Assessment Course Works Samples For Students

In carrying out a patient assessment, important components such as patient health history and physical health should be examined using a holistic approach. A nurse would require information from the patient, friends and family, diagnostic tests and patient medical records (Jarvis, 2004). A comprehensive assessment should include a detailed survey of physical signs such as weight and height, an assessment of the patient’s body systems and organs. On the other hand, a priority assessment is a short evaluation, normally completed within 5 minutes, which gives an overall evaluation of the patient. However, a more in-depth assessment of the patient is required to make a diagnosis.

First Chart Case

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1. The HS2 Railway Network

On November 2013, the Government passed a hybrid bill to Parliament supporting the launch of Phase One of the High Speed Two (HS2) project (DfT 2013). Consultation ended in February 2014 and the Parliament is in the process of appointing an independent assessor to provide an outline of all issues surrounding the project. The HS2 project is a railway network that is part of the Coalition Agreement and the Department for Transport’s (DfT) business plan from 2010 until 2015. HS2 has two phases, which will be launched separately and thus, will be subjected to ...

Abstract

The INTASC Standards provides a framework for teaching that entails eight principles for the professional educator. The focus of this paper centers on Principle Six: “The educator understands and uses formal and informal strategies to evaluate and ensure the continuous intellectual, social, and physical development of the learner.” This paper asserts that this is the most important principle for the professional educator to demonstrate proficiency. This paper also discusses the importance and benefits of student evaluation in the improvement of academic programs.

Introduction

This paper aims to address the requirements of Assignment 2.2 in Walden University’s EDAD 7200-8040 ...

Standard Based Assessment

Standard based assessment is one of the new trends of modern education where students’ performance is assessed based on the preset standards rather than assessing student performance with that of other students. Standard based assessment is part of the standard based assessment movement which advocates for the establishment and adoption of this form of assessment. The movement also advocates for linking assessment with the curriculum and it also incorporates other forms of assessment.
The standard based assessment pushes for a standard based education where each student’s performance is constantly monitored and evaluated to come up with various ways ...

Performance assessments go beyond standardized testing and engage various evaluation means including informal observation of student classroom performance, project based assignments, research, experiment design, thesis and written reports, blog entries and portfolio reviews.

Performance assessments are a class of assessments based on observation and judgment

In the face to face classroom they can be used either formally in informally when the teacher observes the students at work or formally as in the case of written essays
Performance assessments are used online to coordinate group projects, submit, blog entries and upload reports. .
Some performance assessments are used in a classroom and not in an online environment when the project involves visual ...

Summary:

Causes of conflict

Conflict management system can manage conflict and channel it into constructive areas.
Many natural resources have strong emotive ties for people relating to their identity, homeland and property, but they are also extremely valuable, tradable and easily lost.
Much of the worlds mineral wealth is exploited in places where poverty is widespread and where conflict has been a feature of society. Experience suggests that mining impacts can become politicized and can lead to conflicts. The Kennedy School of government at Harvard University (2008) describe conflict as both inevitable and avoidable, and considers that a level of suspicion and questioning generally ...

Introduction

Most institutions are adopting standards-based assessment as part of the reforms in education. Standards-based assessment refers to determining the performance or outcomes of a student based on pre-determined standards (McMillan, 2008). The first thing in this assessment is setting new and high standards that every student should meet. The next step involves aligning the curriculum to the standards and finally assessing the students to find out if they meet the standards. This reform aims at assessing the students based on a set standard, which each student can meet rather than ranking all students where some students are seen as failures. Standards-based ...

I have had many types of assessments over the years, but I would like to focus on two types for the purpose of this paper: formal objective assessment and informal classroom assessment. The formal objective assessment will be the paper and pencil tests. These will include the true and false, fill in the bland, and multiple choice tests. The informal in class assessments will include the responses that I have received when I have answered classes in the classroom as I have answered questions in a large group setting and participated in small group assignments.

When I have taken objective ...

Introduction:

In this paper, the significance of good quality early childhood education has been discussed, along with the teaching strategies which encourage multicultural education. The relationship and interaction between the teacher and parents is shown to be of vital importance, in order to make a child’s learning successful and meaningful in every aspect. Some light is thrown on how a teacher can motivate children in the classroom and ignite their interest in various activities. Various assessment methods have now been developed and implemented which mainly focus on recognizing and nurturing a child’s strengths and strengthening the weaknesses or areas which need ...

