Archive for July 10th, 2020

Project monitoring and control

Complete the following items for this assignment:

1. Read through the Case 13.1 Tree Trimming Project Case in Larson and Gray. Respond to Questions 1 and 2 of the case. Use Microsoft Excel to complete this item and include all calculations in your Excel file. Note that showing all calculations in Excel is required.

2. Complete Appendix Exercise 2 at end of Chapter 13 in Larson and Gray. Specifically, complete the table on pp. 509-510 in the textbook (note that SPI and CPI can be determined after the table is completed).  Assume that cumulative EV, PV, CV, SV, SPI and CPI values are needed.  Also, complete the table at the top of p. 511.  At the end of Period 5, what is the status of this project (be specific)?

3. Discuss a strategy that you would use to communicate the status of the project to stakeholders.

4. Use Microsoft Excel to complete this item and include all calculations in your Excel file. Note that showing all calculations in Excel is required.

Submit your Microsoft Excel file.  Ensure that items 1 and 2 above are in the same Excel file but on different Sheets within the file.

Final essay on a story

The essay will be on Roy Spivey by Miranda July the link for the story https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2007/06/11/roy-spivey

This essay has to have 4 paragraphs:

introduction
2 body paragraphs
conclusion

In the intro there must be a thesis statement about the theme of the story for the in each paragraph you have to relate back to the thesis statement you wrote in the introduction. For the 2 body paragraphs in the first body paragraph has talk about the characters (characterization) in the book and in the second body paragraph has to talk about symbols (symbolism) that are being shown in the book.

Project Procurement and Risk Management Assessment

Complete Case 7.3 Trans LAN Project in Larson and Gray by responding to questions 1, 2, and 3.  Combine items 1 and 2 into a single Risk Assessment Form (see Figure 7.6 in Larson and Gray) and use Microsoft Excel to complete this item. Use Microsoft Excel for the Risk Response Matrix (see Figure 7.8 in Larson and Gray) for question 3.  Note that additional items may be added to the Risk Assessment Form and the Risk Response Matrix.

In addition to the requested items in the case, complete the following:

1. Based on the risks that you identified on the Risk Assessment Form, create a Risk Severity Matrix (see Figure 7.7 in Larson and Gray). Note that additional information beyond the information shown in Figure 7.7 may be provided. Use Microsoft Excel to complete this item.

2. Make any assumptions and document them as necessary to complete the aforementioned items.

3. Based on the information in Appendix 12.1 in Larson and Gray, evaluate what type of contract(s) might be applicable to this project if you were to outsource certain aspects of your project to suppliers. Ensure that you justify your supplier contractual decisions based the inherent risks related to your selected contract type(s).  Make any assumptions and document them accordingly.  Ensure that at least 450 words are provided.  Place your responses into a Microsoft Word file.

Ensure that the Risk Assessment Form, Risk Severity Matrix, and Risk Response Matrix are included in the same Microsoft Excel File. Submit your Microsoft Excel File and your Microsoft Word File. Ensure that your last name is in your file names. My last name is Farm

Resource Scheduling and Cost Problems

The purpose of this assignment is to complete resource scheduling and cost problems.  Complete the following Chapter 8 exercises in the Larson and Gray textbook: Exercises 2, 5, 6 and 11.

Use Microsoft Excel and/or Microsoft Project to complete these exercises.  Provide requested short answer responses in a Microsoft Word file.

Submit your Microsoft Word file, along with your Microsoft Excel and/or Microsoft Project file.  Ensure that your last name is in your file names. My last name is: Farm

While APA is required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and in-text citations and references should be presented using APA documentation guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment uses a scoring guide Please review the scoring guide prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

Any topic (writer’s choice)

For this assignment, I invite you to write about some details of your life story. You will be drawing from concepts discussed in chapter five of our textbook as you explore your lifespan development. Please submit a paper, between 500 and 1000 words in length, in which you write about a few incidents in your life that illustrate one or more of the developmental theories covered in chapter five. You can choose to write about any life event that is meaningfully related to your lifespan development. In your paper, please include the following:

At least five vocabulary words from chapter five, and bold these words in your paper, just as they appear in the textbook.
One of the following theories from chapter five of our textbook Piagets stages of cognitive development, attachment theory, Eriksons stages of psychosocial development, Kohlbergs levels of moral thinking.

vocab need to be included( pick 5 is fine): accommodation. egocentrism. object permanence. insecure attachment. insecure attachment. post-conventional, post-conventional, 

History

Assignment 1.2: A Changing World Final Paper
Due Week 5 and worth 140 points

The discovery of America and that of the passage to the East Indies by the Cape of Good Hope, are the two (2) greatest events recorded in the history of [human] kind Adam Smith, in The Wealth of Nations,1776. Think about why he and many other notables supported this statement, especially concerning the discovery of America. What was so important about this New World across the Atlantic Ocean from Europe?  How did it change globalization in terms of trade, culture, societies, innovations, new and old world exchanges, and in other ways?

You have already developed a thesis statement and developed an outline in which you identify three (3) main points relevant to your topic. Now you will develop the final paper in which you explore your main points in detail.

Write a three to five (3-5) page paper in which you:

Introduce your paper with your previously crafted thesis statement.

Identify three (3) major aspects that demonstrate Old and New World exchanges. Explain your responses with specific examples and details.
Identify three (3) specific groups that were affected by this global event and provide two (2) examples for each group describing how the group was affected.
Summarize how this discovery affected the life of the average working American during the colonial period. Use specific examples and details.
Use at least three (3) academic references besides or in addition to the textbook.

Note: Wikipedia and other similar websites do not qualify as academic resources.

