This week your task is to prepare an annotated outline for your Signature Assignment. Use the following criteria to organize your outline, which will become the basis of your Signature Assignment. 

• The Signature Assignment for this course is to identify a current social problem with which a social worker may be involved. As part of your presentation of the problem, be sure to describe how elements of human rights and social justice intersect with this social problem.
• Select a population that would require social work services related to this problem.
• Select a developmental phase of life (i.e., infancy and early childhood, middle childhood, adolescence, adulthood, or late adulthood), and then explain the implications of this problem on an individual’s life course trajectory.
• Examine how you as a social worker would advocate for the affected population regarding this problem. 

Support your assessment of human behavior in social environments by drawing upon at least five scholarly works in the discipline of social work.

Length: 2-3 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.

 

Week 2 – Discussion 1

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Your initial discussion thread is due on Day 3 (Thursday) and you have until Day 7 (Monday) to respond to your classmates. Your grade will reflect both the quality of your initial post and the depth of your responses. Refer to the Discussion Forum Grading Rubric under the Settings icon above for guidance on how your discussion will be evaluated.

Allocation of Costs Reflection [WLOs: 1, 2, 3, 4] [CLOs: 3, 6]

Prior to beginning work on this discussion forum, read Chapters 4, 5, and 17 in your textbook.

Write: Make sure your response addressing the following question is more than 200 words and include an in-text citation from the reading material where appropriate.

Some managers believe that allocated costs are arbitrary and therefore not relevant, and that only costs that are direct costs should be reported. Explain why you believe all costs are relevant and why allocation of costs is necessary for accurate financial reporting.

Guided Response: Respond to at least two of your classmates by commenting on their posts. Though two replies are the basic expectation for class discussions, for deeper engagement and learning, you are encouraged to provide responses to any comments or questions others have given to you. Continuing to engage with peers and the instructor will further the conversation and provide you with opportunities to demonstrate your content expertise, critical thinking, and real-world experiences with the discussion topics.

Re: Topic 2 DQ 2

Stroke (Cerebrovascular accident)

Stroke is a term used to describe the cessation of blood supply to an area of the brain due to ruptured blood vessels or thrombus in the blood vessels. This results in loss of brain function or diminished brain function in that area. It can either be a hemorrhagic stroke or an ischemic stroke. With a hemorrhagic stroke, the blood vessels rupture and disrupt the blood supply to the area of the brain affected. However, with ischemic stroke, there is a thrombus in the blood vessels that cuts the blood supply to areas of the brain affected leading to the death of brain cells (Grand Canyon University, 2018). The characteristics findings for stroke include facial drooping, slurred speech, weakness in one arm and/ or leg. The factors contributing to stroke include:

1. Uncontrolled high blood pressure: this increases the pressure in the blood vessels, especially the blood vessels in the brain, and this could lead to rupture of the blood vessels, resulting in a stroke.
2. High cholesterol: the high cholesterol in the blood vessels forms plaques that occlude the blood vessels in the brain causing ischemia and stroke.
3. Diabetes: Diabetes increases the level of glucose in the bloodstream and this forms plaques in the blood vessels leading to occlusion and stroke.
4. Smoking: smoking tends to form plaques in the blood which can result in a stroke.
5. Atrial fibrillation: this can result in a buildup of blood clots in the blood vessels thus causing a stroke.

A stroke usually impacts the lives of patients and family, as they are unable to perform activities of daily living and other family responsibilities. Nurses have a role to play in helping patients and their family members by providing resources that include community resources, spiritual, and psychological resources to enable the patient and family to cope during the process. The nurse can also encourage patients and their family members to participate in rehabilitation sessions that may include speech therapy, physical therapy, and occupational therapy to improve patient’s compliance with the treatment plan. It is also important that the nurse encourage the patient to monitor predisposing factors to stroke. The nurse should also provide necessary education that will provide adequate knowledge to the patients. The nurse should:

Educate the patient on eating a heart-healthy diet to manage high blood pressure.

Educate the patient on eating a diet low in cholesterol to manage hyperlipidemia.

Educate on the importance of smoking cessation.

Educate on the importance of regular exercise

Educate on the importance of maintaining a healthy weight.

