This course which I am taking this semester is an online course. The name of this course is Emerging Issues in the health of the Nation. I have TWO questions which I need an expert to answer them. The two questions are posted in the blackboard by the professor. The professor posted THREE materials on the blackboard for these questions and here are the materials:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5sYV7JaU10http://www.kff.org/healthreform/upload/8061.pdfhttp://www.kff.org/healthreform/upload/8332.pdf
THE DISCUSSION QUESTION #1:Based on what you havegathered from the class readings and video, what do you think the health care landscape will look like in the year 2020 with Health Care Reform? In your answer, I would like you to think about how people will receive care, who is providing the care, the quality of the services delivered, health care as a percentage of the gross domestic product, etc. In your answer you can focus on your current career/educational area such as nursing, gerontology, IT, etc. or provide a high level view. Please ensure your responses are at least 200 words.
THE DISCUSSION QUESTION #2:

For the Week 2 Discussion Question 1, you were asked to provide a macro view of the future of health care with the advent of Health Reform. In this question I would like you to focus on the Individual Mandate Reform. This is not a political debate regarding the Supreme Court’s decision, rather I want you to approach the questions from the perspective that we will have millions more American citizens who are now insured. Specifically, I would like you to discuss how the Individual Mandate will shape the health status of the country as a whole.

Questions to ponder include:

• Do you think there will be an impact on chronic disease (possible decrease)?
• Will there be enough providers to care for the newly insured?
• Will hospitals have an increase or decrease in the number of admissions?
• How will the care delivery system accommodate the influx of new “customers”?
• Will insurance companies be able to offer individual coverage for the long term?

Take some time to think about the questions. Think back to other classes you may have had in economics, health policy, ethics or political science. I am seeking responses based on the law (Health Reform) as it is currently written. Please refer back to the text in the readings or reference other materials to support your post of 200-400 words.

This easy must be in australian evidence based research of 1000 word of in APA style. please need all article are related books no google. I need 2 different assignment for this same essay by this coming wednesday. please please please please refer to marking criteria and please do not repeat same mistake that u make before other wise i will ask for money back for previous assignment.Document Preview: 

Page 1 of 20 FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCE School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine Brisbane Campus SEMESTER 1, 2013 HLSC122: Inquiry in Health Care UNIT OUTLINE Credit points: 10 Prerequisites /co-requisites /incompatibles: Nil Lecturer in Charge: Dr Leigh Davis Office location: EB.07 Email: Leigh.Davis@acu.edu.au Telephone: 3623 7616 Contact me: Email me to make an appointment or phone Description: This inter-professional unit provides foundational knowledge and skills for ways of reflecting on and making meaning out of a range of complex information in the health care environment. Approaches to knowledge development in the health disciplines, including the generation of new knowledge, are explored. The contribution of research knowledge to the provision of evidence based health care will be evaluated. This unit will also introduce the students to critical thinking skills that provide the basis for clinical reasoning. Teaching team: Roger Lord EB.09 Roger.Lord@acu.edu.au Brother Benildus EB.08 Brother.Benildus@acu.edu.au Winnie Wu EB.25 Winnie.Wu@acu.edu.au Dianne Collins TBA Helen Funk TBA Karlyn Treston TBA
Page 2 of 20 Mode/attendance pattern: This is an on-campus unit comprised of one two-hour lecture and one one-hour tutorial per week. Duration: This unit is taught over a 12 week-semester or equivalent in intensive block mode. You should anticipate undertaking 150 hours of study for this unit, including class attendance, readings and assignment preparation. LEARNING OUTCOMES The Inquiry in Health Care course is a professional program that requires development of particular attributes for accreditation purposes. These are also included in the Learning Outcomes. On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to: 1. Describe development of different types of knowledge that underpin and inform health care; 2. Explain the different types of knowledge used to make evidence based decisions in health care and their application; 3. Reflect on and analyse…

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 Develop a philosophy that supports advanced nursing practice reflecting the values,… 

MN502-4: Develop a philosophy that supports advanced nursing practice reflecting the values, beliefs, and cultural competencies relative to nursing practice, science, and theory.

Now that you have spent the last 8 weeks discussing theory development and exploring models and philosophies that guide advance practice nursing, it is time for you to put it all together. In this Assignment, you will create a presentation using any form of presentation software (e.g., PowerPoint®, Prezi™, Movenote™, Powtoons™, Slidedog™, and so on). Your presentation should bring together the theory that best fits your concept of advance practice nursing, the model that you will use to translate this into practice, and your final philosophy of advance practice nursing related to your role after graduation.

