Is CBT (Cognitive Behaviour Therapy) more effective than Medication for the treatment of Psychosis in Older Adults.

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Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT)

Is CBT (Cognitive Behaviour Therapy) more effective than Medication for the treatment of Psychosis in Older Adults.

Identify the vulnerable population in detail. Identify health risks and needs of the vulnerable population. Identify resources that are available and those needed but not available. Describe service gaps/interventions that could be used (primary, secondary, tertiary) that could fill gaps in resources.

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Migrant workers and immigrants

Select a vulnerable population in your community which will be Migrant workers and immigrants. To do this, conduct a windshield survey in your community (Homestead, FL). A windshield survey is completed by observing a population by looking out of a window of your car (or a bus, or riding your bike) to identify a vulnerable population in your community. Conduct research on your chosen population via the Internet and by calling or visiting your local health department. Develop a PowerPoint presentation to communicate your observations and research.

Complete the Windshield survey.
From the vulnerable population observed, research the population
Identify the vulnerable population in detail.
Identify health risks and needs of the vulnerable population.
Identify resources that are available and those needed but not available.
Describe service gaps/interventions that could be used (primary, secondary, tertiary) that could fill gaps in resources.
Summarize your findings for each of the different categories.
Prepare a PowerPoint presentation to communicate your observations and research.

What is nursing to me? Why is nursing important to me? What nursing theory do I feel best guides my nursing practice? What are the qualities, skills, and values of a nurse? How do I intend to personally impact society through my nursing career?

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Nursing career

What is nursing to me?
Why is nursing important to me?
What nursing theory do I feel best guides my nursing practice?
What are the qualities, skills, and values of a nurse?
How do I intend to personally impact society through my nursing career?

Share one of these experiences with us and tell us what you learned from the situation as you self-reflect. How did this experience help you with other situations in your nursing career?

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Collaboration cafe week 2 NR 501

Share an experience or situation in which you felt underprepared or challenged. The situation could be your first full code on a patient or visitor, a precipitous delivery, a patient dying, or many other situations in which you just did not feel like you had enough information or knowledge related to handling the situation.  Share one of these experiences with us and tell us what you learned from the situation as you self-reflect. How did this experience help you with other situations in your nursing career?

Conduct a search for 10 peer-reviewed, translational research articles published within the last 5 years that demonstrate support for your PICOT. Use the “Literature Evaluation Table” provided to evaluate the articles and explain how the research supports your PICOT.

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Evidence-Based Practice Project: Evaluation of Literature Table

The second document is the Literature table that needs to be completed for the assignment.

The purpose of this assignment is to provide research evidence in support of the PICOT you developed for your selected topic.

Conduct a search for 10 peer-reviewed, translational research articles published within the last 5 years that demonstrate support for your PICOT. You may include previous research articles from assignments completed in this course. Use the “Literature Evaluation Table” provided to evaluate the articles and explain how the research supports your PICOT.

Once your instructor returns this assignment, review the feedback and make any revisions necessary. If you are directed by your instructor to select different articles in order to meet the assignment criteria or to better support your PICOT, make these changes accordingly. You will use the literature evaluated in this assignment for all subsequent assignments you develop as part of your evidence-based practice project proposal in this course and in NUR-590, during which you will synthesize all of the sections into a final written paper detailing your evidence-based practice project proposal.

Write a 1000 word APA formatted essay about how to achieve success as a nursing student in the RDPN program.

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How to achieve success as a nursing student in the RDPN program

Write a 1000 word APA formatted essay about how to achieve success as a nursing student in the RDPN program.

The title page and reference list do not ‘count’ (are irrelevant) toward the 1000 words permitted.

Expectations:

Focus on THREE points of focus related to your ONE chosen topic of nursing student success. Be sure to state these three points of focus in your thesis statement.

For example: Prioritization, Time Management and Motivation.

• Opening paragraph needs to capture your audience and introduce your short paper. A thesis statement at the end of your introductory paragraph is mandatory.
• Each topic sentence of each body paragraph introduces the point of focus for that paragraph. (Each topic sentence in each body paragraph appears in the order stated in the thesis statement.)
• The final paragraph summarizes the main points that you discussed in your essay and restates your thesis statement in a new and interesting way.

What did your nursing quantitative research article add to your knowledge on this topic?  Using the skills you have learned in your critique of a research article, describe two strengths or two weaknesses that you found as you read this article.

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Module 4 – finding the evidence

Instructions for Completing Your Assignment
  • Step one: Using the topic list from module 2, identify a nursing clinical practice topic that you would like to explore.

 

  • Step two: Use the PICO(T) question in the final form approved by your instructor or coach. If your question was not approved in module 2, you may continue to dialogue with your coach or instructor up until Wednesday of week 4. If you still have not had a question approved by that time read the instructions for developing a PICO(T) question carefully and be sure to follow them. Coaches and instructors will not advise you regarding PICO(T) questions after Wednesday of week 4.

