Does Technology Make Us More Alone? How or why? In other words, you can say “I agree,” or “I disagree” but you need to explain why by developing a solid paragraph. no evidence or refrence
Category: Conceptual Map
Heart of Spectre & Kitsuse’s
This week we’ll be looking at the construction of social problems in a slightly different way than the way we did last week, where we focused mostly on how different parties to an established political or social controversy seek to FRAME the discussion of the issues involved. This week we turn our focus to the examination of how “social problems” come to be discovered and “known” in the first place. And in so doing, we’ll consider the question at the heart of Spectre & Kitsuse’s reading: how do social problems come to be seen AS “social problems”? And once we open up that can of worms, we have to ask: “could there be some real and very significant problems some non-trivial number of people in our world/nation/community that never get SEEN by the wider public?”
This is what Spectre and Kitsuse study, and it is directly relevant to issues of social justice and institutionalized racism and marginalization. They call it “the CLAIMS MAKING PROCESS.” The way a putative social problem becomes “seen” by the public as a social problem that we collectively need to address is by successfully navigating the CLAIMS MAKING PROCESS.
So lets talk about that by just asking some very simple questions:
What distinguishes a claim? Who is a claims maker?
is complaining at the bar about the crappy wages at the oil pump factory claims making?
is raising your hand at a public forum and complaining about the lead pipes in your building claims making?
is writing your representative in congress claims making?
is throwing a garbage can through a store front window claims making?
Is a lawsuit against the working conditions of welfare workers in New York state a form of claims making?
Is a song a form of claims making?
In your post, you can address one or more of the questions above OR you can think about your own life or the lives of people you’ve known or an issue that was significant in your community at one point in time. Just take any claim that you’ve once made or a claim that you’re aware of (it can be from personal experience or something you’ve seen in the news. Heck, it can even be an example drawn from a movie, television show or a book or article) and try to “interrogate” how the claims making process unfolded for that claim by tracing it through the analytic grid below. Its ok if this seems confusing right now. We’re going to play with this grid in class and get to know how to use it better.
Analyzing the Social Significance of Claims Made: Determining/Predicting what will become of claims
The Claim
By Whom it is Made
The Way it is made
To Whom it is made
In what forum it is made
When and under what conditions it is made
Governmental Operations
How is the reintroduction of privatization impacting public policy decision making and the targeted social outcomes? For example, imagine a state determines that access to high-speed internet for every home is essential for long-term public health, yet in areas of the state, the market has determined that it is not profitable to provide the service. Should the state form a partnership with a private sector business (i.e., subsidize) to ensure that their social goal is obtained?
Public Administration in Practice A. Governmental Operations: Ensure that you focus specifically on the organizational, legal, or cultural challenge that you selected. 1. Civil Service Implementation: Assess the impact that the implementation of civil service had on the effectiveness of public service in the federal government. 2. Local Governmental Operations: Illustrate how public administration has manifested itself in local governmental operations. In other words, what impact has professional management had on local governmental operations? For example, you could consider how prevalent the mayor/manager form of government is. 3. Impact of Iron Triangle: Assess the impact of the “iron triangle” on public policy and program administration at the state and federal levels of government. In other words, how does the bureaucracy counterbalance the direct relationship between special interests and the legislature? B. Differences Between Public Administration and Private Sector Management: Ensure that you focus specifically on the organizational, legal, or cultural challenge that you selected. 1. Organizational Differences: Contrast the impact of political boundaries in governmental operations versus the private sector. For example, you could consider how political boundaries impact program and operational efficiencies. Provide specific examples to support your response. 2. Legal Differences: Analyze mandates, legal and nonlegal, related to the challenge you selected. How do they impact the operations of state and local governments? How do these mandates apply to private sector firms? Provide specific examples to support your response. 3. Cultural Differences: Illustrate the impacts politics can have on administrative appointments in the public and private sectors. In other words, what is the impact of political appointments on the culture of governmental agencies and private businesses? Provide specific examples to support your response. C. Roles of the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial Branches: Ensure that you focus specifically on the organizational, legal, or cultural challenge that you selected. 1. Executive Branch: Outline the role of the executive branch of government in the development of public policy, specifically related to the challenge you selected. 2. Legislative Branch: Outline the role of the legislative branch of government in the development of public policy, specifically related to the challenge you selected. 3. Judicial Branch: What role does the court system play in arbitrating public policy disputes between the executive and legislative branches of government? Focus specifically on how the judicial branch has impacted the challenge you selected. D. Public Budgeting Techniques: Ensure that you focus specifically on the organizational, legal, or cultural challenge that you selected. 1. Zero-Based Budgeting: Assess the principle of zero-based budgeting for how it has impacted federal programs and their stakeholders. What are the pros and cons of this methodology? 2. Performance-Based Budgeting: Assess how performance-based budgeting applies to private sector budgeting practices in a public sector setting. What are the pros and cons of this methodology? Include the impact on public programs and their stakeholders in your response. 3. Emerging Budget Strategies: Describe emerging budget strategies being utilized by public agencies to address the difficult fiscal environment facing local governments. In other words, what contemporary public budgeting techniques are effective? E. Governmental Communication Strategies: Ensure that you focus specifically on the organizational, legal, or cultural challenge that you selected. 1. Impact of Social Media: Assess the effectiveness of social media on governmental operations at the federal, state, or local governmental level. Consider questions such as these: What impact has social media had in enhancing public outreach? How has social media been used to develop a sense of community? 2. Impact of Other Media Types: Assess how various other media types can enhance public outreach and impact a citizen’s sense of community. 3. Communication Strategies: How has the proliferation of information outlets impacted the communication strategies utilized by government officials?
