Category: Essays

Coursework 1
This coursework requires a legal problem style answer to show knowledge and
understanding of the requirements of the general law of contract, and related legislation, and how to apply this to a typical construction setting, as well as consider the legal and practical consequences for the construction team when undertaking work without a contract, and how to address any issues.

Assessment criteria

The coursework will be marked against the following criteria:

 Knowledge and understanding of subject

 Quality of reasoning and analysis.

 Quality of discussion and drawing of conclusions

 Issues, evidence and arguments evaluated

 Clarity and quality of written expression

 Good use of authority and Harvard referencing

 Appropriate style of presentation and length

Description

You are employed by Tuff Pty. Ltd. a construction company. Your company’s Commercial Manager, Vesta, receives the following letter:

Dear Sir/Madam,

It is the intention of Janus Pty. Ltd. to award a contract to your company, Tuff Pty. Ltd. to build a factory including production, stores, offices and canteen facilities to be built in four continuous phases- all to be subject to obtaining agreement on the land and leases with the Development Corporation, full building and bye-law consent and the site investigation…. the whole to be subject to agreement on an acceptable contract. We authorise you to start work immediately, in order to meet our completion date of the first phase by 1 July 2012.

Advise Vesta whether or not the company may have any legal problems if it starts work immediately based on this letter, and how they may be addressed.

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Your second graded assignment is to prepare a powerpoint-style presentation (other types of software, including Mac Keynote, Google Slides, Prezi, etc are also permitted, if you create PDF of the resulting file) that explores one of the topics considered in the second half of the course (theory & society, kids & culture, games & socializing, privacy & surveillance, or activism & democracy). The objective is for you to gain a working knowledge of a current issue in the field of mobile communications, and to share your findings to others in the class. You may pick your own topic, but it must be situated in one of the course units and approved by the tutor-marker.

You may optionally *record* your presentation (talk while you change slides, and record both your voice and the slides) and submit it as a video on YouTube. An example of how to do this is provided below.

Your presentation is not expected to cover an issue in depth. Rather, you are expected to understand and present the issue at an introductory level. Your basic research strategy should start by identifying the most important sources of information about the topic. Conduct an online search for research, news articles, blog postings, or other resources. Be sure to critically assess your sources. As you read, consider some of the following questions, which can help organize your presentation:

What is this topic about? How can I clearly explain it to someone else who doesn’t know anything about it? (e.g., how might you explain it to your friends, parents, or grandparents?)
Why does this topic matter? Is it a legal matter? Is it a moral or ethical issue? How does it affect Canadian society or people’s lives?
Who are the key people, companies, or stakeholders involved?
When did this topic first become important or relevant? How does it affect us in Vancouver? If relevant, how does it affect your own life?
Where is this topic most relevant right now? Is it a global phenomenon, or is it limited to certain countries or regions? If it’s limited in scope, explain why. How is it relevant to Canada, and/or to Vancouver?
How does (or how might) this topic affect our day-to-day lives? How is it being addressed in other countries?
You don’t need to answer all of these questions in your presentation, but they can help guide your research and structure your analysis. Aim for a concise, direct, clear presentation. Use key terms and concepts from the course when appropriate.

In some cases, illustrations or small tables of data may be helpful to your audience. If so, include them in your presentation as PowerPoint slides or other graphic formats. Be selective in your choice of illustrations.

Include the script for your presentation (about 5 minutes of speaking), along with a full reference list of your sources, including web links if applicable.

Your grade for the research report is based on the following criteria:

A 650 word script (see https://www.speechinminutes.com (Links to an external site.)) – to fit in the 5 minute limit.
Accuracy of research and clear, focused development of your presentation.
Identification of important sources of information about the topic, academic and/or popular (e.g., recent studies, journal articles, news stories, and so on).
Discussion of local and/or personal experience: how the topic reflects on your life, or the lives of your Vancouver neighbours.
Good use of the resources you find.
Good presentation style (clear, concise, good use of graphics or illustrations if applicable, etc).
Accurate use of APA referencing style in your reference list.
Be sure you understand the course policy on late submissions, the university policy on plagiarism, and how to reference your work in APA style. You’ll find several useful research and writing tips on the SFU Library website.

