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· Select one question as your DQ 1

· Follow the discussion questions participation and submission guidelines.

· Follow the 3 x 3 rule: minimum three paragraphs per DQ, with a minimum of three sentences each paragraph.

· All answers or discussions comments submitted must be in APA format according to Publication Manual American Psychological Association (APA) (6th ed.) 2009 ISBN: 978-1-4338-0561-5

· Minimum of two references, not older than 2015.

Chapter 4: Competencies for Professional Nursing Practice

1. You are assigned to care for Ms. C., an 81-year-old patient who was admitted today with symptoms of increasing shortness of breath over the last week. She is currently receiving oxygen through a nasal cannula at 3 L/min. You go into the room to assess her. You find that she is sitting up in bed at a 60-degree angle. She is restless and her respirations appear labored and rapid. Her skin is pale with circumoral cyanosis. You ask if she feels more short of breath. Because she is unable to catch her breath enough to speak, she nods her head yes. Which action should you take first? Why?

Listen to her breath sounds.

Ask when the shortness of breath started.

Increase her oxygen flow rate to 6 L/min.

Raise the head of the bed from 75 to 85 degrees

2. What do all of the following scenarios have in common?

An elderly male becomes acutely confused and refuses to follow directions for his safety.

A teen comes into an urgent care setting requesting information about sexually transmitted infections.

A mother visits a school nurse and requests information about how the school handles sex education.

A team leader needs to rearrange assignments when one team member goes home sick.

Nursing staff in an intensive care unit need to develop an evacuation plan.

3. You will be taking care of a patient in a nursing home for the first time. Your assignment is to care for an older man who has heart disease. In addition, he has five other medical problems and takes 20 medications. While developing a plan of care for this patient, you can identify 8 to 10 nursing problems. You have no previous experience with nursing homes, and most of what you have heard and read about them is negative. Will you find yourself dreading the clinical day and expecting a negative experience before you even begin?

4. Think about a clinical experience that was troubling to you. Reflect on what bothered you about the experience. What could you have done differently? What were the reasons behind your actions? Try to create and clarify meaning or a new understanding of the particular situation.

5. Beginning nursing students often tend to focus primarily on their routines, including to get their list of tasks done, including assessments, ordered treatments, daily care, and charting. What if an unexpected situation occurred during the day? Do you think you would be able to reason, plan, and take appropriate action—think critically?

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  Overview

  Analyze and synthesize pseudocode for an IT company.

• This assessment is particularly important to the areas of IT and computer science, as both use a number of different programming languages to complete tasks via algorithms. You will demonstrate your ability to interpret and create algorithms and read and understand pseudocode (that is, English-like programming code).
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  Context

  The Assessment 4 Context document contains information about algorithms, including recursion, as well as pseudocode and basic programming principles.

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  Resources

  Suggested Resources

  The following optional resources are provided to support you in completing the assessment or to provide a helpful context. For additional resources, refer to the Research Resources and Supplemental Resources in the left navigation menu of your courseroom.

  • Binary and Hexadecimal Expansions and Operations.
    • Read this document to learn about binary, decimal, and hexadecimal number systems and Microsoft Excel’s conversion tool.
  • Algorithms | Transcript.
    • This presentation includes the following topics:
      • Characteristics of algorithms.
      • Notation for algorithms.
      • The Euclidean algorithm.
      • Recursive algorithms.
      • Complexity of algorithms.
  • Number Theory and Recurrence Relations | Transcript.
    • This presentation includes the following topics:
      • Number systems.
      • Hexadecimal number system.
      • Recurrence relation.
      • Fibonacci sequence.
      • Towers of Hanoi.
      • Solving recurrence relations.

  Library Resources

  The following e-book from the Capella University Library is linked directly in this course:

  • Koshy, T. (2004). Discrete mathematics with applications. Burlington, MA: Elsevier Academic Press.
    • Chapters 4 and 5.

  The resource listed below is relevant to the topics and assessments in this course and is not required. Unless noted otherwise, this resource is available for purchase from the.

  • Johnsonbaugh, R. (2018). Discrete mathematics (8th ed.). New York, NY: Pearson.
    • The following chapters and sections are particularly useful for your work in this assessment.
      • Chapter 4, “Algorithms,” sections 4.1 through 4.3. This chapter allows you to look at examples of algorithms, analyze algorithms, and work with recursive algorithms.
      • Chapter 4, “Algorithms,” sections 4.3 and 4.4. Section 4.4 focuses on recursive algorithms.
      • Chapter 5, “Introduction to Number Theory.” This chapter focuses on divisors, representations of integers and integer algorithms, the Euclidean algorithm, and the RSA public-key cryptosystem.
      • Chapter 7, “Recurrence Relations.” This chapter focuses on solving recurrence relations and applications to the analysis of algorithms.
      • Appendix C, “Pseudocode.”

• Assessment Instructions

  Assume that you are an IT professional working at an IT company. You have been asked to assess some snippets of code/pseudocode. Read over the pseudocode samples below and answer the corresponding questions.

