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Assignment Scenario

After graduating from nursing school and passing your boards, you accepted a position as an RN in the emergency center at Rasmussen General Hospital (RGH). In the weeks ahead, your emergency center plans to implement a new initiative where clients diagnosed with low-risk deep vein thrombosis (DVT) will be sent home on 3 months of oral anticoagulation therapy with rivaroxaban.

Historically, clients diagnosed with DVTs in the emergency center were admitted to the hospital’s observation unit. However, when surveyed about their experiences, many clients reported that this was costly, time-consuming, and inconvenient. Under RGH’s new program, emergency center nurses will be responsible for educating clients about their new medication and administering the first dose to the client before discharge.

As part of this new initiative, all emergency center nurses at RGH must be trained to properly educate these clients on all aspects of their new medication regimen. Because you have demonstrated a keen interest in pharmacology, your manager has asked you to develop the educational tools that will be used to train the nurses at RGH.

It’s worth noting that the standard dosing for all low-risk DVTs is as follows:

15 mg BID, 12 hours apart, for 21 days
After 21 days, use 20 mg once per day
After 90 days, the client will follow up in the thrombosis clinic to evaluate if they meet criteria for discontinuing the medication

Assignment
Your manager explained that all of the emergency center nurses at RGH will be educated in small groups through a short, in-service training session. You have been asked to develop a professional-looking PowerPoint presentation that the trainers will use to guide the in-service sessions. Your PowerPoint will need to:

Be professional-looking, have a title slide, and 10-15 content slides.
Use the Speaker Notes feature in PowerPoint to reduce the amount of text that appears on the content slides.
The Speaker Notes for each slide will contain the text that will guide what the trainer will say while presenting the slides during the in-service.
The content slides themselves should be clear and easy to understand; they serve as an outline so the audience can follow along with what is being presented.
Be written using proper spelling/grammar and at a level that would be appropriate for the audience.
Remember the purpose of the training is to help nurses learn to educate their clients about the use of a medication. With that in mind, it may be helpful to provide examples of how to explain the information to a client in an easy to understand way without complicated, technical terms.
Include APA formatted in-text citations for at least 3 scholarly references and present the sources in APA format on a References slide.
Contain content addressing the items below.
Pharmacotheraputics
State the drug name and its therapeutic category
Pharmacodynamics (how does this drug work to achieve its intended response)
Pharmacokinetics (how is this drug absorbed, distributed, metabolized, and excreted).
Discuss dosage, scheduling, route, and length of therapy.
Describe what clients can expect regarding their therapeutic response and when it should develop
Introduce nondrug measures that clients can do to enhance their therapeutic response (e.g., specific diet to follow, exercise requirements, substances to avoid, special precautions to take, etc.)
Side Effects, Adverse Effects, and Interactions
Explain the symptoms of common side effects, and what clients can do to minimize any discomfort
Explain the symptoms of any major adverse effects, and what clients should do if they experience them
List the major adverse drug-drug interactions and drug-food interactions that clients need to be made aware of
Follow-up Care
Provide information regarding when clients should call their doctor for advice (e.g., questions, non-urgent symptoms, unpleasant side effects, etc.)
Emphasize any symptoms for which clients should seek immediate care (e.g., when to go to the emergency center or call 911)

Note: When developing a professional-looking presentation, it’s important to be mindful of how you layout your content. The slides should present key points, arranged in a logical manner, without extraneous information contributing to a cluttered look. Using the Speaker Notes feature in PowerPoint is a great way to include relevant details without overloading the slides.

For information about creating PowerPoint presentations or adding Speaker Notes, consult the resources below.

