Month: May 2018

Explain how the interactions between nomadic/migratory peoples and sedentary peoples affected the major civilizations of Eurasia between the 1st and the 15th centuries A.D.

Type of document       Essay   2 Pages Subject area  History Academic Level           Undergraduate

Style    MLA     references       2

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Giving explicit examples, and drawing on at least THREE different regions (Europe, Central Asia, Southwest Asia, South Asia, East Asia and Africa) Be sure to explain not only political but also social, economic, intellectual and religious consequences of such invasions. [HINT: Depending on your regional examples, you should be discussing Germans, Huns, Hsiung-Nu, Arabs, Vikings, Turks, Qidan, Ruzhen, and/or Mongols, etc.]

Application: Quality Measures

Type of document       Essay   2 Pages Subject area    Healthcare    Academic Level           Master

Style    APA      references       1

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Application: Quality Measures

“The gold standard for defining quality measurement remains Donabedian’s three-element model of structure, process, and outcome” (Varkey, p. 30).

Although this model of quality measurement may apply to all kinds of clinical care facilities, you will focus on hospitals for this assignment so that you can make use of data on the CMS’s “Hospital Compare” Web site. Using this Web site, you will examine quality information for a particular hospital, and conduct some basic benchmarking analysis.

 

To prepare for this Application:

• Visit the Hospital Compare Web site:

http://www.medicare.gov/hospitalcompare/?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1

◦Click on the links at the top titled “About Hospital Compare” and “About the Data” and review them briefly.

 

 

 

• On the top left there is another tap titled “About Hospital Compare Data” that Shows information on Process of Care Measures, Outcome of Care Measures, and Outpatient Imaging Efficiency Measures.
• As you consider this information, bring to mind the six dimensions of quality: Safety, effectiveness, patient-centeredness, timeliness, efficiency, and equity. Search…through step 3.
• For the purposes of this assignment, go back to the 1st page and select a hospital by either entering the zip code for the hospital or the name of the hospital. When you’ve done that and clicked on Show Hospitals, you should have hospitals that you can compare. Follow the directions to review Patient Survey Results (HCAHPS survey results), Timely and Effective Care or Readmissions, Complications and Deaths.
• Consider which organizations are most appropriate to compare for benchmarking purposes. Use the Hospital Compare website and compare your primary hospital’s data with data from another hospital – either one in the same area or one across the country, as you think appropriate.
• After comparing the data, assess which measures you think are of the greatest concern and in need of improvement in your primary/original hospital. What is your rationale for this assessment? Select two or three measures to focus on for this assignment. Consider which dimensions of quality they relate to (safety, effectiveness, patient-centeredness, timeliness, efficiency, and/or equity).
• Review this week’s Learning Resources, new the hospital’s Web site, and consider what other steps you would take to get a clearer picture of these quality issues.

The Assignment

Write a 1- to 2-page paper that addresses the following:

• Identify the primary hospital you have selected.
• Identify the measures you have chosen to focus on (those that are most in need of improvement or that otherwise warrant attention). Compare and contrast the characteristics of structure, process, and outcome measures, and explain which category or categories your chosen measure relates to. Also, indicate the dimensions of quality with which these measures are associated.
• Briefly summarize the data, including your benchmarking analysis.
• Analyze the benefits and challenges of externally reported measures for health care providers and for patients. Also, explain why benchmarking can be useful for identifying areas for improvement.

Application: Patient Safety Risks

Type of document       Essay   5 Pages  Subject area   Healthcare    Academic Level           Master

Style    APA      references       1

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Application: Patient Safety Risks

As noted in the Institute of Medicine report, To Err is Human, “It may be part of human nature to err, but it is also part of human nature to create solutions, find better alternatives, and meet the challenges ahead” (Institute of Medicine, 1999, p. 15).

What are the most common—or most significant—risks to patient safety? How do these risks vary in different health care settings or with disparate groups of patients? What can be done to address these risks? You will explore these questions and more in this Application Assignment.