  Pseudocode Sample 1 and Questions

  // Description
  // number is a positive integer with n digits, where number_i refers to the i^th digit of number
  // n is the number of digits of c
  // base is a positive integerfunction conversion(number,base,n)
  value = 0;
  unit = 1;
  for i = 0 to n
  value = value + number_i * unit;
  unit = unit * base;
  end
  return value;Respond to the following:

  1. What does the conversion function do? Please provide a detailed response.
  2. In terms of n, how many computational steps are performed by the conversion function? Note: One computational step is considered one operation: one assignment, one comparison, et cetera. For example, the execution of a = c + d may be considered two computational steps: one addition and one assignment.
  3. What is the Big-O time complexity of the conversion function in terms of n? Justify your response.

  Pseudocode Sample 2 and Questions

  function printToScreen(n)
  for i = 1 to n
  for j = 1 to i
  print(“*”);
  end
  print(“n”);
  endRespond to the following:

  1. What does the printToScreen function do? Please provide a detailed response. Specifically, describe the pattern formed by the *’s being printed. Note that print(“*”) will print one star and print(“n”) will print a carriage return, which effectively brings the cursor to a new line.
  2. In terms of n, how many computational steps are performed by the printToScreen function? Justify your response. Note: One computational step is considered one operation: one assignment, one comparison, et cetera. For example, the execution of print(“Hello“) may be considered one computational step: one print operation.
  3. What is the Big-O (worst-case) time complexity of the printToScreen function in terms of n? Justify your response.

  Pseudocode Sample 3 and Questions

  // n is a non-negative integerfunction f(n)
  if n == 0 || n == 1
  return 1;
  else
  return n*f(n-1);Respond to the following:

  1. What does the f function do? Please provide a detailed response.
  2. In terms of n, how many computational steps are performed by the f function? Justify your response. Note: One computational step is considered one operation: one assignment, one comparison, et cetera. For example, the execution of 3*3 may be considered one computational step: one multiplication operation.
  3. What is the Big-O (worst-case) time complexity of the f function in terms of n? Justify your response.
  4. Define a recurrence relation a_n, which is the number of multiplications executed on the last line of the function f, “return n*f(n-1);”, for any given input n. Hint: To get started, first determine a₁, a₂, a₃ …. From this sequence, identify the recurrence relation and remember to note the initial conditions.

  Pseudocode Synthesis

  1. Write pseudocode for a function called swapLarge. This function has an input 3 integers: x, y, and z. The algorithm will swap the values of two of these variables. Specifically, it will swap the largest value and the second largest value. For example, if x = 1, y = 2, and z = 3, then the output would be x = 1, y = 3, and z = 2.
     

     Algorithms Scoring Guide

     CRITERIA				DISTINGUISHED
     Derive recurrence relation including initial conditions.				Derives recurrence relation including initial conditions and relates derivation to algorithm time complexity analysis.
     Analyze purpose of recursive and non-recursive algorithms.			.	Analyzes purpose of recursive and non-recursive algorithms and evaluates its efficiency.
     Analyze the time complexity of recursive and non-recursive algorithms via computational steps and Big-O.			.	Analyzes the time complexity of recursive and non-recursive algorithms via computational steps and Big-O and clearly derives Big-O as an upper-bound of the expression of computational steps.
     Synthesize pseudocode as instructed.				Synthesizes pseudocode as instructed and integrates best coding practices and efficient design schemes.

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As a nurse, we have the power to change health care legislation and make our voice heard. It is so important to be aware of the different legislation that could possibly impact health care in your state. In Wisconsin, there are many different bills that may be brought to legislation. Not only can these impact health care, they can impact the community in Wisconsin greatly. I want to discuss a couple bills that are being considered in Wisconsin or have passed recently. One is the Assembly Bill 178 & Senate Bill 166. This bill increases eligibility for health care worker loan assistance programs, which in turn will help provide more health care workers into practice in Wisconsin. It includes student loans, loan forgiveness, fellowships, and financial aids (Wisconsin Nurses Association, 2020). It was passed to help aid the nursing shortage in Wisconsin.

Answer needs to be 2-3 pages 500 – 750 words. Works cited section for references need.

Introduce the topic to the reader in 3-5 sentences. Leave the body for the facts. Focus on a strong thesis statement leading into the body of paper. Let the last sentence in the introduction be the thesis statement. Use the 5-paragraph essay model. Paragraph 1: Intro, Paragraphs 2-4: body, and Paragraph 5: Conclusion. As a guide, introduction and conclusion should be at least 3 sentences and body paragraphs at least 5.

Question from BCJ 582 Correctional Counseling. Text: Correctional Counseling and Rehabilitation. 9th Edition, 2016. ISBN: 9781138951679. Author: Patricia Van Voorhis & Emily J. Salisbury

Additionally, please use APA citation style for your full citations. This requires a full URL link to the specific webpage you read to write your essay.