System and Professional Integrity

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Systems and Professional Integrity

Ethics is a code of thinking and behavior governed by a combination of personal, moral, legal, and social standards of what is right. Although the definition of “right” varies with situations and cultures, its meaning in the context of a community work involves many guiding principles with which most community activists and service providers would probably agree. Above all else, do no harm. Hippocrates put this in words over 2,000 years ago, and it’s still Rule Number One.

You have volunteered to run a community violence-prevention program, working with kids who are gang members or gang hangers-on. The kids trust you, and sometimes tell you about some of their less-than-savory activities. The police also know you work with gang members and often ask you for information about kids. What are you obligated to tell them or to keep from them?

If you are actively striving to do “good,” how far does that obligation take you? If there are issues affecting the community that have nothing to do directly with the one you’re concerned with, do you nonetheless have an obligation to become involved? What if you don’t really understand the whole situation, and your involvement may do as much harm as good—do you still have an ethical obligation to support or become active on the right side? What if your support or activism endangers or compromises your community intervention? Your initial post should be at least 300 words in length.

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According to the ACA Code of Ethics, the “primary responsibility of counselors is to respect the dignity and to promote the welfare of clients” (Standard A.1.a). Helping professionals also should be “aware of their own values, attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors and avoid imposing values that are inconsistent with counseling goals” (Standard A.4.b). Keeping both points in mind, helping professionals must sometimes help clients make informed decisions about behavior that is harmful to themselves and, potentially, others. Whether or not to use contraception is one potential area related to sexuality counseling for which helping professionals may need to inform clients about potential risk.

Consider the following case study:

You are a helping professional working in a college counseling center. You just completed your intake evaluation session with Josiah, a 20-year-old sophomore. Josiah was mandated to attend six counseling sessions after he received a citation from the campus police for underage drinking at a party sponsored by the fraternity to which Josiah belongs.

During the intake session, Josiah was very verbal and willing to share information about his background and current experiences. He shared with you that he frequently drinks six to eight beers or other alcoholic beverages at a time, typically every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday when he “parties” with friends. He described this as normal behavior among his peer group, saying that this is “just how we unwind from all the stress of school every week.”

When you asked Josiah about his relationships and sexual behaviors, he stated that he has not had a steady partner since high school, saying, “People here just aren’t into long-term relationships.” He admitted that he typically “hooks up” with at least one or two partners each weekend, and when you asked him what he meant by that, he said, “Sex.” You asked if he uses any contraception in these sexual encounters, and he said, “No, I don’t like how they feel, so I won’t have sex if the other person would make me use one.”

You asked Josiah what his goals are for counseling and what he would like to change, and he responded, “Not much really. I like my life and have fun with all the partying we do here. I guess I need to learn to be a little more careful with my drinking since I got that police citation, but otherwise I feel really happy with my life right now and can’t think of much that I really want to work on in counseling.”

By Day 4

Post by Day 4 an explanation of how you, as a helping professional, might help this student make positive, informed sexual decisions. Describe one specific strategy you might use or one example conversation you might have with him (in the form of a short dialogue) to help him change his sexual behavior. Explain why the strategy or conversation you described might be effective. 

ENGLISH 1.1

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English 1.1: Building Your Vocabulary

Start a document and save it as  “English 1-1 Vocabulary Usage“.  Once you have completed all learning activities, click on the “Assignment”  button and upload your work.

Part 1

Read over the following list of words. Make sure to look up those you do not recognize in the dictionary to be sure to get their correct meaning.

Define each word and then use each word in a sentence to prove that you understand its meaning and correct usage in a complete sentence.

