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Essay Instructions: This is a Principles of Economics course:

- The essay should be based on a scenerio or imagined Natural Disaster that would cause a shift in labor supply or demand.
- Describe the scenario
- What is the area of employment (please use St. Louis, MO)
- What would the effect of this/these shift(s) on the equilubrium (price & quantity) of the labor market?

Essay Instructions: Post Graduate (Master) Essay
Essay of 1500 words may exceed 10% ie, 150 words.
Title: Integrated Emergency Management, (IEM): "Case Study of Hurricane Katrina".
Introduction: Around 100 words.
Main body: Should cover as stated below around 1300 words:
Essay would be to evaluate a case study of a disaster from USA, " Hurricane Katrina". This case study is to be evaluated from two different perspectives, contrasting political theories of the role of the State, such as pluralism, and public/rational choice.
On the basis of each of my chosen two political theories, Writer is to analyse and explain my chosen disaster ‘problems’ arising from it, from the viewpoint each of these two different theoretical perspectives. Writer is also to explain how different understandings arising from each of these different perspectives are liable to result in specific policy approaches and the choice of specific policy instruments, in an attempt to achieve policy ‘outcomes’ (i.e. specific ‘solutions’ to the identified ‘problems’), which depend on the political theory adopted.
Conclusion: Should be around 100 words briefly stating what has been done, new measures, there will still be some shortcomings. Considering future (Preparedness, Response and Recovery)

Remarks: Essay should be in logical sequenced.
Essay must be cited with appropriate sources using UK Harvard method.
Please use UK English.
Essay to be Paraphrased Free of plagiarism.
Citation: Inside text citation at least 2 in each paragraph showing page number of a document.
number of quotations no more than 3 in whole essay.
List of references: At least ten (10) academic references. I have provided a list of references, Essentials and Recommended. Please use those Reference.

Essential References:

Cole, J. 2010 Interoperability in a Crisis 2: Human Factors and Organisational Processes. RUSI. (Available at: https://www.rusi.org/publications/occasionalpapers/ref:O4C2CC38D725EE/)

Dryzek, J. and Dunleavy, P. (2009) Theories of the Democratic State. Palgrave Macmillian.

Handmer, J. and Dovers, S. (2007) The Handbook of Disaster and Emergency Policies and Institutions. Earthscan (Available as a Lanchester Library electronic resource)

Handmer, J. and Dovers, S. (2013) Handbook of Disaster Policies and Institutions: Improving Emergency
Management and Climate Change Adaptation. 2nd ed. Routledge.

Howlett, M., Ramesh M., and Perl A. (2009) Studying Public Policy: Policy Cycles and Policy Subsystems. 3rd ed.

Oxford University Press.

Pollitt, C. (2003) Joined-up Government: a Survey. Political Studies Review: 2003 Vol 1, 34-49.

Klein, N. (2008) The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism. Penguin.

Flin, R. H. (2008) Safety at the Sharp End a Guide to Non-Technical Skills. Aldershot: Aldershot : Ashgate

Recommended:
Birkland, T. (2010) An Introduction to the Policy Process: Theories, Concepts and Models of Public Policy Making (3rd ed.) M.E. Sharpe.

Birkland, T. (2006) Lessons of Disaster: Policy Change After Catastrophic Events. Georgetown University Press.

Birkland, T. (2009) ‘Disasters, Lessons Learned, and Fantasy Documents’, Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, 17 (3), pp. 146-156.

Bochel, H. and Duncan S. (2007) Making Policy in Theory and Practice. Policy Press.
Bogdanor, V. (ed) (2005) Joined-Up Government Oxford University Press

Boin, A. et. al. (2006) The Politics of Crisis Management: Public Leadership Under Pressure. Cambridge University Press.
Borodzicz, E. (2005) Risk, Crisis & Security Management. John Wiley and Sons.

Brunsma, D. (2007) The Sociology of Katrina: Perspectives on a Modern Catastrophe. Rowman & Littlefield.

Cairney, P. (2012) Understanding Public Policy: Theories and Issues. Palgrave.

Clarke, L. (2001) Mission Improbable: Using Fantasy Documents to Tame Disaster. Chicago University Press.

Cohen, A.R. and Bradford D.L. (2005) Influence Without Authority. (2nd ed.) York: John Wiley & Sons.

Comfort, L. et. al. (eds.) (2010) Designing Resilience: Preparing for Extreme Events. University of Pittsburgh Press.

Crouch, C. (2011) The Strange Non-Death of Neo-Liberalism. Polity Press.

Daniels, R. et.al. (eds.) (2006) On Risk and Disaster: Lessons from Hurricane Katrina. University of Pennsylvania Press.

Dorey, P. (2005) Policy Making in Britain. Sage.

Drennan L. and McConnell A. (2007) Risk and Crisis Management in the Public Sector. Routledge.

Fairclough I. and Fairclough N. (2012) Political Discourse Analysis. Routledge.

Fischer, F. and Gottweis (ed.) (2012) The Argumentative Turn Revisited: Public Policy as Communicative Practice.

Duke University Press.

Flin, R., O’Connor, P. and Crichton, M. (2008) Safety at the Sharp End: A Guide to the Non-Technical Skills. Ashgate.

