Prepare a 5-page review of recent research that examines statistics on the primary health concern of a population, describes the methods and tools used in the research studies, explains the factors that affect health promotion and disease prevention for a population, and recommends a health care initiative.
The ability to locate, evaluate, and apply research is an important skill for nurses to develop in order to provide evidence-based care for individuals, families, communities, and health care systems.
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:
• Competency 1: Explain the principles and concepts of disease prevention and health promotion for diverse and vulnerable populations.
o Compare the statistics for a health concern of a vulnerable or diverse population to the statistics for the general population, including ethical, legal, economic, and cultural factors.
o Explain the principles and concepts that influence health promotion and disease prevention for the identified vulnerable or diverse population.
o Recommend an evidence-based health care initiative for a specific health care concern of a vulnerable or diverse population.
• Competency 3: Apply basic epidemiological concepts, data analysis methods, tools, and databases to determine the effectiveness of health promotion and disease prevention initiatives for diverse and vulnerable populations.
o Describe the epidemiological concepts, data analysis methods, tools, and databases used in research studies related to health concerns for a vulnerable or diverse population.
o Describe health care initiatives used by organizations to address the health care concerns of vulnerable or diverse populations.
• Competency 5: Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with expectations for members of the health care professions.
o Write content clearly and logically, with correct use of grammar, punctuation, APA formatting, and mechanics.

This is an analytical essay,
In no more than four (4) articulate and typewritten (12-point font, double-spaced, and numbered) pages, answer the prompt below. Your sources must be properly cited and included in a reference section at the end of the paper. (The reference section does not count against the page limit.)

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What does Penny von Eschen’s Satchmo Blows up the World tell the reader about the challenges to U.S. cultural diplomacy during the Cold War? In answering this question also address whether or not jazz diplomacy accomplished the goal intended by its creators and other advocates of U.S. cultural diplomacy. If so, then how? If not, then why not?

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This is intended to be an analytical essay and it will be evaluated in terms of organization, clarity of argument, and conceptual rigor. You must be specific without sacrificing the limited space you have in this 4 page assignment. Remember that a carefully constructed and well thought-out thesis statement is essential to any successful written communication. Take the time to carefully craft your opening paragraph and be sure the rest of the essay supports the ideas communicated in this all important paragraph. Please review the General Writing Guidelines for this course.

You must properly cite any and all source material you utilize and, as with any university-level writing assignment, it is expected that you will adhere to proper standards of English grammar. When an assignment is submitted, it is expected that it has been properly proofread, edited, and spell-checked. Be sure to refer to the General Writing Guidelines for this course and pay particular attention to avoiding the following mistakes:

Misspellings
Improper/inconsistent use of tense
Improper use of the possessive
Homophone confusion
Use of contractions
Use of first person voice
Consistently vague or unclear sentences
Improper capitalization
Your ability to communicate your ideas is as important as the ideas themselves. Writing is a critical skill you will use throughout your life and you are expected to have already achieved a high degree of competency in this arena. If you feel you have deficiencies with respect to your writing, I strongly urge you to visit the University Writing Center for the necessary assistance prior to submitting an assignment.

Write an organized argument, in which you use logical reasoning and data to support objectively written claims and reasons. Organize your paper so that the structure is clear. Choose words and rhetorical devices, such as rhetorical questions, that provoke rational thought rather than strong emotions.

You will incorporate elements of research writing into this essay, so your essay should have at least 3 outside sources that you found in your research. You will credit this outside information in your essay using in-text citations and a Works Cited page at the end of your essay.

The in-text citations and Works Cited page will use MLA Style.

The length of this essay is to be at least 5 full pages (not counting the Works Cited page) using the formatting guidelines below:

Formatting Guidelines:
Font will be Times New Roman 12 point
Text should be double-spaced
Margins should be set at one inch.
Name, Course, Instructor, and Assignment should appear in the top left corner.
A title should be centered and bolded at the top of the paper.

The in-text citations and Works Cited page will follow MLA Style.