Abode Innate Acerbate Inundating Altruistic Kinesthetic Apparatus Laconic Authoritative Lethal Banal Linguistic Baroque Loquacious Benevolent Magnanimous Clandestine Meticulous Collegial Mettle   Compelling Monetary Constraint Nuance Contradict Palpitate Dearth Paramount Debacle Parlance Deferential Perpetuate Despondent Placate Discern Plethora Dissent Polyphonic Dissipate Posit   Droll Prescience Dubious Profligate Efficacious Profuse Efficacy Proliferation Elicit Psychometric Embezzlement Rebuttal Eminent Refrain (Noun)Emit Refrain (Verb)Envelop Refute Epistemology Reimburse   Eradicate Reiterate Erudite Render (Noun)Esthetic Render (Verb)Evade Revelatory Exacerbate Revoke Exasperating Separatist Subsidence Germane Succinct Gravitas Surfeit Heed Tome   Heterodoxy Treacherous Idiosyncrasy Usage Idiosyncratic Veracity Ignominious Vernacular Illicit Viable Impede Vicinity Implements Volatile incipient Wage Incite Yearn Inimical Zeal

Part 2

Select 25 of the vocabulary words and incorporate them into a 600-word essay explaining how frequent reading can help improve one’s vocabulary usage.    

8-2 Discussion: Making Progress Through Reflection

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Read Chapter 8 and review the Reflections video for this week’s discussion:

Reflections

Also take time to review your initial post from week 1.

Moving forward often requires you to reflect on things that have come before in order to continue to progress. Why? Because forward progress relies on prior and continued learning (of the skills and knowledge necessary), a focus on established goals, and a clear vision for the future (where you want to be in relation to where you are or were). Reflection is necessary in all aspects of our lives (home, school, and work/career) in order to achieve meaningful progress. It helps continue our development and growth in the ways necessary to achieve our future goals. As such, it is a fundamental part of the learning process. In the Reflections video this week, Greg Fowler offered several reflective questions to consider. The three listed below really help frame the ideas presented above:

1) Am I progressing as a person?
2) Have I made progress toward my goals?
3) Am I being the person I wanted to be?

Taking the video, reading, and Week One initial post into consideration (along with your individual work and class experience), work to address the following:

1. In Week 1, you described your “best self” in relation to work in the classroom. We have covered many topics and explored/refined many skills in this course. What would you add to or modify about your best self as you prepare for your next courses? How will the changes you made help propel you forward?

2. Reflection can also help us solve problems or make decisions for the future. Reflecting on a challenge you encountered this term, how might one of the strategies presented in the text help you overcome similar challenges in the future? Explain.

3. Finally, there were many excellent points shared by Paul LeBlanc, Greg Fowler, and Amy Stevens in the closing video. What is one takeaway that that stood out to you personally?

Week 6 – Assignment: Develop Public Organizations’ Risk Mitigation Practices and Week 7 – Assignment: Develop an Administrative Policy Email

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Week 6 – Assignment: Develop Public Organizations’ Risk Mitigation Practices

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Instructions

This week, you will prepare a pamphlet. Serving as a director within the World Health Organization (WHO), create a risk mitigation strategy briefing to communicate the steps you would take to protect sensitive material such as health records, research survey data, and personally identifiable information (PII) from becoming public knowledge. In your pamphlet, be sure to include the following:

  • Determine potential risks of the unwanted release of sensitive information to the public.
  • Explain risks associated with inadvertent release of private information on a global scale.
  • Specify how your mitigation strategy protects agency information.
  • Dictate the importance of sound policies in public health information systems.

Support your assignment with at least three scholarly resources. In addition to these specified resources, other appropriate scholarly resources, including seminal articles, may be included.

Length: 4-6 pages, not including title and reference pages.

Your assignment should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts presented in the course by providing new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic. Your response should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards where appropriate. Be sure to adhere to Northcentral University’s Academic Integrity Policy.

Week 7 – Assignment: Develop an Administrative Policy Email

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Instructions

As manager for the policy office within a state agency, develop a policy briefing in the form of an email for new employees regarding the process of developing administrative policies within an organization. Explain the process of developing administrative policies to include how to navigate bureaucratic involvement. Please include the following while developing your assignment:

  • Explain the need for administrative policymaking.
  • Interpret the policy process and explain the steps involved in policy development.
  • Illustrate the policy cycle used in public policy development.
  • Explain the political nature of policymaking.

