The purpose of an evaluation essay is to demonstrate the overall quality (or lack thereof) of a particular product, business, place, service, or program. While any evaluation involves injecting some form of opinion, if an evaluation is done properly, it should not come across as opinionated. Instead, the evaluation should seem reasoned and unbiased. The key to making this happen, and therefore the key to a good investigative essay, is establishing clear and fair criteria, judgments, and evidence.Criteria (the plural of criterion) means establishing what the ideal for the product/place/service/etc. should be. In other words, it means demonstrating what one should expect as the ideal outcome. Having clear criteria is what keeps an evaluation from feeling less like an opinion. For example, if I am evaluating a restaurant, I want to establish the criteria (quality of food, service, price, cleanliness, etc.) that any good restaurant will adhere to; this criteria can then be applied to the specific restaurant I am evaluating.The judgment is the establishment of whether or not the criterion is met. In other words, the judgment is what actually is. Using the example from above, if the first criterion for evaluating a restaurant is the quality of the food, the judgment states whether or not the particular restaurant offers food that meets or exceeds this stated quality.The evidence is the details offered to support the judgment. If my judgment is that a particular restaurant does not consistently offer quality food, I need to support this with a variety of evidence to show how the judgment was reached.Generally, each body paragraph of an evaluation essay is going to focus on one specific criterion, which should be fully explained, followed by the judgment and a variety of evidence offered as support. Because of this, it is important that any evaluation contains several different criteria, judgments, and evidence.An overall thesis should also be offered. For an evaluation essay, this thesis is the overall evaluation of whatever is being evaluated. Once again, if the criteria, judgments, and evidence are clear, the overall thesis should be as well. For example, if the restaurant meets most of the criteria laid out in the essay, the overall evaluation should be mostly positive, whereas if the most of the criteria isn’t met, the evaluation will be mostly negative.TOPIC SELECTIONWhen selecting a topic for an evaluation essay, it is important to focus on a specific business, service, product, or policy. In other words, evaluate a specific class (English 1101 at Troy) rather than evaluating a range of similar classes (all Troy writing classes). It is also helpful to write about a topic that you have knowledge about, which will make it easier to establish the appropriate criteria, judgments, and evidence.Minimum length: 650 wordsTimes New Roman 12 point fontTopic: your choiceSpecs: include your name in the left corner and include a title to your essay. For this essay, write only in the third person. Work for variety in sentence structure. ;)

Explanation of how healthcare policy can impact the advanced practice nurse profession Explanation of why advocacy is considered an essential component of the advance practice nurse's roleDiscuss the four pillars of Transformational leadership and the effect it may have on influencing policy change DISCUSSION CONTENT Category Points % Description Explanation of how healthcare policy can impact the advanced practice nurse profession 25 25% Research healthcare policy for APNs on a state and national level and the impact on the APN profession Explanation of why advocacy is considered an essential component of the advance practice nurse's role 25 25% Describe advocacy in healthcare terminology. Discuss how advocacy is an essential role of the APN and the impact on patient care. Discuss the four pillars of Transformational leadership and the effect it may have on influencing policy change 25 25% Define Transformational leadership. Discuss how Transformational Leadership may have an effect on influencing policy change Total CONTENT Points= 75 pts DISCUSSION FORMAT Category Points % Description Interactive Dialogue 20 20% 4 Required Elements: Responds a minimum of two other posts to peers and/or faculty in the threaded discussion; Responses to peer/faculty are substantive (adds importance, depth, and meaningfulness to the discussion) Responds to all direct questions from faculty (if no question asked directly, student responded to questions posed to the entire class) Summarizes what was learned from the lesson, readings, and other student posts for the week. The summary could be included in one of the three minimum posts. Grammar, Syntax, Spelling, & Punctuation 5 5% Grammar, syntax, spelling, and punctuation are accurate. Total FORMAT Points= 25 pts DISCUSSION TOTAL=100 points

 Please read the case and then answer each of these 3 questions: 1. Should Michel Kripalani seek external financing – either debt or equity - to fund Oceanhouse Media’s growth? Why or why not? 2. Evaluate Oceanhouse Media’s exit options at year-end 2013? 3. Estimate the value of Oceanhouse Media at year-end 2013 using: (i) the VC Method of Valuation, and (ii) Comparable firm transactions?