Category: Writing

1. Are competitive approaches to cost containment working? Discuss the four strategies being used and the effect each is having on health care. (200-300 words). 2.What is one reason why health care costs continue to rise? Identify two contributing factors and discuss the effects on rising costs. Provide an example of how you have seen this in your work, if possible. (200-300 words) 3. You want to return to school to advance in your profession, but you are unable to do so now due to financial reasons. Respond to the following: Would you consider working for the National Service Corps for financial compensation in another area, another community, or in a designated poverty area? Why or why not? If you accepted a position in another area that was unfamiliar to you, how would you prepare in advance to make the most of the opportunity? Include the social and cultural aspects of the differences. Would you consider working in one of these areas permanently? (200-300 words). As the population ages, the need for more health care professionals grows. Discuss what kind of workforce will be needed in the future to care for the elderly. What specialty will be in demand for the future? Where will the majority of care be delivered? (200-300 words). 5. Discuss how the patient-centered medical home advances primary care. Provide a reference to support your response. 6.Select one of the following major forces of change for the future of U.S. health care and describe specifically how it will transform the health care profession and affect the delivery of care. Independent institutions to integrated systems
Service duplication to continuum of services
Inpatient to outpatient. 7. Describe two challenges for long-term care in the future. How will these challenges be impacted by the current health care trend towards the patient-centered approach?

READ THE INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY!!!!
Read Chapter 6.
Carefully and thoroughly read and review the example of letters and memos including the comments in the margins.
The letters and memos should look authentic, each being formatted correctly: date, letterhead/address of the sender, name and address of the receiver, appropriate greetings, etc.
Correct grammar and spelling.
A. Select and complete any two from 1-3:
Write a letter of inquiry to a utility company, a safety or health care agency, a publishing company, or business requesting information on how its services to the community protect the environment. Give specific reasons why you are requesting the information.
Choose one of the following, and write a sales letter addressed to an appropriate reader on why he or she should
work for the same company you do
move to your neighborhood
be happy taking a vacation where you did last year
use a particular catering service
have their cars repaired at a specific garage
give their real estate business to a particular agency
Write a complaint letter about one of the following:
an error in your utility, mobile phone, credit card, or Internet provider bill
discourteous service you received on an airplane, train, or bus
a shipment that arrived late and damaged
an insurance payment to you that is $357.00 less than it should be
a public television station’s decision to discontinue a particular series
equipment that arrived with missing or defective parts
misleading representation by a salesperson.
incorrect or misleading information given on a website.
B. Complete the following:
You work in one of the following companies/industries: law firm, real estate agency, travel agency, caterer, health care, child care, security (data and/or private), etc.
Write a memo (be specific about dates, places, times, and reasons) to your boss saying that you will be out of town two days next week and three days the following week for one of the following reasons:
to visit another company your company is thinking of taking over,
to investigate an issue with a client
to look at some new office space for a branch your firm is thinking of opening in a city 500 miles away,
to attend a conference sponsored by a professional society,
to meet with other employees for a planning session.

Scientific Method – Part 4
Purpose
The purpose of this assignment is to assess your ability to:
Distinguish between qualitative data and quantitative data.
Collect and analyze data.
Action Items
Review the key points and videos for this module.
Answer the following questions in your discussion post:
Now that you have had a chance to evaluate the peer review comments on the Scientific Method Parts 1-3, post your final:
research question,
hypothesis,
Link to your online survey that contains your poll questions and instructions.
sampling plan
peer-reviewed research source that you are using
Did you make any changes? Why or why not?
How do you distinguish between qualitative data and quantitative data? Characterize the type of data you plan to collect. Is it qualitative, quantitative, or a mix of both?
My Survey:
Research Question: What is the influence of time spent asleep and sleep quality on cognitive performance among adults?
Hypothesis: Adults who manage to take a sleep of at least seven to eight hours of high quality are more likely able to perform well in cognitive assessments such as remembering what was previously learned or solving problems compared to those who sleep for less than seven hours or have sleeping difficulties.
Poll/Survey Questions
How long does it usually take you to fall asleep each night?
Less than 5 hours
5-6 hours
7-8 hours
More than 8 hours
2. How will you rate your typical night sleep quality?
Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
3. How frequently do you encounter sleep disruptions (e.g., waking up in the night, having trouble falling asleep)?
Never
Rarely 
Sometimes
Often
Always
4. After a good night’s sleep, how do you think you do on a scale of 1–10 in tasks of memory and concentration?
5. Have you seen that your cognitive performance during the day is affected by the quality of your sleep?
Yes, a strong positive correlation
Yes, a moderate positive correlation
No noticeable correlation
Yes, a moderate negative correlation
Yes, a strong negative correlation
Demographic Information
Age: Investigating the possible variations in the cognitive performance and sleep patterns among the different ages.
Gender: To explore the gender variations in sleeping habits and cognitive abilities.
Occupation: In order to determine if job type (shift work versus office work) acts as a modulating factor that affects the status of sleep quality and cognitive performance.
Education Level: To check how educational level is associated with knowledge and habitual behavior in relation to sleep.
Health Status: In order to control for primary health conditions that could impact the sleep quality and cognitive performance

I have a project due about math formulas the two I have to do are mAs formulas and the heat unit formula that has to do with radiology. Just like a bullet point on the things attached about the project. I have to explain to the class like i am teaching them

