How would a nurse practitioner and a nurse manager differ with regard to how they use and incorporate Evidence-based practice in their areas of work.

 

Read the article Close Relationships Sometimes Mask Poor Communication. Then, write a two-page paper (excluding title and reference pages) in which you do the following:

• Summarize the article.
• Using course materials, explain how you can make sure that this kind of miscommunication does not happen in the future. Or when it does happen, what could you do to make your communication more clear?

Please use COM200: How to Summarize an Article to assist with the completion of this assignment. Be sure to reference the article and at least one of the other course readings from this week in your paper. This can be your textbook or one of the recommended articles. The paper must be formatted according to APA style. Cite your resources in text and

Similarities and differences of spesific mental health disorders.

Familiarize yourself with the nine steps that Mills (2014) presents in Chapter 3, pp. 69-70, in order to complete the first three steps of your Final Project, Action Research Plan.  Follow the directions below as they differ from the steps on page 69. As well, review Mills (2014) Informed Consent and Protection from Harm in Chapter 2, pp. 32-36, in order to discuss the need for completion of informed consent as it relates to your action research proposal.

At this point, you are presenting early ideas that are not concrete, as you have not conducted a review of literature yet.  Therefore, your responses should be in outline form only.  (You will make these three steps more concrete and formal in structure in Week Three). For now, you will briefly explain the problem or situation.

1. Current Work Setting (I work in a childcare center with 2 and 3 year olds)
   • Describe your current professional setting, if applicable, whether you are working in a school setting, other educational setting, or organization not related to education.
2. Potential Population Effected
   • • Keeping the focus relatively small, describe whether the potential population of interest includes a group of students and what their grade or age level includes. If you currently work with adults in a non-educational setting, include who in your workplace is impacted. If you are currently unemployed, include who may benefit from a potential change or intervention (i.e. your child, a related child, an adult in the family, etc.). Avoid the use of specific names, rather describe the group or individuals who would be influenced or involved in the action research project.
   • Based on what you learned by reading the selection in Mills, discuss the importance of and need to communicate and acquire informed consent. When contemplating where your study may occur and who it may involve, who (person’s professional role) do you anticipate will need to sign an informed consent form for your study? If no signatures are needed, clearly state why not.
3. Area of Focus
   • Identify your early idea of what the purpose of your study may be.
4. Explanation of Problem
   • Statement of problem or situation that led to this interest or why you want to pursue this topic, including trends in education or educational research.
5. Define Variables
   • Describe the population (age/grade, quantity of participants, students/or adults). Briefly explain why you have chosen them.
6. Research question(s)
   • What do you wonder?  Consider your area of focus statement.  What do you hope to answer?

Part One:  According Eileen Ferrance (2000) in Themes in education: Action research, action research “involves people working to improve their skills, techniques, and strategies. Action research is not about learning why we do certain things, but rather how we can do things better. It is about how we can change our instruction to impact students” (p. 9).  Considering this perspective as well as the information in Chapter 1 of Action Research: A Guide for the Teacher Researcher, what factors bring value to action research, differentiating it from traditional educational research?  Include at least three factors that are beneficial or lend credibility.

Part Two:  Ferrance (2000) adds, “One of the drawbacks of individual research is that it may not be shared with others unless the teacher chooses to present findings at a faculty meeting, make a formal presentation at a conference, or submit written material to a listserv, journal, or newsletter” (p. 9).  Considering that your Final project will be an action research proposal presentation, how will this lead you to improve your practice and make changes to instruction to positively impact students?

For this Written Assignment you will be writing a 1-2-page paper using APA format, 12-point font and standard margins. You are REQUIRED to use a minimum of 2 (two) outside sources to support your points in your paper. Make sure you include a proper reference page.

 

Supreme Court Justices are nominated by the President and ratified by Congress. This process is very politically charged. Remember, a Supreme Court Justice is appointed for life and the cases and issue that get addressed are usually extremely important.

 

Should Supreme Court Justices be elected? How could this potentially impact issues decided by the Court (provide at least one specific example)? Should there be a process for removing a Justice from the Court?

What role does politics play in the appointment process and how should this be regulated if at all?

