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  • Ontological Humility and Epistemic Wisdom

    Hi,

    I need help in writing a research paper. I love the topic, but feel overwhelmed with the details. I included:

    • Assessment Instructions (with scoring rubric) and tips
    • CF APA Paper Template
    • Various artilces provided by the Professor

    The purpose of the paper is to:

    Analyze the readings and activities from the course so far and synthesize them into a well-organized and cohesive 67 page paper.

    In this assessment, you will define and describe ontological humility and epistemic wisdom, explain how cognitive barriers affect a business leader’s ability to lead a change initiative, and explain how you might strengthen your critical thinking skills. Before starting this assessment, be sure to read the assigned readings for Assessment 1 and conduct your own independent research on ontological humility, epistemic wisdom, and cognitive barriers such as cognitive dissonance.

    Write a solid introduction that explains to the reader the different parts of the assessment. Your introduction should include background information and an overarching thesis sentence that states the topic and purpose of the paper. In one-half to one page, clearly yet briefly describe the concepts that are included in your paper. .

    Define ontological humility.

    Describe the benefits of having ontological humility.

    Explain how having ontological humility might help a business leader solve problems.

    Explain how cognitive barriers such as cognitive dissonance affect a business leaders ability to lead a change initiative such as business model innovation.

    Define epistemic wisdom.

    Describe the benefits of having epistemic wisdom.

    Explain how having ontological humility and epistemic wisdom might help strengthen your critical thinking skills throughout your doctoral journey.

    Attached Files (PDF/DOCX): Exploring Epistemic Wisdom Paper.pdf, Time Management Skills.pdf, Ontology My Big Word Leading Essentially.pdf, Using Design Thinking to Teach Creative Problem Solving in Writing Courses.pdf, Guide to Pressionalism in the Workplace.pdf, Do you See Tech Forecasting Social Change.pdf, AOM Code of Ethics.pdf, How to Write a Good Scientific Paper.pdf, Critical Thinking Test.pdf, Eight Personal and Professional Code of Ethics Examples.pdf, Coopetition and COVID19 Collaborative business to business marketing.pdf, How to be professional in the workplace.pdf, A Modified Delphi Method to Elicit and Compare Perceptions of Industry Trends Article.pdf, Professional Codes of Ethics for Organizations.pdf, CF APA Paper Template ORIGINAL.docx, Assessment 1 Instructions 20260126.docx

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  • Writing Question

    Submit a scholarly writing sample written by the applicant of graduate-level scholarly writing that adheres to the elements of scholarly writing outlined in the below rubric. Make sure your writing includes evidence for each of the indicators below. This should not exceed 6 pages (not including references). Proper citation and references must be included. If this was part of a publication or graduate course submission, include the specifics of the publication or submission (journal reference; university/course). Proof of originality (via a plagiarism checker) should be attached. Submissions missing this proof of originality or found to be plagiarized will not be evaluated. Your submission will be evaluated by a team of qualified reviewers and must meet the threshold of an average of 2 or higher by the majority of the team. Elements of Scholarly Writing Indicator Criteria Rating Content Knowledge Writing demonstrates an understanding of current and classical research related to the writing topic Connection/Support Writing shows connections among sources (readings, research, experience) which supports writing claims/arguments. Theory-based Writing connects content to appropriate theoretical perspectives and/or frameworks. Perspectives Writing gives insight from multiple perspectives regarding assumptions, values, and social identity. Organization Writing utilizes effective organization with smooth flow of the text. Voice Voice is well-articulated with engagement and differentiation evident between writers positions and references cited. Language Appropriate and effective use of vocabulary, grammar, spelling, and sentence structures. Formatting Consistent and accurate use of formatting style implemented. Citation Sources are credible, accurately cited, and referenced.

    Requirements:

  • What is a prime number?

    A prime number is a natural number greater than 1 that has exactly two factors: 1 and itself.

    Example: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11

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  • Demand Management Plan

    Overview

    This portfolio work project, a demand management plan, will help you demonstrate your competency in forecasting, inventory management, and scheduling.

    Scenario

    For this assignment, choose either Option 1 or Option 2. You do not need to do both. You will apply one of these scenarios in the Requirements below. Both options will be graded using the same rubric.

