Assessing and Treating Patients With Bipolar Disorder

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PLEASE FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS AS INDICATED BELOW: 

1). ZERO (0) PLAGIARISM, 

2). 5 REFERENCES, NO MORE THAN 5 YEARS OR LESS THAN 5 YEARS/APA 7 WRITING STYLE/FORMAT

3). PLEASE FIND THE ATTACHED RUBRIC DETAILS, DECISION POINTS.

 

Bipolar disorder is a unique disorder that causes shifts in mood and energy, which results in depression and mania for patients. Proper diagnosis of this disorder is often a challenge for two reasons: 1) patients often present as depressive or manic but may have both; and 2) many symptoms of bipolar disorder are similar to other disorders. Misdiagnosis is common, making it essential for you to have a deep understanding of the disorder’s pathophysiology. For this Assignment, as you examine the patient case study in this week’s Learning Resources, consider how you might assess and treat patients presenting with bipolar disorder.

To prepare for this Assignment:

  • Review this week’s Learning Resources, including the Medication Resources indicated for this week.
  • Reflect on the psychopharmacologic treatments you might recommend for the assessment and treatment of patients requiring bipolar therapy.

The Assignment: 5 pages

Examine Case Study: An Asian American Woman. Diagnosis-Bipolar Disorder. You will be asked to make three decisions concerning the medication to prescribe to this patient. Be sure to consider factors that might impact the patient’s pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic processes.

At each decision point, you should evaluate all options before selecting your decision and moving throughout the exercise. Before you make your decision, make sure that you have researched each option and that you evaluate the decision that you will select. Be sure to research each option using the primary literature.

Introduction to the case (1 page)

  • Briefly explain and summarize the case for this Assignment. Be sure to include the specific patient factors that may impact your decision making when prescribing medication for this patient.

Decision #1 (1 page)

  • Which decision did you select?
  • Why did you select this decision? Be specific and support your response with clinically relevant and patient-specific resources, including the primary literature.
  • Why did you not select the other two options provided in the exercise? Be specific and support your response with clinically relevant and patient-specific resources, including the primary literature.
  • What were you hoping to achieve by making this decision? Support your response with evidence and references to the Learning Resources (including the primary literature).
  • Explain how ethical considerations may impact your treatment plan and communication with patients. Be specific and provide examples.

Decision #2 (1 page)

  • Why did you select this decision? Be specific and support your response with clinically relevant and patient-specific resources, including the primary literature.
  • Why did you not select the other two options provided in the exercise? Be specific and support your response with clinically relevant and patient-specific resources, including the primary literature.
  • What were you hoping to achieve by making this decision? Support your response with evidence and references to the Learning Resources (including the primary literature).
  • Explain how ethical considerations may impact your treatment plan and communication with patients. Be specific and provide examples.

Decision #3 (1 page)

  • Why did you select this decision? Be specific and support your response with clinically relevant and patient-specific resources, including the primary literature.
  • Why did you not select the other two options provided in the exercise? Be specific and support your response with clinically relevant and patient-specific resources, including the primary literature.
  • What were you hoping to achieve by making this decision? Support your response with evidence and references to the Learning Resources (including the primary literature).
  • Explain how ethical considerations may impact your treatment plan and communication with patients. Be specific and provide examples.

Conclusion (1 page)

  • Summarize your recommendations on the treatment options you selected for this patient. Be sure to justify your recommendations and support your response with clinically relevant and patient-specific resources, including the primary literature.

 
 

Creation of Formative Assessments [WLO: 2] [CLOs: 1, 5]

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Creation of Formative Assessments

[WLO: 2] [CLOs: 1, 5]

In Week 1, you selected a standard for your unit plan along with three measurable learning objectives. This is the first step in creating any type of lesson or unit plan as we must know what knowledge we want our learners to acquire. Since we are following the backward design model for developing lesson plans, the next thing is to create our assessments; the evidence that will let us know our learners are acquiring the knowledge.

Prepare

Prior to beginning work on this assignment,

Reflect

Consider how you might formatively assess learners before, during, and after a lesson.

Content Instructions (Due Monday, Day 7)

Complete the following:

  • Fill out the Week 2 Creation of Formative Assessment Assignment Template.
  • Include your standard and three measurable learning objectives in this document.
  • Create three different ways you might formatively assess your learners during your instructional plan. Provide a description of each of the assessments and how each one helps you in measuring the progress of your learners mastering the learning objectives. This explanation will show alignment between your standards and objectives and your formative assessments. Use evidence from your readings to support your ideas.
  • Integrate the use of technology with at least one of your formative assessments.

