...Ethical issues – Interviews Vs Questionnaires Context: Children between the age of 8 to 10 years are learning Chess as part of their Mathematics curriculum. It is very beneficial and challenging. A research can be done to identify the benefits and the challenges using this age group of children. Children have certain rights that researchers need to take into consideration when collecting data. According to British Educational Research Education (BERA) guidelines (2011), all researchers have to comply with the Articles 3 and 12 of the United Nations Convention in the right of the children. Cresswell (2009), revealed that as researchers anticipate data collection, many ethical issues arise during the data collection through different methods like interviews and questioners. While collecting data, researchers should not put participants at risk. Hence, researchers need to have their research plan as per the BERA guidelines (2011), which promotes respect for all researchers and participants and those who use the research. Because BERA is always continuing with the best ethical practice and...
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...industry. It adds to our understanding of the Flinders University context. Context is one of three key elements in informing good information architecture. As stated by Withrow (2006) the benefits of competitive analysis include: • Understanding the competition • Building domain knowledge (or understanding of the industry) • Identifying best practices • Expanding dialogue and the possibilities 3. Process 1. Preparation A background paper was provided to Information Architecture Working Party members on 21 April 2006. It outlined the benefits of competitive analysis and provided an overview of the process that would be undertaken as part of the workshop. In addition, the background paper provided an outline of previous studies undertaken on University websites. These include: • An analysis of navigation and content on University homepages from Australia, Canada, United States of America, South-East Asia and Europe undertaken by Ruwoldt and Spencer (2005) of the University of Melbourne. In their paper titled Navigation and content on University homepages, Ruwoldt and Spencer identified the current emerging industry standard in relation to information architecture on University home pages. • An assessment of the information architecture and usability of 16 Australian University web sites undertaken...
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...Homeschool VS Public School Shawn Banks University of Composition and Communication COM/ 155 February 19, 2012 Cari Kenner The issue of homeschooling versus public education has been an ongoing debate for a very long time. The decision between the two forms of education has plagued parents for an equal amount of time as well. For some parents, the choice is easy because the options are limited by funds and availability of the parent’s time. Academic environment can be an issue for some parents. There are also several health and safety concerns that parents must face too. One of the biggest concerns that parents contend with is the overwhelming difference in the social aspect between homeschooling and public education. Granted that both can accommodate a quality education to its students, there are many differences between homeschooling and a public education. For the most part, homeschooling your children are reasonably inexpensive. With the Internet, parents can get the curriculum for the grade level of the child for free. There are plenty of websites that offer this service. This leaves the price tag for the supplies that the child will need. If these are bought by bulk during the July/August back-to-school season, parents can save a ton of money. By doing these things the cost for homeschooling a child would be under fifty dollars per child. Public school, on the other hand, in some cases is quite different. Public schools across the country struggle...
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...Bedside Shift Repot Gina Siebdrath College of the Desert Change-of-shift report is the time when responsibility and accountability for the care of a patient is transferred from one nurse to another. The communication that ensues during this process is linked to both patient safety and continuity of care giving. While many nurses already recognize the value of bringing report to the patient's bedside and have practiced in this manner, this remains relatively uncommon. Typically, nurse change-of-shift report has occurred at a nurses' station, conference room, or hallway. When report is given away from the bedside, the opportunity to visualize the patient and include the patient and family in an exchange of information and care planning is lost. I interviewed a few different nurses at Eisenhower Medical Center about bedside shift report and patient handoff. All of the nurses had the same response when I asked them about giving a bedside shift report. They really like the beside patient hand off, where they can point out needs for the patient, medications for the patient, status of IV’s, and continuum plan of care. While, they all agreed that giving a verbal report in front of the patient can lead to a HIPPA violation. Most common patients are not in private rooms and their neighbor will hear all of the patient’s issues. Also, there are times when a patient was agitated and combative during their shift and that is something that you do not want to say in front of the patient...
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...Nurses are the fine line between medication administration errors and medication administration error prevention. Nurses should be required to go above and beyond to avoid medication errors for the safety of the patient. This paper includes studies on the nurses knowledge, adherence and opinions on two-nurse double-check method for medication administration. The research concludes the evidence proved to be insignificant. Keywords: time management, medication errors, patient safety, double-check medication administration THE LINK BETWEEN INDEPENDENT DOUBLE CHECK AND PATIENT SAFETY Introduction The risk of medication errors will always exist, despite the many methods of preventing medication administration errors. The steps of the medication administration process are vital for patient safety. Unfortunately due to the lack of nurses in hospitals, nurses tend to skip steps of safe medication administration because of patient load and the time required to perform the steps. Are double checks essential in preventing medication errors? A diabetic patient on the medical-surgical floor needs the...
