To Prepare:
Reflect on the four peer-reviewed articles you critically appraised in Module 4, related to your clinical topic of interest and PICOT.
Deemer K, Zjadewicz K, Fiest K, Oviatt S, Parsons M, Myhre B, and Posadas-Calleja J. Effect of early cognitive interventions on delirium in critically ill patients: a systematic review. Can J Anaesth. 2020 Aug;67(8):1016-1034. doi: 10.1007/s12630-020-01670-z. Epub 2020 Apr 24. PMID: 32333291; PMCID: PMC7222136
Guerra, C. S., Koyfman, A., Cooper, B. W., Gourley, S., Wang, L., & McNamara, R. M. (2019). The association between delirium and mortality in older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis. The American Journal of Emergency Medicine, 37(5), 913-917.
- Salluh JI, Wang H, Schneider EB, Nagaraja N, Yenokyan G, Damluji A, Serafim RB, Stevens RD. Outcome of delirium in critically ill patients: systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ. 2015 Jun 3;350:h2538. doi: 10.1136/bmj.h2538. PMID: 26041151; PMCID: PMC4454920.
Wang C, Chen Q, Wang P, Jin W, Zhong C, Ge Z, Xu K. The Effect of Dexmedetomidine as a Sedative Agent for Mechanically Ventilated Patients with Sepsis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Front Med (Lausanne). 2021 Dec 13; 8:776882. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2021.776882. PMID: 34966760; PMCID: PMC8711777
Reflect on your current healthcare organization and think about potential opportunities for evidence-based change, using your topic of interest and PICOT as the basis for your reflection.
PICOT Topic
•P (Patient or Problem): Patients in the ICU with sepsis and delirium
• I (Intervention): Potential interventions for prevention and management
•C (Comparison): Standard care without the interventions
• O (Outcome): Cost and general factors (e.g., length of hospital stays, patient outcomes)
• T (Time): During their ICU stay.
Consider the best method of disseminating (Virtual conferences and webinars) The Assignment: (Evidence-Based Project)
Part 4: Recommending an Evidence-Based Practice Change
Create a Narrated PowerPoint presentation in which you do the following:
Briefly describe your healthcare organization, including its culture and readiness for change. (You may opt to keep various elements of this anonymous, such as your company name.)
Describe the current problem or opportunity for change. Include in this Question the circumstances surrounding the need for change, the scope of the issue, the stakeholders involved, and the risks associated with change implementation in general.
Propose an evidence-based idea for a change in practice using an EBP approach to decision making. Note that you may find further research needs to be conducted if sufficient evidence is not discovered.
Describe your plan for knowledge transfer of this change, including knowledge creation, dissemination, and organizational adoption and implementation.
Explain how you would disseminate the results of your project to an audience. Provide a rationale for why you selected this dissemination strategy.
Describe the measurable outcomes you hope to achieve with the implementation of this evidence-based change.
Provide citations of the supporting evidence-based, peer-reviewed articles you selected to support your thinking.
Add a lesson learned section that includes the following:
A summary of the critical appraisal of the peer-reviewed articles you previously submitted
Rough Draft
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Assignment 6: Rough Draft
The library guide for this class (https://nu.libguides.com/ENG240) contains readings in every undergraduate major that requires this class. Read the articles in the tab that corresponds to your major area of study. If you don’t know what your major will be or if you are pursuing general studies, you may choose any subject that interests you.
One body paragraph i had to submit
Why Schools Should Teach Social Emotional Learning Inside Classrooms?
The professor feedback from the annotated bibliography
PSY1010 Touchstone 32- Workplace Styles
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SCENARIO: Monica and Jennifer are coworkers that have been assigned to work on a project together. Jennifer is very organized and wants her and Monica to do really well on this project. To get started, Jennifer took some initiative and prepared a list of to-do items along with the due dates. She even color-coded the list to indicate who will do which item. Shortly after, Jennifer sends an email to Monica with the to-do list attached. Jennifer wants her partner to know that she is serious about their success.
