Practicum Journal Entry: Analyzing an Ethical Decision

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Practicum Journal Entry: Analyzing an Ethical Decision

In your role as a PMHNP, you will encounter several situations that will require your ability to make sound judgments and practice decisions for the safety and well-being of individuals, families, and communities. There may not be a clear-cut answer of how to address the issue, but your ethical decision making must be based on evidenced-based practice and what is good, right, and beneficial for patients. You will encounter patients who do not hold your values, but you must remain professional and unbiased in the care you provide to all patients regardless of their socio-demographic and ethnic/racial background. You must be prepared to critically analyze ethical situations and develop an appropriate plan of action. For this Assignment, you review the literature and discover the various ethical dilemmas PMHNPs encounter and how these issues are typically addressed in your state.

  • Analyze salient ethical issues in psychiatric mental health practice
  • Compare ethical dilemmas with state health laws and regulations
  • Analyze ethical decision-making processes

To prepare:

  • Review literature for moral/ethical issues encountered by a PMHNP.
  • Select one of the articles you found that was published within the last 5 years to use as a focus for this assignment.

Write a 2-page paper in which you do the following:

  • Summarize the moral/ethical issue in the article (no more than 1 paragraph).
  • Describe the moral and ethical dilemmas surrounding the issue.
  • Analyze the ethical issue and compare them to the state health laws and regulations in your state.
  • Outline the process of ethical decision making you would use to address this ethical dilemma.

Note: Be sure to use the Practicum Journal Template, located in this week’s Learning

Support with 4or more current literatures.

Lease Accounting and Reporting

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On January 1, 2017, Evans Company entered into a noncancelable lease for a machine to be used in its manufacturing operations. The lease transfers ownership of the machine to Evans by the end of the lease term. The term of the lease is 8 years. The minimum lease payment made by Evans on January 1, 2017, was one of eight equal annual payments. At the inception of the lease, the criteria established for classification as a capital lease by the lessee were met.

Answer the following questions in the Discussion Board:

  1. What is the theoretical basis for the accounting standard that requires certain long-term leases to be capitalized by the lessee? Do not discuss the specific criteria for classifying a specific lease as a capital lease.
  2. How should Evans account for this lease at its inception and determine the amount to be recorded?
  3. What expenses related to this lease will Evans incur during the first year of the lease, and how will they be determined?
  4. How should Evans report the lease transaction on its December 31, 2017, balance sheet?

Just do response each posted # 1to 3 down below only?

Posted 1

Hello Everyone,

The theoretical basis for capitalizing a long-term lease under accounting standards is when such lease agreement transfers full ownership of the property to the lessee at the end of the lease term. Noting that this long-term lease agreement cannot be rescinded. In this case, Evans Company, the lessee, should record this lease as a long-term liability and record the value of the machine lease agreement minus any executory costs, as an asset. Upon inception of the lease agreement, Evan Company will incur interest expense, depreciation expense, and executory costs. After the 1st term of the lease agreement, Evans Company must adjust the book value of the machine to reflect accurate asset values on the balance sheet. (Kieso, pgs. 1200-1208)

Posted 2

Hello all,

The theoretical basis for accounting standard that requires long-term leases to be capitalized by the lessee is when the lease transfers everything such as benefits/risks to the ownership of the lessee, and they cannot cancel this lease. Evans should account for this lease at its inception. Inception is the “The start of a business, organization etc. The date on which an agreement or system becomes effective.” this can be done at the machines fair value at the time of the inception. During the first year Evans will incur interest expense and deprecation expense. The interest will be the interest capitalized at the time of its inception times the value of the liability in the beginning. The deprecation will be determined by the estimation of the useful life of this asset. This transactions should be reported on the balance sheet on December 31, 2017 as follows, non-current asset of accumulated depreciation, and on the liability side it should be recorded with current and non-current liabilities with capital lease.

