Describe the legislation and what was accomplished.

Topic 4 DQ 1

Choose a legislator on the state or federal level who is also a nurse and discuss the importance of the legislator/nurse’s role as advocate for improving health care delivery. What specific bills has the legislator/nurse sponsored or supported that have influenced health care.

Topic 4 DQ 2

Research legislation that has occurred within the last 5 years at the state or federal level as a result of nurse advocacy. Describe the legislation and what was accomplished. What additional steps need to be taken to continue advocacy for this issue?

Analyze what a monopolist is and the effects it could have on the consulting firm.

Your consulting firm was just granted an exclusive contract for Vanda-Laye Corporation. You now must decide your pricing policy. The firm will encounter no fixed costs, and all revenue is after taxes. As your firm has been granted an exclusive contract, your pricing and output decisions will be those of a monopolist.

Tasks:

Analyze what a monopolist is and the effects it could have on the consulting firm.
Evaluate if any antitrust policies need to be put into place. How will your pricing policy be justified?
Explain the implications of increasing the price you will charge Vanda-Laye Corporation verses what it was previously charged.

Explain to management how this structure could influence decision making, especially pricing, output, advertising, and the use of resources in an oligopolistic market, as compared to other market structures.

Discussion Question 1:

You have just been hired by a company as an economist and strategic planner. Your company has asked you to generate a report explaining the consequences of the market structure in which the company operates. Assume that the market structure is an oligopoly. Explain to management how this structure could influence decision making, especially pricing, output, advertising, and the use of resources in an oligopolistic market, as compared to other market structures. Justify your answer.

In 2-3 paragraphs, discuss similarities and/or differences in 2 or more of the readings from this week (feel free to mix-and-match any of themColumbus/Corts, Columbus/Heckewelder, etc.).

This week we have read some pre-colonial and colonial accounts from several sources (Columbus, Corts, Heckewelder, Smith) about exploration and settlement of the Americas. They each present unique reflections on the lands and the people in this New World.

In 2-3 paragraphs, discuss similarities and/or differences in 2 or more of the readings from this week (feel free to mix-and-match any of themColumbus/Corts, Columbus/Heckewelder, etc.). What do their writings reveal about their own thoughts and attitudes about the new lands they were discovering and the people they found there?