References

Flint Rehab. (2018). What causes a stroke? Understanding the leading factors. https://www.flintrehab.com/what-causes-a-stroke/

Grand Canyon University (Ed). (2018). Pathophysiology: Clinical applications for client health.
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Common characteristic findings for a stroke include numbness or weakness in the face, arm, or leg, especially on one side of the body, confusion, trouble speaking, or difficulty understanding speech, trouble seeing in one or both eyes, trouble walking, dizziness, loss of balance, or lack of coordination, and severe headache with no known cause. The long-lasting effects of a stroke depends on rapid recognition and quick interventions. Quick intervention is needed with a stroke, preferably within 3 hours of the first symptoms. Acute care of a stroke includes stabilization and aggressive treatment if indicated. Once patient is stabilized then the patient will begin supportive services such as physical, occupational, and speech therapies to help with restoration of function to any areas of deficit. (Falkner & Green, 2018). When a patient has a stroke, it does not just affect the patient, it affects the whole family. A stroke is something that can leave a person severely disabled physically and cognitively depending on the severity. The patient may no longer be able to take care of themselves and may no longer be able to dependently feed, dress, or perform their activities of daily living alone, and may no longer be able to provide for their family. Stroke patients often develop depression and recovery from stroke requires physical, social, and emotional aspects of life. The nurse’s role in supporting patient’s psychological and emotional needs is to offer support by listening, using touch, being present, using silence when appropriate, offering encouragement and observing the patient for signs of distress. (Falkner & Green, 2018). An example of this is when a patient is unable to communicate then the nurse should do his/her best to try to comfort the patient, and try to address all of the patient’s possible needs and to just be there for him/her.

References:

Falkner, A., & Green, S. Z. (2018). Pathophysiology clinical applications for client health: Neurological, Perceptual, and Cognitive Complexities. Retrieved March 15, 2021, from https://lc.gcumedia.com/nrs410v/pathophysiology-clinical-applications-for-client-health/v1.1/#/chapter/2

 

Read the following: Transformational Leadership.pdf download 

Bernard M. Bass, a leadership researcher offers in this case that 4 “I” s are paramount

1. Individualized consideration
2. Intellectual stimulation
3. Inspirational motivation
4. Idealized influence.

For each of these 4 considerations, describe how you apply these considerations against your own style of leadership.  Align your comparison and considerations with DuBrin’s section on transformational leadership and what Bass implied in his research. Be specific for each of the “Is” by using a paragraph for each “I” for readability

For each of these case studies support each response with theories and/or concepts found in the DuBrin coursebook or from another leadership researcher.

Check to ensure that you have:

• Analyzed the questions using the facts of the case and the concepts introduced by DuBrin and/or additional readings and videos.
• A clear explanation of your reasoning thorough enough to answer the theories and/or concepts being presented in the chapters being studied.
• Make certain you properly label the case and number your analysis of each question–do not respond to all questions as one analysis.
• Please number each of your analysis responses. Remember to apply DuBrin to support your analysis.
• Submit this assignment in a Word document.

Grades reflect my judgment about:

• the quality of analysis, 
• the application of theory to facts,

One product i thought of recently is coffee I do not see much marketing on coffee anymore i see alot of talk about Kurig but not about coffee itself. I feel like coffee whether it be folders or Dunkin coffee they could benefit from multi channel marketing. When i was younger i remember seeing Folgers commercial but i do not see them any more. It makes me wonder why? is the market to easy and is there no need to advertise much?

Regards,

Cody

Hello, 

Now that you mentioned it, I have not seen any advertising for coffee. Before, I think there was a few commercials that were about coffee but not anymore. When I am on Youtube, I see advertisements about Dunkin Donuts ice coffee or starbucks but that is not the same as all the brands that are out for just regular coffee. Do you think that the audience was just not responding right to the advertisements so the brands decided to stop? 

Andrea

Your reference to Coca Cola is interesting.   They have a wide variety of products such as regular coca cola, coke zero, diet coke and others that are designed to appeal to different target audiences.   How can Coca Cola use IMC given this variety of products? 

https://us.coca-cola.com/

John

Hello Professor and Class

To be honest the one commercial that I find extremely irritating is the Capital One credit card commercial. This commercial annoys because it shows all types of disaster and in the end, it asks the question, what’s in your pocket. Because of my dislike for the commercial, it wouldn’t make me remember it at all, in fact, I had to look up the slogan just to find which company used the slogan. However, the one commercial that I have found memorable happens to be the one with the huge hamsters driving the Kia. For me, the line between entertainment and marketing is drawn when the commercial becomes irritating instead of amusing.

Kefouneia. 

Reference 

Kerin, R. A., & Hartley, S. W. (2020). Marketing: The core. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Education.

Kefouneia 

Professor and Class,

I feel that the entertainment needs to end once you have grabbed the audiences attention. Once you have their attention you get into exactly what the advertisment is about. I saw a few of the other posts on this thread and one commercial that drives me crazy are the Progressive insurance once with flow. At what point is it about insurance and not about flow? I think entertainment can go overboard and take awy from the actual marketing.

Regards

Cody