the Bureau of Prison

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Prior to beginning work on this discussion, please review the Bureau of Prisons (Links to an external site.) web page. You may also wish to consider some of the recommended resources for this week.

In your introduction, please briefly address the following:

Guided Response: Review several of your classmates’ posts and welcome them to the class. Respond to at least three of them. In your responses, include substantive comments that relate to career factors discussed in your peers’ initial posts. Consider other functions relevant to careers to extend the discussion. You are encouraged to post your required replies earlier in the week to provide opportunities for further interaction and discourse within this forum.

standard contract.

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For years, 28 year old Lou Sohn has been trying to make it as a musician. He has played bars from Maine to California, has had some songs he wrote and recorded played on college radio. And was a first round contestant on American Idol, but was cut before making it to Hollywood. He is getting ready to give up the business when a friend arranges an audition for Lou with Ashley Alan Dicker, of ADD Records, a twenty year old record label that has had a few hits, but never broken into the big time.

 

Lou’s audition seems to go well. Ashley called Lou up a week later and gave him the good news. “Lou, baby,” Ashley said, “I think you’ve got “IT” ADD is going to make you a big star. Who are your manager and lawyer.

 

Lou tells Ashley he has never had a manager or lawyer before. “That’s a good thing,” says Ashley, “they just waste time and money. Trust me baby, I will be the one looking out for you.”

standard contract

 

Lou can’t believe his good fortune. Ashley hands him a 15 page contract and says, “Just sign it baby. It is a standard contract. We advance the money for the recordings, we distribute, you get the first $5,000 gross income and then we split everything down the middle .” Ashley hands Lou a shiny gold pen. Lou hesitates. “What’s the matter baby?” Ashley asks. “Well, honestly, I am broke,” says Lou, “Is it possible to get any money up front?’

 

Ashley pulls out his checkbook. “I like you baby, we are going to do great things. Sign right now and I will give you a $500 advance.” That was all Lou needed to hear. He didn’t even read the contract, he just signed it on the spot.

 

Lou recorded his first CD for ADD, “Out of My Cave.” It got some alternative rock air play, but never caught on with Itunes. After six months, total sales were only $8,500. Lou wasn’t thrilled, but still, he could use the money. He wrote to ADD and asked for his $5,000 in first royalties plus 50% of the remaining $3,500 for a total of $6,750. ADD’s accounting department responded by sending him a bill:

 

INVOICE

 

Recording costs

 

Studio time $ 3,700

Engineers $ 2,700

Producer advance $ 5,000

 

Total Recording costs $ 11,400

 

Promotion costs $ 3,700

 

Total Costs $15,100

 

Less credit for sales $ 6,750

TOTAL BALANCE DUE $ 8,350

 

The hottest movie this summer is the block buster super hero film “The White Knight Ascends.” Lou goes to see it and is shocked to find that “Out of My Cave” is played several times in the movie. It appears ADD licensed Lou’s song to the film for $100,000. When Lou calls ADD to ask about it, he is told that all the licensing money belongs to ADD.

 

Lou comes to you asking for help. He brings his contract with him. By now he has tried to read it, but cannot make heads or tails of it. In looking it over, you see that some of the relevant provisions are as follows:

 

“17 C – Sohn agrees to pay, or to reimburse ADD, for all recording costs including, without limitation, all costs related to the use of the studio, hiring of engineers and producers, and all promotion costs.”

 

“41 F – Sohn grants ADD all rights to the songs written by artist and the Master recordings of such songs as are included on any recordings produced pursuant to this agreement. Without limitation, this shall include the right to license such masters and underlying songs for use in motion pictures. And Sohn hereby waives any claim to the income from such license”

 

What can Lou do (with your help, of course)? Analyze the strengths and weaknesses of his case.

Correctional Aims and Correctional Systems

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Prior to beginning work on this discussion, read Chapter 1 Correctional Aims and Correctional Systems from the textbook. Your initial post should be at least 250 words in length. Support your claims with examples from any required material or other scholarly resources and properly cite any references.

In this discussion,

  • Examine the pros and cons from four of six major correctional aims or goals of sentencing from your Stojkovic and Lovell (2019) textbook.
  • Compare and contrast at least one function of a historical correctional system with at least one function of a contemporary correctional system.
  • Describe correctional system functions that relate to (select at least one)
    • punishment,
    • rehabilitation, treatment, or
    • supervision

Difference in The Governance of Long Term Care Depending on Ownership

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Barriers to an Effective QI Effort Case

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For this Assignment, review Case 3, “Barriers to an Effective QI Effort,” in Chapter 11 of the text, Managing Health Services Organizations and Systems. Reflect on how you, as a current or future health care administrator, might address strategies to implement a quality improvement initiative. Consider the following questions: What considerations should you keep in mind to address quality? How does one measure quality and identify strategies to improve quality in an HSO? Then, review the Week 6 Case Questions document in this week’s Learning Resources to complete the Assignment.

The Assignment (3 pages):

  • Complete the case questions presented.
  • Be sure to provide support from the literature in completing the case questions.

Required Readings

Longest, B. B., Jr., & Darr, K. J. (2014). Managing health services organizations and systems (6th ed.). Baltimore, MD: Health Professions Press.

Chapter 11, “Controlling and Allocating Resources” (pp. 497–548)

McAlearney, A. S., Garman, A. N., Song, P. H., McHugh, M., Robbins, J., & Harrison, M. I. (2011). High-performance work systems in health care management, part 2: Qualitative evidence from five case studies. Health Care Management Review, 36(3), 214–226.