Monica is happy her teammate has shown initiative but is surprised by Jennifer’s to-do list and feels a bit uncomfortable as she is feeling like Jennifer is micromanaging her. Monica wants to do her part on the project but is feeling anxious because she doesn’t know where she fits in. Monica is worried about working on the project. She wonders if she can succeed in this project since Jennifer is already the leader. Prior to this situation, Monica worked for a separate employer who asked her to work on a similar project. She felt anxious about her ability to successfully complete the project and attempted to communicate her feelings with a co-worker. However, her co-worker didn’t seem to understand Monica’s concerns and said that she should just ignore her feelings and get the work done.
As Monica ponders having a conversation with Jennifer, she starts to feel overwhelmed and thinks it might just be easier to be removed from the project.
ASSIGNMENT: Now, it is time to practice the skills and concepts that you have learned to help your friend Monica navigate through a difficult workplace situation. Using your problem solving and self and social awareness skill, as well as what you have learned about personality traits and emotions, answer the questions in this case study assignment. Remember, you are to help Monica calm her anxiety and find a solution to her problem.
Assignment (use the attached template)
DIRECTIONS: To complete the assignment, you will answer the following four questions in 5-7 sentences each:
critical appraisal
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To Prepare:
Reflect on the four peer-reviewed articles you critically appraised in Module 4, related to your clinical topic of interest and PICOT.
Deemer K, Zjadewicz K, Fiest K, Oviatt S, Parsons M, Myhre B, and Posadas-Calleja J. Effect of early cognitive interventions on delirium in critically ill patients: a systematic review. Can J Anaesth. 2020 Aug;67(8):1016-1034. doi: 10.1007/s12630-020-01670-z. Epub 2020 Apr 24. PMID: 32333291; PMCID: PMC7222136
Guerra, C. S., Koyfman, A., Cooper, B. W., Gourley, S., Wang, L., & McNamara, R. M. (2019). The association between delirium and mortality in older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis. The American Journal of Emergency Medicine, 37(5), 913-917.
Wang C, Chen Q, Wang P, Jin W, Zhong C, Ge Z, Xu K. The Effect of Dexmedetomidine as a Sedative Agent for Mechanically Ventilated Patients with Sepsis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Front Med (Lausanne). 2021 Dec 13; 8:776882. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2021.776882. PMID: 34966760; PMCID: PMC8711777
Reflect on your current healthcare organization and think about potential opportunities for evidence-based change, using your topic of interest and PICOT as the basis for your reflection.
PICOT Topic
•P (Patient or Problem): Patients in the ICU with sepsis and delirium
• I (Intervention): Potential interventions for prevention and management
•C (Comparison): Standard care without the interventions
• O (Outcome): Cost and general factors (e.g., length of hospital stays, patient outcomes)
• T (Time): During their ICU stay.
Consider the best method of disseminating (Virtual conferences and webinars) The Assignment: (Evidence-Based Project)
Part 4: Recommending an Evidence-Based Practice Change
Create a Narrated PowerPoint presentation in which you do the following:
Briefly describe your healthcare organization, including its culture and readiness for change. (You may opt to keep various elements of this anonymous, such as your company name.)
Describe the current problem or opportunity for change. Include in this Question the circumstances surrounding the need for change, the scope of the issue, the stakeholders involved, and the risks associated with change implementation in general.
Propose an evidence-based idea for a change in practice using an EBP approach to decision making. Note that you may find further research needs to be conducted if sufficient evidence is not discovered.
Describe your plan for knowledge transfer of this change, including knowledge creation, dissemination, and organizational adoption and implementation.
Explain how you would disseminate the results of your project to an audience. Provide a rationale for why you selected this dissemination strategy.
Describe the measurable outcomes you hope to achieve with the implementation of this evidence-based change.
Provide citations of the supporting evidence-based, peer-reviewed articles you selected to support your thinking.
Add a lesson learned section that includes the following:
A summary of the critical appraisal of the peer-reviewed articles you previously submitted
STATISTICS FOR CATEGORICAL DATA
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ODDS RATIOS AND CHI-SQUARE
This assignment focuses on categorical data. Two of the statistics most often used to test hypotheses about categorical data are odds ratios (ORs) and the chi-square. The disease-OR refers to the odds in favor of disease in the exposed group divided by the odds in favor of the unexposed group. Chi-square statistics measure the difference between the observed counts and the corresponding expected counts. The expected counts are hypothetical counts that would occur if the null hypothesis were true.
