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  • Please carefully read (and save/print!) the written directions for this assignme

    Please carefully read (and save/print!) the written directions for this assignment. Then watch my instructional video.

    These directions explain 1) how to choose a nutrition-related article or claim to evaluate and 2) how to format your typed paper to make sure you answer all the required questions in your evaluation.

    Evaluation of Nutrition Claim.docx Download Evaluation of Nutrition Claim.docx

    Evaluation of Nutrition Claim.pdfDownload Evaluation of Nutrition Claim.pdf

    Get help from the librarian’s tutorials.
    These library guides explain 1) how to use the library’s free databases to locate 2 scientific, peer-reviewed journal articles to support or refute your nutrition claim and 2) how to properly include these citations in APA format at the end of your paper.

    Library Database Guide for ResearchLinks to an external site.

    Library Citation Guide for APA FormatLinks to an external site.

    Please review exemplary papers from past students.

    Sample #1.Eval of Claim.pdfDownload Sample #1.Eval of Claim.pdf

    Sample #2.Eval of Claim .pdf

  • In this module’s activity, you are going to complete a detailed 3-Day Food Recor

    In this module’s activity, you are going to complete a detailed 3-Day Food Record using the directions below. This 3-Day Food Record will not only give you an opportunity to practice mindful eating, but it will also provide the data you’ll be entering into the DWP computer dietary analysis program later in the course for your Personal Dietary Analysis Project.

    A5.Food Hunger Feeling Record.pdfDownload A5.Food Hunger Feeling Record.pdf

    A5.Food Hunger Feeling Record.docxDownload A5.Food Hunger Feeling Record.docx

    Directions:

    • Please choose 2 week days and 1 weekend day to give a representative sample of your average dietary intake.
    • Write down ALL foods and beverages you consume, including water and condiments, during these 3 days.
    • Be VERY specific about WHAT you eat/drink, HOW MUCH you eat/drink (in ounces, cups, tablespoons), and at which meal time (breakfast, lunch, dinner, or snack) you eat/drink it. For example, don’t just say you ate “cereal” for breakfast, say you ate 2 cups of Cheerios with 8 ounces of 2% reduced fat milk.
    • If you’re not sure about your portions and don’t have access to measuring cups/spoons, use this food portion guide Download food portion guideto help you estimate your portions.
    • Review the hunger scale (0 to 5) on the worksheet and indicate with an “X” how hungry your feel BEOFRE you start eating each meal/snack. Then review the fullness scale (5-10) and indicate with another “X” how full you feel AFTER you finish eating each meal/snack.

    Please submit 3 pages (one for each of the 3 food record days) for full credit.

  • First, after reading the article, “Preventing Fatal Attractions,” come up with a

    First, after reading the article, “Preventing Fatal Attractions,” come up with an original suggestion as to how inappropriate relationships between inmates and correctional officers can be stopped. Please note, your suggestion may be creative; however, it should also be realistic. And, your suggestion must not have been discussed in the Worley et al. (2010) article. Next, after reading and reflecting upon the articles for Week Three, in your opinion, why do some correctional employees cross the line and behave inappropriately with inmates, given that this behavior is illegal and against policy. It should be evident that you have carefully reflected upon the assigned readings. And, after reading the article, “The Economics of Crossing Over,” point to one significant research finding that you found to be of interest. Be sure to discuss how this finding advances our understanding of guard-inmate boundary violations. Also, please discuss why this particular finding may be of interest to correctional administrators and/or policymakers. Next, how do you think inappropriate staff-inmate relationships occur? Who initiates the relationship: inmates or staff members? Try to explain these dynamics as best as you possibly can . Be sure to point to various aspects of all three article to support this aspect of your response. And, in your opinion, what is the most important aspect of article by Trammell and colleagues? How can correctional administrators use this study to create a more equalitarian and humane workplace for employees? Be specific. Finally, make a comparison between any two of the research articles (your choice). Explain how these two articles both provide insights into any aspect that is germane to the interactions between staff and inmates.

