THE MAIN SURVEILLANCE METHODS USED IN PUBLIC HEALTH THAT COULD ALSO BE USED TO DETECT A BIOTERRORISM THREAT.

Bioterrorism Threats

Select a potential bioterrorism threat from the following:

Anthrax
Food supply contamination
Water system contamination
Air borne contamination

Using the South University Online Library or the Internet, research on your selected potential bioterrorism threat. Based on your research, create a 3- to 4-page Microsoft Word report that covers the following aspects in detail:

The main surveillance methods used in public health that could also be used to detect a bioterrorism threat.
The basic functions of all levels of government―federal, state, and local―when responding to a possible bioterrorism threat.
The existing surveillance systems and their adequacy to meet emergency preparedness needs.

Support your responses with examples.

Cite any sources in APA format.

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Statistics homework help

Competency

Demonstrate the use of the normal distribution, the standard normal distribution, and the central limit theorem for calculating areas under the normal curve and exploring these concepts in real life applications.

Scenario

Frank has only had a brief introduction to statistics when he was in high school 12 years ago, and that did not cover inferential statistics. He is not confident in his ability to answer some of the problems posed in the course.
As Frank’s tutor, you need to provide Frank with guidance and instruction on a worksheet he has partially filled out. Your job is to help him understand and comprehend the material. You should not simply be providing him with an answer as this will not help when it comes time to take the test. Instead, you will be providing a step-by-step breakdown of the problems including an explanation on why you did each step and using proper terminology.

What to Submit

To complete this assignment, you must first download the word document Click for more options
, and then complete it by including the following items on the worksheet:

  1. Incorrect Answers
  • Correct any wrong answers. You must also explain the error performed in the problem in your own words.
  • Partially Finished Work
    • Complete any partially completed work. Make sure to provide step-by-step instructions including explanations.
  • Blank Questions
    • Show how to complete any blank questions by providing step-by-step instructions including explanations.

Your step-by-step breakdown of the problems, including explanations, should be present within the word document provided. You must also include an Excel workbook which shows all your calculations performed.

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Project #2: Cybersecurity Implementation Plan

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>Nursing homework help

PLEASE ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS AND PROVIDE REFERENCES. LATE ASSIGNMENTS WILL NOT BE ACEPTED. UPLOAD  ASSIGNMENT TO CANVAS. 
1.The nurse working in the cardiac procedures area receives a patient who has undergone a cardiac catheterization via the right femoral artery for evaluation of unstable angina. Prior to the procedure, the patient was NPO for 12 hours, and received a sedative. An IV catheter was placed for administration of the contrast agents and for access in case of an emergency situation. (Learning Objective 6)

  1. What is the rationale for assessing distal pulses immediately after the catheterization?

2.What other assessments should the nurse perform to check for arterial insufficiency?
3.The patient asks why he needs to stay in bed with the leg extended for 2 to 6 hours. How should the nurse respond?
4 After the procedure, why is it important to assess the patient’s BUN, creatinine, and fluid volume status?

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Describe why ethical safeguards designed for clinical research may not be feasible or appropriate for evidence-based practice or evidence-based practice implementation projects.

Assignment:

Ethics and Evidence-Based Research

Write a 1250-1500 word essay addressing each of the following points/questions. Be sure to completely answer all the questions for each bullet point. There should be three main sections, one for each bullet below. Separate each section in your paper with a clear heading that allows your professor to know which bullet you are addressing in that section of your paper. Support your ideas with at least two (2) sources using citations in your essay. Make sure to cite using the APA writing style for the essay. The cover page and reference page in correct APA do not count towards the minimum word amount. Review the rubric criteria for this assignment.

Part 1: Describe why ethical safeguards designed for clinical research may not be feasible or appropriate for evidence-based practice or evidence-based practice implementation projects.

Part 2:  Review the sectioned headed, Two Ethical Exemplars in Chapter 22 of the textbook (Melnyk and Fineout-Overholt, 2015, pages 518-519). Discuss three main ethical controversies related to implementing Evidence-Based Quality Improvement (EBQI) Initiatives. Describe how these controversies relate to the four core ethical principles.

Part 3: Identify which ethical principles may be in conflict with the concept of “patients having an ethical responsibility in improving healthcare.” Discuss how these conflicts may be resolved.

