Biology Discussion.

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This is a discussion post initial post should be 150 words 2 Follow up posts will be included 50 words each




Dolly, Dolly, and More Dolly

It all started with a sheep named Dolly. In the mid-1990s, scientists proved convincingly that after decades of trying, we could, indeed, clone mammals — and even possibly, human beings. Unsurprisingly, this discovery was one of the most controversial of the 20th Century, and the issue of cloning continues to be just as contentious today.

Cloning

Learn about cloning, starting with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s excellent Cloning Fact Sheet.

Cloning. National Human Genome Research Institute. Retrieved from http://www.genome.gov/25020028

Then respond to these big issues throughout the week, both in your own postings and in responses to your classmates’ postings.

  • What are the risks and benefits of cloning?
  • What are some potential uses for cloning?
  • Could you envision using cloning technology in your own life? If so, how?
  • What are some of the ethical problems with cloning?
  • How do you feel about cloning animals? What about humans?
  • Should cloning be regulated? Why or why not? If so, by whom?

Replies to Week Three Discussion

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Weekly Discussions Rules

In this class, online discussions will count towards your weekly discussion grade in the course. The purpose of the discussion board is to frame and promote collaborative learning. Active and regular participation is not only important for me to see, but also important for you in learning the course content and in developing your thoughts and positions on various topics. You should make a minimum of 3 postings in total (per week): one new initial discussion post and at respond to at least two peers.

¨ Initial Posts are due each week on Wednesdayby 2359 EST.

  • Response posts to peers are due each week on Saturdayby 2359 EST.

Expectations for Weekly Discussion Posts:

  • You should begin at least one thread and provide at least two posts in response to other participants’ threads.
  • Posting should be in paragraph form. The focus should be on the quality of the post and addressing all elements, rather than on quantity (word count). Whether you agree or disagree explain why with supporting evidence and concepts from the readings or a related experience. Include a reference, link, or citation in APA format when appropriate.
  • Be organized in your thoughts and ideas.
  • Incorporate correlations with the assigned readings or topics.
  • Stay on topic.
  • Provide evidence of critical, college-level thinking and thoughtfulness in your responses or interactions. Avoid summarizing.
  • Contribute to the learning community by being creative in your approaches to topics, being relevant in the presented viewpoints, and attempting to motivate the discussion.
  • Be aware of grammar and sentence mechanics.
  • Use proper etiquette. Remember that being respectful is critical. Cardinal Rules for Discussion Boards:
  • Please remember that the cultural of mutual respect that is part of this course extends into the virtual classroom environment.
  • Participation in these discussion boards is required.

Participation alone is not enough; a thoughtful and meaningful approach in your posts is required. (Quality counts!)

Please develop each topic in a discussion form. Follow carefully the instructions for each topic. APA style is mandatory

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Please develop each topic in a discussion form. Follow carefully the instructions for each topic. APA style is mandatory( this also including the cited references for each topic).

1.Select one of the conceptual models or theories described in chapter 6. Formulate a research question and one to two hypotheses that could be used empirically to test the utility of the conceptual framework or model in nursing practice.

2.Suppose you are going to conduct a study utilizing Quantitative Research Design: which type of research would you use, and which method would you utilize to collect data and select your sample.

3.Describe why you were to chose a specific method to select a sample over other method. Defend the method you preferred.

4.Suppose you were planning to conduct a statewide study of the work plans and intentions of nonemployed registered nurses in your state. Would you ask mostly open-ended questions or closed-ended questions? Defend your answer.

5.Which level of measurement would you preferred to utilize for a quantitative research? Defend your answer.

6.In your opinion which of the following topics is best suited to a phenomenological inquiry? To a ethnography? To a grounded theory study? Provide a rational for each response.

a-The passage through menarche among Hatian refugee

b-The process of coping among AIDS patients

c-The experience of having a child with leukemia

d-Rituals relating to dying among nursing home residents

e-Decision making processes among nurses regarding do-not-resucitate orders

7.Suppose you are going to conduct a study utilizing Qualitative Research Design: which type of research would you use, and which method would you utilize to collect data and select your sample.

8.Read a qualitative nursing study. If a different investigator had gone into the field to study the same problem, how likley is it that the conclusions would have been the same? How transferable are the research’s findings?

