Benchmark – Electronic Health Record Implementation Paper

/in /by

One way informatics can be especially valuable is in capturing data to inspire improvements and quality change in practice. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) collects data related to adverse events and safety concerns. If you are working within a practice setting to implement a new electronic health record (EHR) system, this is just one of the many considerations your team would need to plan for during the rollout process.

In a paper of 1,250-1,500 words, address the following questions related to the advanced registered nurse’s role during this type of scenario:

1.  What key information would be needed in the database that would allow you to track opportunities for care improvement?

2.  What role does informatics play in the ability to capture this data?

3.  Which systems and staff members would need to be involved in the design and implementation process and team?

4.  What professional, ethical, and regulatory standards must be incorporated into the design and implementation of the system?

5.  How would the EHR team ensure that all order sets are part of the new record?

6.  How would you communicate the changes, including any kind of transition plan?

7.  What measures and steps would you take to evaluate the success of the EHR implementation from a staff, setting, and patient perspective?

8.  What leadership skills and theories would facilitate collaboration with the interprofessional team and provide evidence-based, patient-centered care?

You are required to cite five to 10 sources to complete this assignment. Sources must be published within the last 5 years and appropriate for the assignment criteria and nursing content.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the 7th edition APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite.

Spirituality

/in /by

Furness and Gilligan (2010) stated, “There is a growing body of literature written predominantly for health professionals and more recently for social workers about the importance of developing and incorporating cultural and spiritual sensitivity and awareness in their work with others” (p. 2187). Spirituality, which may or may not include involvement with an established religion, contributes to human diversity and influences human behavior. An individual’s spirituality may be an important factor in his or her social environment. As a social worker, your awareness of a client’s spirituality may help increase your understanding of the client and his or her needs.

Sensitivity to and respect for your client’s spiritual dimension reflects your appreciation of diversity. As you consider the potential impact of your clients’ spirituality on their perspectives and behavior, you must also consider how your spirituality might influence your interactions with a client.

For this Discussion, you consider the impact of spirituality on your interactions with clients.

Post a Discussion in which you explain how considerations about clients’ worldviews, including their spirituality or religious convictions, might affect your interactions with them. Provide at least two specific examples. In addition, explain one way your own spirituality or religious convictions might support your work with a client, and one barrier it might present. Finally, share one strategy for applying an awareness of spirituality to social work practice in general.

Counseling Paper

/in /by

Responding to Ethical and Legal Issues

Review the case examples corresponding to your specialization in the media piece, Responding to Ethical and Legal Issues – Case Study, and then elect an ethical decision-making model. To aid in selection, first review pages 15–18 of the Ethical, Legal, and Professional Issues in Counseling text and the unit readings. You can also choose an ethical decision-making model from a current, peer-reviewed article in a professional counseling journal of your choice. Some examples include “A Practitioner’s Guide to Ethical Decision Making” (Forester-Miller & Davis, 2016) and the Intercultural Model (Luke, Goodrich, & Gilbride, 2013)

  • Analyze the effectiveness of the selected decision-making model and provide an example of how it might be used to resolve legal or ethical dilemmas when working with students or clients from diverse backgrounds.
  • Utilize your chosen decision-making model to the case you reviewed. If you were the counselor working with this case, discuss how you would apply each step of the ethical decision-making model you have selected to respond effectively to these legal and ethical issues.
    • Include specific examples to illustrate the actions you would take at each step.
    • Include the specific ethical standards and state laws that you would consult when determining your response to the situation. How would these laws and standards influence the choices you might make in responding to the situation?
    • Describe how you would demonstrate developmental and cultural sensitivity when addressing the legal and ethical issues presented. Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.
  • Explain how your personal values and beliefs impact your understanding of the situation and the choices you might make when deciding how to respond to the legal and ethical issues that may arise in working with the client or student.
    • Include at least two examples of specific values and beliefs you hold that may influence your reactions to this case and the actions you may take.
    • Present at least two specific strategies that you will develop to address the influence that your personal values and beliefs may have on ethical decision making with clients or students. 

Submission Requirements

Your paper should meet the following requirements:

  • Written communication: Develop accurate written communication and thoughts that convey the overall goals of the assignment and do not detract from the overall message. Your paper should demonstrate graduate-level writing skills.
  • References: Your reference list must include at least six sources. You must use current APA style to list your references. Refer to the APA Style and Format for more information.
  • Number of pages: The length of your paper should be 8–10 double-spaced pages. Note: Page count does not include cover page or references.
  • Formatting: Use current APA formatting, including correct in-text citations, proper punctuation, double-spacing throughout, proper headings and subheadings, no skipped lines before headings and subheadings, proper paragraph and block indentation, no bolding, and no bullets. Refer to the APA Style and Format for more information.