Introduction:

In this paper, the significance of good quality early childhood education has been discussed, along with the teaching strategies which encourage multicultural education. The relationship and interaction between the teacher and parents is shown to be of vital importance, in order to make a child’s learning successful and meaningful in every aspect. Some light is thrown on how a teacher can motivate children in the classroom and ignite their interest in various activities. Various assessment methods have now been developed and implemented which mainly focus on recognizing and nurturing a child’s strengths and strengthening the weaknesses or areas which need ...

Introduction

Program evaluation and assessment in projected to the activities that are carried out in regard to the development determination. Project assessment helps the sponsors and the investors to have a clear overview of the program. The sponsors of the investment or the program are involved in the entire process as it they are the main player. Therefore, the process that is employed in the development planning, they are provided with the report as the evaluation and assessment are done. There are several steps followed in the conducting assessment and evaluation of the program.
These steps include obtaining program description ...

Needs Assessment Procedure

The needs assessment of a community is aimed at identifying assets and possible risks that it faces. In developing countries the steps used are similar. An example is in Liberia, where the waste management needs assessment done in 2007 entailed planning and organization, procedure of needs assessment, collection of data, summarization and distribution of data, and final report writing (Aparna-Sharma et al., 2000). In the planning and organization stage, partners who will get involved in the needs assessment would be identified. For instance, the partners identified in Liberia are government departments, municipal administrators, civil society, and international community. The final ...

Assessing of student in a classroom is a continuous process of determining students learning and performance in a classroom .conventionally the process entails setting criteria, standards and quality expected to be met by students, learners and teachers then a systematic gathering of information, analysis and interpretation of the gathered data and information is done to determine the attainment of the specified standards and expectations (David 15). The information is then used to make decision on areas to improve in order to attain better performance. The process of assessment is a crucial process in any institution of learning and it requires close monitoring and management ( ...

During the practicum, I felt myself not only learning as a teacher but also as an individual too. I mean this in the sense that before I began the practicum, I was less organised and much less confident but, as a result of this course, I now feel as though I am a lot more gregarious, prepared and generally more ‘together’ than I was before. Having spoken to a number of teachers now, it seems that all teaching practicums are intense and hard work – demonstrating the challenge of the job in full, and I have felt that this practicum has pushed me to ...

Importance of using a variety of assessments in the teaching

Using a variety of assessments in teaching is noteworthy because it gives the assessors a chance to determine the best assessment method. It is crucial because it guides and provides instructions remarkably easily (Anderman & Anderman, 2009, 646). In addition, it allows the teacher to determine the most effective and efficient instructional strategies that need to be modified. This will help in improving classroom practice, planning the curriculum, and researching one’s teaching practice (Decker, 2003, 23).
Furthermore, using a variety of assessments in teaching is important because it will help develop a capacity of self-directing the learning (Ruddell & Ruddell, 1995). ...

Chapter 3: Prior knowledge: Activating and developing concepts and vocabulary

It is important for a teacher to help the students access their prior knowledge before giving more knowledge. In most cases, students do not bother getting back to their background knowledge since they always think it is not important. In order for students to activate and develop prior knowledge, the teacher has to employ numerous strategies. Some of these strategies are discussed below.

1. Three Step Interview. This strategy employs a cooperative organization that is aimed at helping the students personalize their learning. It helps the students to listen and to respect the opinions of others. It is achieved when teacher ...

Abstract

The INTASC Standards provides a framework for teaching that entails eight principles for the professional educator. The focus of this paper centers on Principle Six: “The educator understands and uses formal and informal strategies to evaluate and ensure the continuous intellectual, social, and physical development of the learner.” This paper asserts that this is the most important principle for the professional educator to demonstrate proficiency in. This paper also discusses the importance and benefits of student evaluation in the improvement of academic programs.

Introduction

This paper aims to address the requirements of Assignment 2.2 in Walden University’s EDAD ...

