Category: Essays

Due Week 8 and worth 150 points

The Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution limits the power of the police to make arrests, search people and their property, and seize objects and contraband, such as illegal drugs or weapons. These limits are the bedrock of search and seizure law and are ultimately at the root of your right to privacy.

Analyze the following case in preparation for a systematic approach to your synthesis of law and fact:

Terry v. Ohio located at http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=us&vol=392&invol=1

Write an eight to ten (8-10) page legal Memorandum paper in which you:

Summarize five (5) key aspects of Terry v. Ohio.
Posit whether or not you believe law enforcement violated Terry and the other men’s right to privacy which the Fourth Amendment guarantees. Justify your position.
Examine the dissenting opinion of Justice Douglas, as discussed in the case. Discuss the origins and importance of probable cause as it relates to law enforcement’s discretion to search Terry’s car in this case.
Examine the two part test provided by the Court in Terry that first asks whether the officer’s action is justified at its inception; and second, asks whether it is reasonably related in scope to the circumstances which justified the interference in the first place.Discuss whether or not this test leaves officers with too much discretion when making a determination to stop an individual. Provide a rationale for your response.
Examine the Court’s holding in Terry that provides that probable cause is based upon the totality of the circumstances. Review the factors that help shape the totality of circumstances, such as specialized knowledge of the officers, investigative inferences, personal observations of suspicious behavior, and information from other sources. Question whether these factors in question are too subjective to establish probable cause. Provide a rationale for your response.
Debate the validity of the Court’s holding that “whenever a police officer accosts an individual and restrains his freedom to walk away, he has “seized” that person with the meaning of the Fourth Amendment. Justify your response.
Use at least two (2) quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify 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:

Illustrate the workings of the adversary system.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in U.S. Courts.
Write clearly and concisely about U.S. Courts using proper writing mechanics and APA style conventions.

Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic/organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric.

For ethical, legal, and business reasons, the security of health care data must be a top priority in health care organizations. HIPAA, for example, requires that health care organizations safeguard patient data, and there are serious consequences for breaches of privacy. Yet organizations have many types of sensitive clinical or administrative information they need to protect. To make their systems secure, health care organizations put in place policies as well as technical safeguards such as encryption and passwords. There can be a tradeoff, however, between system security and ease of use by health care providers.

Prepare for this Application Assignment as follows:

Select a type of health care organization, such as an outpatient clinic, nursing home, or hospital, and a specific department or function in this setting, such as a nursing unit, radiology department, or admissions, that would make use of sensitive health data. Bring to mind specific ways in which these data might be improperly accessed, lost, stolen, and so on.
Review this week’s Learning Resources, and conduct online research, as needed, to clarify for yourself the ramifications for individuals and organizations of security breaches in this department, and the solutions that have been devised to protect these data. In what ways might these security measures interfere with the staff’s ease of use of the system? Consider how best to balance these competing interests of data security and convenience for staff.

Then write a 2- to 3-page paper that addresses the following:

Describe key challenges for your selected health care department in ensuring that its sensitive data are secure. Illustrate with specific examples, and address not only technological issues but also human factors involved in ensuring its system security.
What are some implications of security breaches of its health care data? Who might be impacted and how?
Summarize security measures that might be taken as well as their potential impact on the staff’s ease of use of the information system.
Explain what you believe is the appropriate balance between data security and ease of use

Most states make it a crime to purchase alcohol for a minor, sometimes called the shoulder tap crime, based on the typical manner a request by a minor for an adult to buy alcohol occurs. These crimes generally do not require proof that the defendant knew the person was underage.

Should the same strict liability apply to a host of a party that is attended by both adults and minors, where alcohol at the private party is furnished to both?
Should a host be able to offer evidence that he reasonably believed the minor was old enough to drink?
Would it help your case if the jurisdiction made such a defense available to bars and liquor stores that required buyers to provide proof of age?

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Create a 10- to 16-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation with detailed speaker notes about a contemporary hero or heroine’s quest. Refer to the University of Phoenix Material: Help With Microsoft® PowerPoint® Assignments for additional help.

Pick a contemporary story in the form of a novel, movie, or video game that is inspired by a mythological epic or journey of a hero’s quest. Briefly describe the plight of the main character–the feat(s) he or she must execute for the benefit of society in the face of challenges.

Identify the villain and describe his or her characteristics and role in the hero’s quest.

Identify other archetypes within the story. Briefly describe these roles in the hero’s quest.