Posted 3

a/ “In order to record a lease as a capital lease, the lease must be noncancelable” (Kieso, Weygant & Warfield, 2016, p. 1200). From this scenario, Evans Company was the lessee. When the lease got transferred to the lessee at the end of the lease term, the equipment would belong to the lessee. It would be treated as a capital asset and it would be eligible for depreciation. Keiso, Weygandt, & Warfield stated, “The FASB apparently agrees with the capitalization approach when the lease is similar to an installment purchase” (2016, p. 1200) which is similar to Evans Company’s case.

b/ The transaction would be recorded as a liability as well besides recording it as an asset like mentioned earlier and excludes the executory costs, like insurance, maintenance, and tax expenses. In other words, it would have been recorded the amount equal the annual lease subtract the executory costs in eight years. When doing this, it used the same amount of present value at the time making the first lease payment. If the lessee paid executory costs to the third parties, then the amount would be without the adjustment.

c/ During the first year of the lease, Evans would incur the expenses, including interest expense, executory costs (insurance, taxes, and maintenance, etc.), and the depreciation expense.

d/ Evans should report the equipment as a capital lease and as a non-current asset at its carrying value less the accumulated depreciation for the year on the balance sheet at December 31, 2017.

Excel file worksheet

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Barbara asks you to organize the data for sportswear retailers into an Excel table. The data is currently stored in a text file and is organized by state. You will begin by creating an Excel workbook and then pasting the data from the text file into a worksheet.

Complete the following:

1. Use Notepad (or another text editor) to open the text file named Sportswr.txt in the Chapter 7 folder and examine the data. Close the file, and then close Notepad.

2. Create a new workbook named Sportswear Retailers.xlsx and save the file in the Chapter 7 folder. Import the data from the text file into a worksheet named

Imported Data, starting in cell A1.

3. Create a list of comma-separated values from the data you pasted by concatenating the company name, street address, city, state, ZIP code, and phone number. Separate the name, street address, city, state, ZIP code, and phone number information with commas. Trim each text string in the concatenated value to remove all spaces except for spaces between words.

4. Use the appropriate functions to identify the rows of data that hold the concatenated values in the correct order.

5. Copy and paste the concatenated information as a list of comma-separated value into a new worksheet named CSV in the Sportswear Retailers.xlsx workbook. Delete all invalid rows and columns that do not contain the comma-separated values.

6. Convert the comma-separated values into a structured list with the data for the company, street address, city, state, ZIP code, and phone number appearing in different cells of the worksheet. (Hint: Run the Convert Text to Columns Wizard twice to convert all of the data, being careful not to overwrite any existing data in the process. You can use this process to separate the state from the ZIP code. Be certain to remove any extra spaces remaining at the beginning or end of the data.)

7. Correct any errors in the data that were introduced during the conversion.

8. Add a header row with labels to describe the data in each column.

9. Change the data in the worksheet to an Excel table.

10. Sort the data by state, then by city, and then by company in ascending order.

11. Filter the results to display only those companies in Oregon and show the total number of companies in the state.

12. Save and close the Sportswear Retailers.xlsx workbook.

    discusses methods to assess the quality of simulations. You learned about three different views of simulation quality

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    Please find attached chapter 3 for quality of simulations. Please read the chapter and answer the below question. This is a discussion please follow APA format and also include citations and references. Write minimum of 250 words.

    Suppose you lead a task force that is developing a simulation to provide strategic planning recommendations for property use zoning for a county of 750,000 residents. The zoning board and county commissioners want a simulation that allows them to assess the impact of various zoning decisions based on a variety of dynamic factors, including age, race, education, and income status. Which of the three views discussed would provide the best quality assessment for this type of simulation? How would you ensure the highest level of accuracy with you simulation, and how would you go about determining accuracy?

    You must do the following:

    1) Create a new thread. As indicated above, identify which of the three views discussed in the chapter that would provide the best quality assessment for the situation described above, and explain your decision. How would you ensure the highest level of accuracy with your simulation, and how would you go about determining accuracy?

    2) Select AT LEAST 3 other students’ threads and post substantive comments on those threads. Your comments should extend the conversation started with the thread.

    ALL original posts and comments must be substantive. (I’m looking for about a paragraph – not just “I agree.”)

    Project: Personal Leadership

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    All 4 sections are required to be completed.

    This Personal Leadership Reflection minimum is 4 paragraphs in length.

    Write complete and well-formed sentences (syntax).

