Provide a synopsis of the webinar and a brief description of the pathophysiology of the disorder, as well as what you gleaned from the webinar.

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Instructions
Considering the significant number of neurological disorders and what you have learned this week, take time to reflect upon the content and your experiences. Please watch an Educational Webinar related to Brain Dysfunction and submit a journal entry. There are many brain dysfunctions and a lot to learn. Is there something you are curious about? Is there a personal experience you would like to understand better? Or, just Google it – no matter how you get there, the goal is to leave the experience knowing more than when you started.

Provide a synopsis of the webinar and a brief description of the pathophysiology of the disorder, as well as what you gleaned from the webinar. Reflect upon this experience, consider what you learned, and how this could affect your practice as an APRN.
The paper submission should be 500-550 words in length and in APA format.

Required Articles
Traumatic Brain Injury:
Dash, H. H., & Chavali, S. (2018). Management of traumatic brain injury patients. Korean Journal of Anesthesiology, 71(1), 12–21.
Updated Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Guideline for Adults
Videos:
http://regiscollege.idm.oclc.org/loginurl=https://fod.infobase.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=274023&xtid=40543

Describe to what extent population health is being discussed in your current health care setting or organization.

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Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area, write 500–700 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, using both personal example and scholarly literature to support your ideas.
Describe to what extent population health is being discussed in your current health care setting or organization.
Discuss how you currently apply concepts of population health in your daily work or practice.

What objective clinical data (clinical signs) are consistent with a primary genital herpes infection? List six distinct clinical signs.

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Allen is a 36-year-old nulligravida women who presents to her OB-GYN specialist for evaluation of vaginal lesions that have been present for five days. Patient states, “I have some very painful blisters near my vagina, and I think there may be some inside, too. I felt a strange stinging sensation for a couple days and then broke out. I’ve also had several horrific headaches and muscles aches in the past few days—almost like the flu.” She is single, sexually active with one partner currently. Admits to frequent unprotected vaginal sex. She denies IV drug use, is heterosexual and other than high blood pressure and cholesterol, she is aware of no active medical problems. She denies oral or anal intercourse.

1. What is your initial diagnosis of this patient based on reading her history?

Additional Questions related to the GU case study;

2. What subjective clinical data (clinical symptoms) are consistent with a primary genital herpes infection? List six distinct clinical symptoms.

3. What objective clinical data (clinical signs) are consistent with a primary genital herpes infection? List six distinct clinical signs.

4. Identify three major risk factors for genital herpes in this patient.

Identify from the middle range theories presented in your textbooks, one interprofessional or middle range theories associated with your concepts of interest, and give a rationale for its selection.

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Interdisciplinary Philosophies and Theories

Read the case of “Mrs. Mendez”

As an advanced practice nurse, identify the various knowledge bases that you draw upon from the physical, emotional, spiritual, cultural, and social sciences in the care of Mrs. Mendez and her family.

For example, Which science bases tells you about how cancer develops; which science bases tells you about pain and pain management; which science bases tell you about grief and loss or emotional states; which science bases help you understand the importance of spiritual assessment and care; which science bases help you to assess and intervene with the family both as individuals at their own developmental age and the family as a system; which sciences bases help you understand the cultural perspectives?

1: Make a list of key concepts relevant to the case study.

2: Identify from the middle range theories presented in your textbooks, one interprofessional or middle range theories associated with your concepts of interest, and give a rationale for its selection.

3: Discuss how the selected theory guides both your clinical assessments and interventions for Mrs. Mendez or her family.

4: Explain how knowledge from interprofessional health-related sciences informs advanced nursing practice.

Evaluate the evidence and positions of others that are contrary to a team’s approach to improving the quality and outcomes of care for a specific issue in a target population.

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Analysis of Position Papers for Vulnerable Populations.

Scenario

Pretend you are a member of an interprofessional team that is attempting to improve the quality of health care and the outcomes in a vulnerable population. For the first step in your team’s work, you have decided to conduct an analysis of current position papers that address the issue and population you are considering.

In your analysis you will note the team’s initial views on the issue in the population as well as the views across a variety of relevant position papers. You have been tasked with finding the most current standard of care or evidenced-based practice and evaluating both the pros and cons of the issue. For the opposing viewpoints, it is important to discuss how the team could respond to encourage support. This paper will be presented to a committee of relevant stakeholders from your care setting and the community. If it receives enough support, you will be asked to create a new policy that could be enacted to improve the outcomes related to your chosen issue and target population.