 

Select an issue that has been address or is likely to be addressed by the Supreme Court and discuss the criteria and the path required for that issue to make it to the Supreme Court. What issue do you think the Supreme Court needs to address? How does the make up of the Supreme Court influence the decision?

“The Use of Precedent as Binding Authority” Please respond to the following:

Analyze the use of precedent as binding authority on lower courts. Discuss whether, in your opinion, such use is an effective way to ensure uniform application of the law to a case. Provide two (2) examples of the related use of precedent to support your rationale.

From the first e-Activity, examine both concepts of stare decisis and precedents, and distinguish between the two (2) concepts. Discuss whether these doctrines are persuasive authority or binding authority. Provide two (2) examples of the concepts in use to support your rationale.

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Analyze the use of precedent as binding authority on lower courts. Discuss whether, in your opinion, such use is an effective way to ensure uniform application of the law to a case. Provide two (2) examples of the related use of precedent to support your rationale.

The use of precedent as binding authority on lower courts means that the lower courts are bound to follow an applicable holding of a higher court in the same jurisdiction. This is an existing law that lower courts are bound to follow. A lower court may not rule against a binding precedent, even if the lower court feels that the precedent was unjust. They can only hope that the higher court will reform the rule in question. The use of “Stare Decisis”, meaning to stand by things decided, is important to follow so that the applicable rule of law used. However, every case is different and unique and should be treated as so. Personally, I am on the fence about how effective binding authority is. I do agree with looking back at previous cases to see what was decided, but I do not think that we should rule solely by reason of precedent. We should examine all the facts of the case and make a decision based off of what is presented and use precedent to further support our case.

From the first e-Activity, examine both concepts of stare decisis and precedents, and distinguish between the two (2) concepts. Discuss whether these doctrines are persuasive authority or binding authority. Provide two (2) examples of the concepts in use to support your rationale.

Stare Decisis is a Latin term meaning, “to stand by things decided”. This term is typically used in common law systems to express a notion that prior court decisions must be recognized as precedent. Precedent is defined as an earlier event or action that is regarded as an example or guide to be considered in subsequent similar circumstances. Binding authority entitles legal superiority over any conflicting state law or constitutional provision. An example of binding authority would be cases, statutes, regulations, and executive orders. Persuasive authority is a source of law, such as related cases or legal encyclopedias, that the court consults in deciding a case, but do not need to apply in reaching its conclusion. As an example, the interpretations of federal laws by the federal courts of appeals and district courts within the same jurisdictions, in situations where the state courts are interpreting federal law. That is, if a state court is hearing a case in which a federal claim is a part of a larger state claim, the state court will generally consider itself bound by the decisions of the U.S. district court of that state and the corresponding federal court of appeal on the federal matter.

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Discussion question 2

“Structure and Hierarchy of Courts in the United States” Please respond to the following:

From the second e-Activity, determine whether or not the “Castle Doctrine” and “Stand Your Ground” doctrine are derived from common law doctrine. Specify at least two (2) instances in the legal system where the principles in question are valuable when it is applied. Provide at least two (2) specific examples of the method in which the principles are applied to support your rationale.

From the third e-Activity, compare the structure and hierarchy of courts in your state to those of a neighboring state. Describe the similarities and differences of these state court systems in terms of the process of handling caseloads. Provide two (2) examples of state court systems’ handling of caseloads to support your rationale.

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From the second e-Activity, determine whether or not the “Castle Doctrine” and “Stand Your Ground” doctrine are derived from common law doctrine. Specify at least two (2) instances in the legal system where the principles in question are valuable when it is applied. Provide at least two(2) specific examples of the method in which the principles are applied to support your rationale.

Castle Doctrine and Stand Your Ground the person for using force unless it determine that there is probable cause that the force that was used was unlawful.For example of the Trayvon case.Zimmerman/Martin shooting that happened in Sanford, Florida in Spring 2012. Although that shooting happened in Florida, under laws that are specific to that state, Stand Your Ground and castle Doctrine laws are common everywhere. That means that the legal basics of how Stand Your Ground and Castle Doctrine laws work should be clearly understood by anyone who carries a firearm for self defense.

From the third e-Activity, compare the structure and hierachy of courts in your state to those of a neighboring state. Describe the similarities and differences of these state court systems in terms of the process of handling caseloads. Provide two(2) examples of state court systems handling of caseloads to support your rationale.

