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  • Literature Review of “The Impact of Social Media on Mental Health: A Review of Current Research”

    Please make a litterature review of the article attached. It is schedule to for tomorrow but if i can get it before tomorrow will be great

  • “Enhancing Patient Safety: Utilizing Credible Resources and Database Research in Clinical Practice”

    During rounds Charles encounters a rare condition he has never personally seen, and only vaguely remembers hearing about in nursing school. He takes a few moments to prepare himself by searching the Internet. That evening, he researches even further to treat, administer, and assess the patient safely. He searches clinical databases online and his own school textbooks. Most of the information seems consistent, yet some factors vary. Charles wants to provide the highest quality in patient safety.
    What should Charles do when he encounters information in two sources that is directly contradictory? Which resources are the most trusted? Which resources are the most accurate? What criteria should Charles use to identify credible resources to enhance his clinical practice?
    Practice extracting data from a database at the National Cancer Institute State Cancer Profiles webpage. Compare and contrast data from at least 2 different states based on incidence by gender and race/ethnicity.
    Visit the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality webpage.
    Choose one of the guidelines, describe how it was developed and summarize the practice recommendations.
    How are these recommendations similar to or different from those contained in your textbook or those currently practiced in your clinical setting?
    Choose a clinical topic and design a search strategy for searching an online database such as CINAHL or MEDLINE. Reflect on your search strategy; for example, what search terms did you initially use, what new terms did you discover as you searched, and how did you limit/refine your search?
    Please submit one APA formatted paper between 1000 – 1500 words, not including the title and reference page. The assignment should have a minimum of two scholarly sources, in addition to the textbook.

  • “Analyzing and Applying Academic Research: A Reflection on Workplace Diversity and Inclusion” In today’s globalized and interconnected world, workplace diversity and inclusion have become crucial topics for organizations to address. As a graduate student pursuing a career in human resources,

    Reflections are supposed to give you exposure to writings about specific topics.  They are designed to provide you with experience at analyzing and critiquing academic research and theory, which is needed in developing informed ideological positions.  Therefore, within a reflection you should discuss and cite all the readings assigned within a specific learning module, any videos provided in Blackboard, and explain the relevance of the reading in relation to your own work experiences.  You should spend the majority of your reflection critiquing the articles. However, I am also interested in whether or not you agree with the assertions the authors are making, and why. Your reflection should be a minimum of 900 words. 

  • Title: “The Layers of a Scene” “The Art of Layering: Revealing Characters Through Scene Building”

