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I need support with this Nursing question so I can learn better.

Assignment:

Evidence-Based Practice Model and Change Model

Create a PowerPoint presentation that addresses each of the following points/questions. Be sure to completely answer all the questions for each bullet point. Use clear headings that allow your professor to know which bullet you are addressing on the slides in your presentation. Support your content with at least three (3) sources using APA citations throughout your presentation. Make sure to cite the sources using the APA writing style for the presentation. Include a slide for your references at the end. Follow best practices for PowerPoint presentations related to text size, color, images, effects, wordiness, and multimedia enhancements. Review the rubric criteria for this assignment.

Identify an evidence based practice model and change model that has been defined in Chapters 13 and 14 of the textbook (Melnyk and Fineout-Overholt, 2015). Describe in detail how you would utilize the practice model and change model to implement an evidence-based practice change in your clinical practice environment, related to your research topic.

1. Title Slide (1 slide)
2. Objective Slide (1 slide)
3. Identify an evidence-based practice model and change model that has been defined in Chapters 13 and 14 of the textbook (Melnyk and Fineout-Overholt, 2015). (2-3 slides).
4. Describe in detail how you would utilize the practice model and change model to implement an evidence-based practice change in your clinical practice environment, related to your research topic. (6-8 slides)
5. References (1 slide)

Assignment Expectations:

Length: 8-14 slides
Structure: Include a title slide, objective slide, content slides, reference slide in APA format. Title/Objective/Reference slides do not count towards the minimum slide count for this assignment.
References: Use appropriate APA style in-text citations and references for all resources utilized to answer the questions. A minimum of three (3) scholarly sources are required for this assignment.
Rubric: This assignment uses a rubric for scoring. Please review it as part of your assignment preparation and again prior to submission to ensure you have addressed its criteria at the highest level.
Format: Save your assignment as a Microsoft PPT document (.pptx) or a PDF document (.pdf)
File name: Name your saved file according to your first initial, last name, and the assignment number (for example, “RHall Assignment 1.docx”)

Need help with my Law question – I’m studying for my class.

The Science of Evidence

[WLOs: 1, 2, 3, 4] [CLOs: 2, 4, 5]

Last week, you evaluated on-scene analysis and documentation. This week, the focus will shift to the scientific processes accomplished within the crime laboratory. In addition to the scientific processes, it is important to understand the standards applied to determine if the scientific process and its results can or should be admitted at trial. While science uses the peer review process to evaluate credibility, the courts also use case law to evaluate the standards for forensic science.

Prior to beginning work on this assignment, please review the following:

• From the text:
  • Chapter 5: Forensic Toxicology
  • Chapter10: Blood and Other Biological Fluids
  • Chapter 11: DNA Analysis
• The articles:
  • Surrogate Testimony After Williams: A New Answer to the Question of Who May Testify Regarding the Contents of a Laboratory Report
  • What Happens If Autopsy Reports Are Found Testimonial?: The Next Steps to Ensure the Admissibility of These Critical Documents in Criminal Trials
  • To Analyse a Trace or Not? Evaluating the Decision-Making Process in the Criminal Investigation
  • Examining the Role of Science in the Courtroom: Admissibility and Reliability of Forensic Science in the Courtroom
  • Testing the Testimonial Doctrine: The impact of Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts on State-level Criminal Prosecutions an Procedure
• The e-book Forensic Science Evidence: Can the Law Keep up with Science?
• From the video Forensic Science in Action: From Crime Scene to Courtroom: Segment 6. Forensics: Examination of the Victim 03:25
• The video Duties of a Forensic Scientist in the Forensic Biology Lab shown above.

You must use at least three Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources (Links to an external site.) in addition to the course text.

You are also strongly encouraged to review the recommended sources, which may further support this assignment.

In your paper, address the following:

• Evaluate the evolution of forensic science, focusing on the types of scientific analysis conducted in crime laboratories.
• Explain how the changes in science and evidence processing over the last century have affected the criminal justice system.
• Describe at least four major types of scientific testing conducted by crime laboratories.
• Describe the evidentiary value of the four major testing processes identified.
• Analyze the current standards (based on case law) for admitting scientific evidence at trial, specifically addressing the four types of scientific testing identified in your paper.