Please remember that your presentation should contain slides that have bullet points. The bullets should number no more than four to six per slide. The bullet point is not written as a complete sentence. It contains key words. You, as the presenter will explain in depth what each bullet point means in the audio portion of the presentation. Slides may contain graphics, but should be uncluttered. Background and font colors should be of sufficient contrast to make reading them easy on the eyes. Attention to colors should be paid so that a person who is colorblind can easily read the presentation.

Assignment Details

The presentation should consist of a series of slides that include:

·         Title Slide: A title slide that identifies the title of the presentation and name of the student.

·         Introduction Slide: An introduction slide that includes brief information about you and your program track. The slide should also explain to the audience the purpose of the presentation.

·         Model Slides: The third and fourth slides will address your chosen model. The bullet points should consist of the specific characteristics of the model. You will need at least one citation that identifies where the model came from. Your audio will expound upon the model and what the characteristics mean. The fourth slide should include why you chose the model and how you will apply it in practice.

·         Theory Slides: The next three slides will focus on your chosen theory. The first slide should present your theory and why you chose it. The next slide would present the key concepts of the theory and how it has been used to date in past research no older than 5 years ago. The third slide will discuss how you will use this theory in practice as an advance practice nurse upon graduation.

·         Philosophy Slide: The next area will consist of one slide that presents your philosophy of advance practice nursing in the post-graduate role you will assume. The philosophy statement will consist of one to three sentences that distill the essence of what you believe advance practice nursing is and your conception of nursing as a profession. It is written in the first person and present tense. It is a personal statement of your beliefs about the profession of nursing. This should present guiding statements for your future practice in the advanced practice role. An example of a philosophy statement might read this way: Advanced practice nursing takes the art and science of nursing to a level of “other” and “self” interacting together to reach a state of optimal wellness guided with compassion and love for the culture of the “other.”

·         Graphical Slide: The next-to-last slide will be a graphical representation of how the model, theory, and your philosophy fit together.

·         Conclusion Slide: The last slide will be a conclusion that brings together everything you have presented. It is not a summary that just reiterates what you presented. It is a judgment about what you presented and bring the audience home, ending the presentation on a positive note about the future.

You will need supporting citations for your theory and model slides, and possibly for your philosophy, as appropriate. You will include the citations where appropriate and your very last slide will be a reference slide.

The total slide count should not exceed 15 slides. This does not include the reference slide(s) or the title slide.

1.    Organization, documentation, references formatting guidelines must follow APA 6th edition: To view the Grading Rubric for this Assignment, please visit the Grading Rubrics section of the Course Resources.

Total points: 300

Assignment Requirements

Before finalizing your work, you should:

·         Minimum requirement of at least 5 sources of support

·         be sure to read the Assignment description carefully (as displayed above);

·         consult the Grading Rubric (under the Course Resources) to make sure you have included everything necessary; and

·         utilize spelling and grammar check to minimize errors.

Your writing Assignment should:

·         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; and

·         use APA 6th Edition

3-B1 Identifying Cost Behavior Patterns
At a seminar, a cost
accountant spoke on identification of different kinds of cost behavior.
Tammy Li, a hospital administrator who heard the lecture, identified
several hospital costs of concern to her. After her classification, Li
presented you with the following list of costs and asked you to (1)
classify their behavior as one of the following: variable, step, mixed,
discretionary fixed, committed fixed, and (2) to identify a likely cost
driver for each variable or mixed cost.
1. Operating costs of X-ray equipment ($95,000 a year plus $3 per film)
2. Health insurance for all full-time employees
3. Costs incurred by Dr. Rath in cancer research
4. Repairs made on hospital furniture
5. Training costs of an administrative resident
6. Straight-line depreciation of operating room equipment
7. Costs of services of King Hospital Consulting
8. Nursing supervisors’ salaries (a supervisor is needed for each 45 nursing personnel)

A major skill that is learned in this course is how to critically read and critique… 

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Instructions: A major skill that is learned in this course is how to critically read and critique nursing research articles. The purpose for critiquing an article is to critically evaluate the research process followed by the author(s) of the assigned article. This is an information-intensive, time-intensive process that is not learned overnight. To demonstrate your skill at critiquing an article, you will complete this open-book multiple choice assignment.

Here’s how you should approach completing this week’s assignment to finish critiquing an article:

1. First, do your assigned reading in Grove, Gray, and Burns (2015) and complete the reading worksheets early in the week. This will introduce you to the critique skills you will need for the week.

2. Skim the entire instructor assigned research article that has been posted on Blackboard for you so that you will have an idea of what it is about. Then, for this week, re-read carefully the first half of the article, starting with the abstract and stopping after the first paragraph of the results or “findings” section.