9.You have been asked to be a peer reviewer for a team of nurse researchers who are conducting a phenomenological study of the experiences of physical abuse during pregnancy. What specific questions would you ask the team during debriefing and what documents would you want the researchers to share?

Assignment Person Reflection on Health Care Disparities

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  • This assignment is a recognition and reflection of substantial demographic shifts and health care disparities in the United States. The second goal of Healthy People 2010 project is to “eliminate health disparities.” For write up research much be current and can come from Healthy People 2020 not Healthy People 2010. wall street journal, or other web site plus the text book (Miguel A Perez and Raffy R. Luquis Cultural Competence in Health Education and Health Promotion and Sade Kosoko-Lasaki, Cynthia T. Cook, Richard L O’Braien Cultural Proficiency in Addressing Health Disparities

To help you better understand what this goal means, and what it will require to reach the goal, this assignment asks you to work through two examples:

    • Select two health disparities from any categories discussed in our readings this week. For each disparity:
      • Describe the issues that you think are involved.
      • Explain what you think might cause the disparities.
      • Describe how these disparities affect, or might affect, different groups in the United States.
    • Consider your personal perspective. Describe how your perspective, background, values, and culture influence your view of other groups.
    • For each disparity you choose, identify and describe one recommendation for

Reflective Journal

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Students are required to maintain weekly reflective narratives throughout the course to combine into one course-long reflective journal that integrates leadership and inquiry into current practice as it applies to the Professional Capstone and Practicum course.

In your journal, you will reflect on the personal knowledge and skills gained throughout this course. The journal should address a variable combination of the following, depending on your specific practice immersion clinical experiences:

  1. New practice approaches
  2. Intraprofessional collaboration
  3. Health care delivery and clinical systems
  4. Ethical considerations in health care
  5. Population health concerns
  6. The role of technology in improving health care outcomes
  7. Health policy
  8. Leadership and economic models
  9. Health disparities

Students will outline what they have discovered about their professional practice, personal strengths and weaknesses that surfaced, additional resources and abilities that could be introduced to a given situation to influence optimal outcomes, and finally, how the student met the competencies aligned to this course.

While APA style is not 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 rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

write a discussion Research durable power of attorney and living wills, health and medicine homework help

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1. Research durable power of attorney and living wills. You must use 3 – 4 references in your research. Keep up with your references because you will need to cite them in your paper.

2. Write a 3 – 4 page paper on living wills, what are they, and how state and federal guidelines affect documentation by healthcare providers. Your paper should also include the following:

a) The purpose and benefits of a living will

b) How a living will differs from a durable power of attorney for healthcare

c) Explain the “Patient Self-Determination Act” (PSDA)

d) Describe the laws that cover living wills in Virginia

American Association Of Nurse Practitioners Benefits Of Organisation

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Professional advocacy is about supporting the interests of one’s profession. Professional associations advocate for their members by uniting as a single voice and taking action to advance or remove barriers to the profession. Nurse practitioners (NPs) unite in member-created associations and organizations at many different levels: local, state, national, and international. They unite as specialty groups to further the goals or interests of their profession. Each of these organizations has a purpose or mission, membership benefits, and role in professional advocacy. While individually the NP may be able to contact a legislator on an issue of concern, a professional organization has the collective power of being able to be heard in numbers. These organizations are poised to take the course of action needed to influence the stakeholders. Just as these groups take action to make change, individual NPs must take action to promote their own professional interests and causes. One of the best ways a professional can support their profession is by joining an association or organization.

Directions

3–5 page paper address the following:

  1. for the ANNP American Association of nurse practitioners
  2. Discuss the mission and vision of this organization.
  3. Describe the requirements for membership.
  4. Explain at least five benefits to belonging to this organization.
  5. Demonstrate understanding of the advocacy efforts of this organization by answering the following:
  • What are the current key issues of concern (name at least three)?
  • What actions are being taken by this organization to address these concerns?
  • What current legislative efforts are being done by this organization in ONE of the following areas:
    • expanding the NP scope of practice
    • NP regulation of practice
    • Healthcare policy
    • Payment issues
    • Prescriptive privileges
  • Reflect on how a membership to this organization can promote the NP profession.
  • utilize spelling and grammar check to minimize errors
  • follow the conventions of Standard English (correct grammar, punctuation, etc.)
  • be well ordered, logical, and unified, as well as original and insightful
  • display superior content, organization, style, and mechanics
  • use APA 6th Edition format for organization, style, and crediting sources.

