Day: July 26, 2019

Describe the role of nurses in technology use for home and hospice care?  

 

 

 

What are the strengths and barriers to health care access, quality, patient safety, and costs associated with the use of technology? 

 

 

 

What policies are in place for its use by nurses? 

 

 

 

These questions need to be answered in APA and include at least one peer reviewed nursing journal article. 

Select one of the following:

 

Argue either for or against one of the following:  

 

1)    Allowing or prohibiting guns on college campuses

 

2)    Monitoring U. S. citizens’ phone and internet conversations to detect potential terrorist threats

 

3)    Using animals for research

 

4)    Making English the official language of the United States

 

5)    Charging violent juveniles as adults

 

6)    If  none of the above topics appeal to you, you may instead write your argument essay on any of the topics under Work or Everyday Life on page 189 of Real Essays.

 

Length 

 

Your essay will include an introduction, a conclusion, and three body paragraphs. Each body paragraph will provide concrete examples to prove your thesis statement. Your word count will fall between 500-700 words.

 

Assignment 

 

The essay must be at least five paragraphs long and include an opposing position (also known as a counterargument). Your evidence against the counterargument is your rebuttal (where you explain and answer the concerns of the opposing side). You do not need to conduct research for this paper; however, if you do, be sure to document it correctly with in-text citations and a Works Cited page. This link at the Online Writing Lab at Purdue University is another good source to review:

 

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/

 

Your goal is to take a definite position on your topic and then use concrete examples to make your case. In your rebuttal section, you will show you understand the other side’s position, but your responsibility is to provide reasons to persuade your reader to your side. Feel free to use real-life examples to demonstrate what you mean, if appropriate. Stay away from generalities and deal with specifics.

 

Structure 

 

You are to include an introduction, three body paragraphs, and a conclusion.  In this assignment, you will specifically use the following format:

 

1. Brief Introduction: Your intention in the introduction is twofold: to grab your reader’s interest and to clearly state what you will prove in your body paragraphs. There are several ways to begin, and you may already have a favorite technique. It could be a short anecdote, or a definition, or even a question, for example. A definition works well in an argument paper. The introduction should end with a clear, arguable thesis statement, informing your reader exactly what your position is on the subject. You may or may not include the three reasons you will expand upon in your body paragraphs. Do not be wishy-washy. You are either for or against the issue. For example, if you decide to argue that guns should be prohibited on campus, your thesis might be: While individuals have the right to protect themselves, allowing guns on college campuses should be prohibited for legal, moral, and safety reasons. Or, you might simply state: While individuals have the right to protect themselves, allowing guns on college campuses should be prohibited.  Of course, should I select this thesis, the burden would be on me to make my case, and I would then focus on each of these three reasons in my body paragraphs. My third point, safety, would require my strongest evidence. It’s important to read the section in Chapter one of Real Essays that explains how to avoid using logical fallacies in your argument (pages 9-11).  You must rationally and clearly present your position for or against one of the approved topics.  Think of it a bit like arguing in a court of law.
2. Three Body Paragraphs:  Each body paragraph should provide concrete examples to demonstrate what you mean by each of the reasons mentioned in your thesis. You should do this in the order mentioned in the thesis.       Each paragraph should begin with a topic sentence that includes a key word or phrase from your thesis. Your most important body paragraph should be your last one. Each body paragraph should consist of at least six to eight (6 to 8) sentences. In order to make your paragraphs interesting, try to include an anecdote or other interesting facts. Include transitional words and/or phrases to move your reader from one paragraph to another and from one sentence to another (see the file on Using Transitions).
3. Brief Conclusion:  Summarize your key points. The conclusion should be no more than two or three sentences.

 

Point of View: 

 

Use the third-person (ex. he, she, they, it) point of view.  You may use plural first-person pronouns if they are appropriate.  For example, you may say in our society.  You don’t need to say I think or I believe because these ideas will be all of your own thoughts in your own words.  Don’t use you, your, or yours.  Second-person pronouns shouldn’t be used in formal academic writing.

 

Tone:                  

 

Your tone should be serious for this essay. You must use objective, impartial, unbiased language. (No exclamation marks, inflammatory words, etc.). Remember that you need to be persuasive, and no one will come to your side if you denigrate their position.   

 

Diction: 

 

Choice of words should be suitable for a college-educated audience.  For example, o.k. kids, and mom should be revised (acceptable, children, mother). Do notuse contractions (ex. don’t, can’t, it’s). Don’t use informal abbreviations, such as etc.

 

Submission: 

 

Review the Instructions for All Essays and the How to Format Your Essays files under Lessons to make sure you’ve met all the criteria for a solid essay.                        

 

Place the assignment in the correct Week 7 Drop Box. 