Critical Analysis of Research Paper

/in /by

HI, THIS PAPER IS DUE BY 9AM ON THE MORNING OF 14TH. IT IS SHORT NOTICE BUT IT IS ONLY 2-4 PAGES, DOUBLE SPACED. HERE IS THE PROMPT:

Objectives:

  • Describe current evidence-based recommendations for assessment and treatment of weight management.
  • Demonstrate written communication skills via a critical analysis of current research as it is compared to evidence-based recommendations.
  • Gain experience comparing strengths and weaknesses in obesity research.
  • Demonstrate professional writing and critical thinking

Instructions:

  1. Identify a current research topic of interest to you that either addresses the efficacy of a leading popular diet or diet approaches for weight management or addresses the efficacy of surgical procedures for weight management.  Choose from one of these two topic areas.
     
  2. Select two current (2014 to present) research articles that address your selected topic. These two articles may have the same or opposite findings in their results and conclusion. Do not use a case study, case series, or meta-analysis/systematic reviews. Case-control, longitudinal, or randomized-controlled trials are appropriate for this paper.
  3. 35 Points: Compare and contrast the two articles. Be sure to write a cohesive paper with proper grammar and spelling. Do not simply list A-H below to answer the questions in bullet point fashion. This should read as a cohesive, research paper that is 3-4 pages in length (double-spaced).
    For each study you will:

    1. Provide the full article reference (APA style).
    2. Describe the study.
      Case-control, longitudinal, or randomized-controlled trial.
    3. Describe study-treatment participants.

Number of participants, gender, ethnicities, etc.

  1. Discuss the intervention and design. (Be sure to include adequate detail about the studies.)
  2. Discuss the outcomes and whether the conclusions appropriate.
  3. Identify both the strengths and weaknesses of the research.
  4. How would you conduct the research differently than the researchers if you were to re-design the study?
  5. How would you conduct the next phase of the research? 
  6. 15 Points: Summarize key points and differences or similarities of the two studies.

Book Review of Book “the atomic bomb and the end of the world war 2 by HERBERT FEIS” on some aspect of Vietnam Era

/in /by

 

The first paragraph of the paper should contain the author(s) thesis or argument. For some books this is up-front, generally in the introduction or in the conclusion. But for others, the thesis can only be ascertained by reading the entire work. Since I assume everybody will read their chosen work, this should not be a problem. The bulk of the paper will be a chapter-by-chapter summary of the book. In essence, I want you to tell me what the author(s) says, lists, or argues in each chapter of the work. Any material cited (i.e., quoted) from the work must be footnoted and documented. Failure to do so will be judged accordingly and will detract from your grade. For this model when footnoting: 

Toward the end of the paper, each student will summarize and analyze the critical reviews of the book and give your own evaluation of the book. Did you like it? If not, why; if so, why? Did the author make his/her points? If not, how? Was the book well organized, or was it jumbled, etc? Questions such as these should be kept in mind as you read. Note: You do not have to like the book or agree with the work’s thesis. It is perfectly fine if you do not, and you can state that in your paper, but you must tell me why you did not like the book. Simply stating that you did not like it will not suffice. 

 The reviews can be found in historical journals such as the Journal of American History, Journal of Military History, Military History of the West, American Historical Review .  

Do not use reviews from publications that are aimed at the general public or librarians. 

At the end of the paper, on a separate sheet, add a bibliography of the reviews you consulted for the paper. Use this format to list the reviews, both in the footnotes and the bibliography: 

Blog Reply Easy Biology

/in /by

 Part 2: Blog Response Post

Peruse some of the Blog entries made by your fellow classmates. Choose at least one that you found useful and comment on how the website helped you with your understanding of the Genetic Disorder. The comment should be 100 words minimum.

REPLY TO THIS POST 

 Posted by  Yaelin Osias 

Crohn Disease

Is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the bowel, involves any region of the gastrointestinal tract from the mouth to the anus. The swelling and inflammation can go deeply into the lining of the bowels. This can be very painful and can cause diarrhea, abdominal pain, nausea and decrease appetite. The inflammatory process tends to be eccentric and segmental, often with skip areas (normal regions of bowel between inflamed areas). Complications of Crohn’s disease include: blockage of the intestine, sore and ulcers in the affected area or surrounding tissue as the bladder, nutritional deficiencies anemia, arthritis, skin problems, kidney stones, gallstones or other disease of the liver and biliary system.