The hierarchy structure or format differs by state some more than others. For the most part in the tristate area appellate courts are where the laws are established. Whereas trial courts are where majority of civil and criminal cases are handled. I know NY having a different states to see the difference. I chose NJ, NY( tristate area) and NC Its interesting how some states trial court divisions has 2 or 3 departments and others have 6-7 departments. That definitely lets you know the workload of the states with fewer departments handle a variety of different issues within that division North Carolina General Court of Justice. Appellate Division and Trial Division Superior and District Court Division

http://www.nycourts.org/county/

NewYork: New York State Unified Court System

http://wwwnycourts.govNewJersey: I listed a chart regarding this states courts system.

“Role of Law in Society”  Please respond to the following:

• From the e-Activity, describe two (2) major functions of law in the U.S. Discuss the success and failure of law in fulfilling your two (2) chosen functions of law in our society. Provide two (2) examples of such success and failure to support your rationale.
• Examine three (3) relative roles of law in our society from Chapter 1 of the text. Discuss members of society’s level of willingness to follow the law in these roles. Provide a rationale for your response.

 

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To begin, the text tells us that, “…Contrary to much popular belief, America is not the most litigious nation in the world” (Carp R. A., Stidham R. & Manning K.L., 2014). For every 1,000 people in the United States 74.5 pursue litigation, however, for Germany it is 123.2, and 96.8 in Israel (Carp R. A. et al., 2014). One reason that the U.S. may present a lower numbers of documented litigations is because there is an active effort within the U.S. courts to investigate and abate frivolous, misrepresented cases. Also, there are federal “rules” that forbid one from filing a frivolous lawsuit against another.

One reason for these lawsuits is that some people just possess a devious desire to obtain favor and monetary gain by misbegotten means. Meaning, some individuals possess an exploitative nature which may seek a monetary increase by the means of an unprincipled lawsuit. Another reason for this phenomenon is that once groups of culturally diverse individuals convene, differences grow into disputes which seek their resolve within the courts (Carp R. A. et al., 2014). In regards to American culture, the courts have been looked to as institutions that both punish crimes, and provide civil order.

In response to this litigation mania to U.S. Supreme Court handed down significant decisions which, “…Reaffirmed the imposition of large fines on those filing specious lawsuits…” (Carp R. A. et al., 2014).

 

Carp R. A., Stidham R., & Manning K. L. (2014). Judicial process in America. (9^th Edition). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Imagine you are the recruiter in a human resources department. Review the Equal Opportunity Employment Laws presented in this Module. Select one of the laws presented, conduct some academic research on it, and then find a court case that was based on that law. In a 2-3 page report, prepared in APA style with at least two references, provide the following information:

Explain the discrimination law you selected, its purpose and why you selected this law.
Report on the court case that you found, providing a summary of the case details as well as the legal outcome. (Be sure to cite your sources.)
Decide if you agree with the outcome of the case and say why or why not.

UPS and the Utility of Information Systems

After reading chapter one, watch the video: (Real Media Player can be downloaded for free at www.real.com) and read the additional write-up on page 16 of your text. Answer the questions listed below using APA format. Be sure to integrate vocabulary from the text to demonstrate your understanding of concepts. The paper should not exceed 2 double-spaced pages (excluding title page).

United Parcel Service’s operations are driven by its information systems technology. Beginning as a local delivery service in 1907, UPS expanded on the West coast initially, reached New York in the 1930s, and went international in the 1970s. Today, UPS delivers over 14 million packages daily to 200 countries and territories. A $1.5 billion technology investment in the 1980s buoyed the growth of UPS. The investment enabled the development of the International Shipments Processing System (ISPS), which is the key to the company’s overseas operations. The technology infrastructure enables UPS to offer its customers services in addition to the basic shipment of packages. UPS drivers play an important role in the company’s services by capturing information at the endpoints of each delivery segment. Volume, cultural differences, and hardware readiness all impact the development and continued growth of UPS.

Describe the external factors that affect the international operations at UPS.
Explain how these external factors cause UPS to adjust its operations.
Discuss the inputs, processing, and outputs of UPS tracking system.
Examine the technologies which are used by UPS. Illustrate how these technologies are related to the business model and business objectives of UPS.