Write a 700- to 1,050-word policy brief on the effects the legislation will have on your selected facility or service and on the state’s population.

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Assignment Content

  1.    Select a health care facility or service (e.g., hospital, physician practice, long-term care facility, ambulance service, pharmacy, or skilled nursing facility). In (Maryland).Identify and read one recently proposed or enacted state or federal legislation that has an impact on your selected health care facility or service.

    Write a 700- to 1,050-word policy brief on the effects the legislation will have on your selected facility or service and on the state’s population. Use the following structure when putting together your policy brief (use the bolded as your subheadings within the assignment):

    • Title (on the properly formatted separate title page and at the top center of page one of the brief essay)
    • Executive summary (the second page of the brief with 175 to 260 words which replaces an abstract in a formal APA essay; this is a summary of your brief essay capturing the key points only – write it after the essay is completed)
    • Recommendations (a sub heading within the executive summary included in the word count listed above)
    • Introduction (this is the beginning of the policy brief essay)
    • State recommendation again (Restate the proposed or enacted state or federal legislation and its purpose and impact on your identified healthcare facility or service then offer your recommendation clearly and succinctly)
    • Body
    • Overview of problem (identify and describe your identified healthcare facility or service and then state the problem that the new legislation causes for your identified healthcare facility or service)
    • Review of relevant research (conduct a literature review regarding the problem – cite relevant research on the issue)
    • Application of research results (discuss and analyze how this new research applies to this issue or problem and how it might be applied within your identified healthcare facility or service)
    • Policy implications (what implications does the research have on the policy as it is currently offered and what are your recommendations regarding the policy and it’s adoption)
    • Conclusion (this is a summary of the highlights of the essay and conclusionary statements)
    • Cite 3 reputable references to support your assignment (e.g., trade or industry publications, government or agency websites, scholarly works, or other sources of similar quality)

What is the purpose and affiliation of the organization or author of the website? · What are the author’s credentials?

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Research Project Description –

These days, many people use the internet for their sources of information on drugs. However, many internet sites don’t always have the most objective or valid information. Some websites may have a particular agenda (such as promoting the legalization of drugs, or supporting a stronger War on Drugs), and therefore use selective bias in their information. Others may be written by non-experts who are simply giving their opinion without substantiating their claims. In some cases it may be hard to tell if the information you are reading was written by an expert on substance abuse issues who works in a drug research center, or a high school student writing a blog in their parent’s basement.

For your assignment you need to select one illegal drug (i.e., marijuana, cocaine, heroin, ecstasy, etc.), and compare and contrast two different websites that give information about that drug. You first need to compare the information on each site. Then you need to critically analyze the information on each site in terms of its validity and objectivity. In order to do that you should address the following points in your comparison.

· What is the purpose and affiliation of the organization or author of the website?

· What are the author’s credentials?

· Is the information current? When was the information last updated?

· Does the source contain bias without evidence to back up the claims?

Finally, you need to discuss which website you find more credible and why. To do this, you should cross-reference the information on the websites with peer reviewed journal articles that you found on an academic database at the NYIT Library. Generally, peer reviewed articles are considered more credible because they have been checked for validity issues prior to being published. Therefore, if your websites contain information that can also be found in a peer-reviewed research article, it gives it more credibility. In other words, for this assignment, you not only have to compare the two websites, but should also find a few academic articles to cross reference the information with.

· Paper should be around 5-7 double spaced pages (not including title and reference page)

· 1-inch margin all around, include page numbers

· Use a 12 point font

Make sure to reference any direct quotes and to include a reference list at the end of the paper listing the websites and journal articles you used.

Describe the most important contribution(s) of the      individual to the field. Explain how the study of this individual would inform      your practice as a social worker.

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Assignment 1: Foundations: Academic Integrity Assignment

In social work and academic fields, integrity is often cited as a fundamental principle. Walden University expects students to uphold the highest standard of integrity in all of their course work. Although many of us agree that integrity is important, it can be helpful to get a clear sense of exactly what it entails.

