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external stressors

Research the range of contemporary issues teenagers face today. In a 500-750-word paper, choose one issue (besides teen pregnancy) and discuss its effect on adolescent behavior and overall well-being. Include the following in your submission:

  1. Describe the contemporary issue and explain what external stressors are associated with this issue.
  2. Outline assessment strategies to screen for this issue and external stressors during an assessment for an adolescent patient. Describe what additional assessment questions you would need to ask and define the ethical parameters regarding what you can and cannot share with the parent or guardian.
  3. Discuss support options for adolescents encountering external stressors. Include specific support options for the contemporary issue you presented.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance.

major theorists

As health care consumers, we all expect quality care and positive outcomes. It is important as professionals that we meet these demands of health care consumers. Consider the work of the major theorists you examined in this week’s Resources, and think about how these theories apply to your own experience as a health care customer and/or practitioner.

By Day 3

Post your definition of quality and apply it to the work of one major quality theorist (e.g., Donabedian, Juran, Deming, Triple Aim (IHI) – Berwick). Identify a practice problem that you have had some experience with as a customer or as a practitioner and explain how eliminating wasteful practices could have improved the experience. Include how your definition of quality applies to that experience.

Support your response with references from the professional nursing literature. Your posts need to be written at the capstone level (see checklist).

Notes Initial Post: This should be a 3-paragraph (at least 350 words) response. Be sure to use evidence from the readings and include in-text citations.

t Risk Communicating Challenges

Please only answer to this question related to this case:

What is your understanding as NP about Risk Communicating Challenges on this case?

This is what happened with Mr. Borrego. I want you to answer in symple words the last question you find on this posting black high lined:

What are the provisional and differential diagnoses?

The most likely diagnosis is acute viral tonsillitis or group A beta-haemolytic streptococcal tonsillitis. The differential diagnoses are viral pharyngitis, laryngitis, parainfluenza, influenza, Epstein–Barr virus, or peritonsillar abscess.

What factors increase the possibility that the infection is bacterial in origin?

The majority of sore throats are viral in origin and will resolve spontaneously. Group A beta-haemolytic streptococcus is cultured in only 5–17% of adults with sore throat (Linder & Stafford 2001). Centor’s algorithm of clinical features (Centor et al. 1981) helps identify the significant features of streptococcal infection:

1. presence of tonsillar exudates,

2. tender anterior cervical lymphadenopathy,

3. the absence of cough

4. a history of fever. In this case, Ricardo had all four of these clinical signs.

CBC w/Differential

CBC that support the presence of an infectious process are the white blood cell count (WBC) and differential

In non-localized infections of bacterial and viral origin, the total WBC count is elevated in non-immunosuppressed patients

The next thing to look at is the differential which is the percentage of the various types of white blood cells present.

u An increase in polymorphonuclear neutrophils, referred to as POLYS OR SEGS

u Is seen in bacterial infections including endocarditis, septicemia and pneumonia

u An immature form of this type of cell, referred to as a BAND, is often also seen, especially in acute infection

u The appearance of these younger cells in the circulation is referred to as “SHIFT TO THE LEFT”

How would you expect to find on this client Sedimentation rate Test and why?

A high sed rate is a sign of a disease that causes acute inflammation in Ricardo’s body. Some conditions and medicines can affect the speed at which red blood cells fall, and they may affect this test results.

Because of poor response of this client to Antibiotics 3 days later pt still present 103 constant fever, headaches and vomitus without nausea. Pt was sent to ER and Lumbar Punction is needed. Mr. Ortego is alert and oriented x 3. What is your understanding as NP about Risk Communicating Challenges on this case?

Social Psychology 

“Our Sense of Self” project for Social Psychology

 

Required Resources
Read/review the following resources for this activity:

· Textbook: Chapter 3

· Lesson

· Minimum of 3 scholarly sources (in addition to the textbook)

Instructions
This week we explored the topics of self-concept, self-esteem and self-presentation. Take some time to reflect on your own self-concept. Who are you? How do you define yourself? How do you feel about your abilities to be successful and accomplish your goals? What image of yourself do you currently, or do you wish to moving forward present to the world. Keep that introspective reflection in mind as you move through this assignment, considering how your own understanding of these ideas has evolved over the years to your present level of development.