Writing and Formatting Expectations

Your Creation of Formative Assessment assignment

  • Must be two to three double-spaced pages in length (does not include the title or reference page).
  • Must include a separate title page with the following:
    • Title of paper
    • Student’s name
    • Course name and number
    • Instructor’s name
    • Date submitted

For further assistance with the formatting and the title page, refer to APA Formatting for Word 2013 (Links to an external site.).

UNIT II MSL 6040 POWER POINT

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 Throughout this course, you will be building a personal leadership training plan. The final phase of the project (due in Unit VIII) is designed for you to reflect on what you have learned in the course. It is designed in phases so you can comprehend, analyze, and develop your own leadership plan that reflects the objectives for both the given unit and the course overall. The plan will be an integrated, synthesized product that encapsulates all four phases into your future plan.
Ensure that you support your work with course materials and outside sources. Outlined below are the requirements for each phase. For each phase, you will explain your traits using the content presented in that unit. The final Personal Leadership Training Plan that you will submit in Unit VIII will be composed of four phases: attributes, knowledge, skill sets, and experiences. The expectations for the four phases are described below:

  1. Attributes (Unit II): What are your attributes? How can you improve or gain more to be competitive?
  2. Knowledge (Unit IV): What knowledge do you have? What knowledge do you need?
  3. Skill Sets (Unit V): What are your current skill sets? Where do you need to improve? What skill sets do you feel you need for the future?
  4. Experiences (Unit VI): What are your experiences? Are they quantified, and have they shown results? Do they make an impact in the organization? What do you need to do to gain more experience?

Unit II Requirements:
For the Unit II PowerPoint presentation, you will focus on your own attributes as a leader and the attributes that you see in a leader of your choice.
Include the following within your PowerPoint presentation:

  • Define, outline, and identify your personal attributes with regard to where you are now with your leadership style. Support each attribute with an example from your life.
  • Select a charismatic leader and a transformational leader of your choice, and follow the guidelines below.
    • Include the following information about the charismatic leader:
      • Describe the five qualities of your selected leader (self-confident, inspirational, articulate, revolutionary/disruptor, supportive).
      • Predict the possible drawbacks of a charismatic leader.
      • Predict the possible drawbacks of a transformational leader.
      • Reflect on why you selected your charismatic leader and your biggest takeaway from this assignment.
      • (Examples of charismatic leaders include General George Patton, John F. Kennedy, Nelson Mandela, and Moses; however, you are not limited to choosing from this list.)
    • Include the following information about the transformational leader:
      • Describe any four of the six qualities that your selected leader possesses using the framework for analysis of a transformational leader, which was discussed in Van Wart’s (2015) article located in the Unit II Required Reading section.
      • Is a transformational leader detrimental to an organization or society? Explain.
      • Reflect on why you selected your transformational leader and your biggest takeaway from this assignment.
      • (Examples of transformational leaders include Ross Perot, John D. Rockefeller, Attila the Hun, Walt Disney, and Julius Caesar; however, you are not limited to choosing from this list.)

      Your completed PowerPoint presentation must be a minimum of 10 slides in length, not counting the title and reference slides. Additionally, a minimum of three peer-reviewed or academic resources must be used. Keep the text on the slides concise, and use the notes section to fully explain your ideas. All sources used must be cited and referenced according to APA style.
      If you would like tips on creating a PowerPoint presentation, consider watching the Success Center’s tutorial by clicking here. 

To prepare for this assignment:

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There is a great deal of mystery surrounding criminal profilers. Until relatively recently, the potential investigative usefulness of criminal profilers, such as their ability to crack cases and help apprehend serial and mass murderers, was not commonly known. In addition, much of what was widely known was garnered from fictional television shows and movies. During the past decade, however, literature has been devoted to examining the role of criminal profilers and how they aid law enforcement in certain cases. Of all the different types of violent and predatory crimes criminal profilers can help with, serial and mass murderer profiling is perhaps the most fascinating. For serial and mass murder cases, criminal profilers use information from crime scenes and empirical research to construct a profile of the murderers. However, criminal profiling has undergone a number of changes in its evolution as a professional field, many of which you consider this week. These changes have had a significant influence on current criminal profiling techniques.