Andrew is a 5th grader who is constantly being summoned to the school Principal’s Office because of being frequently involved in a lot of troubles between his classmates and other students in the school. Andrew is 10 years old, but his physicality appears to be older than his age making him the biggest in his class. His appearance intimidates most of his classmates, which is one of the reasons that none of Andrew’s classmate dares to stand against him because they are afraid to be hurt by Andrew. Andrew’s parents have separated when he was just six years ...

Curriculum assessment refers to measurement of academic content of past, proposed and evaluated curriculum. Curriculum assessment also measures the similarities and variations of all three curriculums. At state and district level teachers conduct student learning test to measure the performance and learning’s of students. These tests known as achievement tests and the curriculum used to teach students known as assessed curriculum. A student learning does not depend upon the curriculum and its content. A student may learn more things than what provided in curriculum or may be less depending upon the circumstances, intelligence level and other influential factors.

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Introduction

The academe is an ever growing field and just like any other institution or business company, it has to adapt with the changes that society and other significant factors may impose. The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate highlights regarding my personal viewpoints about the development of curriculums and several processes underneath it.
Sure, there are a lot of ways to learn but one can never disregard studying in universities and institutes as a means of learning. Even, with skill-based professions, early learning plays an important factor too. Here are some of the key points I was able to ...

Introduction

For anyone to be a successful student, there are skills that are required of them. These skills will enable the students to complete their studies successfully and get the expertise they wanted. It is important, therefore, to possess some skills that will enable the student to make maximum use of their study-time. This paper will focus on a skills assessment for my skills and what I need to do in order to be successful in my studies.

Skills required

Listening skills – this skills is required in order to get the facts and lessons that are taught while in college.
Critical thinking skills ...

The aim of this lesson is to create a vocabulary that describes emotion that will help pre-students express themselves in both languages and to bring into focus the conceptual clues falling under both natural and literary settings.

Materials needed:

Construction cardboard cut into circular shapes (about 6” in diameter) - 4 per child
Plastic straw pipes – 4 per child
Adhesive
Color crayons
Vocabulary: joyful, gloomy, shocked, smiles, moods, eyes, appearance, mouth, tear.
Lesson:
Before starting the lesson make 4 emotion masks out of construction paper and plastic straw pipes. Make out a tale in which different ...

According to research conducted by Zunker (2005, p. 132), personality traits have two different approaches that define them. These include the nomothetic method and the idiographic one. However, the nomothetic method believes that individuals inherit their personality traits and there is no way the surrounding environment can affect them. However, the idiographic approach to personality differs with the nomothetic one because it draws focus on entire personalities of people. For example, it specializes on factors such as richness and complexity that are imperative in understanding the deeper details of an individual. Ferguson (2009, p. 132) also asserted that there ...

My patient is a seventy five year old African American man with Geriatric condition. Geriatric is a condition that affects elderly people. The medication administered to such individuals is called Geriatric medicine. It is also called family medicine or internal medicine. This medicine helps to promote the prevention of disabilities and diseases in older adults (Kagan, 2010). The physician who administers geriatric medicine to the patient is called a geriatric physician or a geriatrician. In other words, Geriatrics is the ‘care of elderly or aged individuals’.

As said above, my patient is a seventy-five old African American male. His name is Caleb Rama. ...

Summary of Survey Results

Strong leadership serves as the backbone of any organization. They are the leaders, who formulate the vision and develop strategies to accomplish the objectives of any organization. In addition, leaders take along the employees and teams together with the organization success path. Considering the importance of strong leadership, organizations develop plans and strategies to choose the best leader. There are certain natural characteristics and skills that make up a person a strong leader. However, most of the leadership skills are self developed and so organizations put in effort by themselves through training and development, mentoring, and experiences to improve abilities and skills of ...

Sexually transmitted diseases pose a health challenge among the adolescents in Newark, New Jersey. Recent statistics indicate that there have occurred 3,022 cases of Chlamydia along with 1,228 cases of gonorrhea during 2012 in the region. Going by this statistics, STD`s appear to present a health challenge within the region which requires addressing as per the goals stated under healthy people 2020 (Office of Population Affairs, 2010). The scope of the health education covers a specific age group within the region. The health education focuses on teenagers and raising awareness regarding the diseases. The education needs revolve around the ...