Where racism began with columbus
Talk about where racism began with columbus and how that moment of sugar cane trade is the reason for de-humanizing black people and how we should not do that in everyday life. putting values on people before meeting. can also bring up anything else from the source
Where racism began with columbus
Talk about where racism began with columbus and how that moment of sugar cane trade is the reason for de-humanizing black people and how we should not do that in everyday life. putting values on people before meeting. can also bring up anything else from the source
Software developers
Software developers create solutions such as web and desktop applications, mobile apps, games, and operating systems. This week you will complete an activity where you will take on the role of a software developer.
Over the last 6 months, you noticed that your bank account balance is lower than you expected by the 15th of every month. To track your expenditures, you decide to create an expense tracker mobile app that has the following functionalities.
You can add and categorize your expenses.
It has a calculator and a personal spending planner to help you with personal budgeting.
Write a 700-word requirements report that will serve as a starting point for developing the app, by detailing the following:
Include 5 critical features the app must have.
Include descriptions of any 3 expense tracking apps and their features.
Describe 3 software development activities the software developer should consider for this project.
List the software, hardware, and people requirements.
Describe an estimate of the time, cost, and efforts required.
Disaster Planning, Preparedness And Response
Explore the nurse’s role in disaster planning, preparedness, response, and recovery. You will develop a teaching tool to be used in the community that teaches community members how to be prepared for a variety of disasters common to your state.
Part 1: Disaster Response
Public health officials can play a huge part in disaster planning and emergency preparedness.
Analyze disaster response and emergency preparedness:
Identify nursing roles and responsibilities during each phase of disaster management. Consider:
Planning
Preparedness
Response
Recovery
Summarize your findings for submission.
Evaluate your community or state’s plan for preparedness and disaster management. Summarize your findings.
Create a teaching tool for your family or the community. Include the following:
How to plan an emergency kit, or “go bag”
How to do regular drills of your evacuation plan
How you will communicate with each other in the family
How to respond to natural disasters such as a fire, flood, or earthquake
How to respond in a mass casualty situation such as a major car accident or active shooter incident
Types of welfare states
List and describe the three types of welfare states and where they can be found. Which country has the largest percentage of social spending
Fallacies are sometimes described as ‘faulty reasoning shortcuts’.
Fallacies are sometimes described as ‘faulty reasoning shortcuts’. When you’re pressed (or stressed) in an argument, which fallacy do you tend to fall back on, knowingly or unknowingly?
Health promotion, maintenance
review the latest evidence based guidelines as they pertain to the case below. Discussion of the case is based on the course objectives and weekly content, which emphasize the core learning objectives for an evidence-based primary care curriculum. Throughout your nurse practitioner program, case study discussions are used to promote the development of clinical reasoning through the use of ongoing assessments and diagnostic skills, and to develop patient care plans that are grounded in the latest clinical guidelines and evidence-based practice.
Ms. Martin is a 55-year-old woman who has been on HRT for 4 years. HRT was prescribed because Ms. Martin was experiencing vasomotor symptoms associated with menopause. Her last mammogram was 2 years ago and last pap was 5 years ago. Ms. Martin made an appointment with her nurse practitioner to discuss discontinuing HRT after hearing and reading news reports about the dangers associated with the medication. Except for the HRT, Ms. Martin is taking no medication other than a daily vitamin. She had a tubal ligation after the birth of her third child but has had no other surgeries or history of any medical conditions. Her father had cardiovascular disease and died of a myocardial infarction at 77 years of age. Her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer at 81 years of age. Ms. Martin does not smoke and rarely drinks alcohol. She likes to work in her garden but is not involved in a formal exercise program. She has gained about 10 pounds since menopause.
What evidence-based information will you provide to Ms. Martin regarding her concerns of HRT? Discuss the advantages and risks associated with HRT.
What are your recommendations for Ms. Martin? Will you recommend continuing or discontinuing HRT and why?
What alternative treatments for menopausal symptoms will you discuss with Ms. Martin?
Discuss the recommended screening tests, using the latest evidence based guidelines that Ms. Martin should have.
What health promotion, maintenance, and prevention education would be important to provide to Ms. Martin?