PART 1: ORS
A study conducted by López-Carnllo, Avila, and Dubrow (1994) investigated health hazards associated with the consumption of food local to a particular geographic area, in this case chili peppers particular to Mexico. It was a population-based case-control study in Mexico City on the relationship between chili pepper consumption and gastric cancer risk. Subjects for the study consisted of 213 incident cases and 697 controls randomly selected from the general population. Interviews produced the following information regarding chili consumption:
Table 1: Chili Pepper Consumption and Gastric Cancer Risk
Chili pepper consumption Case of gastric cancer Controls
Yes A = 204 B = 552
No C = 9 D = 145
Reference:
López-Carnllo, L., Avila, M. H., & Dubrow, R. (1994). Chili pepper consumption
and gastric cancer in Mexico: A case-control study. American Journal of
Epidemiology, 139(3), 263–271.
Note: You do not need to use the SPSS software to complete this assignment.
In a Microsoft Excel worksheet, calculate the odds of having gastric cancer.
In addition, provide a written interpretation of your results in APA format.
Refer to the Assignment Resources: Odds Ratio to view an example of odds ratio. The same resource is also available under lecture Testing Hypotheses.
PART 2: CHI-SQUARE
Bain, Willett, Hennekens, Rosner, Belanger, and Speizer (1981) conducted a study of the association between current postmenopausal hormone use and risk of nonfatal myocardial infarction (MI), in which 88 women reporting a diagnosis of MI and 1,873 healthy control subjects were identified from a large population of married female registered nurses aged thirty to fifty-five years. There were 32 women who currently used hormones and had a diagnosis of MI and 56 women reporting a MI and never used hormones. Of the women controls (women who did not report a MI) 825 currently use hormones and 1,048 never used hormones. To test the hypothesis that there is no association between use of postmenopausal hormones and risk of MI, chi-square statistics need to be calculated in SPSS using a 0.05 level of significance. The SPSS data are provided in the link below. The SPSS dataset consists of two variables:
Click here to access the SPSS data.
SPSS Dataset Variables
Name Label of Variable Values
Group Association Group
Control
Case
Use Hormone Use
Currently Use
Never use
Reference:
Bain, C., Willett, W., Hennekens, C. H., Rosner, B., Belanger, C., & Speizer,
F. E. (1981). Use of postmenopausal hormones and risk of myocardial
infarction. Circulation, 64(1), 42–46.
Southern New Hampshire University DAD 220 Module Two Lab
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Overview
To complete this assignment, you’ll work in the Codio virtual lab environment to create tables similar to the ones that you saw in the previous activity.
Directions
To begin, go to your Codio virtual lab environment and start a new terminal session. Once there, perform the steps below to complete this activity. Manually enter any commands you are asked to write. To validate that these commands work, capture screenshots of the results and place them in a document for submission. Each screenshot should be around one quarter of a page.
CREATE TABLE Employee (Employee_ID SMALLINT,First_Name VARCHAR(40),Last_Name VARCHAR(60),Department_ID SMALLINT,Classification VARCHAR(10),STATUS VARCHAR(10),Salary DECIMAL(7,2));
(101,’Mary’,’Jones’,2,’Non-Exempt’,’Part-Time’,35000),
(102,’Mary’,’Williams’,3,’Exempt’,’Full-Time’,80000);
PJ310-2 Module 6: critical thinking
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Option #1: Project Management Simulation- Scenario A – Management Levers
This simulation will take approximately 90 minutes, after which you will organize your thoughts and notes in a written paper. Take notes on what actions you took and why.
Simulation: Project Management Simulation: Scope, Resources, Schedule V3
Review the following file to find out how simulation can be performed: How to Play Guides.pdf
Download How to Play Guides.pdf
Compose and describe your thoughts about which options you chose during the simulation including the criteria you used to select options, the tradeoffs you considered, and any analysis you conducted.
Explain how project characteristics, such as deadlines and team skill levels, affect team morale and work quality.
Convey the impact of managers’ decisions on team morale and work quality, including how much time to spend on meetings and coaching, impact of overtime and outsourcing, and staffing levels.
Finalize your thoughts about the simulation play, including what you learned about managing projects.
