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Practice Issue and EvidenceSummary Guidelines

CapstoneProject Milestone 1

Practice Issue and EvidenceSummary Guidelines

Purpose

Clear identification of the practice issue is the first step in evidence-based nursing. Next, the evidence is reviewed to determine the best intervention to change practice outcomes. Completion of the milestone will include identification of the practice issue using the ACE Star model of Knowledge Transformation and a review of the evidence that will support an intervention that will change outcomes. The evidence summary will be conducted through the ‘breaking down’ of a systematic review on your topic for your change project.

Course Outcomes

This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes:

· CO4: Develops and outlines a scientific, systematic decision-making process to integrate critical thinking with clinical judgment to assure safe and effective outcomes. (PO #4)

· CO8: Selects evidence for best practice when planning professional nursing care for individuals, families, aggregates, and communities. (PO #8)

Due Dates

Milestone #1 consists of the completion of two worksheets (Practice Issue Worksheet) and (Evidence Summary Worksheet). Submit the completed worksheets to the Dropbox by Sunday, 11:59 p.m. MT at the end of Week 3.

Points

Milestone #1 is worth 175 points (75 points for the Practice Issue and 100 points for the Evidence Summary).

Practice Issue Worksheet Directions

Practice Issue Worksheet:
Read the guidelines including the grading rubrics below. You will use this worksheet to document the practice issue presented and approved by your instructor in the Week 2 Discussions.
i. Your practice issue will be the same for all three Milestone assignments in this course.

Please type your answers directly into the worksheet.
Evidence Summary Worksheet Directions

Evidence Summary Worksheet:
Read the guidelines including the grading rubrics below. You will use this worksheet to incorporate your evidence summary into your Week 4 Milestone 2 assignment.
b. Find a systematic review article in the Chamberlain library on your topic. Your Systematic Review Article must be peer-reviewed and include a narrative summary.

i. Go to the Chamberlain Library, click on RNBSN; NR451 Capstone course.You can find systematic reviews from many databases within the library, or by searching from the library homepage main search bar.

ii. To search, combine the phrase ‘systematic review’ with your topic using the Boolean search operator AND. For example, if you are looking for a systematic review on fall prevention, you would use this Boolean search phrase: systematic review AND fall prevention.

c. Type in your practice issue in the search tab; choose a systematic review article with a narrative summary to complete your worksheet.

Please type your answers directly into the worksheet.
Grading Criteria: Practice issue

Legal Authority

Guidelines:
Please use the
information presented in the course reading assignments to answer the questions and do not rely on outside sources. I will attached the lessons.

Your document should be in essay format, error-free, graduate level composition (i.e. APA format should be followed, including cover sheet, abstract, citations and references). Please be sure to answer each question and cite the legal authority you are relying on to support your
answer. Your document should be between 3-5 pages total not including reference and cover page.

PROBLEM:
Baltimore Electronics, a Maryland corporation with offices in Towson, Maryland, ordered by mail 5,000 microprocessors from American Micro, a California company. Baltimore Electronics’ purchase order provided that any dispute would be resolved by arbitration conducted by the
American Arbitration Association in Baltimore, Maryland. American Micro executed and delivered by facsimile transmission to Baltimore Electronics its form which confirmed receipt of Baltimore Electronics’ order and contained the following provision: “The seller’s acceptance of
any purchase order is subject to the terms and conditions herein.” The American Micro form also stated: “This transaction shall be governed by the law of the State of California. Any
disputes shall be resolved by a judicial action in the State of California.” Ten days after faxing the confirmation form American Micro shipped the parts, which were received and accepted by
Baltimore Electronics. A dispute has now arisen concerning the workmanship in the manufacture of the microprocessors. The microprocessors are defective. The defect constitutes a breach of
warranty. Baltimore Electronics made a timely demand for arbitration in Baltimore, Maryland.

Please answer the following questions based solely on the facts presented above.

Discussion posy

Discussion posy
Discussion 1.
You have heard a lot about President Obama’s Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
A) What are the major milestones that represent the health care reform act?
B) Explain how this act helps to deliver better health care services.
C) Explain the reasons why this act has been considered a long and protracted political battle.

Discussion #2.
How should you respond if your health promotion values conflict with a client’s values?

