Theories are made up of ideas attempting to structure thinking around a specific happening. Your readings for this week introduce the ideas of phenomena, concepts, propositions, and assumptions. This assignment is designed to help you think about those four aspects and explain the connections between each to help strengthen your understanding of the foundations […]

Theories are derived from conceptual models and are comprised of concepts and propositions. The only concepts that are common to all nursing theories, in some shape or form, are patient, nurse, health, and environment. These are sometimes referred to as the basic metaparadigms of the nursing domain. Describe the four metaparadigms: patient, nurse, health and […]

the Year Up Washington DC site offers four career tracks: 1. Sales/Customer Service 2. IT/Helpdesk 3. Business/Project Management 4. Software Development Please answer the following questions for your essay: 1) What is your first choice for your specialty track? Why? What previous experience (if any) do you have that would make you successful in this […]

 The Week 5 Case Study Assignment is the fourth of a series of analytical tasks, spanning several weeks. Your task involves an analysis of general economic conditions or systematic risk, i.e., the risk that affects all industries and companies, in the U.S. macroeconomy. Your goal is to determine in percentage terms an optimal allocation of […]

The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services released a comprehensive Clinical Practice Guideline for Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence–2008 Update  https://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/clinicians-providers/guidelines-recommendations/tobacco/clinicians/update/index.html  The goal of these recommendations is that clinicians strongly recommend the use of effective tobacco dependence counseling and medication treatments to their patients who use tobacco, and that health systems, insurers, and purchasers assist clinicians […]