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  • This week’s learning activity will consist of the following: Choose a topic that

    This week’s learning activity will consist of the following:
    Choose a topic that you would like to research in nursing. You may use a topic previously used in the assignments for this week. Develop a literature review abstract list (1 for each source) of 3 or more sources that supports this topic.

  • Describe the fundamental principles of servant leadership. Present two qualities

    Describe the fundamental principles of servant leadership. Present two qualities of servant leadership and explain how they support interprofessional communication in providing patient c

  • Review highlighted requirements from the Learning Contract Template and add them

    Review highlighted requirements from the Learning Contract Template and add them appropriately to the assignment. Do not copy and paste highlighted instructions to the assignment.
    Review the assignment and ensure all requirements have been met per the Learning Contract Template.

  • This week, in your continued role as an organizational change agent for the orga

    This week, in your continued role as an organizational change agent for the organization that you have selected, research the zone of proximal development (ZPD), and describe the following:
    Explain how ZPD can be used in training programs within your chosen organization.
    Use specific examples from the job titles within your chosen organization.
    Explain how the ZPD concept can be used to improve coworkers’ relationships within your chosen organization.
    Provide a 3-step plan for implementing the ZPD for coworker development in your organization.

  • Purpose of Assignment Utilize the appropriate technology and/or references/res

    Purpose of Assignment
    Utilize the appropriate technology and/or references/resources, demonstrating accurate use, in order to access reliable data and information that support evidence-based practice in the care of diverse clients during pregnancy.
    Differentiate the various components of basic physiological needs as it relates to pregnancy and health practices, including but not limited to associated concepts of.
    Evaluate data and information gathered during client care, simulated scenarios, and/or case studies related to promoting nutritional health during pregnancy, nursing care strategies to address the common discomforts of pregnancy, essential components and standards of prenatal care, fetal growth and development stages in order to determine knowledge and wisdom gained through critical thought processes to optimize client outcomes and quality improvement.
    Demonstrate a basic understanding of communication practices necessary for client-centered care and interdisciplinary collaboration in terms of knowledge, skills, and attitudes.
    Competency
    Apply appropriate nursing care interventions for clients during pregnancy, labor, and birth.
    Scenario
    You are a registered nurse (RN) working in a Women’s OB/GYN Clinic. Elizabeth Jones, 37 years old, presents to the prenatal clinic after missing her last 2 menstrual cycles. Her home pregnancy test was positive. An ultrasound at the clinic confirms pregnancy. Gestational age is calculated to be 10 weeks. An initial assessment of Ms. Jones’s medical and obstetrical history is as follows.
    Obstetric/Gynecologic (OB/GYN) history: Uncomplicated spontaneous vaginal delivery at 39.2 weeks (3 years ago); Cesarean section x 1 at 37.5 weeks for non-reassuring fetal heart tones (1.5 years ago); abnormal Papanicolau (PAP) smear x2, + human papilloma virus (HPV), colposcopy within normal limits
    Medical history: Chronic hypertension (HTN) x 5 years;
    Allergies: Penicillin
    Social history:
    (+) tobacco, “occasional” per client (pt), 1 year; (-) alcohol use
    Abusive partner with first pregnancy, states she has a new partner x 4 years
    Depression, currently not taking meds for treatment (tx)
    Medications: Prenatal vitamins; Labetalol 200mg BID;
    Family history: Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (mother); HTN and heart disease (father); breast cancer (maternal grandmother, deceased)
    Instructions
    Write a two to three-page analysis of this scenario that answers the following questions:
    What should the nurse consider related to caring for a client with a history of domestic abuse, drug use, sexually transmitted diseases and depression?
    Document the considerations of yourself as the professional nurse in regards to self-awareness; be aware of attitudes, values and beliefs that you hold related to clients from different social backgrounds so that care is not affected negatively.
    What conditions are in Mrs. Jones history that would cause concern during pregnancy, labor, and birth?
    What concerns should be discussed with Ms. Jones before she leaves her appointment?
    Each answer to your question should include the following:
    A correct answer with thorough development of the topic
    Gives clinical examples
    Include evidence from scholarly sources
    Appropriate use of medical terminology
    Format
    Standard American English (correct grammar, punctuation, etc.)
    Logical, original and insightful
    Professional organization, style, and mechanics in APA format
    Submit document through Grammarly to correct errors before submission
    Resources
    https://guides.rasmussen.edu/apa

  • Obesity is a major risk factor for CVD. How do each of the social determinants o

    Obesity is a major risk factor for CVD. How do each of the social determinants of health factors impact the prevalence of obesity in a population and in what way? 3 apa scholarly citations 400 words

  • Discuss the assumptions of parametric statistical testing versus the assumptions

    Discuss the assumptions of parametric statistical testing versus the assumptions of nonparametric tests. Discuss why a researcher would select a nonparametric approach based on the data and when they would select parametric tests for their data set. Does it matter what type of variables have been collected in the dataset? Embed course material concepts, principles, and theories (which require supporting citations) in your initial response along with at least one scholarly, peer-reviewed journal article. Keep in mind that these scholarly references can be found in the Saudi Digital Library by conducting an advanced search specific to scholarly references. Use APA style guidelines. You are required to make your initial post (create thread) in order to see others posts and make comments. You are required to reply to at least two peer discussion question post answers to this weekly discussion question and/or your instructor’s response to your posting. These post replies need to be substantial and constructive in nature. They should add to the content of the post and evaluate/analyze that post’s answer. Normal course dialogue doesn’t fulfill these two peer replies but is expected throughout the course. Answering all course questions is also required.