Discussion Prompt #3
What ethical issue have you recently encountered when teaching health promotion strategies to a patient? What ethical decision-making process did you use?
I will post chapters once approved. No plagiarized work

Muscular System

This challenge is for all of you who are creative if you are not creative; like me, do your best. The assignment will be graded on content only. Creativity is a must!!

Name, identify on a MODEL or DIAGRAM and give the function of the major muscles of the body discussed in this chapter. The following table lists the major muscles of the body and your assignment is to include each function.

Muscle

Function

Pectoralis major

flexes & adducts upper arm

Latissimus dorsi

extends & adducts upper arm

Deltoid

abducts upper arm

Biceps brachii

flexes elbow

Triceps brachii

extends elbow

Iliopsoas

flexes thigh or trunk

Sartorius

flexes thigh & rotates lower leg

Gluteus maximus

extends thigh

Adductors

adducts thigh, towards body

Hamstring group

Flexes lower leg

Quadriceps group

Extends lower leg

Gastrocnemius

Plantar flexes foot

Rectus abdominis

Flexes trunk

Trapezius

Extends head and neck

Sternocleidomastoid

Rotates and extends head

Orbicularis oculi

Closes eye

Zygomaticus

Elevates corners of mouth and lips

Orbicularis oris

Draws lips together

Masseter

Closes jaw

Social Contract Today

Select one of these three philosophers (Rousseau, Locke, Hobbes) and write a 1-2 page paper in which you analyze the significant ways in which their ideas differ from those at work in modern democracies. What could we gain from following their ideas more closely, and what might be dangerous if we did so?

Must be in APA format and must have reference paper.

Leader

Leader
In preparation for your research, select an individual currently in a leadership position. The person must be responsible in some capacity for other employees, and the person must be an individual that can be researched.

Overview
In your overview of the leader, include:

The leaderâ€™s name and title.
His or her specific role or position and responsibilities.
The name, industry, and description of the organization, including the culture of the organization.
The length of time the leader has been in his or her current position.
A brief history of the leaderâ€™s background and career path to his or her present day leadership position.
Analysis
Your analysis should:

Describe, assess, and analyze the personâ€™s leadership style. Be sure to provide specific examples.
Identify and describe three significant challenges they faced as a leader.
Identify and describe their greatest achievement, to date, as a leader.
Apply and correctly cite a minimum of three leadership concepts from the course to this leaderâ€™s roles and responsibilities within the organization, their relationships with others, etc.
Use these concepts to help describe the personâ€™s leadership style and assess what makes it effective or ineffective.
Reflect on what you learned about leadership from your research.
Reflect on the implications for your personal leadership style.
Writing the Final Paper:
The Final Paper:

Must be seven doubled spaced pages in length (excluding the title and reference pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
Must begin with an introductory paragraph that has a succinct thesis statement

authentic and ethical leadership

authentic and ethical leadership
Servant, authentic and ethical leadership are models which have been successful not only in different types of organizations, but also in different cultures and in different countries. Using the overview of global leadership provided in this week’s lecture and readings, do you believe this to be a valid statement? In other words, are these leadership theories effective global leadership models? Why or why not? Support your position with global examples and appropriate references.

DISCUSSION PART TWO-250 WORDS

Read the article, “7 Steps to A Truly Effective Leadership Style” by Rebecca Hourston. Based on the content presented in the article, describe a current (or previous) manager’s leadership style. Evaluate how well they put these steps into action. Then, add an 8th step to the seven steps presented to supplement the article. What is your additional recommendation for developing a leadership style that is “highly prized”?

Identify an ethical challenge facing companies today

1) Identify an ethical challenge facing companies today. Then, describe a company managing that issue in a socially responsible way and a company managing the issue in an irresponsible way. What defines the difference between these two companies?

2)Describe an experience from your work or school history in which an organization respected or ignored the needs of diverse groups. What actions defined the way your school or employer handled the needs of those groups?

3)Define a “core capability.” What are the core capabilities of Amazon, Google, and Walmart? List some new markets to which these companies could creatively apply their core capabilities.

4)If you were in the dry-cleaning business, whom would you benchmark for their technological innovations? List companies in related fields that would be inside and outside your industry.

5)Your friend is trying to decide what career to pursue after college but cannot make up his mind because he’s confused by the number of possible options and the seemingly unpredictable nature of his own interests. How can you encourage him to take control of his own life course?

6)Briefly discuss the problems facing book publishers in the Internet age. Then, examine the ways in which undertaking a SWOT analysis could help publishers adapt to changing market conditions.