Identify in detail each of the steps the hero takes in the quest: initiation, separation, transformation, and return.

Research the mythological and cultural origins of the story. Explain parallels between the myth(s) and the contemporary story it inspired.

Analyze any mythological symbolism, metaphors, and attributes pertinent to the story. What real life elements might these items represent?

Explain the conflicts between personal desires and community responsibility represented in the myth and the contemporary story. Relate these to the conflicts and choices with which ordinary humans struggle. Explain why these human conflicts retain relevance through the ages.

Format your citations and references consistent with APA guidelines.

For the first assignment, you will include a description of your research topic as well as an outline for your paper. The specific assignment instructions and grading rubric for Assignment One are linked below. Upload your completed assignment as a document in this area. Select “Add Attachments,” browse to select the document, select continue, and then select submit. Remember to follow the APA-formatting guidelines for all written assignments in the course.

Homework One: Selection of Research Topic and Outline

Overview of Research Paper:

Throughout the course, you will complete a research project that will allow you to utilize your research skills and knowledge of sociology. This project is designed to strengthen your research skills and your ability to critically analyze social issues. You will complete your project in a series of four assignments that will result in the submission of a 12-16 page research paper. The assignments are as follows:

 Assignment One: Research Topic/Outline due Week Two.

 Assignment Two: Annotated Bibliography due Week Four.

 Assignment Three: Rough Draft due Week Six.

 Assignment Four: Final Draft due Week Eight.

In this course, we will address many topics related to gender and society (socialization, media, health, religion, deviance, family, workplace, etc.). The research paper should show a comprehension and analysis of the course readings and course objectives. The weekly readings and sociological theories should serve as a beginning point for your paper and should be incorporated into the final paper.

For the research paper, you will need to select a topic of interest that is related to the course and readings. Incorporate related, scholarly materials (minimum of 10 sources) into your analysis. Also incorporate instructor feedback as you complete each step of the project. A list of potential topics is included below. You will select a topic that interests you and provide a critical analysis of the topic and it’s relevance in contemporary society.

Assignment One:

The first written assignment requires you to select an appropriate research topic for this course and to submit an outline of how you wish to analyze the topic. Select a topic that is interesting to you that is also related to the course topics and materials. This paper should be a new project and not a paper that has been completed for any other course. Identify your topic and how it relates to the course. How is your topic a relevant issue regarding gender? How will you pursue a critical analysis of this topic? After you provide a 1-page description of your topic, include a 2-page outline of how you plan to structure the paper. The following points from the paper should be addressed in your outline:

1. The background, current, and future issues related to your topic

a. Explain the background/history of the topic. What events, laws, policies, etc. have been related to the topic?

b. How do these factors describe why your topic is an important social issue today?

c. What are the current policies, debates, controversies, etc. related to the topic?

d. How does the topic affect contemporary society?

e. What social change do you predict will occur in relation to this topic in the future?

2. The course materials and social theories that relate to your topic.

a. Which theoretical perspectives best support your argument?

c. How does your topic relate to the course and readings?

3. Critical analysis of topic

a. Clearly state your research question

b. Discuss the relationship between gender and your selected topic

Potential topics include (but are not limited to):

– Sexism in the Media

– Parental Leave in the Workplace

– The Gender Pay Gap

– Violence Against Women

– The Feminist Movement

– Gender and Body Image

– Sexual harassment

Paper Requirements:

3 pages in length

Follow APA formatting guidelines

Include a title page

Submit your paper no later than Sunday at 11:55 pm of Week Two.

Submit your paper in Assignments and to Turnitin.com. See the Turnitin folder in Resources for further instructions

Jake and Kate are two members of an LLC with 15 members. This is a member-managed LLC with three of the members identified as the managers. Kate is one of these managers, though Jake is not. In reality, Jake and Kate together do most of the management for the LLC, contributing approximately equal amounts of time and energy. They both have spent some of their own money on behalf of the LLC. In one situation, Jake and Kate each put up $1,000 as a deposit on a contract entered into on behalf of the LLC that the other two managers voted to not perform. Jake and Kate want to be compensated for their time, want their expenses covered, and are worried about liability on the unperformed contract. Discuss their rights and liabilities. How would this differ from a limited partnership. What are the requirements to create both?