    Option 1

    Wild Dog Coffee Company, a locally owned company with a single coffee shop location, serves a wide selection of espresso beverages, small breakfast and lunch menu items, and a limited evening menu. The company is planning to expand the business by adding an additional location. While different menu items may be tested at the new location, their core processes will remain the same. You have been working on process improvement in preparation for the expansion and are now turning your attention to demand management.

    Your Role

    Option 1

    As an owner of Wild Dog Coffee Company, you and your two business partners are planning the opening of a second location. You need to prepare an analysis and recommendations for demand management, including forecasting, inventory, and scheduling, for your current location, so you can refine the model before opening the second location.

    Requirements

    Include the following in your demand management plan:

    • Assess the impact of advertising on product demand.
    • If using Wild Dog Coffee Company, the following basic assumptions will help you prepare a demand forecast:

    The other owners of Wild Dog Coffee Company handle the business’ marketing and sales functions, and they believe that advertising expenditures impact the sale of coffee beverages. They want you to confirm whether or not their advertising dollars are driving sales. Here is what was agreed upon by all the owners:

    Wild Dog Coffee Business Information

    QuestionsResponsesHow many espresso beverages are made each hour?30, on averageHow many ounces of espresso beans are used for each beverage?1.5 ouncesHow many hours per day is the coffee shop open?6:00 a.m.8:00 p.m., SundaySaturdayHow many days each month is the business open?364 days per year. The coffee shop is closed on Christmas day.

    You have the following six months of data to work with for pounds of espresso beans (y) used each month and monthly advertising expenditures (x):

    Espresso Bean Use and Advertising

    MonthLbs/Beans (y)Advertising Dollars (x)1987$1,05021,412$1,50031,020$1,00041,140$1,25051,322$1,50061,399$1,500

    • Analyze forecasting techniques for the selected product.
    • Use a simple linear regression model to show your forecast.
    • If using Wild Dog Coffee Company, forecast the pounds of espresso beans needed for month 7 if the advertising budget for month 7 is $1,350. Interpret the model and respond to the following questions for Wild Dog Coffee Company:
    • How many espresso beverages will the company need to prepare, on average, each day?
    • How many pounds of espresso beans will the company need, on average, each day?
    • To what extent do advertising dollars predict the need for espresso beans?
    • Prepare an inventory management analysis for the selected product.
    • In your analysis, include two different approaches to inventory management. What are the pros and cons of each system you analyzed?
    • If using Wild Dog Coffee Company, the following provides additional information you have gathered from the inventory management analysis:
    • Since Wild Dog Coffee Company is small, the company must manage inventory very carefully. While larger companies can have lots of inventory on the shelf, Wild Dog simply does not have the cash to do that. As such, you have a number of pressures for small inventories. Wild Dog does not have the ability to store a lot of beans, to cover the cost of capital, or to withstand unnecessary expenditures for taxes, insurance, and shrinkage. Shrinkage is important because roasted espresso beans only maintain their optimal freshness for two weeks.
    • Demand is approaching 1,400 pounds of espresso beans per month.
    • Only one type of espresso bean is stocked.
    • Demand is not constant on a daily or weekly basis.
    • If you run out of espresso beans at any point, you will have to close the business until the next shipment of beans arrives.
    • Espresso beans are shipped in 25-pound packages. (This is your base inventory unit.)
    • The cost per pound of beans averages $9.00.
    • Espresso beans are delivered seven (7) days after placing the order and on any day of the week.
    • Shipping is free on orders over $250. Otherwise, shipping is $19.95 per order, regardless of weight. (This is the only ordering cost you incur.)
    • Holding costs are 10 percent/year/unit.
    • Standard deviation for daily demand is 1.84 pounds.
    • Analyze workforce scheduling.
    • In your analysis, detail two different staffing scenarios for Wild Dog Coffee Company or your selected business. What are the pros and cons of each staffing scenario?
    • Use a Word table or Excel spreadsheet to show both staffing scenarios for each day of the week. Include the daily and weekly total staffing costs and number of hours worked for each employee.
    • If using Wild Dog Coffee Company, the following provides additional information you have gathered from the staffing analysis:
    • Shifts have been scheduled according to who wants to work which shift. This has generally worked out well, but you realize you need to tighten up the scheduling process in order to optimize a staffing model. Two employees are required to make a coffee beverage. One employee takes the orders, and a barista makes the coffee drink and hands it to the customer.
    • Baristas are paid $14/hour, regardless of whether they are full-time or part-time.
    • Full-time employees (up to 40 hours/week), other than baristas, are paid $12/hour.
    • Part-time employees (up to 20 hours/week), other than baristas, are paid $9/hour.
    • All full-time employees receive company benefits that equate to 15 percent of their hourly rate. (This is known as a benefits load.)
    • All full-time employees are paid at 150 percent of their regular rate for all hours worked over 40 hours per week. Full-time employees can only work a maximum of 50 hours per week. The benefits load is not applied to overtime hours.
    • All part-time employees are paid at 150 percent of their regular rate for all hours worked over 20 hours per week. Part-time employees can only work a maximum of 26 hours per week.
    • It costs $500 to hire each additional employee, and it costs $250 to terminate an employee.
    • Full-time employees are likely to resign if moved to part-time status.
    • The coffee shop is open 84 hours per week. There are two additional hours allocated each day for one employee to perform opening and closing activities. (That is, one hour is allocated for opening duties and one hour is allocated for closing duties.)
    • Your current level of staffing for coffee beverages is as follows:
    1. Baristas 1 full-time; 3 part-time.
    2. Non-barista 1 full-time; 2 part-time.
    • Recommend an inventory management system and staffing plan for a selected business and product.
    • Detail the results of your analysis for Wild Dog Coffee Company or your selected business’ product to substantiate your recommendations.

