Month: April 2018

The name of the module is “Practicing social research”. The title of the assignment is: Critically assess the second research project examined by your tutorial group, focusing in particular, on its collection, analysis and use of qualitative data (in final reports, published papers or other outputs). Where appropriate you should support your own critical assessment by making reference to the original project data from the UK data archive”.

This assignment comprises 65% of the module. The word limit is 1,500 words. It must not surpass this amount otherwise I will be deducted marks. The deadline is next Friday (16.12.2016) at 12:30PM.

Although my degree is in Tourism, this module is designed to prepare us for the writing of our dissertation therefore it is not limited to the field of tourism but covers many disciplines within the social sciences. The research project that you must read and analyse is on climate change. I will upload all the necessary files including the research project, and other relevant material such as formatting requirements, lecture slides, marking criteria, reading list, module syllabus etc.

As far as I know, there is no limit to the amount of references I need to have so use as many as you can, but at least 5-6.

This is an emergency so please write to the best of your ability. I am looking for a first-class grade.

Thank you in advance, this is much appreciated!

The official instructions are:
” Write a case study of a business organization of your choice. Your case
should identify a strategic challenge the firm faces and analyse the
behavioural factors affecting its ability to respond to that challenge. Use
behavioural concepts and theory from the course to: (i) explain and
evaluate the underlying challenge facing the organization and (ii) outline
suitable courses of action for dealing with the challenge based on your
analysis. ”

I have chosen an organization, Motorola, and found out that it failed to adapt to the market since the 2000s. You can either use Motorola for the case study or another company, as you see fit. The only requirements are that the company needs to have lots of information available in the public domain for the case study to use as evidence and analysis. The case study should be supported by at least 3 of the theories taught in my course, which I will include in the form of lecture slides. The case study should include at least 4 diagrams or graphs. The case study should focus on a claim on the company; if it failed or succeeded, with hard facts and analysis supporting that claim. I will upload the lecture slides, from which information should be gathered. I will also upload the Case Study’s Marking Scheme, and the full instructions and guidelines.

Throughout this course you will be developing a formal, evidence-based practice proposal.

The proposal is the plan for an evidence-based practice project designed to address a problem, issue, or concern in the professional work setting. Although several types of evidence can be used to support a proposed solution, a sufficient and compelling base of support from valid research studies is required as the major component of that evidence. Proposals are submitted in a format suitable for obtaining formal approval in the work setting. Proposals will vary in length depending upon the problem or issue addressed; they can be between 3,500 and 5,000 words. The cover sheet, abstract, references page, and appendices are not included in the word limit.

Section headings and letters for each section component are required. Responses are addressed in narrative form in relation to that number. Evaluation of the proposal in all sections is based upon the extent to which the depth of content reflects graduate-level critical-thinking skills.

This project contains seven formal sections:

Section A: Organizational Culture and Readiness Assessment
Section B: Problem Description
Section C: Literature Support
Section D: Solution Description
Section E: Change Model
Section F: Implementation Plan
Section G: Evaluation of Process
Each section (A-G) will be submitted as separate assignments so your instructor can provide feedback (refer to applicable modules for further descriptions of each section).

The final paper will consist of the completed project (with revisions to all sections), title page, abstract, reference list, and appendices. Appendices will include a conceptual model for the project, handouts, data and evaluation collection tools, a budget, a timeline, resource lists, and approval forms.

Use the “NUR-699 EBP Implementation Plan Guide” and “NUR-699 Evidence-Based Practice Project Student Example” to assist you. Also refer to “NUR-699 Evidence-Based Practice Project Proposal Format.”

Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin
USE RUBRIC 100%
10 %- Abstract provides a quick or too brief overview of all phases of the proposed project. Contains project title, project director’s name, and affiliation.
—55.0 %Content
—25%–Content is comprehensive and accurate, and definitions are clearly stated. Sections form a cohesive logical and justified whole. All of the major sections have been revised based upon logical feedback, conclusions, and sound research. Shows careful planning and attention to details and illuminates relationships. Research is adequate, current, and relevant, and addresses all of the issues stated in the assignment criteria
—-20%–All of the main sections are easily identified, and subconcepts branch appropriately from the main sections. Descriptions, connections, and alignments are provided. Logic flow is smooth and easily understood, facilitating a thorough understanding of the various sections as they interrelate

–30.0 %Organization and Effectiveness
–15%–All of the appendices have been provided. Designs are appropriate and present quality products. Appearance is neat, with a few minor flaws or missing elements. Provides details with accuracy. Reveals a solid understanding of the topic as evidenced by design
—15%–Prose is largely free of mechanical errors, although a few may be present. A variety of sentence structures and effective figures of speech are used.
—-15%–Reference page is present and fully inclusive of all cited sources. Documentation is appropriate and citation style is usually correct.
15.0 %Format

Module 3 – Case ( Writer please write 4 pages for this assignment, that should cover the excel sheet and word document

Transfer Pricing and Responsibility Centers

Case Assignment

Coffee Maker’s Incorporated (CMI)

Two divisions of a CMI are involved in a dispute. Division A purchases Part 101 and Division B purchases Part 201 from a third division, C. Both divisions need the parts for products that they assemble. The intercompany transactions have remained constant for several years.

