Topic 4 DQ 1
utilities are usually identified as monopolies. With whom does your local electric utility compete? Are they the only provider in their marketplace? Would consumers benefit if the market was more competitive? Explain your rationale.
Max Points: 5.0
Topic 4 DQ 2
What market structure does the firm you are currently employed by represent? Identify the firm and the characteristics of its market that cause you to classify it as you do.
Case 1
write a 2-3 page paper reviewing your research on problem solving using the Internet. In addition to the websites provided:
Mullen, Timothy. 2014. Trident University Writing Guide. Accessed on July 28, 2015 athttps://mytlc.trident.edu/index.php
Advice on Academic Writing. University of Toronto Library. Accessed on July 29, 2015 at http://www.writing.utoronto.ca/advice
Find and use at least two additional websites on problem solving to write your paper on:
How you found your references on problem solving and the key guidelines to identifying credible internet sources
Compare the two methods of problem solving that you found and comment on which you think is most useful to you
Report any issues you had conducting your research and/or formatting your document in Microsoft Word
The assignment (2–to 3 pages):
Briefly describe the “event” you selected.
Then describe one example of prosocial or helping behavior and one example of antisocial or negative behavior in groups related to the event.
Analyze the people’s prosocial behaviors using the theories, concepts, and perspectives presented in the text:
The evolutionary perspective
The sociocultural perspective
The learning perspective
The decision-making perspective
The Attribution Theory
The negative-state model
Motives for helping
Concepts related to bystander intervention
Explain the possible or likely characteristics of those who helped in your example as well as the probable characteristics of those who demonstrated negative behavior.
Explain any aspects of the event itself that influence/elicit prosocial and antisocial behavior.
Explain the role, if any, of culture in the prosocial and antisocial behaviors displayed.
The assignment: (1–3 pages)
What is the biological basis of PTSD? What occurs in the brain and nervous system that apparently gives rise to PTSD symptoms?
How did the soldiers depicted in the video exhibit PTSD? What were their symptoms? How long did they last?
What can be done to help people cope with PTSD? Consider both biologically and psychologically based forms of treatment or intervention.
What, according to the video, does the military seem to be doing about treating PTSD among its personnel? Do you think this approach is going to be effective? Why or why not?
o prepare:
With regard to the case study you were assigned: SCENARIO 2 Exam RESULT video case study( DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS)
•Review this week’s Learning Resources and consider the insights they provide.
•Consider what history would be necessary to collect from the patient.
•Consider what physical exams and diagnostic tests would be appropriate to gather more information about the patient’s condition. How would the results be used to make a diagnosis?
•Identify at least five possible conditions that may be considered in a differential diagnosis for the patient.
Post 1 TO 2 PAGE SOAP NOTEON : A description of the health history you would need to collect from the patient in the case study you were assigned. Explain what physical exams and diagnostic tests would be appropriate and how the results would be used to make a diagnosis. List five different possible conditions for the patient’s differential diagnosis, and justify why you selected each.
Affordable Care Act (United States Healthcare)
The Affordable Care Act
Describe the features of the Affordable Care Act and explain how it will control costs and improve quality of care from the perspective of a cultural, economic, and ethnically diverse society. What are the limits of the Act? As an advanced practice nurse, what policy changes would you recommend to provide health coverage to those who remain uninsured? What effects does this act have on providers and consumers?
Evaluate the effects of the global nursing shortage on health policy. How has the shortage affected the United Nation’s Millennium Development Goals? Analyze how nursing ideas, values, and beliefs impact policy agenda. Identify when policy can dictate treatment options.
Topic 1: Policy Implications of Patient Safety Standards and Practices
Read the case study number one, Moving to a Common Core Interprofessional Patient Safety Curriculum on page 254 in Health Policy and Politics: A Nurse’s Guide , by Milstead. Why is it important that health professionals share a common understanding of patient safety standards and practices? What are the policy implications from accepting that “mistakes are normal and all human err”? How would you approach health care systems leaders or employers about changing employment policies related to punitive actions when errors occur?
Topic 1: The Role of the Advanced Practice Nurse in a Changing Health Care Environment
Analyze the role of the advanced practice nurse in the changing health care environment. How will this role augment physicians’ practice? What implications will the Affordable Care Act have on this new delivery system?
250 Words
APA format
3 peer reviewed references
Choose a health care treatment option that is controversial and maybe costly. Describe the positive and negative benefits from the treatment, evidence of effectiveness, and the potential harm of a different treatment option. What strategies would you use to advocate for a legislative change in your state to influence insurance coverage for this treatment. Insulin pump vs. Multiple Daily Insulin Injections
Minimum 250 Words
Must be APA format
At least 3 references.
This is for a Nursing class.