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Assignment 1 – Due October 25th
Assignment 1 – Due October 25th
Virginia Board of Nursing Written Assignment
Students will be required to prepare and submit a written assignment by the due date on the course calendar, using current APA format on the following:
Compare and contrast two RN cases from the VBON website.
Identify the violations of the Nurse Practice Act in the cases you reviewed.
Relate the violations to the ANA Code of Ethics.
Reflect and discuss how this experience will influence your (the students) nursing practice.
APA Format is required
Title page to include Name, Date, Course number and name
No abstract is required
Running heads, page numbers, 1 inch margins, double space, 12 pt. Times New Roman font used
Reference page includes all material including specific cases used
Students will access the VBON website and review current RN cases from the website, www.dhp.virginia.gov/nursing and go to the “case decisions” tab.
This information is a public record but must be presented in a professional and appropriate manner.
Do not include any names, use only initials.
Remember HIPAA regulations
Grading Rubric for VBON Assignment Excellent
(maximum points) Good
(half points) Does not meet standard
(0 points)
Description of the cases
(20 points) The paper is detailed in summarizing the selected RN cases. The paper is vague regarding the selected cases. The paper does not or poorly summarize the selected cases. Does not select RN Cases.
Violations of the Nurse Practice Act
(20 points) The paper clearly labels including the number and explains the violations of the nurse practice The paper makes reference to the violations but does not explain them nor list the number. The paper does not discuss the violations of the nurse practice act
Violations related to the ANA Code of Ethics
(20 points) The paper clearly labels, identifies number, and explains the violations to the ANA Code of Ethics. The paper vaguely relates the violations to the ANA Code of Ethics but no number nor descriptions of the violations. The paper does not address the violations to the ANA Code of Ethics.
Reflection on how this experience will influence the students’ nursing practice
(20 points) Comments are insightful, and specific on how your practice has been influenced. Examples are given and well developed and reflect on individual. Comments are vague and not well developed. Examples are not given. Comments show no thought with regard to how their nursing practice would be influenced or there is no mention of this category.
Appropriate use of grammar, spelling, and current APA format
(10 points) Paper is grammatically correct and free of spelling errors. Paper is organized and logically flows. Paper maintains a maximum length of 3 pages (excluding the reference and title page) Complies with APA format, including title page, reference page and titles.
Reference material used to include specific cases. Paper has a few grammatical or spelling errors. Paper lacks clarity or logical flow. Paper exceeds the 3-page limit (excluding the reference and title page).
Inconsistencies with APA format. Does not reference all material used. Paper has excessive grammar and spelling errors. Paper lacks clarity and logical flow.
Not in correct format.
APA format is not apparent. Does not reference all material used.
Professionalism
(10 points) Professionalism is maintained. The paper reflects appropriate tone and objectivity.
Professionalism is maintained. The paper lacks objectivity in the disclosure. Professionalism is not maintained, or an overwhelming bias is reflected in the writing.
Failure to complete and appropriately submit the assignment by the due date and time listed in the course calendar results in a score of zero for the assignment
Here is an example of how to reference the cases you will use in the VBON written assignment.
There is not a specific example in the APA manual for this type of case reference. You will need to reference both cases you use.
Virginia Board of Nursing. (Year, Month Day). Case No. 1234. Retrieved from https://www (Links to an external site.).
Virginia…..
The date used is the action date
Nothing is italicized in this type of reference
Retrieved from is the URL that takes you to the case used
To locate Cases
Go to the Virginia Board of Nursing (Link in this module)
On home page, go to Laws and Regulations
Go to Public Records
Go to Case Decisions.