If you are interested in recording your presentation, this video covers Mac OS X’s native screen recording process, which is a feature of Quicktime. While Windows doesn’t have a built-in screen recorder, you can choose from a number of free third party options. (You can resize this text box by dragging the bottom right corner)

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The IOM Future of Nursing report calls for an increase in leadership from nurses at all levels. One way nurses demonstrate their role as a leader, is through public policy change. A leader does not always carry an official title or position, but demonstrates leadership through the work and the stance he/she takes to make a change for the good of others. Nurses have been noted by the Gallop poll year after year as the most trusted professionals.
This assignment requires thought about a public policy that is needed or needs to be changed that relates to nursing, healthcare, and/or the public. Policy changes can occur by working with members of your legislature, and state or national nurses associations, to introduce a new bill and/or change to a current law in your state or federal government.
Examples of public policy includes any component of the current legislation governing health care, Medicare part D, Medicaid, nursing regulation, medication technicians, etc.
In 1000 words, propose a health policy change (that is currently a bill, a law, or may not exist at all) at the state or federal level that you believe needs to change and why.
1. The policy must NOT be a clinical care policy for individual care. The policy involved may include public or community health, legislative or regulatory, professional organization (nursing-oriented), advanced nursing practice, health plan, or hospital plan.
2. Include a specific section for the exact wording for the bill or change in wording of the law.
3. Include the plan for the implementation of your policy development, to lobbying for passage, to next steps after passage.
4. Discuss who would be the champion for the bill/law change from your state advocates (legislators, federal legislators, local or national state nursing organizations). Are these individuals also influential in making changes occur? Did you vote for the individual in office that you want to help you make this change?

Resources: state (California)
1. Review different pieces of legislation for ideas on wording.
2. Visit your state’s legislative governmental affairs website site to understand the process your policy change could take if you wanted to introduce to into legislation.
3. Refer to the Nursing Leadership Health Policy Presentation Rubric.
4. Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines

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Develop an individual analytical literature review that examines a contemporary issue in nursing and health care.The mental health of young people and psychiatric nursing
Sophie is a nurse working in the emergency department (ED) of a 400 bed metropolitan hospital. She is newly graduated and likes the busy feel and teamwork of emergency departments. Six months ago, she began a post-graduate certificate in the field of emergency nursing but worries at times about her ability to assess clients. This is particularly the case when patients with mental health problems present.

On her first ‘solo’ triage shift, a very agitated 17 year old man named Ricky is brought in by his parents. Sophie is able to ascertain that he has been smoking marijuana constantly over the previous months and has been very irritable at home. His parents have observed him apparently talking to himself on occasions during the past week and say they are very worried about him. His academic performance at school has also declined noticeably and his parents describe him as much more ‘withdrawn’ than a year ago.
Sophie is aware that the ED is very busy and that she needs assistance in managing Ricky and supporting his family. She is also feeling physically threatened by him. She decides to contact Mark, the Mental Health Nurse attached to the Crisis Assessment Team (CAT) who is on call from the Acute Psychiatric area of the hospital, so that together they can put into place a management plan for Ricky and his family.

Action required:
Sophie, in conjunction with Mark the mental health liaison nurse, are required to design a course of action to deal with a client who exhibits psychosis symptoms within the emergency department. Sophie and Mark are required to identify and involve key stakeholders in the design of their emergency procedures and protocols for a client who presents with mental health symptoms that require immediate diagnosis and appropriate case management in line with hospital policies and procedures.