  • Review this week’s Learning Resources and consider the insights they provide abo

    Review this week’s Learning Resources and consider the insights they provide about assessing and diagnosing anxiety, obsessive-compulsive, and trauma- and stressor-related disorders.
    Download the Comprehensive Psychiatric Evaluation Template, which you will use to complete this Assignment. Also review the Comprehensive Psychiatric Evaluation Exemplar to see an example of a completed evaluation document. 
    By Day 1 of this week, select a specific video case study to use for this Assignment from the Video Case Selections choices in the Learning Resources. View your assigned video case and review the additional data for the case in the “Case History Reports” document, keeping the requirements of the evaluation template in mind.
    Consider what history would be necessary to collect from this patient.
    Consider what interview questions you would need to ask this patient.
    Identify at least three possible differential diagnoses for the patient.
    BY DAY 7 OF WEEK 4
    Complete and submit your Comprehensive Psychiatric Evaluation, including your differential diagnosis and critical-thinking process to formulate primary diagnosis.
    Incorporate the following into your responses in the template:
    Subjective: What details did the patient provide regarding their chief complaint and symptomology to derive your differential diagnosis? What is the duration and severity of their symptoms? How are their symptoms impacting their functioning in life? 
    Objective: What observations did you make during the psychiatric assessment?  
    Assessment: Discuss the patient’s mental status examination results. What were your differential diagnoses? Provide a minimum of three possible diagnoses with supporting evidence, listed in order from highest priority to lowest priority. Compare the DSM-5-TR diagnostic criteria for each differential diagnosis and explain what DSM-5-TR criteria rules out the differential diagnosis to find an accurate diagnosis. Explain the critical-thinking process that led you to the primary diagnosis you selected. Include pertinent positives and pertinent negatives for the specific patient case.
    Reflection notes: What would you do differently with this client if you could conduct the session over? Also include in your reflection a discussion related to legal/ethical considerations (demonstrate critical thinking beyond confidentiality and consent for treatment!), health promotion and disease prevention taking into consideration patient factors (such as age, ethnic group, etc.), PMH, and other risk factors (e.g., socioeconomic, cultural background, etc.).

  • Select a community organization or group that you feel would be interested in le