Police Powers I

Police Powers I – Assignment 2

Police Powers I – Police Foun

1. Assignment Instructions
This Assignment is designed to test your ability to quickly research case law material and
provide your opinion on a legal matter. Each of the following scenarios is taken from actual
Canadian Criminal cases that have been adjudicated before the courts; and which are a part
of case law. The names in each scenario are fictitious. You can try to search for the
specific case, or one that is similar in the Canadian Legal Information Network and that
would help you in your response.
At the end of each scenario there is a series of questions that I want you to respond to. You
will restate the question in your response and provide me with your answer. You will also
provide me with any supporting documentation you feel is relevant. Definitions, case law
referrals and your own personal opinion should be included in your response.
You need not beat yourself up over this assignment; the correct answers lie within
dictionaries, the Canadian Legal Information Network and your own sense of right and
wrong. The success in this assignment will be measured by your participation, not by
whether you achieved the correct answer; answer the question to your best ability and
exhaust your thoughts. If you have a friend that is a police officer, try the questions on
them, ask friends and family; see how much they know.
Canadian Legal Information Network https://www.canlii.org/en/
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2. Investigative Detention
In this case, a police officer saw a lone vehicle with two occupants parked in a dark area of
the rear parking lot of a closed gas station. The time was just past midnight on a dark and
windy night. There was a 24 hour donut shop and a closed restaurant nearby. The officer
pulled up about three feet away from the passenger side of the parked vehicle which had no
lights on and was not running. The occupants did not initially see the officer, but were
shocked when they did – the police officer saw the driver Chaisson, threw something on the
floor and tried to stuff something else under the seat.
The officer asked the men what they were doing and told them to get out of the car. As the
passenger exited, the officer saw, in plain view, a large plastic bag containing marijuana on
the floor and a small piece of the drug on the seat. The driver was arrested and placed in
the back of the police car; the passenger was also arrested and held outside the vehicle.
Neither of the two were read their rights at this time.
A search turned up two sets of scales in plain view, more marijuana under the driver’s seat
and just over a kilogram of marijuana in the trunk. After the search was completed – about
20 minutes after the arrest, the driver was advised of his right to counsel, taken to the police
station and searched further, which turned up additional drug items in his pockets.
1. In this case, the police relied upon the fact that the marijuana was in plain
view; would that provide the police with the authority to seize the drug?

2. Does the fact that the drug was found in the vehicle in plain view provide the
police with the authority to search the rest of the vehicle?
3. Was there anything in the actions of the police that would impair the
successful completion of this investigation?
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3. Searching
In this case, two police officers responded to a homeowner’s “911” call that two armed men
dressed in dark clothing were outside his residence. The caller was frantic and police
received further information that the men were now believed to be on the roof.
The house was one of three located in an isolated area. Shots had been fired at one of the
other houses in a random, unsolved drive-by shooting two weeks earlier. The officers
parked their car nearby, walked to the house and spoke to the homeowner. The
homeowner felt that the suspects may have gone into a field, but there were no tracks in the
snow that had fallen that night. There were tracks leading up and down the driveway.
While at the scene; police officers approached a vehicle parked a short distance away from
their cruiser. The police did not hear it arrive and were concerned that the gunmen may
have returned. The two occupants matched the general description of the suspects –
males, wearing dark clothing – and were detained for investigation, ordered out of the
vehicle, placed on the ground, handcuffed and were asked what they were doing.
The driver Batzer, explained that he had been invited to come over by a resident of the
house, but got stuck in the snow as they arrived. They were patted down for weapons and
the car was searched but nothing was found. The glove compartment was checked on a
second search of the car and a zippered, nylon case with the word “Remington” – gun
manufacturer – written on the top. Police opened the case and found 22 grams of cocaine
and 13 ecstasy pills. The driver was arrested and charged with possession of drugs for the
purpose of trafficking.
1. In this case, the police relied upon the fact that the two men were suspicious in
nature in order to search the vehicle. Did the circumstances establish grounds
for the police to ask the vehicle occupants to identify themselves?