This week, you also become acquainted with the roles and responsibilities of criminal profilers. The most obvious responsibility of a criminal profiler is to develop a profile of a criminal so that law enforcement has a general idea of whom to search for. There are a number of other responsibilities, too, such as providing interviewing strategies during the interrogation of suspects. After reading about the roles and responsibilities of criminal profilers, you might assume that they always create accurate profiles that quickly crack cases. This is not necessarily true. Criminal profiling is part art and part science. Although more and more attempts are being made to steer criminal profiling into a science, there will always be an element of art in criminal profiling. Even the most highly touted criminal profilers are sometimes incorrect in their depictions of perpetrators. Keep in mind that while criminal profilers can be helpful to law enforcement, they are just one resource among many that ultimately lead to the detection and apprehension of serial and mass murderers.

To prepare for this assignment:

  • Review Chapter 1 of your course text, Profiling Violent Crimes: An Investigative Tool. Pay attention to how criminal profilers use deductive and inductive logic to construct profiles of serial and mass murderers. Also reflect on the goals of criminal profilers and how they aid enforcement in apprehending serial and mass murderers. In addition, consider whether criminal profiling is more of an art or a science.
  • Review Chapter 2 of your course text, Profiling Violent Crimes: An Investigative Tool. Pay special attention to the section entitled “Profiling in Fact.” Consider how criminal profiling was used in each of these cases.
  • Read Winerman, L. (2004). “Does profiling really work?” Think about how profiling may help a hinder a criminal investigation.
  • Think about how the criminal profiles of serial and mass murderers have changed throughout recent history. In doing so, consider how historical profiling practices have influenced current practices.
  • Think about the roles, goals, and responsibilities of contemporary criminal profilers in criminal investigations.
  • Consider how profilers, through their roles, goals, and responsibilities, might aid in and impede the detection and apprehension of serial and mass murderers.

The assignment (1–2 pages):

  • Explain how historical profiling practices have influenced current profiling practices. Be specific.
  • Briefly describe the roles and responsibilities of profilers in criminal investigations.
  • Explain how profilers, through their roles, goals, and responsibilities, might aid in and impede the detection and apprehension of serial and mass murderers. Be specific and use examples to illustrate your explanation.

Network Design

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Designing a Netwrok

The current network of NetWay Corporation consists of 1 web server (accessible by the public), 2 application servers, 2 database servers, 2 file and print servers, and 50 workstations. The web server runs Linux/Apache, the other servers run Microsoft Windows Server, and the workstations run Microsoft Windows. The network is connected through a series of switches, is not physically connected to other networks, and runs Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4). The network is protected by a single border firewall. The senior network architect, whom you work for directly, has verified the company’s business goals and has determined the features and functions required to meet those goals.

The senior network architect has asked you to create a network design that includes the following components:

  •   Current infrastructure elements
  •   A logical topology that separates the Accounting and Sales departments
  •   Redundant communications
  •   Justification for continuing with IPv4 or upgrading to IPv6
    Tasks

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part of the project, perform the following tasks:

  1. Conduct research to determine the best network design to ensure security of internal access while retaining public website availability.
  2. Design a network configuration with physical and logical topologies. Identify major network elements (e.g., servers, switches, gateways) and their locations within the private and protected network segments.
  3. Include a high-level plan that ensures communications are available 24/7.
  4. Recommend whether to continue using IPv4 or upgrade to IPv6, and explain why.
  5. Create a basic network diagram that illustrates the current network and enhancements. Include a
    few workstations to represent all workstations on the internal network. The diagram will be very high level at this stage and include only necessary details. You may use a software tool or simply pencil and paper. You will update this design later in the project.
  6. Create a draft report detailing all information as supportive documentation.
  7. Cite sources, where appropriate.

Attached doc for reference

Part 1 is required by 9:00 PM EST. Part 2,3,4 required by May 30

Geology question

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OPTION 2: Can we make the changes we need to make? After the pandemic, we are in a time of significant upheaval and transition. We are all more keenly aware that economic shifts and transformations can happen suddenly and dramatically. As the World shut itself down in March 2020, it makes us all aware that we can change behavior globally and as a matter of will. In the U.S., people began to quarantine themselves ahead of government action more often than as a result of government mandates. Write a cohesive 1-2 page single-spaced document that answers the following questions.

