Quality and Sustainability Paper Part One- Descriptive Method

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Quality and Sustainability Paper Part One- Descriptive Method

Question descriptionDetails:
The Quality and Sustainability Paper is a practice immersion assignment designed to be completed in three sections. This is part one of the assignment. Learners are required to analyze and apply quality and/or safety measures specific to contemporary nursing science.
General Guidelines:
Use the following information to ensure successful completion of the assignment:

  • This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
  • Doctoral learners are required to use APA style for their writing assignments. The APA Style Guide is located in the Student Success Center.
  • This assignment requires that you support your position by referencing at least six to eight scholarly resources. At least three of your supporting references must be from scholarly sources other than the assigned readings.
  • You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.

Directions:
Write a 1,250-1,500 word paper discussing the role of quality and/or safety in nursing science. Include the following:

  1. Define quality or safety measures and describe their relationship and role in nursing science today.
  2. Provide a contemporary example of how quality or safety measures are applied in nursing science.
  3. Identify the quality and/or components needed to analyze a health care program’s outcomes.

Weekly Assignment

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Weekly Assignment

Question descriptionThis assignment will use academic resources from the United Kingdom (UK) to help you to understand further the modern concept of ‘dignity’ in social care, a theoretical perspective developed in Europe, which is gaining traction in the United States. The resources are predominantly from the UK because of the advanced stage of ‘Dignity in Social Care’ concepts, largely due to more widespread and integrated social care systems in the UK and Europe. In the assignment, you will review the UK resources and then respond to the prompts for the body of your research paper, which will provide details for application of ‘Dignity in Social Care’ concepts in the US. While the concept is at an earlier stage in the US, there are resources in the Ashford Library which cover the US – be sure to seek these out using ProQuest to support your paper. To access the ProQuest database, click on the Journal Articles button on the library homepage. Select the ProQuest (Search All ProQuest Databases) link. To limit results to the U.S. try using United Sates as an additional search term, or you can use the location limiter on the left side of your search results page to filter your results to those pertaining to the U.S. [Be sure to present your paper according to the ‘Assignment requirements’ listed below.]
Step 1 – Review the Resources:
UK-Based Articles
Anderson, L. (2008, Oct 22). Aging more complicated for gays; many fear discrimination in health care, social isolation and no family. The Province Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/269506746?accou…
Kinnear, D., Williams, V., & Victor, C. (2014). The meaning of dignified care: An exploration of health and social care professionals’ perspectives working with older people. BMC Research Notes, 7 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-7-854
Saltus, R., & Folkes, E. (2013). Understanding dignity and care: An exploratory qualitative study on the views of older people of african and african-caribbean descent. Quality in Ageing and Older Adults, 14(1), 36-46. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/14717791311311094
US-Based News/Opinion
Dingell, D. (2015, Jul 12). Aging with dignity out of reach for many in America. Detroit Free Press. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/1695502378?acco…
UK-Based Multimedia for Dignity Factors [Only 4 listed here]
Dignity in care: Choice and control (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Dignity in care: Communication (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Dignity in care: Privacy (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Dignity in care: Social inclusion (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
UK-Based Website [Includes Information and Resources on All Eight Dignity Factors]
Social Care Institute for Excellence. (2016). Eight dignity factors (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.. Retrieved from http://www.scie.org.uk/publications/guides/guide15…
Step 2 – Recommendations for US Implementation
Assume that you work for an organization that runs a system of social care in your State. The system includes individual elder care homes as well as care managers supporting elder care in private homes. Your Director of Operations has asked you to prepare a research paper of what factors to consider when implementing the ‘Dignity in Social Care’ concepts. Be sure to:

  • Explain what “Dignity in Social Care” is.
  • Describe the eight Dignity Factors with at least one example.
  • Describe how Dignity in Social Care concepts uniquely pertain to:
    • Elders whom are LGBTQI
    • Elders whom are Female
    • Elders whom are Racially Diverse (for example: African American, Native American, etc.)
    • Elders whom are Culturally Diverse (for example: Asians who are devout Hindu, Buddhist, Muslim, etc.)

