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Write a 750-1,000-word rhetorical analysis essay of a public document. This public document is the Centers for Disease Control’s (CDC) website on Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) found at: http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/adhd/facts.html.Your analysis should include at least TWO scholarly sources outside of class texts.

Directions

Complete a close reading of the assigned public document. Then, write a cohesive rhetorical analysis essay that:

Introduces and summarizes the CDC website on ADHD in the introductory paragraph and ends with a thesis statement.

Analyzes the rhetorical tools used on the site, the CDC’s use of ethos, pathos, and logos.

Evaluates the site’s effectiveness.

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This essay is NOT simply an expository or descriptive essay or an analysis of ADHD. It is an 
analysis
 of the site and how effectively the site uses rhetorical tools to get its point across.

First Draft Grading

You will receive completion points for the first draft based upon the successful submission of your draft.

Because your first draft is a completion grade, do not assume that this grade reflects or predicts the final grade. If you do not consider your instructor’s comments, you may be deducted points on your final draft.

Final Draft Grading

The essay will be graded using a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the assignment criteria and expectations.

Sources

 Include in-text citations and a References page in GCU Style for at least TWO scholarly sources outside of class texts.

These sources should be used to support any claims you make and should be present in the text of the rhetorical analysis essay.

Use the GCU Library to help you find sources.

Include this research in the paper in a scholarly manner.

Format

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the GCU Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

Turnitin

You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.

Please be sure to review your Turnitin score before submitting the draft to your instructor.

Preparing to Write the rhetorical analysis essay

Read the site closely:

Read the webpage on Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) found at  http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/adhd/facts.html

o   Do a first reading that uses underlining, annotation, and summary to make sure you understand what the writer is saying. Go back to any sections that need clarification.

o   On a second reading, pay attention to what the writer(s) of the CDC site is doing by describing the writer’s strategy.

Draft the essay:

The rhetorical analysis essay should include:

Header, essay title, heading in GCU Style

An introduction paragraph with a thesis statement

At least three body paragraphs

A conclusion paragraph

Also, you will need to include a References page and in-text citations formatted in GCU Style with at least TWO scholarly sources outside of class texts.

You are teaching first semester nursing students about culture and health assessment. Write up a short scenario that shows how health assessment is impacted by culture. (Note you can use your own experience or make-up a situation.)  The title of your post should include the culture you use in your scenario (for example: ‘Basic Assessment of a Mexican American with limited English proficiency’)

Middleville Regional Health Care is one (1) of three (3) hospitals serving a community of 350,000 people. Summary statistics on Middleville and its competitors, from the 
AHA Guide
, are shown below in Table 1. All three organizations are not-for-profit.

 
Table 1: Middleville, Brierfield, and Greystone Health Care Systems

 

Name

Beds

Admissions

Census

OP Visits

Births

Expenses (000)

Personnel

Middleville

575

13,000

350

221,000

2,300

$125,000

2,000

Brierfield

380

17,000

260

175,000

1,200

$130,000

1,875

Greystone

350

10,000

180

40,000

900

$80,000

1,200

 

The governing board of Middleville hired a consulting company to evaluate its strategic performance, specifically in the areas of Human Resources, Information Technology, Financing, and Marketing. As part of the consultant’s evaluation, several leaders of Middleville’s units were asked their perspective of the organization’s performance.

 
You are working for the consultant. Your job is to identify the issues from the response that should be considered further by the consultant team and possibly discussed with the governing board and the CEO. The firm has a rule, “Never offer a criticism or negative finding without suggesting how the client organization can correct it,” so you must indicate what sort of correction you would recommend as part of your list. Because you know there were about two (2) dozen other interviews, you decide you should rank your issues in importance, to make sure the most critical are discussed.

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

Explain the governing board’s role in these strategic initiatives, determining its responsibility and involvement.

Evidence-based management means that operational and strategic decisions are made based upon the evidence that goals and objectives are actually being met. Quantitative measurements must be identified and measured. This data is then used to evaluate the HCO’s performance. Name three (3) performances Middleville can use to measure its success in providing quality healthcare to the community, and identify quantifiable, measureable indicators that can be used to do so. Explain the importance of each performance measurement.

Given the statistics of Middleville and its two (2) competitors provided in Table 1, recommend to the HCO what areas it should focus on to maintain its competitive market share as well as continue to provide healthcare to the community in the 21
st
 century.