    Select a community organization or group that you feel would be interested in learning about ethical and policy issues that affect the coordination of care. Then, develop and record a 10-12-slide, 20-minute presentation, with audio, intended for that audience. Create a detailed narrative script or speakers notes for your presentation, 4-5 pages in length.
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    Introduction
    This assessment provides an opportunity for you to develop a presentation for a local community organization, which provides an overview of ethical standards and relevant policy issues that affect the coordination of care. Completing this assessment will strengthen your understanding of ethical issues and policies related to the coordination and continuum of care, and will empower you to be a stronger advocate and nursing professional.
    Preparation
    It would be an excellent choice to complete the Vila Health: Ethical Decision Making activity prior to developing the presentation. The activity provides a helpful update on the ethical principles that will help with success in this assessment.
    Scenario
    Your nurse manager at the community care center is well connected and frequently speaks to a variety of community organizations and groups. She has noticed the good work you are doing in your new care coordination role and respects your speaking and presentation skills. Consequently, she thought that an opportunity to speak publicly about contemporary issues in care coordination would be beneficial for your career and has suggested reaching out to a community organization or support group to gauge their interest in hearing from you, as a care center representative, on a topic of interest to both you and your prospective audience. You have agreed that this is a good idea and have decided to research a community organization or support group that might be interested in learning about ethical and policy issues related to the coordination of care.
    To prepare for this assessment, you may wish to:
    Research your selected community organization or support group.
    Review the Code of Ethics for Nurses With Interpretive Statements and associated health policy issues, specifically, the ACA.
    Review the assessment instructions and scoring guide to ensure you understand the work you will be asked to complete.
    Allocate sufficient time to rehearse your presentation before recording the final version for submission.
    Recording Equipment Setup and Testing
    Check that your audio speaker and PowerPoint software are working properly. You can record audio directly to your slides, using PowerPoint or other presentation software.
    Note: Technical support about the use of PowerPoint, including voice recording and speaker notes, can be found on Campus’s Microsoft Office Software page.
    If using Kaltura, refer to Using Kaltura for directions on recording and uploading your presentation in the courseroom.
    Note: If you require the use of assistive technology or alternative communication methods to participate in this activity, please contact ****************************** to request accommodations.
    Instructions
    For this assessment:
    Use the Assessment 02 Supplement: Ethical and Policy Factors in Care Coordination [PDF] Download Assessment 02 Supplement: Ethical and Policy Factors in Care Coordination [PDF] to select the community organization or support group that you plan to address.
    Develop a PowerPoint with typed speaker notes (the script for your voice recording) and audio voice-over recording, intended for that audience. Video is not required.
    Note: PowerPoint has a feature to type the speaker notes directly into the presentation. You are encouraged to use that feature or you may choose to submit a separate document. See Microsoft Office Software for technical support about the use of PowerPoint, including voice recording and speaker notes.
    For this assessment, develop your presentation slides and speaker notes, then record your presentation. You are not required to deliver your presentation to an actual audience.
    Presentation Format and Length
    You may use PowerPoint (recommended) or other suitable presentation software to create your slides and add your voice over. If you elect to use an application other than PowerPoint, check with your faculty to avoid potential file compatibility issues.
    Be sure that your slide deck includes the following slides:
    Title slide.
    Presentation title.
    Your name.
    Date.
    Course number and title.
    References (at the end of your presentation).
    Your slide deck should consist of 10–12 slides, not including a title and references slide with typed speaker notes and audio voice over. Your presentation should not exceed 20 minutes.
    Create a detailed narrative script for your presentation, approximately 4–5 pages in length.
    Supporting Evidence
    Cite 3–5 credible sources from peer-reviewed journals or professional industry publications to support your presentation. Include your source citations on a references page appended to your narrative script.
    Grading Requirements
    The requirements outlined below correspond to the grading criteria in the Ethical and Policy Factors in Care Coordination Scoring Guide, so be sure to address each point. Read the performance-level descriptions for each criterion to see how your work will be assessed.
    Explain how governmental policies related to the health and/or safety of the community affect the coordination of care.
    Provide examples of a specific policy affecting the organization or group.
    Refer to the assessment resources for help in locating relevant policies.
    Be sure influential policies include the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA).
    Identify national, state, and local policy provisions that raise ethical questions or dilemmas for care coordination.
    What are the implications and consequences of specific policy provisions?
    What evidence do you have to support your conclusions?
    Assess the impact of the code of ethics for nurses on the coordination and continuum of care.
    Consider the factors that contribute to health, health disparities, and access to services.
    Consider the social determinants of health identified in Healthy People 2020 as a framework for your assessment.
    Provide evidence to support your conclusions.
    Communicate key ethical and policy issues in a presentation affecting the coordination and continuum of care for a selected community organization or support group. Either speaker notes or audio voice-over are included for a proficient score; both speaker notes and the audio voice over are included for a distinguished score.
    Present a concise overview.
    Support your main points and conclusions with relevant and credible evidence.
    Additional Requirements
    Before submitting your assessment, proofread your presentation slides and speaker notes to minimize errors that could distract readers and make it more difficult for them to focus on the substance of your presentation.
    Portfolio Prompt: Save your presentation to your ePortfolio. Submissions to the ePortfolio will be part of your final Capstone course.
    Context
    As coordinators of care, nurses must be aware of the code of ethics for nurses and health policy issues that affect the coordination of care within the context of the community. To help patients navigate the continuum of care, nurses must be proficient at interpreting and applying the code of ethics for nurses and health policy, specifically, the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Being knowledgeable about ethical and policy issues helps ensure that care coordinators are upholding ethical standards and navigating policy issues that affect patient care.
    Course Competencies
    By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and scoring guide criteria:
    Competency 4: Defend decisions based on the code of ethics for nursing.
    Assess the impact of the code of ethics for nurses on the coordination and continuum of care
    Competency 5: Explain how health care policies affect patient-centered care.
    Explain how governmental policies related to the health and/or safety of a community affect the coordination of care.
    Identify national, state, and local policy provisions that raise ethical questions or dilemmas for care coordination.
    Competency 6: Apply professional, scholarly communication strategies to lead patient-centered care.
    Communicate key ethical and policy issues in a presentation affecting the coordination and continuum of care for a selected community organization or support group, using PowerPoint or other appropriate software. Both speaker notes and audio voice-over are included