FORMAT REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
American Psychological Association (APA) Style
a. Be sure to provide the COMPLETE BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION in APA STYLE, INCLUDING ELECTRONIC IDENTIFICATION (e.g., DOI or URL if appropriate)
For each entry (total of 10), include a 2-3 paragraph summary of the entry’s main points and/or your overall evaluation of the entry. The summary should be in your own words and not simply copied from the entry or some other source; each citation summary should be written in complete sentences.
ALL bibliographic entries should be from scholarly journals or book chapters (either online or hard copy). Two of the 10 entries may be taken from your textbook. NO WIKIPEDIA references at all. It is recommended that you consult electronic resources such as JSTOR, Google Scholar, and Google Books for the remaining eight entries. If an article is behind a pay site, you may still use it without reading the entire complete source. Be sure to include the complete bibliographic citation and use the available abstract for your annotation. DO NOT COPY THE ABSTRACT WORD-FOR-WORD: Paraphrase it and put it in your own words. It will be easiest for you to research and choose your entries via electronic searches, but you may also search hard copy sources in a ibrary. I do not need nor want hard copy articles of your sources, but you must supply complete bibliographic citations per a and b above.
The 10 entries should generally cover specific theories/types of deviance (i.e., the general subject area of the course). You should not turn in 10 citations on a single theory or type of deviance; with flexibility you can draw from a variety of behavior/theories. There may be some repetition of content in your choices of sources to annotate, but the purpose is to thoroughly familiarize yourself with the information in the process of answering the weekly discussion questions. It is recommended that you search for articles while reading each chapter week-by-week, and choose references that will add to your knowledge of the theories and aid in answering the discussion questions. The entries should be organized as a list alphabetized by author’s last name per APA Style. The title should read ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF DEVIANT BEHAVIOR. This annotated bibliography should be typed (double-spaced, one-inch margins all around) and submitted to me via Canvas no later than MONDAY, JUNE 17 by 11:55pm.
The Annotated Bibliography should be an original composition, not recycled from another class. Additionally, except as noted in 2c. above, chapters from the textbook should NOT be used as references in the bibliography. If you have any questions, PLEASE CONTACT ME. Below are several links to familiarize you with creating and assembling an annotated bibliography:
http://libguides.gwumc.edu/c.php?g=27779&p=170331 (BEST SOURCE)
http://www.editing-writing.com/articles/annotated-…
http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/citationbuilder/cite.php?source=book
http://library.csun.edu/docs/apannotbib.pdf
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/614/03/

Developing Proposal Research Questions 1 (CLO 2, 3, 4, 5) 
As we continue to build your proposal, the following assignment will focus on the Research Questions. In written assignment format, respond to the following prompt: 
Develop a minimum of two research questions, but no more than six. 
Describe how the research questions relate to the problem statement and the theoretical foundations. Reminder: qualitative study research questions will help describe the phenomenon. Quantitative study research questions will identify and describe the variables, then state the hypotheses. 
This paper will be about one page in length.  Please provide at least ten academic sources. 

please see the attached files for the instructions.
Please remember that each problem described in the scenario needs to be addressed by a separate policy and a separate procedure. Consequently, if you have identified three problems in the scenario (and there are at least three different problems), there should be three separate policies and three separate procedures. Do not address all three problems in one policy or one procedure. If you do, I will not consider the project to be complete, and your grade will be negatively affected.
THIS IS ALSO REALLY IMPORTANT: for the policies, use the format found in the document “Policy Sample 2.” If you use any other format, your grade will be negatively affected. For the procedures, use the format found in the document “Procedure Sample.” If you use any other format, your grade will be negatively affected. For the procedures, remember to number each step and begin each step with a verb. To see a good example of numbering steps, take a look at chapter 7 in our text, figure 7.9, page 297 (fourth edition). One final “really important”: I make the assumption that you read your work before you submit it. Consequently, I will not accept any statement such as “I accidentally submitted the wrong draft” or “Here is the correct version of the project.” What you place in the dropbox is what I will evaluate. There will be no exceptions. READ YOUR WORK BEFORE YOU SUBMIT IT.
I expect the work you submit to be your own writing. As the syllabus states, any submitted work generated by AI will be considered plagiarism and thus academic misconduct. I do use plagiarism detection software.

Issue 3 – Residential Schools: Uncovering the Truth
“In the 19th and 20th century, the Canadian federal government’s Indian Affairs department officially encouraged the growth of the Indian residential school system as a valuable agent in a wider policy of assimilating Indigenous peoples into European-Canadian society.  A key goal of the system, which often separated children from their families and communities, has been described as cultural genocide or “killing the Indian in the child”.
Over the course of the century in which residential schools were in operation, over 150,000 children were put through this “re-education”.  Many experienced all forms of abuse, humiliation and over 6,000 died. Click on this link to find out more.
How this story is told, and from what perspective, is a powerful aspect of Canada’s attempts at reconciliation with Indigenous peoples.
In 2013, videographer Danielle Sturk was commissioned by the Canada Council to produce a video portrait of Anishnabe artist, Rebecca Belmore, one of the 2013 winners of the Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts. What came out of that collaboration was the following movie, Treaty Number Three. 

Using the information in this week’s required readings, compose an abstract which summarizes your topic problem, highlights key research sources, and offers a solution. The abstract should be one page in length. A good spot to see a sample abstract is at the Purdue OWL site, looking at the citation style you are using.
Notes:
MLA doesn’t typically use an abstract but, if you are using MLA (for topics related to language and literature), please build an abstract.Doing so gives you good practice on summarizing a large paper.
If you are using APA format, you will need to include key words as part of your abstract.
You are encouraged to review the rubric for grading criteria: COLL Abstract

2. Identify the four pillars of procedural justice. How are these related to community policing and use of force? Why do you think these are important?