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...Tibor meats Name Course Institution Date Introduction Tibor Meats is a major player in the meat industry, despite its relative success in the market it has experienced three problems that have been affecting its continued growth and enhanced success to an elevated level. The three major problems include; * The Information Technology department is so behind and inefficient it is keeping the productivity of the whole company. * Ineffective marketing strategies * Emerging issues, notably, food safety This paper aims to elaborate on the possible solutions to the above problems. Problem The IT department is so behind and in efficient it is keeping the productivity of the whole company below what it should be. Solution to the Problem Information Technology influences business undertakings in various ways, thus ensuring efficiency in the IT Department is imperative to achieving success in any industry. Information Technology is dynamic thus the need to ensure Tibor Meats keep up with emerging trends in the IT industry. How Tibor Meats applies information technology to facilitate supply chain functions is important to its success in the market. The core functions of a supply chain are; * Reaction to client needs * Revolution of goods in location and form to deliver them proficiently to customers. Chains are different compared to the traditional marketing channel in the extent to which firms collaborate with each other. Information technology aids the execution of...
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...Wal-Mart Unethical Business Practices - Business Research Paper Wal-Mart, the big giant, the place where a lot of people usually do their shopping for the low prices and the variety of products was founded by Sam Walton. Walton was an entrepreneur with an innovative vision, started his own company and made it into the leader in discount retailing that it is today. In fact, Wal-Mart is considered to be the biggest company in the U.S. and it has stores worldwide. According to PBS, “Wal-Mart employs more people than any other company in the United States outside of the Federal government, yet the majority of its employees with children live below the poverty line.”(www.pbs.org) In addition, Wal-Mart likes to portray itself as a seller of U.S. manufactured goods but in reality the company has products on its shelves made in foreign countries and at questionable workshops. It would seem that Wal-Mart encourages “made in the USA” but it really encourages products made outside the. Corporate Watch: Walmart [pic] In the past 10 years, Wal-Mart has grown to become the largest retailer in the world. As America's largest employer and most successful company, Wal-Mart has tremendous influence. However, the company's business practices have negative impacted its employees throughout the country. Wal-Mart has let American workers down by lowering wages and forcing good paying American jobs overseas. Its leaders have chosen to cut costs and violate labor laws. As a result of these practices...
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...information generated by one or more encounters in any care delivery setting. Included in this information are patient demographics, progress notes, problems, medications, vital signs, past medical history, immunizations, laboratory data and radiology reports. The EHR automates and streamlines the clinician's workflow. The EHR has the ability to generate a complete record of a clinical patient encounter as well as supporting other care-related activities directly or indirectly including evidence-based decision support, quality management, and outcomes reporting. A government-sponsored survey of the use of computerized patient records by doctors points to two seemingly contradictory conclusions, and a health care system at odds with itself. Skip to next paragraph A government-sponsored survey of the use of computerized patient records by doctors points to two seemingly contradictory conclusions, and a health care system at odds with itself. The report, published online on Wednesday in The New England Journal of Medicine, found that doctors who use electronic health records say overwhelmingly that such records have helped improve the quality and timeliness of care. Yet fewer than one in five of the nation’s doctors has started using such records. Bringing patient records into the computer age, experts say, is crucial to improving care, reducing errors and containing costs in the American health care system. The slow adoption of the technology is mainly economic. Most doctors...
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...that could influence my teaching techniques and ideas. The most interesting part I learned during the different presentations is the language and religious barriers. If I become a teacher in a different town or part of the state it is important to research demographics and I now have some sources to reference. I plan to use what I have learned by referencing the handout provided and really using the diversity within my classroom as a benefit. A respectful outlook from teachers and students was one of most mentioned teacher tips. In an interview a Somalian immigrant mother said “I think children learn to be scared of my children. We are not scary. Boys dress same. Girls dress different....
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...BP Paper Rough Draft 11/23/2012 April 20, 2012 British Petroleums drilling vessel Deepwater Horizon suffered an explosion, and then began expelling enormous amounts of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico. Although many different individuals and organizations attempted to help BP fix their spewing well, it wasn’t until July 15 that the vent was cut off. Through our research we have developed an analysis that examines the cause of the cause of the disaster, the event itself and its aftermath. We would also like to offer our recommendations on the subject. British Petroleum is an international oil company base in London and is one the nations leading oil and gas producer (History of oil spill). In spite of BP’s market share, as a company they have an unfortunate history of safety breeches including a 2005 explosion at oil refinery in Texas (Deep Water dDrilling). These accidents seem to be a cause of weak corporate safety culture and cost leadership (On average, fifty percent of management bonuses were awarded on the basis of cost cutting). The lack of proper safety practice and absence of oversight has ultimately resulted in infrastructure and architectural failure (Deep Water Drilling). As with any disaster, each party involves attempts to prove their innocence and are all too quick to point a finger at a party that must be guiltier than they and the Deepwater Horizon spill is no different. Although BP owned the oil, other companies had considerable interaction with Horizon;...
