Reflection

Introduction and Alignment

Addiction is likely a multifactorial public health concern, with the interaction of multiple biological, developmental, and environmental factors.  Incorporating other viewpoints including clients’ perspective regarding their personal struggles with addiction can facilitate sensitive and respectful communication and keep the focus on the client’s unique treatment needs.

Upon completion of this assignment, you should be able to:

• Discuss different theories of addiction.
• Identify ways that the PMHNP can provide nonjudgmental care and compassion for individuals who suffer from an addiction. 

Resources

• Video:   Everything you think you know about addiction is wrong Jahann Hari
• Video:   Lets quit abusing drug users
• Video:   Seeing drug and alcohol addiction in a new light.  Ed Stevenson

Instructions

1. Watch the above videos.
2. Navigate to the threaded discussion and respond to the following:
   1. Give an overview of the three videos.
   2. Discuss 2-3 specific ideas/new thoughts that you gleaned looking at how it may have changed your perspective on addiction.
3. Your initial post is due by the end of the fourth day of the workshop.
4. Read and respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings by the end of the workshop.

Select here to access the discussion topic.

Assessment Criteria

Criteria

Points

Question answered comprehensively

• Brief overview (10)
• Discusses specific thoughts gleaned from videos and perspective of addiction (30)

40

References and citations in correct APA format

5

Writing style/punctuation/grammar

5

Total Points

50

Summary of article must include the following:

·  Why it is important to mental health nursing

·  Key points

·  Discussion of how information from the article could be used in your practice in caring for patients (with examples); 

* Conclusion should summarize overall findings of the article and explain relevance to topic chosen.

Topic I choose is “SUICIDE”

Throughout history, technological advancements have appeared for one purpose before finding applications elsewhere that lead to spikes in its usage and development. The internet, for example, was originally developed to share research before becoming a staple of work and entertainment. But technology—new and repurposed—will undoubtedly continue to be a driver of healthcare information. Informaticists often stay tuned to trends to monitor what the next new technology will be or how the next new idea for applying existing technology can benefit outcomes.

In this Discussion, you will reflect on your healthcare organization’s use of technology and offer a technology trend you observe in your environment.

To Prepare:

• Reflect on the Resources related to digital information tools and technologies.
• Consider your healthcare organization’s use of healthcare technologies to manage and distribute information.
• Reflect on current and potential future trends, such as use of social media and mobile applications/telehealth, Internet of Things (IoT)-enabled asset tracking, or expert systems/artificial intelligence, and how they may impact nursing practice and healthcare delivery.

 Post a brief description of general healthcare technology trends, particularly related to data/information you have observed in use in your healthcare organization or nursing practice. Describe any potential challenges or risks that may be inherent in the technologies associated with these trends you described. Then, describe at least one potential benefit and one potential risk associated with data safety, legislation, and patient care for the technologies you described. Next, explain which healthcare technology trends you believe are most promising for impacting healthcare technology in nursing practice and explain why. Describe whether this promise will contribute to improvements in patient care outcomes, efficiencies, or data management. Be specific and provide examples. 

Check out information on Tigertext in hospital as it is a trend we’ve been using. Telehealth especially for the rural patients who live in the mountains and can’t get to the hospitals fast enough

APA format.

At least 3 references within the past 5 years

1 Page. 

Thank you

Assignment is based in a Nurse family practitioner job interview for a full time position  as a palliative nurse practitioner  

Answer the following questions in your WRITTEN STATEMENT: 

1. Tell me about yourself; please include years of experience as a nurse and your previous work history. 5 points 

9 years as hospice and palliative  nurse ( use your imagination? 

2. Where do you see yourself in 5 years? Please describe plans for education and career advancement in the near future 

       Working as a family practitioner in miami or south florida ( any where,) hopefully on my own practice  ( doing what? Use your imagination) 

10 points 

3. What are your career aspirations? Obtain a doctor degree in family practice, develop of a palliative care consultant team,  teach in University ( plus make it wonder ! Use your imagination) 

4. How do you handle stress in the healthcare setting? 10 points 

Looking for the light at the end of the tunnel , that light is my patients wellbeing , utilizing the Dr hunter “patch”Adams patient model holistic care . Walking 5 milles monday to friday outddor    

5. What clinical skills do you possess that will be most beneficial to this clinical practice? 10 points 

 (please use your imagination) 

6. What are your strengths and weaknesses? 10 points 

(please use your imagination) 

7. Describe how you handled a difficult situation that has involved a patient, physician or family member?  10 points 

( please use your imagination) 

8. How do you get along with your staff at your current position? 10 points 

(please use your imagination) 

9. Why should we hire you? 10 points 

(Please use your imagination) 

10. What salary are you seeking? 10 points 

Discussed the salary based on pay rate area , let open the discussion to accept or refused opcions .looking for full time fixed minimun salary with differents rate for weekend and on call nights ( use tyour imagination) 

A. What is proper etiquette for a job interview?  

B. What’s “good behavior” in a behavioral job interview? 

SUBMIT THE ANSWERS IN A WRITTEN FORMAT, IT SHOULD BE ON AN APA TWO SPACE FORMAT, WITH COVER PAGE AND REFERENCE PAGE PERTINENT TO THE TWO QUESTIONS ADDED FOR THOSE OF YOU SUBMITTING THE WRITTEN VERSION.  

This week you will build on your assessment and treatment skills as you examine clients presenting for antipsychotic therapy. In practice, clients may present with delusions, hallucinations, disorganized thinking, disorganized or abnormal motor behavior, as well as other negative symptoms that can be disabling for these individuals. Not only are these symptoms one of the most challenging symptom clusters you will encounter, many are associated with other disorders such as depression, bipolar disorder, and disorders on the schizophrenia spectrum. As a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner, you must understand the underlying neurobiology of these symptoms to select appropriate therapies and improve outcomes for clients.