Recently, outside suppliers have lowered their prices, but Division C is not lowering its prices. In addition, all division managers are feeling the pressure to increase profit. Managers of divisions A and B would like the flexibility to purchase the parts they need from external parties to lower cost and increase profitability.

The current pattern is that Division A purchases 3,000 units of product part 101 from Division C (the supplying division) and another 1,000 units from an external supplier. The market price for Part 101 is $900 per unit. Division B purchases 1,000 units of Part 201 from Division C and another 500 units from an external supplier. Note that both divisions A and B purchase the needed supplies from both the internal source and an external source at the same time.

The managers for divisions A and B are preparing a new proposal for consideration.
•Division C will continue to produce Parts 101 and 201. All of its production will be sold to Divisions A and B. No other customers are likely to be found for these products in the short term, given that supply is greater than demand in the market.
•Division C will manufacture 2,000 units of Part 101 for the Division A and 500 units of Part 201 for the Division B.
•Division A will buy 2,000 units of Part 101 from Division C and 2,000 units from an external supplier at $900 per unit.
•Division B will buy 500 units of Part 201 from Division C and 1,000 units from an external supplier at $1,900 per unit.

Division C Data 2014 Based on the Current Agreement

Part 101 201
Direct materials $200 $300
Direct labor $200 $300
Variable overhead $300 $600
Transfer price $1,000 $2,000
Annual volume 3,000 units 1,000 units

Required:

Computations (use Excel)
•Set up a table similar the one below to compute the difference between the current situation and the proposal for Divisions A and B. Design a different table for Division C.

Division A
Current Situation Proposal
No. of Units Purchase Price Total Purchases No. of Units Purchase Price Total Purchases
Internal purchases 3,000 $ 2,000 $
External purchases 1,000 2,000

Total cost for part 101 $ $

Savings to Div. A $

•Summarize the financial effects for the three divisions and the company as a whole in another table.

Memo (use Word)

Write a 4- or 5-paragraph memo to the division manager explaining the analysis performed. Start with an introduction and end with a recommendation. Each of the four or five paragraphs should have a heading.

Short Essay (use Word) Start with an introduction and end with a summary or conclusion. Use headings.

•Evaluate and discuss the implications of the following transfer pricing policies:

Transfer price = cost plus a mark-up for the selling division

Transfer price = fair market value

Transfer price = price negotiated by the managers

Why is transfer pricing such a significant issue both from a financial and managerial perspective?

Assignment Expectations

Each submission should include two files: (1) An Excel file; and (2) A Word document. The Word document shows the memo first and short essay last. Assume a knowledgeable business audience and use required format and length. Individuals in business are busy and want information presented in an organized and concise manner.

Module 3 – SLP Writer: please write 2 pages for this assignment, you have case 1 and case 2 slp to help write this case 3 assignment

Transfer Pricing and Responsibility Centers

Third part of the presentation. See background information for the module one SLP.

Required:

Include the following items in your presentation.

•The organization is currently centralized, but is reviewing options to put a decentralized structure in place.
•You are asked to comment on responsibility centers and their functions.
•Cost centers can be a drain on an organization. Do you have any thoughts about limiting the number of cost centers and control costs? Present specific ideas.

SLP Assignment Expectations

Submit a Power Point presentation or a Word Document. A Power Presentation should have no more than six slides and a Word document cannot exceed two pages. Use words, tables, and graphs to make a succinct presentation. Document all sources and provide links at the end. It is acceptable to add another slide or page to list the sources.

I have this Project and I need deep search on following points 1 and 2:

1.Recent advancement and state of the art in wound healing diabetic
a.Growth factor delivery base therapy.
-Fibrin Based scaffold (VEGEF and bFGF nanoparticles)
(Losi et al., 2013)
b.Anti bacterial nanoparticles

-Cerium oxide nanoparticles
(Chaudhury et al., 2013)
curcumin-loaded poly(?-caprolactone) (PCL)/gum -tragacanth (GT) (PCL/GT/Cur) nanofibers
(Ranjbar-Mohammadi et al., 2016)
c.Extracellular matrix.
d.Astragaloside IV diabetic wound healing
(Luo et al., 2016)
and any Important Factors the writer recommend .

2.Challenges and Future trends
…………………….
The following is the rest of my project Just for your information:
Contents
1. Introduction 4
2. Biology of Diabetes and Wound Healing 4
2.1. Diabetes 4
2.2. Wound healing in diabetic patients 5
2.3. Biotechnological Strategies and Tissue engineering solutions for wound healing in diabetic patients 5
3.Current research in diabetic 7
diabetic wound healing 7
4.Challenges and Future trends 7
5. Conclusion 7
6. References 8