Now, pretend that you have been asked to speak to a group of middle school students on the topic of bullying as it relates to self-concept, self-esteem and self-presentation. Create a PowerPoint presentation that addresses the following:

· Keeping in mind your audience of 12-14 year olds, define self-concept, self-esteem and self-presentation.

· Analyze and explain the possible causes of bullying in the context of these three concepts.

· Analyze and explain the impact of bullying (on the victim and aggressor) of these three concepts.

· Provide specific actions or behaviors kids in your audience can use to stop or respond positively when they see bullying, are bullied, or are tempted to bully.

As you complete your presentation, be sure to:

· Use speaker’s notes to expand upon the bullet point main ideas on your slides, making references to research and theory with citation.

· Proof your work

· Use visuals (pictures, video, narration, graphs, etc.) to compliment the text in your presentation and to reinforce your content.

· Do not just write a paper and copy chunks of it into each slide. Treat this as if you were going to give this presentation live to a group of middle school kids – be relevant, engaging, and focused.

Presentation Requirements (APA format)

· Length: 8-10 slides (not including title, introduction, and references slides)

· Font should not be smaller than size 16-point

· Parenthetical in-text citations included and formatted in APA style

· References slide (a minimum of 3 outside scholarly sources plus the textbook and/or the weekly lesson for each course outcome)

· Title and introduction slide required

Grand Theories

We are still exploring section III which involves Conceptual Models/Grand Theories in the Integrative-Interactive Paradigm

Our text readings will include concepts from:

Chapter 12: Helen Erickson, Evelyn Tomlin, and Mary Ann Swain’s Theory or Modeling and Role Modeling

Chapter 13: Barbara Dossey’s Theory of Integral Nursing

As healthcare professionals, we need to be aware of nursing theory, as you heard it many times that it applies to our practice as nurses. When you think about it, how many practicing nurses are aware of the nursing theories and how they use in their careers. If you have a chance this week, go and ask a colleague about what they know regarding nursing theorist and who may be their favorite theorist in the profession.

You will see an overlap in the three nursing theorist listed below (Erickson, Tomlin, and Swain).

As your read and explore the following website resources, think about how their works contribute to our current practices today in nursing.

We will investigate Modeling and Role Modeling in nursing; these concepts will build upon the four metaparadigms of nursing: Person, Environment, Health, and Nursing.

When using the modeling and role-modeling theory, the nurse attempts to understand the “client’s personal model of his or her world and to appreciate its value an significance for the client from the client’s perspective.” (Masters, 2015).

Reference:

Masters, K. (2015). Nursing Theories: A Framework for Professional Practice. (2nd ed.). Burlington, Massachusetts. Jones & Bartlett Learning.

Who is Helen Erickson?

https://www.nursing-theory.org/theories-and-models/erickson-modeling-and-role-modeling-theory.php

Who is Evelyn Tomlin?

http://currentnursing.com/theory/modeling_and_role-modeling_theory.html

Who is Mary Ann Swain?

https://nursology.net/nurse-theorists-and-their-work/modeling-and-role-modeling/

Video: Modeling and Role Modeling

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNRkJlzYp6I

Article: Modeling and Role Modeling

http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.841.9640&rep=rep1&type=pdf

Who is Barbara Dossey? What is her Theory of Integral Nursing?

An integral process is defined as a comprehensive way to organize multiple phenomenon of human experience and reality from four perspectives:

(1) the individual interior (personal/intentional);

(2) individual exterior (physiology/behavioral);

(3) collective interior (shared/cultural); and

(4) collective exterior (systems/structures) (Dossey, n.d.).

Consciousness & Holistic nursing – Barbara Dossey part 1 out of 2

Part One

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HD5pxzc9q0U&t=94s

Part Two

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRAoD0-loWM

Website: Dossey Theory of Integral Nursing

http://www.dosseydossey.com/barbara/tin.html

PowerPoint: Barbara Dossey

http://www.dosseydossey.com/barbara/pdf/Dossey_Theory_of_Integral_Nursing_powerpoint.pdf

behavior change theory

hi dear

can you help me to finish this assignment with good quality and be on time please?