 2a. Reflecting on the profound changes we have all seen in the past year, how does that change your views regarding what might be possible with regard to energy use, carbon reductions, or other major transformations that might be needed to impact the type of climate change Earth has been experiencing. 

2b. Reflect on the type of transformations that would be involved to address global warming. Now that you have seen the recent major transformations, does this make you believe that global warming threats can prompt the type of major economic and industrial changes needed to reduce the impacts that have been anticipated with increasing climate changes?  

2c. What are the “experts” saying about the possibility of these transformations in light of what they have seen during the pandemic? Are researchers more or less optimistic about our global ability to reduce green house gases and control climate change after seeing the impact of the pandemic? Be sure to include REFERENCES both at the end of the text and in the text, like (Author, year)

Business Statistics Week 7 Homework

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 The data in the table are from a study conducted by an insurance company to determine the effect of changing the process by which insurance claims are approved. The goal was to improve policyholder satisfaction by expediting the process and eliminating some extraneous approval steps. The response measured was the average time required to approve and mail all claims initiated in a week. The new procedure was tested for 12 weeks, and the results were compared to the process performance for the 12 weeks prior to instituting the change. 

Use the data in the table and submit the answers to the following questions in a Word document:

  1. In Excel, calculate the average effect of each process. Did the process change? Did the process average increase or decrease, and by how much? Copy-paste your Excel calculations into your Word Document.
  2. In Excel, create the Linear Regression Model. Analyze the data using the regression model y= b0 + b1 x, where y = time to approve and mail a claim (weekly average), x = 0 for the old process, and x = 1 for the new process. Copy-paste the Regression Model into your Word Document.
  3. How does this model measure the effect of the process change?
  4. How much did the process performance change on average? (Hint: Compare the values of b1 and the average of new process performance minus the average of the performance of the old process.

 

Business Communication Sales Presentation Outline

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In this module’s reading, you were introduced to the Five Finger Method of creating effective presentations: attention statement, introduction, body, conclusion, and residual message. You learned that the five finger model can easily be transformed into a clear speech outline.

During the coming modules, you will develop a clear sales presentation and communicate it to your audience. You will create and submit a video recording of your presentation for instructor evaluation. The following are the requirements for this oral presentation:

  1. You must select an existing product and create a sales presentation for that product.
  2. You must include a minimum of three sources/references which must be located in the EC Virtual Library, such as reputable ebooks, peer-reviewed articles, magazines, journals, or other support materials. Do not include Internet resources for this assignment, unless you can make a compelling case for the inclusion to your instructor. Properly cite all resources in APA format.
  3. Your presentation must be at least 5 minutes in length. Limit your presentation to a maximum of 10 minutes, when possible.
  4. You must deliver the presentation extemporaneously (using index cards), rather than reading from a manuscript or memorizing a speech.
  5. Use appropriate business attire to deliver your presentation in a professional manner.
  • For this module, you will follow the instructions in McLean’s chapter on creating an outline for your upcoming presentation. Please review the guidance for creating an outline in Tables 12.4 and 12.5 within the text. This assignment will help you to prepare for your sales presentation. The following is a sample of what a good sales speech outline should include:

Sales Presentation Outline

I. Introduction

A. Attention Getter – Describe a scenario in which the product might be needed. This should engage your audience and make them want to listen for more. This can be a great place to include your required sources.

B. Link to Topic – After you have delivered your attention getter, it’s important to clear transition from your attention getter to your speech. In this case, you want to clear link from your attention getter to the product you are selling.

C. Thesis – Briefly tell your audience what product you are presenting and how it will impact their lives.

D. Preview – A preview clearly lays out what the main body points will be. Your preview should clearly align with Point #1, Point #2, and Point #3 below.

Transition Statement – Provide a smooth transition from your introduction to your speech body.

II. Body A. Point #1 – Establish Need for the Product

A. Describe the personal and/or societal need for this product. What problems are addressed through use of the product? What is unique about the product? Why would anyone want this product? (These are all potential subpoints.) Transition Statement (now that we’ve talked about point #1, let’s talk about point #2.)  

B. Point #2 – An Explanation of the Product Itself What is the history of the inventors/manufacturers of your product? How long have they been around? Do they have a well-known record of excellence or are they new and innovative? Describe the product in detail: What is it made of? What are its specific uses? How does it overcome the problems identified in Point #1? Does it come in different sizes, colors, flavors, etc.? (These are all potential subpoints.) Transition Statement (now that we’ve talked about point #2, let’s talk about point #3.)

