Day: August 30, 2018

Constitution Law

ESSAY QUESTION

Due Date: To be submitted by the end of 07 September 2018

Word Limit: 4,000 words with a 10% leeway

Please ensure you answer all a, b and c below

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Read together, sections 7, 9 and 51(xxxix) of the Constitution gives the

Parliament the power to prescribe the method of voting for members of the

Senate, provided that method permits voters a free choice among the candidates

for election.

The result of the Senate election in 2013 has sparked debate about how

representative the current system is because the distribution of preferences

delivered Senate seats to parties with a very low primary vote. Proposals for

reforming the senate voting method have focused on the introduction of an

optional preferential system of voting for the Senate to replace the current

system where voting by the majority of voters ‘above the line’ largely restricts

the distribution of preferences to the choices and deals made by the candidates.

a. Discuss and compare the current system of electing the members of the Senate

with an optional preferential system and critically analyse the difference(s) and

b. Which voting method for the Senate best advances the objective of

representative government contained in the Constitution and how?

c. While a right to vote has been found to be entrenched in the Constitution

through the use of the words ‘chosen by the people’,

Do you think the method of voting for the Senate should also be constitutionally

entrenched, limiting the power of the Parliament to determine and change the

method of electing the Senate and require a constitutional amendment approved

by the people under the terms of s.128?

In completing the essay you should consider the 1. historical purpose of the

Senate,

2. who has the power to determine the electoral system and its design and

2. what constitutional problems can be identified as arising from the Senate

 

election in 2013, particularly the success of ‘micro-parties’.

Deliverable: Develop an evidence-based plan for health care delivery

Instructions

Deliverable: Develop an evidence-based plan for health care delivery.

Scenario:

The hospital where you work has an issue with increased readmissions within 30 days of discharge. After examining the core measures, it was found that heart failure was the most common core measure disease process experiencing the highest rate of readmissions. The leadership team has given your team the charge of developing a nurse-run outpatient heart failure clinic. The purpose of this clinic is to ensure that discharge education is presented to the patient in an orderly, consistent manner and complies with evidence-based practice protocols. Since these patients may be discharged from a variety of areas in the facility, having the heart failure clinic staff take ownership of the process will improve both consistency and compliance. There are cardiologists that interact with the staff and patients, but the day-to-day operations of the clinic are designed and supported by the nurses as they interact with appropriate members of the other health care team disciplines promoting the best care for the heart failure patients.

As a member of the nurse team, you have been asked to develop one component of the clinic.

The hospital leadership established these objectives for the clinic services:

·         Evaluate and maximize proper medication therapy.

·         Conduct regular diet, exercise, and stress management classes for the patients.

·         Monitor physiological indicators for the patients (lab work, weights, vital signs, ECGs).

·         Provide a case management system for patients in the program post-discharge.

The overall goals for the heart failure clinic are to:

·         Enroll greater than 90 percent of the patients with a primary or secondary diagnosis of HF prior to discharge.

·         Facilitate discharge planning to achieve 100 percent compliance with patient education prior to discharge (discharge planning).

·         Decrease readmission rates in this population by 5 percent over the next year.

The leadership team has asked you to provide them with an evidence-based plan for one of the components of the clinic. You may use any combination of documents (for example, a spreadsheet or a table) in addition to explanatory information to convey information clearly and succinctly.

Develop one: an Orientation Course Plan, a Discharge Education Plan, or a Care Coordination Plan.

An Orientation Course Plan:

·         Develop an evidence-based plan for health care delivery.

·         Include a comprehensive schedule of topics, objectives, key points, and patient resources for the orientation course.

o    What are the components of an evidence-based education plan?

o    How will you know that patients will understand what to do?

o    What modalities will you use to deliver information?

o    How will you adapt the plan to meet the needs of patients from diverse cultural and language backgrounds?

o    Identify specialized and supplementary material needs.

·         Apply professional and legal standards in support of a care plan.

o    Explain the alignment to the most recent Heart Failure Guidelines and specific professional standards.

o    Describe the accountability tools and procedures used to measure effectiveness.

o    How will you know if the patient education plan is successful?

o    What are the indicators of success or effectiveness?

A Discharge Education Plan:

·         Develop an evidence-based plan for health care delivery.

o    Develop a discharge plan with objectives and resources, and tools for patients to monitor their progress.

o    How will you know that patients understand what to do?

o    What modalities will you use to deliver information?

o    How will you adapt the plan to meet the needs of patients from diverse cultural and language backgrounds?