Learning Activity #2

Lisa entered into a limited partnership as a limited partner by investing $25,000 in cash. There were a total of 50 limited partners and 20 general partners. The partners elected a management committee that included two of the general partners and Lisa as one of the limited partners. The certificate of limited partnership was completed, but was filed with the wrong office. The partnership then commenced business. Some of the parties with whom it conducted business assumed that the partnership was general partnership because they searched the records of the secretary of state and found no certificate of limited partnership or any other record. Others assumed that it was a general partnership but had not actually searched the filings. Still others assumed that it was a limited partnership. In addition, among those who assumed that it was a limited partnership, some assumed that Lisa was a general partner and others did not. Ted was a limited partner driving a company truck home because his car died and was in the shop for repairs. Ted had taken his car to the shop which takes care of all of the company truck but had no authority to do so and did not tell the company. Ted signed the receipt under the company name. The business was a cleaners who picked up laundry cleaned it and then delivered it to the customer. On the way home Ted who was driving the company truck, with the company logo one it,, stopped at a light, and the lady, Carla, in the car next to the truck got out of her car and gave an expensive dress to Ted to take it back to the company to have it cleaned. The next day when Ted went to get into the truck, it had been stolen. Discuss Lisa’s situation with respect to personal liability for partnership debts. Discuss Ted’s situation with respect to personal liability, and liability of the company

Explain how the economic environment impacts your chosen company (Amazon) and its customers.
Explain how the socio-cultural environment impacts your chosen company (Amazon) and its customers.
Explain how the technological environment impacts your chosen company (Amazon) and its customers.
Explain how the global environment impacts your chosen company (Amazon) and its customers.
Explain how the competitive environment impacts your chosen company (Amazon) and its customers.
Explain how governmental regulations impact your chosen company (Amazon) and its customers.

Review the project case. Determine the scope of the District 4 Production Warehouse Move project from the information provided in the case. Using the Project Scope Checklist, prepare a scope document for review and approval by the project sponsor prior to starting the project.

Project Scope Checklist

Project objective
Deliverables
Milestones
Technical requirements
Limits and exclusions
Reviews with customer

Due Tuesday, February 16, Must be original work with NO plagiarism using APA guidelines

Project Management Case

You are working for a large, apparel design and manufacturing company, Trillo Apparel Company (TAC), headquartered in Albuquerque, New Mexico. TAC employs around 3000 people and has remained profitable through tough economic times. The operations are divided into 4 districts; District 1 – North, District 2 – South, District 3 – West and District 4 – East. The company sets strategic goals at the beginning of each year and operates with priorities to reach those goals.
Trillo Apparel Company Current Year Priorities

Increase Sales and Distribution in the East
Improve Product Quality
Improve Production in District 4
Increase Brand Recognition
Increase Revenues

Summarize the attached article in 200-300 words. In addition, consider the issues raised by the article. Does the approach described seem likely to resolve those issues? Justify your answer

management in health care third edition

By: Diane L. Kelly

Quality Management: A Systems Approach

Questions 1 to 20: Select the best answer to each question. Note that a question and its answers may be split across a page

break, so be sure that you have seen the entire question and all the answers before choosing an answer.

1. Which one of the following systems context models uses a contemporary triad and illustrates essential

elements of organizational effectiveness?

A. Socioecological framework

B. Three core process model

C. Baldrige performance

D. Systems model of organizational accidents

2. A quality manager asks why medical errors are increasing. By asking this type of question, you can

deduce that she’s most likely at which stage?

A. Going below the waterline for changes

B. Using information to identify essential systemic structure

C. Understanding how systemic structure isn’t readily available

D. Understanding how systemic structure influences behavior

3. When something fails to achieve the intended outcome, it’s called a/an

A. error.

B. latency.

C. violation.

D. adverse event.

4. You manage a department, and your main philosophy is to eliminate waste. In doing so, you’re using

which one of the following tools?

A. Six Sigma

B. Total quality management

C. Organizational design

D. Lean thinking

5. A systems manager comes to work in the morning after his night team had a long night of system issues.

The manager stops one employee in the hall to ask what happened during the evening shift. The employee

shouts, “I quit!” and storms out, slamming the door. This scenario is best described as an example of

A. history dependency.

B. change.

C. nonlinearity.

D. trade-offs.

6. When desired healthcare outcomes are consistent with professional knowledge, then the organization has

achieved

A. quality.

B. organizational management.

C. quality control.

D. continuum.

7. The CEO meets with hospital managers to ensure that each understands his or her responsibility in the

upcoming Joint Commission survey. In doing so, the CEO is supporting _______ structure.

