Category: Essays

Initial Post – When students leave for summer vacation, they take with them all of the information they learned throughout the year. Unfortunately, some of this information is not retained as children’s main focus during summer is usually “summer fun!” In fact, approximately two months or 22% of instructional time is typically lost during the summer months; as a result, teachers need to spend at least one month re-teaching the material to make up for this “summer regression” (John Hopkins Summer Learning Report, 2002). This summer regression idea can be applied to children who are also entering kindergarten. To ensure a child is ready for kindergarten, professionals who work with young children and/or parents can engage children in fun summertime activities that promote and maintain learning.

For this post you will start by providing a summary describing the stages of child development for children that are entering Kindergarten. Next, you will create a and interactive factsheet. This factsheet will highlight each stage supported by activities and/or ideas that will help prepare and engage children for Kindergarten during the summer months. Include specific examples, videos, articles, or pictures of the developmental milestones that a child will need to meet to be successful upon entering kindergarten and provide appropriate summertime activities that families can engage in with their children:

Motor development (e.g. balance on one foot for 10 seconds)
Cognitive development (e.g. follow simple 3 step commands)
Communication development (e.g. says rhyming words)
Language development (e.g. tells stories)
Social Emotional development (e.g. communicate needs and feelings

Analyze one of the articles from the 1970’s.

To successfully complete this essay, you will need to answer the following questions:

– Explain the cultural relevance of the article. Who funded this magazine? What are their political biases?

– What is the main point of the article? What is the writer’s message to his/ her readers?

– Did the magazine make an impact on popular culture?

Your thesis for the essay should attempt to answer this question:

Explain the cultural relevance of the article. How did this particular magazine article reflect and/ or attempt to manipulate the cultural values of its audience? How can you prove this?

This essay should be 2-3 pages, in APA styl

Directions: Be sure to save an electronic copy of your answer before submitting it to Ashworth College for grading. Unless otherwise stated, answer in complete sentences, and be sure to use correct English, spelling, and grammar. Sources must be cited in APA format. Your response should be four (4) double‐spaced pages; refer to the “Format Requirementsʺ page for specific format requirements.

What major changes in political structures, and social and economic life, occurred during each of the following?

You are developing a policy and procedure on how to properly verify a new forensics software package. You need to present this new procedure to the Captain over the Computer Forensics Lab.

Compose a PowerPoint presentation, using a minimum of 10 slides, to outline your new policy on the proper procedures for verifying a new forensics software package.

America’s Smoke Screen Presentation

Create a 10- to 15-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation that traces the rise and fall of the tobacco industry’s advertising campaigns from the 1920s to the present.

Develop a presentation that outlines strategies the tobacco industry used to improve its image and convince the public of its sincerity.

Use an informative or persuasive approach to illustrate how the tobacco industry demonstrated it is serious about its efforts to improve its image.

Cite at least two references from University Library.

Format your references consistent with APA guidelines.

For Online and Directed Study students, these are Microsoft® PowerPoint®presentations with notes.

Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area, write 400–600 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.

The body has approximately 206 bones. You are asked to explain how nutrition and activity can affect bone health. Answer the following questions, using at least one scholarly reference (and a corresponding in-text citation):

What are some of the long bones that are found in the upper and lower extremities?
What are 2 examples of types of flat bones in the body?
What are some ways to maintain skeletal health and prevent bone loss?
How does weight-bearing exercise affect the skeletal system?

Review the following article from this week’s required reading:

Murphy, J. (2011). Information systems & technology. Patient as center of the health care universe: A closer look at patient-centered care. Nursing Economic$, 29(1), 35-37.

Write a paper that meets the following requirements:

Compose a brief summary of the author’s main points.
Assess the value and challenges of clinical decision support systems (CDSSs), in general, and of computerized physician order entry systems (CPOEs), in specific, to achieve the patient-centered care goals set forth in the article.
Evaluate the pros and cons of linking electronic health records (EHR) to at least three clinical information systems (e.g.,. LIS, PIS, RIS, etc. and physician mobile devices).
Explain and defend the rationale for classifying EHR, CPOEs, and CDSS as patient-centered management systems.

Paper needs to be 3 pages, single-spaced.

Include at two scholarly references

Review the following article from this week’s required reading:

Murphy, J. (2011). Information systems & technology. Patient as center of the health care universe: A closer look at patient-centered care. Nursing Economic$, 29(1), 35-37.

Write a paper that meets the following requirements:

Compose a brief summary of the author’s main points.
Assess the value and challenges of clinical decision support systems (CDSSs), in general, and of computerized physician order entry systems (CPOEs), in specific, to achieve the patient-centered care goals set forth in the article.
Evaluate the pros and cons of linking electronic health records (EHR) to at least three clinical information systems (e.g.,. LIS, PIS, RIS, etc. and physician mobile devices).
Explain and defend the rationale for classifying EHR, CPOEs, and CDSS as patient-centered management systems.

Discussion 1 – Gambling Addiction – Answer in 100 – 150 words

Gambling addiction is very interesting. With drugs and alcohol there is obvious physical component regarding how the drugs interact in the brain. But – gambling doesn’t directly act on your pleasure center of the brain – it begins behaviorally. How do we get addicted to gambling?

Discussion 2 – The word addiction – Answer in 100-150 words

In our society we tend to put the word “addiction’ in front of a lot of different behaviors. Examples: addicted to shopping, addicted to gambling, addicted to love, etc. etc. Are these accurate uses of the word? Or do we overuse it in our society, thereby diminishing it’s value?

Discussion 3 – The question “Why” = Answer in 100-150 words

This discussion makes me think about the question ‘why’. “Why” is an important question. Why do people continue to engage in negative behaviors? This is a question you will continually ask yourself as a professional in the field. The better question is to ask is “What is positive for them?” – in other words – What are they getting out of engaging in this behavior? We all do things for various different reasons. Unless we can understand why someone continues to do something – we can’t help them stop. lets be honest – everyone who smokes knows the health risks and dangers. And everyone continues to smoke. They are getting something from smoking – whether it’s relaxation, or socialization, or physical, etc. etc. It is only in understanding those issues that we can help someone change.

Thoughts?

Discussion 4 – Mindfulness – Answer in 100-140 words

Mindfulness is a technique that is being taught in several different disciplines. I came across it in my work with DBT – a therapist protocol for borderline personality. This is a skill meant to help a person live in the moment, focus their energies, and regain control over their thoughts and emotions.

http://www.dbtselfhelp.com/Mindfulness_For_Clients__Friends_and_Family.pdf

Have you heard of this before? How do you think it would be helpful to someone with borderline personality disorder?

Clinical Decision

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Review the following article from this week’s required reading:

Murphy, J. (2011). Information systems & technology. Patient as center of the health care universe: A closer look at patient-centered care. Nursing Economic$, 29(1), 35-37.

Write a paper that meets the following requirements:

Compose a brief summary of the author’s main points.
Assess the value and challenges of clinical decision support systems (CDSSs), in general, and of computerized physician order entry systems (CPOEs), in specific, to achieve the patient-centered care goals set forth in the article.
Evaluate the pros and cons of linking electronic health records (EHR) to at least three clinical information systems (e.g.,. LIS, PIS, RIS, etc. and physician mobile devices).
Explain and defend the rationale for classifying EHR, CPOEs, and CDSS as patient-centered management systems.

Paper needs to be 3 pages, single-spaced.

Include at two scholarly references