the following is my need of this paper:
My advisor asked me to go directly and hit the aim and not to write general sentences. He needs very specific sentences about wound healing for diabetic titles and sub titles.
He gave me two good reviews and he advises me to follow them and use them as a basis.
I will upload the file and please re write it very very well and have someone professional to re do in very good manner!!
and please for the pictures write down all the information below each picture .
##please write conclusion.
Please Change the writer he seems new and not expert!!
The following papers should be cited:
1. Glucocorticoids: Structure, Signaling and Molecular Mechanisms in the Treatment of Diabetic Retinopathy and Diabetic Macular Edema.
2. High Levels of Pigment Epithelium–Derived Factor in Diabetes Impair Wound Healing Through Suppression of Wnt Signaling.
3. Wound healing effects of dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors: An emerging concept in management of diabetic foot ulcer—A review.
4. Wound Healing in Development.
5. Hyperspectral Imaging in Diabetic Foot Wound Care.
6. Diabetic Retinopathy and Angiogenesis.
7. Glucocorticoids: Structure, Signaling and Molecular Mechanisms in the Treatment of Diabetic Retinopathy and Diabetic Macular Edema.
8. Wound healing of different molecular weight of hyaluronan; in-vivostudy
##Please focus on paper # 3 and try to write in similar way!
please check the file attached
##For the references The citations should be mentioned within the article, only 2 or 3 places citations were used!!please clarify!!

To write in the style of an academic article
“Equity is no part of the law, but a moral virtue, which qualifies, moderates, and reforms the rigour, hardness, and the edge of the law, and is a universal truth; it does also assist the law where it is defective and weak…. and defends the law from crafty evasions, delusions, and new subtleties intended as contrived to evade and delude the common law, whereby such as have undoubted right are made remediless; and this is the office of equity, to support and protect the common law from shifts and crafty contrivances against the justice of  law. Equity therefore does not destroy the law, nor create it, but assists it.”

Sir Nathan Wright , Lord Dudley v Lady Dudley (1705) Prec.Ch. 241 at 244.

In the form of a short journal article, please critically consider whether this statement made by Sir Nathan Wright in 1705 is an accurate and apposite observation of Equity today.

Assignment 3: Case study
Task description The purpose of this assignment is to demonstrate your ability to:
• apply your understanding of aged care service models to a specific case study (ILO4); and
• discuss aged and dementia care service system models (ILO 1).
You will also show your ability to:
• communicate relevant information using appropriate academic writing skills and conventions (ILO5); and may possibly
• discuss perspectives of consumers towards aged and dementia care services (ILO2), though this is not a key focus.
These are all intended learning objectives of the unit.
You will do this by writing an essay about the information in the case study. In the essay you will identify and explain the risks and issues within the case study, and then apply your knowledge of the services available to people living with dementia to help address these identified risks and issues.
This will be done using the case study of Millicent Rathbone.
Preparation:
• Read the case study of Millicent Rathbone. As you read through this case study, make a note of any issues and risks (actual or potential) that you identify.
• Select the service you wish to discuss in your assignment – Alzheimer’s Australia (AA) OR Aged Care Assessment Team (ACAT). (Note that in Victoria this is called the Aged Care Assessment Service).
• Research the service using the AA or ACAT websites and other resources. DO NOT contact either service directly.
• Research appropriate literature to support your work on the UTAS Library website.
Questions:
The following issues should be addressed within your essay:
1. What are the main issues and risks in this case study? Explain why these may impact people with dementia and/or their family? Support your discussion with scholarly literature.
2. What can your chosen service (either AA or ACAT) provide to help Millicent and her family address these issues and risks? Give reasons as to why these services are required and how they can help.
3. If AA or ACAT cannot meet a particular need, which other services might they refer Millicent and her family to? Give reasons as to why these services are required and how they can help.
Writing your assignment:
Main points:
• Always write an introduction and conclusion
• Do not write in the first person
• Write complete sentences and avoid using bullet points
• Paraphrase information you find – avoid direct quotes
• Always provide an in-text citation for all pieces of information you introduce, whether scholarly (for example, when talking about risks and issues or the possible benefits of a service) or websites (ONLY for when talking about a service provider).
After you have got a handle on the ideas and research, write an essay plan, setting out what each paragraph will contain. This will help you form your essay into a logical structure and avoid repetition of information.
The lectures in Module 2: Part 1 (Week 4) are from the Academic Skills Development series:
(1) Essay Writing – Structure
(2) Essay Writing – Style
These lectures will help you when you are planning Assignment 3. You can access these lectures through the module guides. Additional information about essay writing is also available in the Assignment 3 section under Contents in MyLO.
Task length 1200 words.
Please note that going over the word limit by more than 10% (so in this case, more than 120 words) incurs a penalty. Please see your Unit Outline for further details.
Links to unit’s intended learning outcomes 1, 2, 4 and 5
Assessment criteria 1. Discuss the issues in the case study.
2. Explain why the risk factors in the case study can affect people with dementia and their family members.
3. Describe services that may help to address these risks and issues
4. Support work using scholarly research literature.
5. Use appropriate academic writing style and structure and correct grammar and spelling.
6. Use APA6 referencing style to reference in accordance with academic conventions.
Submission requirements Please submit your completed task as a word document to the Assignment 3 dropbox in
Contribution to final assessment 45%
Date due