The mental health of young Australians
Potential issues/theories to be researched include:
• major current mental health issues in the Australian population aged 12 – 24 years
• management of psychosis in emergency departments
• models of crisis management within the emergency department
• roles for nurses in prevention and management.
Presentation Guide for Assignment One
• Your report should have double spacing and 12 point font size.
• Your margins should be set at 2 cm for left and right margins.
Format for writing an analytical literature review
1. Paragraph 1
Ensure that you document in your introduction:
• what topic/theme you intend to research in the body of your analytical literature review
• the current issues and theories that you will examine in the body of your literature review
• the key themes and concerns that will be analysed in the body of your literature review. (This requires only one sentence to highlight what you intend to investigate)
• The current gaps in the literature on the chosen topic.

Body of analytical literature review
The paragraphs should follow this format:
• a lead-in sentence relating back to the chosen scenario
• analysis supported by expert opinion
• use of one or two analytical examples to highlight one point per paragraph
• concluding sentence used to comment on how relevant the current theory/model is in today’s contemporary nursing and health care.
Note, one theory or contemporary theory/model equates to one paragraph.

2. Paragraph 2
Briefly document the key themes that you have identified
This is an opportunity for you to state the key issues that are pertinent to your scenario.
You are required to identify and document the key concerns and current issues that need to be resolved within a given time frame; e.g. in the next six to twelve month period.

3. Paragraph 3
You are required to undertake a literature review that identifies at least three different issues/theories that you will use to analyse your topic choice. (Each issue/theory should equate to a different paragraph; e.g. the lifestyle versus the genetic theory on obesity).

4. Paragraph 4
You are required to document in your literature review an alternative model or theory to the one presented in paragraph 3. You need to analyse which of the two models you have researched is more appropriate to the issue that you have documented in paragraph 2 and state why or why not.

5. Paragraph 5
You are required to highlight where you still believe there are gaps within the literature. You are also required to suggest alternative strategies that may be useful in having a positive impact on your research topic. (This section will enable you to make recommendations that could be implemented in your Assignment Two without the need for citing expert opinion).
Conclusion
You are required to summarise the major points in the body of your Analytical Literature Review. A good conclusion should answer your introduction and needs to be specific and measurable and not made up of global, unsubstantiated, ‘feel good’ statements. Restate the key area under investigation and which theories are pertinent to your research. Explain why you would use one theory rather than another in connection with your scenario. A good conclusion should take one half to two-thirds of a page.
Reference list
You are required to document a minimum of 15 contemporary sources (<5yrs old) from peer reviewed refereed journals within your reference list. Your reference list should be in alphabetical order of authors’ surnames. Do not include websites or website articles that are anonymous or non-refereed.

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Follow the IBDM five-step roadmap to prepare a 1,375 word proposal in which you apply the steps to the creation of an innovative business process for the Process Innovative Proposal. Explain the unique nuances of innovative process development as it relates to the IBDM.

• Process Innovative Proposal: To enhance efficiency within a Buffet (food prep or food presentation or lines or payment, etc…)

Identify unknown problems and unmet opportunities before you develop an innovative strategy to address them.

Follow the IBDM five-step roadmap to prepare proposal in which you apply the steps to the creation of an innovative business process. The five steps are
• Assessment of the situation
• Identification of the problem and opportunity
• Creative concept development
• Prototype development
• Implementation, validation, and refinement
Explain the unique nuances of innovative strategy development as it relates to the IBDM.
(Innovation Business Design Model)
1. Assessing the situation
2. Identify problem/opportunity
3. Creative concept development
4. Prototype development
5. Implementation, validation, and refinement
• Assessing the situation:
– The business professional will proactively examine the internal/external business environment looking for opportunities to innovate in order to create a competitive advantage.
• Identify and define problem/opportunity:
– The business professional identifies specific unknown and/or unmet problems/opportunities.
• Creative concept development:
– The business professional will use creative thinking techniques and inspiration to develop innovative and practical concepts to address the identified problems/opportunities.
• Prototype development:
– The business professional designs and develops innovative practical concepts as iterative models for testing and evaluation.
• Implementation, validation, and refinement:
– The business professional evaluates the outcomes of the creative concept development to determine appropriate enhancements, improvements, or exit strategies (cancellation).