 

GRADING CRITERIA

 

• Does the content in your paper meet the objectives of the assignment? Is your essay on one of the approved topics? Did you include a refutation section? Did you avoid logical fallacies?
• Does your thesis clearly state your argument?
• Are concrete examples used to support your argument?
• Are your body paragraphs focused and organized? Is the paper well organized? 
• Does the paper follow the formatting instructions? Is there a heading? Is there a descriptive title?
• Are improvements needed with respect to grammar, mechanics, and writing style?

 

 APA style 

 

2 paragraphs (each 8 sentences)

 

 

 

Initial Post Instructions
Consider some of the skills and knowledge you need to understand truth-functional logic. Forming the truth-functional claims means you have to have a good understanding of how English sentences are formed in order to convey accurate and precise meaning. Translating English sentences into symbolic language requires you to distinguish the parts of complex thought, put those thoughts into logical order, and make inferences from them.

 

For the initial post, address the following:

 

• Determine how abstracting the parts of a truth-functional statement forces you to pay strict attention to the meaning and the validity of its logic. To get you started, reduce this statement to truth-functional symbolic form:
  • “If I ask you to help me out, then I need your help; I need your help, so I must be asking for it.”
• Connect these skills to the things you will be doing in your professional life.

Respond by Day 5 to at least two of your colleagues who chose a different topic related to leadership in one or more of the following ways:

 

• Expand on your colleague’s posting.
• Share an insight you gained from having read your colleague’s post.
• Validate an idea with your own experience.

 

Response- RB

 

 

 

The system that controls and guides an organization as said by Elango, Paul, Kundu, and Paudel (2010) is called corporate governance (CG).  One of the purposes of CG is to develop a set of systems to guarantee sound administrative pronouncements are made, considering the privileges and influences of the different stakeholders, along with the ethical standards and rules of the organization.  Therefore, creating and continuing an optimistic ethical climate is important when working cross-culturally.  An ethical climate prevents organizations from embarrassment and financial burdens because of ethical wrongdoings.  Internal motivation of the organization’s members enables the success of ethical climate.  Also, the ethical climate consisted of organizational ethics and the individuals in the organization ethics and agreement.  The challenge is congruence meaning being in harmony with the country and compatible.  So, meeting with the workers and leaders of the host country to collaborate on what can be universal is a way to deal with this challenge.  Another ethical consideration when working internationally, according to Knapp, VandeCreek, Handelsman, and Gottlieb (2013) is social conventions.  Social conventions or normal habits or preferences that people use.  The social convections range from the name used, titles used, and the dress of, the I/O Psychologist.  So, social boundaries must be set to show the psychologist as a professional and I/O psychologist must understand the norms and cultural of the country they are serving.  The challenge is for the organization not to set guidelines that fight against the norms and values of the host country.  Training the leaders and workers of the norms and values of the host nation is a way to handle this challenge. Additionally, Pettifor (2004) argued that multi-cultural competency are ethical considerations important to working cross-culturally.  Multi-cultural competency is described as psychologists respecting the environments where they work and not forcing the people of the country to comply with what is important to them.  Dealing with this challenge requires psychologist to have an understanding on what is of value to the country and the people where they work. 

 

According to Elango, Paul, Kundu, and Paudel (2010), an individual from a culture that values diversity or equal opportunity my prefer to hire an individual from a preferred ethnic category or one gender over another because of cultural expectations.  Also, in international settings faced significant issues on bribery because it is tolerated in their culture.  Thus, money or favors can influence their decision-making.    

 

 

 

Response 2- KB

 

 

 

As the world of works expands to encompass markets and talent that cross geographic and cultural borders, organizations need to ensure that their ethical considerations include diverse cultural backgrounds, the understanding that such diversity can lead to a misalignment with current organizational standards of ethics and that the managers leading those markets or teams will need to address those issues despite a potential lack or reduction of resources and/or regulations. 

 

Multi- or cross-cultural organizations can encounter specific challenges if these issues are not taken into consideration.  An organization with reach that extends beyond their local sphere can encounter goals and values that conflict with their home country (Knapp& VandeCreek, 2007, p. 665).  The tendency is to impose Western principles with a view that they are superior (Pettifor, 2004, p. 269).  However, in the scenario posed, that tendency led to the Chinese workers and managers not implementing foreign policies and decreased morale, potentially decreased productivity.  Elango, Paul, Kundu & Paudel posit that an ethical congruence between the home and host country as well as the individual and the organization’s ethical values lead to the resolution of those conflicts with higher levels of ethical decisions being made (2010, p. 544).

 

An additional impact of culture on the decision-making process in the global business space can be seen in the example Elango, Paul, Kundu & Paudel give of making different choices and ethical intentions based on cultural expectations such as hiring to a specific gender or ethnicity (2010, p. 544).  Knapp & VandeCreek’s recommendation for addressing those challenges are to rely on principle-based ethics where the most salient or pivotal moral principle is taken into consideration through a sequential process of determination (2007, p. 664).  Pettifor echoes that while working through a moral framework of universalism to find “common humanity while still respecting the diversity of beliefs in different cultures” (2004, p. 264).