The Science of Evidence paper

• Must be 750 words in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center’s APA Style (Links to an external site.)
• Must include a separate title page with the following:
  • Title of paper
  • Student’s name
  • Course name and number
  • Instructor’s name
  • Date submitted
• For further assistance with the formatting and the title page, refer to APA Formatting for Word 2013 (Links to an external site.).
• Must utilize academic voice. See the Academic Voice (Links to an external site.) resource for additional guidance.
• Must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph. Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper.
  • For assistance on writing Introductions & Conclusions (Links to an external site.) as well as Writing a Thesis Statement (Links to an external site.), refer to the Ashford Writing Center resources.
• Must use at least three scholarly, peer-reviewed, and/or credible sources in addition to the course text.
  • The Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources (Links to an external site.) 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.
  • To assist you in completing the research required for this assignment, view this Ashford University Library Quick ‘n’ Dirty (Links to an external site.)tutorial, which introduces the Ashford University Library and the research process, and provides some library search tips.
• Must document any information used from sources in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center’s Citing Within Your Paper (Links to an external site.)
• Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. See the Formatting Your References List (Links to an external site.) resource in the Ashford Writing Center for specifications.

Consider using Q for your library research and to access writing supports, and tutoring services available to you. See the Guide to Installing and Using Q (Links to an external site.) for more information.

Carefully review the Grading Rubric (Links to an external site.) for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.

I don’t know how to handle this Management question and need guidance.

1. 
   Resource:
   Development Plan Grading Guide
   
   Create a 700- to 1,050-word development plan that includes the following:

   • Assess the legalities of training.
   • Determine whether the plan could offend any of the protected classes.
   • Evaluate whether you will use the plan as the sole weighting for promoting and determining the eligibility of employees for the opportunity to move forward at work.
   • Conduct a cultural assessment of your terminology.
   • Consider the various aspects of EEOC.

   Cite any sources according to APA formatting guidelines.
   
   

I’m trying to learn for my Business class and I’m stuck. Can you help?

Recommend a strategy (6 pages) for improving a total rewards package for FFH or a selected organization in order to be competitive with other employers and to positively support recruitment and retention initiatives.

Demonstration of Proficiency

By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the course competencies through the following assessment scoring guide criteria:

• Competency 1: Apply legal standards in human resource management decision making and practice.
  • Explain what legal compliance requirements FFH (or a selected organization) should consider when creating a total rewards package.
• Competency 2: Use data to support human resource management decision making.
  • Analyze components to include in FFH’s (or a selected organization’s) total rewards package.
  • Compare the salary and benefits components with adding an incentive compensation package.
• Competency 3: Develop human resource management strategy recommendations to support organizational goals in a dynamic environment.
  • Recommend a strategy for compensating FFH’s (or a selected organization’s) management.
• Competency 5: Communicate human resource management needs, opportunities, and strategies with multiple stakeholders.
  • Communicate in a manner that is professional and consistent with expectations for human resource professionals and master’s-level programs.

Preparation

Search websites with pertinent data sources, including the following, for general salary information. Research other career-focused websites for benefits information.

• U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration. (n.d.). O*Net online. Retrieved from https://www.onetonline.org/
• Bureau of Labor Statistics. (n.d.). Databases, tables and calculators by subject. Retrieved from https://www.bls.gov/data/#employment

Instructions

FFH is concerned about the competitiveness of its total rewards package. Most store managers and supervisors have been with FFH for over 20 years and have been very satisfied with their compensation. However, while interviewing prospective candidates, the company is getting indications that their total rewards package is not equal to their competitors. You are being tasked with recommending a strategy for improving FFH’s or a selected organization’s total rewards package in order to increase competitiveness with other businesses and to positively support recruitment and retention initiatives.

Include the following in your total rewards package strategy for HR management and organizational leaders:

• Analyze components to include in the total rewards package. This analysis should include salary and benefits as well as areas beyond compensation. Should FFH or your selected organization lead the market, pay at market rates, or lag behind the market? To move toward the broader definition of total rewards, what two other components should be considered?
• Compare the salary and benefits components with adding an incentive compensation package. Is there a benefit to including a bonus, commission, or profit sharing as part of FFH’s or a selected organization’s total rewards package?
• Explain what legal compliance requirements FFH or a selected organization should consider when creating a total rewards package.
• Recommend a total rewards package strategy for FFH’s or a selected organization’s management. Do cultural and inclusive practices that support a diverse workforce impact your recommendations? Justify the components you are including.

