Response Guidelines

Read the posts of your peers and respond to two. Your response should be substantive and demonstrate your understanding of the material. What aspects of the post do you like or agree with and why? Are there areas that are not clear? Did the post spark questions that you would like to ask your peer? In this, and in all of your courseroom posts, be sure to keep your tone scholarly, respectful, and professional.
Post 1
Tammy Greenfield
I watched the recording of the “New Learner Orientation” this week. I had previous knowledge of the required 2,000 supervision hours, but have not completed a plan for acquiring them. Currently, I have two options I am considering. One get a virtual supervisor to gain hours while teaching in a preschool classroom for children with disabilities or two work for an ABA clinic as an RBT to gain supervision hours. I have previously liked the option of gaining hours within an ABA clinic, as I would gain experience in a non-classroom setting. This experience is important to me because I am not quiet sure I want to remain in the school system as a classroom teacher or BCBA. However, being a classroom teacher with a family does not leave me with a lot of downtime to take on a part-time job working ABA. I do not intend to acquire supervision hours until summer of 2021; allowing me the time to get my RBT certification and take on a part-time job. Ideally having a supervisor through an ABA clinic and a virtual supervisor to acquire hours while teaching would be the best-case scenario. I was unaware that multiple supervisors were allowed until watching the “New Learner Orientation” recording. To accrue unrestricted fieldwork hours I can collect data, complete functional behavior assessments, and train staff on behavior programs. All activities I am currently responsible for within my classroom. A second key take away is creating an account even though I am not currently completing hours. Last, Julianne Lasley explained the fieldwork tracker provided through the BACB website is not turned in monthly. It is used to track our hours and we would only need to show it if the BACB requested them.
Currently the biggest barrier I am facing involves time; how do I teach and take care of a child while gaining fieldwork hours? I am also reevaluating my overall goal for obtaining my BCBA. As I work with more pre-school age students and families, I find myself very interested in parent and community training. Especially giving parents the skills to set up a routine and expectations within a home environment that accommodates all members of the family. I am also interested in further educating my community members and businesses; especially daycares. It is unfortunate and heartbreaking when parents share experiences that involve their child being kicked out of a program. Overall, I will remain in the classroom setting for three more years while my son is in elementary school and I am completing my degree.
Post 2
Chelsea Germany Unit 4 discussionCOLLAPSE
I did attend the new learner orientation and I learned a great deal. I plan on doing my field work at a local organization called Beyond Expectations. Once I start my hours hopefully in January, I will then get in contact with somebody who is certified to help me obtain my hours.I will get as many hours in a month as I can I do have a full-time jobso it will be all my days off but I will do everything I can to make sure that I have all my hours in time for me to take the exam when the time comes. I chose this location because of the values that they have and the standards that they hold not only for themselves but for their clients as well they also do work with children and adults with autism which is helpful to me because my wife has autism and we will go through them when we do get her officially tested. Based on the new learner orientation one of the ways that you can incur unrestricted Field hours is to be supervised by somebody that is not certified to supervise so I will make sure that whoever is supervising me has taken the required courses necessary to be certified to be a supervisor so that I will not incur any unrestricted hours.
there are many things that I learned during the new learner orientation. The first thing that stood out to me was not only does Capella have resources but the board certified behavior analyst site has a number of resources as well that I can utilize and will utilize when I do my field work as well as when I am working in the field. The second thing that I learned was there’s a right way to get hours and a wrong way to get hours and to make sure that whoever is supervising me is certified so that I do not have to repeat any hours. The third thing that I took away from the new learner orientation was it I just need to have my hours completed by the time I’m ready to take exam not necessarily the end of my program. This is a weight lifted off my shoulders for me because I do have a full-time job and more than likely will not be working full-time in the field of ABA until after I’ve taken the exam and passed.
The only barrier that I can foresee is me having difficulty with the test for certification. I am a horrible test taker I have severe test anxiety and have had test anxiety for years I do my best to focus on the test but a lot of times my nerves get the better of me which has resulted in me failing first attempts.