Submit 1-2 formal paragraphs with at least five sentences in response to the topics below. Provide at least one academic or credible source for an in-text citation and reference. Use APA 6th edition for both in-text citations and references.

1. Identify and briefly explain one behavior change theory used in health education and promotion. Why is it important to use theory in the practice of health education/promotion? Ex) Health Belief Model, Theory of Planned Behavior, Transtheoretical Model, etc. Please refer to chapter 4 of the course textbook.

Nursing knowledge

Nursing knowledge is classified in a variety of ways, one of which is Carper’s Patterns of Knowing (Carper, 1978). Carper’s framework offers a lens through which the nurse can reflect upon insights acquired through empirical, ethical, personal, and aesthetic knowledge (Carper, 1978). Through intentional reflection using Carper’s Patterns of Knowing, nurses can process experiential learning and knowledge acquired through practice. The purpose of this assignment is to reflect upon a specific practice situation and better understand the professional knowledge and insights obtained through that experience.

  1. Think of a surprising or challenging practice situation in which you felt underprepared, unprepared, or uncomfortable.
  2. Select an important nursing issue/topic that was inherent to the identified situation.
  3. Briefly explain the situation
  4. Identify the nursing issue inherent in the identified situation
    1. As a method of refection, use Carper’s Patterns of Knowing to analyze the situation. In your discussion, address ONE of the following Patterns of Knowing:
      1. What do you think was the underlying reason for the situation? (Esthetics)
      2. What were your thoughts and feeling in the situation? (Personal)
      3. What was one personal belief that impacted your actions? (Ethics)
      4. What evidence in nursing literature supports the nursing importance of the identified issue? (Empirical)
  5. What new insights did you gain through this reflective practice opportunity? How will this apply to your practice as a nurse practitioner? Be sure to use scholarly literature to support your position.

Please write as a bedside nurse in ICU/IMCU

APA format, 450-500 words, references used within the last 5 years

Please use at least one of these references, as well as an additional that you find:

McEwen, M., & Wills, E. (2014). Theoretical basis for nursing (4th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.

Meleis, A. (2012) Theoretical nursing: Development and progress (5th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Melnyk, B. M., & Fineout-Overholt, E. (2011). Evidence-based practice in nursing and healthcare: A guide to best practice (2nd ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.

Calculating Simple Linear Regression

Statistics for Nursing Research: A Workbook for Evidence-Based Practice, 2nd Edition

Exercise 29: Calculating Simple Linear Regression

Questions to Be Graded

The following questions refer to the section called “Data for Additional Computational Practice” in Exercise 29 of Grove & Cipher, 2017.

1. If you have access to SPSS, compute the Shapiro-Wilk test of normality for the variable age (as demonstrated in Exercise 26). If you do not have access to SPSS, plot the frequency distributions by hand. What do the results indicate?

A. The distribution significantly deviated from normality.

B. The distribution did not significant from normality.

Answer: Choose an item.

2. State the null hypothesis where age at enrollment is used to predict the time for completion of an RN to BSN program.

A. Age at enrollment predicts the number of months until completion of an RN to BSN program.

B. Age at enrollment does not predict the number of months until completion of an RN to BSN program.

Answer: Choose an item.

3. What is b as computed by hand (or using SPSS)?

A. 0.027

B. 0.037

C. 0.047

D. 0.057

Answer: Choose an item.

4. What is a as computed by hand (or using SPSS)?

A. 10.76

B. 11.76

C. 12.76

D. 13.76

Answer: Choose an item.

5. Write the new regression equation.

A. ŷ = 0.027x + 10.76

B. ŷ = 0.037x + 10.76

C. ŷ = 0.047x + 11.76

D. ŷ = 0.057x + 11.76

Answer: Choose an item.

6. How would you characterize the magnitude of the obtained R2 value? Provide a rationale for your answer.

A. R2 value is very low.

B. R2 value is very high.

Answer: Choose an item.

7. How much variance in months to RN to BSN program completion is explained by knowing the student’s enrollment age?

A. 1.2%

B. 2.4%

C. 12%

D. 24%

Answer: Choose an item.

8. What was the correlation between the actual y values and the predicted y values using the new regression equation in the example?