Introduction

This presentation outlines a community assessment conducted at South Ozone Park, Queens, New York. It would entail a description of the community; display and explanation of data; designing of a genogram; interpretation of important features portrayed in the diagram and making a community diagnosis.

A.1: Community Description-South Ozone Park, Jamaica, Queens, New York

South Ozone Park is geographically located at the southeastern boundary of Queens’ borough. This awesome development aroused out of low class housing projects in the 1990s. On the north of its magnificently transformed landscape is the John F. Kennedy Airport. These boundaries extend outwards from the Aqueduct Racetrack east, towards Van Wyck Expressway. Rockway Boulevard is its main traffic ...

Introduction

The concept of sustainable development within the industrialized nations and the increased worries caused by global warming, has led to a global interest in the need to come up with better ways in which building construction projects within the urban settings can be done in such a manner as to promote sustainability of our environment as opposed to the rather “business as usual” myopic concept in building projects. This will ensure that this generation meets its own needs without negatively interfering with the ability of the coming generation to meet their own needs. In most scenarios, most building projects can ...

1. Introduction

Pharmaceutical products alleviate suffering in patients by presenting therapeutic benefits to them. There is risk in the use of these products, but by consenting to use the drug, the patient has deemed it fit that the benefits of the drug far outweigh the potential danger they may pose. There are two types of reactions that may be exhibited by the patient; adverse drug reaction and adverse drug event . Adverse drug reaction is the typical way in which the body responds to a drug that is toxic, and whose use was unintended. This usually occurs at normal doses for disease treatment. ...

Diagnosis of the gastrointestinal conditions is important in that it ensure appropriate intervention. It is important for the medical provider to adhere to certain protocols that would guide him or her manage the condition successfully. The first section that should be considered is the history of the present illness. History is very important. Some gastrointestinal conditions are heredity. The practitioner should ask the patient to clarify about the etiology of the disease (Walker, 2008).

The practitioner should also find out about the past medical history. Dietary history of the patient is very important as far as gastrointestinal system is ...

The basic meaning of an assessment is a method of collecting information from a student through tests, assignments formal or informal training, exams and then evaluating that performance through grades or a numbering system from which a student stands to know his knowledge and adaptability of certain functions in comparison to other in the end helping him gauge his abilities to apply that knowledge. The result could be his passing to another grade or advancing to another stage of evaluation, getting a degree, certification, accountability-to find out if students are learning according to a standard set by the institution, diagnosis, motivation-enhancing ones studies or learning ...

Intervention Strategy

The proposed intervention strategy is centered on improving English language proficiency within the Gulfton community. The premise behind this strategy is that improved language proficiency will facilitate better communication skills that will lead to (better) employment, improved knowledge around legal status and rights, better healthcare and other amenities, and improved outcomes relative to children’s education.

This is a multifaceted strategy that aims to reach out to multiple groups of residents. In laying out an intervention strategy it is highly important to determine up front how to articulate a plan, implementation, refinement, etc. This will be laid in greater detail in ...

With the rise of new technology, the face and practice of terrorism has changed to a point that the groups are now recruiting and sending messages using the internet. The paramount reason of adopting this method is to avoid detection and achieve their aims within the shortest time possible. According to a paper written by the Homeland security in 2009, there are more than 7000 terrorist websites, which are used in sending messages and recruiting teenagers and young adults. Categorically, the terrorists disseminate propaganda and reports of some international journalists, which attract the attention of some young adults who form potential ...

- Introduction

The vehicle manufacturing sector, as a dynamic arena, has undergone various changes, influences and effects, since the advent of the European Industrial revolution, and majorly so, from the input of Henry Ford’s – Assembly line model. Through its involvement in the process of vehicle manufacture, it actively contributes to the global economy, by way of revenue allotment, industry development and employment opportunities, in addition to contributing to varied environmental impacts and effects. It is involved in the development, design, manufacture, selling and marketing of vehicles, motorcycles and mopeds amongst other transport equipment. Pertinent, is the presence of the auxiliary ...