Below is the outline and thesis paper to use for the paper

                            Thesis
When jumping ship from what is considered to a better world to a new one that is seen to be much better with a lot of resources yet unexploited, there are several uncertainties that are involved, and their consequences are not known. The exodus into America by Columbus had consequences that entirely changed the whole world and not just those who moved into the great nation of untapped resources.

1. Determine three (3) major aspects that demonstrate Old and New World exchanges.

a. Columbus initiated trade between three continents that was America, Africa and Europe.
b. The movement by Columbus also brought about industrialization to Americans.
c. Cash crop farming of sugar was introduced to the Americans who were subsistence farmers (Columbian Exchange, 2020).

1.  List five (5) specific groups that were affected by this event. Provide two (2) examples for each cohort describing how they were affected.

a. Africans were colonized and some of them taken as slaves to serve their colonial masters.
b. Average Americans lost their jobs cheap slave labor and
c. European traders and explorers found colonies in Africa, and America and connected the world through their trade as they earned profits.
d. Europeans back at home benefited from the processed sugar and other goods that were brought from America and Africa and also got diseases that came from the colonies (“Environmental and health effects of European contact with the New World,” 2020).
e. Rich Americans increased their wealth immensely through the trade and industrialization and got cheap labor from African slaves.

1. List five (5) ways that the creation of new global trade routes affected the occupations and lifestyles of the average working American in the colonies.

a. Jobs were lost due to cheap African labor from the slaves (Ostrander, 2019).
b. The gap between the rich and poor Americans grew much bigger.
c. They were exposed to new diseases from Africa which they never had a cure for, hence reducing their population.
d. Racial diversity was introduced to the Native Americans.
e. The average Americans changed their way of farming from subsistence farming to cash crop farming.

References:

1. The Columbian Exchange. (2020). Khan Academy. Retrieved April 28, 2020, from  https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/us-history/precontact-and-early-colonial-era/old-and-new-worlds-collide/a/the-columbian-exchange-ka

2. Environmental and health effects of European contact with the New World. (2020). Khan Academy. https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/us-history/precontact-and-early-colonial-era/old-and-new-worlds-collide/a/environmental-and-health-effects-of-contact

3. Ostrander, G. M. (2019). The making of the triangular trade myth. Slave Trade and Migration, 313-322. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315057613-17

Project scheduling

Refer to exercise 9 in chapter 6 of the textbook. Read the assignment thoroughly and analyze the data provided in the diagram.

Using Microsoft Project, compute the project network diagram and proper timing to complete the project. Address all required information in the description presented in exercise 9. In addition, respond to the following questions:

Determine which tasks are on the critical path. How long will it take to complete the project (hint: note that Microsoft Project provides this information)?
A task that is on the critical path for this project has increased by 7 days.  Will the project end date be delayed? If so, by how much?
Place your responses into a Microsoft Word file.  APA format is required.

Complete Chapter 6, Exercise 18 (Optical Disk Pre-installation Project) in Larson and Gray. Use Microsoft Project and create a project schedule based on the information provided in the problem.  Will the project be completed in 45 weeks?

In your Microsoft Project file, insert a text box in the Gantt bar area (go to FORMAT DRAWING TEXT BOX) and place your response in the text box.
Submit your Microsoft Word file and your two Microsoft Project files.  Ensure that your last name is in your file names. My last name is: Farm

Benchmark – Outcome and Process Measures: In a 1,000-1,250 word paper, consider the outcome and process measures that can be used for CQI

In a 1,000-1,250 word paper, consider the outcome and process measures that can be used for CQI. Include the following in your essay:

1. At least two process measures that can be used for CQI.

2. At least one outcome measure that can be used for CQI.

3. A description of why each measure was chosen.

4. An explanation of how data would be collected for each (how each will be measured).

5. An explanation of how success would be determined.

6. One or two data-driven, cost-effective solutions to this challenge.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance.

This benchmark assignment assesses the following programmatic competency:
MSN Emphasis in  Leadership in Health Care Systems
6.5 Generate data-driven, cost-effective solutions to organizational challenges.

Carper’s Pattern of Knowing

Nursing knowledge is classified in a variety of ways, one of which is Carper’s Patterns of Knowing (Carper, 1978). Carper’s framework offers a lens through which the nurse can reflect upon insights acquired through empirical, ethical, personal, and aesthetic knowledge (Carper, 1978). Through intentional reflection using Carper’s Patterns of Knowing, nurses can process experiential learning and knowledge acquired through practice. The purpose of this assignment is to reflect upon a specific practice situation and better understand the professional knowledge and insights obtained through that experience.Think of a surprising or challenging practice situation in which you felt underprepared, unprepared, or uncomfortable.

Select an important nursing issue/topic that was inherent to the identified situation.

Briefly explain the situation

Identify the nursing issue inherent in the identified situation:

As a method of reflection, use Carper’s Patterns of Knowing to analyze the situation. In your discussion, address ONE of the following Patterns of Knowing:

What do you think was the underlying reason for the situation? (Esthetics)
What were your thoughts and feeling in the situation? (Personal)
What was one personal belief that impacted your actions? (Ethics)
What evidence in nursing literature supports the nursing importance of the identified issue? (Empirical)

What new insights did you gain through this reflective practice opportunity? How will this apply to your practice as a nurse practitioner? Be sure to use scholarly literature to support your position.

informatics in nursing

Identify the current role of the informatics nurse and predict the future role of the informatics nurse, based on scholarly sources.
Explain what is meant by connected health. Provide three examples of connected health in todays healthcare environment. Explain the benefits and drawbacks of each.

Support your ideas with at least three (3) citations in your essay and plese use references that are less than 5 yrs old. References and titles pages should not considered in word counts.