For this assignment, download the Mission, Vision, and Values worksheet, and complete it for the HCO that you chose.

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Module 3 – Strategic Plan Assignment

Instructions

20 Points

[Learning Objectives Assessed: 5a]

In this module, you learned about an organizations mission, vision, and values. For this assignment, research a HCO mission, vision, and values. Try to choose an organization that you are familiar with because you are going to be taking their statements, and creating supportive statements for different stakeholders, and evaluating those statements. For this assignment, download the Mission, Vision, and Values worksheet, and complete it for the HCO that you chose.

Please submit an APA formatted Word document with the following information to this Dropbox by the designated deadline:

  • Title Page
  • Running header
  • Properly formatted reference section
  • Please see the sample paper to understand how your submission should be formatted
  • Save your document as hsa4140_MOD3_last name. Example: hsa4140_MOD3_smith.
  • View Assignment Rubric

St Petersburg Module 7 Pros and Cons to Healthcare Rationing Assignment

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The Pros and Cons to Healthcare Rationing

As you have read, healthcare rationing can be a very complex topic.  This is especially true when information about this subject matter comes from many different perspectives.

In the current healthcare system, do you think that rationing is actually occurring? If so, to what extent?

If you do not think that rationing is occurring, do you think that it should occur? 

Your original post of 100-125 words is due by 11:59 p.m. (Eastern Time), on Sunday this week due to the Thanksgiving holiday.

One peer reply of at least 75 words is due by 11:59 p.m. (Eastern Time), EVERY Sunday.

Before posting, check for spelling and grammatical errors; If I cannot evaluate your content, you will not receive points.

No quotes are permitted in this course; use of quotes will result in loss of points.

Plagiarism is not tolerated. If you are unsure if you have plagiarized or need help with your paraphrasing please see Learning Resources or NIP at HEC 

You must cite any sources you use to support your work. APA format is used in health-related courses and professions. The SPC online library has a guide to assist you with your use of citations and referencing.

Food Intake: 3 Days, health and medicine homework help

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Record food intake and activities performed for three days. The iProfile® will be utilized to analyze the 3-day Food Intake Record. The Activities data will be analyzed during Week 4.

Write a paper of at least 750 words that addresses the following points about your 3-day food intake:

  • Recorded intake of protein, carbohydrates, and lipids
  • Which foods in your recorded daily intake provide protein? Which provide carbohydrates? Which provide lipids?
  • Review how your recorded protein, carbohydrate, and lipid intake compares with the recommendations of the dietary reference intake. If your recorded protein-carbohydrate-fat intake was too high or too low, which foods might you add or remove to achieve your goal and keep other nutrients in balance?
  • Is the protein in each food you ate complete or incomplete, combining to become complementary? Why is this important?
  • How much of your daily recommended protein, carbohydrates, and lipid intake did you achieve? If your macronutrient intake is insufficient or excessive, what might you do to bring it into the recommended range? Provide specific recommendations.
  • Macronutrient intake ranges
    • Is macronutrient intake within the recommended range important? What are the effects of too much or too little of a macronutrient? What happens if you consistently eat too little protein? What happens if you eat too few carbohydrates? What happens if you eat too few lipids?
  • Fiber intake ranges
    • Does your fiber total meet 100% of the recommendation for you as calculated at iProfile®?
    • Does your diet meet the minimum number of servings of foods from each fiber-containing group? If not, which of the fiber-containing groups–fruits and vegetables–fell short of the recommended intake?
    • Which specific foods provide the most fiber in your meals? Which provide the least? Identify trends in your food choices that might affect your fiber intakes.
  • Dietary modifications
    • What changes might you make to increase the fiber in your diet?
    • How might insufficient or excessive amounts of proteins, carbohydrates, fats, or fiber contribute to health or illness? Provide examples.
    • What have you learned about your diet?

Cite three references other than the course text. Will need introduction, conclusion, and reference page. you can record the 3 days food and activity on a separate sheet. All work must be cited.