JOURNALIZING AND POSTING TRANSACTIONS AND PREPARING A TRIAL BALANCE Angela McWharton opened an on-call nursing services business. She rented a small office space and pays a part-time worker to answer the telephone. Her chart of accounts is shown below.
Angela McWharton Nursing Services
Chart of Accounts
Assets………………………………………Revenues
101 Cash……………………………401 Nursing Care Fees
142 Office Supplies
181 Office…………………………..Equipment Expenses
………………………………………511 Wages Expense
Liabilities……………………………512 Advertising Expense
202 Accounts Payable………………521 Rent Expense
………………………………………525 Telephone Expense
Owner’s Equity…………………….526 Transportation Expense
311 Angela McWharton, Capital……533 Electricity Expense
312 Angela McWharton, Drawing…549 Miscellaneous Expense
313 Income Summary
McWharton’s transactions for the first month of business are as follows:
Jan. 1 Invested cash in the business, $10,000.
1 Paid January rent, $500.
2 Purchased office supplies on account from Crestline Office Supplies, $300.
4 Purchased office equipment on account from Office Technology, Inc., $1,500.
6 Received cash for nursing services rendered, $580.
7 Paid telephone bill, $42.
8 Paid electricity bill, $38.
10 Received cash for nursing services rendered, $360.
12 Made payment on account for office supplies previously purchased, $50.
13 Reimbursed part-time worker for use of personal automobile (transportation expense), $150.
15 Paid part-time worker, $360.
17 Received cash for nursing services rendered, $420.
18 Withdrew cash for personal use, $100.
20 Paid for newspaper advertising, $26.
22 Paid for gas and oil, $35.
24 Paid subscription for journal on nursing care practices (miscellaneous expense), $28.
25 Received cash for nursing services rendered, $320.
27 Made payment on account for office equipment previously purchased, $150.
29 Paid part-time worker, $360.
30 Received cash for nursing services rendered, $180.
REQUIRED
1. Journalize the transactions for January using the modified cash basis and page 1 of a combination journal. Set up special columns for Nursing Care Fees (credit),
Wages Expense (debit), and Transportation Expense (debit).
2. Determine the cash balance as of January 12 (using the combination journal).
3. Prove the combination journal.
4. Set up general ledger accounts from the chart of accounts and post the transactions from the combination journal.
5. Prepare a trial balance.

Discussion Post -Integration of Evidence-Based Practice Into Professional Nursing Practice

As the professional nurse, you realize that your nursing care area often sees patients with the same particularly challenging nursing care issue (not medical care issue). Include all of the following in your answer to this discussion.

  • Identify the nursing care issue or problem and justify why it is a nursing care issue in need of implementation of evidence. Remember, this should not be a medical issue.
  • Explain how you would search CINAHL for evidence on this topic (including search terms you would use) and how you would critically appraise the evidence found in your search. Note: You do not need to perform the search or provide an article for this discussion, but you may do so if you like.
  • I need about a half a page single space
Mini-Case –  Transfer of Training
Read the following mini case and answer the questions that follow:
Organizational Profile
Southern Credit Union operates in more than 10 medium-sized cities in a southeastern state. As a credit union, Southern is owned by their members who save and borrow money through the institution. A portion of the union’s profits is returned to members in various ways, including lower interest rates, lower fees and higher dividends on savings accounts.  Southern’s front-line tellers provide routine banking services inside the credit union and at drive-through locations. Most front-line tellers are women, although the position has become more diversified recently. The New Accounts Department meets potential members to discuss the features of Southern’s savings and checking accounts. The Mortgage Services Department provides mortgage options for home loans. The Investment Services Department has financial advisors who meet with members to discuss alternative investment strategies and options for growing their money. Credit union members are a diverse group in terms of racial demographics, age and gender.
Key Issues
The president of Southern Credit Union, Tom Jenkins, is relatively new; in fact, there have been three different presidents over the last six years. Not surprisingly, camaraderie has been lacking among managers, employees and the ever-changing leadership team. After meeting with the board of directors and in anticipation of an upcoming audit from the National Credit Union Administration, Jenkins decides that Southern needs to revisit its sexual harassment policy and procedures and determine when the last training session was held.  Jenkins meets with the HR director, Pamela Sanchez, and the training analyst, Heather Blackburn. They decide the sexual harassment policy is sufficient but realize that there has been no sexual harassment training in four years. Blackburn, who has been focusing on customer service training, is told by Jenkins to “make this happen by the end of next month.”
Training Staff
Heather Blackburn has been a training analyst for only five months. She graduated with a B.A. in communications 15 years ago; after graduation she worked as a bank teller at a regional bank. She moved to Southern Credit Union as a bank teller because the pay was higher and the credit union had a good regional reputation. Blackburn was a bank teller at Southern for eight years, then applied for an internal transfer to the training job because she liked working with people and thought the job would be interesting. She joined the local American Society of Training and Development (ASTD) chapter last month to learn about the training profession in general and specific training methods. She reports to the HR director, Pamela Sanchez.
Activities to Enhance Learning
Design of the Sexual Harassment Training
Jenkins’ request doesn’t give Blackburn much time to develop and conduct the sexual harassment training. She decides to train first-line supervisors, since they are most closely involved in the front-line employee interactions. She doesn’t have time to meet with anyone to get this training designed, so she sketches out a two-hour lecture. She wants to cover Southern’s sexual harassment policy, the complaint procedure, and some recent court cases (gathered from the Employment Law Information Network) as examples of quid pro quo versus hostile work environment harassment. She creates handouts for trainees and schedules training off-site for 50 Southern supervisors to minimize distractions from their branch locations.  Three days before the training, Blackburn has all her lecture notes (in PowerPoint) prepared, handouts copied and the training room ready. She e-mails first-line supervisors about the mandatory training, tells them about the objectives of the training and gives them directions to the off-site training location.
The Training
As the supervisors enter the training room, they seem confused about the late notification of this training. As they talk among themselves, they wonder if one of the employees filed a sexual harassment complaint. Blackburn covers all the material she has prepared. She doesn’t get a chance to ask for questions at the end of the session, but tells the supervisors to e-mail her with any questions they have about the material and reinforces her willingness to ensure they understood the information. Blackburn feels good about her organization and preparedness, and feels like the two-hour lecture was successful. The supervisors leave quickly to get back to their branch locations; some have several hours to drive and much to handle when they return to their jobs.
Report on the Training
Blackburn happily reports back to Jenkins and Sanchez with her perceptions of how the first-line supervisor training went.  Blackburn reiterates how she met Jenkins’ deadline, recounts the process she used to develop the training, and shows them the training materials and handouts. Blackburn plans to e-mail the supervisors in six weeks to remind them of key learning points and to see if they have any questions about the sexual harassment concepts, once they consider their own workplace situations. She will also ask them to rate their satisfaction with the training via a short e-mail survey.  Jenkins is satisfied because he can tell the audit team that the training took place. The HR director, though, is quiet during the meeting; she wonders whether this effort was well executed and is concerned about the ultimate effectiveness of the training.
Activities to Enhance Learning
Discussion Questions to Accompany Mini-Case
Question: How was transfer supported or not supported in this organization before training?
Question: How was transfer supported or not supported in this organization during training?
Question: How was transfer supported or not supported in this organization after training?

