major League Baseball was to defend Campanis as a leader in positive race relations in baseball. These actions showed a clear disjunction between the perspective of the sports organizations and of the larger culture.
Or, in 1965, the Chicago Bears started assigning rooms on the basis of position rather than race. This action was perceived as radical and offensive in some parts of American society, especially the South. Yet, it made Gale Sayers and Brian Piccolo into sports icons whose story was eventually told in Sports Illustrated and a pair of movies.
The tension between the pragmatics of sports and the views of the larger culture should give you a fascinating field to explore in examining the trajectory of a sports story that deals with issues of gender, race, sexuality, management and labor, classic American value systems, social class, and so on.
Reporters, caught between having to offer an accurate account of events and the current social dialogue concerning events, will shape the narrative of these events from their own and collective perceptions of values. So, your analysis should help your reader see the ways in which all discussions of sport promote values and how those values function between the pragmatics of sport (youve got to win) and the larger social issues that sport intersect.
Do NOT start with the most famous story you know. Likely, many other students have already started pursuing that one. Start with your favorite sport and look at various stories from the last five years that might impact the discussion of social issues and social change. To examine your story, you will need to search the archives of a major news service (The LA Times, The NY Times, etc.). You are to examine the reports to find the first notes indicating the event(s) that reflected social change or controversy, the evolving narrative as the story began to develop characters/setting/events/social tensions, and the climax and conclusion of the story.
Drawing on the theoretical approaches discussed at the start of the semester, you are to examine the narrative construction of the story, how reporters turned events into stories, how those stories framed events and sustained or challenged cultural norms, and how the narrated relationship between characters, setting, and events exemplified the tension between various players in the cultural drama. This is not a review of the events that were reported, nor is it a repetition of news reports. You are to critically assess the stories, explaining their role in sustaining cultural values. Papers should be 7-9 pages in length. Each paper should have a bare minimum of 10 cited references (you should easily find far more than this in news reports alone). All papers must follow MLA or APA guidelines for research paper writing. Papers will be graded on quality of writing, clarity of argument, depth of analysis, and quality of insights. While you will need to perform only limited academic research for this assignment (few journal articles), you will need to complete a full study of one story and your works cited page should note references to a complete cycle of reports.
Literary analysis comparing and contrasting two novels (The Color Purple by Alice Walker and Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides) with the following topic: Both of these novels feature characters who partly do and partly do not conform to the common understandings and expectations associated with their genders. Pick a character in each of two of the novels, and write an essay limning that characters ratio of gender-conformity to -nonconformity and comparing the two characters in those terms.
You must select a minimum of 10 scholarly articles for your study. Books, reports, and dissertations are NOT allowed for this assignment.
Only quantitative or mixed methods research is allowed. Do NOT include qualitative research in your review of prior research.
At least EIGHT articles you select must be reports of PRIMARY research (i.e., original studies). The other TWO articles may be either meta-analyses, systematic reviews, methodological reviews, or traditional literature reviews. Be careful: Reviews should be focused on quantitative research studies; avoid literature reviews of qualitative research.
The articles you select must be from peer-reviewed journals. Research that has been peer-reviewed for a journal has been through a quality check and is deemed more credible than research that hasnt been peer-reviewed.
The articles you select must have a publication date between 2009 and 2019. Research that has been published within the last 10 years is likely to be more relevant than older research to the current status of your research area. If possible, in fact, aim to find research published within the last 5 years.
Social ProofWe often use the behavior of others as a guide when we are unsure of what to do. We view a behavior as correct in a given situation to the degree that we see others performing it.Your task this week is to conduct a web search to find examples in which social proof produced surprising outcomes (such as dangerous, maladaptive, or illogical responses by otherwise “normal” people).Using a search engine (e.g., www.google.com (Links to an external site.)), type in keywords such as:social proofdeindividuationconformitynormative social influenceriotspluralistic ignorancebystander effectsocial contagionWerther EffectcultsCheck out this video on Social Proof (4/5 dentists approve this):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njf3qPR1Vvc (Links to an external site.)What examples of social proof were most surprising? Which examples were most unbelievable? What do these examples tell you about human nature? How do the examples illustrate the power of social influence?Write a paragraph response (approximately 250 words) that shares and explains ONE of the examples and addresses the relevant questions. In addition, highlight your personal experiences in being influenced through social proof. Include your thoughts and reactions.