3. Print this document and find the best answer to each question below based on your Grove, Gray, and Burns (2015) assigned reading for the week and what you have read in the instructor assigned research article.

4. Some of the questions in the critique assignment below will seem unfamiliar to you. Look up key terms from the question in your textbook. Some examples of these terms might be: problem statement, variables, and cross-sectional. You can also look in Chapter 12 for an example of a critical appraisal (or critique) of a quantitative research article.

5. Once you have completed this assignment “on paper”, go into blackboard and enter your answers by the assignment due date and time listed in the syllabus. Ignore any wording from Blackboard that indicates that “this is a test” and carefully enter your answers from this document.

6. You will have two access attempts to record your answers. This is given to you so that if you encounter technical difficulties on your first attempt, or you would like a second attempt to try to improve your grade, you may do so. You will not be able to see the questions that you missed when you submit your attempt. Blackboard will record the highest grade from the two submissions.

If you have questions about this assignment, you can post them to your group discussion board for help. Please do not post the exact question from the assignment below and ask the group for the answer as this would constitute academic dishonesty.

Questions 1 – 4: Research Problem and Purpose.(For help with these questions, refer to chapters 2, 5, and 12)

1. Which choices below best reflect theproblem statement for the instructor-assigned article?

a. In an effort to address the shortages of nurses with undergraduate and graduate nursing degrees, nursing programs have been measuring student retention, attrition, and graduation rates.

b. There is a paucity of research regarding the relationship of emotional intelligence, psychological empowerment, resilience, spiritual well-being, and academic success in the context of nursing students.

c. The total score of the psychological empowerment scale represents psychological empowerment at that moment in time. This will not necessarily be the same when measured at a different point in time.

d. Nurse educators need to examine ways to promote student success by improving our current methodologies and practices.

2. Which of the choices below best reflects thepurpose statement for the instructor assigned article?

a. Graduate prepared nurses will be needed to replace the large number of retiring faculty in Canada and the United States. In addition, nurse practitioners are needed to help alleviate the family physician shortage.

b. The current rise in employment is improving forecasts for the future supply of registered nurses; however sizable shortages are still projected for the following decade in the United States.

c. Many universities and admission departments dedicate substantial time and money for the recruitment and admission of nursing students.

d. The purpose of the correlational study was to describe the relationship between emotional intelligence, psychological empowerment, resilience, spiritual well-being, and academic success and undergraduate and graduate nursing students.

3. According to Grove, Gray, and Burns (2015), which of the following statements are important when considering thesignificance and relevance of a study’s problem and purpose? (Select all that apply.)

a. Does it consider ethical principles in its design?

b. Does it predict the non-significant findings anticipated in the study?

c. Does it specifically influence nursing education in university settings?

d. Does it identify the population to whom they intend to generalize?

e. Does it promote theory testing or development?

f. Does it identify extraneous variables?

4. When considering thefeasibility of a study’s problem and purpose, Grove, Gray, and Burns (2015) suggest that several areas should be evaluated, including: researcher expertise, money commitment, ethical considerations, and availability of subjects, facilities, and equipment. Which of the following statements accurately assesses the feasibilityof this article?

a. Funding sources for the study were identified in the article.

b. The author’s credentials to design and conduct research are fully described.

c. 100% of the eligible subjects contacted participated in the study.

d. Evidence of protection of the subjects’ rights was mentioned in this article.

Questions 5 – 7: Review of the Literature. (For help with these questions, refer to chapters 6 & 12.)

5. According to Grove, Gray, and Burns (2015), which one of the followingis NOT amajor purpose of the review of literature (ROL):

a. Describing the current knowledge of the practice problem

b. Identifying gaps in the knowledge base of the practice problem

c. Explaining how the current study contributes to the knowledge being built

d. To explain the reasons behind the selection of the statistics used in the study.

6. Selectthree MAJOR topics covered in the review of literature (ROL) from the list below:

a. The nursing profession should be concerned about attrition rates for masters and doctoral nursing students.

a. A descriptive correlational design was used with a convenience sample recruited from a private Catholic University.

b. The purpose of this study was to describe the relationship between emotional intelligence, psychological empowerment, resilience, spiritual well-being, and academic success in undergraduate and graduate nursing students.

c. In an effort to address the shortages of nurses with undergraduate and graduate nursing degrees, nursing programs have been measuring student retention, attrition, and graduation rates.

d. Many university admission departments dedicate substantial time and money for the recruitment and admission of nursing students.

f. The instruments utilized were the Mayer–Salovey–Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test (MSCEIT), Spreitzer Psychological Empowerment Scale, Wagnild and Young Resilience Scale, the Spiritual Well-Being Scale (SWBS), as well as a background data sheet.