Your total rewards package strategy should demonstrate graduate-level writing skills through the accurate communication of thoughts that support a central idea and use of correct grammar and mechanics as expected of a human resources professional.

Additional Requirements

• References: Support your analysis with at least two academic, scholarly, or professional resources from the Capella University Library.
• Format: Resources and citations are formatted according to current APA style and format.
• Length: Six pages, in addition to the references list.
• Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.

Save this activity to your ePortfolio for future reference in the workplace.

I’m studying for my Social Science class and need an explanation.

The assignment takes the form of a 4,000 words essay. Please choose one of the following questions:

1. In the next two decades non-State actors will have greater importance than State actors in shaping the education policy and practice. Discuss with reference to a country of your choice. Discuss the assumptions underpinning this claim and evidence/ arguments in its support or against it.

2. ‘Currently, in developed societies around the world, education policies are primarily aimed at satisfying the concerns and interests of the middle class’ (Ball 2003:25) Discuss the extent to which this is –and will continue to be- the case with reference to new developments in education and technology OR the involvement of non-state actors in education.

3. ‘What could we expect to be the most significant trends in assessment in the next decade, and why?’ Discuss with reference to a country or area (this may be a stage of education or skills area, for example) of your choice, and/or to international large scale assessments (such as OECD’s PISA).

4.‘In 50 years, the number of institutions delivering higher education will be drastically reduced.’ Sebastian Thrun -Udacity Founder, went as far as saying –not that long ago- that within that time there will be only 10 institutions in the world delivering higher education. Discuss the assumptions underpinning this claim and evidence/ arguments in its support or against it.

5. ‘Within the next 50 years, we will be able to predict individual educational achievement before a child completes year 5’ Discuss the assumptions underpinning this claim and evidence/ arguments in its support or against it.

6. What are the implications of technological developments for a) the traditional notion of meritocracy or the b) link between education and work? Choose one of the two options.

7. What crucial questions about the future of education should we be asking ourselves (but we are not) and why? Discuss with reference to: (a) the purpose of education, (b) the involvement of non-state actors in education (c) education and technology or (d) the future of work, or some other option. [Discuss with the module convenor prior to choosing this option].

I need help with a Health & Medical question. All explanations and answers will be used to help me learn.

Assignment: Sexually Transmitted Infections in High Schools

Sexually transmitted Infections (STIs) are infectious diseases spread through sexual contact. STIs include, but are not limited to, gonorrhea, syphilis, chlamydia, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). Consider that approximately 50% of high school students in the United States have had sexual intercourse, and approximately 14% of them have had four or more partners (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2010). These high percentages of sexual intercourse among adolescents increase the risk for STIs among this group. Therefore, the need for accurate education, instead of what some cultures may deem appropriate, is paramount.

The World Health Organization (WHO) created the Global School Health Initiative, in conjunction with international organizations, to ensure that students receive accurate information and education in an effort to protect them and help them maintain a healthy lifestyle. The initiative not only targets students, but also tries to educate staff, parents, and community members to create a health-promoting school (Preventing HIV/AIDS/STDs, 1999; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2011).

Submit your Assignment by Day 7. For this Assignment, you develop a health promotion poster to promote healthier lifestyles in an attempt to prevent STIs among adolescents. This assignment may be used as the foundation for your comprehensive program due in Week 10. Please review the Week 10 Assignment for details. Please use your creativity while developing your assignment. You may use the templates provided for your assignment or you may create your own. These poster templates may be found in the Course Information area.

The Assignment (2–3 pages and the health promotion poster)

• Create an 8”x10” health promotion poster on your computer directed at high school students.
• Focus on either the risk factors of sexually transmitted infections or the prevention of sexually transmitted infections.
• Create a 2- to 3-page narrative describing your health promotion campaign.
• Include in your descriptive narrative the risk factors of sexually transmitted infections or the prevention of sexually transmitted infections.
• Use appropriate APA references at the bottom of your narrative.

PLEASE USE 3-4 REFRENCES PLEASE

Support your assignment with specific references to all resources used in its preparation. You are to provide a reference list for all resources, including those in the Learning Resources for this course.

I’m studying and need help with a Health & Medical question to help me learn.

Directions: Access the Getting Started folder in this module for the assigned readings for the week. After you complete the readings, complete this assignment.

