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Write a short essay of 150-200 words answering the following questions

 

 

1. (A) Select the country in which you have spent the majority of your time up to 

now. Is the type of leadership in that country/culture changing? What is the 

basis/ evidence for your answer? (B) Select a large and influential country (in 

terms of the world’s economy) other than the country you name in part A. Is the 

type of leadership in you (A) country becoming more or less similar the type of 

leadership in the (B) country/culture? Explain your reasoning. 

This question works best in a class with high ethnic and national diversity. 

2. Think of a specific leader in your work situation, in a friendship group, on a sports 

team, or in the news. What types of power does he or she appear to use? How 

does he or she use these different types of power? Would you consider this 

person to be an effective leader? Why or why not? 

3. Do you think people are born leaders? Are there specific traits that can be seen 

early in a person’s life or career that identify that person as leader? Can 

someone without these specific traits go on to become a leader? 

4. How would you characterize yourself – as a transformational, transactional, or 

charismatic leader? Which would you rather be? Can you change your style? 

5. Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Jim Jones, Kenneth Lay (Enron), Bernard Ebbers 

(WorldCom) – all were “leaders.” Were they effective leaders? Why or why not? 

6. Think of a leader you have had at work, school, or some other situation. How did 

you actions as a follower help or hinder that leader’s effectiveness? What kind of 

a relationship did you have with the leader? Did it differ from the relationships 

the leader had with other members of the group? If there were different 

relationships, did this situation contribute to the group’s effectiveness? Did is 

seem fair to you? 

7. Using a specific situation, analyze the contributions of the leader, the followers, 

and the effectiveness of the leader. 

8. Which of the many approaches to leadership do you think is the best? Defend 

your reasoning. 

NSG 6101

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Please write at least 2 paragraph to support this post. APA, citation and reference.. 

Notably, the learning objectives for the term have been based on nursing research methods with a focus on the ways of carrying out research that is evidence-based and beneficial to the nursing profession. As such, it is vital to review and reflect on what has been covered because through this one can draw on their strengths and realize their weaknesses. Through reflection, any concepts that were not addressed appropriately can be given more emphasis by setting goals to achieve them shortly. My topic has been based on oncology, and all the learning outcomes were met through discussions centered on the subject.

Discussion

The learning objective of ethics in research was met by reviewing the article on protecting human research participants outlined in the National Institute of Health (NIH). I learned about the requirements for carrying out qualitative research and how participants in a study on oncology should be treated with dignity and respect. In an oncology unit, patients often suffer psychological problems just as much as physical pain is experienced as well. Treating the patient with utmost dignity while alleviating their suffering is critical in ensuring the nurse and patient build a trusting relationship (Ford, 2014). The learning outcome of the problem statement was met by developing a PICOT question with a focus on my population, which was patients with oncology needs. The patient characteristics were explained with two interventions being compared to determine which was best for the care of the patient. I came up with a statement of the problem for my topic on oncology with an emphasis on facts that depict the existence of a problem that needs to be addressed to ensure patients with cancer are cared for using standard practice. The research purpose was indicated by highlighting the vitality of the subject in the society because oncology is fast becoming an area that should be addressed by all, making awareness crucial.

A theoretical and conceptual framework based on the subject was achieved by reviewing previously documented theories on the subject of oncology. In the recent years, there has been a surge of information on cancers and their proposed forms of management because it has become a public health concern. Through the analysis of the theories cited by various authors, I was able to construct a conceptual map narrowing precisely on the subject. I learned many aspects of oncology since it is a widely researched topic with many angles of patient management and treatment options as well. Research design learning outcome was met by identifying a design that was most appropriate with chosen research questions. I was able to identify various strengths and weaknesses of the design and relate to my topic. A research outcome is dependent on the design was chosen because quantitative and qualitative research designs are different and often provide results that could be significantly different. Through reading on the research designs and selecting an appropriate one for my topic, I was able to identify the most suitable design to use on the subject of oncology.

Through the problem statement, I came up with a method to select the sample size and sample characteristics based on the topic. A sampling technique is crucial in determining if, at the end of the research process, the results will be generalized to the entire population. I came up with a research question to help in addressing the research topic with the information on the existing instrument that would be used to address the research question. All the learning outcomes were successfully met through a proper literature review on the topic of oncology and the research of the appropriate research design.