A Culture of Patient Safety

Read this article:

Sammer, C., James, B., (September 30, 2011). Patient safety culture: The nursing unit leader’s role. OJIN: The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing,16(3), Manuscript 3.

In the Hospital Hope scenario, what do you think was the most important factor that led to the change in practice in the SICU?

If you worked in a facility that needed a practice change, what framework would you use and why?

Assignment Expectations:

Length:1000 to 1250 words in length

References: Use appropriate APA style in-text citations and references for all resources utilized to answer the questions. A minimum of two scholarly sources

PowerPoint presentation on Best Practices in Collecting Digital Evidence
In this assignment, you assume the role of an employee of the DigiFirm Investigation Company. You must research best practices in collecting digital evidence and create an electronic presentation which highlights your findings to the CEO of DigiFirm, in which you recommend those best practices for adoption by your organization.

Deliverable:

For this assignment, you are to:

Select a recent reputable source for Best Practices in Collecting Digital Evidence (NIST, FBI, SANS, NCJRS, INTERPOL, etc. – cited on the reference page), analyze the source recommendations, and create PowerPoint presentation to share your findings.
Your presentation should be at least 6-8 slides in length, not including title and reference slides.

This essay discusses the contributions of Leonardo Da Vinci and how he used his artistic skills to become the world’s most famous engineer. He’s been called the greatest painter of all time and his Mona Lisa is the most admired work of art in the world. Yet Leonardo da Vinci was more than an artist. He was also a draughtsman, designer and engineer, producing thousands of mechanical drawings investigating and addressing the challenges of anatomy, flight, manufacturing and war. His artistic talents enabled him to record his mechanical ideas with enough clarity for working models to be created. His fascination for knowledge and his ability to bring his ideas to life shows that he is the epitome of an engineer.

Write a paper examining the effect the media had on pushing the Civil Rights Movement forward. Did the media attention help or hinder the progress of this movement?

Included in your paper should be references to Chapter 5: Section 5.2 “The African American Struggle for Equality”. (located in openstax.org in the subject of American government) or just copy and paste the link: https://cnx.org/contents/W8wOWXNF@18.3:fTTdyO0i@8/The-African-American-Struggle-for-Equality

Please use the web pages below as well and read/view for further insight.

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/07/08/the-color-of-law

The openstax and the 2 other links shall be the 3 sources.

* Your paper should be 2 pages plus the work cited page.

Background:
You are recently employed as a graduate consultant in a management consultancy
firm and are assigned to a team. One of your firm’s clients is currently evaluating its
budgeting system. The CEO of your client had recently attended a seminar on
Activity-Based Budgeting (ABB) in private companies and would like to know
whether ABB is suitable to the company. Your manager has asked your team to
prepare a report for the client.
Required:
Your group is required to prepare a report to comment on the suitability of ABB for a
company of your group’s choice (your firm’s client). The report should cover the
followings:
a) A description of your firm’s client
b) A description of the ABB and its features
c) In what ways ABB is different from traditional budgeting systems
d) A discussion on whether the ABB is suitable to your firm’s client

Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Barrows (4-6 pages, excluding appendices)
(Extracted from client’s file)”Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Barrows contacted us because they need some help about investing in fixed income. They own their own house; they already have equity investments, and they are considering investing $300,000 in fixed income. They tell us that they are interested in an investing horizon of 20 years (You may change it to 15 years if you cannot find 20 year bonds). We must prepare a report with at least the following information (verbatim from their contact letter):
1. What are the fixed income investments we should consider? Why?
2. How would we invest our funds into long-term CD’s? How would we fare in terms of 
returns and cash flows?
3. What about immediate annuities? We understand there are lifetime annuities and specified 
period annuities. We are both 65 years old.
4. What about long-term Treasury bonds? How would we fare in terms of returns and cash 
flows?
5. What about a single, corporate bond issue of the highest quality? How would we fare in 
terms of returns and cash flows? If we do this, we would like to see if we could have annual cash flows over $15,000 per year. Also could you please prepare the following three different scenarios?
a. One showing total preservation of wealth -that is, we end up with the same amount of bonds we started with.
b. In the second scenario we would sell bonds each period so that we end up with about 50% of the bonds we initially purchased.
c. In the third scenario, we would like to go on selling an even amount of bonds so that the initial capital is completely depleted by the end of the investment.
6. How do each of these investments compare with investing in bond mutual funds? What bond funds would you recommend to us for long-term investing?

