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little on the background of Wal-Mart and one of the Person in a leadership position Latrice Watkins!!! I need a picture of maybe the original wal-mart, Sam Walton and the person I’m speaking about included in the powerpoints. It can only be about 3 or 3 and a half minutes long . !!!!!! I also need some short flashcards about the presentation.

 

• Choose one skin condition graphic (identify by number in your Chief Complaint) to document your assignment in the SOAP (Subjective, Objective, Assessment, and Plan) note format rather than the traditional narrative style. Refer to Chapter 2 of the Sullivan text and the Comprehensive SOAP Template in this week’s Learning Resources for guidance. Remember that not all comprehensive SOAP data are included in every patient case.
• Use clinical terminologies to explain the physical characteristics featured in the graphic. Formulate a differential diagnosis of three to five possible conditions for the skin graphic that you chose. Determine which is most likely to be the correct diagnosis and explain your reasoning using at least three different references, one reference from current evidence-based literature from your search and two different references from this week’s Learning Resources.

Instructions
Plays are meant to be performed, rather than read. The purpose of dramatic arts often extends far beyond the words written on a page; staging, lighting, costumes intonation, expression, and audience experience are all part of the experience of a theatrical production. To develop your understanding of the cultural role of the dramatic arts, you will view a production of a play this week and write a reflection to explain your viewing experience. Choose a play that you would like to view and find a version online, YouTube, DVD or iTunes, Amazon, Netflix, etc. You can also choose to see a play live if you prefer.

Play Suggestions:

• A Midsummer Night’s Dream
• Romeo and Juliet
• As You Like It
• Taming of the Shrew
• The Tempest
• Much Ado About Nothing
• The Comedy of Errors
• Macbeth
• King Lear

If you have another idea, please ask your instructor to approve it.

Then, select and address one of the following options:

Option 1: Write an analysis of the play that you viewed. Include at least one quote from the play in your essay. In your essay, address the following:

• Identify the performance that you have selected.
• Describe the staging, lighting, costumes, and characters of the performance. How do these match or revise the written version of the play? You do not need to read the entire play, but you should skim the text.
• What type of mood and tone does the performance create? How?
• What parts of the play are easier to understand through performance? What are some details that stood out through performance?
• What are your feelings about this performance? What did you take away from viewing it?

Option 2: Find an adaptation or transformation of a play. Choose an adaptation with some significant differences from the original, such as transposed plots and characters into a variety of different settings and historical contexts. Here are some examples:

• A Midsummer Night’s Dream – A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1999) or A Midsummer Night’s DREAM (2018)
• Romeo and Juliet – Romeo + Juliet (1996) or West Side Story (1961) or Romeo Must Die (2000)
• As You Like It – As You Like It (2006)
• Taming of the Shrew – 10 Things I Hate About You (1999) or Kiss Me, Kate (1948)
• Much Ado About Nothing – Much Ado About Nothing (2012)
• The Comedy of Errors – The Bomb-itty of Errors (2012)
• King Lear – A Thousand Acres (1997)
• Othello – O (2001)
• Hamlet – The Lion King (2019 or 1994) or Hamlet (2000)
• Twelfth Night – She’s the Man (2006)

If you have another idea, please ask your instructor to approve it.

Watch the original version and the adapted version. In your essay, address the following:

• How is the adaptation the same as the original? Discuss plot, characters, theme, conflict, language, etc.
• How does the adaptation differ from the original? Discuss setting, time period, characters, plot, language, etc.
• Does the original story translate well in the adaptation? Why or why not? Did the adaptation work in a different setting, time period, etc. Why or why not?
• Why do you think Shakespeare’s plays are adapted so often?

Writing Requirements (APA format)

• Length: 1.5-2 pages (not including title page or references page)
• 1-inch margins
• Double spaced
• 12-point Times New Roman font
• Title page
• References page (minimum of 1 source)

Grading
This activity will be graded based on the W4 Essay Grading Rubric.

Course Outcomes (CO): 1, 2, 3, 4

  Peruse the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP) https://health.gov/about-us/ including HP2020 and HealthFinder to gain a better understanding of their role in health promotion and disease prevention. 

 Then answer the following questions from Option 1 or Option 2 in your initial post.  