 

To prepare for this Application:

• Begin by brainstorming types of health care organizations and groups of patients (e.g., geriatric patients requiring chronic care, pediatric patients admitted for acute care). Identify a particular type of setting and/or patient population to help you pinpoint your focus for the following step.
• Review the National Patient Safety Goals, the CDC’s NHSN Web site, and the information on patient safety concerns presented in the other Learning Resources. Select a specific patient safety risk (e.g., patient falls, medication reconciliation) to focus on for this assignment.
• Analyze the systems errors and/or human factors errors that should be considered with regard to this safety risk.
• Reflect on related insights that could be gained from high-reliability organizations. What approaches do these organizations use that might be applicable within a health care organization?
• Consider the strategies and tools (e.g., Six Sigma, Lean) that could be used to assess and reduce this particular risk.
• Evaluate the potential benefits of patient and family involvement and steps that could be taken to ensure that they are included in this endeavor.

 

Note: To complete this Application Assignment, you will need to use the Learning Resources assigned in both Weeks 4 and 5.

 

The Assignment

 

Write a 4- to 5-page paper that addresses the following:

• Briefly summarize the patient safety risk you have selected, and provide a rationale for why it deserves particular attention.
• Analyze the influence of systems errors and human factors errors with regard to this risk.
• Discuss related insights that could be gained from high-reliability organizations and how they might be applied within a health care organization.
• Propose strategies and tools for assessing and reducing risk related to this safety issue.
• Describe how patients and patients’ families can be involved in addressing this issue.

Prepare financial statements for a private, not-for-profit organization, analyze the information from the statements, and make recommendations.

Discipline: Accounting

Type of service: Research Paper

Spacing: Double spacing

Paper format: APA

Number of pages: 8 pages

Number of sources: 4 sources

Paper details:

This project has two parts. In an eight- to ten-page paper (not including the title and reference pages), prepare financial statements for a private, not-for-profit organization, analyze the information from the statements, and make recommendations.

 

PART I: Complete Exercise 10-10 in your text.

 

PART II: Analyze the financial statements. Discuss in detail what the information tells you about the Ombudsman Foundation’s financial position. In what areas is the organization strong? What are some areas in need of improvement? Make recommendations for the firm, based on your analysis of the statements.

 

You must support your work with a minimum of four scholarly sources in addition to the course text. You must also format your paper according to APA style guidelines as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center..

 

The Final Project:

 

Must be eight to ten double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site..

Must include a separate title page with the following:

Title of project

Student’s name

Course name and number

Instructor’s name

Date submitted

Must use at least four scholarly sources in addition to the course text.

The Scholarly, Peer Reviewed, and Other Credible SourcesPreview the document table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source for a particular assignment.

Must document all sources in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

Implementation of an Individualized Education Plan (IEP)

Discipline: – Teacher’s Career

Type of service: Essay

Spacing: Double spacing

Paper format: APA

Number of pages: 1 page

Number of sources: 0 source

Paper details:

Select a lesson that could utilize a tool in Chapter 4 of Rutherford (2008). Select any tool in that unit(name and page #), and describe how you believe that tool would benefit a wide range of learners. How would that tool assist you in engaging the learner? Comment on how you may be able to apply a classmate’s selection in your area.

Topics)

Review of previous lesson/reflection on teaching

Reflections of the past year in terms of the following:InclusionWorking with special needs studentsImplementation of an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) Working with in-class support teachersKeeping accurate student records for all populationsAttendance and preparation for IEP conferences

Review and prepare for Showcase Portfolio submission

Many managers assume that numbers do not lie but, when measuring performance – The Five Traps of Performance Measurement

Discipline: Business

Type of service: – Dissertation Chapter – Discussion

Spacing: Double spacing

Paper format: APA

Number of pages: 1 page

Number of sources: 2 sources

Paper details:

Many managers assume that numbers do not lie but, when measuring performance, they often do not tell the whole story. For example, your organization’s sales may have increased 7% over the last year but there is no metric to show that the overall industry has increased 18%. Managers are not seeing the whole picture if they are viewing incorrect numbers or failing to consider qualitative data that may better place the numbers in context.

 

To Prepare for this Discussion, take a moment to review the articles “The Five Traps of Performance Measurement” (Likierman, 2009), and “Three Rules for Making a Company Truly Great” (Raynor & Ahmed, 2013).

 

By Day 5

Post the following:

 

Describe how 2–3 of the specific methods discussed in the articles have been, or could be, used to improve performance in your organization or one with which you are familiar.

Develop an idea for the lesson you will eventually present to your cohort.

