Research a health care organization or network that spans several states with in the United States (United Healthcare, Vanguard, Banner Health, etc.). Assess the readiness of the health care organization or network you chose in regard to meeting the health care needs of citizens in the next decade.
Prepare a 1,000-1,250 word paper that presents your assessment and proposes a strategic plan to ensure readiness. Include the following:

Describe the health care organization or network.
Describe the organization’s overall readiness based on your findings.
Prepare a strategic plan to address issues pertaining to network growth, nurse staffing, resource management, and patient satisfaction.
Identify any current or potential issues within the organizational culture and discuss how these issues may affect aspects of the strategic plan.
Propose a theory or model that could be used to support implementation of the strategic plan for this organization. Explain why this theory or model is best.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.
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Topic: Advocacy Through Legislation
Nurses often become motivated to change aspects within the larger health care system based on their real-world experience. As such, many nurses take on an advocacy role to influence a change in regulations, policies, and laws that govern the larger health care system.

Discussion 2: Coding Scholar of Change Video #2In Week 5, you selected one of the Scholars of Change videos to begin the coding process. For this Discussion, you will select another Scholars of Change video, different than the one you selected in Week 5, to begin coding not only your field notes but also the transcript of the video you downloaded.To prepare for this Discussion: Review the chapters in the Saldaña text. Review the Introduction to Coding and From Content to Coding media programs in the Learning Resources. Make observational field notes from Weeks 2 Scholars of Change videos. From the remaining videos, choose a different Scholars of Change video and refer to your notes from your observation for this Discussion. Access the transcript you downloaded for the media program of the Scholars of Change video you selected for this Discussion. Begin to code the transcript and the observational field notes of the Scholar of Change video you chose. (Note: You will only need one or two codes for this Discussion, although more are acceptable.) By Day 4Post a brief description of the video you chose. Next, include an example of one or two codes and provide quotes from your notes or transcript to support your example. Finally, explain your reasoning for this coding.Be sure to support your main post and response post with reference to the week’s Learning Resources and other scholarly evidence in APA style.By Day 6Respond to one of your colleagues’ posts and explain how your colleague’s codes are similar or different than yours.

For this assignment, you will need to interview an individual who identifies with a non-Western and/or non-Judeo-Christian culture. This interview can be in person, over the phone, or by email. This may be someone you know personally or that you locate through a local cultural center, club, religious organization or even an embassy or consulate. You need to obtain permission from this individual to list their contact information in your paper in the event that your instructor needs to verify your work. During your interview you should ask the following questions: What do you identify as the most important or distinct practices of your culture?How are gender roles addressed in your culture?How is social power, authority, or social roles in a hierarchy expressed in your culture?In class, we learned that in “honor-oriented societies,” worth comes from one’s role or group membership and in “justice-oriented societies,” worth comes from what one does or doesn’t do. What is the role of honor/shame in your culture? Are honor/pride and dishonor/shame important concepts in your culture? After your interview, write a 500-750-word paper summarizing and reflecting on the responses you received. What did you learn from this exchange? How did your perceptions change? Based on your discussion, how do you think your culture is perceived by others? You should incorporate at least three concepts from Chapters 12, 13, or 14 of your textbook in your response.Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide.

This two-part assignment includes one photograph and one video. Please answer the questions below:Part I: PhotographyFor this part of the assignment, select a current news article from AP News (you may use their website or an article from the World News section of your newspaper) that contains at least one photograph that is cited with the photographer’s name. Read the article, and then download the photograph or photographs (or take a photo if it is from a newspaper). Then, research background information about the photographer using the Online Library or another reputable source. In your essay, include a copy of the photo or photos, give a summary of the article and photographer’s background information, and explain how the photograph or photographs helped explain or support the news story. You can also write about what other photographs could have helped explain the story better or are lacking from the story.Part II: VideoFor this part of the assignment, select a current news article from AP News (or another reputable news source) that features a video. Research the issue or event featured in the video. In your submission, provide a link to the video, give a summary of the article, and explain how the video helped explain or support the news story. Include what other footage could have helped explain the story better or are lacking from the story.Your submission must have a minimum of 2 pages of writing.Adhere to APA Style when creating citations and references for this assignment. APA formatting, however, is not necessary.

We’ve been reading Marge Piercy’s science fiction work: Woman on the Edge of Timethroughout the quarter. As you know, Piercy’s novel is centered around Connie and her experiences in and out of medical institutions. The novel toggles between a dystopic present-day reality and the future (or does it???).
First: Do you find Piercy’s version of a possible future (the attitudes, behaviors, social structures, norms etc. found in the future she describes) compelling? That is, are there elements in Piercy’s imagined future that you find worth aiming for? Why or why not? On the contrary, are there elements of this future that you find less or not at all appealing? If yes, what and why?  If no, why not?
Second: Consider the various aspects of biology, medicine, and society that we’ve discussed this quarter, especially as they relate to questions of gender and sex, sexuality, race and ethnicity, and socio-economic status/social class. Consider what you have found most inspiring or promising and what you have found most limiting or problematic as regards the historical and ongoing relationships between biology and society. Now, step in to Piercy’s shoes and imagine what the relationships between biology, medicine, and society might look like in your preferred future. In other words, reflect on how the ideas, beliefs, practices, and values pertaining to the relationship between biology and society could be – from your perspective – made better going forward. Can the intersections of biology and society be different? Better?