7. Current knowledge in the review of literature (ROL) (all information included before the “Methods”) is considered to be articles that are within 5 years of the publication date of the article. This is often assessed by reviewing the citations that are used in the ROL and counting the number that meet this criteria. Which number below most closely reflects the number of current citations in the ROL?(HINT-start with the year 2014 as the year published in the journal.)

a. 10

b. 15

c. 20

d. 25

Questions 8 – 10: Study Framework.(For help with these questions, refer to chapters 7 & 12)

8. Which of these statements best describes thisstudy’s research framework?

a. This study has an implicit framework, which is not fully developed.

b. The conceptual framework supporting the research is underpinned by social exchange theory and Bandura’s theory of self-efficacy.

c. The authors developed the study’s conceptual framework based on Watson’s Theory of Caring to describe the concept of caring for the self as a nursing student.

9. What are some of the key concepts in thisstudy’s conceptual framework?

a. This study does not have any clearly defined concepts within a framework because it has an implicit framework.

b. Nursing student depression is defined as a psychosocial phenomenon occurring within 12 months of starting in either an undergraduate or graduate program.

c. The authors clearly identify the concepts of the framework in a map or model.

10. Which one of the statements below is an example of arelational statement from the conceptual framework?

a. Feelings of psychological empowerment will have an effect on student depression levels

b. This study does not have any clearly defined relational statements because it has an implicit framework.

c. Researchers found that managing emotions was positively correlated with academic success.

Questions 11 – 15: Research objectives, questions, or hypotheses and research variables.(For help with these questions, refer to chapters 5 & 12)

11. The authors state that the research objective, question, or hypothesis was “describe the relationship between emotional intelligence, psychological empowerment, resilience, spiritual well-being, and academic success in undergraduate and graduate nursing students” on page 918. This is best described as a

a. Research objective

b. Research question

c. Research hypothesis

d. None of the above

12. Which of these are considered to beMAJOR studyvariablesin this study.(Select all that apply)?

a. emotional intelligence

b. psychological empowerment

c. undergraduate and graduate retention rates

d. costs of student recruitment

e. predictions of nursing shortages for the future

f. testing anxiety in undergraduate students

13. What is theconceptual definition (as defined in the review of the literature) of the following study variable:spiritual well being

a. The conceptual definition of spiritual well-being is not clearly provided in the review of the literature.

b. The factors that influence nursing academic success need to be better understood.

c. After students are admitted, they are to be afforded resources that will foster their persistence in the nursing program as well as promote their academic success.

d. Admissions staff are tasked with the ever more difficult charge of distinguishing applicants who can be successful.

14. What is theoperational definition (as defined in the methods section) of the following study variable:spiritual well being

a. Recruiting qualified applicants is just the beginning step in fostering program completion.

b. Spiritual Well Being Scale

c. The factors that influence nursing academic success need to be better understood.

d. The Wagnild and Young Resilience Scale (RS).

15. Whichdemographic variables were assessed by the author for this study?(Select all that apply.)

a. Age

b. Education level

c. Years of nursing experience

d. Number of nursing school applications

e. Admission cut-off criteria

f. Race

Questions 16- 19: Research Design(For help with these questions, refer to chapters 1, 8, & 12)

16. Which phrase best describes theresearch design of this study? (Select the three that apply.)

a. Descriptive

b. Correlational

c. Quasi-experimental

d. Experimental

e. Mixed methods

17. Which phrase best describes the time element of the research design of this study?

a. Cross-sectional design

b. Longitudinal design

c. None of the above

18. Does the study include atreatment or intervention described in the methods section?

a. The Spiritual Well-Being Scale (SWBS) used in the study may be considered a treatment or intervention.

b. 516 students were invited to participate in the intervention.

c. A control group of accounting students were also asked to complete the survey.

d. This study was not designed with a treatment or intervention.

19. Does the author specifically mention that apilot study was doneprior to conducting this study? (Hint: look at the words “prior to this study”.)

a. Yes

b. No

20. The authors indicate on page 920 of the article that the institutional review board (IRB) authorization was acquired.This indicates than an IRB gave approval to conduct the research. In addition, anonymity and confidentiality was protected. Per Grove, Gray, and Burns (2015), which of the following wouldNOT be considered essential information for informed consent? (Select all that apply.)

a. a statement of the research purpose and any long-term goals of the study

b. a copy of the abstract of the article that will be used in the publishing journal.

c. an explanation of the procedures to be followed in the study

d. a complete list of references to be used in the study.