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Look for 2 different articles, a qualitative and a quantitative research and compare them.

Critique quality of the literature reviews conducted for both articles.

Identify and discuss the research questions, sampling and sampling sizes, research designs (qualitative vs. quantitative), hypothesis, data collection methods, and research findings.

Discuss the credibility of the sources and the research/researchers findings.

400-word minimum/550-word maximum without the references (2 pages).

Minimum of 3 references in APA format, must have been published within last 3-5 years.

Responses to at least two classmates’ postings should be approximately 200 words and should be thoughtful, substantial, polite and more extensive than a simple “well done” phrase or “I agree.” Consider points of agreement, disagreement, assumptions, and value judgments. You will be able to respond to others after you submit your initial post. Your grade will be affected by how thoughtful your replies and initial questions are answered.

2 pages of Define and describe the disease/condition, symptoms, causes, treatment, living with the disease/condition.

Mr. B is a 75-year-old, white, male

Source: Self, reliable source

Subjective:

Chief complaint: “I feel winded.”  

HPI:  Patient states he has been feeling short of breath with exertion for years now. However, over the past year he feels he has been worsening. He decided to come in today as he experienced shortness of breath mowing his lawn yesterday and had to take two breaks. He has a cough, generally productive. He denies any chills or fever. He denies any chest pain or lower extremity swelling. He denies any nausea or vomiting. He has not taken anything OTC for his symptoms.

Allergies: NKA

Current Mediations:

Lisinopril, 20 mg, daily

Propranolol ER, 120 mg, daily

Simvastatin, 40 mg, daily

Aspirin, 81 mg, daily

Tamsulosin, 0.4 mg, daily

Sertraline, 100 mg, daily

Omeprazole, 20 mg, daily

Metformin, 1000 mg, BID

Glimepiride, 4 mg, daily

Insulin glargine, 10 units, nightly                                                                                                                      

Pertinent History: Hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes mellitus, benign prostatic hyperplasia, anxiety, gastritis, obesity, nicotine dependence

Health Maintenance. Immunizations: Immunizations up to date, to include PPSV-23. He has refused recommended yearly low dose CT screens (candidate given at least 30 pack-year-smoking history).

Family History:

            Father – Congestive heart failure, hypertension, hyperlipidemia (deceased age 81)

            Mother – atrial fibrillation (deceased age 79)

Social History: Patient lives with his wife. He smokes 1ppd (40 pack year history). He drinks “a beer or two a day” and denies drug use.

ROS: Incorporated into HPI

Objective:

VS – BP: 118/68, HR: 86, RR: 16, Temp 97.6, oxygenation 100%, weight: 340 lbs, height: 64 inches.

Mr. B is alert, awake, oriented x 3.  Patient is clean and dressed appropriate for age.

Cardiac: No cardiomegaly or thrills; regular rate and rhythm, no murmur or gallop. No peripheral edema or jugular vein distention

Respiratory: Clear to auscultation, but decreased breath sounds

Chest x-ray shows no consolidation or masses

ECG shows sinus rhythm

Spirometry shows FEV1/FVC < 0.7 and FEV1 of 65% predicted

Assessment:

Diagnosis: Moderate chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder, ICD-10: J44.9

Please answer the following:

1. Utilizing the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) guidelines mentioned in your lecture, what is your prescribed treatment plan (include specific dosage, frequency)? Why did you choose this treatment plan? In your answer, please describe, briefly, the pharmacodynamics (1 point) and pharmacokinetics (1 point) of your treatment choice and how they influenced your choice. Please describe how the patient comorbidities influenced your choice as well (1 point).  Are there any medical interactions to your choice (1 point)? 
2. Document the education you would provide for this patient, specific to the prescribed medication(s). Please include information pertinent to the patient (2 points) and common potential adverse effects for each prescribed medication (2 points)

 Goal:

Identify the process for decision making regarding technology. Discuss nursing role in identifying appropriate technology for practice.

Your paper should include the following:

1. One technology application used in health care to facilitate decision making.
2. The application’s impact on quality of decision making.
3. The process for selecting and implementing the application.
4. The costs associated with the application.
5. Nurses’ role(s) in selecting and evaluating the application.

Your assignment will be graded according to the grading rubric.

Final Essay/Paper RubricCriteriaRatingsPoints

Identification of Main Issues/Problems

10 points
Distinguished

Identify and demonstrate a sophisticated understanding of the issues/problems.

8 points
Excellent

Identifies and demonstrate an accomplished understanding of most of issues/problems.

6 points
Fair

Identifies and demonstrate an acceptable understanding of most of issues/problems.

4 points
Poor

Identifies and demonstrate an unacceptable understanding of most of issues/problems.

10 points

Analysis and Evaluation of Issues/Problems

10 points
Distinguished

Presents an insightful, thorough analysis and evaluation of issues/problems.