    EXPLANATION OF A SCENE:A scene is the smallest unit of story. Characters come onto the “stage” inonetime and place, and action/dialogue/interaction occurs. As soon as you switch location, time, or point of view, you are switching the scene. Your job is to write ONE scene that lasts roughly three pages.
    Every high point in a story must be played out in scene on the page, moment-by-moment in real time. The technique of slowing things down forces the stakes in a story ever higher. At the same time, the stakes also rise for the writer. Many beginning writers hide from the pressure of creating scenes by relying on summary. These same writers hold the mistaken belief that they can control things better by “telling” what happens rather than by “showing” what happens in a scene. Consider, instead, the idea that by breaking down each scene to its smallest parts you retain control.
    Essential Element #1: Time and Place
    The first layer of every scene deals with time and setting. Often this layer is implied or understood from the scenes and summaries that precede it. Either way, be sure to ground your readers in the “where” and “when” of the scene. The last thing you want is for your reader to awaken from the dream you have so carefully crafted due to disorientation or confusion.
    In the scene from Ava’s Man, the time is established in the earlier part of the scene – “They were getting ready for supper just a few weeks later when”
    Essential Element #2: Character Emotional Development
    If conflict, tension and suspense drive the reader to turn the page or send the viewer to the edge of her seat, the character emotional development motivates them. Readers read stories and viewers go to the movies to learn about a character’s emotional development. The word development implies growth or change. Therefore character becomes a layer.
    Essential Element #3: Goal
    The protagonist has a long-term goal for the duration of the story and smaller goals for every scene. They may or may not reach the scene goal by scene’s end, but viewers and readers who know what is at stake for the character are more apt to cheer for the character’s successes and mourn his failures.
    Essential Element #4: Dramatic Action
    Dramatic action that unfolds moment-by-moment on the page makes up the next layer of scene.
    Essential Element #5: Conflict
    Embedded within dramatic action lies a layer or two of conflict, tension and/or suspense. The conflict does not have to be overt, but it must be present in some form. Fill a scene with tension or suspense or something unknown lurking in the shadows and you have yourself an exciting story. Remember that setbacks and failure create suspense, conflict and tension, not success or good news.
    Essential Element #6: Emotional Change
    Just as the action in every scene affects the overall emotional growth of your characters as a reflection of the entire work, the action also affects your characters emotional state at the scene level. In other words, the character’s mood changes because of what is said or done in that specific scene.
    Essential Element #7: Thematic Significance
    Thematic significance not only creates mood, it also creates the final layer of scene and the overall spirit of your story. Your reason for writing the story, what you want your readers to take away from having read it holds the key to your theme. When the details you use in scene support the thematic significance you have an intricately layered scene that provides meaning and depth to the overall plot.
    Remember to include proper dialogue format, setting elements, characterization, and anything else on the Starkey Checklists for fiction.
    BUILDING AND LAYERING A SCENE:
    I think you can tell the sophistication of an author by the amount of layering going into a scene. We don’t want too little or too much…there’s a subtle balance to find. (I know there are tons of articles about this on the internet and I think the most important thing to remember is to find what works for you.) Some people layer as they go, others write a scene and then go back later to layer it.
    Layering helps to REVEAL your characters. 
    So what is layering? It’s adding the texture, the personality to the scene, and personality to your characters. To build and layer a scene, there are seven things to think about adding. 
    1)   Dialogue. What your character says…or doesn’t say is where a scene starts. The interaction, how characters relate to each other verbally shows so much about them. Do they watch their words? Are they brutally honest? Do their actions and reactions seem in line with the actual words? But then we need more, or all we have is a couple of talking heads.
    2)  Action. Action breaks up the dialogue. What types of action might your character be doing while she’s telling her ex-boyfriend to jump off a cliff? Maybe she’s reaching for a bat, which might hint to the reader that she’s got a bit of a temper. Or maybe she’s inching away, which hints to the reader that maybe the guy’s a bad guy…and hits. 
    Or…maybe she’s sliding into a fighting stance, subtly and naturally. Showing the reader that this guy may hit…and this gal knows how to fight.
    Make the action a natural one for your character. 
    3)  Reaction. We all react differently to situations. So will your characters…internally and in dialogue. If a guy comes at me with a bat, I’d probably hold up my hands and try to talk him out of smacking me. NOT the best defense. But my kick-ass heroine..well now. She’d go for the jugular. (I need to take a karate class, I think.)
    4)  Emotions. What are they? Characters can feel more than one emotion at a time…someone dumping their boyfriend might feel both relief and sadness. And our bodies react to emotions. What’s fun, is often the dialogue completely contradicts the emotions. Our heroine needs to keep her chin up, after all.
    5)Senses. Use them all. But here’s a key: notice only what your character would notice. If your hero is color blind, there’s no reason to describe the sparkling blue of the heroine’s eyes. He can’t see that. He can see her lush hips, tilted chin…etc. And smell her natural lilac scent.
    6)  Setting/Atmosphere. Same thing here…your character might see a room differently than you do. I walk into my husband’s den, and I see it needs to be vacuumed and I left my favorite socks on the couch. He would see the pillows goofed up on the couch and know I let the dogs in and didn’t watch them. One of his buddies might walk in and let out a whistle at the ridiculously large television. A Broncos fan would walk in and snarl at all the Oakland Raider goodies. I don’t even see that stuff. You reveal your character by what they see, hear, smell…
    7)  Backstory. If you’ve done it right, numbers 1-6 have created your backstory for you. There’s no big info dump needed…you’ve spread it throughout. For example, my heroine walks into my home office. She immediately spots the fairy figurine on the desk, reminding her of the one her boyfriend Joe won at their small town’s fair last year. (Oh yeah, a bit of backstory WHILE the setting is being described.)  
    To sum up: Layer to round out your scene so the reader might as well be your character. Don’t layer to: Add word count…or describe a room. Your reader doesn’t care what the room looks likes. Your reader cares about what the room means to the character…and what he or she sees. And how what they notice reveals more about them.

