Determine whether or not these concepts were practiced in the Tulsa County, Oklahoma Sheriff’s Office.

Prior to beginning work on this assignment, read Chapters 2 and Chapter 3 in Correctional Leadership Competencies for the 21st Century(2014), and the Oklahoma Deputy Who Killed Unarmed Man Thought He Was Firing Taser, Authorities Say (Links to an external site.) (Holley, 2015), Oklahoma Investigates Tulsa Sheriff’s Department After Killing of Unarmed Man (Links to an external site.) (Queally, 2015), and Tulsa Sheriff to Resign Over Killing by Deputy (Links to an external site.) (Krehbiel-Burton & Perez-Pena, 2015) online news articles. View the news video and read the accompanying article Tulsa County Sheriff Indicted, Resigns in Wake of Fatal Shooting by Deputy (Links to an external site.)(2015), and view the Keynote Ethics Speech from Dr. Bruce Weinstein, The Ethics Guy (Links to an external site.) (2010) video. In addition to these required resources, research at least two additional scholarly and/or peer-reviewed sources in the Ashford University Library that apply to the topic. (Access the MSCJ Professional Sources guide for assistance with finding appropriate resources. The Ashford University Library provides additional definitions (Links to an external site.) of these resource types.) The following scenario will be used as the basis for this assignment. Carefully review it before beginning your work.

A Death in Tulsa County

For this assignment, evaluate the concepts of self-awareness, ethics, and values in terms of the following criteria:

  • Determine whether or not these concepts were practiced in the Tulsa County, Oklahoma Sheriff’s Office.
  • Select two leadership practices using Exhibit 2-4: Leadership Practices Inventory on page 33 in Chapter 2 required for this week.
    • Evaluate to what degree these two practices were being utilized in the Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office.
  • Evaluate the ethical issues related to the responses from both the reserve deputy and the sheriff regarding this incident.
    • Based on this evaluation, describe one pillar of character each you believe the sheriff and the deputy exhibited well and one pillar of character you believe each was lacking using Exhibit 3-2: Six Pillars of Character is included on page 55 in Chapter 3 required for this week.
  • Analyze how the sheriff and the deputy should consider the concepts of self-awareness, ethics, and values as they pertain to ethical leadership in law enforcement.
  • Examine how employment law may have affected ethics and leadership in the sheriff’s actions.

According to the ACC/AHA guidelines, what medications should this patient be prescribed?

HPI:  Mrs. Allen is a 68-year-old African American who presents to the clinic for prescription refills. The patient indicates that she has noticed shortness of breath which started about 3 months ago. The SOB gets worse with exertion, especially when she is walking fast, and it is resolved when she is resting. She reports that she is also bothered by shortness of breath that wakes her up intermittently during her sleep. Her symptoms of shortness of breath resolve after sitting upright on 3 pillows. She also has lower leg edema pitting 1+ which started 2 weeks ago. She indicates that she often feels light headed at times with intermittent syncope episodes while going up a flight of stairs, but it resolves after sitting down to rest. She has not tried any over the counter medications at home.

She started taking her medications, but failed to refill the prescriptions because she cannot afford the medications as she only works part-time and lives alone. In addition, she reports that she does not think taking all these medications would help her condition anyway.

1.     According to the ACC/AHA guidelines, what medications should this patient be prescribed?

2.     Does he need medication(s) given his history of MI?

Prepare a strategic plan to address issues pertaining to network growth, nurse staffing, resource management, and patient satisfaction.

Research a health care organization or network that spans several states with in the United States (United Healthcare, Vanguard, Banner Health, etc.). Assess the readiness of the health care organization or network you chose in regard to meeting the health care needs of citizens in the next decade.

Prepare a  paper that presents your assessment and proposes a strategic plan to ensure readiness. Include the following:

  1. Describe the health care organization or network.
  2. Describe the organization’s overall readiness based on your findings.
  3. Prepare a strategic plan to address issues pertaining to network growth, nurse staffing, resource management, and patient satisfaction.
  4. Identify any current or potential issues within the organizational culture and discuss how these issues may affect aspects of the strategic plan.
  5. Propose a theory or model that could be used to support the implementation of the strategic plan for this organization. Explain why this theory or model is best

Based on Harvest of Empire film and the textbook, write about: (1) the human rights that have been violated in Latin America.

Based on Harvest of Empire film and the textbook, write about: (1) the human rights that have been violated in Latin America, (2) the US’s involvement in those rights violations, and (3) the after-effects that exist through the present.

Pick one country and answer these questions about that country: What role did/does the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights play? What could the Security Council have done to intervene? When rights are violated after the founding of the ICC what could it do?

Conduct current research regarding other security issues such as IMs, email hoaxes, passwords, social engineering, etc.

Conduct current research regarding other security issues such as IMs, email hoaxes, passwords, social engineering, etc. Pick 1 (one) of these issues and answer the following questions.

Describe the general issues with this problem.

Have you had personal experience with these security issues?

What would you do to protect your firm against these types of problems?
Include any URLs in your response.

In an essay, summarize two qualitative studies, explain the ways in which the findings might be used in nursing practice, and address ethical considerations associated with the conduct of the study.

Write a critical appraisal that demonstrates comprehension of two qualitative research studies. Use the “Research Critique Guidelines – Part 1” document to organize your essay. Successful completion of this assignment requires that you provide rationale, include examples, and reference content from the studies in your responses.

Use the practice problem and two qualitative, peer-reviewed research article you identified in the Topic 1 assignment to complete this assignment.

In an essay, summarize two qualitative studies, explain the ways in which the findings might be used in nursing practice, and address ethical considerations associated with the conduct of the study.

Briefly describe the Cubist movement, its revolutionary aspects, and include a discussion of its major artworks and artists.

a. Briefly describe the Cubist movement, its revolutionary aspects, and include a discussion of its major artworks and artists. Refer to examples from the reading and show how these works implement and evoke specific Cubist ideas.

b. Our perceptions of reality are dependent upon our senses. How might Surrealism, with its fantastic and sometimes disturbing dream-based imagery, be evidence of a more direct “reality?” What are the key characteristics of the Surrealists’ artworks? Cite examples from the textbook and show how the details of these works illuminate the world of Surrealist art.

c. The time between World War I and World War II was a time of great change and upheaval in the world. Political change throughout Europe and in Mexico led to distinctive art forms in both regions. Briefly compare and contrast Diego Rivera’s cubist-influenced murals such as ‘Man, Controller of the Universe,’ with Picasso’s epic painting, ‘Guernica.’ How do these works compare, and how effective do you think they are? Why do you think they chose the mural format to express their ideas?

d. Using examples from the textbook, cite the principles and trends of contemporary art and the new directions taken by contemporary artists. How did they shift the world of art in terms of content and form? What kinds of styles emerged in the 1970s and 1980s? Back up your ideas with examples of specific works and details from those works that illustrate the key ideas in contemporary art.

Examine the following questions, should nurses be unionized and how does being unionized impact a workforce culture of safety?

As an advanced practice nurse, one can engage in activism in order to achieve desired policy change at various levels including their own organization. Examine the following questions, should nurses be unionized and how does being unionized impact a workforce culture of safety?