Freudenburg, W. et. al. (2009) Catastrophe in the Making: The Engineering of Katrina and the Disasters of Tomorrow. Island Press.

Gallagher, N. and Parker, S. ed. (2007) The Collaborative State. Demos (Available at: http://www.demos.co.uk/files/Collaborative%20State%20-%20web.pdf)

Gunewardena, N (2008) Capitalizing on Catastrophe: Neoliberal Strategies in Disaster Reconstruction. AltaMira Press.

Hartman, C. and Squires, G. (ed.) (2006) There is No Such Thing as a Natural Disaster: Race, Class, and Hurricane Katrina. Routledge.

Hay, C. (2005) The State: Theories and Issues. Palgrave Macmillan.

Hill, M. (2012) The Public Policy Process (6th ed.) Longman.

Hindmoor, A. (2006) Rational Choice. Palgrave Macmillan.

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Essay Instructions: Write a scholarly opinion paper. This paper should address a current issue in the health care environment that has an impact upon the nursing profession.


Potential List of Topics:
Harm reduction clinics Waiting times
Vulnerable populations Immigration
Social media Technology
Simulation in education E-health
Vaccinations Emergency contraceptive pills
Patient safety Caregiver burden
Culturally appropriate care Obesity
Patient-centred care Aging population
Interprofessional collaboration or education Health literacy or e-literacy
Hiring internationally educated nurses Aboriginal health
Hospital budget cuts Nurses using PDA's
Global Warming - Natural Disasters Globalization
Nurse turnover rates Vaccinations
Diversity within the nursing profession
Role of the internet related to consumer knowledge
Pandemics ??" Hospital Outbreaks (MRSA, C. Diff) and H1N1

Examples of topics as questions
(Remember to back up “Yes” or “No” answer with reasons!):

Are nurses who take part in harm reduction programs violating principles of ethical practice?
What is the biggest challenge in Aboriginal health in Canada today?
What is the most important initiative that should be implemented to reduce childhood obesity?
Should PDAs be provided to, and used by, staff nurses in health care settings?
Where should more health care resources be allocated in Ontario ??" acute care, public health or home care?
What is one of the most important health care challenges to consider with Canada’s aging population?
Should nursing education involve more interprofessional classes or should nurses only learn in the classroom with other nurses?
Should persons who may be considered to be vulnerable (children, the elderly, persons with disabilities, persons with mental health diagnoses) be included in medical research?
What is the biggest nursing challenge in providing quality health care to new immigrants to Canada?
Should persons with important jobs or roles (such as CEOs, politicians or hospital donors) ever get preferential health care treatment?

INTRODUCTION TO PAPER
a) State purpose of paper and briefly describe current issue
b) State your opinion
c) Provide a brief outline of the paper
d) Introduction is clear and concise

ANALYSIS OF THE ISSUE
a) In-depth analysis of the issue using a minimum of 3 scholarly references.
• 3 scholarly references MUST follow these requirements:
-a minimum of 2 must be from peer-reviewed journals (1 of these must be from nursing literature)
-the third reference may be from a peer-reviewed journal, a textbook OR a scholarly website
Use my password-protected university website to access nursing journals.
http://libraryapps.centennialcollege.ca/e-resources/EresourceBySubject.asp?SubjectID=35
Username: 300680001
password 0001
sources should be from 2006 to present. But if there are substantial sources from the past then email me so I can't contact my professor of its appropriateness.
c) Discuss importance of the issue to nursing and health care in Canada (drawn from your analysis of the literature)
d) Explore 2 significant recommendations (in-depth) on how nursing can address this issue


CONCLUSION
a) Based on your expanded understanding of the issue, clearly and concisely summarize the main points of your paper

PAPER FORMATTING
Uses APA Publication Manual (2010) to guide scholarly writing
e) 3 page maximum (exclusive of title page & reference list) using 12 font, Times New Roman





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Essay Instructions: Disaster Preparedness Plan
(Please use the state of Georgia and Tornadoes)


Instructions:
We all live in an area where some form of natural disaster is likely to threaten the welfare of the citizens; hence, also threaten the financial and personnel resources of agencies that might respond.

Given the likelihood of such an event, create two qualitative systems capable of responding to the specific need in your area. For instance, if you live in California, one natural disaster concern would be earthquakes. Therefore, your assignment would be to create two qualitative systems for earthquakes: one that measures consequence and another that measures the likelihood.

(Please use the state of Georgia and Tornadoes)

Develop your qualitative plan as if it would be distributed to your local emergency management planning board for individual agency response. You will need to consider what agency resources you have in your area, and how they will be affected, depending on the type of event. For instance, is your fire department full-time or volunteer?

Your local emergency management planning board will want certain aspects of your disaster preparedness plan to include the following considerations:

? Does your plan integrate homeland security concepts and directives?

? Do they incorporate the standards of the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and the Incident Command System (ICS)?

? Does your plan synthesize guidelines for dealing with fear management and crisis communications with the public?

? Does your plan identify and evaluate possible strategies in planning for natural disasters?


Your paper should be 5 pages long and your citations should adhere to APA style and formatting with page numbers.