Conduct an Internet search for clinical decision support (CDS) systems. Browse several of the hits, and make a list of the areas in which technology is available for the clinical decision-making process. In addition, select a vendor who offers a demonstration of their clinical decision-making product. Write a report summarizing your findings and discuss the following questions:

• What areas seem to be most commonly associated with CDS systems?
• The textbook notes that CDS systems should be accurate, adaptive, unobtrusive, and usable as a normal part of clinical activity. Does the product you selected meet these criteria?
• Make a list of the types of information you would have needed to design a CDS system for these activities:
  • When teaching a patient, what would you include in the list with the details? Give at least 3 examples.
  • When giving medications, what would you include in the list of instructions (e.g., potential interactions)? Give at least 3 examples.

Requirements of the paper:

1. APA format
2. Cover sheet
3. 2-3 pages (excluding the cover sheet and reference page) typed on the subject.

Reference Page: with a minimum of 3 cited references published in the last 5 years.

Click here to view your assignment rubric.

No plagiarism, please! Make sure to elaborate in depth on this assignment!

I don’t know how to handle this Statistics question and need guidance.

For this Discussion, you will critically evaluate a scholarly article related to t tests.

To prepare for this Discussion:

• Search for and select a quantitative article specific to your discipline and related to t tests. You can use as a guide the Research Design Alignment Table uploaded below.

Write a 2-3 paragraph critique of the article. In your critique, include responses to the following:

1. What is the research design used by the authors?
2. Why did the authors use this t test?
3. Do you think it’s the most appropriate choice? Why or why not?
4. Did the authors display the data?
5. Do the results stand alone? Why or why not?
6. Did the authors report effect size? If yes, is this meaningful?

Be sure to support your Main Post and Response Post with reference to Resources and other scholarly evidence in APA Style.

Required Readings

Frankfort-Nachmias, C., & Leon-Guerrero, A. (2018).
Social statistics for a diverse society (8th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

• Chapter 8, “Testing Hypothesis” (pp. 204-234)

Wagner, W. E. (2016).
Using IBM® SPSS® statistics for research methods and social science statistics (6th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

• Chapter 6, “Testing Hypotheses Using Means and Cross-Tabulation” (previously read in Week 5)
• Chapter 11, “Editing Output” (previously read in Week 2, 3, and 4)

Need help with my Law question – I’m studying for my class.

In this assignment, you will select and discuss two juvenile cases, the crimes committed, and the various criminal justice theories that may help explain the crime (hint- you will have to draw on knowledge gained from your CJ102 course, Intro to Criminology). Have the juvenile courts and juvenile corrections been adequate in the prosecution and punishment of minor persons accused and/or convicted of these crimes? Do you feel that legislation needs to be changed to influence either the punishment or rehabilitation of suspects accused of these crimes? Do you feel the victims or their families would support the legislation changes you are proposing? Why or why not? Do you feel that this legislature targets one group more than others (i.e. gang populations, lower socio-economic status populations, etc.)? Be sure to apply fundamental concepts of the administration of the justice process in your reflection. Your paper must be formatted in the following manner:

The paper must be approximately 1000 words in length (roughly 3-4 pages). Only the body of the paper counts towards the length. No information that belongs on a title page or reference page will count towards the length requirement.

Please follow APA guidelines; provide a title and reference page, use Times New Roman 12 point font, and double-space your lines. You need to have 5 references, two of which can be your texts from this class. Their references can be found in the course syllabus.

Guidance for the Week 7 Paper:

This week’s assignment is a reflection paper where students are expected to write a 1000 word essay and use 5 references. This means that 5 sources must be cited in the essay because APA 6^th edition states a reference page can only contain sources that were cited in the body of the essay. The essay must be in Times New Roman 12-point font and it must have a title page and a Reference Page. It is imperative that you have the textbook for this assignment because essentially many of the questions are answered in the textbook. The textbook will give you a base but students should also conduct additional research. The lecture notes and PowerPoint presentation also had useful information for this assignment. A sample outline is as follows:

I. Introduction- Briefly introduce what your paper will be about

II. Body

a. Juvenile Case I- Select a case based on what you have learned/read

i. Discuss a criminal behavior theory that explains why the juvenile committed the juvenile committed (Note: Take the information/details of the case and critically analyze it then use a criminal behavior theory to explain why)

b. Juvenile Case II- Select a case based on what you have learned/read..

i. Discuss a criminal behavior theory that explains why the juvenile committed the juvenile committed (Note: Take the information/details of the case and critically analyze it then use a criminal behavior theory to explain why)

c. Have the juvenile courts and juvenile corrections been adequate in the prosecution and punishment of minor persons accused and/or convicted of these crimes? (Note: Be detailed in your explanation as to why or why not and use sources to support your original ideas)

d. Do you feel that legislation needs to be changed to influence either the punishment or rehabilitation of suspects accused of these crimes? Do you feel the victims or their families would support the legislation changes you are proposing? Why or why not? Do you feel that this legislature targets one group more than others (i.e. gang populations, lower socio-economic status populations, etc.)?