 C. Point #3 – Comparison & Call to ActionWhy is your product superior to others on the market? Be specific, name names. Tell your audience where your product can be purchased and how much it costs. Tell your audience to buy the product! (These are all potential subpoints.) Transition Statement – Provide a smooth transition from your speech body to the conclusion.

Conclusion

A. Review – Restate your three main points.B. Emphasize – Link back to your attention getter to close the circle.C. Conclude – State the residual message you want to leave your audience with. 

Assignment: Testing for Multiple Regression

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 Please follow the assignment requirements that are attachment closely!!!!!

You had the chance earlier in the course to practice with multiple regression and obtain peer feedback. Now, it is time once again to put all of that good practice to use and answer a social research question with multiple regression. As you begin the Assignment, be sure and pay close attention to the assumptions of the test. Specifically, make sure the variables are metric level variables.

Part 1

To prepare for this Part 1 of your Assignment:

  • Review this week 9 and 10 Learning Resources and media program related to multiple regression.
  • Using the SPSS software, open the Afrobarometer dataset or the High School Longitudinal Study dataset (whichever you choose) found in the Learning Resources for this week.
  • Based on the dataset you chose, construct a research question that can be answered with a multiple regression analysis.
  • Once you perform your multiple regression analysis, review Chapter 11 of the Wagner text to understand how to copy and paste your output into your Word document.

For this Part 1 Assignment:

Write a 1- to 2-page analysis of your multiple regression results for each research question. In your analysis, display the data for the output. Based on your results, provide an explanation of what the implications of social change might be.

Use proper APA format, citations, and referencing for your analysis, research question, and display of output.

Part 2

To prepare for this Part 2 of your Assignment:

  • Review Warner’s Chapter 12 and Chapter 2 of the Wagner course text and the media program found in this week’s Learning Resources and consider the use of dummy variables.
  • Using the SPSS software, open the Afrobarometer dataset or the High School Longitudinal Study dataset (whichever you choose) found in this week’s Learning Resources.
  • Consider the following:
    • Create a research question with metric variables and one variable that requires dummy coding. Estimate the model and report results. Note: You are expected to perform regression diagnostics and report that as well.
  • Once you perform your analysis, review Chapter 11 of the Wagner text to understand how to copy and paste your output into your Word document.

For this Part 2 Assignment:

Write a 2- to 3-page analysis of your multiple regression using dummy variables results for each research question. In your analysis, display the data for the output. Based on your results, provide an explanation of what the implications of social change might be.

Use proper APA format, citations, and referencing for your analysis, research question, and display of output.

DUE 5/20/2021…PLEASE READ AND FOLLOW ALL INSTRUCTIONS LISTED BELOW….NO PLAGARISM

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 Directions

  1. Read over each of the following directions.
  2. You must read the Assignment Practice Scenario below before completing the PPE Worksheet.
  3. Download and use the required PPE Worksheet (Links to an external site.).
  4. Review the information provided in our library of how to search for journal articles here (Links to an external site.).
  5. Review the information provided in our library of how to locate and copy a journal permalink (Links to an external site.).
  6. You are required to complete the worksheet using the productivity tools required by Chamberlain University, which is Microsoft Office Word 2013 (or later version), or Windows and Office 2011 (or later version) for MAC. You must save the file in the “.docx” format. Do NOT save as Word Pad. A later version of the productivity tool includes Office 365, which is available to Chamberlain students for FREE by downloading from the student portal at http://my.chamberlain.edu (Links to an external site.). Click on the envelope at the top of the page.
  7. Complete each section of the Problem/PICOT/Evidence (PPE) Worksheet. For the Clinical PICOT Question,use the NR439 Guide for writing PICOT Questions and Examples (Links to an external site.). Use one of the templates/guides to write your Clinical PICOT Question using all of the PICOT elements. Be sure to include the PICOT letters in your question.
  8. Be sure to use the rubric to make certain you are meeting all grading criteria of the PPE Worksheet.
  9. Submit the completed PPE Worksheet on the Week 3 Assignment page.
  10. Students, A short tutorial with tips for completing the Week 3 Problem/PICOT/Evidence Search (PPE) worksheet assignment may be viewed here.