  • Title: My Ideal Community: A Utopian Society

    Your task is to create your perfect, ideal community. You can choose where it is, who lives there, and what you believe in. Using what we have learned about communities, stratification, socialization, and elements of cultures, design your community with detail and care. You will turn in three things for this assignment: your community outline and your visual representation.
    Community Outline (Addressing each issue and the accompanying questions in complete sentences with detailed explanations of your reasoning. Remember, you should address the WHY or WHY NOT of your decisions. Also, if anything is free to members of the community, you must explain how you’re paying for it.)
    Visual Representation of your Utopian Community(Show us what’s in your head! Provide a map/illustration of your community filled with details that help visualize what you described in the answers to your questions. Remember, if you have people working at restaurants, there should be restaurants in your visual representation. Likewise, if people go to parks in their free time, there should be parks in your illustration.)
    A self-evaluation (can be found in the last two slides and should be included in your slides but has also been placed below)
    Further instructions and a rubric can be found here:

  • “Navigating Global Challenges: A Case Study of a Saudi Company in the GCC Region” Introduction Globalization has greatly impacted the business world, leading to increased interconnectivity and integration of economies. This has resulted in both opportunities and challenges for multinational

    Learning Outcomes:
    Knowledge:
    1.3 Explain the forces driving and evaluating the impact of globalization:
    Skills:
    2.1 Analyse the effects of culture, politics, and economic systems in the context of international business
    2.2 Identify the major components of international business management:
    Values:
    3.1 Carry out effective self-evaluation through discussing economic systems in the international business context
    Report Writing
    In this assignment, you will conduct an in-depth analysis of any publicly listed Saudi Company that operates in GCC. Your aim is to investigate how the selected MNC deals with the challenges and opportunities it is facing due to cultural, political, and economic differences in any of the country it operates. To complete this assignment, follow the tasks highlighted below: Present the study report with clear Introduction and Conclusion including your own views. (minimum words: 300, marks: 2)
    Using SWOT analysis, analyze the external and internal environment of your selected company. (minimum words: 700, marks: 5)
    Analyze the political, economic, cultural and legal challenges the company currently faces in any of the country it operates (select one country in which the company operates for this analysis).(minimum words: 300, marks: 2)
    References: Your paper must include at least five (5) external sources such as academic papers, reputable business databases, company websites, or government websites.(marks: 1)
    Strengths: Explain the strengths of the selected company; Weaknesses: Describe the areas of weakness in the company’s operations; Opportunities: Examine factors that may improve the company’s chances of success; Threats: Discuss the external threats to the business company’s success.
    Important Notes:
    This is an individual assignment. The paper should be between 1,300-2,000 words.
    All references must be cited using APA format. This includes both in-text citations and the reference list at the end of the document.
    Originality, Similarity and Plagiarism Check: Your work must be original. All papers will be submitted through SafeAssign software to check for similarity and plagiarism. Any instance of academic dishonesty will result in a grade of zero for the assignment. No exceptions and no second chances!
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  • “Finding Evidence-Based Practice Resources for a New Nurse: A Guide for Clinical Mentors” Communication and Collaboration in Evidence-Based Nursing Practice: A Baccalaureate Nurse’s Role in Locating and Utilizing Evidence for Improved Patient Outcomes “Researching a Diagnosis/Health Care Issue in the Workplace: Best Places and Strategies”