  • Part 1 Law Enforcement, Criminal Prosecution, Punishment and Sentencing After Re

    Part 1 Law Enforcement, Criminal Prosecution, Punishment and Sentencing After Reading Chapters 9 and 10 of your book and learning the authors’ perspectives, answer the following questions. Be sure to elaborate by giving examples to bolster your position. 1. Explain the main differences between being wealthy and being poor as an individual travels through the criminal justice system, give examples of similarities and differences along the way. Feel free to get intersectional by adding race, gender, sexual orientation or nationality. 2. In the U.S. penal violence is mostly hidden from the public as well as the realities about who is contained there. Why is this concern? Who does it impact? How could this be changed? What should be done? https://read.amazon.com/?_encoding=UTF8&asin=B079YZ43Q6&consumptionLimitReached=false&hasMultimedia=false&requiredCapabilities=EBOK_PURCHASE_ALLOWED&ref=yb_qv_ov_kndl_rn_rw&yourBooksUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fyour-books%3Fref%3Dyb_ip_dp_iou_d%26ccs_id%3D92ebc959-7704-4aa8-8631-b7be40d99622%26filtersMapping%3D%257B%2522contentFilter%2522%253A%255B%255D%257D%26ref_%3Dyb_ip_kwf_rn_a 3. In terms of race control, how does the criminal justice system work to the disadvantage of minorities and to the advantage of nonminorities? Please give examples. 4. How has the identification of criminals been affected by the intersection of at least two of any combination of the three variables – class, race and gender? Kindly provide examples.

  • Please answer the following questions pertaining to the scenario. Use the refer

    Please answer the following questions pertaining to the scenario. Use the references above or other scholarly resources to augment your discussions. 

    1. Review the case scenario above and the associated referenced resources. Pay particular attention to the MD Anderson Cancer Center sepsis algorithm. 
    2. Select and research a different clinical issue. (DO NOT USE SEPSIS AS YOUR TOPIC). 
    3. What is that clinical issue? 
    4. How does your selected clinical issue affect patient safety or health outcomes? 
    5. How could the use of a clinical decision support system (CDSS) be effective as a component of a prevention program related to your selected clinical issue? 
    6. What types of data would you expect to be utilized from the CDSS in that prevention program? Support your discussion with scholarly resources. How does the literature inform nursing practice as to the essential data elements in that prevention program? 
  • Prompt for the case study: A 58-year-old white male presents with complaints of