8 points
Excellent

Presents a thorough analysis and evaluation of most of the issues/problems.

6 points
Fair

Presents a superficial or incomplete analysis and evaluation of issues/problems.

4 points
Poor

Presents unacceptable analysis and evaluation of issues/problems.

10 points

Demonstrates a Conceptual Understanding

10 points
Distinguished

Provides a thorough, competent and interpretive responses to all issues/problems, and shows a high level of conceptual understanding.

8 points
Excellent

Provides a competent and interpretive responses to all issues/problems, and shows a moderate level of conceptual understanding.

6 points
Fair

Provides a competent responses to all issues/problems, but lacks interpretation and a moderate level of conceptual understanding.

4 points
Poor

Provides an unacceptable response to all issues/problems, and lacks interpretation and a moderate level of conceptual understanding.

10 points

Use of Citations to Course Readings and Additional Research/Literature

10 points
Distinguished

Effectively uses the literature and other resources to inform their work. Exceptional use of citations and extended referencing.

8 points
Excellent

Effectively uses the literature and other resources to inform their work. Moderate use of citations and extended referencing.

6 points
Fair

Ineffectively uses the literature and other resources to inform their work. Moderate use of citations and extended referencing.

4 points
Poor

Ineffectively uses the literature and other resources to inform their work. An unacceptable use of citations and extended referencing.

10 points

Writing Mechanics and APA Formatting Guidelines

10 points
Distinguished

Demonstrate a high level of clarity, precision, and attention to detail. APA style is correct and writing is free of grammar and spelling errors.

8 points
Excellent

Demonstrate a high level of clarity. APA style and writing mechanics need more precision and attention to detail.

6 points
Fair

Demonstrate a moderate level of clarity. APA style and writing mechanics need more precision and attention to detail.

4 points
Poor

Demonstrates issues in writing and communicating clearly. APA style and writing mechanics need serious attention.

10 points

Research paper on Niurka 300 words minimum APA format. please use sources within the las 5 years.

• What hurdles (or limitations) must partners overcome before they can ultimately deduct partnership losses on their tax returns?
• How do partners determine whether they are passive participants in partnerships when applying the passive loss limitation rules

Note: Please post what you view as the appropriate responses to the above prompts. Your initial post should be 250-300 words. Please provide response with a clear, well-formulated thesis; sentence structure, grammar, punctuation, and spelling count. Support ALL posts with appropriate rationale and citations from readings; document sources using APA format.

Write a short (50-100-word) paragraph response for each question posed below. Submit this assignment as a Microsoft Word document.

1. Define CAM.
2. Describe the patient who uses CAM the most.
3. List some common misconceptions about CAM.
4. Identify methods of including the use of CAM in patient education.
5. Discuss the safe use of CAM.
6. List ways in which conventional medicine and CAM can be integrated.
7. Define ethical theories, ethical principles, and values.
8. Provide examples of ethical issues in patient education and compliance, and describe ways in which an effective professional/patient relationship and a poor health professional/patient relationship can impact these issues.
9. Explain what is meant by “ethical patient education practices”.
10. Explain the purpose of informed consent.
11. Discuss what factors determine the patient’s ability to give informed consent.
12. Compose a sample informed consent form. .
13. Discuss the process of communication to use with the patient and the family when obtaining informed consent.

 PLEASE FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS BELOW

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Although supportive psychotherapy and interpersonal psychotherapy share some similarities, these therapeutic approaches have many differences. When assessing clients and selecting therapies, it is important to recognize these differences and how they may impact your clients. For this Assignment, as you compare supportive and interpersonal psychotherapy, consider which therapeutic approach you might use with your clients.

Learning Objectives

Students will:

• Compare supportive psychotherapy and interpersonal psychotherapy
• Recommend therapeutic approaches for clients presenting for psychotherapy

To prepare:

• Review the media in this week’s Learning Resources.
• Reflect on supportive and interpersonal psychotherapeutic approaches.

The Assignment

In a 1- to 2-page paper, address the following:

• Briefly describe how supportive and interpersonal psychotherapies are similar.
• Explain at least three differences between these therapies. Include how these differences might impact your practice as a mental health counselor.
• Explain which therapeutic approach you might use with clients and why. Support your approach with evidence-based literature.

Where can you find evidence to inform your thoughts and scholarly writing? Throughout your degree program, you will use research literature to explore ideas, guide your thinking, and gain new insights. As you search the research literature, it is important to use resources that are peer-reviewed and from scholarly journals. You may already have some favorite online resources and databases that you use or have found useful in the past. For this Discussion, you explore databases available through the Walden Library.

To Prepare:

• Review the information presented in the Learning Resources for using the Walden Library, searching the databases, and evaluating online resources.
• Begin searching for a peer-reviewed article that pertains to your practice area and interests you.