Case study – Millicent Rathbone
Millicent Rathbone is 76 years old. She lived with her female partner Elizabeth for 43 years, until Elizabeth’s death from cancer six years ago. Three years ago, Millicent had a series of transient ischaemic attacks (TIAs). Before this time, her family describe Millicent as a gentle-natured woman who frequently travelled around her home state playing bridge. After the TIAs, her family noticed that she was having difficulty finding words when engaging in conversation and was finding it hard to concentrate when playing bridge, which she had to give up along with the travel. Millicent’s GP diagnosed her with vascular dementia. Millicent also has Type 2 diabetes for which she is on medication.
Millicent is currently being cared for by her younger sister Judith. Judith has some support from Millicent’s niece who lives in another town some distance away but visits on most weekends. Judith moved in with Millicent three years ago when Millicent started forgetting to take her diabetes medication, and had several hospitalisations as a result.
Millicent’s niece and Judith report that Millicent’s behaviour has changed in the last year or so. Millicent is becoming irritable and on several occasions has been verbally abusive towards Judith, which Judith finds distressing. Judith has described Millicent’s mood swings as being the worst in the evening and she has been woken in the night by hearing Millicent moving around. Millicent’s irritability extends to her taking her prescribed medication. At times Millicent refuses to take her medication for her diabetes, which is increasing her diabetes symptoms.
Millicent sustained a small wound to her left lower leg when she bumped it on a coffee table in the lounge room. Judith has been putting dressings of gauze on the wound, but she reports that after nearly three weeks it does not seem to be getting any better and she would like a health professional to give her some advice about the best way to look after it.
Millicent has also had trouble finding the toilet. On several occasions, Millicent has used a flower pot in the backyard to urinate. On occasion, Millicent has also wet her clothing. This problem is increased by Millicent’s frequent need to urinate as a symptom of her worsening diabetes.
Note: Please assume that Millicent lives in the state/territory in which you live.
Victoria Australia

Assessment Task 3: Rubric
Criteria HD DN CR PP NN
Criterion 1
Weight 10%
Discuss the issues in the case study You thoroughly and succinctly discussed all the main issues in the case study. You discussed all the main issues in the case study. You identified most of the issues in the case study AND briefly discussed them. You identified some of the issues in the case study AND briefly discussed them. You did not clearly identify issues in the case study AND/OR did not discuss them.
Criterion 2
Weight 10%
Explain why the risk factors in the case study can affect people with dementia and their family members You comprehensively and clearly explained why all of the main risk factors in the case study can affect people with dementia and/or their family members. You clearly explained why nearly all of the main risk factors in the case study can affect people with dementia and/or their family members. You explained why most of the main risk factors in the case study can affect people with dementia and/or their family members. You clearly identified some risk factors AND provided a basic explanation of why they can affect people with dementia and/or their family members. You did not clearly identify risk factors in the case study
AND/OR
did not explain why the risk factors can affect people with dementia and/or their family members.
Criterion 3
Weight 10%

Support work using scholarly research literature All statements requiring support from scholarly literature were supported by literature that was scholarly, highly relevant and up to date. All statements requiring support from scholarly literature were supported by literature that was scholarly, relevant and often up to date. Most statements requiring support from scholarly literature were supported by literature that was scholarly and often relevant. Some statements requiring support from scholarly literature were supported by literature that was scholarly and somewhat relevant. Very few statements requiring support from scholarly literature were supported with literature,
AND/OR literature cited for these statements was not relevant scholarly literature.
Criterion 4
Weight 55%
Describe services that may help to address these risk factors and issues. You provided a comprehensive and detailed description of relevant services offered by your chosen service provider and other providers that may help to address each of these risks and issues
AND fully explained how they might help to address these risks and issues. You provided a detailed description of relevant services offered by your chosen service provider and other providers that may help to address each of these risks and issues
AND largely explained how they might help to address these risks and issues. You described some relevant services offered by your chosen service provider and possibly other providers that may help to address most of these risks and issues
AND provided some explanation of how they might help to address most of these risks and issues. You described some partially relevant services offered by your chosen service provider and possibly other providers
AND provided some explanation of how these services might help to address some of these risks and issues. You did not describe relevant services offered by your chosen service provider for some of the risks and issues
AND/OR did not explain how these services might help to address these risks and issues.
Criterion 5
Weight 10%

Use appropriate academic writing style and structure
and correct grammar and spelling You used clear, concise academic language throughout
AND
You logically and succinctly structured the content to create a cohesive and coherent piece of work
AND you made almost no errors in spelling, punctuation, or grammar. You used clear, concise academic language throughout
AND
You logically structured the content to create a cohesive and coherent piece of work
AND you made only minor errors in spelling, punctuation and/or grammar. You used clear academic language throughout
AND
You logically structured the content to create a coherent piece of work
AND you made some errors in spelling, punctuation and/or grammar. You used academic language for most of your submission, though some of it was either informal or overly complex
AND
You partially structured the content to create a comprehensible piece of work with some organisation into paragraphs
AND you made significant errors in spelling, punctuation and/or grammar. You used mostly informal or colloquial language
AND/OR
You did not provide a logical structure and the content showed little or no organisation into paragraphs
AND/OR you made very frequent errors in spelling, punctuation and/or grammar.
Criterion 6
Weight 5%
Use APA6 referencing style to reference in accordance with academic conventions. You accurately and consistently used APA6 referencing style both in the text and the reference list, with no errors or one or two minor errors. You used APA6 referencing style, both in the text and the reference list, with a few minor errors. You used APA6 referencing style, both in the text and the reference list, with some errors. You used APA referencing style, both in the text and the reference list, with significant errors. You occasionally referenced and acknowledged a source of information, with numerous errors,
AND/OR did not use APA referencing style
OR
did not reference.