A. organizational

B. intuitive

C. systemic

D. cognitive

8. A patient’s discharge status prognosis is “good.” This prognosis is an example of

A. an input.

B. an output.

C. a conversion process.

D. feedback.

9. You’re the health information manager and your best friend is a laboratory technician at the same

hospital. In which total quality customer focus category does your friend belong?

A. Stakeholder

B. External customer

C. Internal customer

D. Researcher

10. Which one of the following systems context models best explains how medical errors occur?

A. Systems model of organizational accidents

B. Baldrige peformance

C. Three core process model

D. Socioecological framework

11. Which one of the following systems context models provides a “big picture” look at healthcare across a

broad view of different influences on a system?

A. Baldrige performance

B. Socioecological framework

C. Three core process model

D. Systems model of organizational accidents

12. A manager was dissatisfied with the results of her study, so she reexamined and reframed the study. In

doing so, she practiced

A. cognitive psychology.

B. double-loop learning.

C. single-loop learning.

D. schema.

13. A manager fails to schedule enough nurses for a holiday weekend. Nurses who had to work double

shifts after a few nurses called in sick quit a few weeks later due to job dissatisfaction and being

overworked. This scenario is best described as a/an

A. latent error.

B. active error.

C. error of commission.

D. execution error.

14. An employee, Mac Smith, is servicing the imaging machine in the hospital. In doing so, he’s practicing

A. quality management.

B. quality control.

C. quality assurance.

D. total quality.

15. A nurse manager notices that surgical sponges were improperly manufactured, so she discards them

prior to a surgery. In doing so, she’s practicing quality

A. improvement.

B. assurance.

C. control.

D. management.

16. One of your employees tells you, “You always take the other employee’s side and never my side.” This

employee is illustrating which one of the following ways of thinking?

A. Double-loop learning

B. Schema

C. Cognitive psychology

D. Mental model

17. As a manager, how can understanding and becoming aware of your own mental model be beneficial?

A. It provide solutions based on only past experiences.

B. It makes you feel unsatisfied with results and consequences.

C. It undermines your efforts to achieve quality results.

D. It helps to successfully progress along the quality continuum.

18. Vertical organizational structures often prevent interaction across departments and sometimes make it

difficult to identify patterns. This is a downfall that falls under which system behavior lesson?

A. Understanding how systemic structure influences behavior

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B. Understanding how systemic structure isn’t readily available

C. Using information to identify essential systemic structure

D. Going below the waterline for changes

19. To have a more dynamic and mature quality approach, you should add which one of the following

choices to your model?

A. Conversion processes

B. Feedback

C. Inputs

D. Outputs

20. A patient comes to the respiratory therapy department for a breathing treatment. This is an example of

a/an

A. feedback.

B. conversion process.

C. input.

D. output.

Achieving Quality Results in Complex Systems: Part 1

Questions 1 to 20: Select the best answer to each question. Note that a question and its answers may be split across a page

break, so be sure that you have seen the entire question and all the answers before choosing an answer.

1. Which part of the SMART goal system limits the opportunity for improvement?

A. Achievable

B. Measurable

C. Specific

D. Relevant

2. Increasing goal-setting skills to move along the quality continuum decreases

A. political pressure.

B. errors.

C. decision making.

D. alternatives.

3. Which of the following organizations is a private accreditation body for healthcare that provides direction

on sentinel events?

A. National Patient Safety Goals

B. National Quality Forum

C. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

D. Joint Commission

4. Which of the following actions is a mature goal on the quality continuum?

A. Measuring and tracking progress on key strategic and operational goals

B. Addressing key strategies of the entire organization

C. Reacting to problems as they occur

D. Defining goals for the organizational departments

5. Which part of the SMART goal system requires perspective and context to be useful?

A. Measurable

B. Relevant

C. Achievable

D. Specific

6. When an unexpected death occurs in a healthcare facility, accredited hospitals are required to conduct

A. root cause analysis.

B. a sentinel event.

C. service quality study.

D. patient perception measurement.

7. What does the purpose principle aid managers in doing?

A. Developing a reason for “being”

B. Creating an identity

C. Promoting disease intervention

D. Identifying issues to address

8. Policies established by organizations that oversee and guide the healthcare industry are _______ policies.

A. private

B. public

C. regulatory

D. allocative

9. Which part of the SMART goal system can limit innovations or breakthroughs?

A. Specific

B. Achievable

C. Measurable

D. Relevant

10. Which part of the SMART goal system can make an organization stay at the current ability levels of

employees?