Assignment Expectations:

Length: 1250 – 1500 words
Structure: Include a title page and reference page in APA format. These do not count towards the minimum word count for this assignment. Your essay must include an introduction and a conclusion.
References: Use appropriate APA style in-text citations and references for all resources utilized to answer the questions. A minimum of two (2) scholarly sources are required for this assignment.

Melnyk, B. M. & Fineout-Overholt, E. (2015). Evidence-based practice in nursing & healthcare: A guide to best practice (3rd ed.) Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer Health. ISBN: 978-1-4511-9094-6. Read Chapter 22.

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In your nursing diagnosis book, refer to the NANDA-I definitions for the following nursing diagnoses:Deficient Fluid VolumeRisk for Electrolyte Imbalance

A useful resource related to this discussion: Overview of the Nursing Process [PDF File Size 331 KB].

A 16-year-old boy arrived at the Emergency Department (ED) after collapsing during a 3-hour practice at summer football camp. The patient had the required physical examination prior to attending the camp, and there were no concerns or physical restrictions documented. He received intravenous (IV) fluids in the ambulance, and is awake upon arrival to the ED. He complains of thirst and dizziness. He has not voided since prior to practice, has dry mucous membranes and tenting. The patient’s pulse is 136 beats per minute, and blood pressure is 88/52 mm Hg. When questioned about the situation leading to his collapse, he states he forgot his water bottle in his room, and was very hot in the required gear. He felt thirsty, but thought he might be seen as weak if he complained to the coach.

Initial Discussion Post:In your nursing diagnosis book, refer to the NANDA-I definitions for the following nursing diagnoses:Deficient Fluid VolumeRisk for Electrolyte Imbalance

  • Which of the two nursing diagnoses would be the priority for this patient?
  • Describe what data was clustered to determine the nursing diagnosis.

Base your initial post on your readings and research of this topic. Your initial post must contain a minimum of 250 words. References, citations, and repeating the question do not count towards the 250 word minimum.

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Overview of Communicating the Strategy and Developing Action Plans

Signature Assignment Description/Directions: Strategic Implementation Plan PowerPoint and Screencast

Your organization has requested that you develop a strategic action plan for a specific issue the healthcare organization is facing. Create a PowerPoint and screencast for the board and other staff that identifies their needs and an action plan to resolve it.

Intro:

1. Examine the relationship between situational analysis and action plans (2 slides)

2. Identify the primary barriers to implementing strategies in health care organizations? How can each be overcome or removed? (2 slides)

Content

3. Examine the strategic issue the organization is facing (2 slides)

4. Evaluate the plan needed. (3 slides)

5. Discuss your decision-making process. (Identify those involved, responsibilities). (2 slides)

6. Create the action implementation plan (Action plan 3 slides, Implementation plan, 4 slides)

This PowerPoint® (Microsoft Office) presentation should be a minimum of 20 slides, including a title and reference slide. Develop a screencast using Screencast-o-Matic and record your video screen. Use narration, images, audio, and video. Use at least four scholarly sources

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Nursing is a theory-based profession, thus solidifying the need for nurses to consider how theories are applied to practice. The function of the middle-range theory is to describe, explain, or predict phenomena and be explicit and testable

Nursing is a theory-based profession, thus solidifying the need for nurses to consider how theories are applied to practice. The function of the middle-range theory is to describe, explain, or predict phenomena and be explicit and testable. Middle-range theories are more readily applied to research studies. In addition, middle-range theories are able to guide nursing interventions and change conditions to enhance nursing care. Furthermore, each middle-range theory addresses concrete or specific phenomena by stating what the phenomena are, why they occur, and how they occur.
The second discussion question will focus on middle-range theories. The second question is as follows:
What relationship(s) do you find between middle-range nursing theories and evidence-based practice? Provide one example that uses a specific middle-range theory to support your views.
The Course Objectives for this week include:
CO #1 – Analyze theories from nursing and relevant fields with respect to their components, relationships among the components, logic of the propositions, comprehensiveness, and utility to advanced nursing. (PO#1)
CO #4 – Demonstrate logical and creative thinking in the analysis and application of a theory to nursing practice. (PO#4)
CO #6 – Examine instances where theory is used to guide the development of new knowledge or implementation of evidence-based practice.
(PO #6)