The care setting, population, and health care issue that you use for this assessment will be used in the other assessments in this course. Consider your choice carefully. There are two main approaches for you to take in selecting the scenario for this assessment:

You may select a population and issue that is of interest to you and set them in the context of your current or desired future care setting. While you are free to choose any population of interest, the issue you choose should fall within one of the following broad categories:

  • Genetics and genomics.
    • Sickle cell, asthma, multiple sclerosis, myasthenia gravis.
    • Type 1 diabetes, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), congenital neutropenia syndrome.
    • Arthritis, any type of cancer or lung or heart disease, obesity.
    • Abuse of alcohol, prescription drugs, tobacco, illegal substances.
  • Emotion and mental health.
    • Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, eating disorders, psychosis.

Instructions

For this assessment you will develop a position summary and an analysis of relevant position papers on a health care issue in a chosen population. The bullet points below correspond to the grading criteria in the scoring guide. Be sure that your submission addresses all of them  . You may also want to read the Analysis of Position Papers for Vulnerable Populations Scoring Guide and Guiding Questions: Analysis of Position Papers for Vulnerable Populations to better understand how each grading criterion will be assessed.

MUST COVER ALL BELOW PLEASE.. THANKS

  • Explain a position with regard to health outcomes for a specific issue in a target population.
  • Explain the role of the interprofessional team (doctors, nurses, dieticians, case management, physical therapy, respiratory, etc.) in facilitating improvements for a specific issue in a target population.
  • Evaluate the evidence and positions of others that could support a team’s approach to improving the quality and outcomes of care for a specific issue in a target population.
  • Evaluate the evidence and positions of others that are contrary to a team’s approach to improving the quality and outcomes of care for a specific issue in a target population.
  • Communicate an initial viewpoint regarding a specific issue in a target population and a synthesis of existing positions in a logically structured and concise manner, writing content clearly with correct use of grammar, punctuation, and spelling.
  • Integrate relevant sources to support assertions, correctly formatting citations and references using APA style.

 

Additional Requirements

  • Number of references: Cite a minimum of 3–5 sources of scholarly or professional evidence that support your initial position on the issue, as well as a minimum of 2–3 sources of scholarly or professional evidence that express contrary views or opinions. Resources should be no more than five years old.
  • APA formatting: Use the APA Style Paper .

Who can help you achieve overcoming each barrier? How can this person assist you?

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Path to Success Paper

Each student will describe a way that they will be successful in their academics or future career. This assignment will enable student to develop a deeper understanding of themselves and potential barriers or roadblocks that exist for them.

Each student will submit a paper of at least 2 full pages in length.

**Each paper, upon submission, will show evidence of the student having used the Lonestar College CyFair Academic Success Center for proofreading and editing prior to completion. Use this link: http://www.lonestar.edu/23174.htm or make an appointment to visit the Writing Center in person. Take pictures of Writing Center official stamp on your rough draft and editing notes from staff for proof, submitted to the appropriate D2L Dropbox OR submit the online editing notes from Writing Center staff email to the Dropbox.

Use the Smarter Measure results, your Time Analysis paper, the Mini-essays you have written, textbook, and any other outside source to support your thoughts in this paper.

The paper should be double spaced, with 12 point font and 1 inch margins. The paper will be written from a first-person standpoint and discuss 2-3 personal barriers concerning the author and methods to overcome these barriers. The paper should follow the outline below and clearly address the following:

  1. Introduction/Thesis
    1. Include the purpose of the paper as identifying a barrier
    2. Include a description of your identified barriers as addressed in the textbook. (This could be from any section of the textbook.)
    3. Identify at least two personal barriers to be addressed in the paper
    4. Tell the reader why these are significant barriers and that you are including a strategy that can or has helped you overcome these barriers.
  1. Body: What are your barriers?
    1. Give information that clearly tells the reader what the barriers are for you
    2. For each barrier, describe how you know this is a barrier for you. How might this be a roadblock for your academic or future career success?
  2. Body: What are your strategies?
  3. How can you overcome these barriers and move toward being successful?
  4. If you are currently addressing these barriers what are you doing to overcome them?
  5. Who can help you achieve overcoming each barrier? How can this person assist you?
  6. Conclusion: Summarize your barriers and your strategies.