2. Did the police have the authority or any grounds to search the vehicle?
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4. Passenger’s Rights
In this case, the police attempted to stop a vehicle for a violation under the Provincial
Highway Traffic Act. The vehicle driver sped off and made several hard turns to evade the
police officers. When the vehicle did stop, the occupants bailed out and fled on foot.
The passenger, whose name was Cooper, fled from the vehicle and ignored commands to
stop; he ran and hid in a nearby apartment building foyer. The pursuing officer chased the
passenger and found him huddled in a stairwell near the foyer. He was handcuffed and led
out of the building to where the other officers were standing. In their presence, the
passenger was patted down and searched for officer safety reasons. A butterfly knife was
found in the pocket of the passenger. This passenger gave a false name to the police and
was subsequently charged with weapons and criminal offences.
1. In this case, the passenger in the vehicle had not been involved in the driving
infraction and did not feel that he should have to confront the police; did the
police have a lawful reason for checking the passenger?
2. Did they have legal authority to stop and search the passenger?
3. Did the circumstances establish grounds for the police to conduct these
duties?
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5. Police Trespassing
In this case, police officers were suspicious that a home owner, Mr. Hok, was growing
marijuana in his residence. On five separate occasions they went onto the neighbour’s
property, without permission, to view the suspect’s hydro meter. Late at night, the police
would creep into the neighbour’s yard and look over the fence at the suspect’s hydro meter.
The police found that the meter was spinning out of control and clearly the occupant of the
house was using a lot of hydro power.
The observations made by the police were used to obtain a search warrant that enabled
them to look for drugs at the suspects’ residence. On the evening that the police intended to
execute the search warrant they were once again observing the suspect’s home from the
neighbour’s property when the suspect came out of the door and walked to the street to see
who was snooping around his property. As the suspect got into his car the police arrested
him, patted him down and found a key in his pocket that opened the door to the grow
operation. While one officer detained the suspect, the other officer used the seized key to
enter the grow operation where he found that there were150 marijuana plants growing.
1. The police went on to private property to view the hydro meter of the suspect.
Were the police trespassing?
2. If you decide that they were trespassing, can the evidence they obtained while
trespassing be used to prove their case and give them authority to enter the
grow operation?
3. If you decide they were not trespassing, were the police in a legal position to
search and seize the key to the grow op?
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6. Statements and Right to Counsel
In this case, the suspect was on holidays in Jamaica when he entered a police office and
orally confessed to the murder of a friend in Canada. The suspect Thomas stated that he
had to confess to the murder because it was causing him severe medical problems with
flashbacks and headaches.
The Jamaican Police did not believe the man at first, thinking that he was unstable; however
in time they asked the man to provide a written statement of facts. The suspect was not
given the Canadian Charter of Rights caution and he was not presented with his right to
instruct counsel; he was warned that anything he did say would be used as evidence.
The man gave an oral statement that outlined his involvement in the murder and then he
provided a written statement. The man was extradited for murder; his friend had been in
fact murdered as described by this suspect.
Once back in Canada the man refuted his statements and claimed that he was innocent.
The man claimed that he had not been afforded his right to counsel under the Charter of
Rights and Freedoms.

1. The question is whether the statements made to the Jamaican Authorities can
be used as evidence at trial in Canada.
2. What do you think of Thomas’ claim that he was not afforded a right to counsel
under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms?
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7. Random Traffic Stop
In this case, a police officer was asked by a surveillance team to stop a particular vehicle
and determine who the occupants were. The officer refused to make the random stop, but
suggested that he would follow the vehicle in the event that the driver committed a violation;
at which time he would have grounds to stop the vehicle. As it turned out, the rear license
plate light was not working, so the officer initiated the stop.
When checked, the driver Mr. Yague was found to be the subject of an outstanding warrant
and he was arrested. It turned out that the passenger was the subject of a Court
Recognizance that ordered he not be in possession of cell phones or pagers; there was a
cell phone on the seat beside the passenger. The passenger was ordered out of the
vehicle; he was arrested and an officer safety search was conducted. Nothing was found on
the person of either suspect. The police searched the vehicle and found drugs and
paraphernalia in the vehicle; including a kilogram of cocaine that was inside a knapsack
sitting on the rear seat. Both the driver and the passenger were arrested and charged with
possession for the purpose of trafficking.
1. Indiscriminate and random traffic stops, by their nature violate a person rights
under the Charter of Rights; could this traffic stop be considered random in
nature?
2. If the stop was in accordance with the law, did the police have the authority to
search the vehicle?
3. Could they lawfully arrest each of the vehicle occupants? Did the
circumstances establish grounds for the police to conduct these duties?
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8. Searching Your Bags
In this case, a Ms Campenella was attending Provincial Court on a drug related charge. As
she entered the court house she noticed a sign that directed all those attending court to
proceed through a metal detector that would ensure there were no weapons on anyone’s
person. The woman proceeded to the queue and prepared to walk through the metal
detector.
As the woman approached the screening device, she was asked to place her handbag and
jacket on the conveyor belt which led to the x-ray machine. The woman did so and then
filed through the metal detector. After passing through the metal detector, the woman went
to pick up her jacket and handbag when she was approached by a security guard and asked
permission to look in her handbag. The woman questioned the search and was told that
she would have to submit to the search or leave the building. The woman agreed to allow
her bag to be searched.
Upon inspecting the woman’s handbag, the security guard found a bag of marijuana. The
guard called the police who attended immediately and took the woman to a private security
room near the security gate. The officer searched the woman’s jacket and found a roach
clip and another bag of marijuana. The woman was then arrested, read her rights and
issued a Promise to Appear; alleging a charge of Possession of a Narcotic Substance.
1. Did the security guard have legal authority to search the handbag of the
woman involved in this case? If so, why?
2. Should the suspect have been read her rights before the search began?