Wild Dog Coffee Company, a locally owned company with a single coffee shop location, serves a wide selection of espresso products, 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, the espresso beverage preparation process will remain exactly the same. The company wants to ensure that the espresso beverage preparation process is documented and refined before the move.

You are one of three owners of Wild Dog Coffee Company. Your background is primarily in operations. Your business partners’ backgrounds are in marketing and sales. While they are working on the external aspects of the business that will bring customers in, you are focused on making the internal customer-facing processes as efficient as possible. You are preparing an analysis and recommendations that will help manage a core process improvement for the successful opening of a second location.

Requirements
Include the following in your process improvement plan:

Assess the steps for a selected process.
~ Develop a flowchart showing the process’ steps. You may include as many steps as are relevant for your selected scenario.
Show the steps for preparing an espresso beverage (for example, latté, cappuccino); there are two steps that must be included: (1) order is submitted and (2) beverage is handed to the customer. Hint: You may want to visit a local coffee shop to observe the beverage preparation process.

~ Prepare a procedure documenting the selected process. At a minimum, the procedure must document the following for your selected process:
– Metrics. Identify at least two metrics that will be
useful in determining how well the new process is
performing. Be sure to identify the target value of
the metric and how you will measure it.
For Wild Dog Coffee Company, it could be how
well the beverage preparation process is
performing. A third metric is already identified for
you: order delivery time. (This is the time between
when the order is submitted and the time the
beverage is handed to the customer.)
– Procedure. This section describes each step of
the process.
For Wild Dog Coffee Company, your procedure
should be titled, “Espresso Beverage Preparation
Process.” Be sure to include order submittal and
handing the beverage to the customer as part of
the procedure.
– Purpose (of the procedure). This section
describes what the procedure is intended to do.

~ Analyze data for process changes for a selected process.
Respond to the following questions:
– Is the process centered? Provide the results of
your calculations and the rationale for your
decision by thinking about the process capability.
– Is the process capable at 3-sigma? Provide the
results of your calculations and the rationale for
your decision by thinking about the process
capability index.
– Is the process in statistical control? Provide the
appropriate numbers and the rationale for your
decision using a control chart for individuals.

~ Analyze the Beverage Service Times [XLSX] data. This data is for 50 beverage preparation events and was collected using their order processing system. Each individual order gets a time-stamp when it is placed and again when the beverage is handed to the customer. The senior barista thinks the beverage delivery times should range between 2 and 3 minutes. The known process standard deviation, which has been calculated on an on-going basis, is 0.5903 minutes.

~ Analyze the cause and effect of process variances.
Brainstorm possible sources of variation to create a cause-and-effect diagram to help analyze potential sources of variation in the espresso beverage preparation process at Wild Dog Coffee Company. Your diagram must include at least four of the “6 Ms” (that is, management, manpower, method, measurement, machine, materials).

~ Recommend quality and customer service improvements for a selected process.
Detail the results of your analysis for Wild Dog Coffee Company to substantiate your recommendations.

Deliverable Format
Requirements:
The process improvement plan is to be a minimum of 7 pages, not including the title, reference, and appendix pages.
Use a process improvement plan template of your choice.
Related company standards:
The process improvement plan is a professional document and should therefore follow the corresponding MBA Academic and Professional Document Guidelines, including single-spaced paragraphs.
In addition to the title and reference pages, include the following in the appendix:
Flowchart.
Procedure.
Detailed results of order delivery time analysis.
Cause-and-effect diagram.
Use American Society for Quality (ASQ) data analysis tools and 2–3 additional scholarly or academic sources where applicable.
Use APA formatting for citations and references.