A. Specific

B. Measurable

C. Relevant

D. Achievable

11. Creating new positions and conducting training for new employees instead of identifying the underlying

cause of problems is an example of

A. setting improvement goals.

B. gaining results.

C. reformulating.

D. repair service behavior.

12. For managers to explain why their organizations exist, they must provide the organization’s

A. purpose.

B. mission.

C. context.

D. vision.

13. When private policies aren’t in place, which of the following types of policies may pick up the slack?

A. Regulatory

B. Allocative

C. Private

D. Public

14. The policy that may allow the use of public funding to ensure that public objectives are met is the

_______ policy.

A. public

B. allocative

C. regulatory

D. private

15. If a nurse correctly starts an IV line in a patient, her action is best classified as a/an

A. patient perception.

B. technical quality.

C. implicit goal.

D. service quality.

16. “Getting new furniture for the obstetrics unit waiting room within the next year” is an example of a/an

A. result.

B. organization goal.

C. objective.

D. strategic goal.

17. A physician who’s granted permission by the state to practice is working under

A. licensure.

B. accreditation.

C. certification.

D. compliance.

18. Regular mammogram screenings for healthy women is best described as an example of _______

prevention.

A. primary

B. tertiary

C. purpose

D. secondary

19. Improving nursing customer service is an example of a/an _______ goal.

A. negative

B. unclear

C. positive

D. clear

20. Which of the following scenarios illustrates the best example of managing context?

A. A manager setting expectations about communications among departments

B. Promoting a biller to supervisor because of his or her excellent managerial skills

C. An employee making a decision about her job responsibilities when the manager isn’t around

D. A nurse calling in sick for the day

Achieving Quality Results in Complex Systems: Part 2

Questions 1 to 20: Select the best answer to each question. Note that a question and its answers may be split across a page

break, so be sure that you have seen the entire question and all the answers before choosing an answer.

1. The CEO of a hospital tells the management team that she wants them to continuously review, evaluate,

and change requirements. In doing so, she wants the managers to apply the quality model of the _______

cycle.

A. performance management

B. Pareto Principle

C. Shewhart

D. DMAIC

2. Which of the following organization assessment reviews includes “threats” as part of the analysis?

A. FMEA

B. PEST

C. SWOT

D. JCAHO

3. A quality committee is reviewing health information data to identify nosocomial infections for a study. In

doing so, which step is the committee fulfilling in the Shewhart cycle?

A. Plan

B. Act

C. Do

D. Study/check

4. A department manager wishes to tackle the issue of high employee turnover and therefore schedules a

department meeting. A new employee starts the meeting by asking, “Exactly what are we trying to

accomplish here?” Unknowingly, the new employee is exhibiting a critical part of which quality cycle?

A. Shewhart cycle

B. DMAIC cycle

C. Pareto Principle cycle

D. Performance management cycle

5. You’re a manager observing your team for trends and patterns that reveal issues. In doing so, your

behavior falls under which aspect of performance management measures?

A. Testing strategy

B. Bias

C. Measurement aim

D. Measurement methods

6. Which one of the following choices can be defined as “the voice of the customer”?

A. Process measurement

B. Context

C. Process performance

D. Unbundled data

7. A manager is standardizing policies and sharing best practices in the departmental meeting. In doing so,

the manager is fulfilling which step in the Shewhart cycle?

A. Act

B. Do

C. Study/check

D. Plan

8. You notice that the emergency department response time increases considerably on Tuesday nights.

Upon further investigation, you find out that the department is short two staff members on Tuesday nights.

On your process and system performance chart, you would refer to this fact as

A. frequency distribution.

B. random variation.

C. assignable variation.

D. unbundled data.

9. Which one of the following umbrella terms describes methodologies, metrics, processes, and systems

used?

A. Enterprise performance management

B. Process capability

C. Performance improvement

D. Framework implementation

10. If a manager wants a quick and complete overview of what is happening in the business, the manager

could use

A. balanced scorecards.

B. context reports.

C. enterprise performance management techniques.

D. bundled data.

11. Implementing any change first on a small scale represents part of the ______ cycle.

A. Shewhart

B. Pareto Principle

C. performance management

D. DMAIC

12. Which one of the following types of analysis requires a detailed investigation of past systems and

processes to understand causes?

A. Root cause

B. Failure mode and effects

C. Prospective

D. Pareto

13. A manager is reviewing the results of a coding study. In doing so, the manager is probably fulfilling

which step in the PDCA cycle?