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Psychology homework help

DISCUSSION
Correlational research describes relations among variables but cannot indicate that one variable causes something to occur to another variable. Rather, a statistically significant correlation coefficient simply indicates there is a relation among a predictor variable and an outcome variable.
In correlational research, if there is a statistically significant correlation coefficient between two variables, you want to know that the relation truly exists. This goal is challenging to achieve because other variables that you are not studying may complicate the study and the interpretation of the results.
You may find a spurious relation in which one common causal variable, sometimes referred to as a third variable, is responsible for the observed relation between the predictor variable and the outcome variable. Imagine seeing a news story reporting the findings of a study claiming that children under the age of 17 who viewed R-rated movies showed a greater likelihood of developing a smoking habit. A third variable that could explain both the predictor and outcome variables is permissive parenting. Permissive parents may allow children to view R-rated movies when they are under the age of 17. In addition, permissive parents may not attend to their children’s whereabouts enough to be aware of their smoking habit, or they may not discipline the children for smoking. Therefore, in effect, you cannot conclude that the movie viewing caused the smoking habit. The permissive parenting may have led to the children’s movie viewing habit and their smoking habit.
You may also identify extraneous variables that might influence the outcome variable but, unlike the spurious correlation described above, these variables do not relate to or influence the predictor variable. For example, consider a reported correlation that the number of books in a person’s home (predictor variable) is related to their college GPA (outcome). An extraneous variable could be, for example, a person’s IQ (intelligence quotient) score. The higher IQ might be related to higher college GPA but not necessarily related to the number of books found in a person’s home. There are additional examples of spurious relations and extraneous variables on pages 174–176 of your course text.
In this Discussion, you focus primarily on spurious relations and extraneous variables. After reviewing examples in the course text, you will find your own examples in the media and explain how they might affect the relations between the variables under consideration.
To prepare:

  • Review popular online newspapers and/or online magazines to look for articles on research studies. Look for examples of statements and claims that might reflect a spurious correlation or an extraneous variable.Note: This is not a library assignment, nor should you look for articles that already have reported a spurious relation or extraneous variable. You need to make this connection yourself. For instance, you might see a headline in a news magazine that states something like “Fast-Paced Children’s Television Programming Linked to ADHD.” Look for examples like this.
  • Identify one popular media example of a correlation that could be argued to be a spurious correlation or that illustrates a correlation that may have an extraneous variable.

With these thoughts in mind:

By Day 3

  1. Briefly explain the example and the claim that has been made.
  2. Identify the predictor variable and the outcome variable.
  3. Identify the correlation. Is it a positive or negative correlation? How did you determine this to be the case?
  4. Identify your proposed spurious (third) variable or extraneous variable.
  5. Explain the connection you made among the spurious/extraneous variable and the outcome and predictor variables.
  6. Post the URLs for the media example at the end of your posting.

Note: Be sure to support the responses within your Discussion post, and in your colleague reply, with evidence from the assigned Learning Resources.

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You have just opened a healthcare center in a major American city. You have a handful of employees and your main business is to provide urgent-care medical services, pharmacy, patient education, and various kinds of therapy.

You have just opened a healthcare center in a major American city. You have a handful of employees and your main business is to provide urgent-care medical services, pharmacy, patient education, and various kinds of therapy. Answer the following questions?

1. How will you be competitive and provide services at a reasonable cost using technology and innovation? 

2. How will you be able to sustain a competitive advantage using technology and innovation? 

3. What measures would you take to initiate innovative strategies within your company? 

4. Explain what type of innovations is available to you, including dominant design, and incorporate that into your strategy for initiating innovation strategy. 

5. What type of technologies, innovations, etc. will enable you to become a first mover and describe how and when you will implement these strategies? 

6. Describe your strategies for assessment of company performance by using Porter’s five-force model, stakeholder analysis, and other measures. What areas of competition do you need to be especially cognizant of in order to remain competitive and relevant in the healthcare provider industry?

Your report should be 5 – 7 pages in APA format and contain detailed and convincing reasons in support of each one of your recommendations. It is imperative that the support offered for each of your recommendation be based on analysis-based conclusions. 

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