Assignment 1: Practicum – Client Termination Summary (Due in Week 11)

Although termination is an inevitable part of the therapeutic process, it is often difficult for clients. However, by discussing termination throughout therapy, you can better prepare your clients for life without you. Once a client has achieved his or her therapeutic goals, termination sessions should be held and documented in a client termination summary. For this Assignment, you have the opportunity to practice writing a termination summary for a client with whom you have worked during your practicum experience.

Learning Objectives

Students will:

• Develop client termination summaries

To prepare:

• For guidance on writing a client termination summary, review pages 693–712 of Wheeler (2014) in this week’s Learning Resources.
• Identify a client who may be ready to terminate therapy.

Assignment

With the client you selected in mind, address in a client termination summary (without violating HIPAA regulations) the following:

• Identifying information of client (e.g., hypothetical name and age)
• Date the client initially contacted therapist, date therapy began, duration of therapy, and date therapy will end
• Total number of sessions, including number of missed sessions
• Whether termination was planned or unplanned
• Presenting problem
• Major psychosocial issues
• Types of services rendered (e.g., individual, couple/family therapy, group therapy)
• Overview of treatment process
• Goal status (goals met, partially met, unmet)
• Treatment limitations (if any)
• Remaining difficulties and/or concerns
• Recommendations
• Follow-up plan (if indicated)
• Instructions for future contact
• Signatures

Use the attached case study to answer the questions below.

NOTE: All answers must come from the attached case study, NO other reference or external sources is needed. You must justify your reasoning based on the content of this case study only.

1 – 1.5 pages is good enough

QUESTION:

How might Jerry's bout of flu Short period of time) contributed to his

current presentation? What is the significance of his irregular heart rate? What

might this be and how could it have developed? How might it contribute to his

current condition?

Parts of a human heart and its functions?

Part I:  The Narrative Summary of your interview with female-identified (M3A1)  regarding their perceptions about their own health.

Part II: An Analysis of the interview using supporting evidence based literature.  

Assignment Guidelines:  For each paper you are to conduct an interview (M3 with a female identified individual and M4 with a male identified individual) which will provide information regarding the individual’s perceptions about their own health as well as their experiences in the healthcare system from the perspective of sex and gender.   

Choose someone who is willing to sit with you and talk to you openly about their thoughts and experiences. This individual may be a family member, a friend, or a co-worker.

Remember, do not use full names within the paper use only first names for confidentiality reasons.

Part I: After completing the interview, you will write a one page narrative summary of the data you have collected addressing all key points as listed below. Use the following questions to guide your interview.

• Tell me a little bit about yourself: work life, family life, interests.
• How involved would you say you are in researching information related to your own health?
• How involved would you say you are in researching information related to the health of other people in your life? Examples?
• What are the biggest concerns you have regarding your health? Now? In the future?
• How often do you consult with a healthcare professional?
• Complete the following sentence: I will make an appointment with a healthcare provider when ___________________.
• What usually causes you to make an appointment?
• Do you feel like your health-related habits are similar or different from other members of your sex? If so, in what way? If not, why? Any examples?

DO NOT submit the answers to the interview-rather use these to assist you in writing your narrative summary for Part I.

Part I: Interview Summary

• Provide a brief description of the person you interviewed that includes demographic information. (i.e., age, occupation, family situation, marital status, etc.).
• Describe their involvement in gathering health-related information.
• Describe their relationship with the healthcare system, in terms of how often they interact with healthcare professionals and why.
• Describe their perceptions of how they compare to other members of their own sex.

Part II: Analysis: Addressing the following components, write a one page analysis using the information obtained during the interview process. Support your observations and assumptions with evidence based literature and/or readings from Module 2 and 3. A minimum of 3 articles are required.

• Discuss your perceptions of the individual you interviewed from the perspective of sex and gender.  
• Describe how similar or different are the roles and behaviors of your interviewee compared to other members of their same sex.
• Provide examples of gender-related behaviors to support your analysis.

Follow the GUIDELINES for WRITING A SCHOLARLY PAPER

Compose your work using a word processor (or other software as appropriate) and save it frequently to your computer. Paper must be submitted in a word.doc format.

Be sure to check your work and correct any spelling or grammatical errors before you upload it.

When you are ready to submit your work, go to the Assignment tab, click “Browse My Computer” and find your file. Once you have located your file, click “Open” and, if successful, the file name will appear under the Attached files heading. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click “Submit.” Please, do not submit as a TEXT.

Turnitin® : all papers submitted through CANVAS are automatically submitted to Turnitin®.  Turnitin® is an originality checking and plagiarism prevention service that checks your writing for citation mistakes or inappropriate copying.    When you submit your paper, Turnitin® compares it to text in its massive database of student work, websites, books, articles, etc.   A recommended percentage of matched words is 3% for any one source and no more than 15% overall for your entire paper. This means a high percentages of match requires you to revise your paper such that you are either paraphrasing or quoting material correctly. High matches may result in a failing grade and/or further disciplinary action per the Excelsior College Academic Honesty Policy.

EPSLO 3: Formulate decisions based on nursing, judgment and collaboration with the inter-professional team to achieve quality patient outcomes.

In your Journal summarize personal and professional achievements and accomplishments that you have completed throughout the baccalaureate nursing program at EC that refer to EPSLO 3: Formulate decisions based on nursing, judgment and collaboration with the inter-professional team to achieve quality patient outcomes.