Support your assignment with at least three scholarly resources. In addition to these specified resources, other appropriate scholarly resources, including seminal articles, may be included.

Length: 3-5 pages, not including title and reference pages.

Your assignment should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts presented in the course by providing new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic. Your response should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards where appropriate. Be sure to adhere to Northcentral University’s Academic Integrity Policy.

Compose a Problem Statement

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Begin by locating several peer-reviewed articles from the past 5 years that support the problem you wish to address in your dissertation. These articles may be ones previously gathered for your annotated bibliography assignment or additional resources you select after receiving feedback on your topic from your course mentor.

For this assignment, create a problem statement. Your problem must come from a critical issue that must be addressed, otherwise negative consequences will occur or continue.  In most cases, scholarly citations within the past 5 years are required to support the problem you will investigate.

Articulate a concise problem statement. Include appropriate published or relevant primary sources to document the existence of a problem worthy of doctoral level research.  Follow these steps:

1. Present the general issue grounded in the research literature that leads to the need for the study.

2. Clearly describe and document the problem prompting the study. Include appropriate published or relevant primary sources to document the existence of a problem worthy of PhD doctoral-level research.  Be sure to consider the following:  What perspective is represented? For example, is the problem an individual level problem, an organizational problem, an industry problem, or a social problem?

3. Consider the theories relevant to predict, explain, and understand the problem.

4. To identify and articulate a problem, consider the potential negative consequences to the field or stakeholders if the proposed research is never conducted.

Support your assignment with at least five scholarly resources. In addition to these specified resources, other appropriate scholarly resources, including older articles, may be included.

Length: 1-2 pages, not including title and reference pages

Your assignment should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts presented in the course by providing new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic. Your response should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards. Be sure to adhere to Northcentral University’s Academic Integrity Policy.

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The Use of Clinical Systems to Improve Outcomes and Efficiencies

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Literature Review: The Use of Clinical Systems to Improve Outcomes and Efficiencies

New technology—and the application of existing technology—only appears in healthcare settings after careful and significant research. The stakes are high, and new clinical systems need to offer evidence of positive impact on outcomes or efficiencies.

Nurse informaticists and healthcare leaders formulate clinical system strategies. As these strategies are often based on technology trends, informaticists and others have then benefited from consulting existing research to inform their thinking.

In this Assignment, you will review existing research focused on the application of clinical systems. After reviewing, you will summarize your findings.

To Prepare:

  • Review the Resources and reflect on the impact of clinical systems on outcomes and efficiencies within the context of nursing practice and healthcare delivery.
  • Conduct a search for recent (within the last 5 years) research focused on the application of clinical systems. The research should provide evidence to support the use of one type of clinical system to improve outcomes and/or efficiencies, such as “the use of personal health records or portals to support patients newly diagnosed with diabetes.”
  • Identify and select 4 peer-reviewed research articles from your research.
  • The Assignment: (4-5 pages not including the title and reference page)

In a 4- to 5-page paper, synthesize the peer-reviewed research you reviewed. Format your Assignment as an Annotated Bibliography. Be sure to address the following:

  • Identify the 4 peer-reviewed research articles you reviewed, citing each in APA format.
  • Include an introduction explaining the purpose of the paper.
  • Summarize each study, explaining the improvement to outcomes, efficiencies, and lessons learned from the application of the clinical system each peer-reviewed article described. Be specific and provide examples.
  • In your conclusion, synthesize the findings from the 4 peer-reviewed research articles.
  • Use APA format and include a title page.
  • Use the Safe Assign Drafts to check your match percentage before submitting your work.

excerise and Sport Sociology

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As stated on olympic.org, there are many reasons why hosting the Olympic Games is attractive to a city or country. The expectations that the event will have a positive impact, both tangible and intangible, on local communities is alive and well. From developing an underserved part of a city and expanding much-needed infrastructure to boosting the local economy and increasing tourism, hosting such a large-scale event can bring about great opportunities. However, cost overruns, questions over resource use and perceived corruption among other challenges have left some populations hesitant about their city’s bid to host the Olympic Games. 