    Deliverable Format

    Requirements

    • The demand management plan is to be a minimum of 7 pages, not including the title, reference, and appendix pages.
    • Use a demand management plan template of your choice.

    Related Company Standards

    • The demand management plan is a professional document and should therefore follow the corresponding MBA Academic and Professional Document Guidelines (available in the MBA Program Resources), including single-spaced paragraphs.
    • In addition to the title and reference pages, include the following in the appendix:
    • Linear regression model for product forecasting.
    • Word table or Excel spreadsheet for staffing scenarios.
    • Use 23 scholarly or academic sources, where applicable, one of which must come from the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, or MIT Sloan Management Review. See the
    • guide for help searching a journal within the Capella Library.
    • Use APA formatting for citations and references.

    Your instructor will provide feedback as if they were the recipient of your deliverable in the workplace, using the rubric. Refer to the rubric to ensure that you meet the grading criteria for this assignment before submission.

    ePortfolio

    This portfolio work project demonstrates your competency in applying knowledge and skills required of a MBA learner in the workplace. Save this activity to your ePortfolio for future reference in the workplace.

    Competencies Measured

    By successfully completing this assignment you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and rubric criteria:

    • Competency 1: Analyze how operations management theories and models effect the development and delivery of products or services to the marketplace.
    • Analyze forecasting techniques for the selected product.
    • Competency 2: Use logistics and supply chain management tools to manage the distribution of products and services.
    • Prepare an inventory management analysis for the selected product.
    • Competency 3: Use data to evaluate the effect of operations management decisions on organizational goals.
    • Assess the impact of advertising on product demand.
    • Analyze workforce scheduling.
    • Competency 4: Evaluate the effectiveness of operations management strategies to achieve quality and customer service goals.
    • Recommend an inventory management system and staffing plan for a selected business and product.
    • Competency 5: Communicate business needs, opportunities, and strategies with multiple stakeholders.
    • Write coherently to support a central idea with correct grammar, usage, and mechanics as expected of a business professional.

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  • discussion

    Follow these guidelines when completing each component of the discussion. Contact your course faculty if you have questions.

    General instructions:

    Review the scenario and address the questions below.

    You are a nurse practitioner employed in a busy primary care office with responsibilities for managing the office staff, including the medical assistants who aid in client care as well as filing, answering calls from clients, processing laboratory results, and taking prescription renewal requests from clients and pharmacies. The office is part of a larger hospital system. One of the medical assistants has worked in the practice for 10 years and is very proficient at her job. She knows almost every client in the practice and has an excellent rapport with all the providers.

    During an office visit, a client requested a refill for an amoxicillin prescription. When examining the empty bottle, you noted that the date on the bottle was 1 week ago. You also noted your name printed on the label as the prescriber though you did not see the client last week. The client explained that she called last week concerned about her cough and spoke to the medical assistant, who assured her that a prescription would be sent to the pharmacy for the concern. You do not recall having discussed this client with the medical assistant; the other providers in the practice deny speaking to or consulting about the client.