Rationale: The purpose of this assignment is to provide you (student) with an opportunity to enhance critical thinking and analytic skills by exploring one of the American Social Welfare Values (ASWVs) by writing a scholarly paper. You will define and analyze one of the ASWVs and explain the hypocrisy associated with it from a social work perspective as it relates to social injustice, systemic racism and inequality, Black Lives Matter Movement, and oppression of marginalized population groups. You will analyze how people in power have twisted and used the chosen ASWV to sustain systemic racism and inequality that have led to Black Lives Matter Movement. Prior to writing this paper, you should read thoroughly (Chapter one): American Social Welfare Values (P.J. Day & J.H. Schiele 2013, posted on blackboard). Research any information about the chosen ASWV that will help you increase your understanding of how that value manifests in American society.
Your paper should include three distinct parts. Use the introduction to setup your paper, the body to support your policy research findings and arguments, and the conclusion to summarize the arguments. Use the introduction to frame the argument for your paper. Begin by creating a thesis, or main argument you will support throughout the paper. For example, “Discussing the hypocrisy of the American Ideal is a difficult concept to approach because it requires a sociological analysis of how people behave toward other people who are considered “beautiful and valuable.” Keep the thesis direct and straightforward, so that your readers will have a clear understanding of the focus of your paper.
Place an interesting quote from our textbook or from any other sources at the beginning of the introduction, to grab the readers’ attention and draw them into the paper. Put the thesis at the end of the introduction to setup the rest of your paper. Write the body paragraphs to support the argument in your thesis. Break the body of the paper into subheadings as needed. Include direct quotes from the textbook, and explain how these quotes relate to your argument. Include reasons why this discussion is relevant to social work. Finish your paper with the conclusion section. Tell the reader how the details in the body (subheadings) paragraphs support your main arguments. Consider restating your thesis in a different way to remind the reader of your argument. Most importantly, include the reasons why the reader should agree with you. Avoid using cliché phrases such as ‘in summary,’ or ‘to conclude.’ Show the relevance of this information for social work practice and policy.
A minimum of 8-page paper is required (maximum 10 pages) excluding cover page and abstract. The instructor will grade your paper on grammar, mechanics and usage, use of APA style, detailed concrete content, readable and understandable. The instructor will assess for how well you explained the ASWV chosen and evidence of its hypocrisy in American society; how your research findings and analysis provide evidence of the twisted ASWV to sustain systemic racism and inequality, oppression of African Americans and other marginalized groups. You should have at least five (5-10) or more scholarly sources in the references. You are encouraged to submit all papers to the area specified as “hypocrisy” in blackboard. Some of the American social welfare values are (Judeo-Christian charity, democratic egalitarianism, individualism, protestant work ethic, capitalism, social Darwinism, new puritanism, patriarchy, marriage and nuclear family, human rights, and equality).

Write a Rhetorical Analysis on the essay assigned for this unit (Earl Shorris). An analysis of something involves a detailed examination of an item’s structure, looking at its constituent elements so that you can understand what makes an item (in this case, an essay) work. You will not be responding to the issue raised by the author’s essay. For example, do not offer you own views on college education. You will be focused on the author’s essay, not the issue raised by the essay. There’s a big difference between the two. Make sure you don’t treat this assignment like a response or argument essay.

I have posted a sample rhetorical analysis so that you may see a solid example of this type of essay. Study it carefully.

You don’t just summarize the author’s essay nor do you share your unjustified opinion about the subject at hand. Essentially, you demonstrate through textual evidence whether or not you think their essay “works.” Do they accomplish their goals? Is their thesis (whether it is implicit or explicit) justified? Where does their essay succeed or fail? What are its strengths and weaknesses? How could they have improved their argument? Again, you focus on the author’s essay, not the issue. These are just some of the questions you should consider. Regardless, you need to make sure that your paper has a focused, precise thesis and is not merely a collection of random thoughts about your chosen author. For more specific details on this type of assignment, please refer to Step #1 in this unit.

Please, take the time to format your Works Cited page properly. Failure to format your essay according to MLA standards will result in a grade deduction. Pay attention to proper spacing, header placement, margins, etc.

This paper will be no fewer than 1000 words and please no more than 1250. Failure to observe proper word count will result in a grade penalty, perhaps failure if it is too brief. Consequently, you will want to make sure that your thesis is concise and focused. Heaven forbid that you have a nebulous thesis such as “There are good and bad things about this essay.” Be clear, be precise, and use the author’s essay to prove your case. You should strive for a tone that is neither stuffy and pretentious, nor loose and casual.

Questions to ask yourself when re-reading your article:
What is the thesis? That is, what is the overall argument the author presents?

What is the writer’s purpose? To inform? To persuade? To criticize?

Who is the author’s intended audience?

How does the writer arrange his or her ideas? Chronologically? Historically? Ideologically?

How does the writer use diction? (Word choice, arrangement, accuracy, is it formal, informal? Technical versus slang?)