Both men and woman can have Crohn’s disease, this disease can also run-in families. About 20% (1 in 5) of people who have Crohn’s disease have blood relative with some form of inflammatory bowel disease, usually a bother or sister, and sometimes a parent and child.

They usually diagnosed in people between the ages of 20-30. About 25% of new Crohn’s disease are made in persons who are younger than 20 years of age. There is currently no cure for Crohn’s disease. The treatment involves medical care over a long period of time with regular visits to the doctor to monitor the condition. The treatment includes: drugs, nutrition supplements and surgery or a combination of all of this treatments. To mention some of the drugs to treat this disease are anti-inflammation drugs, steroids, immune system suppressors, blocker for inflammation, antibiotics, anti-diarrhea.

Is Crohn’s disease inherited, it appears to be a risk for inheriting the disease, especially in families of Jewish ancestry. Children’s who have one parent with the disease have a 7 to 9 percent lifetime risk of developing the condition. They also have a 10 percent chance to develop some form of inflammatory bowel disease. When both parents have inflammatory bowel disease the risk is 35%. 

The Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA), since their founding in 1967, they play a role in every breakthrough in IBD research, they invest more than $384 millions into founding causes, treatments and cure for Crohn disease. The last annual report as what they are doing according with the page was on 2019 and it was a year of major new initiative and expansions across research investments, advocacy efforts, and patients, caregivers and professional education programs.

To conclude this assignment, I want to say that I find this disease very interesting just the fact that can take more then 5 years to actually diagnosed you with the disease is fascinating, and on of the reason I also pick this is because I’m one of them going under a lots of doctors visit to find out to if I have this disease, one of the fun fact is the reason is so hard is that not all the time you will have then symptoms but when you do, believe me when I say this you are sick, and also is with a proper diet this symptoms can be control as well, other reason why take so long. They are cases where they can diagnose the patient right away but for some people take longer. Even though there’s no cure right know the foundation work to find way to make patient with this disease have a better live.

Antibiotic Resistance

/in /by

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Read the information and the graph carefully and answer the given prompts.

2. Each response should be at least 2 sentences. Your response should be in your own words and not a copied from the reading material.

3. Total available points 10. 

4. Upload your responses as a word doc. Please do not upload PDF.

5. Your submission file should have your name and assignment name in the header. See attached example. Failure to do so will result in deduction of 1 point

6. Name your file to upload using this convention StudentFullname_name of assigment

For example SampurnaSattar_AntibioticResistance

Failure to do so will result in deduction of 1 point 

7. Deadline for submission April 29 11:59PM

PROMPTS 

1. What similarities and differences do you notice between the two graphs? (total point available 2)

2. Which antibiotics were the most successful at killing the cave bacteria? Which were the least successful? What evidence supports your claims? (total available point 2)

3. Does this data support a hypothesis that some resistance genes evolved in bacteria that weren’t exposed to modern antibiotics? Why or why not? (total points available 2)

4.  How many of the 26 antibiotics successfully killed 100% of the bacterial strains (both Gram-positive and Gram-negative)? What does this make you think about our ability to fight infections with our current arsenal of antibiotics? (total available points 2)

5. Thinking about the cellular features that antibiotics target, why do you think that antibiotics only harm bacterial cells and not your own human cells? (total available points 2)

discussion #3

/in /by

 

Our readings and resources for this week highlight the relationship between stress and illness. Despite the fact that this relationship has found its way onto mainstream media, many individuals continue to be unaware of the effects of stress on their own lives, coping, and health.

After reviewing the lecture, reading this week’s material, and viewing Dr. Sapolsky’s documentary (see link below), think about someone you know who might benefit from understanding the link between stress and illness in their own lives.

Imagine that you will have the opportunity to discuss this topic with them as a health psychologist who is knowledgeable on the stress-illness relationship, but wishes to deliver this message in an approachable format. Draft out a ‘script’ of what you might say to them during a session/interaction and use examples from their own lives or illness-related circumstances to explain to them how identification of stress-inducing events as well as stress-reducing strategies may have a positive impact on their coping and health.