First, you discuss Location – but the table and commentary do not match. In the table

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First, you discuss Location – but the table and commentary do not match.  In the table
you make it sound like there are 100 in the sample, when in reality there are only 50. 
The bar graph is correct.   (Same exact comments apply to the variable SIZE) 

For the variable INCOME, you list a  lot of descriptive statistics, and they are all correct. 
But some are not explained – e.g. your statement
“kurtosis coefficient is negative implies that the height of the distribution is less than normal.”
is really unclear.   If you do not understand kurtosis, it is better not to mention it (it will be hard 
to explain to the client in any case).    The SD and range are not measures of central tendency, 
they are measures of variation – and the coefficient of determination is a good one to mention, 
but it is NOT 30.17,  it is 30.17%.  And again you should not mention it at all if it is not explained. 
(It is the ratio of the SD to the mean;  so the SD is only about 3/10 the size of the mean).

 

For the first pairing, the graph used is not appropriate;  a scatterplot should NOT be used when 
one of the variables is categorical.   And the concept of a “positive relationship” would not make 
any sense in this context.   Moreover, the statement
“I can conclude all locations are approximately expected to have almost same income level”
cannot be supported by your graph.   What would have worked here would have been a simple bar 
graph with a bar for each location and the height being either the median income or mean income. 
Had you done this, you would see that there is indeed a significant difference in the average incomes. 

For the other two pairings, the scatterplots are okay. 
And again you should not be quoting statistics like “rho” if you do not know what they mean!  
The Pearson product moment coefficient would probably be easy to explain to the clients;  but
either you should actually explain it or leave it out. 

Given the following data for a community health center, calculate the average and marginal

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  1. Given the following data for a community health center, calculate the average and marginal cost for each output level and (in case of marginal cost) between successive output levels.

Number of visits                                 Total cost

1                                                                                                                    $100

2                                                                                                                    160

3                                                                                                                    200

4                                                                                                                    260

5                                                                                                                    360

 

Teacher_Answer

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Please reply to this professor’s question with a minimum of two paragraphs, cited with two references not older than 5yrs old. No plagiarism. First is my initial post and underneath the line is the professor’s response. 

– An infectious diseases consist of various conditions that result from germs which include fungi, bacteria, viruses, and parasites. Infectious diseases can be contracted through breathing, touching, drinking or eating something that has been exposed to germs or that which contains it. HIV and AIDS are one of the infectious diseases and it is caused by a virus. Antiretroviral drugs are critical to those who have been infected with the virus and it has both advantages and disadvantages as discussed in this paper.  

The use of antiretroviral drugs allows the infected person to stay healthy for a long period because of reduced viral loads. It suppresses HIV and minimizes the chances of being affected by other diseases due to the weak immune system. The drug does not completely get rid of the virus from an individual but minimizes the effects that it causes to the body as a result of a weak immune system (U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , 2014). The drug, therefore, acts as a booster to the immunity of the body because it makes it healthy and strong. As much as antiretroviral drugs are advantageous they are also characterized by side effects which are unpleasant to the body. Some of the side effects that are associated with antiretroviral drugs include tingling or numbness of body parts, nausea, diarrhea, headache, abdominal pain, kidney stones as well as anemia. The drug may cause the development of diabetes mellitus in some patients while enhancing fat deposits which change the configuration of the body in other patients. In a nutshell, the side effects of the drug can be detrimental to the patient due to cardiovascular disease, stroke as well as hypertension.  

Reference:

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2014). Preexposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention in the United States – 2014: 

A clinical practice guideline. U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/pdf/prepguidelines2014.pdf. Accessed July 27, 2014.

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Please let me know of an example of a commonly used Antiretroviral therapy that you would use for your patient ?

Thank you.

Given the following boxplot where m is the median value, what statement could be made

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Show all work when appropriate. You may type your answers onto the test, or complete it by hand and submit a scanned copy.

 

1. Given the following boxplot where m is the median value, what statement could be made about the distribution of the data?

Explain your answer.

 

2. The Colorado State Legislature wants to estimate the length of time it takes a resident of Colorado to earn a bachelor’s degree from a state college or university. A random sample was taken of 265 recentin-state graduates.

a) Identify the variable.

b)Is the variable quantitative or qualitative?

c)What is the implied population?

3. For the information in parts (a) through (g) below, list the highest
level of measurement as ratio, interval, ordinal, or nominal, and
explain your choice.

 

A student advising file contains the following information:

 

(a) Name of student

(b) Student I.D. number

(c) Cumulative grade point average

(d) Dates of awards (scholarships, dean’s list, etc.)