Does the writer use dialogue? Quotations? Stories? Why?

Are important terms repeated?

How does the author appeal to reason (logos)? What historical or philosophical figures does he reference? How does he present his argument?

How does the author appeal to pathos (the emotions)? What is the overall pathos appeal?

Finally, how does the author establish his credibility as a writer (ethos)? Does he make you sympathetic to his position?
**HERE IS 1st STEP INTRODUCING THE RHETORICAL ESSAY** You can use this to help you write the essay.
Here is a “quick and easy” definition from the Writing Center at Texas A&M University:

A rhetorical analysis is an essay that breaks a work of non-fiction into parts and then explains how the parts work together to create a certain effect—whether to persuade, entertain or inform.
But let’s look at this in more detail. The following information was modified from a handout by Lindsey Short, NC State University.
To begin, let us define what a rhetorical analysis is not. A rhetorical analysis is not a merely a summary of your chosen article (though some summary might be involved, depending upon the assignment). Trying to understand the meaning of your article is not the goal of a rhetorical analysis. That’s the most common mistake in rhetorical analysis.
So let’s begin dissecting what a rhetorical analysis does ask you to do.

Definition: A rhetorical analysis requires you to apply your critical reading skills in order to “break down” a text. In essence, you break off the “parts” from the “whole” of the piece you’re analyzing. The goal of a rhetorical analysis is to articulate how the author writes, rather than what they actually wrote. To do this, you will analyze the strategies the author uses to achieve his or her goal or purpose of writing their piece.

That’s the “dictionary” concept of a rhetorical analysis, but let’s break it down into more manageable parts.
First off, you want to make sure you read your chosen article carefully and understand what you have read. Try to identify the author’s thesis, or his/her main idea or argument.

Now that you’ve read your article and understand the author’s overall arguments, it’s time to start analyzing it for rhetorical features. Take a second look at your article, but this time, keep the following questions in mind and write the answers on a separate sheet of paper.
The key idea here when answering these questions is understanding how the author chooses to write the way he does. So when you answer the question “Who is the intended audience?” make sure you also think about why the author would write for that particular audience. Do the same for the other questions.

Of course, these questions are not the only ones you can be asking yourself. If you think of other important ideas and strategies the author is using, consider those as well. These are simply a starting off point.
So you’ve analyzed your article, answered the questions above, and have identified the rhetorical strategies the author uses. Now what?
First, you’ll need to come up with your own focus for your rhetorical analysis, a couple of main points. What point do you want to make about the author’s rhetorical choices? Do the author’s rhetorical strategies make his article a strong argument? A weak one?

After identifying your focus, try to arrange the rhetorical strategies you’ve identified in a logical way. For example, you could start by identifying the purpose of the intended audience and why the author chose to write about their topic. Next, you could identify specific stylistic choices, such as word choice, formal/informal language, etc. The idea is to logically transition from analyzing one rhetorical strategy to another. Stay on topic with the strategies that the author uses often and actually has a purpose for using.

With each point you make, have a strong sentence declaring the overall purpose of the rhetorical strategies you are about to discuss. This will help identify the argument you are making, transition your ideas, and add fluidity (i.e. “flow”).

Keep in mind that while authors use different strategies to achieve their purposes, you also need to be making points and evaluations about these strategies, not simply summarizing them. For example, instead of simply stating the author uses formal language in his essay, show how he does so and state what effect is created by using formal language. By doing this you are not only identifying the rhetorical strategy, by analyzing its purpose.
Additional Information

If you’re having trouble identifying the difference between a summary and an analysis, here are some examples to aid you.
Summary: Smith says global warming has negative effects, and we should care about our world’s future.

Rhetorical analysis: Smith provides multiple negative effects of global warming and punctuates his sentences with exclamation marks; thus, he uses quantitative descriptions and punctuation to create a sense of urgency in his readers to care about the planet’s status regarding global warming.

Summary: Johnson has a lot of formal language throughout his paper and hardly any informal words.