Assignment 2: Due 10/30 (through Assignment Dropbox)
EBP Problem, Searching the Evidence, and Appraisal
Develop a EBP question guided by the Question Development Tool Appendix B, (Dearholt& Dang, 2012) and then using this question conduct a literature search to investigate the issue or problem. Gather a minimum of 5 research articles to address the practice question. Please upload the 5 articles. The assignment should be organized in the following 6 parts:
A. Title Page
B. Practice question
C. Develop and Implement a Search Strategy. Please work with a librarian to conduct a literature search. The literature search parameters should be saved and included.
D. Appraise (determine quality) 5 articles using Research Evidence Appraisal Tool ( Dearholt and Dang, 2012, pg 240).
E. Explanation of Reference Relevance to the practice question. For each article explain the relevance to the practice questions (3-4 sentences per article)
F. Reference list using APA format
It is anticipated article Appraisal and E.1-2 pages per article.
Assignment 3: Due 11/30 (through Turnitin folder in Assignment Dropbox)
Overall Evidence Appraisal and Translation
The assignment should be organized in the following 4 parts:
A. Title Page
B. Overall what is the strength of the evidence? (5 research articles from Assignment 2)
C. What does the evidence tell us should be done about the clinical issue, health problem, or service delivery issue? Please consider is the change feasible and:
• “Would this change improve clinical outcomes?
• Would this change improve patient or nurse satisfaction?
• Would this change reduce the cost of care for patients?
• Would this change improve unit operations ?” (Dearholt and Dang, 2012, pg 150).
D. Reference list using APA format
This assignment should be a maximum of 5 pages in length. Please use APA format and see Evaluation Writing Rubric

Evidence Based Practice in Nursing
Name Angel E Garcia Sousa
FIU
Transitional Research