  • ATTITUDE FORMATION Advertisers successfully use classical conditioning strategie

    ATTITUDE FORMATION
    Advertisers successfully use classical conditioning strategies to persuade consumers. Imagine that you are an advertising manager. For this Discussion, imagine the following scenario:
    You are the advertising manager at an agency that has been hired by a corporation preparing to launch a new product. Your assignment is to design an advertisement that promises to popularize the new product and ultimately boost the corporation’s profit margin. A national ad launch guarantees the new product will have wide visibility, putting pressure on you to deliver a message that will encourage consumers to purchase the product.
    For this Discussion, you will apply classical conditioning strategies to an ad campaign and analyze the formation of attitudes by classical conditioning.

  • The research discussion is 4 pages minimum, single-spaced typed. Please choose o

    The research discussion is 4 pages minimum, single-spaced typed. Please choose one of the topics listed below. Your task is to find at least 4 empirical articles, summarize and critically evaluate the findings, and relate the findings (if possible) to your own life. You will search for those to articles in Google Scholar. You are also encouraged to search a general information on the topics.
    1. A single-parent family: You can research statistics, single fathers v.s. single mothers, quality of parenting and children’s developmental outcomes, etc.
    2. Blended families: You can research statistics, various configurations of blended families, main issues that families are facing, advantages and disadvantages to children’s developmental outcomes, effects of divorce and marital conflict etc.
    3. Incarcerated parents and children of incarcerated parents: You can research statistics, various practices of visitations in prisons in the US as well as in other parts of the world and how they possible influence children’s developmental outcomes, parental issues/struggles (both incarcerated parent and a partner of an incarcerated parent), etc. There is no much empirical work on this topic, just do your best to find interesting for you information on this topic.
    4. Adoption and foster care: short and long effects on children. Open vs closed adoption.
    5. Family and psychological disorders. You can research parenting children who have psychological disorders or being raised by parents with psychological disorders.

  • Outline- Here is a brief outline of your Key Assignment. Please do not hesitate

    Outline- Here is a brief outline of your Key Assignment. Please do not hesitate to reach out to me if you have any questions!Key Assignment publishComplete the following OUTLINE for your Key Assignment publish:
    All of the Individual Project assignments that you have completed so far in this course will all be components of the HCM337 Key Assignment, which will be due next week in Unit 5. So far you have discussed corrective action (Unit 1 IP), resolved a management problem with employees showing resistance to change (Unit 2 IP), and developed an organizational chart (Unit 3 IP). For this week’s Unit 4 Individual Project assignment, you will complete the following tasks.
    Part 1 – Prepare a summary of each of the 3 tasks mentioned above.
    Part 2 -Research and develop a mission and values statement for a facility.
    Part 3 – Describe what type of health care this facility will provide.
    Summarize their purpose and services provided, such as the type of health care, number of staff, type of staff, size, departments, and so forth.
    Part 1 – Prepare a summary of each of the 3 tasks.1- Corrective Action: 1. What is a corrective action 2. Process (steps) of corrective action 3. Motivation or empowerment through corrective action2-Implementing and Motivating Change: 1. How change affects the workplace 2. Best to communicate and motivate change 3. Provide training on the change and what is expected3 Organizational chart: 1. Purpose of chart 2. Workflow within the organization 3. Relationships between employees and their functionsKEEP IN MIND-Your outline is THREE Parts-this is just a same for PART 1 only
    Rough publish- Complete the following for your Key Assignment publish:
    All of the Individual Project assignments that you have completed so far in this course will all be components of the HCM337 Key Assignment, which will be due next week in Unit 5. So far you have discussed corrective action (Unit 1 IP), resolved a management problem with employees showing resistance to change (Unit 2 IP), and developed an organizational chart (Unit 3 IP). For this week’s Unit 4 Individual Project assignment, you will complete the following tasks.
    Part 1 – Prepare a summary of each of the 3 tasks mentioned above.
    Part 2 -Research and develop a mission and values statement for a facility.
    Part 3 – Describe what type of health care this facility will provide.
    Summarize their purpose and services provided, such as the type of health care, number of staff, type of staff, size, departments, and so forth.
    Final publish- In Unit 4, you submitted a publish of your Key Assignment. This week, you will put together the final version of this assignment. In Part 1 below, you will review and make any necessary corrections to the publish you submitted in Unit 4. Next, instructions in Part 2 below explain what additional content needs to be added your documentPart 1Revisit your Key Assignment publish from the Unit 4 IP, which should include the following:
    In preparation for your Key Assignment, you have discussed corrective action, resolved a management problem with employees showing resistance to change, and developed an organizational chart. Prepare a summary of these tasks.
    Research and develop a mission and values statement for a facility.
    Describe what types of health care this facility will provide.

    Summarize their purpose and services provided, such as the type of health care, number of staff, type of staff, size, departments, and so forth.

    Update your Key Assignment publish with any peer review feedback from the discussion board and from faculty grading feedback.Part 2Add the following in 2-3 pages (not including title page and reference page) of new information and content to your Unit 4 IP publish to your Key Assignment:

    Develop 5 ethical standards to implement at your chosen facility.

    Research 2 companies with ethical standards, and develop standards in your own words.
    2 APA references are required.

    How would you present this information to staff during orientation or training?

    Describe this training.