    Include the following sections:

    1. ApplicationofCourseKnowledge: Answer all questions/criteria with explanations and detail.
      • Based on the situation above, what are the ethical and legal implications for the practice at the micro-, meso-, and macro-level of the system?
      • What changes do you recommend to prevent further episodes of the problem behavior? What coaching and feedback skills can be used to discuss the event with the medical assistant?
      • Which change model would you use to implement the identified change and why: Lewins Theory of Planned Change, Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA), or Kotters 8-Step Process for Leading Change?
      • Identify and discuss one barrier to implementing the change process. Identify and discuss one factor that facilitated the change process.
    1. Integration of Evidence: Integrate relevant scholarly sources as defined by :
      • Cite a scholarly source in the initial post.
      • Cite a scholarly source in one faculty response post.
      • Cite a scholarly source in one peer post.
      • Accurately analyze, synthesize, and/or apply principles from evidence with no more than one short quote (15 words or less) for the week.
      • Include a minimum of two different scholarly sources per week. Cite all references and provide references for all citations.

    Requirements: 300 words

  • Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMPs) and patient pr…

    Discussion board reply. Please reply to this writers’ post: Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMPs) are electronic databases used by health practitioners and pharmacists to monitor controlled-substance prescriptions. They aim to decrease prescription drug misuse, diversion, and overdose in addition to supporting safer prescribing practices. After watching the video “Patients, Privacy, and PDMPs,” I think PDMPs are valuable for public health, but they also raise essential questions about patient privacy, trust in health information, and the proper use of health data. Elevated patient safety and clinical decision-making are among the great advantages of PDMPs. It has been found that PDMP utilization is connected to lowered prescribing of risky medications and is able to assist clinicians in noticing potential abuse or dangerous drug interactions (e.g., opioids with sedatives) prior to the occurrence of damage (Oliva, 2024). The value of PDMPs as a tool of public health is also supported by their application as a national intervention in combating substance misuse and overdose. Yet patient privacy remains a major concern. PDMPs store extremely sensitive health data, and people must wonder who can access it and how secure its storage is. It is also reported that there exist concerns about the scope of authorized access, the occurrence of unauthorized data breaches, and whether patient data might be disclosed outside clinical care, including to law enforcement (Adalbert et al., 2023). Moreover, researchers caution that current PDMP systems grant enhanced surveillance capabilities and cross-jurisdictional data exchange, thereby increasing the risk of mission creep and misuse of personal health data. The balance between these matters is essential. On the one hand, PDMPs help prevent medication misuse and protect communities. Conversely, they have to maintain patient autonomy, confidentiality, and trust in the healthcare system. Unless patients are confident that their prescription history will not be tracked or exchanged without explicit protections, they might be reluctant to accept treatment or be open with their providers (Gunadi & Shi, 2023). Effective privacy, explicit policies, and restricted, ethical access to data are necessary to ensure that PDMPs facilitate, rather than hinder, care. Overall, PDMPs are useful tools for improving prescribing safety and reducing substance misuse, but their effectiveness depends heavily on maintaining strong privacy protections and ethical principles. Medical institutions should continue to ensure that policies protecting patient confidentiality are further refined and that providers use PDMP data appropriately to improve patient care. References Adalbert, J. R., Syal, A., Varshney, K., et al. (2023). The prescription drug monitoring program in a multifactorial approach to the opioid crisis: PDMP data, Pennsylvania, 20162020. BMC Health Services Research, 23, 364. Oliva, J. D. (2024). Expecting medication surveillance. Fordham Law Review, 93, 509. Gunadi, C., & Shi, Y. (2023). Prescription drug monitoring programs use mandates and prescription stimulant and depressant quantities. BMC Public Health, 23, 1326.
  • Political Competence

