A Reflection on Advanced Practice development and how theory and practice relates to it

Design the essay to explore in depth an area of nursing advanced practice relating to the outcomes: Analyse the nature and development of advanced practice + Explore relationships between theory and practice in health and social care. You are advised to keep to a narrow topic area so that you can achieve some depth of discussion in the word allowance. This is a reflective essay written in the first person but also providing a critique of the literature at postgraduate level. The learning outcomes need to be clearly identified within the introduction of the essay and the reasons for their choice outlined. A reflective framework/tool should be used to structure your essay and this should be justified. Relevant theory and scholarly literature should be used to support your work and to create debate.

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Discusses of gender sexuality in the changing representation of Miley Cyrus

1.Your task is to conduct a discourse analysis of a small selection of media texts.
2.You should have chosen one (or more) topics from this term as your focus.
3.You should have identified both a question and the data you want to analyse.
4.The aim is to present your findings drawing upon theoretical and academic literature to frame and inform that analysis.

Introduction
1.Include an outline or explanation of the ‘research problem’ you have addressed. Set the scene – give some context. Tell us why its important or interesting!
2.Include a summary of the data you have analysed and why you chose it – how will it help you address the research problem/questions?
3.Include a summary of the argument you will present in the body of the essay – this can be framed as a set of questions.

Main body
1.An in-depth and close analysis of the texts that answers the question or addresses your research problem.
2.Theme your discussion, do not discuss one text after the other. Look for the discourses across the texts.
3.Draw on theoretical literature to frame/guide your analysis. How can other academic research help you make your argument?

Conclusion
1.Now that you’ve presented your analysis, tell us what this means.
2.You don’t have to argue one thing or come to a concrete and final conclusion – you can just raise more questions or show how the issue is complex.

Do’s
1.DO include a title – this should be the question you have set yourself.
2.DO analyse your texts in relation to their historical and political context – what is at stake at this particular moment. This requires some research!!!
3.DO refer to the course outline for supplementary readings.
4.DO find out what other academic research has been done in your area.
5.DO refer to the material given on discourse, and discourse analysis. Especially the set readings by Tonkiss and Hall and the lecture slides.
6.DO find your voice – what do you think about this topic? Can you critically engage with media texts?
7.DO include what you analysed in the body of the essay, or as an appendix (appendices not included in word count).
8.DO reference media texts properly.

DON’T
1.DON’T just describe what the texts say or who the celebrity is and what they have done.
2.DON’T attempt to impose a reading onto the text – be rigorous in your analysis.
3.DON’T feel the need to be too conclusive – acknowledge complexity and consider implications.
4.DON’T forget about how discourse is about power!

Required reading:
Raka Shome (2001) White Femininity and the Discourse of the Nation: Re/membering Princess Diana, Feminist Media Studies, 1:3, 323-342, DOI: 10.1080/14680770120088927

Roselind Gill
Plagiarism rate lower than 5%.

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Renewable energy

1.Read the Pimentel & Patzek paper found in the Course Discuss the likely role of biofuels in the long-term US energy policy.

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Career Plan Analysis Paper

Write a paper of no more than 350 words, based on the Career Interests Profiler, describing how this course applies to your career plan. After retirement from the United States Air Force the plan is to search and apply for project managers position within current job markets (middle to upper management level). Utilizing My Career plan… below

1) Set Your Career Goals
Get on the right career track by targeting the specific jobs you’re interested in. In this milestone, you’ll explore careers, choose your favorites and begin building your list of career goals. (Robbins & Coulter, 2012).
Chart your career path
Set your career goals

2) Sharpen Your Skills
Whether you’re a short-order cook or a CEO, every job has a required skillset. Find out what skills you need for the jobs that are on your career goal list – and how to improve in these areas.
Skill basics
Find out why skills matter so much to employers.
Gaining experience
Learn how to acquire skills for the jobs that interest you.
Develop the important skills
Use the Skill Builder tool to discover which skills are the most essential for your career goals and find great resources to help you build them. (Robbins & Coulter, 2012).

3) Build Your Resume
You can’t get the job without the interview – and you can’t get the interview without a great resume. Learn what makes a resume stand out and how to customize yours for each job you pursue. (Robbins & Coulter, 2012).
Discover what recruiters want
Make employers sit up and take notice. Watch and learn how.
Learn how to create your targeted resume
Why it’s critical to tailor your resume to the job, and Build your resume
Use the Resume Builder tool to create a tailored resume for any job. How to do it.

