Homework is to be presented as a short (50-100-word) paragraph
response for each question. The assignment is to be submitted as a
Microsoft Word document electronically to the instructor.

1. Explain the process and purpose of the Five Rights.
2. What are the various methods of drug administration? Explain why one method may be chosen over another.
3. Assess the conditions under which a chest tube is placed and the maintenance and precautions needed.
4. What purpose do arterial venous lines serve and which vessels are they placed in.
5. Why is a pulmonary arterial line not an arterial line in the strictest sense of the word?
6. Organize a plan for your participation in a code.
7. What are the general requirements for a code cart setup?

APA format is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.

What effects did World War II have on women and their opportunity for work?

In this week’s lecture and other video viewings, one of the main focus is towards women during World War II and how their perceptions and roles have shifted. Women’s lives have changed in areas of politics and participation in their communities and in the military and defense industries that American women would have never imagined happening. One of the iconic symbols represented for women during this period was an image of Rosie the Riveter. Rosie was a symbol for women because she demonstrated femininity, strength and power for those women working in factory industries and for typically male dominated jobs. A benefit and positive effect with the participation of women in the defense industry was a chance to diminish the focus on sex-segregated labor during the war and allowed women to open up in areas such as welders, riveters, and electricians (DuBois 496). With the government issuing the campaign in promoting women taking on men’s jobs, the main motive was to enhance women’s patriotism and gain a sense of independence for themselves.

Despite the hardships of World War II and the struggles it brought, there was also a success in creating new opportunities and diversity for women in the work industry. If it wasn’t for the campaign of Rosie the Riveter, would there have been an opportunity and change for women in a new type of labor and industry work?

Do you believe that white-owned cosmetics businesses would have been as successful if they were not marketed as a “race” firm?

When reading Through Women’s Eyes, we learned about Madame C.J. Walker, who was bold about her activism. Not only was she vocal about her support of civil rights, but she had an incredibly successful business that uplifted black women. While white owned firms claim to also uplift black women, they also sold hair straightening products and whitening creams. Do you believe that these firms really supported their customer base and not just profited off of them? Would they have been able to compete with Madame C.J. Walker if they did not promote themselves as “race” firms?

I think that the excerpt in the book that said that these ads “reassured black women of their beauty when so much of American popular culture told them they were unattractive” (page 511) was done not because they actually saw Black Women as beautiful but because they wanted to profit from their insecurity. They did not enhance their natural hair or skin color, they wanted to change it. I feel like they would not have been as successful if they did not promote themselves as “race” firms because with Madame C.J. Walker, many could relate to her background and find her products more appealing. In contrast, they would not be able to relate to a white man and his background.

Individual Assurance of Learning Exercise 1

• Complete Assurance of Learning Exercise 1B, Step 4, on textbook page 36. (Note: In addition to the instructions, you may choose to use the company’s corresponding website for the Annual Report and/or the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Edgar database for the corresponding 10K.)
• Complete Assurance of Learning Exercise 10C on textbook page 324. (Note: There are correct and incorrect answers. Please review the additional resources (in the Additional Materials Folder) prior to answering these questions).
• Complete Assurance of Learning Exercise 1D, Steps 1–2, on textbook page 36.
• Complete Assurance of Learning Exercise 1F, Step 1, on textbook page 37. (Note: You can use www.strategyclub.com in the assignment instructions or Standard and Poor’s. Standard and Poor’s can be accessed via Liberty University’s Online Library.) Upon completion of Step 1, prepare a 1-page summary of your findings using current APA format.
• Place the results of the exercise(s) in a single document and submit it via the link provided. Include your name, class, section number, and the number of the exercise(s) on the attachment (e.g.: 1B, Step 3). Be sure that the assignment is in a business-professional format; include current APA citing and referencing.

Excercise 1B, Step 4:

Using the Hershey Company Cohesion Case, the www.finance.yahoo.com information, the Form 10K, and the S&P Industry Survey document, on a separate sheet of paper list what you consider to be Hershey’s 10 major strengths, 10 major weaknesses, 10 major opportunities, and 10 major threats. Each factor listed for this exercise must include a percentage, number, dollar, or ratio to reveal some quantified fact or trend. These factors provide the underlying basis for a strategic plan because a firm strives to take advantage of strengths, improve weaknesses, avoid threats, and capitalize on opportunities.

Exercise 10C:

On a separate sheet of paper, number from 1 to 18. For the 18 spying activities listed as follows, indicate whether or not you believe the activity is ethical or unethical and legal or illegal. Place either an E for ethical or U for unethical, and either an L for legal or an I for illegal for each activity. Compare your answers to those of your classmates and discuss any differences.

1. Buying competitors’ garbage
2. Dissecting competitors’ products
3. Taking competitors’ plant tours anonymously
4. Counting tractor-trailer trucks leaving competitors’ loading bays
5. Studying aerial photographs of competitors’ facilities
6. Analyzing competitors’ labor contracts
7. Analyzing competitors’ help-wanted ads
8. Quizzing customers and buyers about the sales of competitors’ products
9. Infiltrating customers’ and competitors’ business operations
10. Quizzing suppliers about competitors’ level of manufacturing
11. Using customers to buy out phony bids
12. Encouraging key customers to reveal competitive information
13. Quizzing competitors’ former employees
14. Interviewing consultants who may have worked with competitors
15. Hiring key managers away from competitors
16. Conducting phony job interviews to get competitors’ employees to reveal information
17. Sending engineers to trade meetings to quiz competitors’ technical employees
18. Quizzing potential employees who worked for or with competitors

Exercise 1D, Step 1-2:

Step 1 On a separate sheet of paper, down the left column, write four headings: External Opportunities, External Threats, Internal Strengths, and Internal Weaknesses.

Step 2 As related to your college or university, list what you consider to be the five most important factors under each of the four headings.

Step 3 Discuss the factors as a class.

Step 4 What new things did you learn about your university from the class discussion? How could this type of discussion benefit an organization?

Exercise 1F, Step 1:

Step 1 Go to the www.strategyclub.com website. Review the following free resources:

Excel student template

Sample case analysis PowerPoints

Live author videos

Live case analysis presentations

Chapter and case updates

Step 2 Prepare to give your class an overview of your impression of the website.