Quality Improvement in the field of health care has continued to be a priority for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Priority requirements in the Affordable Care Act, in the Section 3011 of the National Strategy for Quality Improvement in Health Care have a number of goals. These include improved outcomes, patient-centeredness, and efficiency for all populations, identification of potential areas for rapid improvements areas, and a keen assessment on the gaps in comparative effectiveness, quality, and efficiency.
Nursing Homes is pursuing the development of a quality improvement plan to address the issue of patient falls. The objective of the ...

Chapter 13: Evaluation and Research

Evaluation and research is very important in every aspect of life. In counseling and counseling related activities, evaluation and research happens to be the back bone of all that takes place (Erford 2007). This is so because clients or patients need to be treated each, according to the problem ailing them. This is so because mental problems are not the same like one would say about physical body illnesses. There are conditions hat have a standardized form of treatment and counseling cannot be said to be like them. A good counselor is one who is always on the lookout, who ...

In order to know the appropriate English Language Learning level that an English Language Learner should be placed in, it is prudent to assess the student’s performance on various categories of language development. One of the assessment methods used in such cases is the Student Oral Language Observation Matrix (most commonly abbreviated SOLOM). SOLOM’s main purpose is to assess the oral proficiency of a student in the English language. The categories in which the student is assessed on include comprehension, vocabulary, fluency, grammar, and pronunciation. Each category of the assessment is measured on a 1 to 5 scale. 1 ...

Introduction

Description of Bayside Queens New York Community

Bayside is located within Queens Borough. It is a very affluent middle class community comparable to Douglaston and Middle neck. On the north can be found the Bronx and Little Neck; easterly Cross Island Parkway and Douglaston; to the west Francis Lewis Boulevard/Utopia Parkway and Auburndale; in the south can be found Union Turnpike and Queens Village. Bayside Hills has been recently added as a subdivision of the community. Zip codes 11360, 11361, 11364, 718, 347, 917, 646 are definitive of this location (McKay, 2008).
The 83,104 population consists of 65% white; ...

Needs Assessment

It is always good to conduct a needs assessment process before deciding on the possible solutions that are applicable in any problematic setup. It is aimed at determining the state of affairs of a given situation. It calls for several activities that can be used to collect the required information. In the teaching and learning process, it is always good to conduct a needs assessment about the student’s learning needs, wishes and desires. The best way to go about it is by the use of a questionnaire.

Specific Objectives

a) To investigate and establish the state of affairs of the teaching and learning process before ...

Risk Management

Risk management is the process of identification, analysis, and mitigation of the investment decision-making uncertainty. The risk management happens anytime the investors or fund managers analyze and attempt to count the potential for losses in investments and do the proper action with the risk tolerance and investment objectives. If there is an inadequate risk management then it results to severe consequences both the companies and the individuals. Risk management determines the existing risks in the investments and handles the risks appropriately with the sets of objectives. In addition, risk management is concerned with the preservation of the assets and ...

Ethical problems abound in the health care environment. Health care administrators often encounter a dilemma when working in an environment which may not be favorable to the full practice of ethical decision making (Malloch & Porter-O’Grady, 2009). Issues relating to cost-cutting, patient safety, quality care and employee welfare also highlight dilemmas involving the ethical principles of autonomy, justice, beneficence and nonmaleficence (Morrison, 2011). The ACHE code of ethics is a standard which advocates a systematic process for self reflection founded on theory with the goal of assisting health care administrators in making the right decisions (Ethics self-assessment, 2012).

The ACHE recommends a ...

Choosing the Topic

Instead of coming up with the appropriate topic as the teacher, I felt that it was best to select a topic by first understanding what the children’s interests were, and this would be through an assessment of their conversations, drawings, observations, questions and parental reports. Most of the children were interested in pets that they had at home, and a majority of the pets that interested them were dogs. Their conversations and drawings revolved around their pets. I realized that this would be a relevant topic for investigation because it would focus on the following vital aspects of children growth and ...

Introduction

It is very important to respect the trust that the customers usually show by sharing critical information and data related to their personal and professional affairs. This trust once broken does not ever comeback and that is the reason behind a strong need of guidelines which can be used in order to know more about compliance related to information security and people, processes and technology management.

The assessment technique, which is under discussion over here is primary related to an assessment of risk, liability, business continuity, costs, and national repercussions while primarily concentrating on cyber-security and information management. The paper will ...

Introduction Risk assessment is used in the management of activities in a particular environment. The process is mainly used in the identification of potential threats and hazards that may emerge in a given environment. This concept is mainly used under the circumstances that good health and safer environments are maintained.

However, there are three major issues that can complicate risk assessment and classification for correctional managers as will be explored in this paper.Three issues complicating risk assessment As much as there is predictability of performance of a given group can be implemented at any stage by correctional managers, predicting performance per person ...

Introduction

Auditing is a crucial aspect of the business in seeking to ensure that business standards and procedures are followed for the purpose of enhancing business continuity and performance management. In that view, auditing could take different approaches and entails considering several factors that play a crucial role in determining a business going concern capacity. In that respect, this analysis seeks to demonstrate an external audit’s operation by analyzing Carpetright financial reports for the year 2012-2013. To begin with, the analysis provides an explanation of the risk based external audit approach in addition to identifying the factors that may lead the auditor ...

Convectional test

The criterion based standards uses one measurement of competence and is thus subjective to the sets from which the sets are drawn from. The results are general and are a reflection of competences in fragments. These fragments cannot indicate the actual competence of the student nor indicate the proficiency in one particular area. The problems in actual world may entirely differ from what has been learnt. The whole testing may therefore be erroneous. The human performance cannot authentically be represented in such a form.

The multiple criterion based assessment gives a better form of testing. But, it cannot be universally applicable. There ...

Many people who suffer from a substance addiction also suffer from a mental health problem at the same time and the difficulties they are faced with far outweigh the effects of either alone. Often, only one of the two problems is identified and that depends on the primary problems treated where the diagnosis is given and which problem is most prominent. When one of the problems is severe it may eclipse the other problems the individual is suffering from.

Although one problem may be considered primary and the rest secondary, this does not mean that the individual isn’t experiencing serious ...

Assignment 2: Avon Products

- Determination of Necessity for Change

Avon Company has a 122-year history and experienced fundamental changes. The Company was founded as a door-to-door bookseller distributing free samples of perfume as an additional bonus for the customers. As perfume samples drew more customers’ attention than books, the owner of the Company David H. McConnell founded California Perfume Company. The Company had become a successful global $8 billion cosmetics seller with 10% cumulative annual growth reached by 2005. Avon operated in forty countries receiving 79% of earnings from abroad having excellent financial results. However, the Company faced challenges connected with the decline of operational ...

Fall prevention is important in both hospital settings and at home because they can result in fractures, head trauma, soft tissue trauma, prolonged rehabilitation, emotional trauma, loss of confidence, and high patient readmission rates (Oliver, Daly, Martin, & McMurdo, 2004). For the healthcare providers, fall prevention is an essential practice because poor prevention measures can result in increased anxiety or guilt among the staff and litigation from the injured patient’s family if the fall occurs within the hospital.

The elderly population is at a significant risk for adverse events when they fall in contrast to other age groups. According ...

In the article “Standards of Practice and Care in Forensic Mental Health Assessment. Legal, Professional, and Principal Based Consideration” the authors discuss three key principals that according to the them, "should help minimize arbitrariness in the legal decision-making process through promoting thoroughness, consistency, and impartiality." The goal is create a sense of consistency among forensic analyses.

In forensics, it is very important to produce legal sound consistent data. The use of reliable data is paramount in forming opinion. There is also a deep need to provide third party sources to insure that information is valid. Strategies are required for ...

Describe the business? What do they do?

Riverside Electric, Inc. is reportedly a full service electric contractor that allegedly provides professional lighting solutions to diverse types of business organizations . According to its official website, the list of services include: lighting management programs; on-call services; Green Technology; Photometric Study; generator sales, installation and services; and electrical services . Being a full service electrical contractor, the organization boast of offering diverse electrical services from installation, maintenance, to repair. Likewise, their pricing strategy was disclosed to be competitive and could fit the budget of those who aimed to avail any of the needed services. Specifically, the organization itemized the following service options: ...

Chest pain, shortage of breath, and similar complaints are frequent, but they are broad symptoms that can occur in several disorders. For example, chess pain is a common symptom in angina pectoris, pulmonary embolism, pericarditis, coronary syndrome, lung tumors, aortic dissection, and various other disorders (LeBlond, Brown, & DeGowin, 2009). Because the symptoms of those disorders often overlap or show slight differences, the nurse is responsible for performing a thorough assessment, which includes screening the patient’s medical history, performing a differential diagnosis by performing physical assessments, and recommending further lab tests and examinations. Without a thorough assessment, chances of diagnostic errors are ...

Introduction

Nursing research falls under two comprehensive worldviews. These are naturalistic paradigm and positivist paradigm, which have reality assumptions and world views that oppose each other. For instance, regarding to the reality, naturalistic paradigm have multiple realities, which changes continually hence make it very hard to measure whereas the positivists believe in existence of a single reality that can essentially me measured.

The two crucial categories of research methods are thus qualitative and quantitative. Qualitative research in most cases aligns itself with naturalistic paradigm while quantitative research aligns with positivist paradigm. Qualitative research is more subjective, informal, and an inductive approach ...

Introduction

Companies are now required to be very dynamic, efficient, profitable, adoptive, and forward looking in order for them to gain a dominant and ocmpetitive edge. Without these qualities, they cannot compete in a very international and globally compettive market. In some industries like in banking and insurance, they may transfer into new and foreign markets (Ashkenas & Francis, 2000). In others industries such as in medical products and suplies, companies may choose to work with smaller firms which have developed or are developing new products which they can manufacture and/or distribute more efficiently. Meanwhile, the rest of the ...

Discussion 1

Psychological assessment is an extremely vital exercise for an individual or the community at large. It ensures that the courts give a fair ruling. There are different issues that could arise when conducting a psychological assessment in the community. This paper discusses issues that could arise when carrying out an assessment.

Competency of an individual is substantial in the court (Adler, 2004). The psychologist evaluates the mind of an individual and states if the defendant can face trial. In case the defendant is incompetent, the psychologist writes to the court to request time to prepare the defendant for legal proceedings. Additionally, ...

Employee development is a joint, on-going initiative of the employer as well as the employee to upgrade the skills, abilities, and knowledge of the employee. Employee development is the combination of the four approaches; formal education, interpersonal relationships, job experiences and assessment of abilities and personality to aid employees prepare for their careers’ future (Noe, 259).
Organizations may support their staff development by offering various formal educational programs, either at work place or off-site (Noe, 260). These formal educational programs include specifically designed workshops, short courses offered by universities and consultants, university programs to employees while under the program, ...

DISCUSSION-1

The Illinois ethics code on child abuse requires a psychologist to know the law and when in doubt, conduct consultations before documenting findings that can help in filling a court case. Law governs reporting a child abuse in Illinois. This protects helps as it protects the person reporting from lawsuit if the reported abuse is later not substantiated, provided the evidence provided before had seemed reasonable to support abuse and you consulted and documented your actions (Olson, Soldz & Davis, 2008). My response does not change depending on the state I am practicing because the ethic code in California and Illinois share ...

After completing the assessment on my personal values, I was able to learn several key things about what I value most in my life. From the assessment, I place the most value in professional and family areas. This means that I am more concerned about the quality of work I am doing and the relationships I maintain with family members. In the professional field, I was able to identify that I prefer a job that satisfies my quest for growth through intellectual challenges and opportunities. The results from these assessments have helped explain several attitudes and behaviors I possess. First, ...

Introduction

Education is an important subject in the world that it changes with time. Education reform refers to the changes in the processes by which society passes on and builds its accumulated knowledge from one generation to another (Lewis, 1995). It also involves the passing on of skills and values that are relevant to the next generation. There have been various changes in the methods and meaning of education throughout history to the present day. Standards are a major medium through which education has reformed. Academic standards drive education reform in the United States since the early 1980s. Standards stipulate the ...

Abstract

Carbon Capture and Storage Technologies (CCS) is a technological method that is used to reduce the emission of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere from a variety of sources including industries and fossil fuels production and power sources. This type of technology involves the capture of dioxide either after burning or before burning and then transporting via ships or pipelines and then directing it into the deep underground for storage purposes. This type of technology has been in existence since the 1970’s and has rapidly evolved over time. In fact, the increased impact of the greenhouse effect due to increased amounts ...