Assignment requirements:

  • Must be 4 to 6 double-spaced pages in length (excluding title and reference pages), and formatted according to APA style (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site..
  • Must include a title page (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. with the following:
    • Title of paper
    • Student’s name
    • Course name and number
    • Instructor’s name
    • Date submitted
  • Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought.
  • Must be presented in the traditional research paper format of:
    • Title Page
    • Introduction (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. with Thesis Statement (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
    • Body of Paper (covering provided assignment prompts)
    • Conclusion (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
    • Reference List
  • Must use the textbook and at least two scholarly sources. The Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources table (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source for a particular assignment. For help searching the library’s scholarly resources check out this Database Search Tips tutorial video (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.. Be sure to integrate your research (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. rather than simply inserting it.
  • Must document all sources in APA style, as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. Cite your sources in text and on a separate reference page. For more information please review the In-Text Citation Guide (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. and the APA References List. (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Understanding Digital Media and Society

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Understanding Digital Media and Society

Question descriptionObjective
The purpose of this project is to demonstrate your understanding of the following course concepts:

  1. How companies or organizations and individuals use digital or social media to effectively communicate ideas, information, arguments, and messages to achieve a specific goal.
  2. How digital or social media has transformed the communication of idea, information, and arguments in society.
  3. Access, analyze, interpret, and evaluate digital media to foster learning and to guide decision-making.
  4. Make responsible choices in the creation and consumption of digital media based on awareness of global, social, ethical, and legal contexts.

Project Description
In this project, you will select a topic discussed in class from the list provided below, conduct additional research on the topic, and share this information in a research paper.
Project 3 consists of:

  1. Project Requirements (topics and content to cover)
  2. Paper Requirements (content organization)
  3. Submission Requirements (how to submit your assignment)
  4. APA Resources (how to cite and select sources)
  5. Due Date Information and Late Policy

Project Requirements
Select one of the 15 research topics below and complete ALL THREE sections: 
RESEARCH TOPICS
Topic 1: Digital Media as a Distraction (week 1)
1. Digital Nation: Life on the Virtual Frontier – Chapter 1: Distracted by Everything PBS Online Video Documentary Series – Chapter 1 (00:00 – 08:28 minutes)
Topic 2: Digital Media’s Affects on the Brain (week 1)
1. Digital Nation: Life on the Virtual Frontier – Chapter 2: What’s It Doing to Their Brains?(PBS Online Video Documentary Series – Chapter 2 (08:29 – 10:40 minutes)
Topic 3: The Use of Digital and Social Media in Politics (week 2)
1. Social media and participation in political protest: Observations from Tahrir Square(web page)
2. In 2012, campaigns target voters through their phones (web page)
Topic 4: Digital Humanitarianism (week 2)
1. Paul Conneally: Digital Humanitarianism (TED Talk video)
Topic 5. How Citizens use Digital and Social Media to Report News in Repressive Regimes (week 2)
1. Clay Shirky: How Social Media Can Make History (TED Talk video)
Topic 6: Virtual Worlds and Their Impact on Society (week 3)
1. Digital Nation: Life on the Virtual Frontier- Chapter 7 Virtual Worlds PBS Online Video Documentary Series – Start the video then Navigate to Chapter 7 (52:05 – 1:01:26)
Topic 7: Digital Rights Management (DRM) (week 4)
1. What is DRM? (web page)
Topic 8: Moral Operating Systems (week 4)
1. Damon Horowitz: We need a “moral operating system” (TED Talk video)
Topic 9: The Security Mirage
1. The Security Mirage: Bruce Schneier (TED Talk video) (week 4)
Topic 10: Customer Data Collection by Phone Companies (week 4)
1. Malta Spitz: Your Phone Company Is Watching (TED Talk video)
Topic 11: Social Media and Likes (week 5)
1. Jennifer Golbeck: The curly fry conundrum: Why social media “likes” say more than you might think (TED Talk video)
Topic 12: Filter Bubbles (week 5)
1. Eli Pariser: Beware online “filter bubbles” (TED Talk video)
Topic 13: The Digital Divide (week 6)
1. The Digital Divide is Still Leaving Americans Behind (web page)
2. Aleph Molinari: Let’s bridge the digital divide! (TED Talk video)
Topic 14: Cognitive Surplus (week 6)
Clay Shirky: How cognitive surplus will change the world (TED Talk video)
Topic 15: E-commerce (week 7)