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Evidence based practice assists healthcare practitioners to provide quality care on the basis of evidence and knowledge rather than based on customs, outdated texts or colleagues. The utilization of evidence-based practice can be attributed to a reply to a 2001 report by the Institute of Medicine depicting that many deficits in healthcare were causing preventable harm. This led to the introduction of a healthcare redesign proposal recommending that healthcare practitioners should implement and utilize evidence-based practices to increase the aspect of quality outcomes. However, in order to implement these practices healthcare providers have to come up with clinical questions and inquiries. Evidence based answers can only be obtained through the findings of a focused clinical question. The purpose of this article is to identify a clinical question through the utilization of PICO, identify the search parameters that facilitated the question and describe the articles retrieved in reference to their relevance to the question at hand.
The PICO question can assist in the formulation of clinical question. Evidence based practice model recommends that clinical questions should be framed in terms of population, comparison, intervention and outcome. Using the PICO formulae, I formulated this clinical question: Does the existence of a viable immediate environment have an influence on the nursing practice and provision of quality healthcare. The population is in terms of hospital settings, home based settings and neighborhood built environments. Interventions include the betterment of the physical and social environment around ailing persons. This question is largely based on the environmental theory by Florence Nightingale. The theory focuses on the alteration of a patient’s immediate environment to affect change in health. This derives the need for evidence-based practice to ascertain whether the theory can aid in the betterment of health care quality.
Evidence based practice models contribute to the conceptual implementation of varying nursing practices. Additional they assist in the organization and implementation of the evidence based practice, prevention of incomplete implementation, improve outcome evaluation and encourage the utilization of resources. One complementary model in the evidence based practice is the star model by the Academic Center of Evidence Based Practice that provides a framework for the comprehension of varying relations between knowledge transformation stages depicted as the conversion of finding from initial primary results through various forms and stages to impact health outcomes based on evidence based care. The model has five steps that are knowledge discovery, summarizing evidence, translating summary into practice recommendations, evaluation and practice integration. The end purpose of the model to act as a guidance and implementation tool of quality practice improvement. This brings us to the John Hopkins Nursing Evidence Based Practice Model.
The model allows translation of evidence for utilization by nurses in making clinical decisions in regards to care. The model contains three main stages that include the identification and development of a practice question, location and collection of evidence and the translation of the evidence into practice. It provides a user-friendly application to evaluate the practice question and guide users in the aspects of applying evidence based practice processes. Nursing students and practicing nurses can utilize this model to answer educational, administrative and clinical practice questions. In this case, the clinical question formulated has its roots in the prospects of the environmental theory by Florence Nightingale. The evidence-based practice seeks to analyze varying research that supports or disputes the theory and the effectiveness of its application. In order to find out varying researches that exist on the application of the environmental theory, I performed searches on the EBSCO database. In the search, I used the terms ‘environmental theory’ and ‘nursing practice’. This search yielded more than 200 results. Refining the search included the indication of articles to be less than 10 years old and the inclusion of the terminology ‘environmental health’ in the search results yielding to 19 hits. I carefully chose five relevant literatures (indicated in the reference section) for the paper in regard to their relevance to the clinical question at hand.
According to the literatures at hand, it is evident that the immediate physical and social environment around a patient has an impact on his well-being. Therefore, according to evidence based practice paradigm can imply that nurses and other health care providers have to incorporate the aspects of maintaining a viable environment around their patients to improve the quality of care provided. Zborowsky literature research indicates that nurses should be continuously engaged in research studies that facilitate the development of designed environments that aid in the healing of patients. The article maintains that the field is still lacking in this field as his statistics derived from 67 healthcare research articles from more than 20 nursing journals indicates that most practices tend to focus on progression of existing knowledge in care quality. Therefore, Zborowsky insists that education on Nightingale’s environmental theory should be encouraged to enhance knowledge development and that nurses are the best suited practitioners to assist in developing designed environments that will impact the healing process of patients (Zborowsky, 2014).
Hansen Ketchum, Marck and Reutter insist that interactions with nature have direct health benefits on patients. Their research is based on health research publications from as early as 1985. Their findings indicate that nurses and healthcare providers can utilize nature based health promotion concepts in their work to enhance reciprocal relationships in health promotion based on the interaction between humans and their environments (Hansen & Reutter, 2009). The data assumes that people who tend to interact with nature are more likely to engage themselves in physical activities and behaviors that improve their health. Additionally, these same individuals will be more active in protecting the health of the planet ensuring reciprocal benefits. Therefore, if nurses integrate the use of nature based health promotions then there will be beneficial aspects for both the humans and the environment. Tinker, Postma and Butterfield identify the various barriers and facilitators in environmental risk reduction. Therefore, the article already recognizes environmental health as a major component in nursing practice and quality of care. Through conducting one on one interviews with public health nurses, the article is able to come up with various challenges to environmental risk reduction (Tinker et al., 2010). These challenges include lack of training for nurses on environmental health, engaging the community and change in perception of relevance. Some facilitators include opportunities for building capacity, belief in imperativeness and personal interests. There conclusions depict the key to improving the practice is by providing adequate training and support for environmental risk reduction and that the nursing practice is in an excellent position to improve and facilitate the health of communities and families by incorporating the principles of environmental risk reduction into the nursing practice scope.
DeGuzman and Kulbok have a comprehensive publication on the aspects of nursing influence on built environments supplemented by the environmental theory by Florence Nightingale. The article depicts that nurses can have an impact on the health of communities by evaluating the environments they reside in and suggesting necessary changes. There is an urgent need for advancements in environment research in the nursing practice to ensure that nurses understand various ways of evaluating how built environments may be affecting patient’s health and test and come up with interventions (DeGuzman & Kulbok, 2012). Nurses are in a better place to provide insight into linking built environments with the well-being of patients and in turn providing evidence that may change the health prospects of even the healthy. Kangasniemi et al. insists that since nurses take the hugest share of healthcare staff they have an imperative role in addressing environmental health issues. Their findings indicate that the environmental issues awareness is leading to the utilization of more sustainable practices (Kangasniemi et al., 2014). Additionally, nurses are in the perfect position to develop and promote environmentally responsible healthcare since it will allow for the promotion of healthy environmental practices.
All these articles depict that there are varying relations between the environment, the nursing practice and provision of quality care. Nurses are in a position to promote the improvement of care quality by integrating environmental attributes into their practice. The articles provide evidence based researches that emphasize the fact that the environment is a crucial factor in the nursing practice and the provision of quality care. Additionally there is increased reference to Florence Nightingales environmental theory indicating that there is a need for continued knowledge development in this field. This calls for additional incorporation of environmental health in nursing programs and institutional support from all stakeholders.

Reference
Zborowsky, T. (2014). The legacy of Florence Nightingale’s environmental theory: Nursing research focusing on the impact of healthcare environments. Health Environments Research & Design Journal, 7(4), 19–34.
DeGuzman, P. & Kulbok, P. (2012). Changing Health Outcomes of Vulnerable Populations Through Nursing’s Influence on Neighborhood Built Environment: A Framework for Nursing Research. Journal of Nursing Scholarship 44(4), 341-348.
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please note assignment 3 is a continuation of assignment 2, I NEED TO UPLOAD THE ARTICLES,
The paper you did for assignment 3 does not follow or continue assignment 2.

assignment 3
Organization of healthcare delivery systems is important in the healthcare sector. There are different healthcare organization that seeks to promote their service to the patients and for this to be effective there needs to be a good plan (Burrit & Steckel, 2009). It is important to create themes that are related to be able to set a good organization for the healthcare delivery systems. Healthcare organizations need to integrate care models and performance in order to compile services across various disciplines and also to set care episodes for conditions such as cancer and diabetes.
There is the need to explore community-based care. This represents a different form of care delivery and it has its own merits and demerits. Community-based care includes community health programs and other characteristics of the neighborhood such as the environment and implications of public health (Burrit & Steckel, 2009). Is also includes the faith-based groups that are important in promoting care for the patients. Partnerships and interdisciplinary collaborations are also significant in the coordination of care. It helps to promote the extended functions of nurses and physicians who offer primary care. It also helps in uniting professionals from various departments who will collaborate and share ideas that leads to provision of evidence based care processes.
Provision of high quality care assists in improving the services offered to patients. High quality care can be improved by using new technologies to reach patients (Burrit & Steckel, 2009). Innovations such as e-consult can be able to help physicians and nurses to reach patients’ requests and needs without necessarily holding face to face conversations. This can encourage specialists to offer high quality healthcare at any time without many inconveniences.
Lastly, evaluation of performance and outcomes should also be done to determine the success of the system. This process requires an effective audit plan which includes the review of the organization’s performance. Operations that were less beneficial should be replaced with much improved ones. An in-depth survey should be done to the areas where a problem was identified to improve the care.
Assessing and evaluating a healthcare organization is important since it helps to provide improved care. Themes such as integrating care models, promoting community-based care, creating interdisciplinary collaborations, provision of high quality care and evaluating performance should be observed and adhered to. They help to promote and improve care.
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Reference
Burrit, J., & Steckel, C. (2009). Supporting the learning curve for contemporary nursing practice. Journal of Nursing Administration, 39(11), 479–484.