(e) Declared major

(f) A number code representing class standing:
1 = freshman, 2 = sophomore, 3 = junior,
4 = senior, 5 = graduate student

(g) Entrance exam rating for competency in English:
excellent, satisfactory, unsatisfactory

 

 

 

4. Exam Scores For 108 randomly selected collegestudents, this exam score frequency distribution wasobtained.

 

 

Class

Limits

Class

Boundaries

frequency

  

*Frequency

  

*Frequency

 

90–98

89.5 – 98.5

6

94

 

8836

 

 

99–107

98.5 – 107.5

22

103

 

10609

 

 

108–116

107.5-116.5

43

112

 

12544

 

 

117–125

116.5-125.5

28

121

 

14641

 

 

126–134

125.5-134.5

9

130

 

16900

 

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Find by using the correct formulas:

Be sure to show all work.

a) Mean

b) Modal class

c) Variance

d) Standard deviation

e) Constructa histogram

f) Discuss the shape of the distribution

 

5 .Stories in the World’s Tallest Buildings Thenumber of stories in each of the world’s 30 tallestbuildings is listed below.

 

88 88 110 88 80 69 102 78 70 55

79 85 80 100 60 90 77 55 75 55

54 60 75 64 105 56 71 70 65 72

 

a) Construct a stem-and-leaf plot

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

b) Find the 5-number summary

 

 

 

c) Construct a box-and-whiskers-plot

d) Check for outliers

e) Discuss the shape of the distribution

 

  1. Here clearly the data is not symmetrical as the very large dosage is expected to have a really high amount of drug dosage thus the data is somewhat positively skewed. And we know that for skewed data the median is the best measure to describe the location. So here the median would be best measure of position.

  2. Top quartile means top 25% of the data. Here the total number of mice are 40 so top quartile consists of (40*25%) = 10 mice. Now 40% of them survived so (10*40%) = 4 mice survived.

  3. The percentile would give us what percent of the mice are in that category. So in this example it will pin point the information we are looking for.

  4. The quartile is somewhat similar to percentile. The percentile divides the whole group into 100 equal parts and the quartiles into 4 equal parts. So quartiles would give the 25 percentiles information.

  5. The standard score will give us the relative measures. It will give enough information to compare to different scores by standardizing them.

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Discussion 1: Evaluating Nutrition Information

For this discussion, conduct an internet search for a nutrition question that interests you.  It could be about a particular food or a diet or how food might be beneficial for certain conditions.  Choose an article from your “search”.  Then evaluate the article based on the following criteria:

  • On what kind of website does the information appear?  (.gov, .com, .net, .edu, etc)
  • Is the author listed?  If not, can you determine who might have written it?  If so, is there any evidence that the author has some authority in the field of nutrition or health?  (qualifications, credentials [RD/RDN, MD, PhD, MS, etc]
  • Who is the intended audience for this information?  General public or scholarly?  If scholarly, does it provide a bibliography or reference list?
  • Are there any clues that the author might be biased?  (selling or promoting a product?  taking a personal stand based on social or political issues? other?)  If so, describe how the article is biased, if not, provide evidence that it is unbiased (ex. they offer both pros/cons; you can find related information from credible sources agreeing with the author, etc).

In your discussion post provide the question you asked in your search, the title of the article you chose, the link to the article, and a brief summary and explanation of your perception of the validity and credibility of the information you found.  Your response should be at least 250 words. 

After posting your response, read the responses of your classmates and respond to at least one in 150 words.

Many mutual funds compare their performance with that of a benchmark, an index of the

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Many mutual funds compare their performance with that of a benchmark, an index of the returns on all securities of the kind that the fund buys. The Vanguard International Growth Fund, for example, takes as its benchmark the Morgan Stanley Europe, Australasia, Far East (EAFE) index of overseas stock market performance. Here are the percent returns for the funds and for the EAFE from 1982 (the first full year of the fund’s existence) to 2000:

 

Year

Fund

EAFE

Year

Fund

EAFE

1982

5.27

-0.86

1992

-5.79

-11.85

1983

43.08

24.61

1993

44.74

32.94

1984

-1.02

7.86

1994

0.76

8.06

1985

56.94

56.72

1995

14.89

11.55

1986

56.71

69.94

1996

14.65

6.36

1987

12.48

24.93

1997

4.12

2.06

1988

11.61

28.59

1998

16.93

20.33

1989

24.76

10.8

1999

26.34

27.3

1990

-12.05

-23.2

2000

-8.6

-13.96

1991

4.74

12.5

      

 

Make a scatterplot suitable for predicting fund returns from EAFE returns. Is there a clear straight-line pattern? How strong is this pattern? (Give a numerical measure.) Are there any extreme outliers from the straight-line pattern?

 

 

 

ethical issues

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You are the second in command at a city law enforcement agency. Your agency is currently in the promotion cycle with several candidates interested in a Lieutenant’s position that has become available. The agency only has positions at this level come open about once every year. There are two candidates for the position that standout above the rest from the perspective of their service and performance records.