Discipline: – Teacher’s Career

Type of service: Essay

Spacing: Double spacing

Paper format: APA

Number of pages: 1 page

Number of sources: 3 sources

Paper details:

My Lesson will be on Mouth Care, Develop an idea for the lesson you will eventually present to your cohort. With your lesson in mind, select a strategy from one of the following topics: differentiated instruction, cooperative learning, Bloom’s Taxonomy, or higher-ordered thinking questions.

Briefly describe how you might apply a strategy from one of those concepts to a hands-on lesson.

Identify the chosen strategy you might implement and briefly describe how you might apply one of these strategies to a hands-on lesson.

Lesson on

Must use Wong & Wong as a reference.

Relevance of using paper dolls or fashion babies in today’s fashion and apparel industry.

Discipline: Art

Type of service: Essay

Spacing: Double spacing

Paper format: MLA

Number of pages: 2 pages

Number of sources: 0 source

Paper details:

This is an assignment from History of Fashion studio class.

Project brief :

In no less than 500 words, write a short overview of the relevance of using paper dolls or fashion babies in today’s fashion and apparel industry.

 

Consider the following:

How and why would you develop such a marketing tool?

 

Could they be developed using 3-D printing technology?

 

Could fashion babies be created in animation to sell in developing markets?

 

What would the differences be in relation to how they were used in the past?

 

What type of customer would relate to them the most?

 

** Be creative!

 

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Discipline: Management

Type of service: Term Paper

Spacing: Double spacing

Paper format: APA

Number of pages: 5 pages

Number of sources: 1 source

Paper details:

The University of Michigan released their strategic plan for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) (see the link below).

DEI website: https://diversity.umich.edu/

DEI Strategic Plan: https://diversity.umich.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/strategic-plan.pdf

 

This assignment requires you to apply what you learned in this course to evaluate the University of Michigan’s strategic DEI plan. Specifically, apply Lewin’s Change Theory: unfreezing, change and refreezing to evaluate the plan. Feel free to use any additional resources other than the actual plan and website such as news releases.

 

This assignment has three objectives:

Evaluate how well the plan addresses the issues involved in the change process.

Identify any external factors likely to impact their chances of reaching their DEI goals.

Assess the likely of the plan’s success in the next 10 years.

 

A detailed outline of the paper is provided below.

Overall, the paper should be 3 to 5 pages double-spaced. Please include any references used. Feel free to use any formatting style for your references but be consistent! Examples can be found at this link: http://guides.lib.umich.edu/citationhelp

 

Format of the Paper

INTRODUCTION

 

ANALYSES

Unfreezing

Strengths: Overall how well does the plan address issues related to unfreezing?

Present and discuss 3 to 4 campuswide actions related to unfreezing.

Weakness: What issues related to unfreezing are not addressed?

Attempt to present and discuss 1 to 2 issues that are not being addressed.

 

Change

Strengths: Overall how well does the plan address issues related to change?

Present and discuss 3 to 4 campuswide actions related to change.

Weakness: What issues related to change are not addressed?

Attempt to present and discuss 1 to 2 issues that are not being addressed.

 

Refreezing

Strengths: How well does the plan address issues related to refreezing?

Present and discuss 3 to 4 campuswide actions related to refreezing.

Weakness: What issues related to refreezing are not addressed?

Attempt to present and discuss 1 to 2 issues that are not being addressed.

 

Opportunities and Threats

Identity 2 factors outside the control of the University of Michigan that might benefit (opportunities) or disadvantage (threats) their chances of achieving their DEI goals.

 

CONCLUSION

Reflect on your own analysis, and comment on the likelihood of this plan being successful in the next 10 years. Please provide 3 to 4 reasons that support your conclusion.

Evaluate Leadership – overview of three types of leadership functions: 1) leadership of human resources, 2) leadership of fiscal resources, and 3) the development of a unit or institutional mission

Discipline: Education

Type of service: Research Paper

Spacing: Double spacing

Paper format: APA

Number of pages: 3 pages

Number of sources: 5 sources

Paper details:

Prepare a paper that provides an overview of three types of leadership functions: 1) leadership of human resources, 2) leadership of fiscal resources, and 3) the development of a unit or institutional mission. Then, address the following:

• Analyze a selected higher education leadership role.
• Discuss how that role is responsible for these three leadership functions within your own higher education institution or another institution with which you are familiar.
• Explain the different motivational theories as you describe how your role is tied to the leadership functions.

Support your assignment with at least five scholarly resources. In addition to these specified resources, other appropriate scholarly resources, including older articles, may be included