By Day 3 of Week 6

Post the following:

Using proper APA formatting, cite the peer-reviewed article you selected that pertains to your practice area and is of particular interest to you and identify the database that you used to search for the article. Explain any difficulties you experienced while searching for this article. Would this database be useful to your colleagues? Explain why or why not. Would you recommend this database? Explain why or why not.

By Day 6 of Week 6

Respond to at least two of your colleagues’ posts by offering suggestions/strategies for working with this database from your own experience, or offering ideas for using alternative resources.

Discussion for reply one

The article I selected that pertains to my practice area and is of great interest to me is: 

Men, Depression, and Coping: are we on the Right Patch? The citation of the article is as followed:

Whittle, E. L., Fogarty, A. S., Tugendrajch, S., Player, M. J., Christensen, H., Wilhelm, K., . . . Proudfoot, J. (2015). Men, depression, and coping: Are we on the right path? Psychology of Men & Masculinity, 16(4), 426-438. doi:10.1037/a0039024

 I use the Walden University Library database for the article search using CINAHL Plus with Full Text, peer-reviewed article, evidence-based, full text within five years. I did not find any difficulties searching for this article. The database I believe would be useful to all my colleagues. It would be useful to my colleagues because it is trusted and well organized. The database is user friendly giving multiple options and resources for help. I would recommend this database, because of the integrity of the information sources. As a professional, and new to scholar writing, finding unbiased information for research is important to provide evidence-based research to my academic audience. This database is not open to everyone, it is private to Walden University students and faculty members. So, this database is secure with credible information. That is why I would recommend it. 

References

JavaScript required. (n.d.). Retrieved October 06, 2020, from https://web-b-ebscohost-com.ezp.waldenulibrary.org/ehost/detail/detail?vid=15

Laureate Education (Producer). (2018). Introduction to Scholarly Writing: Purpose, Audience, and Evidence [Video file]. Baltimore, MD: Author.

Discussion for reply two

Initial Discussion Post

Suarez, L., Dunlay, S. M., Schettle, S. D., Stulak, J. M., & Staab, J. P. (2020). Associations of depressive symptoms of outcomes in patients implanted with left ventricular assist devices. General Hospital Psychiatry, 64, 93-98. https://doi.org/.ezp.waldenulibrary.org/10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2019.12.005

As a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) coordinator, I am always interested in providing my patients with the best options for holistic care, specifically focused on their perception of health.  Implantation of these devices is to alleviate symptoms of end stage heart failure and improve patients’ quality of life (Lee, 2018).  Therefore, this article really stood out to me as a beneficial study that could be used to shape my practice.

I was able to access the Walden University Library Fundamentals of Library Research page and I watched the online tutorial of accessing databases (Instructional media: Fundamentals of library research, 2020).  After that, I followed the link to the Nursing Databases page in the Library and saw the list of databases offered.  I opted for one that included full text articles from the list of ‘Best Bets’ (Databases: A-Z, 2020).  I chose CINAHL and typed in my subject, left ventricular assist device and quality of life, in the search bars (Databases: A-Z, 2020).  I was easily brought to a results page of articles to choose from.

I didn’t have much issue accessing these articles and finding one that met my intended need.  I would definitely recommend the use of CINAHL as it was easy to use, filtered results appropriately, and provided full text articles with citation.  My only hesitation is that I’m not sure how easy it would have been to find the list of nursing databases if I hadn’t followed the exact link that was provided in the recommended reading.  I will need to do some navigation myself from the main Walden University webpage to find the best way to navigate to the databases home page.  Once I am able to find the way there, I think I will be using this database a lot for future referencing.  It is really great that Walden gives us access to all these articles at our fingertips.  It is so much easier than having to go to the library and thumb through text.  I will most definitely recommend this way to everyone that needs to do research going forward!

References

Databases A-Z: Nursing. (2020). Walden University Library. Retrieved September 27, 2020, from https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/az.php?s=19981

Instructional Media: Fundamentals of library research. (2020). Walden University Library. Retrieved September 27, 2020, from                  https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/library/instructionalmedia/researchfundamentals

Lee, C. S., Gelow, J. M., Chien, C. V., Hiatt, S. O., Bidwell, J. T., Denfeld, Q. E., Grady, K. L., & Mudd, J. O. (2018). Implant Strategy-Specific Changes in Symptoms in Response to Left Ventricular Assist Devices. Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 33(2), 144–151. https://doi-org.ezp.waldenulibrary.org/10.1097/JCN.0000000000000430

Suarez, L., Dunlay, S. M., Schettle, S. D., Stulak, J. M., & Staab, J. P. (2020). Associations of depressive symptoms of outcomes in patients implanted with left ventricular assist devices. General Hospital Psychiatry, 64, 93–98. https://doi.org/.ezp.waldenulibrary.org/10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2019.12.005

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