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...JetBlue, Cases in Advanced Human Resource Management Jet Blue case study Western Governors University Abstract This paper includes discussions of the processes JetBlue initially utilized to staff their start-up airline, and the challenges faced in obtaining the desired employees to achieve the five core values which are: Safety; Caring; Integrity; Fun; and Passion. Company leadership and human resources began by working together to establish the company values in order to identify the traits desired for employees. Descriptive discussion of the recruiting efforts used, laws that needed to be considered; selection processes; appraisal systems; compensation; and benefits, are included within. When staffing the new airline began research needed to be done in advance of any recruitment efforts could starting. Hours of work were invested prior to the first interview in order to prepare to find the ideal candidates. National employment laws and statutes had to be identified in order to comply with the requirements of each. Three examples of such laws are The Equal Pay Act of 1963; The Age Discrimination in Employment act; and the 1990 Act of Americans with Disabilities (ADA). The first National Employment law that we will discuss is the “Equal Pay Act of 1963” (Mondy, 2008, p. 59). This law forbids the employer from paying employees of opposite genders different amounts, if the same job is performed; they have equal skills and...
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...203 million people in the last ten years. Most children own cell phones with full internet and text messaging access by middle school (Elizabeth Englander). Everywhere you go you can see a kid with a cell phone and they are using them for more than just making phone calls. About three in four (74%) of teens ages 12-17 are mobile internet users who say they access the internet on cell phones, tablets or other mobile devices. Cell phone ownership among teens has been stable since 2011, but smartphone ownership has grown considerably. Some 78% of teens now have a cell phone and almost half (47%) of those say they have smartphones. That translates to 37% of all teens who have smartphones by comparison to 45% of adults who own one (Pew Research Center). According to a recent study by Verizon, the average age that a child receives their first cell phone is 11 1/2. Verizon also surveyed 519...
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...Health and Safety Developing a positive Health and Safety Culture Written by Dave Atkinson Contents Page: Section Title Page: 1 Contents Page Page: 2 1: Executive Summary Page: 3 2: Introduction 2a: Business organisation Page: 9 3: Assessment of existing culture 3a: Report of Indicators 3b: Report of methodology and conduct of survey 3c: Report of findings with interpretation 3d: Conclusion Page: 35 4: Strategy for Improving the Health and Safety Culture 4a: Aims and objectives 4b: Priorities for action 4c: Resources and constraints 4d: Implementation plan 4e: Methodology for monitoring success Page: 61 5: Business Case 5a: Requirements for resources 5b: Cost benefit analysis 5c: Reference to legislation 5d: Case Page: 72 6: Bibliography Page: 73 7: Appendices Section 1 Executive Summary Following an assessment of the current Health and Safety culture and climate within the business, areas of weakness have been identified that are holding back the progression towards the ultimate aim and objective in Health and Safety – Employee participation creating “Total Ownership". The assessment of the Health and Safety Culture covered such areas as an analysis of the 2009 employee Health and Safety questionnaire, a review of audits carried out, a check on the progress against 2009 objectives and targets and the underlying indicators of our Health and Safety management status...
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...for organizations. Business to business morals of proper practices is the long haul accomplishment of organizations in a positive heading; else it has been the ability to unfavorably influence the conduct. Subsequently, the breakdown of moral outrages has risen discharged in the United States of America and Europe. Business, which obviously shows the need and significance of business morals have significant lessons from the breakdown. PharmaCARE which is a pharmaceutical company that has introduce the product AD23 which is a top selling diabetic drug. AD23 also aimed at slowing the progression of Alzheimer’s disease. John who was a former pharmacist that helped in the research of AD23 has made some concern after the death of his wife from taking AD23 with some other reported case of 200 cardiac death. This paper seeks to analysis some ethical issues related to PharmaCARE introduction of AD23, intellectual property, John protection as a whistleblower and the operation of CompCARE. Ethical issues These days, marketing morals, a moral issue thinks of offers-related studies and affectability in the group. This part of the business from a societal viewpoint ought to demand the significance of moral practices. As an aftereffect of advertising exercises by the group because of the high impression, regularly concoct moral issues in the publicizing, individual offering, statistical surveying and universal showcasing issues are seen to be accessible to dishonest...
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...someone was murdered every 36 minutes, raped every 6.3 minutes, robbed every 1.5 minutes and assaulted every 42 seconds. But why do people commit these crimes? What drives them to harm others? "Criminal behavior and violence may be the consequence of head injuries acquired during childhood and youth" (Carrington & Ramos, 2003) neurological and neuropsychological anomalies or the upbringing and social interactions of the child's upbringing. Some people read the morning paper to keep up on current events while others watch the evening news, but regardless of the method they are all looking to see what sort of crimes have been committed that day. Crime has become so common that people skip reading about simple offences such as breaking and entering and theft and move on to the more interesting violent crimes such as forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault. However, every once in a while a crime occurs that is so tragic it shocks the nation back into reality and makes people question their safety even with their family, neighbors and friends. These are the crimes that remind us that we walk hand in hand with the criminally insane on a daily basis without realizing it. But if they are insane should they be held responsible for the crimes they commit? Should they be imprisoned or hospitalized? Most people believe the offenders who are responsible for these crimes should be punished for their actions regardless of the reasons behind them, but they also want the innocent...
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