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Nursing Informatics Competencies
Today’s fast-paced health care environment demands nurses to be skilled not only in their clinical practice or specialty area but in the use of technology tools that improve practice and lead to better patient care. Basic and advanced technology competencies are required and expected as technology increasingly touches and changes the job of every nurse. Numerous organizations, including the American Nurses Association (ANA), the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA), and Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), have developed nurse-specific technology competencies. The challenge for nurses is to identify both needs and training opportunities.
In this Discussion, you identify the role informatics plays in your professional responsibilities. You pinpoint personal gaps in skills and knowledge and then develop a plan for self-improvement.
To prepare:
• Review Nursing Informatics: Scope and Standards of Practice in this week’s Learning Resources, focusing on the different functional areas it describes. Consider which areas relate to your current nursing responsibilities or to a position you held in the past. For this Discussion, identify one or two of the most relevant functional areas.
• Review the list of competencies recommended by the TIGER Initiative. Identify at least one skill in each of the main areas (basic computer competencies, information literacy competencies, and information management competencies) that is pertinent to your functional area(s) and in which you need to strengthen your abilities. Consider how you could improve your skills in these areas and the resources within your organization that might provide training and support.
TIGER  http://www.thetigerinitiative.org/
Assignment
Write about the key functional area(s) of nursing informatics relevant to your current position or to a position you recently held, and briefly describe why this area(s) is relevant. Identify the TIGER competencies you selected as essential to your functional area(s) in which you need improvement. Describe why these competencies are necessary and outline a plan for developing these competencies. Include any resources that are available to you within your organization and the ways you might access those resources. Assess how developing nursing informatics competencies would increase your effectiveness as a nurse.

References
American Nurses Association. (2015). Nursing informatics: Scope & standards of practice (2nd ed.).Silver Springs, MD: Author.

Please use 2 more academic references (total of 3)

No title page or headers are needed for this assignment.

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Make Your Values Mean Something
This week the focus of the module shifts from personal values to values in organizations.
Make Your Values Mean Something looks at the importance of organizational values and how organizations create value systems. In the video, the author discusses “core” and “permission to play” values and how they operate in organizations. The reading expands on that discussion. Furthermore, it introduces other types of organizational values and the way they work together.
Review: Review the worksheet for Make Your Values Mean Something.
Read: Make Your Values Mean Something by Patrick M. Lencioni

Complete and submit “Make Your Values Mean Something” Worksheet”. Click here for instructions concerning completing the worksheet.
Copy, save the document, and then answer the questions on the worksheet. To submit your answers, upload your document.
http://home.snu.edu/dept/camtasia/presentations/2013/classroomlecture/slively/Introduction_to_Week_3_Module_11_-_Flash_%28Large%29_-_20130528_02.23.28PM.html link to open resource.
Enemies of Trust
Trust, or the lack of trust, within an organization impacts personal relationships and even the success of the organization. Below are the learning activities dealing with trust in organizations. The article, The Enemies of Trust, focuses on a key element in organizational values: the issue of trust. The video describes the impact of trust on organizational culture.
Review: Before you read The Enemies of Trust, be sure to review the worksheet that goes with this reading. This worksheet will help you understand the nature and fuction of trust in organizations.