Native Son Analysis
“Native Son” Analysis
Introduction
Works of literature have always come in handy in explaining the varied aspects of the society within which the writers, poets or authors live. This was the case for Richard Wright, whose 1940’s novel “Native Son” outlined the conflicts that existed between whites and blacks through the story of a poor black man named Bigger. The analysis of this novel has mainly centered on the manner in which the environment shapes the character and experiences of an individual in the world. However, this is not the case for Van Hoose (46), who argues that as much as the environment may have played a role in the tribulations that face Bigger, his consciousness also plays a key role in charting a course for his life in the world. Van Hoose examines the interplay of colors in the novel and blends it with ideas pertaining to the perception of the same in relation to power and character. As he notes, whiteness and blackness are associated not only with the individual’s bodies but also the environment and social structure at large. He, however, negates the depiction of Bigger as a passive actor in charting his destiny where forces beyond and external to him (primarily from the environment) determined the course that his life took.
One of the key strengths of the analysis with which the author manages to tackle the issue of race and its association to power. Van Hoose presents a clear departure from the common perception of individuals being passive players in determining the course of their lives by examining the analysis that other scholars have provided on the novel “Native Son”. The incorporation of other scholars’ analysis on the same novel underlines an element of comprehensiveness.
On the same note, Van Hoose seems clear, at least at the starting stages, on what he aims at rebuffing. He manages to blend the issue of race, with images that have been depicted in the novel and gives a clear association between these and social constructions. He feels that it is imperative that one accounts for the importance of the fact that pictoral images of white and black, which have displaced the abstract social constructions, often pair the two together and having the same linked presence in similar single images, thoughts and moments (Van Hoose 49).
While Van Hoose’s argument may not be supported by many, I feel that they are perfectly appropriate. It is worth noting that as much as Bigger may have been impacted on by the environment within which he lived, he was by nature a killer and a beast. This is especially considering that before being employed in Mr. Dalton’s house, he had conspired with his friends to take part in robbery targeting white men. On the same note, he had received perfectly nice treatment from the Daltons with the daughter offering to open up his eyes and getting him to join a union. However, he is blind to this nice treatment, making an active choice to have these people as the objects of his hatred. As much as the death of Mary Dalton may have been an accident, his subsequent actions are not accidental, rather they are active decisions that he makes consciously. He chooses to lie about Jan having taken Mary, while knowing full well that he had killed her. On being discovered as the killer, Bigger runs away with his girlfriend, who he later on rapes and kills. These actions and the reasoning behind them show an active participant in the course that his life takes and the decisions that he makes to this effect.
Works cited
Van Hoose, Eric. “Native Sun: Lightness And Darkness In Native Son.” Black Scholar 41.2 (2011): 46-54. Academic Search Premier.
Assignment #2 Calculating Employee Incentives (2)
Assignment #2: Calculating Employee Incentives
Quality Skis Produced Weekly Payout Amount
0 – 20 $0.00
21 – 30 $200.00
31 – 40 $350.00
41 – 50 $500.00
> 50 $800.00
Data to determine the total incentive payouts for the five employees in the incentive plan.
Total skis produced on a weekly basis = add the the number of skis produced weekly by every employee
Week 1
27+32+39+35+35=168
Week 2
15+25+31+34+38=143
Week 3
Week 3
30+42+17+24+37=150
Week 4
24+47+29+34+42=176
Week 5
42+51+32+48+48=221
In order for a weekly payout to occur, the group as a whole must achieve a minimum amount of 150 quality skis. If they do not produce at least 150 quality skis in a week, then no one receives an incentive payout that week.
From our calculation that means the employees met the 150 skis production target.
The payouts vary per person based on the amount of quality skis they produce each week.
Determining the total incentive payouts for the five employees in the incentive plan.
Total amount of playout per employee
Dominick
27*200+ 15*0+ 30*200+24*200+42*500
5400+0+600+4800+21000=31800
Megan
32*350 +25*200 + 42*500 + 47*500 + 51*800
11200+5000+21000+23500+40800=101500
Patrick
39*350 + 31*350 + 17*0 + 29*200 + 32*350
13650+10850+0+5800+11200=41500
John
35*350+34*350+24*200+34*350+48*500
12250+11900+8400+6800+24000=63350
Vincent
35*350+38*350+37*350+42*500+48*500
12250+13300+12950+14700+24000=77200
Total payouts for all employees in the 5 weeks= 31800+101500+41500+63350+77200
=$315350