 

Option 1: 

From the ODPHP website link above, choose one of the topics listed on the tab under “Our Work” (Food and Nutrition, Physical Activity, or Health Literacy). Present a summary of the initiatives and guidelines presented for that topic.

How can this information be used to educate the public on health promotion/disease prevention?

Based on your response, which individual theory or model would be most useful to change behavior? Explain.

Option 2:

What role does health literacy and cultural competence play in health promotion and disease prevention?

What strategies and resources can be utilized by a nurse to assist vulnerable populations in self-care and self-management opportunities for better health?

Based on your response, which individual theory or model would be most useful to change behavior? Explain.

 

Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Balance
1. You are a nurse who frequently cares for post-surgical patients in your hospital unit. Most of the medical-surgical patients have IV fluids infusing during their admission. Due to the frequent use of IV fluids on your floor, understanding fluid balance and electrolyte function is primary to your nursing practice. 
a. What conditions might lead to the development of hypovolemia?
b. How would the amount of patient fluid loss be determined?
c. Describe how hypovolemia and third-space fluid shifts correlate.
d. Outline the major difference between hypovolemia and third-space fluid shift.
e. Which conditions can result in third-space fluid shift?
2. You are a nurse in a nonsurgical cardiac unit caring for a 92-year-old patient who has two sons, 15 grandchildren, and 49 great-grandchildren. She lives in assisted living and has a history of congestive heart failure (CHF). She consistently struggles with balancing her fluids and electrolytes and has an affinity for dill pickles and sauerkraut. While hospitalized, she remains on a fluid restriction—much to her chagrin, as she loves ice cream. 
a. What within her history would indicate she was at risk for hypervolemia?
b. How would dill pickles and sauerkraut impact her fluid volume?

c. What body areas offer observational evidence of excessive interstitial extracellular fluid (ECF)?
d. Why would your patient be on a strict fluid restriction while hospitalized?
e. Outline nursing interventions used while a patient is on fluid restriction.

PLEASE follow the instructions. Answer each question in the order it appears and separately. This is the bibliography to guide you:

 1.Potter, P.A., &Perry, A. G. (2017). Fundamentals of Nursing: Concepts, Process, and Practice (9th ed.). St. Louis: MO:  Mosby. ISBN: 9780323327404.  

 

How does a nurse leader influence others to advance practice environments that embrace a culture shift away from hierarchal systems to shared governance centers? In this discussion we will explore your ideas for re-creating practice environments within health care organizations that illustrate innovation, authenticity, creativity, and empowerment.

• Present to your peers the kind of culture you would create and support as an innovator and authentic nurse leader within the organization’s healthcare delivery system that promotes healthy environments for its employees.
• Provide two exemplars and show how each incorporates one of the following within your discussion: innovations in today’s environment; empowerment within staff and inter-professional teams; inspirations to advance organizational vision and shared successes.
• Apply your text readings and one published article related to organizational culture, authenticity, and/or innovations in healthcare to support your responses to the discussion question noted above. Also, advance the discussions with reflective and thoughtful comments/feedback that addresses personal experiences, new understanding of innovations, and challenging traditions of work environments.

 I need the following for this article.

1. Appraise and debate the sampling methods. Consider the following questions:
   • Was the sampling method and inclusion/exclusion criteria adequate to reduce sampling bias?
   • Do the sample characteristics representative of the target population?
   • Was the sample size adequate?
   • Was there a decrease in sample size?  If so, did the researchers identify decreases early and attempt to reduce the impact?  Was a decrease, if any, adequately explained by the researchers?
   • How would you rate the quality of the sampling procedures and your confidence in drawing inferences to the target population?

WORK MUST BE ORIGINAL!   

Paper will be checked for plagiarism. 

WORK MUST MEET ALL OF ASSIGNMENT DESCRIPTION.

ALL ASPECTS OF THIS ASSIGNMENT MUST BE COVERED. 

MUST BE A CLEAR DISTINCTION OF EACH POINT MADE  

INSTRUCTIONS TO BE FOLLOWED IS ATTACHED.

  

In this Assignment, you will become the “captain of the ship” as you provide treatment recommendations and identify medical management, community support resources, and follow-up plans for a client with a depression disorder.