Include at least 3 quoted references from the textbook and other sources to support your paper. Use at least one resource also cited on the citations page, besides the textbook. Use MLA format to cite the book on a citation page at the end of the paper.

Assess the health care needs of a selected community by completing an environmental analysis and a virtual windshield survey. Summarize the results of your assessment in a 2–3-page executive summary.

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  • Assess the health care needs of a selected community by completing an environmental analysis and a virtual windshield survey. Summarize the results of your assessment in a 2–3-page executive summary.

Note: The work you complete in this assessment serves as the basis for Assessments 3 and 4. Therefore, complete assessments 2, 3, and 4 in the order in which they are presented.

Health care must be evidence-based, effective, efficient, and affordable; it must provide resources that meet the needs of the community. Nurse leaders must understand and thoroughly evaluate the environment to enable the efficient and equitable allocation of resources. A useful tool for this type of assessment is commonly called a windshield survey. Windshield surveys are what you might expect from the name. They are a way of gathering information about specific aspects of a community while driving around, such as the condition of roads, buildings, and housing.

This assessment provides an opportunity to examine the prevailing health conditions and social determinants of health in a community by completing an environmental analysis and a virtual windshield survey based on communities within the Vila Health system. Although Vila Health is a virtual lab, the communities represented in this simulation are real, enabling you to conduct an actual community health assessment. By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:

  • Competency 1: Identify the challenges and opportunities facing health care.
    • Assess, via a windshield survey, the general condition and needs of a community from a public health perspective.
    • Analyze the environmental factors affecting population health in a community.
    • Identify the social determinants of health in a community.
  • Competency 4: Develop proactive strategies to change the culture of the organization by incorporating evidence-based practices.
    • Summarize windshield survey and environmental analysis findings for executive leaders.
  • Competency 5: Communicate effectively with diverse audiences, in an appropriate form and style consistent with applicable organizational, professional, and scholarly standards.
    • Write clearly and concisely in a logically coherent and appropriate form and style.
    • Support assertions, arguments, propositions, and conclusions with relevant and credible evidence.
Competency Map

CHECK YOUR Progress Use this online tool to track your performance and progress through your course.

Required Resources

The following resource is required to complete the assessment.

  • Vila Health: Environmental Analysis and Windshield Survey.

Vila Health is a virtual environment that simulates a real-world health care system. In the various Vila Health scenarios, you will apply professional strategies, practice skills, and build competencies that you can apply to your coursework and in your career. The information you gather in this scenario will help you to complete the assessment.

Templates

Use this template for your community health assessment.

· Assessment Instructions

Note: You will use the Vila Health community you select for this assessment and the information you compile about the community, as the basis for Assessments 3 and 4.

Preparation

Executive leaders at Vila Health have asked you to provide them with your assessment of the health conditions in one of the communities served by the Vila Health system. Knowing that a windshield survey is needed to validate any underlying assumptions about the needs of the community and inform evidence-based decision making and strategic planning, you have decided to conduct a first-hand exploration of the community, followed up by an environmental analysis. An environmental analysis examines the factors that can influence the performance of a health care organization, which is important in a rapidly changing health care environment.

To prepare for the assessment, you are encouraged to begin thinking about how an environmental analysis and windshield survey contribute to assessing community health care needs. In addition, you may wish to:

  • Review the assessment requirements and scoring guide to ensure that you understand the work you will be asked to complete.
  • Review the Guiding Questions: Assessing Community Health Care Needs document linked in the Resources of this assessment, which includes questions to consider and additional guidance on how to successfully complete the assessment.

Note: Remember that you can submit all or a portion of your draft assessment to Smarthinking Tutoring for feedback before you submit the final version for this assessment. If you plan on using this free service, be mindful of the turnaround time of 24–48 hours for receiving feedback.

Requirements

Complete this assessment in two steps:

  1. If you have not already done so, complete the Vila Health: Environmental Analysis and Windshield Survey simulation.
  2. Write an executive summary of your community health assessment, based on your windshield survey and environmental analysis.

The community health assessment requirements outlined below, correspond to the grading criteria in the scoring guide, so be sure to address each point. Read the performance-level descriptions for each criterion to see how your work will be assessed. The Guiding Questions: Assessing Community Health Care Needs document provides additional considerations that may be helpful in completing your assessment. In addition, be sure to note the requirements below for document format and length and for citing supporting evidence.