Both you and the head of the agency must approve all final promotion decisions. A couple of days before the final decision must be made regarding the promotion you receive a call from the Mayor’s assistance. The assistant tells you that the Mayor would consider it a huge favor if you selected a specific candidate for the Lieutenant’s position, however this individual is not one of the top two candidates being considered. Here is the scenario

I need you to respond to this discussion question 150 words

 

This week’s scenario leaves you with only two real options. Choosing to appease the Mayor by promoting who he had requested or by promoting the most qualified applicant. By selecting and promoting the most qualified applicant you would be making a choice that will benefit the agency as a whole as far as leadership. However, choosing the qualified applicant could result in a budget cut for going against the Mayor and his wishes. Strong leadership is an important part of any good department, by having leadership that is well versed it allows for those around them to learn and grow from working with them. If the selection is made to appease the Mayor and go with his suggestion the leadership of the agency could potentially suffer causing issues within the agency itself. However, going with the individual that the Mayor selected could help the Mayor vote in the favor of the agency when the budget meeting occurred. By going with the Mayors choice you could also potentially create issues for yourself. You could create doubt in the mind of your agency head that relied on you to make a recommendation as to who should be promoted. This could possibly cost you a promotion in the future or even your job.

In this student’s opinion it is in the best interest of the department to select that applicant that will help the agency in the future. While yes, the Mayor voting to up the budget of the agency could help them get vital supplies they need, having leadership that can help grow and shape the department for years to come seems more important in my opinion. Having a leader who is not experience or fit for the position could result in harm to your fellow officers. The new leader if not fit could make decisions that could affect not only the well being and safety of the individual officers, but also the well being and safety of the agency as a whole. As previously stated, picking the applicant that is most qualified for the position is the most ethical decision to make in my eyes.

Yani_Res

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Please respond to this classmates post with a minimum of two paragraphs, cited and app style. Two references no more than 5yrs old. 

Post: Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are among the most common infectious diseases occurring in either the community or healthcare setting. Uncomplicated UTIs typically occur in the healthy adult non-pregnant woman, while complicated UTIs (cUTIs) may occur in all sexes and age groups and are frequently associated with either structural or functional urinary tract abnormalities. Examples include foreign bodies such as calculi (stones), indwelling catheters or other drainage devices, obstruction, immunosuppression, renal failure, renal transplantation and pregnancy. UTI in the elderly is almost always complicated in men with prostatic hypertrophy and in post-menopausal women who may have an increased post-void residual volume.

A urinary tract infection is an infection anywhere in the urinary tract. These often cause inflammation of the urethra (urethritis), bladder (cystitis), or kidneys (pyelonephritis).The symptoms depend on the area affected. Typical symptoms of a lower UTI include frequency and dysuria without fever, chills or back pain whereas upper UTI usually presents with symptoms of pyelonephritis such as loin pain, flank tenderness, fever or other signs of a systemic inflammatory response.

Urinary tract infection is diagnosed by examination of a urine culture. Further investigations using intravenous urography or ultrasound scanning may be necessary. Most urinary tract infections are treated with antibiotic drugs. Increasing fluid intake and taking preparations such as potassium citrate that make the urine less acidic can relieve the symptoms.

Trimethoprim/ sulfamethoxazole (Bactrim)

Antibiotics—trimethoprim/ sulfamethoxazole (Bactrim) remains the first choice for community-acquired UTI in most areas. Complicated UTI is caused by a wider spectrum of organisms, and recommendations for treatment differ. Guidelines on specific antibiotic treatment and duration of treatment are available, but with increasing antibiotic resistance (including of E. coli to Trimethoprim), local microbiological advice should be taken into account when choosing antibiotic treatment.

Advantages: Cheap, Well tolerated, high concentrations in vaginal and peri-urethral fluid. Possible reduced risk of emergence of resistant strains.

Disadvantages: Increasing rates of resistance, adverse reactions (e.g. rash) to sulphonamide component.

The efficacy of antibiotics is not fully predictable from in vitro sensitivity testing, which is probably part of the reason why trimethoprim (with or without sulphamethoxazole) remains the first-line choice in many areas, despite an upward trend in resistance rates.

 References:

Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (2016). SIGN 88: Management of suspected bacterial urinary tract infections in adults.

Dai B, et al. (2013). Long-term antibiotics for the prevention of recurrent urinary tract infection in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Arch Dis Child, 95, 499–508.

Wagenlehner FM, Naber KG, (2016). Treatment of bacterial urinary tract infections: presence and future. Eur Urol, 49, 235–44.[CrossRef] [Web of Science] [Medline]