Leadership Learning Experience

Nursing is a practice discipline that includes direct and indirect care activities that affect health outcomes. As a baccalaureate nursing student, you are developing new competencies in leadership, and in order to achieve mastery, you must apply those competencies to live practice experiences and situations. This Leadership Learning Experience (LLE) is designed to allow you…

Measures of Effect

One important application of epidemiology is to identify factors that could increase the likelihood of a certain health problem occurring within a specific population. Epidemiologists use measures of effect to examine the association or linkage in the relationship between risk factors and emergence of disease or ill health. For instance, they may use measures of…

Ethics Review Procedure

What is ethics review? What is the relevance of ethics review procedures in the business setting? How can organizations improve the ethical review decision process? What policies and procedures can be implemented fair review and evaluation of ethical conduct? Prepare a Flow Chart for the ethics review process capturing all elements requiring review in the…

Mandatory Sentencing

The trend in the United States is toward mandatory sentencing for most criminal offenses. Include the following in your initial post: Define mandatory sentencing. Discuss the pros and cons of mandatory sentencing. Provide your opinion of whether or not you agree with mandatory sentencing provisions. Examine whether or not courts should view each case based…

Double Jeopardy

Which amendment to the Constitution prohibits double jeopardy? Can someone be convicted for multiple crimes for one act? How can a person be charged with multiple crimes through the legal concept of “lesser included offenses”? How do lesser included offenses not violate double jeopardy protection? Focus upon the material elements of crimes and how they…

Sexual Predator Prosecution

Prepare a paper that details your home state’s approach to sexual predators. Address following items in your paper: Does your state have any laws that prohibit conduct that would be considered to be predatory? What types of crimes are codified into law, misdemeanor, or felony? What are the punishments? Are there mandatory punishments, or do…

Robbery and Extortion

Which crime, robbery or extortion, is more harmful to the victim of the crime? Discuss the similarities and the differences between these two crimes. Your primary response should examine the potential culpability of the victim for either crime. Does the fact that the victim may have done something wrong affect your viewpoint of the heinousness…