A. Act

B. Do

C. Study/check

D. Plan

14. After listening to the complaints of overworked nurses, a nurse manager reviews schedules and then

devises a plan to successfully hire additional staff and provide more days off. In doing so, the manager

exhibited critical professional judgment known as

A. PDCA.

B. performance management.

C. critical thinking.

D. holding gains.

15. According to the aspects of performance management measures, how can you determine whether a

change is or isn’t an improvement?

A. Generate a hypothesis

B. Identify random and assignable variables

C. Determine whether there’s a free flow of information

D. Get feedback about system performance

16. If you’re working on the principle that a few causes result in many effects, you would most likely

illustrate it with a

A. cause-and-effect diagram.

B. Pareto chart.

C. process flowchart.

D. run chart.

17. A nursing manager makes a change in scheduling that creates undue stress on the nurses who work on

the weekend. Even though the nursing manager realized this, the manager continues with the same

schedule without asking how the changes will affect the upcoming weekend staff. In doing so, the nurse

manager made a

A. management planning error.

B. prospective analysis.

C. failure mode analysis.

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D. management execution error.

18. You’re the manager of a hospital laboratory department and you’re spending the day documenting

standard operating procedures. In doing so, you’re most likely using a

A. process flowchart.

B. cause-and-effect diagram.

C. run chart.

D. Pareto chart.

19. Improving a process by concentrating on the root of the problem is a critical part of the _______ cycle.

A. Pareto Principle

B. DMAIC

C. Performance management

D. Shewhart

20. Which one of the following types of analysis strives to prevent problems before they happen?

A. Root cause

B. Pareto

C. Failure mode and effects

D. Prospective

WRITING GUIDELINES Follow these instructions to format your paper: 1. Type your submission, double-spaced, in a standard, size 12 font. Use a standard document format with 1inch margins. Do notuse any fancy or cursive fonts. 2. Include the following information at the top of your paper: a. Your name and address b. Your student number c. The course title and number (Quality Management Performance Improvement,HIT 201) d. The research project number (51681400) 3. Read the assignment carefully and answer each question. 4. Be specific. Limit your submission to the questions asked and issues mentioned. 5. Include a reference page that lists Web sites, journals, and any other references you used to write your paper. 6. Proofread your work carefully. Check for correct spelling, grammar, punctuation, and capitalization. GRADING CRITERIA Your project will be graded based on the following criteria: n Content 60% n Written communication 30% n Format 10% Here’s a brief explanation of each of these points. Content The student n Provides a clear discussion of the assigned topic or issue n Addresses the subject in complete sentences, not just simple “yes” or “no” statements

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n Supports his or her opinions by citing specific information from the assigned reading material and any other references used n Stays focused on the assigned issues n Writes in his or her own words and uses quotation marks to indicate direct quotations Written Communication The student n Includes an introductory paragraph, a body, and a concluding paragraph n Uses correct grammar, spelling, punctuation, and sentence structure n Provides clear organization by using words like first, however, on the other hand, and so on, consequently, since, next, and when n Makes sure the paper contains no typographical errors Format The paper is double-spaced and typed in font size 12, and includes the student’s n Name and address n Student number n Course title and number (Quality Management Performance Improvement, HIT 201) n Research project number (51681400)

Project Choice 2: Errors Part A. Review the exercise on pages 62–63 of Chapter 4 in your text. Review the case scenario presented and the list of errors. Create a table with the headings “Category/Type of Failure” and “Error,” like the table shown on page 63. Then, from the list of possible errors on pages 62–63, list each error by the type. If you need help, refer to your textbook and use

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the Web resources listed on page 64 of your textbook. Note: The Web resource listed for American Nurses Association (http://www.nursingworld.org/quality)is no longer valid. Please disregard this resource. Part B. Review Exercise 6 on page 217 from the practice lab section at the back of your text. Read the article as directed in question 1. Note: The Web path for the article listed in your textbook is incorrect. Follow these steps to access the article: 1. Go to http://www.katherineeban.com. 2. Hover over “Search” in the navigation menu to bring up the search box. 3. Inside the search box, type “Your Hospital’s Deadly Secret,” and then click Search. 4. Click on the hyperlinked article title and read the article. After reading the article, create a worksheet similar to the one shown on page 218 of your textbook. Then, follow the directions in questions 2 and 3 on page 217 of your textbook to complete the worksheet.