A. 0.11

B. 0.155

C. 0.346

D. 0.49

Answer: Choose an item.

9. Write your interpretation of the results as you would in an APA-formatted journal.

Enter your answer here and select the “Completed” choice in the dropdown menu. If more space is needed, please hit the Enter key from your computer.

Answer: Choose an item.

10. Given the results of your analyses, would you use the calculated regression equation to predict future students’ program completion time by using enrollment age as x? Provide a rationale for your answer.

A. Student age (x) did significantly predict months to completion (y). Therefore, the equa­tion will accurately predict future values of y.

B. Student age (x) did not significantly predict months to completion (y). Therefore, the equa­tion will not accurately predict future values of y.

Answer: Choose an item.

Exercise 35: Calculating Pearson Chi-Square

Questions to Be Graded

The following questions refer to the section called “Data for Additional Computational Practice” in Exercise 35 of Grove & Cipher, 2017.

1. Do the example data in Table 35-2 meet the assumptions for the Pearson χ2 test? Provide a rationale for your answer.

A. Yes, the data meet the 2 assumptions.

B. No, the data do not meet the 2 assumptions.

C. Yes, the data meet the 3 assumptions.

D. No, the data do not meet the 3 assumptions.

Answer: Choose an item.

2. Compute the χ2 test. What is the χ2 value?

A. 11.93

B. 12.93

C. 13.93

D. 14.93

Answer: Choose an item.

3. Is the χ2 significant at α = 0.05? Specify how you arrived at your answer.

A. Yes, by comparing it with the critical value.

B. No, by comparing it with the critical value.

Answer: Choose an item.

4. If using SPSS, what is the exact likelihood of obtaining the χ2 value at least as extreme as or as close to the one that was actually observed, assuming that the null hypothesis is true?

A. 0.1%

B. 0.5%

C. 1%

D. 5%

Answer: Choose an item.

5. Using the numbers in the contingency table, calculate the percentage of antibiotic users who tested positive for candiduria.

A. 15.5%

B. 25.9%.

C. 47.6%

D. 0%

Answer: Choose an item.

6. Using the numbers in the contingency table, calculate the percentage of non-antibiotic users who tested positive for candiduria.

A. 15.5%

B. 25.9%.

C. 47.6%

D. 0%

Answer: Choose an item.

7. Using the numbers in the contingency table, calculate the percentage of veterans with candiduria who had a history of antibiotic use.

A. 0%

B. 10%.

C. 15%

D. 100%

Answer: Choose an item.

8. Using the numbers in the contingency table, calculate the percentage of veterans with candiduria who had no history of antibiotic use.

A. 0%

B. 10%.

C. 15%

D. 100%

Answer: Choose an item.

9. Write your interpretation of the results as you would in an APA-formatted journal.

Enter your answer here and select the “Completed” choice in the dropdown menu. If more space is needed, please hit the Enter key from your computer.

Answer: Choose an item.

10. Was the sample size adequate to detect differences between the two groups in this example? Provide a rationale for your answer.

A. The sample size was adequate to detect differences between the two groups because a significant difference was found, p = 0.001.

B. The sample size was not adequate to detect differences between the two groups because no significant difference was found, p >0.05.

Answer: Choose an item.

Grading

Please do not add or delete a row or column for the following grading table. If you have a problem with the drop-down lists, then you can enter your answers in the second column. If you use the drop-down lists, the instructor will update your answers in the table. Thanks

Question

Your answer

Correct answer

Possible points

Your points

29.1

4.5

2

4.5

3

4.5

4

4.5

5

4.5

6

4.5

7

4.5

8

4.5

9

4.5

10

4.5

35.1

4.5

2

4.5

3

4.5

4

4.5

5

4.5

6

4.5

7

4.5

8

4.5

9

4.5

10

4.5

Total

80

natural systems

  1. Provide a transcript like summary of the YouTube video addressing how the video correlates with the following course competences:
    1. How natural systems of the human body function (C1.1),
    2. The impact of humans on the environment (C1.2),
    3. The impact of ethnicity and culture (C1.3),
    4. Correlating illness prevention, health promotion, health restoration, patient education and empowerment as it relates to alternative and complementary healthcare (C2.1).