    Prompt for the case study:
    A 58-year-old white male presents with complaints of increased fatigue and reports that his wife complains that he is constantly snoring.  He has had an increase in fatigue and headaches in the last few months after he experienced a lay off at work.  He reports that he is not as active and has gained about 20 pounds in that time.  He has a history of hypertension but denies any other significant history.  He was supposed to be evaluated a few years ago for obstructive sleep apnea with a sleep study but couldn’t have the test due to COVID restrictions. The patient is 6’2” and weighs 274 pounds.  His BP is 164/84, pulse is 90, resp 20, and temp 98.2F.  Physical exam unremarkable except for increased waist and neck circumference, hypertension, and BMI.
    An understanding of the respiratory system is a critically important component of disease diagnosis and treatment. This importance is magnified by the fact that oftentimes, the respiratory system works closely with the cardiovascular system.  A variety of factors and circumstances that impact the emergence and severity of issues in one system can have a role in the performance of the other.
    Effective disease analysis often requires an understanding that goes beyond these systems and their capacity to work together. The impact of patient characteristics, as well as racial and ethnic variables, can also have an important impact.
    An understanding of the symptoms of alterations in the respiratory system is a critical step in diagnosis and treatment of many diseases. For APRNs, this understanding can also help educate patients and guide them through their treatment plans.
    In this Assignment, you examine a case study and analyze the symptoms presented. You identify the elements that may be factors in the diagnosis, and you explain the implications to patient health.
    To prepare:
    By Day 1 of this week, you will be assigned to a specific case study scenario for this Case Study Assignment. Please see the “Announcements” section of the classroom for your assignment from your Instructor.
    The Assignment
    In your Case Study Analysis related to the scenario provided, explain the following
    The pulmonary pathophysiologic processes that result in the patient presenting these symptoms.
    Any racial/ethnic variables that may impact physiological functioning.
    How these processes interact to affect the patient.
    30 to >27.0 pts
    Excellent
    The response accurately and thoroughly describes the patient symptoms. … The response includes accurate, clear, and detailed reasons, with explanation for the pulmonary pathophysiologic processes supported by evidence and/or research, as appropriate, to support the explanation.
    30 to >27.0 pts
    Excellent
    The response includes an accurate, complete, detailed, and specific explanation of how the pulmonary pathophysiologic processes interact to affect the patient.
    25 to >22.0 pts
    Excellent
    The response includes an accurate, complete, detailed, and specific explanation of racial/ethnic variables that may impact physiological functioning supported by evidence and/or research, as appropriate, to support the explanation.
    5 to >4.0 pts
    Excellent
    Paragraphs and sentences follow writing standards for flow, continuity, and clarity. … A clear and comprehensive purpose statement, introduction, and conclusion are provided that delineate all required criteria.
    5 to >4.0 pts
    Excellent
    Uses correct grammar, spelling, and punctuation with no errors.
    5 to >4.0 pts
    Excellent
    Uses correct APA format with no errors.

  • Imagine you are a teacher at a local high school and have been asked to evaluate an intelligence test and achievement test. You will present your findings to your colleagues at the school

    Intelligence and Achievement Paper

    This week we began exploring the applications of psychological testing in the educational setting. In this exercise, you will use a standard psychological reference to evaluate the psychometric properties of 1 intelligence test and 1 achievement test.

    Imagine you are a teacher at a local high school and have been asked to evaluate an intelligence test and achievement test. You will present your findings to your colleagues at the school.

    Access the Mental Measurements Yearbook from the University Library by following these steps:

    Click on Publications at the top of the library page.
    Type “Mental Measurements Yearbook” into the search box.
    Click on Mental Measurements Yearbook with Tests in Print.
    Select a test and type a test name into the search box to open a specific test.
    Note: You will be using an EBSCOhost search engine, but you will be searching within the Mental Measurements Yearbook.

    Select 1 assessment of intelligence and 1 assessment of academic achievement.

    Write a 500-word description of each of your tests using information from the Mental Measurements Yearbook in which you:

    Include a general description of your test.
    Evaluate each test for normative procedures, reliability, validity, and bias.
    Format your presentation according to APA guidelines.

  • Research is a critical element of public health services delivery. It is often u

    Research is a critical element of public health services delivery. It is often used to examine the relationships between cost, quality, and access with the goal of improving population health, clinical, and organizational practices and informing public health care policies. It is essential that you as a public health care professional develop an understanding of […]