Some of Middleville’s Board members are very interested in pursuing advanced technology systems over the next five (5) years, while others are concerned about the enormous expense and need assurance that the investment in technology will be worthwhile. In both monetary and process terms, describe the costs and benefits associated with implementing EMR and associated health data systems. Lay out a plan for how various systems can be implemented.

Middleville has faced many challenges in recruiting and retaining nurses and other clinical employees. The economy has hit the area very hard and budgetary limitations have reduced the amount of money available for salary increases. The Board knows it needs to provide other benefits to their valued employees. Provide at least two (2) suggestions to Human Resources to promote employee satisfaction and, therefore, retain experienced personnel.

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

Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:

Typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.

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 is not included in the required page length.

Include a reference page. Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.

 
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

Examine how healthcare management concepts and theories are applied to critical issues in healthcare organizations.

Analyze the critical management issues, purpose, functions, and performance measures of different departments within healthcare organizations.

Explain how public policy has shaped the development of the U.S. healthcare system.

Use technology and information resources to research issues in health services organization management.

Write clearly and concisely about health services organization management using proper writing mechanics.

What should the nurse include in a focused
exam
for a client prescribed any antihypertensive medication?

 

List general instructions the nurse would provide a client who is prescribed any antihypertensive medication.

 

Which antihypertensive drugs are more likely to cause “rebound hypertension” if abruptly discontinued?

 

List common adverse effects from beta blockers (BBs) What should the nurse teach a client prescribed this medication? When should BBs be held?

 

Which drug class could contribute to an asthma/COPD exacerbation or interfere with signs/symptoms of hypoglycemia in a diabetic client?

Boundaries Legislation and Malpractice in Nursing Learning Outcomes

1. Evaluate legislative standards.

2. Compare and contrast legislative standards applicable to professional nursing.

3. Analyze malpractice in professional nursing care.

4. Discuss the use of technology in clinical decision-making.

5. Demonstrate an understanding of professional nursing boundaries.

Introduction

Nursing practice has a set of guidelines that inform professional nurses. It is imperative that nurses practice within the scope of these guidelines as defined by the ANA. Failure to abide by the rules, regulations, and professional standards of nursing oftentimes lead to malpractice. This week you will evaluate legislative standards of professional nursing. You will also examine the steps taken by legislatures to determine malpractice. Finally, you will demonstrate an understanding of maintaining professional boundaries with your clinical team and your patients.

Legislative Standards in Professional Nursing.

Nursing is a very dynamic field. In that, the nursing profession is influenced by both nursing standards and legislative policies. As a professional nurse, it is important to note that not only are nurses practicing, but they are also becoming increasingly involved in political and legislative processes. Find a key legislative constituent in your state or region that is an RN/APN. (This is for your own personal knowledge/reference.)

For this discussion you may go the ANA Home page or any source (the source you choose must be valid and reliable [i.e., .gov, .org, etc.]) and find a piece of legislation that impacts nursing practice. As you write your discussion, provide information on the following:

• State whether or not the legislation passed or failed to pass. Provide an overview of why the legislation passed or failed to pass.

o If the legislation passed, what implication(s) might this legislation have for the future of professional nursing practice? (Base your answer on your research and/or reading.)

o If the legislation failed to pass, what are the factors surrounding the failure to pass? How can it be improved, so it can be passed? (Base your answer on your research and/or reading.)

Steps to Malpractice
.

Malpractice is defined as a professional conduct that is misaligned with the nursing profession and causes verifiable harm to a patient. Malpractice is decided based on proof of intentional harm to a patient; this means that there are steps taken to decide proof of such injury. It is important to note that technology systems are now used in nursing to assist in clinical decision making and to minimize the risk of malpractice lawsuits.

For this discussion, find (by research or from experience) a case of malpractice.

• Briefly provide an overview of the case and then evaluate whether or not the alleged malpractice was in fact intentional negligence.

• Then, discuss how the precipitating event(s) could have/should have been handled to avoid the lawsuit.

• Include a discussion on how clinical decision support systems (CDSS), such as electronic medical record systems (EMRs), have impacted your practice.

• What is the overall influence of ethical principles, as it relates to malpractice? Provide a summary.

Professional Nursing Boundaries.