Theories included:
– Product adoption model
– Product life cycle
– Diffusion of innovation theory
– Technology acceptance model
– The hype cycle
– Service Innovation? innovation in service processes; new or improved ways of designing and service delivery system, though often this will be regarded instead as a service product innovation.
Introduction
1. Define Mobile payment systems ? give examples like Apple Pay, Samsung Pay, Android Pay
2. Define rate of adoption
3. Brief overview (structure) of essay
Body
– Effect of security on adoption rate of MPS in UK
– Other factors affecting rate of adoption of MPS
e.g. perceived security risk etc.
– Recommendation
How to get even more people to use MPS
e.g. implement 3D-secure, enforce rules and regulations
Conclusion
(sum up of each part and show your stand)
– This essay concluded that security is one of the main reasons that people adopt MPS in UK, however there are other factors that are equally significant to the reasons for adoption such as, lower cost, convenience, time saving.
– *improvement in security does play a crucial role in further increasing rate of adoption of MPS in UK but to a certain extent (further explain)

*not definite but this is my current plan, please feel free to change anything

The semester assignment is an institutional analysis. Institutional analysis is a type of scientific work
examining how institutions – social systems that structure the behavior of individuals and other
systems – function in practice and documenting their effects on communities, individuals, and
society. Such an analysis may include a plan for reducing or eliminating these effects, but this is
not the primary focus.
Freedom and Social Control is a social science general education course. Because this is a general education course, the assignment described in this section
assesses student ability to apply social science principles to the study of social problems.
Thus, for this assignment, the student researcher will work in the tradition of the study of social
problems, which involves is employing a critical perspective to study a contemporary social issue.
These critical perspectives can hail from any number of political standpoints and use methods
derived from one or a combination of the core social science disciplines, namely history,
political science, and sociology.
An institutional analysis is an original work of scholarly research, relying primarily on outside
academic sources, that examines the effects of corporate bureaucratic culture, operations,
and strategies on personal freedom broadly defined as choice, health, safety, or wellbeing. The
modern business firm, or for-profit corporation, is the paradigm. Public institutions (criminal justice,
military, public assistance programs, schools, etc.) are excluded as subjects for the primary focus
of the paper, although these social functions when administered by private entities (such as
private schools or military contractors) are fair game.
For this assignment, the organizational subject of the institutional analysis must be a private forprofit
corporation. The effects researched must focus on those that cause environmental,
personal, or social harm. Harm can be either material injury to persons and property or
psychological and emotional damage to individuals (or both).
As the project is conceived as social problems project, students are to focus on those effects
either restricting or harming individual or group freedom. Papers that extol the virtues or benefits
of corporations are unacceptable. This prohibition includes an approach that praises with faint
damnation – the opposite of the English idiom “damning with faint praise.” If you are unfamiliar
with that idiom, look it up. Furthermore, the paper is not to be a humorous or satirical essay or a
work of sarcasm. Students are to produce serious scholarship that identifies detrimental impacts
and rationally explains them using the language of the social sciences.
Examples of corporate bureaucracies that may be used as subjects of the institutional analysis
include Dow Chemical, JPMorgan Chase, Monsanto, Novartis, Shell Oil, and UnitedHealth. This list
is far from exhaustive. For an inclusive list visit this url: https://tinyurl.com/kuwfd6w. (Note: Walmart
and McDonalds are disallowed for this assignment as they may be used extensively in the course
to illustrate elements of the assignment.)
For examples of institutional analyses, see Joel Bakan’s The Corporation, a required text for the
course, Edward Herman and Noam Chomsky’s Manufacturing Consent, which examines the
mass media, and George Ritzer’s The McDonaldization of Society. There are many other fine
examples of how to proceed. The documentaries The Corporation and Manufacturing Consent,
both of which we watch in class, provide examples of corporate bureaucratic effects on human
freedom, as well as suggested methods for studying these.
The paper must have an original title and a clear thesis. A thesis is an argument or proposition
supported by logic and empirical fact. This is a social science class at a public institution, so
arguments must possess a rational and secular character (appeal to ideologically-driven texts as
authoritative sources is unacceptable). The length of the analysis will be 1000-1500 words – no
less, no more – written in standard scientific language. The word count does not include title
page, abstract, or works cited page, all elements that must also appear in the paper.
As college-level work involves a great deal of writing, students should buy or borrow, if they have
not already, a dictionary, thesaurus, handbook of grammar and punctuation. I take writing
seriously and evaluate all aspects of written work. Please use the Writing Center (Cofrin Library
109) to address any writing problems. Students are to use the author-date system of the Chicago
Manual of Style designed for the natural, physical, and social sciences. Do not use the Chicago
Manual’s documentary note system (for the humanities). To make the use of this style a
straightforward as possible, I have provided on D2L the ASA Style Guide, which is based on the