Complete and submit “Enemies of Trust Worksheet”.
Answer the questions on the worksheet. To submit your answers, upload your document.
Discussion Forum
Discussion Forums provide a way to discuss any thoughts, reflections, and questions you may have concerning this week’s readings, videos, or other learning assignments. Therefore, it is imperative that all learning activities be completed in the order presented. Your posts must be in your own words and must deal in some detail with a substantive issue. Please do not cut and paste from your assignment worksheets. Each post should be between one hundred and two hundred words.
Discussion Item (choose 1 and where you can, use your life experiences):
How democratic should the formulation of core values be in an organization? In other words, should core values come from broad participation (majority rule) or should they be imposed by key people in the organization? What does the article say? What do you think?
….or….
What are the benefits of trust in an organization and what are the costs of its absence?
The Truth About Lies
In Bill Moyer’s documentary, The Truth About Lies, Daniel Goldman discusses the issue of dishonesty and the impact it has on individuals and organizations. Although this is an older documentary, it does an excellent job of describing the nature and impact of dishonesty. In particular, the discussion of the Challenger disaster is a shocking but effective illustration of the importance of this week’s topic.
Review: Before viewing the video, review the worksheet The Truth About Lies.
Below is a link to the video The Truth About Lies, which is copyrighted material. In accordance with the 2002 TEACH Act, the material will only be available to students enrolled in this course and only for a period of time analogous to a class session. Therefore, the link will only work if you are enrolled in this course and it will only work during the third week of this course. You will need to be logged into your SNU Gmail account to view the video. If you attempt to access this video during the third week and it doesn’t load, please email Brent Wetwiska, PS Educational Technologist, (bbwetwis@mail.snu.edu) to have the link activated for you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=u-KwqnKIr04
Complete and submit “The Truth About Lies Worksheet”. Click here for instructions concerning completing the worksheet.
Answer the questions on the worksheet. To submit your answers, upload your document
Discussion Forum
Discussion Forums provide a way to discuss any thoughts, reflections, and questions you may have concerning this week’s readings, videos, or other learning assignments. Therefore, it is imperative that all learning activities be completed in the order presented. Your posts must be in your own words and must deal in some detail with a substantive issue. Please do not cut and paste from your assignment worksheets. Each post should be between one hundred and two hundred words
Discussion Item:

Why is it harmful lie? Why do people lie?
Additional Instruction Info: Below
DISCUSSION FORUMS:
Each week you will be required to participate in discussion forum(s). Topics for discussion forums will center on the learning objectives of the week. Therefore, it is imperative that you do all the assignments preceding the discussion forum(s). Also, be sure that you have carefully read the “Online Expectations and Ground Rules” in the Syllabus under Important Module Links.
READING ASSIGNMENT WORKSHEETS
Each week you will have reading assignments that provide information and guidance concerning the weekly learning objectives. The worksheets will have questions that will call for not only a response that shows that you understand the readings but a personal analysis from your own understanding. Thoughtful and careful analysis is expected.
The answer to each question should be in a minimum of 2 – 3 well developed paragraphs (no less than 4 sentences in each paragraph), clearly articulated, and well written.
Online Expectations
EXPECTATIONS
The School of Professional Studies expects learners to :
•Complete all assignments – whether points are assigned or not – during the week assigned.
•Complete assignments when due.
•Comments on discussion forums and other communication avenues to be professional. Personal attacks are never appropriate and will not be tolerated.
•Review Grading Rubrics for understanding what is required in Discussion Forums, Journaling, Videoing, etc.
•Be proactive in contacting their Academic Advisor and/or Instructor.
GROUND RULES
•Participation is required.
•Learner is expected to communicate with other students in discussion threads.
•Learn to navigate in My Courses.
•Keep abreast of course announcements.
•Use the assigned university email address as opposed to a personal email address. You may choose to forward your university address to your personal address.
•Address technical problems immediately.
•Observe online etiquette at all times.
•Work is expected to be submitted by due date. Any exceptions are at the discretion of the instructor.

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The case scenario provided will be used to answer the discussion questions that follow.

Case Scenario

Ms. G., a 23-year-old diabetic, is admitted to the hospital with a cellulitis of her left lower leg. She has been applying heating pads to the leg for the last 48 hours, but the leg has become more painful and she has developed chilling.

