Research articles related to how drug abuse affects families when one or more members are addicted to illicit and/or prescription drugs.
Write an 800- to 1,050-word review of the articles. Include the following:
Analyze the issues related to the affects of drug abuse on families.Describe the ramifications experienced by the family members who are not abusing drugs.Discuss resources available to family members of drug abusers.Use at least three peer reviewed sources other than the text, reflecting current research.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
book used in class:
Levinthal, C. F. (2012). Drugs, behavior, and modern society (7th ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson
Provide an answer with a minimun of 365 words.
Identify at least one inpatient treatment program and one outpatient treatment program and compare them.

One area in which we hear a lot about the importance of the macronutrients is weight management. There is a lot of information out there about what type of diet is best for weight loss and reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease. Much of the debate is over the merits of a low-carbohydrate diet (like the Atkins diet or other ketogenic diets) compared to a more “traditional” low-fat diet.
There may be many reasons why an individual chooses one diet over the other, but what does the science say?
In this week’s assignment, I’m going to ask you to review and summarize a paper that attempts to address this debate through a meta-analysis of peer-reviewed research. In a meta-analysis, researchers do not generate their own original data. Instead, they summarize the collective findings of original, peer-reviewed papers that have been previously published. They look at all rigorous studies that address the issue at hand and determine, as a whole, what the peer-reviewed research concludes.
Meta-analyses have their place in scientific progress. A scientific finding must be replicated several times by different researchers in order to be accepted as fact. Meta-analyses look at different replications, that may have different results, and try to determine what overall conclusions can be drawn.
The paper I want you to read is: “Preview the documentView in a new windowEffects of Low-Carbohydrate Diets Versus Low-Fat Diets on Metabolic Risk Factors: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Clinical TrialsPreview the documentView in a new window” by Tian Hu, et al. This meta-analysis was published in the American Journal of Epidemiology in 2012.
If you have a very limited science background you may find it quite challenging to read this paper. Here are a few tips for reading a scientific paper that might keep you from getting lost in the details:
1. Begin by reading the Abstract and Introduction sections carefully.
2. Skim the Materials and Methods section very lightly.
3. Skim the Results section. Look for key differences between groups.
Don’t get bogged down in the statistical jargon. At this point, it’s okay if you don’t fully understand everything.
4. Read the Discussion section carefully.
When you’ve gone through the paper, answer the following questions in your own words. Answers copied directly from the paper will not receive any credit.
1. Briefly state the question the researchers are trying to answer.
2. Summarize the researchers’ results.
This should be no more than a few sentences. I want the overall picture, not the numerical details.
3. If you had a close friend or family member who wanted to lose weight, which type of diet would you recommend to them (low-fat or low-carbohydrate)? Use the results of this study to explain your choice.
4. What future research would you like to see on this topic?

This assignment is designed to help you identify the relevance and importance in society today for a religious tradition you would like to study further.
Choose one of the religions discussed in this course
Create a 15- to 20-slide presentation to summarize the key ideas of the religion you have chosen.
Include the following:
What are common characteristics your chosen religion shares with the others?How is this religion responding to challenges (e.g., the rise of critical and scientific methodologies) in the modern world?What has changed about the roles of women in the religion over time?Discuss eastern religion and contemporary ethics.Include a title slide and a references slide, and any applicable images.
Use bulleted items on the slides and more extensive materials in the speaker notes.
Cite at least one reference in addition to Experiencing the World’s Religions.
For Online and Directed Study students, these are Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentations with notes.Format your paper consistent with course-level APA guidelines.