Boundaries in nursing relates to when nurses transgress professional nursing standards and ethics while providing care to patients. For example, a nurse accepting financial gifts from a patient as gratuity. Professional boundaries in nursing is a topic of much debate. Nurses must maintain boundaries in order to provide the most effective care to their patients. Although professional boundaries may be clear in some aspects, in others there still are ambiguities; especially when the aspect of ethics is not astutely followed.

Review the case study you read during Week Two in the “Health Promotion, Disease Prevention, and Illness: A Community Perspective” chapter of your textbook regarding the “5-day-old premature baby;” then read the “Words of Wisdom” associated with this case. In this assignment, analyze the ethical principles relating to nursing care, based on these and other readings for this week. Address the following items in your paper:

• Discuss the importance of professional boundaries in your practice.

• Highlight how you will or have utilized professional nursing boundaries in your practice. Give a one-to three-paragraph scenario.

• Highlight the key take-away from “Words of Wisdom.” How would it apply to your practice?

• Include a short paragraph indicating how professional nursing ethics would apply to the problem you identified in Week One (Phase 4 of 5).

• Conclude/summarize of your findings on professional nursing boundaries.

Your paper

• Must be two to four double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA style

• Must include a separate title page with the following:

o Title of paper

o Student’s name

o Course name and number

o Instructor’s name

o Date submitted

• Must use at least three scholarly sources in addition to the course text.

• Must document all sources in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

• Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA style.

Post and Contrast two differing health care organization’s mission, vision, and values, and describe at least two potential implications of these distinctions for stakeholders of each organization. Explain how this informs the focus for nursing, noting the role that nursing administration plays in supporting and fulfilling the mission, vision, and values, and organizational strategies. Write a goal or objective, based on a strategic planning tool, such as SWOT, Balanced Scorecard, or Six Sigma consistent with the mission of one of the organizations.

Nursing Education, Practice, and Scholarship Learning Outcomes

1. Describe the impact of nursing education on leadership in nursing.

2. Evaluate the difference between didactic and clinical applications.

3. Analyze the roles of scholarship and research as they relate to professional nursing practice.

Introduction

Nursing education is the foundation of professional nursing, as it encompasses the need for growth and development. This week you will be discussing the impact of nursing education on nursing leadership. You will also analyze didactic versus clinical learning. Finally, you will assess how scholarship, evidence-based practice, and research impact professional nursing practice.

1. Professional Role Development Practice Experience: Reflection on Nursing Education.

As many healthcare facilities seek to demonstrate competency through practice; some are opting to reach magnet status. Professional nursing practice is the cornerstone of magnetism, although many hospital committees are forced to change from clinician-centered to patient-centered care. Magnetism requires that nurse leaders obtain at least a bachelor of science in nursing. This is forcing associates- and diploma-prepared registered nurses to seek bachelors and/or master’s degrees in nursing to remain relevant.

For this discussion,

• Reflect on the interview you conducted in Week Two and highlight some of the advantages and/or disadvantages of obtaining a bachelor’s degree in nursing.

• You should also include the following key areas of your Week Two interview: the interviewee’s year(s) of experience as a registered nurse, the trajectory of his or her current position, the impact of BSN education on her or his current practice, and the most important aspect(s) of the job he/ or he highlighted.

• Summarize your thoughts on the information you gathered regarding the impact of education on nursing advancement(s).

2. Didactic Course Versus Clinical Practicum.  

Nursing requires a sound balance between education and practice, which provides an antecedent for evidence-based practice. Nursing philosophies lie in didactic instruction prior to practicing. As the guiding principle(s) of professional nursing practice, clinical practicum demonstrates how much information and knowledge the student translates into practice.

For this discussion,

• Address the questions of whether and how what you have learned in school is relevant to what you do on a daily basis.

• Highlight the key components of didactic coursework as covered in this week’s required readings.

Scholarship & Research in Professional Nursing Practice.  

The professional nursing student has the opportunity to seek out resources available to obtain scholarships (payment for education in exchange for service) and conduct research that adds to the nursing knowledgebase. For this assignment, find a nursing scholarship that applies to your area of interest. Then, evaluate the resource, addressing the following points:

• Describe your area of interest (Week One problem).

• Identify and describe the scholarship, highlighting the qualifications, and demonstrate your qualification for the scholarship.

• Explain how the scholarship and your area of interest align.

• Discuss what the scholarship offers in terms of usable knowledge and skills.

• Describe how such knowledge can be applied in the job market, workplace, and in a clinical practice.