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The Dynamics of Public Policy in America

Public policy is a goal-oriented course of action that the government follows in dealing with a problem or issue in the country. Public policies are based on law, but many people other than legislators set them. Individuals, groups, and even government agencies all play a part in the policy-making process, and they can bring about some positive, some negative, and often unintended impacts and outcomes.
Write a 3–4 page paper in which you do the following:

  1. Select a topic from the following categories (for example, obesity from the health category):
    • Health: Obesity, opioid abuse, alcohol abuse, cigarette taxes.
    • Criminal Justice: death penalty, drug policy, and gun control.
    • Culture and Society: abortion, arts, and civil rights.
    • Economic Affairs: budget and taxes.
    • Education: school safety.
    • Environment: air quality and global warming.
  2. Some of the outside influencers on public policy include public opinion, economic conditions, scientific findings, interest groups, political ideology, etc. How would each of these influencers impact your chosen topic? Use specific examples.
  3. Give one example of how a public policy in your chosen topic might have unexpected outcomes or unintended consequences.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

  • This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards. For assistance and information, please refer to the Strayer Writing Standards link in the left-hand menu of your course.
  • A minimum of three professional references (Wikipedia is not accepted in this class).

The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:

  • Evaluate the influencers, positive and negative, and the impacts, intended and unintended, of a public policy.

How you would define sustainability?click here for more information on this paper

Sustainability can be defined as being capable of being continued with minimal long-term effect on the environment. This idea of longevity is often broken down into the “three pillars” of social, environmental and economic sustainability. Sustainability can impact all the areas of operation within a company including manufacturing, distribution, development, and support functions. All entities including employees, supply chain partners, customers, investors and stakeholders involved in a company’s operations should understand the importance of achieving and establishing sustainability. Creating a successful sustainability and implementation strategy is an important factor to a company’s financial success. Sustainability is about looking after things now, so our future generations can enjoy it later. Sustainability is also concerned with relationships and how the different aspects of the earth system unite in order to best work together.

Your personal views on sustainability.

An increased growth of industrial activities in the past has led to natural resources being depleted at a rate that is faster than the rate of restoration. There is also a growing recognition that the effects of climate change will continue to drive up the cost and the demand for health services around the world. Rising temperatures will increase the need for the use of air conditioning; rising sea levels will put coastal hospitals at risk of flooding; changing weather patterns and damaging natural disasters will increase demands for services.  If this trend continues, most of the admired companies will be forced to close. Growth of businesses will always be dependent on the resources available. And if there are no resources, there really will be no business to do anywhere. Sustainability is crucial for financial success, and if not followed correctly could cause legal trouble, impact stock prices, impact sales and ability to continue to produce products, and even the ultimate downfall of a corporation. Companies that do implement sustainability into their operations have to continue to improve their processes and practices to grow in their “do good” commitments.

