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Purpose: This assignment gives students an opportunity to apply principles of budget design, equity, and strategic planning to secure funding for an initiative that addresses an identified organizational need. It develops skills in resource justification, cost framing, and mission alignment. Assignment Description: Students will create a professional-style grant proposal seeking funding for an initiative that…
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Question: In a four- to five-page essay, examine how place influences the narrative arcs in Frankenstein and A Gathering of Old Men. Do Shelley and Gaines treat place in similar ways? If so, how? If not, what defines their different approaches to place within the larger stories? Between the two novels, which place (i.e., the…
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Consider your own reflexive or respondent behaviors that occur as a result of a previous stimulus-stimulus pairing in your environment. Using the respondent conditioning “equation” to guide your organization, identify the unconditioned stimulus and the unconditioned response. Next, identify the neutral stimulus, and discuss the event(s) that contributed to the formation of the conditioned stimulus…
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1. Are emails effective means of communication? Why or why not in the business setting. Are there situations they should not be used? 2. Today, instant messaging whether emails or texts is the norm. How should managers communicate with their staff?
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Using the Jerry Falwell Library, complete a library search and find one quantitative and one qualitative article related to your research interest. In your discussion, write one quantitative and one qualitative abstract of two research studies found in your online search. For this exercise, please select a research article rather than a non-empirical study. Use…
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Reflect on and evaluate the role that the managed care organization (MCO) plays in today’s health care environment by developing a 750-1,000-word response that addresses the following: · Explain what a health care organization’s administrative role is in executing risk management policies and ensuring compliance with managed care organization (MCO) standards. · Explain what value…
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Healthcare organizations have traditionally encountered great difficulty in accurately capturing the costs of the services and goods that they provide. Traditional costing methods (i.e., direct, step-down, etc.) have proven marginally useful despite decades of use. In general, this has caused problems within healthcare organizations as it obscures the true cost of care and overall profitability.…
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Refer to the “Population-Focused Nurse Practitioner Competencies” in the Learning Resources, and consider the quality measures or indicators advanced practice nurses must possess in your specialty. · Refer to your “Clinical Skills Self-Assessment Form” you submitted in Week 1 and consider your strengths and opportunities for improvement. · Refer to your Patient Log in Meditrek;…
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Step 1: Select ONE interesting, debatable topic regarding infancy development that you would like to learn more about. Do some background research to provide more insight into that topic. You may reference information from national organizations that focus on child development such as the American Academy of Pediatrics, UNICEF, etc. Below are some topics that…
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In a 3- to 4-page paper (excluding the cover page and reference page) detail the relationship that exists between leadership, strategic planning, and change management. Define leadership, strategic planning, and change management with citations. You may include some examples from your professional experience. Assignment Expectations The paper should include an introductory paragraph and concluding paragraph.…