    Ensure zero errors in grammar and spelling. Paper needs to be professional and organized in an easy to read format.

    If sources are included, format per APA 6th Edition.

    Content of Project:

    Section I – Personality and Self-Concept

    Write about your personality strengths and areas of improvement.

    Section II – Human Interaction Skills

    Write about management skills involved in the engagement and motivation of personnel, and consider the intended impacts on workplace productivity.Use the resources (reading material; discussion forums) you experienced in the course to assist you with this section.

    Section III – Your Leadership Philosophy (Personal Development Plan)

    For this section, consider all the coursework and discussions that allowed you to craft sections I and II above. Focus on your personality, self-concept, and human interaction skills you have mentioned to help you write your personal leadership philosophy.

    Example of a personal leadership philosophy:

    My leadership philosophy is to clearly communicate the ideas and ideals I strive to live up to and inspire in others each day. My philosophy represents a psychological contract that empowers me to understand who I am and what I aspire to become. My role as a leader is to provide grand challenge, create the environment and invest in the individuals for greatness to emerge. Leadership is about integrity, humility, commitment and accountability; my words and actions are synonymous.

    Section IV: Relevant Goals

    In this section identify three goals to enhance your skills as a leader. Answer the following questions for each goal: 1) What are action steps I can take to achieve this goal; 2) What are potential obstacles I may face; 3) What is my plan to overcome these obstacles?

    Example of a goal, actions steps, potential obstacles, and a plan to overcome potential obstacles:

    Goal: To learn to pay attention and demonstrate to others that I value what they have to say.

    Action Steps: Use active listening, open ended questions, body language, and eliminate distractions that get in the way of my ability to listen.

    Potential Obstacle: Not listening with an open and unbiased attitude; not refraining from going on the defensive and not understanding the situation before taking a position.

    To overcome obstacle: Jot down or make mental note of key words, ideas and questions to ask later and to stop what I am doing and focus completely on the employee(s).

    General knowledge of Late capitalism with sport, neoliberalism and sport and sporting communities in society.

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    I will provide you the instructions and requirements. I have to expand on the assignments I already completed. Each one of those topics have to have 1000 words each. We have to use a academic source from our library database. I can either provide you with it or you can choose whatever article that has to deal with these topics. In each response, the student should discuss how course concepts and ideas and the
    relevant source material relate to broader American society, specifically in terms of
    revealing how our contemporary sporting moment has been shaped by political, social,
    economic, cultural, technological formations and relationships. https://libraries.towson.edu/. This is due at 11:59 p.m. Wednesday.

    Week 3 Individual Project Assignment

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    For this assignment, you will research and expound on the following questions as they relate to physical security?

    • What is risk management?
    • What is Vulnerability assessment?
    • What is the difference between security and safety?
    • What is the relationship between risk management and vulnerability assessment?

    Assignment Requirements

    • You must write a minimum of two paragraphs on each question
    • Each paragraph should have a different in-text citation throughout the assignment (Do not duplicate)
    • Every paragraph should have at least four complete sentences (This is the minimum)
    • Every question should have a sub-header (Bold and Centered)
    • Every paragraph must be indented
    • Do not continuously cite at the end of each paragraph.
    • You are required to write and cite according to APA 6th Edition format.
    • Your SafeAssign Score needs to be no more than 30%.
    • Please ensure that you use the Individual Project Header for this and every Individual Project (IP) assignment
    • Please proofread your work and correct all grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors before posting your assignment
    • The use of contractions and personal pronouns is prohibited
    • You should NEVER use a conjunction to start a sentence
    • All citations must be from credible sources
    • Failure to comply with these requirements will result in a low or zero grade.

    BUS445-Week 3- Assignment

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    Week 3 – Assignment

    Recommendations for Improvement

    [WLOs: 1, 2, 3, 4] [CLOs: 3, 4, 5]

    Prior to beginning work on this assignment, please review the related grading rubric.

    For this assignment, you will complete the Chapter 8 Case: Control of “thresholds for evaluation” (TFE’s) at Hallenvale Hospital and Chapter 9 Discussion Question 7, parts b, c, and g.