Learning Objectives

Students will:

• Recommend psychopharmacologic treatments based on   therapeutic endpoints for clients with depression disorders
• Recommend psychotherapy based on therapeutic endpoints      for clients with depression disorders
• Identify medical management needs for clients with      depression disorders
• Identify community support resources for clients with      depression disorders
• Recommend follow-up plans for clients with depression      disorders

To prepare for this Assignment:

• Select an adult or older adult client with a depressive      disorder you have seen in your      practicum.

In 3–4 pages, write a treatment plan for your client in which you do the following:

• Describe the HPI and clinical impression for the      client.
• Recommend psychopharmacologic treatments and describe      specific and therapeutic endpoints for your psychopharmacologic agent.      (This should relate to HPI and clinical impression.)
• Recommend psychotherapy choices (individual, family,      and group) and specific therapeutic endpoints for your choices.
• Identify medical management needs, including primary      care needs, specific to this client.
• Identify community support resources (housing,      socioeconomic needs, etc.) and community agencies that are available to      assist the client.
• Recommend a plan for follow-up intensity and frequency      and collaboration with other providers.

Required Readings

Sadock, B. J., Sadock, V. A., & Ruiz, P. (2014). Kaplan & Sadock’s synopsis of psychiatry: Behavioral sciences/clinical psychiatry (11th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer.

· Chapter 8, “Mood Disorders” (pp. 347–386)

Gabbard, G. O. (2014). Gabbard’s treatment of psychiatric disorders (5th ed.). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Publications.

· Chapter 12, “Psychotherapy of Mood Disorders”

· Chapter 14, “Pharmacological and Somatic Treatments for Major Depressive Disorder”

American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed.). Washington, DC: Author.

· “Depressive Disorders”

· Major Depressive Disorder

· Persistent Depressive Disorder (dysthymia)

· Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder

· Substance/Medication-Induced Depressive Disorder

· Depressive Disorder Due to Another Medical Condition

· Other Specified Depressive Disorder

· Unspecified Depressive Disorder

Stahl, S. M. (2017). Prescriber’s Guide: Stahl’s Essential Psychopharmacology (6th ed.). New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.

 

Grieve, S. M., Korgaonkar, M. S., Koslow, S. H., Gordon, E., Williams, L. M. (2013). Widespread reductions in gray matter volume in depression. NeuroImage: Clinical, 3, 332-339. doi:10.1016/j.nicl.2013.08.016

Lach, H. W., Chang, Y-P., & Edwards, D. (2010). Can older adults with dementia accurately report depression using brief forms? Reliability and validity of the Geriatric Depression Scale. Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 36(5), 30–37. doi:10.3928/00989134-20100303-01

Steffens, D. C., McQuoid, D. R., & Potter, G. G. (2014). Amnestic mild cognitive impairment and incident dementia and Alzheimer’s disease in geriatric depression. International Psychogeriatrics, 26(12), 2029–2036. doi:10.1017/S1041610214001446

Drug Enforcement Administration. (n.d.). Drug schedules. Retrieved June 14, 2016, from https://www.dea.gov/druginfo/ds.shtml 

Required Media

Classroom Productions (Producer). (2015). Depressive Disorders [Video file]. San Luis Obispo, CA: Microtraining Associates.

 

In the modern era, there are few professions that do not to some extent rely on data. Stockbrokers rely on market data to advise clients on financial matters. Meteorologists rely on weather data to forecast weather conditions, while realtors rely on data to advise on the purchase and sale of property. In these and other cases, data not only helps solve problems, but adds to the practitioner’s and the discipline’s body of knowledge.

Of course, the nursing profession also relies heavily on data. The field of nursing informatics aims to make sure nurses have access to the appropriate date to solve healthcare problems, make decisions in the interest of patients, and add to knowledge.

In this Discussion, you will consider a scenario that would benefit from access to data and how such access could facilitate both problem-solving and knowledge formation.

To Prepare:

• Reflect on the concepts of informatics and knowledge work as presented in the Resources.
• Consider a hypothetical scenario based on your own healthcare practice or organization that would require or benefit from the access/collection and application of data. Your scenario may involve a patient, staff, or management problem or gap.

QUESTION….

 Post a description of the focus of your scenario. Describe the data that could be used and how the data might be collected and accessed. What knowledge might be derived from that data? How would a nurse leader use clinical reasoning and judgment in the formation of knowledge from this experience?