Rhetorical analysis: Johnson employs formal language throughout his essay. For example, he argues unequal funding in public schools creates a “horrific imbalance between affluent communities and those that are impoverished” (27). In using formal, academic writing, he establishes himself as a credible and valid author (thus, creating ethos from the classical form).
Hopefully you now have a better idea of what a rhetorical analysis assignment is looking for and are armed with the tools necessary to complete this type of assignment. Following is a worksheet in which you can arrange your ideas as you read your sources for rhetorical features. Remember that these are potential areas to consider. Your rhetorical analysis may look at all of these features, some of these features, or other features.
Logos, Pathos, and Ethos: The Heart of Classical Rhetoric
Logos, Pathos, and Ethos: The Heart of Classical Rhetoric
I briefly mentioned logos, pathos, and ethos above, and these are really the heart of this assignment in many ways. Your focus for this assignment will be an analysis of one of the assigned essays where you focus on how the author used the rhetorical devices of logos, pathos, and ethos.

But what are these funny sounding words anyway? And why do they matter?
The matter because they refer to the different ways in which people try to convince or persuade others. There are times when we are persuaded by reason or logic. That’s the appeal to logos (logic comes from the word “logos,” which is a Greek word that means “reason.” If an author uses hard data, statistics, or established facts to persuade you, they’re using logos.

There are other times when we might be persuaded by the emotions.That’s the appeal to pathos, and it’s where we get words related to emotion like “pathetic.” If an argument tugs at your heartstrings and tries to persuade you using emotional language or examples, they’re using pathos.

At all times, we have to be concerned about the authority of an author or speaker. That’s the appeal to ethos (it’s where we get the word “ethics”). Ethos is an element that’s always in play. An author or speaker has to always present himself or herself as credible. Otherwise, you might not be apt to believe him or her.

The best arguments have a balance of these three elements where an author knows when to use one element more than another.
Attached above is a helpful chart that provides some guidance in identifying the three elements of classical rhetoric: logos, pathos, and ethos.
SUGGESTIONS AND REMINDERS

Make sure you review the online discussion postings so that you will know what the main points of the essays are, which will aid you in developing your analysis. You may also ask any questions in the Class Café if you wish.

Please understand that you must explain in specific detail why you offer the analysis you do. Anyone can speak in generalities. Use specific details from your chosen essay to explain why you say what you do.

Make sure you use proper MLA (parenthetical) documentation when you quote from the essay. The Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) has a helpful introduction.

If you have questions about your papers or the assignment in general, please ask. However, please observe the following guideline: general questions receive general answers; specific questions receive specific answers. Don’t post a question with an unhelpful statement like “I don’t understand the assignment.” I am providing you with more than enough information. It is your responsibility to read all of the materials first before you ask any questions.

GUIDELINES

The final draft of this paper is due eCampus the date listed in the module schedule before 11:59 am. No late papers accepted.

Consult a sample MLA paper to view the proper format. Failure to document your essay properly or follow MLA format will result in a complete letter grade deduction.

An excessive number of mechanical errors (typically more than five, including misspelled words) will result in automatic failure of the essay. In addition to the resources provided by Brookhaven, there are also numerous helpful websites that offer refreshers in basic grammar. Remember that you are college students! We do not teach you the basics of English grammar. You are expected to demonstrate basic competence and to remedy any deficiencies on your own time.

The errors may appear in one category or in any combination. For example, in a given essay, one error might be a misspelling, a second might be a comma splice, a third a misuse of a semicolon, a fourth a subject/verb disagreement, and a fifth a run-on sentence.

More specifically, take great care to avoid the following:

Misspelled words
Serious errors in grammar (such as disagreement in number between subject and verb; pronoun without an antecedent if antecedent is plainly needed; shift in person, number, or tense)
Serious errors in sentence structure ( fused sentence/run-on, sentence fragment, or comma splice)
Serious errors in punctuation (such as comma between a subject and verb or a semicolon between clauses of unequal rank).

Choose one of the following situations:

Product recall – A manufacturer of baby foods has discovered that an egg noodle junior dinner contains bacteria that causes diarrhea and vomiting. The products are manufactured in Pittsburgh, PA.

Home banking – This multi-state bank has completed a test market in suburban New York and is ready for a national rollout. Customers use a specially encoded app to transfer funds, pay bills, check balances, and more, right from their smart phone.

In-line skating competition – An Olympic-style competition is being planned to call attention to this emerging sport. In-line skate manufacturers are eager to sign up high-flying daredevils willing to leave their skateboards behind and try a new sport. Competitors are now being recruited for a fall event in Mineola, NY, where in-line skating was born.