    Create a 2-4 page resource that will describe databases that are relevant to EBP around one of the diagnoses found in the provided PDF supplement and could be used to help a new hire nurse better engage in EBP.
    Introduction: Evidence-based practice (EBP) integrates the best evidence available to guide optimal nursing care, with a goal to enhance safety and quality. EBP is crucial to nursing practice because it incorporates the best evidence from current literature, along with the expertise of the practicing nurse. The concern for quality care that flows from EBP generates a desired outcome. Without these factors, a nurse cannot be an effective leader. It is important to lead not only from this position but from knowledge and expertise. To gain the knowledge, you require a good understanding of how to search for scholarly resources, as well as identify which databases and websites are credible for the purposes of implementing evidence-based changes in practice.
    Scenario:  You are supervising three nurses working on the medical-surgical floor of a local teaching hospital. This hospital is nationally recognized as a leader in education and has a computer lab with an online library where staff has access to medical research databases (that is, CINAHL, PubMed, Medline, and Cochrane library) and online sources of all hospital policies, procedures, and guidelines, and computers at nurse workstations that also have access to these resources. (For this scenario, use the Capella University Library to simulate the hospital’s online library.) You have given the nurses their patient assignments and you have all participated in shift report. A new nurse who just completed orientation and training a week ago approaches you and tells you that one of the assigned patients has a diagnosis he or she is very unfamiliar with. Knowing that patient-centered care based on best practices is imperative to positive patient outcomes, you want to assist this nurse to find research that can be utilized to provide the best care for this patient. Describe how you would communicate with this nurse to encourage him or her to research the diagnosis. Assume you will assist in the quest to locate evidence, then describe where you would go within the facility and what resources you would look for. These resources may include websites, journals, facility policies or guidelines, or any other sources of online information.
    To select the diagnosis for the patient in this scenario, review the three diagnoses presented in the attached file resource and select one. You will use this same diagnosis to complete the next two assessments.
    Create a list of at least five sources that could be used to find evidence, with the best source listed first, and explain why the sources you chose are best to find evidence for the diagnosis you chose and the clinical scenario. You are only evaluating the sources of evidence (database, website, policy database or website, journal article, et cetera). You are not actually completing a search and selecting evidence. Consider the following examples: a nursing journal in CINAHL may not be the best source of evidence for information on how to administer medications through a central-venous catheter, whereas a hospital policy database found on a website may not be the best source of information on caring for a patient with a rare chromosomal abnormality.
    Instructions: The purpose of this assessment is to understand where to find evidence that can be applied to clinical scenarios and to learn effective communication and collaboration with clinical staff during the process of evidence location. As a baccalaureate-prepared nurse, you will not only use research for self-improvement in your clinical role, but you will also serve as a mentor to supervised nursing staff. Therefore, you will need to be able to communicate and collaborate effectively to guide them toward resources to find research, as well as support them through the initial evidence location process. In doing so, nurses can gain access to evidence that can be analyzed and utilized to stay current on best practices. This allows them to provide safe, patient-centered care and improve patient outcomes.
    For this assessment:
    Describe your role as a baccalaureate-prepared nurse supervising clinical staff nurses with regard to communication and collaboration in locating evidence for application to a nursing practice scenario.
    Compile a list of five online databases or other online sources (that is, websites, journals, facility policies or guidelines, et cetera) that can be used to research evidence to apply to the diagnosis in this scenario and describe to which of these you would direct a nurse colleague to search for evidence.
    Describe where you might go in the work place to complete this research and how you would access the desired, relevant research within research databases or other online sources.
    Be sure to address the following in this assessment, which correspond to the grading criteria in the scoring guide. Please study the scoring guide carefully so that you will know what is needed for a distinguished score.
    Describe communication strategies to encourage nurses to research the diagnosis/practice issue, as well as strategies to collaborate with the nurses to access resources.
    Describe the best places to complete research and what types of resources you would want to access to find pertinent information for the diagnosis/health care issue within the context of a specific health care setting.
    Identify five sources of online information (medical journal databases, websites, hospital policy databases, et cetera) that could be used to locate evidence for a clinical diagnosis/practice issue.
    Explain why the sources of online information selected should provide the best evidence for the chosen diagnosis/health care issue.
    Communicate using writing that is clear, logical, and professional with correct grammar and spelling using current APA style.
    Note: While you are not selecting and evaluating specific evidence to help with the clinical diagnosis/practice issue, you should still be citing the literature and best practices to support your description of your communication and collaboration approach. Additionally, it is appropriate to cite best practices related to EBP and evaluating databases to support your explanation as to why you selected the five sources of online information that you did.
    Example Assessment: You may use the following to give you an idea of what a Proficient or higher rating on the scoring guide would look like (attached)
    Additional Requirements: Your assessment should meet the following requirements:
    Length of submission: 2-4 pages (not including the title page or the reference page) description of communication, collaboration, and evidence location process, including a list of databases or other sources with description of why they are appropriate for clinical scenario diagnosis/health care issue (that is, something that would be useable in professional practice for other nurses). Be sure to include an APA-formatted reference page at the end of your submission.
    Number of references: Cite a minimum of three sources of scholarly or professional evidence that supports your findings and considerations. Resources should be no more than five 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: Interpret findings from scholarly quantitative, qualitative, and outcomes research articles and studies.
    Explain why the sources selected should provide the best evidence for the chosen diagnosis/health care issue.
    Competency 2: Analyze the relevance and potential effectiveness of evidence when making a decision within the context of a specific health care setting.
    Describe the best places to complete research within the workplace environment and what types of resources one would want to access to find pertinent information for the diagnosis/health care issue.
    Competency 4: Plan care based on the best available evidence.
    Identify five sources of online information (medical journal databases, websites, hospital policy databases, et cetera) that could be used to locate evidence for a diagnosis/health care issue and three out of five should be specific to the diagnosis/health care issue.
    Competency 5: Apply professional, scholarly communication strategies to lead practice changes based on evidence.
    Describe communication strategies to encourage nurses to research a diagnosis/health care issue, as well as strategies to collaborate with the nurses to access resources.
    Organize content so ideas flow logically with smooth transitions; contains few errors in grammar/punctuation, word choice, and spelling.
    Apply APA formatting to in-text citations and references exhibiting nearly flawless adherence to APA format.