Chicago Style. Students must use this style guide.
Each paper must meet the required minimum number of academic and scholarly social
scientific sources, which I have set in this assignment at four. The terms “academic” and
“scholarly” refer to articles from peer-reviewed journals and monographs and edited collections
published by university presses. If ever unclear about what constitutes a scholarly source, see the
teacher. Students are encouraged to go beyond the minimum requirement. For articles, the
service Jstor, or Journal Storage, provided by the Cofrin Library, is strongly recommended. For
journalistic sources, which may provide supporting evidence but do not count towards required
sources, Lexis-Nexis, also provided by the Cofrin Library, is recommended. The reference
librarians are trained and ready to help you find the appropriate sources.
It is crucial to the legitimacy of this project that the essay is constructed using only appropriate
sources. All sources must be relevant to the topic and theme. All sources cited must be explicitly
used in the paper. News articles, assigned text, and lecture notes do not count towards the
required minimum sources and the paper cannot be based on them; such sources can only be
used to supplement analysis. With the exception of those services identified and similar ones
found at the Cofrin Library, you are not allowed to use the Internet for authoritative or
informational sources; this includes online encyclopedia, other course web pages, Wikipedia
and other similar services. Although online corporate sources may be used as evidence and
examples, do not rely on corporate, industry, or trade publications for authoritative claims or
sources. An authoritative claim or source refers to analysis or information produced by experts
and recognized by members of a community of interests – in this instance, social scientists – as
highly reliable or accurate. Although appearance in a relevant peer-reviewed publication does
not guarantee quality, it greatly increases the likelihood that the source will reflect the rigors of
scientific research. Outside textbooks are disallowed. Papers from essay and paper mills are
disallowed. This assignment is not a book review, review essay, a summary of course material, or
an opinion piece.
Except for quotations (used sparingly and clearly marked by quotation marks, author, dates,
and page numbers), the analysis shall be in the student’s own words. The student researcher
must accurately cite all sources used in the paper. Plagiarism in any amount or degree will result
in a zero for the assignment and the student will not be allowed to repeat the assignment (the
deadline for submission having passed). Plagiarism does not depend on what one intends, but
what one does. For information on plagiarism consult https://www.plagiarism.org/. D2L has a
plagiarism detector engaged for this class. Your professor will also independently check for
plagiarism using this and other services. Papers purchased from essay mills, previously used in this
class, used in other classes, or written by others shall receive no credit. Be aware that professors
have access to term paper sites, keep records of past papers, and work closely with colleagues.
A properly constructed semester paper for this class must use throughout the assigned style
guide and contain the following components organized into sections:
(1) Title page with an engaging, informative, and original title on a separate page including
additional information (name, date, and institutional affiliation). All text is double-spaced (as
is the entire paper) and uses the same font type and size as the rest of the paper. No
images or elaborate or bold fonts shall appear.
(2) Abstract on a separate page announcing the importance and relevance of the topic,
identifying the problem or question the paper addresses, explaining the method or
procedure used, reporting the main findings of the paper, and suggesting implications of
these findings all summary form. A typical abstract is around 100-150 words contained in a
single block double spaced paragraph (no italics).
(3) Introduction. A paper must introduce the subject, generate reader interest in the topic,
pose a research problem/question, briefly place the study in the context of the scholarly
literature, briefly identify the theoretical approach and its attendant method, and addresses
the relevance and importance of the planned study.
(4) Body/Analysis. Because this is a theory paper, the content is mainly in the form of critical
engagement with the literature. Papers must use a minimum of four relevant scholarly full
text sources, i.e. peer-reviewed articles, books, and/or reports intended for an academic
audience. The paper must specify a sociological theory, isolating key concepts, and
presenting the crime type and relevant facts. This section will be the longest of the paper.
Some students find that dividing the body into subsections helps with the clarity of analysis.
Look at the articles you are reviewing for guidance.
(5) Conclusion. A conclusion is another summary of the paper, albeit longer than the
introduction and abstract and containing some discussion about the conclusion(s). Abstract
and introduction should be revised in light of the conclusion section so there is unity of
argument across the paper.
(7) Works Cited page includes only sources cited in the proposal (students are encouraged to
go beyond the required eight). It must be double-spaced and use hanging indents. No
source not cited and used in the paper shall appear here.
(8) Appendices, if needed, may appear containing charts, diagrams, etc. for charts, diagrams,
sample instrumentation, etc.
(9) Documentation includes photocopies of the first and only the first pages of eight required
articles and/or books cited in the paper. Search engine generated results are
unacceptable. A student must be in possession of an article or book to use it in the paper. If
a source is not available in the library, then interlibrary loan should be used. These files may
be uploaded to the D2L drop box along with the paper.