• Provide a conclusion or series of concluding propositions derived from the main points of the paper, addressing the impact the scholarship would have on your overall educational objective as a professional nurse.

Your Nursing Education, Practice, and Scholarship paper

• Must be two to four double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA style.

• Must include a separate title page with the following:

o Title of paper

o Student’s name

o Course name and number

o Instructor’s name

o Date submitted

• Must use at least three scholarly sources in addition to the course text

• Must document all sources in APA style.

• Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA style

Gender Role Socialization

Books Required Introduction to Sociology 9th Edition Author: Anthony Giddens, Mitchell Duneier, Richard P. Appelbaum, & Deborah Carr ISBN: 978-0393922233 Publisher: W. W. Norton (2014)

1. Discussion Question: How do the media contribute to gender role socialization?

2. Discussion Question: How would you explain the street harassment that women often experience?

American Nurses Association & Institute of Medicine Essays Learning Outcomes

1. Define professional nursing.

2. Explain the ANA’s role in the shaping the scope of practice.

3. Apply the IOM’s core competency of patient-centered care.

4. Evaluate the impact that education has on nursing practice by interviewing a baccalaureate-prepared registered nurse (RN).

Introduction

American Nurses Association & Institute of Medicine Essays will highlight the role of the ANA in shaping nursing practice. You will also be discussing four (4) of the five (5) core competencies of the IOM and applying these competencies to professional nursing practice. Finally, you will continue your investigation of the role of professional nurses and apply this knowledge in your research paper.

American Nurses Association’s Role.

The ANA has been the voice of all nurses across the country, representing over three million registered and licensed nurses (ANA, 2015). As a professional nurse the nursing scope of practice, as defined by the ANA, should be a part of daily application to all aspects of clinical care. The role of the ANA has to be clearly understood by the professional nurse for the application of its scope to be successful in practice. The ANA and National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) have partnered and categorize principles of delegation for the RN.

For this discussion,

• Describe and discuss how one of the RN delegation principles listed in the “Work in Interprofessional Teams” chapter of your textbook has impacted your professional practice.

• Explain and defend the efficacy of your selected principle in a scholarly discussion. Be sure to highlight one of the five (5) rights of effective delegation.

Prepare and submit an APA-formatted paper consisting of the following:

• The BSN-RN’s responses to the bullets/questions in each category of the Interview Questions document.

• A discussion of the interviewee’s responses to BSN-Related Question #3 as compared with the impact of BSN education on current nursing practice reported by participants in the above journal article.

• A discussion of the interviewee’s responses to BSN-Related Questions #2 and #4 as they compare to or contrast with how you, the interviewer, would respond to these.

Application of Professional Nursing Standards.

Nursing as defined by the ANA is “the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations”. As a general rule, all nurses practice under the professional nursing standards and the nursing scope of practice.

For this assignment:

• Briefly summarize the ANA’s definition of the following terms: promotion of health, prevention of illness and injury, diagnosis, human response, treatment, and advocacy. Then, apply each to your current practice, citing at least one specific example from your experience or knowledge, to illustrate now each concept plays out in practice and evaluate its efficacy.

• Include one paragraph in your American Nurses Association & Institute of Medicine Essays that explains how one of the ANA terms (promotion of health, prevention of illness and injury, etc.) could be used to alleviate your facility/unit problem.

Public Health and Health Promotion Essay

The terms: health care and public health are often used interchangeably. Two such widely used terms are public health and health promotion.

Based on your understanding of the topic, create a report in a Microsoft Word document answering the following questions:

Define the terms 
public health
 and 
health promotion
.

What are the similarities and differences between the two?

What specific health promotion activity was provided in your community during the past one year and what was the beneficial result?

How did 
Healthy People 2020
 develop and what is the purpose and goals of this program?

Over the years, the public health care system has evolved due to the numerous legislative and regulatory influences. These efforts are being illustrated as legislative and regulatory pressures on the form and function of the delivery system.

What current legislation has had the maximum impact on the way health care is provided?

What interest group(s) influenced the establishment of this legislation?

Mention an interest associated with a health care promotion or wellness program that, according to you, had the greatest impact on the people of the U.S. in the last three years. Provide a description of this program.

The Public Health and Health Promotion Essay description should include the following details:

What were the activities actually associated with the program?

How was it reported in the media?

What was it about this program that had an impact on you?

What population was involved? Why do you think the specified population was involved in the program?

What do you think can be done by society to promote this program?