                        Apply professional and legal standards in support of a care plan.

o    Explain the alignment to the most recent Heart Failure Guidelines and specific professional standards.

o    Describe accountability tools and procedures used to measure effectiveness.

o    How will you know if the discharge plan is successful?

o    What are the indicators of success or effectiveness?

Care Coordination Plan:

·         Develop an evidence-based plan for health care delivery.

o    Develop a procedure for coordinating services.

o    Consider the needs of “outliers.” For example, someone with lung disease may need extra resources.

o    Who should be on the team?

o    When would the team be activated?

o    How would it be activated?

o    What is the time frame required to coordinate services?

o    How would the intervention plan be monitored for effectiveness?

                        Apply professional standards in support of a care plan.

o    Explain the alignment to the most recent heart failure guidelines and specific professional standards.

o    Describe accountability tools and procedures used to measure effectiveness.

o    How will you know if the care coordination plan is successful?

o    What are the indicators of success or effectiveness?

o    How will information be collected or communicated?

 

 

“Engagement” Please discuss the following:

• Estimate when installation would be more appropriate and include the factors that would influence your decision.
• Choose four of the eight ways to engage and develop three leading  questions for each type of engagement that will facilitate the work.

Term Paper: Chief Security Officer

Term Paper: Chief Security Officer Due Week 10 and worth 200 points You have been hired as the Chief Security Officer for a local University.  For this role you will be responsible for establishing and maintaining an enterprise wide information security program to ensure that all information and data assets are not compromised.  Knowing the concepts that are presented in the course, you will develop a plan to carry out a security program that deters computer crimes, establishes a process for investigation and outlines which laws are applicable for possible offenders.  Write a 8-10 page paper in which you: Research the Internet for recent computer hacker attacks or other crimes that have been committed against higher educational institutions. 

 

1. Analyze the processes put in place by other higher education institutions in order to prevent these crimes from reoccurring. 

 

2. Recommend processes, methodologies, or technology that can be purchased to lower computer crime threats.  Include specifics on pricing and the level of support and maintenance that would be required.

 

Research the Internet for current laws and government agencies that exist in your region that address the threat of computer cyber-crimes. 

 

3. Identify the laws that would be effective to convict offenders.  Determine what computer crime fighting government programs exist within your region that can complement your security operations.

 

Research the internet for computer forensics technology that can be used by the University. 

 

4. Identify the types and determine the costs of technology that can be used for gathering electronic evidence, evidence from hardware, evidence from Firewalls, or cell phones.

 

5. Use at least four (4) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.

 

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

 

· Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.

 

 

· Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

Legal Ethics, Patients’ Rights, and HIV / AIDS

As the head health care administrator at USA Community Hospital, you are required to review compliance reports on issues relating to the ethical conduct of the professional staff at your hospital, patient review registries, and standard procedures surrounding the ethical treatment of patients with HIV / AIDS. Intermittently, complaints surface from patients with HIV / AIDS concerned with ethical treatment and denial of services.

Note: You may create and / or make all necessary assumptions needed for the completion of this assignment.

Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you:

1. Devise a plan to investigate the validity of patients’ claims of denial of services. This plan should include, but not be limited to, establishing mechanisms to address service denial claims, a human resources component, and a review of related policies and procedures. 
2. Analyze the primary way in which different staffing levels may play pivotal roles in upholding ethical conduct, including treating patients with dignity. Justify your position.
3. Formulate a plan to relate the primary legal ramifications to the professional staff regarding ethical treatment of the hospital’s HIV / AIDS patients. 
4. Devise a community relations plan that tout’s the hospital’s unique ways of serving persons with HIV / AIDS, including a focus on de-stigmatizing those afflicted.
5. Use at least five (5) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not quality as academic resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

 

Assignment 3: The Value of Fair Treatment in the Workplace 

 

The year is 2025 and the U.S. Supreme Court has declared all laws prohibiting discrimination in the workplace to be unconstitutional.  In its opinion, however, the Supreme Court made clear that employers could voluntarily adopt policies and procedures prohibiting any and all forms of discrimination in the workplace. The Supreme Court also made clear that employers could voluntarily adopt hiring practices to diversify their workforces provided such practices did not include express preferences based upon immutable characteristics. You have been hired as a consultant by a large, nationwide retailer to examine the business case for ensuring that all of the employee protections are found within the federal anti-discrimination laws, as well as the business case for prohibiting any other forms of discrimination in the workplace. Write a four to six (4-6) page report in which you:

 

1. Analyze the benefits and costs of voluntarily prohibiting three to five (3-5) federal forms of discrimination prohibited under the federal anti-discrimination laws.