Subjective Data
•Complains of pain and heaviness in her leg.
•States she cannot bear weight on her leg and has been in bed for 3 days.
•Lives alone and has not had anyone to help her with meals.

Objective Data
•Round, yellow-red, 2 cm diameter, 1 cm deep, open wound above medial malleolus with moderate amount of thick yellow drainage
•Left leg red from knee to ankle
•Calf measurement on left 3 in > than right
•Temperature: 38.9 degrees C
•Height: 160 cm; Weight: 83.7 kg

Laboratory Results
•WBC 18.3 x 10¹² / L; 80% neutrophils, 12% bands
•Wound culture: Staphylococcus aureus

Critical Thinking Questions
1.What clinical manifestations are present in Ms. G and what recommendations would you make for continued treatment? Provide rationale for your recommendations.
2.Identify the muscle groups likely to be affected by Ms. G’s condition by referring to “ARC: Anatomy Resource Center.”
3.What is the significance of the subjective and objective data provided with regard to follow-up diagnostic/laboratory testing, education, and future preventative care? Provide rationale for your answer.
4.What factors are present in this situation that could delay wound healing, and what precautions are required to prevent delayed wound healing? Explain.

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Identify the ebusiness model, value proposition, revenue model, and critically analyse the market opportunity and competitive environment for the decathlon.co.uk website. Conclude by making a single recommendation to improve its market position.

Pls make sure you indicate the total number of words that you’ve used.

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You need to put the answer after each question.

Psychology 60: Stress Management
Discussion 4
The Social and Spiritual Basis of Stress , Chronic Negative Social Problems
The required textbook is Coping with Stress in a Changing World by Richard Blonna, 4th Edition only. Orange cover. McGraw Hill. ISBN 978-0-07-302660-2.
A. This discussion has two parts. Each answer need to be 12-15 sentences.

Part 1
– Go to the Chronic Negative Social Problems section of this chapter on pp. 92-100 and find a fact to share.
Your answer:
– Then, find an online article* that supports, or does not support the fact from the chapter.
Find a credible newspaper or magazine article (no blogs) from only one of these sources/sites:
The New York Times,
The Wall Street Journal,
The Washington Post,
The Economist,
Scientific America,
Newsweek,
Time, or a similar newspaper or magazine. If you have doubts, please ask.
*The article should not be from an informational website such as about.com, WebMD, or other similar types of sites. No blogs.

– List the fact from the chapter section in quotes with the page number, and summarize the online article in 2-5 sentences in your own words*, or using one quote from the article along with your own words.

Your answer:

– List the article title, publication name, author/reporter name, date, and paste the article web link.
Your answer:

Attention: *Using words other than your own without quotations will result in zero points for this discussion.
Do not rearrange the author’s words, use all your own words, or quote the material.

Part 2
Discuss in your own detailed opinion how the fact and article you presented in part 1 is connected to stress.

Your answer:

B. Wrote your respond to Yana’s post.
“The fact I would like to share from the Chronic Negative Social Problems section of the textbook appears on page 95 and is as follows: “A variety of potential stressors arise for someone who becomes unemployed. The challenge of meeting basic economic needs for survival, difficulty finding future work, loss of health and medical benefits, decline in lifestyle, and loss of self-esteem are just a few”.
The 2009 New York Times article entitled “Poll Reveals Depth and Trauma of Joblessness in U.S., written by Michael Luo and Megan Thee-Brenan, presents real-life examples of stressors exactly like and similar to those referred to in the textbook (link: https://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/15/us/15poll.html?_r=0). Additional stressors presented in the article are conflicts with family and friends, a sleep disorder and physical displacement from one’s home. I was touched by all of the real-life examples, but I was heartbroken to read about the couple “saving quarters for diapers” and the woman who couldn’t get to a much needed therapy session because of a lack of transportation. One word comes to my mind…”unacceptable”.”
Your respond:
Your respond need to be 8-10 sentences. Read the article that Yana used in her post and write your respond.

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