  • “Emerging Concern: The Impact of Vibrio Vulnificus on Human Health and the Environment”

    BIO 299 Pathology/Microbial-Environmental Interactions Paper
    You will pick a microorganism for your paper on pathology or microbe-environment interactions. The organism can not be one of the ones your instructor goes over during lecture listed in the syllabus. Select a pathogen/microbe from current events that is an emerging or reemerging concern to you or people in your area. Provide local epidemiological data/statistics for the organism.
    Guidelines:
    The paper should be a minimum of 5 pages of relevant and informative material that covers all of the content and requirements listed below and in the rubric. The 5 pages does not include the title and reference pages. The paper should thoroughly inform the reader and be original work and not reuse any part of previously submitted course material.
    Introduction to the organism (structure, cell type, morphology, metabolic requirements, natural reservoir, history, etc.)
    Introduction to the disease(s) caused by the organism (epidemiology, signs, symptoms, etc.) OR introduction to the environmental impact of the organism
    List and describe factors employed by the organism to assist in its growth, reproduction, culture conditions, host/pathogen interactions and/or virulence. (e.g. nitrogen fixation, symbiotic interactions etc.) Categorize virulence factors by mechanisms of action (Immunity Avoidance, Tissue/Cell Lysis, Colonization/Spread)
    Discussion of treatment/prevention options for the disease(s) caused by the organism (Antibiotics or other chemotherapeutics given as part of treatment and their mechanisms of action, Vaccines available and type)
    APA format. This includes citations and references
    Title page must have a title (name of the disease selected), student name, instructor name, course title, and date.
    No direct quotes; put information into your own words or paraphrase
    3 primary and at least2 secondary scholarly sources
    1 inch margins
    Double-spaced
    12 point, Times New Roman, Arial, or Courier
    After uploading to Turnitin, your paper will be scored for similarity. Anything above 20% similarity should be worked on further and uploaded again before the due date. Please email your instructor for more help with this.

  • Title: “Excel Functions and Matrix Operations Assignment”

    What you will be turning in:
    1.) Excel sheet with part 1 (Graded on using Excel functions)
    2.) Excel sheet with part 2 (Graded on using Excel functions and equations)
    3.) Matrix screenshot for part 3a.
    4.) Matrix screenshot for part 3b plus an answer the probability question.
    5.) Matrix screenshot of original 4 by 4 matrix
    6.) Matrix screenshot after RREF has been performed plus the answer to the question.

  • Title: “Exploring the Impact of Gerrymandering on Texas Politics: A Critical Analysis”

    The textbook is Governing Texas 6th addition chapter 14. I’ll just copy and paste the discussion post topic here. I am genuinely bad at these for some reason, so help would be greatly appreciated
    Your question post needs to be a minimum of 200 words, cover a topic
    related to this (and/or last) week’s readings, and use and cite an
    outside source (not the textbook) that is reputable (scholarly articles,
    government websites, reliable news articles, etc.). An ideal question
    post will be clear and give enough context and details for full
    understanding. It will require classmates to do some outside research,
    critical thinking, and express their own viewpoints. Try to use real
    world current events as topics in light of chapter concepts.
    Please come up with a unique question that you don’t think has been
    asked already by a classmate. Post your question during the odd numbered
    week or early in the week that it is due (Monday – Thursday) so that
    classmates have time to answer it and you have time to shift your focus
    to replies.
    Students must post two replies to classmates by Sunday of each week that a discussion is due – 
    Read the questions that have been posted and choose two that interest
    you (try to choose two different topics so that your replies will
    vary). Research the topics and use outside sources you find to assist
    you in writing your responses. Write at least 200 words and cite the
    outside sources in-text and at the end of your reply. Use evidence from
    your research and critical thinking to fully develop a complete
    response. Be polite and respectful even as you offer responses that are
    opposite to classmates. We can always respectfully disagree with
    others. 
    *Please do not ask questions that are easily answered from reading
    the textbook. Write open-ended questions that require critical thought
    and evaluation. Reply to each other with evidence to back your position
    rather than simplistic responses. Bring in your own life experience and
    personal perspective. Share opinions and back them with evidence from
    your research.