 

2. Discuss the benefits and costs of voluntarily prohibiting a form of discrimination not covered by any of the federal anti-discrimination laws.

 

3. State the benefits and costs of voluntarily adopting hiring and promotion practices designed to diversify the workforce.

 

4. Evaluate the ethical considerations of not voluntarily prohibiting the forms of discrimination laws examined in the first part of your report. Next, determine the ethical considerations of not voluntarily adopting hiring and promotion practices to diversify the workforce.

 

5. Provide a final recommendation to this retailer on whether or not they should ensure all, part, or none of the employee protections examined in the first part of your report. Your recommendation should also include whether or not the retailer should adopt hiring and promotion practices designed to diversify the workplace. Be sure to include a rationale for your recommendation along with an explanation for any rejections of contrary positions or other pertinent considerations.

 

6. Use at least three (3) quality academic resources in this assignment.  Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not quality as academic resources.

 

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

 

· Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.

 

· Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

 

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

 

· Analyze and apply the concepts of ethical decision making, corporate governance and corporate social responsibility.

 

· Analyze and evaluate the employment-at-will doctrine and the statutory protections afforded employees.

 

· Analyze and evaluate issues in modern contract law.

 

· Use technology and information resources to research issues in law, ethics, and corporate governance.

 

· Write clearly and concisely about law, ethics, and corporate governance using proper writing mechanics.

Unit VI Scholarly Activity

Discussion Question 

 

 

The lecture for this unit discussed naturalistic, participant, and laboratory observation research. Think about a situation where you may have been involved with one of these observational methods. Explain the situation and your perception of the effectiveness of this method with respect to obtaining credible information. 

 

Discussion Question 

 

How might a SWOT analysis be used by an entrepreneur either at the pre-start-up stage or within the actual start-up of the company? Apply this to a company that you would be interested in starting in the future.

 

Unit VI Scholarly Activity 

 

Select an existing company, possibly a publicly held company in order to find easily accessible information. Research the company and compile a SWOT analysis identifying a minimum of four elements under each of the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. Explain each element with an eye on how this affects the company overall. Once the table has been compiled, address the following questions: 

 

 

1. How does this tool assist the marketing and management teams to solve problems within the company? 

 

 

2. Based upon your research and this SWOT analysis, what recommendations would you make for the management team? 

 

 

Your APA-formatted submission must be a minimum of three pages (not including the title page and the reference page). The table may be single spaced. References must include a minimum of two credible sources.

Business Continuity Planning And Disaster Recovery Planning

 

Does your company (or school) have a current disaster recovery plan? What are some of the activities involved in it? Do you feel confident that your company (or school) is prepared to survive a major disaster? Why or why not?

 

DQ requirement: I recommend your initial posting to be between 200-to-300 words. All initial posts must contain a properly formatted in-text citation and scholarly reference.

Writing Assignments: Each unit you will be tasked with writing an essay and three short answers to evaluate your understanding of the course materials. You will always be given a choice of questions to provide you with some flexibility in deciding which topics most interest you. Please post your responses in the assignment drop-box. My expectations are that you will write at least 4-6 informed paragraphs (each paragraph being about 5-6 sentences) for the essay questions, and at least one paragraph for the short answers. The questions will come from the text and from my notes of important literatures and concepts in international politics. When answering questions, I would urge you to provide a good background of the issue in your responses. Then go about demonstrating your points with specific examples and substantial evidence. Each unit assignment will be worth 20 points or about 10 percent of your grade.

Essay (Please answer only one essay question)

· Why do political scientists study world politics? Describe three goals of theory building in international relations. How does each of these goals add to the sub-field?

· Discuss the foundations of realism and liberalism in international relations theory. What are their foundational principles? Which one do you think has more saliency in the world today? Why?

Short Answer (Please answer three of five questions)

Explain three ways that world politics affects your personal economic condition.

· Describe three strategies by which you can make a difference in global politics.

· Define neorealism and neoliberalism. List three points of difference between them.

· How does world politics affect the environment? Be specific.

· How has war changed over the past century? Cite examples.

Subject : Decision Making And Problem Solving

Assessment criteria

 

 

Individual Project