  • Assess, via a windshield survey, the general condition and needs of a community from a public health perspective.
  • Analyze the environmental factors affecting population health in a community.
  • Identify the social determinants of health in a community.
  • Summarize windshield survey and environmental analysis findings for executive leaders.
  • Write clearly and concisely in a logically coherent and appropriate form and style.
  • Support findings and conclusions with relevant and credible evidence.
Document Format and Length
  • Use the Community Health Assessment Template, linked in the Resources of this assessment. An APA Style Paper Tutorial is also provided to help you in writing and formatting your assessment. If you would like to use a different worksheet for your community health assessment, obtain prior approval from faculty.
  • The executive summary portion of your survey and analysis should be 2–3 pages in length.
  • Be sure to apply correct APA formatting to all source citations and references.
Supporting Evidence

Cite 3–5 credible sources from peer-reviewed journals or professional industry publications to support your executive summary.

Additional Requirements

Proofread your executive summary before you submit it, to minimize errors that could distract readers and make it more difficult for them to focus on the substance of your assessment.

Portfolio Prompt: You may choose to save your community health assessment to your ePortfolio.

Assessing Community Health Care Needs Scoring Guide

VIEW SCORING Guide Use the scoring guide to enhance your learning.

How to use the scoring guide

·Health Care Needs

Assess the health care needs of a selected community by completing an environmental analysis and a virtual windshield survey. Summarize the results of your assessment in a 2–3-page executive summary.

Natural Hazards-Earthquakes:Analyze the Decision-Making Process (Human) or the Environmental (Ecological) application that is used for your topic.

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1. Identify a Health, Human or Ecological Topic for Analysis.

This is the topic: Earthquake, planning and preparedness

2. Describe the topic and how it relates to the Course, Course Concepts and/or principles.

3. Analyze the Decision-Making Process (Human) or the Environmental (Ecological) application that is used for your topic

4. What is the reason for your interest or analysis?

This is 1 reason; you can add to it… I am terrified of earthquakes, so thought that being well informed would be benefit to help face my fear.

5. What changes or recommendations should be made?

6. Would you try to influence your area of interest? Why or why not? How?

Note: The 7 page paper must be typed (12-14 point font), with separate reference (scholarly using MLA, APA or Scientific).

Explain and contrast the different models/approaches to mental ill health in relation to the individual (Medical and Moral Models).

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You are required to identify a fictional or actual individual with whom you have developed a professional rapport, and review the past, present and future care and treatment in relation to the care environment (Elderly people – care at home or care home settings – Dementia). This case study should be sensitive to confidentiality and written in a way that does not lead directly to any actual persons involved.
Following points should be included in your report and applied to your identified individual (elderly people – dementia): 
Clear definition of mental health and wellbeing and explanation of the illness affecting the individual. 
Describe at least two perceptions of mental health issues and explain how these affect the individual (Labelling, Stigma, Stereotyping etc.)  Identify and discuss at least one theory of mental health that exist and the impact on the individual (Social Learning Theory Bandura, Skinner – Operant Conditioning, Beck – Cognitive theory, Seligman – Learned Helplessness, Rogers – Humanistic Approaches)

Explain and contrast the different models/approaches to mental ill health in relation to the individual (Medical and Moral Models)
Discuss how mental health problems have an effect on the individual’s normal functioning within society
Outline and develop the factors which cause or have the potential to lead to the deterioration of mental health and wellbeing of the individual. This should include at least one example from each group of factors: social, physical, intellectual, emotional and spiritual.
You will compile a report of 1,200 words +/- 10%. Your work should be accurately referenced in Harvard Style throughout and you should include a bibliography, front cover and word count.

Thoroughly describe the disorder in terms of symptom presentation and DSM-5 diagnostic criteria.

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Thoroughly describe the disorder in terms of symptom presentation and DSM-5 diagnostic criteria. Discuss treatment options for this disorder, being sure to outline both pharmacological and psychotherapy-based options. Select a minimum of one peer reviewed scholarly journal article from the APUS Library that relates to your selected diagnosis. Summarize the article and discuss how it relates to your selected diagnosis. The required minimum length of this paper is 8 pages, plus a required a cover page and a reference list. Papers must comply with APA formatting rules, including font size and margins, and must have a scholarly focus and tone. Quoting of published material and use of the first-person “I” are not permitted and will result in point loss. All source material must be paraphrased into your own words and cited appropriately.