In this case study I’d like for you to examine the arguments for and against hosting the Olympic Games, and shine a light on the real experiences, both challenging and inspiring, faced by organizers. Your assignment is to discuss the 3 positive (worth 5 points) and 3 negative (worth 5 points) effects the Olympics can have on a host city after the games are over. Please designate a theory that applies to each positive and negative. 

Please review chapter 10 of your book but you should also do your own research. Please explain your positive and negative effects in a 4-page (minimum) double spaced paper.

Discussion: Parenting and Substance Abuse

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Discussion: Parenting and Substance Abuse

As a social worker, you will meet children and adolescents who are in complicated family situations and may require a variety of resources for support. There are many times when these situations involve drug abuse, domestic violence, child abuse, and/or neglect. If these factors are present within a child’s or adolescent’s environment, it will impact their development. As mandated reporters, social workers are legally required to report any suspicion they have of child abuse or neglect to local authorities in an effort to ensure a healthier environment within which they can grow.

For this Discussion, review the case study “Working With Clients With Addictions: The Case of Barbara and Jonah.” Consider this week’s reading in the Learning Resources.

By Day 3

Post an explanation of influences of Barbara’s and Scott’s substance use on Jonah’s future development. Describe an intervention that you would use for Jonah if you were the social worker in this case. Please use the Learning Resources to support your answer.

 

Required Readings

Zastrow, C. H., Kirst-Ashman, K. K., & Hessenauer, S. L.  (2019). Understanding human behavior and the social environment (11th ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage Learning.
Chapter 2, “Biological Development in Infancy and Childhood” (pp. 45-94)

Greil, A., McQuillan, J., Lowry, M., & Shreffler, K., (2011). Infertility and fertility-specific distress: A longitudinal analysis of a population-based sample of U.S. women. Social Science & Medicine, 73(1), 87–94.

Plummer, S.-B., Makris, S., & Brocksen S. M. (Eds.). (2014). Social work case studies: Foundation year. Baltimore, MD: Laureate International Universities Publishing. [Vital Source e-reader].
Working With Clients With Addictions: The Case of Barbara and Jonah

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2018). Child development. Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/childdevelopment/index.html

Guttmacher Institute. (2018). An overview of abortion laws. Retrieved from https://www.guttmacher.org/state-policy/explore/overview-abortion-laws

Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. (2014). Children exposed to methamphetamine before birth have increased cognitive problems. Retrieved from https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/03/140318113733.htm

Required Media

Tsiaris, A. (2011). Conception to birth—Visualized [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.ted.com/talks/alexander_tsiaras_conception_to_birth_visualized.html

 

Sleep

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Learning Objectives

  • Identify ways to ensure good sleep habits and high-quality sleep, especially during periods of stress

Directions

Take a few minutes to review and assess your own sleep habits. Are you getting enough?

 Check the appropriate boxes:UsuallySometimesNeverI get 7–8 hours of sleep at night.I feel sleepy or have trouble focusing during the day.I take a nap when I feel drowsy or need more sleep.I fall asleep or have trouble staying awake in class.I fall asleep while studying.

  1. Track how much sleep you get each night during a one-week period.
  2. At the end of the week, write a short journal entry (400-400 words) in which you reflect on your current sleep habits:
    • How many hours of sleep do you think you need every night to function at your best? How can you tell?
    • On an average, how many hours of sleep did you get on weeknights?
    • On average, how many hours of sleep did you get on weekend nights?
  3. How would you rank the importance of sleep compared with studying, working, spending time with friends/family, and other activities? What things get in the way of your consistently getting enough sleep?
  4. What changes can you make to your schedule and/or routines that might improve your sleep habits?