Singer, S. J., & Vogus, T. J. (2013). Reducing hospital errors: interventions that build safety culture. Annual Review of Public Health, 34, 373-396.

Week 6 Case Questions

Design and Control in Quality Improvement Initiative

Chapter 11, Case 3: “Barriers to an Effective QI Effort”

Questions:

Use the principles of QI from Chapters 7 and 8 to outline a basic effort to improve quality in the ED.

  1. Use the principles of QI from Chapters 7 and 8 to outline a basic effort to improve quality in the ED.
    2. Identify some control measures that Lester could use.

Clinical Application Project

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Due to the pandemic, we will not be able to gather for in-person poster presentations like we have in the past. Instead, students will create a video presentation of their Clinical Application Project and upload to Brightspace by the date listed in the syllabus/course calendar. This brief (no more than 4 minutes) presentation is an overview of your CAP. It will include the following:

This will presentation in person, can you please prepare that I’m present to in person

  • name and clinical location of your     project
  • why this is an important topic for      your clinical area
  • what your literature search      revealed about the topic and the solution
  • how you would specifically      implement your project
  • what future benefits this project      could have on nursing

Be sure and present professionally, as if you were in front of a live audience. This means: well-groomed, including hair pulled back, minimal makeup/jewelry; maintains eye contact with camera; stands still/camera does not sway; speaks clearly and 

Change Implementation and Management Plan

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Assignment: Change Implementation and Management Plan

It is one of the most cliché of clichés, but it nevertheless rings true: The only constant is change. As a nursing professional. You are no doubt aware that success in the healthcare field requires the ability to adapt to change. As the pace of change in healthcare may be without rival.

As a professional, you will be called upon to share expertise, inform, educate, and advocate. Your efforts in these areas can help lead others through change. In this Assignment, you will propose a change within your organization. And present a comprehensive plan to implement the change you propose.

To Prepare:

  • Review the Resources and identify one change that you believe is called for in your organization/workplace.
    • This may be a change necessary to effectively address one or more of the issues you addressed in the Workplace Environment Assessment you submitted in Module 4. It may also be a change in response to something not addressed in your previous efforts. It may be beneficial to discuss your ideas with your organizational leadership. And/or colleagues to help identify and vet these ideas.
  • Reflect on how you might implement this change. And how you might communicate this change to organizational leadership.

The Assignment (5-6-minute narrated PowerPoint presentation):

Change Implementation and Management Plan

Create a narrated PowerPoint presentation of 5 or 6 slides with video that presents a comprehensive plan to implement the change you propose.

Your narrated presentation should be 5–6 minutes in length.

Your Change Implementation and Management Plan should include the following:

  • An executive summary of the issues that are currently affecting your organization/workplace (This can include the work you completed in your Workplace Environment Assessment previously submitted, if relevant.)
  • A description of the change being proposed
  • Justifications for the change, including why addressing it will have a positive impact on your organization/workplace
  • Details about the type and scope of the proposed change
  • Identification of the stakeholders impacted by the change
  • Identification of a change management team (by title/role)
  • A plan for communicating the change you propose
  • A description of risk mitigation plans you would recommend to address the risks anticipated by the change you propose
By Day 2 of Week 11

Submit your narrated Change Implementation and Management Plan.

multicultural communication and its origins

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multicultural communication and its origins

Write a 650-1300 word response to the following questions:

Explain multicultural communication and its origins.
Compare and contrast culture, ethnicity, and acculturation.
Explain how cultural and religious differences affect the health care professional and the issues that can arise in cross-cultural communications.
Discuss family culture and its effect on patient education.
List some approaches the health care professional can use to address religious and cultural diversity.
List the types of illiteracy.
Discuss illiteracy as a disability.
Give examples of some myths about illiteracy.
Explain how to assess literacy skills and evaluate written material for readability.
Identify ways a health care professional may establish effective communication.
Suggest ways the health care professional can help a patient remember instructions.

Equity, Social Justice and Health Disparities caused by COVID 19 pandemic

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Equity, Social Justice and Health Disparities caused by COVID 19 pandemic

Equity, Social Justice and Health Disparities caused by COVID 19 pandemic. Affecting the targeted under resourced ethnic group in the United States.

Development of strategies and propose solutions to address identified needs of vulnerable populations in emergencies by involving shared faith, family, cultural institutions, community organizations, healthcare systems and healthcare providers and individuals and the role of government in terms of leadership and skills development.

Should involve on only:

– Expected challenges (4- 5 expected challenges)

– Implications on nursing practice

Use APA format and peer reviewed journal within 5 years.

1 page paper and 3-4 non-formatted PowerPoint slides on the subtopics ( i.e expected challenges and implications on nursing practice)

Healthcare Financial Management

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HA4200D – Healthcare Financial Management

Discussion 06.2: Comparative Data

 

 

Create an initial post with a minimum of 150 words discussing comparative data. Comparative data means you compare your expected budget amount with your actual budget expense. Make sure to include the items below:

 

Using your personal home budget or workplace budget, set up a table that has your planned budget amount and budget actuals.

Use table 15-1 as your example.

Explain each element in the table and what actions you will take to correct poor budget figures vs actuals, or how you will leverage good budget figures vs actuals.

 

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