Submission Requirements
Prepare a 3- to 4-page paper (not including the required title and reference pages and the appendix – any tables, figures, charts, drawings, etc. are to be in the appendices if needed) detailing and compiling the specifics to items 1-5 above.
Explain whether the project completed faster or slower than you anticipated, why it fell behind (if it did), and what you did as a result.
Convey the impact the kinds of meetings you organized, how the meetings did or did not support project outcomes, and whether your project completed successfully.
As an appendix, provide a screenshot of the best result of the simulation you have been able to achieve (you are encouraged to run the simulation several times to improve your performance and gain a better understanding of the simulation model and its logic)
Collaboration and Leadership Reflection Video
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Using Kaltura, record a video (5–10 minutes) where you reflect on an interprofessional collaboration experience, proposing recommendations for how to improve interprofessional collaboration that can be shared with leadership and colleagues. Support these recommendations with references to the literature.
The interprofessional project that you reflect on may be one that you collaborated on at your current or former place of practice, or you may choose to imagine you collaborated on the interprofessional project presented in the Assessment 01 Supplement: Collaboration and Leadership Reflection Video [PDF] Download Assessment 01 Supplement: Collaboration and Leadership Reflection Video [PDF]resource and reflect on that.
Be sure that your assessment addresses the following criteria. Please study the scoring guide carefully so you will know what is needed for a distinguished score:
Reflect on an interdisciplinary collaboration experience, noting ways in which it was successful and unsuccessful in achieving desired outcomes.
Explain aspects of the collaboration that helped the team make progress toward relevant goals or outcomes.
Explain aspects of the collaboration that could have been improved.
Identify how poor collaboration can result in inefficient management of human and financial resources, citing supporting evidence from the literature.
Discuss the ways in which the interdisciplinary team did not collaborate effectively.
Discuss the negative implications for the human and financial resources of the interdisciplinary team and the organization as a whole.
Cite the literature for support.
Identify best-practice leadership strategies from the literature that would improve an interdisciplinary team’s ability to achieve its goals, citing at least one author from the literature.
Identify at least one leadership best practice or strategy that you believe would improve the team’s ability to achieve their goals.
Identify the strategy and its source or author and provide a brief rationale for your choice of strategy.
Cite the literature for support.
Identify best-practice interdisciplinary collaboration strategies to help a team achieve its goals and work together, citing the work of at least one author.
Identify at least one best practice or strategy for interdisciplinary collaboration to help the team achieve its goals and work more effectively together.
Identify the strategy, its source, and reasons why you think it will be effective.
Communicate in a professional manner, is easily audible, and uses proper grammar. Format reference list in current APA style.
Submit an APA-formatted reference list for any sources that you cited specifically in your video or used to inform your presentation.
The Example Kaltura Reflection will show you how to cite scholarly sources in the context of an oral presentation.
Notes:
Refer to the Campus tutorial Using Kaltura [PDF] as needed to record and upload your reflection.
If you require the use of assistive technology or alternative communication methods to participate in this activity, please contact DisabilityServices@Capella.edu to request accommodations.
If, for some reason, you are unable to record a video, please contact your faculty member as soon as possible to explore options for completing the assessment.
Part 1 Characteristics of Cults – Real World Scenario
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This Real World Scenario project will focus on Cults. Pay special attention to the language used to create cults. Also consider the role of individuals in cults, both as leaders and as followers, and how they carefully choose how to communicate their message to others.
This project consists of 4 parts:
WHAT TO DO: Watch the following two videos and research an article that describes the identifying characteristics of cults in general:
Video 1 The video “Why do people join cults?” is an introduction to cults and how they affect the mental processes and social behavior of their members. This is a TEDEd video was posted on YouTube, June 12, 2017; 6:26 minutes
video 2 The host of SciShow Psych discusses what cults are and why people join them titled “Why Do People Join Cults?”. She argues that anyone is susceptible to becoming part of a cult. This SciShow Psych video was posted on YouTube, Sept. 27, 2018; 4:46 minute
Article You need to research an article that describes the general characteristics of a cult. The article should be available online and relevant to this assignment. For more guidelines on how to evaluate resources, https://guides.lib.berkeley.edu/evaluating-resourc…
WHAT TO TURN IN: A written analysis of both videos and your research article. Please answer ALL of the questions below. Write out both the question AND the answer;
your answer should start on a NEW LINE following the question. The TOTAL number of words in your ANSWERS ONLY will count toward the 250 word minimum; to be clear, your ANSWERS to the questions for Video 1 plus Video 2 plus the Research Article COMBINED should be at least 250 words or more. This is an individual assignment.