    I need to respond to each student discussion post following the rubric. Also respond to the question the teacher asked. I have proved the topic. How I answered it and what the teacher asked. you can respond to each student with positive feedback with reference. Topic: Political Competence 1. Can you identify areas in your own political competence that require growth? 2. What will you do to address these areas? 3. What two policy activities can you plan to achieve within the next 18 months? What barriers might hinder your progress? My response Political Competence Nurse leaders must be politically competent, especially those pursuing advanced roles. Over the years, I have developed an unwavering pillar in evidence-based practice and organizational change. However, I still appreciate that some areas require growth. Areas in Political Competence that Require Growth I need to consider building my policy advocacy skills, particularly at the legislative level. Despite my comfort and confidence in engaging in policy discussions at the organizational level, there is still room for improvement. I have limited experience collaborating directly with policymakers. I find it challenging to lobby for policy initiatives. Additionally, I have limited experience in coalition building across departments and interdisciplinary teams. According to Crowder et al. (2022), to effectively manifest political competence, one must forge coalitions and alliances beyond the nursing niche and consider seeking administrators, physicians, and community stakeholders. However, I have not consistently interacted with professionals outside of nursing. Efforts to Address these Areas I am eager to participate in any workshops and webinars offered by professional organizations. Wright et al. (2024) observe that such organizations provide virtual, in-person, and on-demand formats that I can rely on to support my professional development and advocacy skills. Moreover, I will seek mentorship programs from nurse leaders who are active in legislative advocacy. They would guide me to navigate the political landscape by providing practical insights. Knowledge of how to build interdisciplinary coalitions will mean I engage in intentional networking through active participation in community health boards and hospital committees. Policy Activities to Achieve Within the next 18 months, I plan to draft and submit a policy brief calling for improved access to wound care services for marginalized and underserved populations. I will also take part in the nursing advocacy day at the state level, during which I will interact with legislators to discuss issues affecting nurses. Besides, this activity would allow me to discuss patient care and workforce issues. Through these activities, my visibility as a nurse leader will be evident, thereby reinforcing my political competence. In most cases, time constraints hinder pursuing nursing advocacy. For instance, I may find it challenging to balance my clinical and clerical duties. Other stakeholders may also resist these initiatives (Cheraghi et al., 2023). To tackle the time management challenge, I will prioritize daily tasks and use clustering care to reduce distractions. Nonetheless, I will set strict boundaries and adhere to them to protect my personal time. Moreover, I would embrace persuasive communication and strategic management supported by evidence-based practices (Sallam et al., 2025). Upon addressing these challenges, I would be better positioned to advance my professional growth. References Cheraghi, R., Ebrahimi, H., Kheibar, N., & Sahebihagh, M. H. (2023). Reasons for resistance to change in nursing: An integrative review. BMC Nursing, 22(1), 310. Crowder, S. J., Tanner, A. L., Dawson, M. A., Felsman, I. C., Hassmiller, S. B., Miller, L. C., … & Toney, D. A. (2022). Better together: Coalitions committed to advancing health equity. Nursing Outlook, 70(6), S48-S58. Sallam, M., Stanley, A., Snygg, J., Jelley, D., & Sajwani, A. (2025). Empowering Healthcare Leadership Through Facilitators of Evidence-Based Management: A Narrative Review and Proposed Conceptual Framework. Frontiers in Management Science, 4(2), 39-63. Wright, M. M. M., Kvist, T. A., Imelinen, S. M., & Jokiniemi, K. S. (2024). Continuing education for advanced practice nurses: A scoping review. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 80(8), 3037-3058. DOI: 10.1111/jan.15911 Teacher response: you give a clear and focused reflection on the areas where you want to grow politically, especially in legislative advocacy, coalition building, and direct engagement with policymakers. You show strong insight in recognizing that while you are confident with organizational policy, you want to expand your influence beyond nursing and into broader interdisciplinary and legislative spaces. Your plan for growth is practical. Seeking workshops, webinars, and mentorship from nurse leaders active in advocacy will help you build both skill and confidence. Your commitment to intentional networking through community boards and hospital committees is an excellent way to strengthen coalition building. Your policy goals for the next eighteen months are well chosen. Drafting a policy brief on wound care access and participating in state level advocacy day will increase your visibility and reinforce your development as a nurse advocate. You also acknowledge realistic barriers and outline thoughtful strategies to manage them through prioritization, boundary setting, and persuasive communication. As you begin this work, which planned step feels like the best place to start building momentum in your advocacy journey? Student 1: Can you identify areas in your own political competence that require growth? I live in a community where my political views differ significantly from the majority, and the same is true in my workplace. To avoid conflict, Ive learned to stay quiet about my beliefs. As a nurse practitioner, I rely on evidence based, science driven decision making, but my attempts to encourage critical thinking have sometimes backfired. These tensions become even sharper around healthcare issues. I work in pediatrics with children who have Type 1 diabetes, which is a chronic, incurable disease, and many of my patients cant access lifesaving medications such as insulin