Attach a minimum of at least two examples of your work that supports EPSLO 3 noted above. Save your Journal entry as your Self-Appraisal for each module in your word document. The professor will request that you submit your journal entries for informal feedback at the end of each module. A Title page of this assignment with a summary of accomplishments (no more than 2 pages in length) is required with attached files as supportive evidence for each EPSLO. A minimum of one or two examples is required to support each EPSLO.

* please incorporate some of the information from the attachment.

Research the health-illness continuum and its relevance to patient care. In a 750-1,000 word paper, discuss the relevance of the continuum to patient care and present a perspective of your current state of health in relation to the wellness spectrum. Include the following:

1. Examine the health-illness continuum and discuss why this perspective is important to consider in relation to health and the human experience when caring for patients.
2. Explain how understanding the health-illness continuum enables you, as a health care provider, to better promote the value and dignity of individuals or groups and to serve others in ways that promote human flourishing.
3. Reflect on your overall state of health. Discuss what behaviors support or detract from your health and well-being. Explain where you currently fall on the health-illness continuum.
4. Discuss the options and resources available to you to help you move toward wellness on the health-illness spectrum. Describe how these would assist in moving you toward wellness (managing a chronic disease, recovering from an illness, self-actualization, etc.).

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. 

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Free Plagiarism 

1) Minimum 30 slides with spaker notes and 6 full pages (Follow the 3 x 3 rule: minimum three paragraphs per part)

              Part 1: Minimum 15 slides with speaker notes (all slides) and 3 full pages

              Part 2: Minimum 15 slides with speaker notes (all slides) and 3 full pages

Submit 1 document per part

2)¨******APA norms

          All paragraphs must be narrative and cited in the text- each paragraphs

          Bulleted responses are not accepted

          Dont write in the first person 

          Dont copy and pase the questions.

          Answer the question objectively, do not make introductions to your answers, answer it when you start the paragraph

         Submit 1 document per part

3)****************************** It will be verified by Turnitin (Identify the percentage of exact match of writing with any other resource on the internet and academic sources, including universities and data banks) 

********************************It will be verified by SafeAssign (Identify the percentage of similarity of writing with any other resource on the internet and academic sources, including universities and data banks)

4) Minimum 7 references per part not older than 5 years

5) Identify your answer with the numbers, according to the question.

Example:

Q 1. Nursing is XXXXX

Q 2. Health is XXXX

6) You must name the files according to the part you are answering: 

Example:

Part 1.doc 

Part 2.doc 

__________________________________________________________________________________

Part 1: 

Children’s Health Fund

1. Investigate the group’s key  issues

2. What is their mission

3. What is their legislative agenda

4. How is the agenda developed

5. How is it communicated to members

6. How is their agenda pushed and promoted (i.e., mechanisms used to engage/attract and influence policy makers)

7. What are the group’s current lobbying efforts; 

8. Key partner coalitions

9. Do their partnerships influence policies at the local, state or national level; 

10. key obstacles

11. Spending allocations (consult the Center for Responsible Politics, www.opensecrets.org).

In addition to investigating the interest group’s website and reviewing position statements and testimony, should consult media reports to obtain more information on the group’s current lobbying efforts. 

Should summarize their findings in a 3 pages.

Part 2: 

National Breast Cancer Coalition

1. Investigate the group’s key  issues

2. What is their mission

3. What is their legislative agenda

4. How is the agenda developed

5. How is it communicated to members

6. How is their agenda pushed and promoted (i.e., mechanisms used to engage/attract and influence policy makers)

7. What are the group’s current lobbying efforts

8. Key partner coalitions

9. Do their partnerships influence policies at the local, state or national level; 

10. key obstacles

11. Spending allocations (consult the Center for Responsible Politics, www.opensecrets.org).

In addition to investigating the interest group’s website and reviewing position statements and testimony, should consult media reports to obtain more information on the group’s current lobbying efforts. 

Should summarize their findings in a 3 pages.

Barbara was recently hired as a regional manager for the Urgent Care Clinic Organization (UCCO). One of her first tasks is to compile a strategic plan for the executive committee to review. The overall goal of the strategic plan is to identify specific actionable items that can better position the clinic organization.

For this assignment on UCCO, complete a minimum 2-page summary to explain why the organization should devote time to planning and why a strategic plan is needed.

Visit the Rasmussen online Library and search for a minimum of 4 articles covering the topics of strategic planning and healthcare management. Conduct academic research using the library’s databases, like:

• Discovery
• Business Source Complete via EBSCO
• Business via ProQuest
• What can a healthcare organization accomplish with the strategic planning process?
• What would you recommend as areas of focus for Barbara’s strategic plan?
• Discuss how Barbara can achieve a balance between historical and current topics in healthcare?
  • How should she apply them for her strategic plan?
• What type(s) of primary and secondary research would you recommend Barbara conduct? What are the benefits? Explain.

Remember to integrate citations accurately and appropriately for all resource types; use attribution (credit) as a method to avoid plagiarism. Use NoodleTools to document your sources and to complete your APA formatted reference page and in-text citations

Chapter 9: Planning for Community Change

1. Explain the planning process of community health improvement. Choose one of the models / tools for community health planning discussed in your book and explain it. (Please, mention which model / tool you chose).  ONLY 21% OF PLAGIARISM