 

  • Step three: Search for a nursing quantitative research article that relates to your PICO question using Academic Search Complete, CINHAL, Pubmed, Google Scholar, or any other database that contains nursing research articles.  Please note: you can use the article that you submitted in Module Two to meet this requirement so long as it was approved.
  • The article you will find must meet the following mandatory requirements:
    • It must be based on the approved topic list unless other arrangements were made with your instructor or coach.
    • It must be from a nursing research journal or have a nurse as an author.
    • It must be no more than 5 years old from the current publication year.
    • It must include implications and / or interventions that are applicable to nursing practice.
    • It may not be a qualitative article, systematic review, meta-synthesis, meta-analysis, meta-summary, integrative review, retrospective study, evidence based practice project, or quality improvement article. For more information on how to recognize these types of article see Grove & Gray (2019) pp. 21-23.
    • It may not be a clinical information article or “how-to” article.

 

  • Step Four: Collecting More Evidence (Do the research)
    • Find a credible scholarly or government resource published within the past 5 years that provides you with at least two facts (ex. costs, morbidity, mortality, safety, or other related statistics) for why your clinical problem is important (provide statistics). (The internet is a great place to get this information…just don’t forget to cite this information and add it to your reference page).
    • Find a clinical practice guideline that relates to your question. It must have information that relates to the role of the nurse.  The guideline must be the most recent version or published within the past five years. (It is true that guidelines are not always updated within 5 years so you will need to discuss this.) There are several websites listed in your textbook that can help with searching for guidelines. The UTA library also has resources for clinical practice guidelines. If the source you use is not actually a clinical practice guideline you will lose a substantial amount of points on your paper.
    • Find a clinical “how-to” article, a nursing professional practice website, a systematic literature review, a meta-analysis, or some other credible academic resource published within the past 5 years that relates to your practice question.
    • Hint: Did you notice that you will be finding a total of four different sources of information for your PICO question? To re-cap, these four sources are:
      • Statistics you are reporting in paragraph one.
      • Nursing quantitative research article for paragraphs 2, 3, and 4
      • Clinical Practice Guideline (paragraph 5)
      • A source of your choosing (paragraph 6)

 

  • Step Five: Write up your findings in APA format and submit them to assignment portal by the due date and time listed in your syllabus. Here’s how to write up your findings:
    • Start with a 7th edition APA cover page. An example is provided by the instructor. The paper itself (not including cover page and references should be six pages or less)
    • Paragraph #1: This is your opening paragraph. Start with an introduction statement. What is your PICO question? Describe why was it important (share the dollars, morbidity / mortality, statistics, safety stats you found with citation)? Paragraph #1 does not have a heading. You should put the title of your whole paper in the center in bold font where a heading would go. For the rest of the paragraphs, use the following headings: Summary of Research Article, Major Variables, Strengths and Weaknesses, Practice Guideline, Fourth Resource, Conclusion.
    • Paragraph #2: What did your nursing quantitative research article add to your knowledge on this topic?  State the design. Researchers use all sorts of different terms to describe designs, but you should use one of the broad terms mentioned in our textbook (descriptive, correlational, predictive correlational, experimental, or quasi-experimental). State the sampling method (also using one of the sampling method terms discussed in your textbook), and setting of the study (this should only take one sentence: e.g. “Smith and Johnson conducted a predictive correlational study using a convenience sample from a psychiatric outpatient clinic.”). State the major findings of the study (maximum 3 findings). The findings you share should come from the results or discussion settings and should be relevant to your PICO question and your practice as a nurse.
    • Paragraph #3. Mention the major research variables in your article. Do not include demographic variables unless they are important to the results of the study. For each major variable, give a conceptual and operational definition (if the authors did not give a conceptual definition you can say “not given”). However, you can always say something about the operational definitions for variables because the authors must discuss the way in which variables are measured. Give the level of measurement for each variable (nominal, ordinal, interval, or ratio).

 

  • Paragraph #4: Using the skills you have learned in your critique of a research article, describe two strengths or two weaknesses (or one strength and one weakness) that you found as you read this article. Go back to what you learned in your article critique about sampling methods, measurement methods (ex. questionnaires), and data collection (how did they collect the data to make sure you are being thorough in your assessment. Be specific, so that your instructor, if reading the article, can find them too.  Do not re-state the limitations provided by the authors of your study unless they have to do with the study’s sampling, measurement methods, or data collection.  Do not discuss the research design or the descriptive or inferential statistics used by the authors as a strength or weakness of the study, as this is not related to with the study’s sampling, measurement methods, or data collection.
  • Paragraph #5: What is the name and of the clinical practice guideline that you found?  Give a weblink and an APA citation for the guideline. Share at least three facts that you found within the guideline that is relevant to the PICO question and your practice as a BSN nurse and cite the guideline appropriately. Make sure the source you cite is actually a clinical practice guideline with advice directed toward healthcare professionals.
  • Paragraph #6: Identify the fourth resource you found (clinical “how-to” article, a nursing professional practice website, a systematic literature review, or a meta-analysis) that relates to your practice question. Share at least three facts that you found within this source that is relevant to the PICO question and your practice as a nurse, and cite appropriately.
  • Paragraph #7 (and #8 if needed): re-state your PICO question and briefly summarize what you have learned through your search. Include information from each of your sources, and be sure to cite them all. Then, give specific recommendations for nursing practice. What would you recommend, if anything, as a change in practice for nurses? Why?  Remember, this is your closing paragraph(s).
  • