Statistics For Management
1. You must produce an Original work as Plagiarism regulations will apply
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QUESTION 1 (15 marks)
(a) Describe a scenario in the field of Finance which could be modeled as a Binomial
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(Word count around 150 words)
(b) Seed crops such as wheat, maize, pumpkin are sensitive to moisture and thus the amount of rainfall. Rainfall levesl can be qualified as : Light, Moderate, Heavy and Violent. A seed crop farmer recorded his production in kg during the past seasons in the four different scenarios of rainfall. Furthermore, The meteorological services have just released the forecast for rainfall for the coming season in terms of number of expected days of light ,moderate, heavy and violent rain.
Advise the producer on how he can use the above information to determine his expected harvest in kg of seed crops. Illustrate by creating a numerical example to show the steps and workings.
(Word count around 150 words)
QUESTION 2 (15 marks)
A Bank wishes to determine the mean income of its credit card holders and more specifically wants to investigate whether there are any differences in the mean income between males and females. Confidence interval as a statistical inference method has been considered to respond this objective.
You are required to
1. Comment on the choice of confidence intervals as a statistical inference method for the above. https://charteredessay.com/describe-a-scenario2. Describe how you will proceed to determine the corresponding confidence intervals.
3. Explain how you would use confidence intervals as evidence suggesting that in average males and females income differ.
Use Numerical examples to illustrate as and when required.
(Word count around 250 words)
QUESTION 3 (15 marks)
Simple Linear Regression analysis is a statistical technique that attempts to explore and model the linear relationship between two variables for decision making.
You are required to describe a situation (other than the examples used in lecture) where a simple linear regression analysis has to be applied. In your write up you have to:
1. Provide a brief background of the situation you are going to look at. Specifically, why did you choose the dependent variable you chose? Indicate the general model that you are going to estimate.
2. Using a numerical example, apply the simple linear regression analysis techniques and Present the estimated model. Give an interpretation of each of the estimated coefficients. Determine the measures of goodness of fit and discuss the validity of the model.
(Word count: Approximately 250 words)
Question 4
A consumer protection Association is concerned about the false claims of reduced sugar content on soft drinks packaging which may falsely give consumers a sense of confidence before they purchase. According to the consumer group, these claims rarely reflect the actual nutritional quality of the food, more specifically the sugar content is more than the amount specified on the cans or bottles.
You are required to use the Hypothesis Testing as a statistical inference method to help the consumer Protection Association to test the above. More specifically you have to
1. Describe and justify the steps you will use to achieve the objective above.
Compare the different Statistics that could be used.
2. Using a numerical example, apply the steps and critically discuss the outcome of the test.
(Word count: Approximately 250 words
: The Role of the Nurse Informaticist in Systems Development and Implementation
Assume you are a nurse manager on a unit where a new nursing documentation system is to be implemented. You want to ensure that the system will be usable and acceptable for the nurses impacted. You realize a nurse leader must be on the implementation team.
To Prepare:
Review the steps of the Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and reflect on the scenario presented.
Consider the benefits and challenges associated with involving a nurse leader on an implementation team for health information technology.
The Assignment: (2-3 pages)
In preparation of filling this role, develop a 2- to 3-page role description for a graduate-level nurse to guide his/her participation on the implementation team. The role description should be based on the SDLC stages and tasks and should clearly define how this individual will participate in and impact each of the following steps:
Planning and requirements definition
Analysis
Design of the new system
Implementation
Post-implementation support
Off-Label Drug Use in Pediatrics
The issue of the use of prescribed drugs for off-label among children is a common phenomenon that is common. One of the circumstances that could call for this is the issues of lack of standards that need to be followed for the drugs while prescribing it for children. The other circumstance is the issues of lack of licensed individuals to carry out the process of the issues of lack of an effective and safe therapeutic option that could be opted for. This is attributed to the fact that there could be risks of a lack of options for therapeutic medication for children for treating certain health issues. Panther et al. (2017) add that the occurrence of this case could be attributed to the inconsistencies in the information in SmPC on children.
As a healthcare provider, one must take into account the need for strategies to make the off-label use and dosage of drugs safer for children. Corny et al. (2015) depict that it could be challenging to be able to eliminate the issue of the use of unlicensed and off label drugs for children. However, the issue could be eliminated by the implementation of the electronic medical records for the process of passage of information to the patients or on the off label unlicensed drugs. There is a need as well for the enhancement of the process of sharing information between the different jurisdictions on the different drugs. The process will be instrumental in allowing for the healthcare providers to be able to learn of the information and the experience of the others. There is a need as well for the enhancement of research on the issue of off label and unlicensed drugs for children to avoid issues of consideration of the guidelines that are there for the adults.
References
Corny, J., Lebel, D., Bailey, B., & Bussières, J. F. (2015). Unlicensed and off-label drug use in children before and after pediatric governmental initiatives. The Journal of Pediatric Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 20(4), 316-328.
Panther, S. G., Knotts, A. M., Odom-Maryon, T., Daratha, K., Woo, T., & Klein, T. A. (2017). Off-label prescribing trends for ADHD medications in very young children. The Journal of Pediatric Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 22(6), 423-429
Nursing History
The purpose of this course project is for learners to explore how living nurses are making nursing history, apply lessons from nursing history, and analyze the impact of this project on nursing history today.
Outcomes:
This project enables the student to meet the following outcomes:
Apply lessons from nursing history to today's professional nursing practice.
Analyze the impact of nursing history on professional nursing roles today and in the future.
Directions:
The Reflection Paper be a typed paper in APA format including:
Double-spaced, font and type size consistent with APA manual
Title Page adheres to APA standards.
Content and headings as below and on the rubric:
Introduction (include Introduction content, but no heading)
Reflection on Learning from Nurse's Answers
Insight Gained from Conversation Regarding Leadership, Provision of Care, and/or Evidence-Based Practice
Analysis of the Impact of Nursing History on Professional Practice Today and in the Future
Conclusion
Length: Approximately 3 double-spaced pages excluding Title Page; 800-1000 words required in the body of the paper.
No citations or references. No Reference page needed.
Excellent mechanics of scholarly writing including spelling, grammar, structure, paragraphing, and punctuation.
Uploaded is the conversation with the selected nurse and template to be used, please use it with your own ideas
Discussion
Describe how the glomerular filtration rate is measured.”
Mr. Joe Sixpack is a patient with kidney disease who presents to your clinic for monitoring. You notice on his chart that his GFR was estimated through inulin administration to be about 35 ml/min. What does this tell you about the health of his kidneys? Mr. Sixpack is taking a medication that is normally excreted from the body in the urine. You look at his blood work and find that the concentration of this medication in his plasma is much higher than normal.
The Question for you to answer and discuss is:
How does his decreased GFR explain the elevated level of medication in his plasma?
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Mr. Sixpack is taking a medication that is normally excreted from the body in the urine. His blood work is indicating that the concentration of this medication in his plasma is much higher than normal. This would cause concern that his kidney function has been reduced. The major function of the kidneys is to remove waste products and excess fluid from the body. These waste products and excess fluid are removed through the urine. The production of urine involves highly complex steps of excretion and re-absorption. This process is necessary to maintain a stable balance of body chemicals. {1}
The critical regulation of the body's salt, potassium, and acid content is performed by the kidneys. The kidneys also produce hormones that affect the function of other organs. For example, a hormone produced by the kidneys stimulates red blood cell production. Other hormones produced by the kidneys help regulate blood pressure and control calcium metabolism. {1}
The kidneys are powerful chemical factories that perform the following functions: remove waste products from the body, remove drugs from the body, balance the body's fluids, release hormones that regulate blood pressure, produce an active form of vitamin D that promotes strong, healthy bones and control the productions of red blood cells. {1}
Mr. Sixpack has already been diagnosed with kidney disease. However, it seems evident by his decreased glomerular filtration rate and the unusually high level of medication in his plasma that his kidney function has been reduced.
The glomerular filtration rate (GFR) is a test used to check how well the kidneys are working. Specifically, it estimates how much blood passes through the glomeruli each minute. Glomeruli are the tiny filters in the kidneys that filter waste from the blood. {2} Mr. Sixpack's GFR of 35 ml/min would suggest that he is in stage 3b of chronic kidney disease which is catagorized by a range of an estimated GFR between 30 and 44. Many people with stage 3 kidney disease do not have any symptoms. If there are symptoms, there may be: swelling in the hands and feet, back pain and urinating more or less than normal. At this stage, one is more likely to have health complications as waste builds up in the body, and the kidneys are not working well, such as: high blood pressure, anemia, and bone disease. {3}
References:
{1} How Your Kidneys Work, National Kidney Foundation, (Date of publication unknown), https://www.kidney.org/atoz/content/howkidneyswork#:~:text=Here's%20how%20kidneys%20perform%20their,bloodstream%20by%20way%20of%20veins
{2} Glomerular Filtration Rate, MedlinePlus, U.S. National Library of Medicine, 31 July 2020, https://medlineplus.gov/lab-tests/glomerular-filtration-rate-gfr-test/
{3} Stages of Chronic Kidney Disease CKD), American Kidney Fund, 17 June 2020, https://www.kidneyfund.org/kidney-disease/chronic-kidney-disease-ckd/stages-
References:
{1} How Your Kidneys Work, National Kidney Foundation, (Date of publication unknown), https://www.kidney.org/atoz/content/howkidneyswork#:~:text=Here's%20how%20kidneys%20perform%20their,bloodstream%20by%20way%20of%20veins
{2} Glomerular Filtration Rate, MedlinePlus, U.S. National Library of Medicine, 31 July 2020, https://medlineplus.gov/lab-tests/glomerular-filtration-rate-gfr-test/
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Child abuse and maltreatment
Child abuse and maltreatment is not limited to a particular age—it can occur in the infant, toddler, preschool, and school-age years. Choose one of the four age groups and outline the types of abuse most commonly seen among children of that age.
Child abuse can occur from infancy to age 18. Child abuse in the school-age child is important for caregivers, friends, teachers, or others to report as soon as possible. Four types of common abuse mechanisms include physical, sexual, emotional, and neglect. (CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2020) The first is physical abuse, “this occurs when someone such as a child parents or day care provider hits or otherwise hurts a child.” (The Whole Child, 2018 ) The second is sexual, “this happens when someone performs a sexual act on the child or forces a child to perform one on them. (The Whole Child, 2018 ) Emotional abuse, “this occurs when a parent treats a child in ways that make the child feel unwanted, or like a bad person so much that the child’s normal development, learning or behavior suffers.” (The Whole Child, 2018 ) Lastly, neglect, “is the failure to meet a child’s basic physical and emotional needs. These needs include housing, food, clothing, education, and access to medical care.” (CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2020)
Describe warning signs and physical and emotional assessment findings the nurse may see that could indicate child abuse.
Warning signs for abuse include disturbance in sleep patterns, extreme fears, mood swings, fear of being left alone with certain people, sexual activities with toys, loss of appetite, and pain in stomach or genital area. (The Whole Child, 2018 ) Physical symptoms such as unexplained bruises, bleeding, or redness on the child’s body and/or genital area are all signs of abuse. (The Whole Child, 2018 )
Discuss cultural variations of health practices that can be misidentified as child abuse.
There are many cultural health practices that can be misidentified as abuse and here are a few. “Coining or caogio, is an example of an ancient healing practice still being practiced, today. This dermabrasion therapy, which involves intense rubbing of the skin, is used by Vietnamese, Cambodians, and Laotians to treat a variety of illnesses.” (Killion, 2017) Another type of health practice similar to coining is cupping, which many ethnic groups use to “remove toxins.” (Killion, 2017)
Describe the reporting mechanism in your state and nurse responsibilities related to the reporting of suspected child abuse.
Any person can report child abuse but some are mandated to report abuse. I live in the state of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families has all the guidelines on reporting child abuse. Any person can contact their local Child Protective Services (CPS) agency. Mandated reporters are bound by the law to report suspected child abuse. “ Wisconsin law (48.981(2)) requires that any mandated reporter who has reasonable cause to suspect that a child seen by the person in the course of professional duties has been abused or neglected, or who has reason to believe that a child seen by the person in the course of professional duties has been threatened with abuse or neglect and that abuse or neglect of the child will occur, make a report to county CPS or law enforcement.” (Wisconin Department of Children and Families, n.d.) The list of mandated professional is long and nurses are included in this list. The nurse would report the suspected abuse to the county in which the child resides. The nurse is immune from criminal or civil liability if making the report in good faith, the nurse will be informed by the county what action was taken, and the nurse that intentionally fails to report child abuse could be fined up to $1000 or imprisoned no more than six months or both. (Wisconin Department of Children and Families, n.d.) As nurses, we must be diligent in our assessments and reporting of suspected issues.
References
CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2020, March 5). Retrieved from Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention: https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/childabuseandneglect/index.html
Killion, C. M. (2017, August 21). Cultural Healing Practices that Mimic Child Abuse. Cleveland , Ohio, USA.
The Whole Child. (2018 , November 24). Retrieved from How to Identify Child Abuse Ages 6-12: https://www.thewholechild.org/parent-resources/age-6-12/how-to-identify-child-abuse-ages-6-12/
Wisconin Department of Children and Families. (n.d.). Retrieved August 2, 2020, from Mandated Child Abuse and Neglect Reporters: https://dcf.wisconsin.gov/cps/reportabuse
Reply 2
Child abuse can occur at any age in a child's life and it is important for one to be observant to take note of it. It could happen to anyone even without the caregiver knowing that the child is abused at that point in time. it is a pattern of behavior involving regular physical attacks or acts of deprivation or molestation. Child abuse in the toddler 0-5years is serious because of their vulnerability and dependence on others and the processes involved in neurocognitive and psychosocial development at this age and the type of abuse experienced are physical, sexual, emotional, neglect and shaken baby syndrome.
According to (The whole child 2018) physical abuse “occurs when someone such as a child parents or day care provider hits or otherwise hurts a child.” sexual abuse “occurs when someone performs a sexual act on the child or forces a child to perform one on them, emotional abuse, occurs when a parent treats a child in ways that make the child feel unwanted, or speaks harshly to them causing the child’s normal development, learning or behavior to suffers.”. The need for housing, food, clothing, education, and good medical care is important, if not met leads to deprivation (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2020).
Common signs are unexplained bruises, black eyes, or broken bones, drastic changes in their normal behavior, or appearing to be frightened around certain people, withdraw from situations, imitating sexual behaviors with toys, or refusing to talk about a “secret” with another adult, also underwear stained with blood or has abnormal walking step.
cultural healing practice done in Africa, a child with nail puncture, mum immediately uses some herbal leave juice on site after washing, puts stone on burning fire after which it is applied to the site when red hot. This leaves a big scar, but it works, aim is to prevent tetanus in the child.
Reports of Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of an Adult or Child may be made to the Kansas Protection Report Center by calling 1-800-922-5330. As nurses, we must be diligent in our assessments and reporting of suspected issues I would have to report it to my charge nurse, house coordinator, nurse manager, physician assistance. I would also have to fill out a detailed incident report within 12hours of admission and the police on site would be called to make an investigation.
References
CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2020, March 5). Retrieved from Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention: https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/childabuseandneglect/index.html
Kansas department for children and families(n.d.). Prevention and protection services. Retrieved fromhttp://www.dcf.ks.gov/services/pps/pages/reportchildabuseandneglect.aspx
The Whole Child. (2018, November 24). Retrieved from How to Identify Child Abuse Ages 0-https://www.thewholechild.org/parent-resources/age-0-5/how-to-identify-child-abuse-ages-0-5/
Healthy People 2020 National Agenda
An essay exposing your reasons to agree or disagree with the Healthy People 2020 National Agenda. The essay should be written in English (2 pages), using APA format.
Margaret Newman's theory
How is health described in the Margaret Newman's theory, and how can you utilize her theory on your nursing profession? Explain minimum of 150 words. How is health described in the Margaret Newman's theory, and how can you utilize her theory on your nursing profession? Explain minimum of 150 words
Nursing Essay
Write a 2-page paper about overcoming communication barriers. For the purpose of this assignment, please choose one of the following communication barriers; complete loss of vision, complete loss of hearing, or complete loss of speech.
For the communication barrier you have chosen, please respond to the following questions (responses should be at least 2-3 paragraphs each):
1. How would this communication barrier change your life? For example, how would this impact your ability to remain in school, maintain your current job, participate in activities such as sports or hobbies, etc.
2. What interventions might help overcome that barrier and how would they be implemented?
3. What level of independence would be possible with this barrier? How might this differ for an elderly client?
4. Reflect on your responses, and briefly discuss the following:
a. In what way has this assignment changed your perception of this communication barrier?
b. How will this impact your care for a client with this communication barrier?
COMMUNITY AND NURSING
Minimum 8 full pages
Part 1: minimum 3 pages
Part 2: minimum 1 page
Part 3: minimum 1 page
Part 4: minimum 1 page
Part 5: minimum 1 page
Part 6: minimum 1 page
Submit 1 document per part
2)¨******APA norms, please use headers
All paragraphs must be narrative and cited in the text- each paragraphs
Bulleted responses are not accepted
Dont write in the first person
Dont copy and pase the questions.
Answer the question objectively, do not make introductions to your answers, answer it when you start the paragraph
Submit 1 document per part
3) It will be verified by Turnitin and SafeAssign
4) Minimum 3 references per part not older than 5 years
5) Identify your answer with the numbers, according to the question.
Example:
Q 1. Nursing is XXXXX
Q 2. Health is XXXX
6) You must name the files according to the part you are answering:
Example:
Part 1.doc
Part 2.doc
______________________________________________________________________
Part 1:
1. Discuss how Healthy People 2020 can be used to shape the care given in a school health setting. Give at least one example.
2. Identify and discuss the eight components of a comprehensive school health program.
3. Identify and discuss the skills and competencies germane to occupational health nursing.
4. Describe and discuss a multidisciplinary approach for the resolution of occupational health issues.
Part 2: Power Barrett’s Theory of Knowing Participation in Change
Let’s reflect upon the events that are taking place in healthcare today (Covid-19 Pandemic).
1. Which theorist would you select to construct a framework for care of your staff and patients?
2. Please explain why with examples. Examples include fear, isolation, family separation, being pregnant and exposed to the virus, psychological issues, guilt, impacted care standards.
Part 3: Marlene Smith’s Theory of Unitary Caring
Let’s reflect upon the events that are taking place in healthcare today (Covid-19 Pandemic).
1. Which theorist would you select to construct a framework for care of your staff and patients?
2. Please explain why with examples. Examples include fear, isolation, family separation, being pregnant and exposed to the virus, psychological issues, guilt, impacted care standards.
Part 4: Kristen Swanson’s Theory of Caring
Let’s reflect upon the events that are taking place in healthcare today (Covid-19 Pandemic).
1. Which theorist would you select to construct a framework for care of your staff and patients?
2. Please explain why with examples. Examples include fear, isolation, family separation, being pregnant and exposed to the virus, psychological issues, guilt, impacted care standards.
Part 5:
1. Think about an issue at your current place of practice. What is that issue and how would you submit a research proposal?
2. Identify a policy/procedure at your workplace that you would like to improve through evidence-based research or discuss one that has been improved because of evidence based research.
Part 6:
1. Think about an issue at your current place of practice. What is that issue and how would you submit a research proposal?
2. Identify a policy/procedure at your workplace that you would like to improve through evidence-based research or discuss one that has been improved because of evidence based research.