For this Assignment, visit the Walden Writing Center. View the Avoiding passive plagiarism [Module]. Complete the postmodule quiz within the tutorial and follow the instructions to receive the certificate of completion.

Technical Note: The Writing Center modules have capacity limits, which means that if everyone tries to access a module at once, not everyone will be able to access it. We encourage you to complete the module earlier in the week and avoid waiting until the last minute, as this will result in not everyone being able to access and complete the module. If you are able, also try completing the module earlier in the day to help overloading the Writing Center module. Finally, if you try to access the module and get the message, “your concurrent training user quota has been reached,” return to the module in 1–2 hours or the next day. If you have questions or issues, contact the Writing Center for technical support at wcwebinars@waldenu.edu.

By Day 3

Submit the Certificate of Completion in a document.

Assignment 2: Social Work and Social Change

Social Work and Social Change

For this Assignment, select one individual from the following list of important historical figures in social work.

 

Jane Addams

Florence Kelley

Ida M. Cannon

 

Grace Abbott

Janie Porter Barrett

Ellen Gates Starr

 

Frances Perkins

Mary Richmond

Richard Cabot

 

Josephine Shaw Lowell

George Edmund Haynes

Lugenia Burns Hope

 

Sophonisba Breckinridge

Lillian Wald

Harry Hopkins

 

Birdye Henrietta Haynes

By day 7

Submit a 2-page document in which you highlight the important contributions of the individual you selected. Your document should

  • Outline the individual’s path to working in the social      work field.
  • Describe the most important contribution(s) of the      individual to the field.
  • Explain how the study of this individual would inform      your practice as a social worker.

Adhere to APA conventions. Submission and Grading Information

To submit your completed Assignment for review and grading, do the following:

  • Please save your Assignment using the naming convention      “WK2Assgn1+last name+first initial.(extension)” as the name.

What are the implications of this statement? In your essay also outline his criticism of religion and his genealogy of morals.

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(Paper: MLA style: double space, font size 12 – times new roman, works cited page). Use the original text and at least one other peer-reviewed secondary source. Sparknotes, Wikipedia or other non-scholarly sources will result in a negative score. If papers are late, your grade will be reduced by 2% of the paper grade potential per day.

1) Explore Descartes’ method of doubt and his proof of certainty, Cogito Ergo Sum (I think therefore I am), proof of God’s existence and finally his certainty that the world exists. Why does he go through this method and how did this alter medieval epistemology?

2) John Locke (1632-1704) states “Life, Liberty and Property” are natural rights of man pre-empting capitalism. Karl Marx (1818-1883) seeks to abolish private property due to, among other things, the exploitation of the proletariat (working class). Both thinkers believe in equality. Why do they both disagree when it comes to property rights?

3) Albert Camus wrote the Myth of Sisyphus which asks this: if life is absurd (which he claims it is) then what makes life worth living? Explore Camus’ philosophy of absurdism and why we must still “imagine Sisyphus happy.” (excerpt on blackboard).

4) In the 19th century Nietzsche claimed, “God is dead, he remains dead, and we killed him.” What are the implications of this statement? In your essay also outline his criticism of religion and his genealogy of morals.

5) Simone de Beauvoir wrote a revolutionary feminist work, The Second Sex. Here Simone De Beauvoir asked herself “Is there any such a ‘thing’ as woman?” and “Do women even exist?” If so, then, “What is a woman?” What do these questions mean and how does she answer them? (consider her most famous quote is “One is not born, but rather becomes Woman.”)

6) According to the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) we have 12 years to attain a carbon neutral footprint so that the planetary warming can stay below the projected 2 degree increase. Choose one of our environmental articles on blackboard and through a critical examination of the text, explain what the author suggests, either explicitly or implicitly, is the main obstacle to solution