Please use the discussion thread to answer two of the discussion questions listed below. Use the following criteria when responding to the discussions:• Start your response with the discussion question, either verbatim or rephrase the question into your answer.• Provide a practical (real life) example of the principals you choose to discuss in your discussion post.This Unit’s Discussion Questions1. Compare and contrast negative reinforcement and punishment.2. Compare and contrast escape and avoidance contingencies.3. Compare and contrast the pros and cons of two different types of graphs.4. Discuss the basic parts of a line graph.5. What does a behavior analyst look for when visually analyzing a graph?
Analyzing Education Through a Sociological Lens: Choose a movie that focuses on education (examples: Lean on Me (1989), Dangerous Minds (1995), Finding Forrester (2000), Freedom Writers (2007), The Great Debaters (2007)). After giving a brief overview of the movie, analyze it using what you have learned so far in class about the sociology of education. What sociological theories can be applied to the movie, and how do these theories help explain what is happening in the film? How can the movie be connected to the educational system in real life?
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SummaryTo begin, you will need to summarize the relevant information for the memo. What you are summarizing depends on each individual prompt, but it general it will include relevant theories, arguments, policies/practices, organizational structures, etc. You want to summarize things briefly, highlighting the main idea(s) involved. Your summary should be a minor part of your memo as compared to the other portions, and should concisely orient the reader to your purpose and what you will be analyzing.
Application of Concepts & TheoriesOnce you have provided a summary of the materials in your memo, you should apply your chosen theories, concepts, and perspectives to the issue you are analyzing. How do these theories and concepts help you understand and interpret your topic? Do they map on well to your topic, or is there room for critique or reconsideration?
Critical AnalysisThis is the most important part of your memo, and it builds upon your application of theory. This should be your own, original analysis of and reaction to the topic. You should absolutely interject personal opinion, but remember that opinion itself is not sufficient for a thorough analysisyou need to back up your thoughts with course material. You must cite course readings!
The Appellate Brief project that you will be working on is based upon the fact pattern in the Lesson 05 discussion question. This problem centers around the law of agency which we do not study as a class until Lesson 14, the week your final paper will be due. For this project, you will draft an appellate brief to the State of Florida appellate court. In this brief, you will present the issue(s) to be resolved in this fact pattern. You will conduct legal research utilizing the tools provided in the Lesson 05 video (How To Do Free Internet Legal Research). You will read and apply the law that you find into a discussion/argument answering the issues raised in the fact pattern.
While you are welcome to proceed at your own pace, certain benchmarks have been provided throughout the course of the semester to keep you on track to providing a fully written and edit final paper in a timely fashion. As such, your first step after re-reading the fact pattern is to review your fellow students Lesson 05 discussion posts to formulate the issue(s) to discuss in your paper.
STEP 1: Run a Google search to find the Wikipedia (or any other secondary source) definition of an employee and independent contractor – Lesson 06
STEP 2: Run a Google search to find the Wikipedia (or any other secondary source) definition of the term vicarious liability. Next, determine what it means for an agent “to act within the scope of their employment” – Lesson 08
STEP 3: Conduct your legal research. Find several supporting cases, statutes or administrative regulations that may help support your clients position and submit – Lesson 10
For all students whose last names start with A-M, you will take the side of the appellant (Chemco).
For all students whose last names start with N-Z, you will take the side of the appellee (Matthews).
STEP 4: Draft outline to your arguments, cover page, issue(s) to be presented on appeal and statement of facts. View the following attachment for an example of sample brief . Remember, however, that your Court is sitting in Florida. – Lesson 11
STEP 5: Draft the argument section of your paper. Here you are utilizing the research you have found to fully answer the issues on appeal – Lesson 12