How you think sustainability fits within health care?

Climate change, loss of biodiversity, material inequality, overpopulation, and resource depletion all have an impact on how health care organizations are managed and organized. These issues have led to numerous health care crises such as increased chronic disease diagnoses, increasing costs to provide health care, increased carbon use, and, in some cases, a lack of compassion. From an economical stand point the organization is tapping into a booming market (going green market) that will translate into profits. People are leaning towards products for the mere fact that an organization is doing its part to preserve the environment, which also makes them feel socially responsible by purchasing these products. From a social standpoint, the organization is providing a positive influence for other companies as well as consumers to follow suit in terms of being sustainable. Applying sustainability into any health care organization can save money, improve health outcomes, decrease carbon use and improve our environment. As a result of environmental changes, the health sector is facing an unprecedented scale of change that will require public, private and non-governmental organizations to come together to identify and develop innovative solutions in order to make available resources work harder towards creating a sustainable model of health.

Create a PowerPoint presentation that addresses each of the following points/questions. Be sure to completely answer all the questions for each bullet point. Use clear headings that allow your professor to know which bullet you are addressing on the slides in your presentation. Support your content with at least three (3) sources using APA citations throughout your presentation. Make sure to cite the sources using the APA writing style for the presentation. Include a slide for your references at the end. Follow best practices for PowerPoint presentations related to text size, color, images, effects, wordiness, and multimedia enhancements. Review the rubric criteria for this assignment.

Identify an evidence based practice model and change theory that has been defined in Chapters 13 and 14 of the textbook (Melnyk and Fineout-Overholt, 2015). Describe in detail how you would utilize the practice model ( The  Iowa model of evidence based practice.) and change theory ( Roger’s theory of diffusion of innovations) to implement an evidence-based practice change in your clinical practice environment, related to your research topic. Clinical practice guideline towards the prevention of neck pain among adults. therapy  over medication).

  1. Title Slide (1 slide)
  2. Objective Slide (1 slide)
  3. Identify an evidence-based practice model and change theory that has been defined in Chapters 13 and 14 of the textbook (Melnyk and Fineout-Overholt, 2015). (2-3 slides).
  4. Describe in detail how you would utilize the practice model and change theory to implement an evidence-based practice change in your clinical practice environment, related to your research topic. (6-8 slides)
  5. References (1 slide)

Assignment Expectations: 

Length: 8-14 slides
Structure: Include a title slide, objective slide, content slides, reference slide in APA format. Title/Objective/Reference slides do not count towards the minimum slide count for this assignment.
References: Use appropriate APA style in-text citations and references for all resources utilized to answer the questions. A minimum of three (3) scholarly sources are required for this assignment.

Following the passage of the Tax Cuts Act by the US Congress in late 2017, several large corporations announced the offering of employee bonuses and other incentives to their employees as a good faith gesture of passing on parts of the tax gains to employees. In early 2018, United Airlines Holdings Inc. (United Airlines) offered a lottery system of employee rewards and incentives instead of the more traditional employee bonus package.
However, United Airlines’ plan quickly backfired and resulted in public humiliation for its top executives. Based on the information discussed in Chapter 6 of Zikmund et al. (9th ed.) textbook:
● How would you categorize the business orientation of United Airlines?
● If you were the top executive at United Airline, would you have authorized a study to identify the proper employee incentive structure prior to making an announcement.
● If you were tasked with conducting research to recommend United Airlines on its bonus policy, how would you define the problem?
● After reviewing Chapter 6, list a few (at least two [2]) questions that your research will attempt to answer.
Make sure to include in-text citations and peer reviewed references in APA format, paper must be in a APA7 format

Discussion questions will be evaluated based on:

  • Accurate response stated in student’s own words. 
    • Students who merely copy an answer from the text book, solutions manual, website, or another student will receive zero credit.  
  • Response stated clearly and concisely.
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2. why is knowledge of accounting terms and concepts useful to persons other than professional accountants?
3. in general term, what are revenues and expense? How are they related in the determination of an enterprise’s net income or net loss?
4. why is the statement of financial position or balance sheet, a logical place to begin a discussion of financial statements?
5. what is the basic accounting equation? briefly define the three primary elements in the equation.
6. why is the going – concern assumption an important consideration in understanding financial statements?
8. give an example of business transactions that would
a. cause one asset to increase and another asset to decrease, with no effect on either liabilities or owner’s equity.
b. cause both total assets and liabilities to increase with no effect on owner’s equity.
10. what are the three categories commonly found in a statement of cash flows, and what is included in each categories?
11. what is meant by the statement that the financial statement articulate?
12. what is meant by the term adequate disclosure, and how do accountants fulfil this requirement in the preparation of financial statements?