Assignment: Application:Using the Data/Information/Knowledge/Wisdom ContinuumHave you ever gone online to search for a journal article on a specific topic? It is amazing to see the large number of journals that are available in the health care field. When you view the library in its entirety, you are viewing untapped data. Until you actually research for your particular topic, there is little structure. Once you have narrowed it down, you have information and once you apply the information, you have knowledge. Eventually, after thoughtful research and diligent practice, you reach the level of wisdom—knowledge applied in meaningful ways.
Are there areas in your practice that you believe should be more fully explored? The central aims of nursing informatics are to manage and communicate data, information, knowledge, and wisdom. This continuum represents the overarching structure of nursing informatics. In this Assignment, you develop a research question relevant to your practice area and relate how you would work through the progression from data to information, knowledge, and wisdom.
To prepare:
Review the information in Figure 6–2 in Nursing Informatics and the Foundation of Knowledge.Develop a clinical question related to your area of practice that you would like to explore.Consider what you currently know about this topic. What additional information would you need to answer the question?Using the continuum of data, information, knowledge, and wisdom, determine how you would go about researching your question.Explore the available databases in the Walden Library. Identify which of these databases you would use to find the information or data you need.Once you have identified useful databases, how would you go about finding the most relevant articles and information?Consider how you would extract the relevant information from the articles.How would you take the information and organize it in a way that was useful? How could you take the step from simply having useful knowledge to gaining wisdom?By Day 7 of Week 4Write a 4-page paper that addresses the following: MUST BE APA FORMAT
Summarize the question you developed, and then relate how you would work through the four steps of the data, information, knowledge, wisdom continuum. Be specific.Identify the databases and search words you would use.Relate how you would take the information gleaned and turn it into useable knowledge.Can informatics be used to gain wisdom? Describe how you would progress from simply having useful knowledge to the wisdom to make decisions about the information you have found during your database search.Your paper must also include a title page, an introduction, a summary, and a reference page ( YOU CAN ONLY USE THE REFERENCES LISTED BELOW).

You are a consultant in a hospice facility for adult patients who come from diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds. The administration has two concerns. First, there have been many patient complaints filed indicating that the staff is abusive, both physically and psychologically.
It is possible that the staff is being abusive (e.g., pulling them out of bed roughly, causing injury), or that the patients are misinterpreting the staff’s behavior (e.g., dementia due to Alzheimer’s disease may lead them to believe they are not being fed). Second, the patients have difficulty complying with their medication regime, with some seeking alternative methods for treating their illnesses and coping with the dying process.
Based on what you learned in this course, what information should be given to the staff to address both issues? Be sure to specify the following:

Ways in which staff can ensure that patient care is applied in a consistent and respectful manner. Physical and cognitive abilities/limitations should be described. For example, a patient may have physical impairments that make it difficult for him/her to move with ease or to see/hear properly. Cognitive impairments (e.g., dementia) may distort patient perceptions.
Ways in which the staff can get compliance from patients to take medications, as well as ways to show understanding for the patients’ varied cultural and ethical beliefs, although implementation of alternative methods can only be allowed if they are not illegal.
Ways in which staff can ease the coping and acceptance process for patients and their families related to dying and death. In particular, patients must be informed of choices available while in the hospital (e.g., DNR) and for their funerals, while the staff helps the families cope with mourning, bereavement, and grief over the loss of kin.

Preliminary Deliverables
 Due 01-29-17

Submit an Annotated Bibliography and Reference List: You are required to glean appropriate sources from the CSU-Global Library (including academic, professional, and peer-reviewed journal articles) and prepare an annotated bibliography using five to seven of these relevant sources. You certainly should also consider using the assigned readings as supplemental citations. This annotated bibliography must be written in APA format, according to the CSU-Global Guide to Writing and APA Requirements.

Final Paper Requirements:

Your double-spaced paper should be 7-9 pages in length (not counting the required title and reference pages).
Include an introduction. It must provide a clear statement of your position on the topic.
Your paper should synthesize current, relevant research on this topic from at least five scholarly sources.
Discuss the implications of possible solutions for the project under consideration.
Finally, offer your conclusions regarding how best to manage the issue (i.e., your informed opinion on the issues raised).

Your paper must demonstrate what you have learned about current issues related to human development. It is expected to have depth and offer a thoughtful analysis on the topic. Your writing should be based on references to scholarly materials (rather than on introductory textbooks, popular website writings, or musings, for example). That is, support your claims with evidence.  
The most common mistakes in writing an essay are: (a) simply summarizing the topic and not analyzing it or discussing your views; and (b) failing to relate the subject to the broader context of human development, as discussed in the course and found in the readings.