1. Develop a communication platform by identifying each of the following:

Sender – who is sending the message?
Message (encoded) – what words, symbols, appeals, ideas, beliefs will the sender use to establish common ground with the receiver?
Gatekeeper – who, if anyone, controls the delivery of the message?
Channel – how is the message delivered?
Message (decoded) – what words, symbols, appeals, ideas or beliefs are receivers needing to correctly interpret the message?
Receiver – who is the audience for the communication? What do they have in common? How are they unique?
Feedback – what would the sender want to know from the receiver? How would the sender get that feedback?

2. How does the channel (e.g. appropriate media) you selected support your communication platform?

3. What do you expect to happen because of your communication efforts?

This assignment must be typed, two double-spaced, and in a font no larger than 12 point.

Theres no citations needed because the assignment is based on the scenarios above.

Throughout this unit, we have been presented with various views on what constitutes a good society (or a good leader). Using the insights gained from reading Thucydides, Machiavelli, the Founding Fathers, and Martin Luther King Jr., you will compose a 2-4 page essay that evaluates a cinematic society or leader, arguing for that society/leader as either “good” or “bad. Questions to consider: what vision of a good society or leader does this film depict? Does the society itself live up to that vision? If it fails, why? How is leadership presented?
-For this assignment, you may choose any film of any genre. You may choose individual episodes of TV shows, but do not write about a whole season or whole series of television; you just can’t do justice to a topic that big in a short paper. In other words: writing about Episode 16 of Parks and Recreation is fine; writing about the entire series is not.
-Articulate your preferred method of pre-writing in response to the essay prompt.
-Submit a provisional thesis statement.
Thucydides”the funeral” pg 164
Machiavelli, The prince pg 202
America’s Founding Document pg 211
Martin Luther King Jr, “letter from Birmingham jail” pg 272

Write a review essay that discusses how the cultural developments that emerged in American cities during the 1920s signaled the beginning of new attitudes about race and ethnicity in the United States. In what ways did music of the “Jazz Age” signal a shift in the perception of African American culture in the 1920s and 1930s? How was the Harlem Renaissance part of a wider rebirth of prosperity, culture, and entertainment in the aftermath of World War One?

Instructions for article critiques are as follows:
The article can be found in the upload files
Provide a summary of the article and what the author(s) was/were trying to convey;
Discuss how the author(s) answered the research question by identifying the research question, data collection method(s), and results;
Discuss other peer-reviewed articles that support the claims of the assigned article (provide citations on references page(s)); and
Provide your personal opinion on how the assigned article contributes to the social sciences literature. (Include whether the author(s) mention the significance of the study.)
Critiques should be typed in Times New Roman (black font size 12), double-spaced with 1-inch margins, include in-text citations and references in APA format (according to the 7th edition of the style manual) Critiques should include cover page and references page(s). An abstract is not necessary for this assignment.

Explain how ONE of the travel industry sectors in 2025 might look?
*Some ideas….In answering this question you might choose to evaluate the future of air travel, or do a comparative analysis of Airbnb vs the Hotel Industry, or perhaps an in-depth look at the cruise industry’s challenges or opportunities as magnificent ships are currently being built!
Instructions:
Please reference the course syllabus for detailed requirements for this assignment and appropriate use of the writing center if needed.
To overview, writing assignments this quarter are to be two-pages, double spaced (500 words). You are encouraged to work with the writing center on your paper as appropriate. You are further encouraged to review the grading rubric for guidance.
You must site examples from the videos and lecture in your response and use at least 1 outside source in making your argument or position.
https://www.pbs.org/video/sky-high-the-story-of-twa-2001-hzlphi/

Discussion #1: Why does Emira cry at the end of Chapter 1? Discuss the reason(s) in detail along with quotes
Minimum word count: 150

Discuss how you think Reid intends for us to perceive Peter Chamberlain’s comment on the newscast?

Discussion 3: Why do you think Emira is not interested in pursuing the suggestions made by Kelley and Alix after the Market Depot incident?
Minimum word count: 150.

Discuss policies you would like to see implemented for improving access to mental health care for the LGBTQ community.

Discuss how you own personal experiences may have impacted your understanding of multicultural practice.

Chapter 12: Discuss the pro’s and con’s of having psychosis.