4) Craft Your Image
How you’re perceived will affect your job search success. In this milestone you’ll find five ways to create a professional image that will move you closer to the career you want.
What’s your brand? (Robbins & Coulter, 2012).
Learn about professional branding and why it’s important to your current and future career success.
The elevator pitch
Get tips on creating this short introduction about yourself.
Your online presence
Potential employers will likely look you up online. Here’s how to make sure they see your best side.
LinkedIn basics
Learn how to create an effective LinkedIn profile–which could be one of your most powerful career tools.
Dress for success
Appearance matters. Follow these guidelines to help you become the well-dressed interviewee who gets the job.

5) How to Network Like a Pro
Networking is all about building quality relationships with fellow professionals – relationships that can lead to employment. This milestone offers activities that will teach you to network like you’ve been doing it forever. (Robbins & Coulter, 2012).

6) Write a Great Cover Letter
Don’t skip it! Your cover letter can actually make or break your chances of getting hired. Learn what’s in a great cover letter and how to craft yours. (Robbins & Coulter, 2012).

7) Prepare For Your Interview
With a little practice, you can gain the confidence to ace any interview. Here, we will help you get prepared to present your best self. (Robbins & Coulter, 2012).

8) Develop Your Game Plan
Knowing how to get through to a busy hiring manager is critical. The activities in this milestone will help you create a plan to get your application seen – and give you a real edge in your job search. (Robbins & Coulter, 2012).

9) Ready…set…apply!
Now it’s time to put your preparation into action. Learn how to tailor your resume and cover letter to specific jobs, how to submit applications and how to keep track of them – and how to brush up on your interviewing skills before each interview. (Robbins & Coulter, 2012).

10) Manage Your Career
Hard work alone is not enough. To be successful in any job you must manage your career and your professional relationships. Here are some activities to help you keep moving up the ladder. (Robbins & Coulter, 2012).
Reference

Management (2012) (11 ed.) Prentice Hall, authors: Robbins, Stephen P., Coulter, Mary;
published Upper Saddle River, retrieved 2015 https://newclassroom3.phoenix.edu/ Classroom/#/contextid/OSIRIS:48319814/context/co/view/activityDetails/activity/7142e9f6-f994-4ef1-90a9-23e4a849eea2

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Financial feasibility study for Victoria’s secret flagship store in Sydney

The Business Feasibility Study Report (group work) must be written as if students were external consultants to the organisation that would execute the project.
My part: financial feasibility study.
Topic: Would it be financially feasible to open up a Victoria’s secret flagship store in Sydney’s Pitt st Mall?

Must include:
• Cost overview, summary of financial projections
• Income and cash flow projections, facility revenue and expenses, payroll summary, operations expenses,
• Financial forecast
• Break even estimate
• Pay back period
• Return on investment, how much investment needed and where does it come from?
• Financial – do they need to worry about cheaper rent?
Tables to show projections, profit and loss, payroll, operations, forecasting, pay back period etc
Pitt st Mall is on the top 5 list of the most expensive venues to rent a store. Average rent $12.496/sqm yearly.
Financial Projections
Balance Sheet Projections
Income Statement Projections
Cash Flow Projections
Break-even Analysis
Capital Requirements & Strategy
Recommendations & Findings
Conclusion

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The role of the government in the Australian tourism industry

Question: What is the role of the government (at all levels) in the Australian tourism industry? What should its role be? Discuss, using examples and drawing upon the concepts taught in this unit. And It should be a formative essay.

Formative assessment is designed to provide you with a low-risk opportunity to develop your skills – in this case, essay writing. The first assignment provides you with feedback and an opportunity to resubmit a fail assignment for a maximum of a pass grade. The idea is that you learn from the activity with minimal impact on your overall grade. Summative assessment is designed to assess the skills you have learnt in the formative assessment activity. Summative assessment in this case is a major assignment that can significantly impact your overall grade. However, having completed the formative assessment, students will have had ample opportunity to develop and practise their skills and receive feedback before attempting the major essay.

Students are to use at least 5 different sources (references) to provide at least 5 different in-text references in their essay. At least one reference is to be a journal article. Students are to write the essay in full prose, using appropriate paragraphs (approximately 100-150 words each paragraph), and a variety of high quality, academic sources (references) in order of quality from highest to lowest as follows:
1. Academic journal articles;
2. Academic books, including edited books;
3. Reports from international institutions such as the OECD and World Bank;
4. News media articles;
5. Government websites; and
6. Websites from businesses, industry groups, consumer groups or professional bodies
A reference list (a list of the references actually cited in-text) must be included as part of the essay (separate files will not be accepted). The reference list must use a recognised scholarly referencing system using the author/date format. All information relating to the reference is to be included – if you cannot find the year of publishing or the author, then it is probably not an appropriate academic reference. Page numbers are required for in-text references.