    Control of TFE’s at Hallenvale Hospital Case

    This case requires you to assess the infection rate at the hospital and do the following:

    • Calculate the average percent of infections.
    • Create an appropriate control chart with upper and lower control limits, plot the data in a Control Chart (using Excel), and determine if the process is in control.
    • Determine what actions management should take.
    • Determine an appropriate TFE for management to use to monitor future data.

    Question 7

    These questions require that you evaluate different approaches to improving process performance and develop a recommendation on how to proceed. The question and its parts are listed below. Identify and discuss what would be the most appropriate tool (e.g., 7 QC Tools used for kaizen or others) to use to attack each of these problems:

    B. The publication team for an engineering department wants to improve the accuracy of its user documentation but is unsure of why documents are not error free.

    C. A rental car agency is getting numerous complaints about the length of time that customers have to wait to obtain a car. They need to get a better handle on the factors that relate to the wait time.

    G. A travel agency is interested in gaining a better understanding of how call volume varies by time of year in order to adjust staffing schedules.

    In your recommendations for each scenario, examine techniques (e.g., a Six Sigma technique, “lean” strategies, etc.) to improve input and supplier quality, and incorporate a customer-focused approach to Quality Management concepts.

    Each conclusion should incorporate at least one scholarly reference supporting the recommendations made. Across the three recommendations, use at least three scholarly sources in addition to the text.

    The Recommendations for Improvement paper

    • Must be two to four double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center’s APA Style (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
    • Must include a separate title page with the following:
      • Title of paper
      • Student’s name
      • Course name and number
      • Instructor’s name
      • Date submitted

    For further assistance with the formatting and the title page, refer to APA Formatting for Word 2013 (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site..

    Carefully review the Grading Rubric (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.

    Conflicting viewpoints essay Part II, English homework help

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    Assignment 1.2: Conflicting
    Viewpoints Essay – Part II
    Synthesizing and Writing

    When looking for information about a particular issue, how often do you
    try to resist biases toward your own point of view? This assignment asks you to
    engage in this aspect of critical thinking.

    The assignment is divided into two (2) parts.
    For Part I of the assignment
    (due Week 2), you read a book excerpt about critical thinking processes,
    reviewed the Procon.org Website in order to gather information, and engaged in
    prewriting to examine your thoughts.
    * Remember that in the Week 2
    Discussion, you examined the biases discussed in Chapter 2 of the webtext.

    In Part II of the assignment (due Week 4), you will write a paper to
    synthesize your ideas.
    Part II – Writing
    Write at three to
    four (3-4) page paper in which you:
    1. State your position on the topic you
    selected for Assignment 1.1.
    2. Identify (3) three premises (reasons) from
    the Procon.org website that support your position   and explain why you
    selected these specific reasons.
    3. Explain your answers to the “believing”
    questions about the three (3) premises opposing your position from the
    Procon.org website.
    4. Examine at least two (2) types of biases that you
    likely experienced as you evaluated the premises for and against your
    position. 
    5. Discuss the effects of your own enculturation or group
    identification that may have influenced your biases.
    6. Discuss whether or
    not your thinking about the topic has changed after playing the “Believing
    Game,” even if your position on the issue has stayed the same.

    The paper should follow guidelines for clear and organized
    writing:

    • Include an introductory paragraph and concluding paragraph.
    • Address main ideas in body paragraphs with a topic sentence and supporting
      sentences.
    • Adhere to standard rules of English grammar, punctuation, mechanics, and
      spelling.

    Agenta, this is part 2 of the paper you did for me about 2 weeks ago. I have attached it.

    Thanks

    phi_210_assign_1.1.doc

    Nursing And Workplace Violence (Hospitals)

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    I need a revision for a document I upload….

    Those are my teacher comments:

    Feedback to Learner

    Hello,

    This is a Legal / legislative / regulatory course. So when revising this assignment please make sure to include the actual laws. I see that you have started to include these, but how does all of this come together to affect patient care and nurses safety? You also need to have headings and subheadings that work to organize your thoughts.

    APA format with headings and subheadings.

    1-Workplace Violence

    2-Political, legal and legislative factors

    3-OSHA’s Workplace Violence Prevention Guidelines

    4-American Nursing Association (ANA)

    5-Violence Preventive Measures