because they lack insurance or have inadequate coverage. Insulin has been available for over a century, but its price has continued to increase in recent years (Feldman, 2023). Furthermore, insulin is priced approximately ten times higher in the U.S. than in any other country, highlighting a substantial disparity in global affordability (American Diabetes Association, 2022). This has made me a strong advocate for universal healthcare, especially for children fighting a chronic illness without a cure. I often struggle to disagree gently because, to me, opposing universal coverage feels like saying my patients dont deserve the chance to be healthy. What will you do to address these areas? I recognize that I need to strengthen my ability to present my perspectives in a clearer and more relatable manner. People often interpret the same issue through very different personal, cultural, or ideological lenses, and I want to be more intentional about acknowledging those differences. Even when I share little common ground with someone who disagrees with me, the conversation is more productive when I can use examples or analogies that connect the issue to aspects of their own life. I also want to improve my capacity to explain complex topics in a non partisan, balanced way. Asking thoughtful clarifying questions can help both me and the other person reflect more deeply on our assumptions and reasoning. Developing these skills will allow difficult discussions to remain respectful, constructive, and grounded in mutual understanding. What two policy activities can you plan to achieve within the next 18 months? What barriers might hinder your progress? I plan to join a professional organization focused specifically on pediatrics. An article by Castanos and Bowden (2024) stated professional nursing organizations (PNOs) are vital for pediatric nurses, offering resources that enhance clinical skills, career growth, and advocacy efforts. Becoming part of a community of clinicians who care for similar patient populations will provide a stronger sense of support and shared purpose. It will also allow me to learn how colleagues in other regions are addressing challenges similar to those I encounter in my own practice and to consider how their strategies might be adapted to my local context. My top choice so far is the International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes (ISPAD). In addition, I intend to submit an abstract for presentation on a health equity project I have been developing, which highlights disparities within the type 1 diabetes community. I am preparing to submit this work to an endocrinology conference in Chicago scheduled for July of this year. My goal is to raise awareness of these inequities, contribute to broader discussions on access to care, and learn how larger metropolitan centers are addressing similar issues and advocating for their patients. A significant barrier to accomplishing these activities is the challenge of balancing my full time professional career with caring for two young children while simultaneously completing a DNP program. The combined demands on my time and energy can limit my capacity to fully engage in additional policy or professional development initiatives. Reference American Diabetes Association. (2022). American Diabetes Association Announces Support for INSULIN Act at Senate Press Conference | ADA. Diabetes.org. Castaos, L., & Bowden, V. R. (2024). Knowledge-to-action. Advancing nursing excellence: the role of professional nursing organizations. Pediatric Nursing, 50(5), 254259. Feldman, R. (2023). Leading with the trailing edge: facilitating patient choice for insulin products. Journal of Law & the Biosciences, 10(2), 134. Student 2: I must admit that I am a bit ignorant about my competence in the political arena of nursing. Recognizing this lack of awareness is an important step toward identifying my areas for growth. Acknowledging my limited experience and understanding of nursing politics, I can begin to assess what knowledge and skills are needed to become more competent in this aspect of my profession. Over my years in nursing leadership, I have increasingly prioritized policies and procedures. The impact of COVID and the adjustments in CMS nurse and technician ratios heightened my interest in legislative matters and policy development. As a result, I became a member of the ANA (American Nurses Association), GNA (Georgia Nurses Association), and ANNA (American Nephrology Nurses Association). It has become evident that nurses’ active participation in policymaking is essential to improving healthcare outcomes. When nurses engage in the legislative process and contribute to the development of health policies, they help ensure that the needs and perspectives of both patients and healthcare professionals are considered. This involvement not only strengthens the voice of the nursing profession but also leads to more informed decisions that positively affect the quality of care delivered within the healthcare system. Over the next 18 months, I intend to take a more active role in the professional nursing associations to which I belong. Specifically, I aim to join an advocacy committee and attend local chapter meetings. I believe that increasing my involvement in these organizations will deepen my understanding of nursing politics and policy development and enable me to contribute meaningfully to the profession. While I am committed to this plan, I recognize that time constraints pose a significant challenge. Balancing the demands of school, work, and family means I must be intentional about setting aside dedicated time for these advocacy activities. By prioritizing my participation and scheduling accordingly, I hope to overcome this barrier and fulfill my professional development goals. Rasheed, S. P., Younas, A., & Mehdi, F. (2020). Challenges, Extent of Involvement, and the Impact of Nurses Involvement in Politics and Policy Making in the Last Two Decades: An Integrative Review. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 52(4), 446455. Wilson, D. M., Underwood, L., Kim, S., Olukotun, M., & Errasti-Ibarrondo, B. (2022). How and why nurses became involved in politics or political action, and the outcomes or impacts of this involvement. Nursing Outlook, 70(1), 5563.