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PICO question

Scenario for assessment:
. Immunisations
At a recent GP visit it was suggested that Bronwyn, should have Amy, her 11 month old baby, immunized against Measles, Mumps and Rubella very soon. Bronwyn, who has worked as a health care professional, primarily in Aged Care, is aware that there is quite a bit of community debate about whether to immunize or not. She is afraid of doing anything that could harm Amy and she has heard a lot about the side-effects of immunisation, such as Autism, in the media. However, she is not really sure about the benefits and risks of immunisation and she has also heard that there has recently been an increase in children developing Measles. She wants to do what is best for Amy and so she decides she needs to know more about this issue before she makes a final decision.

Assessment Task 2: Written Assignment – Develop a PICO question and acquire the best available evidence. (800 words) – 20%
Description: For this assignment you will be required to use the PICO (Population, Intervention, Comparator, Outcome) model as a framework to develop a question that can be answered by using the skills for inquiry. You will develop your PICO question based on a scenario in the assessment folder on LEO
Instructions:
1. From the scenarios provided, choose one as a basis for your inquiry.
2. Read the scenario carefully and identify an issue that you would like to explore in more detail.
3. Using the PICO principles formulate an answerable question to address the issue identified in step two.
4. Describe the process you used for developing the PICO question, paying particular attention to identifying each PICO element and the choice of key words
5. Search for evidence to answer the PICO question developed in step two.
6. Describe the search process and strategy you used to find this evidence
7. List 5 pieces of evidence you have secured via the search strategy described in step 5 using APA referencing. [does not count towards word count]
8. Justify why they are the best sources of evidence to address your PICO question.
9. Students are strongly advised to use the Marking Guide and detailed instructions in the assignment folder on LEO, as a guide when writing the essay.

Due date: Week 6: 23:59hrs Sunday 5/4/2015
Weighting: 20%
Length and/or format: 800 words
Purpose: This assignment is the first part of a two part process to assess your understanding of Evidence-Based Practice principles. By undertaking this assessment task you will demonstrate your capacity to develop a PICO question and use it to search for evidence related to an observed professional issue. The information gathered in this assessment task will be used in Assessment Task 3.
Learning outcomes assessed: 2, 4, 5 and 6.
How to submit: Submission is via the Turnitin Drop Box on the electronic learning system
Return of assignment: Assignments along with comments will be returned via the Turnitin Drop Box on the electronic learning system not more than three weeks after the final submission date.
Assessment criteria: This activity requires students to demonstrate an appreciation for the principles of developing an answerable question and an understanding of how to gather evidence to answer the question.

Instructions:
• Present the assignment as a scholarly/academic essay with an introduction, body and conclusion.
– The introduction should present the overall topic and purpose of the essay, how you will address it, and why it is important to be able to assess a research study.
– The body will follow the research process set out in the article and will include all aspects of your appraisal and critique.
– The conclusion should be a brief overview of the main points you have made in the body. No new information should be included.
• During your appraisal:
– consider both the strengths and weaknesses of the article, and
– discuss how the recommendations from the article could be used in evidence-based clinical practice (EBP)
• Students are strongly advised to use the Marking Guide and detailed instruction in LEO as a guide when writing the essay.

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Research Paper

written assessment requires you to explore the evidence-based practice of a nursing skill of choice. From the following list – select one;
Subcutaneous injection
Nasogastric tube placement verification Falls
Vital signs
You
1. Describe the evidence-base used in your selected nursing practice (1000 words)
2. Is the evidence you describe good evidence? If yes, why? If no, why not? (200 words)
3. Compare your findings to the practice information contained in your textbook, a hospital or NSW Ministry of Health policy directive. Do you believe that your selected policy or procedure is based on evidence – include your reasons as to why or why not. (200 words)
4. Based on your findings, suggest a change in policy or procedure. If a change in practice or procedure is not required, describe your reasoning for this. (100 words)

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Strategy and Strategic Dilemmas

INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES:
On successful completion of this assessment students should be able to:
1. Critically evaluate the key dilemmas in the formation of strategy.
2. Critically evaluate and define strategic options.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
Take a company of your choice…
1.Describe the key dilemmas that this company faces
with particular respect to:
-Foundations of Strategic Management
-Internal Analysis – Resource Based View of Strategy
-Environment and Competition: The market based view of strategy
-Internationality: Globalisation v Localisation
-Strategy Formation: Planned v Emergent

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