Make sure to apply your knowledge to the individual’s particular condition (e.g., high blood pressure, diabetes, depression, etc.) and have this shine through in your ‘script’. You may cover aspects of the the stress-illness relationship that are present both at disease onset as well as during illness progression.

Video Link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYG0ZuTv5rs

Psychology Discussion

/in /by

 Consider the following:

  • Constructivists suggest that a person’s reality is unique from others. Thus, this unique reality affects what and how effective knowledge is acquired, and is affected by numerous variables such as culture, past experiences, and past knowledge.
  • Humanism posits a purposefully person-centered approach to learning that includes personal growth, focus on self-development, and personal needs.

Include the following:

Explain why logical positivism would not be a supporter for constructivist-based theories? Do you agree or disagree?

  • Hint: Can we “see” mental constructions?
  • Compare how exogenous constructivism, endogenous constructivism, and dialectical constructivism differ, and why it matters.
  • Analyze how situated cognition (discussed in Week 3) supports the suggestions made by constructivism?
  • Discuss a personal experience in which constructivism ideologies explained either the effectiveness of, or the non-effectiveness of, the learning experience.
    • Would you consider this learning experience exploratory learning, inquiry learning, or problem-based learning? Why?
  • Identify the implications in learning effectiveness that might exist if construction of individualized knowledge is negated.

 Your initial post should be between 350 and 400 words. You must support your discussion by citing the required textbook. Cite all information from your sources according to APA guidelines as outlined in the APA: Citing Within Your Papers (Links to an external site.) resource. List each of your sources at the end of your posting according to APA Style as shown in the sample page for APA: Formatting Your References List (Links to an external site.) resource. 

Week 5 Respond 1&2

/in /by

Respond 1

Ch.K.

Three areas I’ve grown to excel in this program by completing coursework which occured at the being and somewhat throughout school however they got way better which are being organzied because I was always submitting my assignments a day or two late after doing so a few times I sat down and with my calender and made a schedule out on days were I wasn’t staying over at work, babysitting, running errands, etc. communication meaning that I was not sending an email letting my instructor know of any late submission’s or technical difficulties on my behalf. Avoiding distractions I was always watching tv, texting, on the phone talking, face timing family and friends when I should have been doing homework, tests, content review, etc. All three areas I have became better all because I sat down and made a schedule and became serious about my future, 

Three areas I need to grow based on my self-assessment are giving myself down time because I am always having things on my mind all at once as well as somewhat doing a lot of driving for my aunt who does not drive at all. Asking questions is a tough one when I need to ask because I try to do it myself and second guess my self once I’ve completed the assignment/task that was asked of me. Proof reading when I would type any of my papers/work I would have errors such as misspelling of words, commas missing or added, etc.  

I will help myself grow in these areas by talking with people whom I turst about things that are on my aind whether good or bad. Asking questions about thing’s I’m unsure about when concerning assignments or anything in general. I will have someone to proof read my assingments/papers. I will also refer to articles pertaining to these areas that will help me grow and become better in a professional manner while working in the child development field/area. 

Respond 2

Ju H.

Describe three areas in which you have grown to excel in by completing your coursework in this program.

First of all, I have grown in my knowledge of child development and education. I had experience-based knowledge but now I have more depth of knowledge, which, at times feels overwhelming. Secondly, I have grown in my confidence to be professional and to be qualified for jobs. Lastly, I have gained a more global outlook on society, my eyes have been opened to the broad range of people and their cultures. I have explored my own culture and have found a deeper connection with myself through my courses.

Identify three areas in which you need to grow, based on your self-assessments, in order to be more effective in your work as an early childhood professional.

The first area I need to grow in is my confidence, while I am confident in my knowledge to complete school work I do not feel ready to be a lead teacher yet. I am ready to start my career and need to be more active in the early child care environment to grow my abilities and confidence.  Secondly, I need to sort everything I have learned. I remember bits and pieces of knowledge and information, but I do not always remember where or when I learned it or which philosopher it belongs to. Lastly, I need to come up with my philosophy of teaching. I have thought about it and written a few I just need to refine it and have a chance to implement it to see if it is a true fit.

Describe how you will help yourself grow in these areas.

Mostly, I plan to improve with experience by starting out as a teacher’s assistant or in a position of support to learn more practical hands on information and experience. Because this course does not offer student teaching I just don’t feel ready to have my own room yet. As for my philosophy of teaching I plan to ponder it and work it over with experience. I plan to continue to study the varied methods of teaching children and to refine my knowledge to better understand and remember each philosophy.