Significant Contributions to Public Health – Part I

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week 3 assignment 2

Question description

Significant Contributions to Public Health – Part I

For your final project, you will be researching an individual and their contribution to community and public health. Because of the size of this project, you will be doing the first part of this project in Week 3 then adding the final portion in Week 5. You have the option of writing a paper or putting together a presentation. Details are below the outline. Overall, you will be researching an historical figure in the public health world, their contribution to public health, and how their work helped shape the public health system. Furthermore, you will be analyzing how their contribution from the past continues to contribute to today’s public health system and how it might guide future work within the industry.Follow this outline to help formulate your paper or presentation:
ACTION: Select one of the historical figures and their associated public health topic

  • Margaret Higgins Sanger/Reproductive health
  • Rachel Carson/Environmental health
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt/Health care administration
  • John Snow/Communicable and infectious disease
  • Luther T. Terry/Smoking
  • W. E. B. DuBois/Social determinants of health
  • Larry Kramer/Health activism
  • An individual of your own choice: YOU MUST OBTAIN INSTRUCTOR APPROVAL IN ADVANCE

ACTION: Research the individual’s background

  • GRADED ELEMENT: Describe your selected person’s biographical background (i.e. experience).
    • HELP: This can include resume elements such as birthdate, location, education, and brief statement of their contribution to public health. (Reminder: biographical information can be easily plagiarized. Please do not copy from your biographical websites. Paraphrase and/or quote and cite everything according to APA.)

ACTION: Research the barriers and issue of the time

  • GRADED ELEMENT: Analyze the climate of the time period in terms of political, socioeconomic, environmental and technological context in which this person worked
    • HELP: Think about whether this person was up against resistance or was their work welcomed. [For example, if you were writing on Abraham Lincoln and the abolition of slavery, you would note that slavery was prevalent and accepted at the time and the change was welcomed by some and rejected by others]
  • GRADED ELEMENT: Examine the personal beliefs of your person that prompted this work.
    • HELP: You are basically addressing the question: “Why did this person get involved with the issue at the time?” [In continuing the Lincoln example above, you would note that black people were considered property, not people; yet Lincoln believed everyone had equal rights regardless of skin color].

ACTION: Think about how this person overcame the barriers and issues

  • GRADED ELEMENT: Examine how this individual overcame and/or confronted any adversities to succeed in his/her task
    • HELP: Questions to consider: What did the person specifically do? Did they have any allies? How did their actions succeed/fail?

ACTION: Think about the importance of the contribution to community/public health at the time

  • GRADED ELEMENT: Describe the final outcome of this individual’s contribution to community and/or public health
    • HELP: Think about this question: What occurred as a result of this person’s action?
  • GRADED ELEMENT: Explain what his/her contribution did for overall community and/or public health at the time
    • HELP: Think about this question: What was the purpose for the community and/or nation? [In the Lincoln example, the explanation would involve a national recognition of human rights of all people, regardless of skin color]
  • GRADED ELEMENT: Explain why this contribution was so important at that particular point in history
    • HELP: Think about this question: What made this important for our nation? [In the Lincoln example, you would answer the question: Why was it so important that Lincoln freed the slaves?]

You have a choice of which format you wish to present your findings:
Format 1: Written Paper

  • Must be at least 4 pages in length (not including title and reference pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
  • Must include a separate title page with the following:
    • Title of paper
    • Students name
    • Course name and number
    • Instructor’s name
    • Date submitted
  • Must use at least four scholarly sources (one of those may be the course text).
  • Must document all sources in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
  • Must include a separate reference page that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

OR
Format 2: Presentation (w/audio or w/speaker’s notes)

  • Must be at least 12 minutes in length (not including title and reference slides) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
  • Must include a separate title slide with the following:
    • Title of presentation
    • Students name
    • Course name and number
    • Instructor’s name
    • Date submitted
  • Must use at least four scholarly sources (one of those may be the course text).
  • Must document all sources in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
  • Must include a separate reference page that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.