III. Conclusion- Summarize your essay (Note: re-state pertinent points made and toss in what you have learned).

I’m studying and need help with a Health & Medical question to help me learn.

IMPORTANT NOTE REGARDING WORD LIMIT REQUIREMENTS:

Please note that each and every assignment has its own word limit.

Consider the following question: “Why is behavior change so difficult?” What are some of the reasons why behavior change is such a challenge for individuals? What is the role and goal of public health in influencing behavior change? What are the challenges in helping people change behavior? Describe the different classifications of behavior change and provide an example of how public health influences behavior change for each classification.

PLEASE ANSWER ALL FIVE QUESTIONS IN PARAGRAPHS AND MAKE IT COHESIVE AND TRY TO INCORPORATE THE READINGS BELOW

PLEASE add the links/sites below to the reference list if you use any of these readings and make sure everything is in proper APA format.

https://apastyle.apa.org/learn/quick-guide-on-refe…

Read Chapter 1 in Health Behavior: Theory, Research, and Practice.

URL:

http://www.gcumedia.com/digital-resources/wiley-and-sons/2017/health-behavior_theory-research-and-practice_ebook_5e.php

Read “Development and Impact of a Worksite Wellness Champions Program,” by Wieneke, Clark, Sifuentes, Egginton, Lopez-Jimenez, Jenkins, Riley, and Olsen, from American Journal of Health Behavior (2016).

URL:

https://lopes.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=112949249&site=eds-live&scope=site

Read “Section 7: Supporting and Maintaining Behavior Change” from Chapter 45 of the Community Tool Box website.

URL:

http://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/sustain/social-marketing/maintain-behavior-change/main

Read “School-Based Obesity Intervention Associated With Three Year Decrease in Student Weight Status in a Low-Income School District,” by Cadzow, Chambers, and Sandell, from Journal of Community Health: The Publication for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (2015).

URL:

https://lopes.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=psyh&AN=2015-30240-014&site=eds-live&scope=site

Read “mHealth Physical Activity Intervention: A Randomized Pilot Study in Physically Inactive Pregnant Women,” by Choi, Lee, Vittinghoff, and Fukuoka, from Maternal and Child Health Journal (2016).

URL:

https://lopes.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=114435946&site=eds-live&scope=site

Read “Implementing an Evidence-Based Fall Prevention Intervention in Community Senior Centers,” by Fuzhong, Harmer, and Fitzgerald, from American Journal of Public Health (2016).

URL:

https://lopes.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=118666079&site=eds-live&scope=site

Read “Development of the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing Adult/Geriatric Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Program in HIV Prevention, Treatment, and Care,” from Farley, Stewart, Kub, Cumpsty-Fowler, Lowensen, and Becker, from Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care (2016).

URL:

http://www.sciencedirect.com.lopes.idm.oclc.org/science/article/pii/S1055329015002903?_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_origin=gateway&_docanchor=&md5=b8429449ccfc9c30159a5f9aeaa92ffb

Explore the Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion page of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website.

URL:

https://www.cdc.gov/chronicdisease/index.htm

Explore the Databases of Best Practices page of the Community Tool Box website.

URL:

http://ctb.ku.edu/en/databases-best-practices

MUST have a MINIMUM of THREE paragraphs with at least three citations with the page numbers and three references in APA format.(The List of References should not be older than 2015 and should not be included in the word count.)

Be sure to support your postings and responses with specific references to the Learning Resources.

It is important that you cover all the topics identified in the assignment. Covering the topic does not mean mentioning the topic BUT presenting an explanation from the context of ethics and the readings for this class

To get maximum points you need to follow the requirements listed for this assignments 1) look at the word/page limits 2) review and follow APA rules 3) create subheadings to identify the key sections you are presenting and 4) Free from typographical and sentence construction errors.

REMEMBER IN APA FORMAT JOURNAL TITLES AND VOLUME NUMBERS ARE ITALICIZED.