Questions to answer Video 1:
Are all cults religious cults? Explain your answer. If not, what other types of cults are there? Give at least 2 examples.
What is the definition of a cult, according to the Janja Lalich video?
Discuss at least 4 basic characteristics of cults as described in the Lalich video.
Explain at least 3 ways in which cults are DIFFERENT from religions.
Questions to answer Video 2:
What are some identifying elements of a cult as discussed in the SciShow Psych video? Describe at least 3 identifying elements.
Name 3 reasons why people join cults that ALSO overlap with totally NORMAL psychological phenomena. Explain your answer.
Discuss at least 4 reasons why people might join a cult.
According to a 2007 study, what is the MOST IMPORTANT factor in joining a cult?
Explain at least 2 techniques used to persuade people to stay in a cult.
Discuss at least 2 barriers that discourage people from leaving a cult.
Questions to answer Research Article:
Analyze at least 3 defining elements of cults according to your article.
Please turn in the following for Part 1, Characteristics of Cults:
MKT 265- Final Project Milestone Two
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Overview
The digital marketing landscape is constantly changing, and companies must be nimble and able to develop, evaluate, and change their digital marketing strategies in a short amount of time. Traditional marketing allowed marketers to create brand messaging and control how it was shared with an audience. But now more than ever, control over what is said about a brand or product has been put into the hands of consumers. The internet, social media, and mobile platforms have given rise to the voice of customers, and marketers have had to adapt.
Prompt
For this assignment, you will examine the social media platforms used by the brand you selected. You will discuss how these platforms are used to support the brand’s digital marketing strategy. Before recommending changes to a brand’s digital presence, it is important to review and analyze its current state. This will help inform changes and improvements in the new media campaign.
Specifically, the following critical elements from Final Project I must be addressed:
Social Media Platforms: In this section, examine the social media platforms used by the brand you selected. Discuss how these platforms are used to support the brand’s digital marketing strategy.
Identify the social media platforms the brand uses and explain how they align to the brand’s target market.
Describe how the brand uses each social media platform. Consider what the brand’s social media posts consist of or look like.
Evaluating Digital Marketing Campaigns: Before recommending changes to a brand’s digital presence, review and analyze its current state. This analysis will help inform changes and improvements in the new media campaign.
Strengths
Describe what the brand is doing well on digital media. Support your response with examples.
Identify a platform that the brand is currently using for marketing and could be improved or utilized more effectively. Support your response with examples.
Describe how the brand could use research to better focus its digital activity.
What to Submit
Your paper should be a 2- to 4-page (excluding the title and references pages) Microsoft Word document with double spacing, 12-pt. Times New Roman font, one-inch margins, and at least three sources cited in APA format.
Mapping questions
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Here is 15 interview questions
What does CSR mean to a small business in Western Kentucky?
What are your thoughts on the role of CSR on small businesses in Western Kentucky? Do you have permission to make any CSR decisions in your business? If Yes, please explain what kind of decision you make as a leader or owner.
Does your business currently have any CSR commitments? If Yes, which CSR practices is your businesses interested in and how do the practices contribute to the overall performance of the business?please explain.
How do you align your business’ CSR goals and the economic goals? Please describe how your business’ CSR practice contribute to or advocate for social justice policy reform and to the growth of the business.
How many employees do you have in your business and what are their perceptions about the business’ engagement in CSR practices?
Comparing the period when your business had no CSR engagement and now that CSR drive your business operations, would you say your business has become more profitable with the CSR practices integration?
What would you say are the benefits of your business engagement in CSR to the customers and to you as the business owner? Please provide the answer below.
RQ 1: How does the private and franchise owned small businesses in Western Kentucky apply CSR in advocating for social justice policy reform?
RQ 2: How well are CSR movements integrated into daily routines and operations of privately owned and franchise-operated small businesses in Western Kentucky?
RQ 3: What are the perceptions of owners and professional executives on CSR and its related leadership approaches and practices in private and franchise-owned small businesses in Western Kentucky?