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  • Internet Research Assignment

    Please check the file I have attached. thank you

    If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask me.

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  • Thinking Like a Historian

    In this course, you have been introduced to the skills of historical thinking by examining events in modern U.S. history with attention to the Five Cs: change over time, context, causality, contingency, and complexity. Recall each of these historical thinking skills from the lesson.

    • Change Over Time: History happens over a period of time. During any given period of time, people, events, and ideas can change.
    • Context: Think about historical events in terms of their greater context. Nothing occurs in a vacuum, isolated from the social, cultural, economic, or political setting of the day.
    • Causality: All historical events have multiple causes and effects. Before the first shot of World War II was fired, a long history of political, economic, and social unrest set the stage.
    • Contingency: Everything is related. Historians think about the ways in which historical trends and events are related to other trends and events, making connections between them.
    • Complexity: We live in a complex world. Historians understand this and create historical narratives that reflect a world of different meanings and perspectives.

    Historians apply these critical thinking skills when creating accounts of the past. Now, its your turn to apply these skills of historical thinking by analyzing topics or events using the same framework.

    To complete this assignment, you will use the template provided below. You will return the completed template as your Touchstone submission. A sample assignment is also provided.

    Choose Topic and Time Period

    From the chart below, choose a combination of one topic and one time period. Within that topic, you will identify and describe something that changed and something that stayed the same throughout that period.

    EXAMPLE You might choose to write about U.S. foreign policy between 1970-2016, or immigration between 1877-1920, or the U.S. economy between 1890-1945. You may select any combination of topic and time period that interests you.

    Choose One TopicChoose One Time PeriodWestern Expansion

    U.S. Foreign Policy

    National Politics

    Race Relations

    U.S. Society and Culture

    Technology and Innovation

    Immigration

    The U.S. Economy1877-1920

    1890-1945

    1940-1990

    1970-2016

    Once youve selected a topic and time period, prepare to respond to the prompts in Part 1 of the template.

    HINT

    Revisit the US History II tutorials. Navigate to the most relevant course units and explore the tutorials related to your selected topic.

    Step 3: Record Your Responses

    Record your responses in Part 1 of the template. Responses to each prompt should be roughly 5-6 sentences.

    Part 2: Context, Causality, and Contingency

    Step 1: Choose a Primary Source

    Review the and choose one for your assignment. You can choose a source from any time period. Study the source and prepare to respond to the prompts in Part 2 of the template.

    Step 2: Record Your Responses

    Record your responses in Part 2 of the template. Responses to each prompt should be roughly 5-6 sentences.

    Part 3: Complexity and Reflection

    Step 1: Reflect

    Answer the reflection questions in Part 3 of the template.

    Step 2: Review the Rubric

    Review the rubric (Section B) to ensure you understand how your Touchstone will be evaluated, and revise as needed.

    Attached Files (PDF/DOCX): US History II Touchstone 4 Template.docx

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  • discussion post 3

    Discussion Board #3

    Review the objective and discussion question. Your initial discussion post should answer the following question following. This discussion post should be a minimum of 250 words and include a minimum of 2 scholarly references according to the discussion

    Objective: Students will be able to analyze different types of systolic murmurs.

    Discussion Question: What are the different types of systolic murmurs? Compare and contrast the signs, symptoms and diagnostic studies of pathological murmurs.

    In your responses:

    • Ask a probing question or ask your colleague for a clarification or an explanation of a point made in the post.
    • Agree or disagree (respectfully) and explain why. Provide evidence to support your opinion.
    • Expand on your colleague’s post to reinforce or support their ideas.
    • Explain how someone’s post helped you understand the material or made you rethink your own views.