Financial Analysis of a Public Company: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD)

Financial Analysis of a Public Company: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD)
Perform a financial analysis on Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD). Do not rely on the company’s annual report since that is nothing other than a marketing tool. The primary emphasis of this analysis is finance complimented by accounting and economics although you can touch on other areas such as marketing, etc. THIS IS NOT A SWOT ANALYSIS. Writing needs to be succinct, terse and exact. Paper shoudl be no more than five (5) written pages not including cover page and bibliography. However, you can have as many appendices as it takes to support your position.

No more than 10% duplication with regard to writing of the paper
Properly cite the original source, whether it is a financial statement or it comes from a text. It makes no difference whether is is in the text or appendix, it must be correctly cited.
“Cutting and Pasting” is unacceptable, text must be in your own words.
Must have tutle page, page numbers and bibliography
Must follow APA formatting
Make sure the pro forma statements balance. For example, the end of year cash in the cash flow statement must equal the cash and equivalent in the pro forma balance sheet.

More info below…

PROCESS OF PERFORMING FINANCIAL ANALYSIS OF A PUBLIC COMPANY

GENERAL COMPONENT—No more than one paragraph describing the history of the

company.

ACCOUNTING COMPONENT

1. Obtain the most recent ten years of annual total sales (total revenue) data from the firm’s financial history. In addition use just the last three years for the firm’s financial statements

a. Income Statement

b. Balance Sheet

c. Statement of Cash Flow

2. Derive common size statements for the income statement and the balance sheet not the cash flow

a. Looking at trends in the data

b. Looking at variations in the same data as well as variations in the trends

ECONOMIC COMPONENT

3. How does the above relate to the market that the business is in, i.e. need to perform competitive and economic analysis:

a. Macro economic analysis—-is the company’s sales cyclical or counter cyclical for example?

b. Industry analysis—market share, is the company’s sales growing, declining, or staying the same? How is the company performing relative to its competition?

SWOT

4. The majority of the STRENGTHS and WEAKNESSES should focus primarily but not exclusively on the internal characteristics as it relates to function and resources of the company, namely ACCOUNTING/FINANCE, HUMAN RESOURCES, MARKETING, MIS, PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT, and etc. to name a few of the functions.

5. The majority of the OPPORTUNITIES and THREATS should focus primarily but not exclusively are forces external to the company, namely other company’s PRODUCTS and SERVICES provided to the market and the opportunities to maintain and or expand the business. Other external forces that need to be considered are EXPECTED CHANGES in the GENERAL ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT, such as periods of expected inflation, recession, accelerated growth periods, and etc.

FINANCE COMPONENT

1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 should provide you the assumptions for deriving pro formas for each of the three financial statements (balance sheet, income statement, and statement of cash flow), and allow you to do your critical financial analysis with regard to the firm. The pro-forma should be forecasted out three years. Make sure you explicitly show your assumptions with good critical analysis. Finally, in your analysis you need to justify your conclusions, for example is the company in a strong financial position or not, why or why not?

Practice Issue and EvidenceSummary Guidelines

Legal Authority

Discussion posy

Muscular System

Social Contract Today

Leader

authentic and ethical leadership

Identify an ethical challenge facing companies today

Police Powers I

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