This is the video link please watch before answering the questions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEfs5TJZ6Nk

must be apa format

include cover and reference page

use 3 additional references and include doi in the reference page

paper must be at least 4 pages long

please include points about the video in the paper

Using Microsoft Project

Application: Using Microsoft Project

 

Starting a project without a plan is like going on a road trip without any directions. You may progress along the way, but you might not end up at your desired destination. A project plan provides basic information that guides the execution and control of the project. At its most fundamental level, a project plan will describe the “who, what, when, and why” of a project. Microsoft Project is one of the most widely used project planning tools. The ability to understand and create project plans in Microsoft Project enables a project manager to effectively plan and manage project implementations.

 

In this Assignment, you generate a project plan using Microsoft Project.

 

To prepare:

 

  • Review the information in this week’s Learning Resources on using Microsoft Project.
  • Consider how to efficiently schedule tasks in a project plan.
  • Think about how you should sequence tasks that have dependencies.

 

 

 

To complete this Assignment, you will create a Microsoft Project plan for a patient information management system. The primary deliverable for the plan is the patient information management system itself, but it is comprised of many modules. Include the following tasks, subtasks, and timeframes:

 

1) Create the Admission, Discharge, and Transfer Module (requires subtask I, configuration period: 25 days, training period: 10 days)

2) Subtask I: Create the Patient Registration Module (requires subtask II, configuration period: 4 days, training period: 4 days)

3) Subtask II: Create the Master Patient Index (configuration period: 4 days)

4) Subtask III: Create the Patient Scheduling Module (requires subtask II, configuration period: 7 days, training period: 15 days)

 

 

 

Required Readings

 

 

 

Biafore, B. (2010). Microsoft Project 2010: The missing manual. Sebastopol, CA: O’Reilly.

 

  • Chapter 2, “Planning a Project” (pp. 39–57)

 

This chapter supplies a brief introduction on project planning. The chapter describes the contents of a project plan along with the process of creating relevant documents.

 

 

 

Coplan, S., & Masuda, D. (2011). Project management for healthcare information technology. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.

 

  • Chapter 5, “Change Management” (pp. 193–237)

 

In this chapter, the authors review change management knowledge areas. The authors describe a variety of analysis methods applicable to change management processes and outputs.

 

Project Management Institute. (2013). A guide to the project management body of knowledge (PMBOK guide) (5th ed.). Newtown Square, PA: Author.

 

  • Chapter 3, “Project Management Processes” (pp. 47–61)

 

This chapter supplies information on managing a project that uses networked processes. The chapter describes project management processes related to each phase of a project.

 

 

 

Campbell, R. J. (2008). Change management in health care. The Health Care Manager27(1), 23–39. 

 

Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.

 

In this article, the author highlights the work of two leaders in the field of change management. The author demonstrates how the work of these leaders can be applied to health care organizations.

 

 

 

Merrell, P. (2012). Effective change management: The simple truth. Management Services56(2), 20–23. 

 

Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.

 

In this article, the author provides six steps for effective change management. The author also supplies supplementary information on the importance of learning activities, measuring success, and managing change management strategies.

 

 

 

Required Media

 

Laureate Education (Producer). (2013a). Establishing a team [Video file]. Retrieved from https://class.waldenu.edu

 

 

 

Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 8 minutes.

 

In this video, Dr. Mimi Hassett discusses important considerations when assembling a project team, such as who to include and whom to consult. She talks about how project size, goals, and timelines can impact those decisions, and she also offers examples of how to keep enthusiasm for a project moving forward as the challenges toward completion arise.

 

 

 

 

 

Schifalacqua, M., Costello, C., & Denman, W. (2009). Roadmap for planned change, part 1: Change leadership and project management. Nurse Leader7(2), 26–29. 

 

Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.

 

In this article, the authors explore the essential elements of change theory and project management. The article details many tools and concepts that assist in managing and planning change at various scales.

 

 

 

 

 

Microsoft Corporation. (2012). Getting started: Introduction to project management. Retrieved from http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/project-help/getting-started-introduction-to-project-management-HA010359477.aspx?CTT=3

 

Review this web page, which provides an overview of basic project management concepts. It also provides links to other pages which demonstrate how to apply the aforementioned concepts in Microsoft Project 2010.