Please discuss each medication option listed in Decision Point 1. Why did you choose/not choose each medication? What is the mechanism of action for each medication? Discuss first line FDA approved medications for the disease state, taking into consideration your client’s age, sex, and ethnicity. 

https://mym.cdn.laureate-media.com/2dett4d/Walden/NURS/6630/06/mm/delusional_disorders/index.html

At each decision point stop to complete the following:

• Decision #1
  • Which decision did you select?
  • Why did you select this decision? Support your response with evidence and references to the Learning Resources.
  • What were you hoping to achieve by making this decision? Support your response with evidence and references to the Learning Resources.
  • Explain any difference between what you expected to achieve with Decision #1 and the results of the decision. Why were they different?
• Decision #2
  • Why did you select this decision? Support your response with evidence and references to the Learning Resources.
  • What were you hoping to achieve by making this decision? Support your response with evidence and references to the Learning Resources.
  • Explain any difference between what you expected to achieve with Decision #2 and the results of the decision. Why were they different?
• Decision #3
  • Why did you select this decision? Support your response with evidence and references to the Learning Resources.
  • What were you hoping to achieve by making this decision? Support your response with evidence and references to the Learning Resources.
  • Explain any difference between what you expected to achieve with Decision #3 and the results of the decision. Why were they different?

Also include how ethical considerations might impact your treatment plan and communication with clients.

Must include 4 references

Unit 4 Discussion – Am I Normal?

Instructions:

The average height for all males is 69.3 inches, with a standard deviation of 2.8 inches. For females, the average height is 64 inches, and the standard deviation is 2.8.  These are population values. For this week’s discussion, you will calculate a z-score based on your own height and determine whether your score is within the 95% normal range or if it is out of that range and considered unusual.

• Measure your height as precisely as possible to a tenth of an inch. For example, 5’2 ¼” would be 62.3 inches tall.
• Calculate the z-score based on population values for males or females.  Use the formula:  z= (x-µ)/σ where x is your height in inches.
• Calculate the normal range by creating the interval that is within 2 standard deviations of the population mean.  Multiply the population standard deviation by 2 and then add/subtract from the population mean.

In your discussion post, include the following, based on your calculations.

• Is your height within the normal range?  Is this what you expected?
• Would your height be considered unusual?  Why or why not.
• Have you encountered any challenges based on your height?  For example, someone who is shorter or taller may have difficulty finding pants that are an appropriate length.
• How is the concept of normality used in your field?  For example, a patient’s blood pressure is compared to a normal range of values, and a financial planner may check the “average” return of a stock.
• How does knowing what is usual help people and corporations and government organizations plan?  For example, how do airplane manufacturers use the normal height to design aircraft seating?

Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.

To Prepare for this Discussion:

· Read the Learning Resources concerning treating childhood abuse ( Below)

· Read the Child Abuse Case Study in the Learning Resources.

Post:

· What strategies would you employ to assess the patient for abuse? Explain why you selected these strategies.

· How might exposure to the media and/or social media affect the patient?

· What type of mandatory reporting (if any) is required in this case? Why?

Learning Resources ( Need 3 references).

Document: Childhood Abuse Case Study (PDF)

Thapar, A., Pine, D. S., Leckman, J. F., Scott, S., Snowling, M. J., & Taylor, E. A. (2015). Rutter’s child and adolescent psychiatry (6th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley Blackwell. 

• Chapter 50, “Provision of Intensive Treatment:      Intensive Outreach, Day Units, and In-Patient Units” (pp. 648–664)
• Chapter 58, “Disorders of Attachment and      Social Engagement Related to Deprivation” (pp. 795–805)
• Chapter 59, “Post Traumatic Stress Disorder”      (pp. 806–821)
• Chapter 64, “Suicidal Behavior and Self-Harm”      (pp. 893–912)

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

• “Trauma- and      Stressor-related Disorders”

American Psychiatric Nurses Association. (2017). Childhood and adolescent trauma. Retrieved from http://www.apna.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageID=4545

Pfefferbaum, B., & Shaw, J. A. (2013). Practice parameter on disaster preparedness. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 52(11), 1224–1238. Retrieved from http://www.jaacap.com/article/S0890-8567(13)00550-9/pdf 

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 31, “Child Psychiatry” (pp. 1216–1226)

Stahl, S. M. (2014). Prescriber’s Guide: Stahl’s Essential Psychopharmacology (5th ed.). New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. 

critical thinking

 HA3300D – Healthcare Policy and Ethics

Discussion 04: Ethics in the Era of ACA

Chapter 5 of your textbook discussed how the ACA, or Affordable Care Act, is changing the business of health care, as well as the ethical issues raised by the Act (also known as “Obamacare”).

Get more background on the ACA’s effect on individuals by viewing “Affordable Care Act Goes into Effect” and “Obamacare in 2014: A Tale of Two States,” both from NBC Learn.

INITIAL POST

Now, imagine that you are a healthcare administrator who must explain the pros and cons of the ACA to your hospital’s Board of Trustees. Respond to the following questions in your post:

• Are there existing ethical dilemmas in the healthcare field that the ACA solves? What are they?
• What new ethical conflicts might your hospital face as a result of the ACA?
• Which ethical theorists have the most to say about the ACA?

Your initial post should be 8 – 10 sentences in length and include an APA-style references list.

Respond to your classmate’s post from the perspective of an individual patient. Does the ACA raise ethical dilemmas for you, the individual patient, that it does not raise for hospital administrators? What would you like healthcare administrators to know about the ACA as it relates to ethics?

Each of your responses should be 4 – 6 sentences, and refer to the textbook or other course material.

Please no plagiarism and i want quality work on this.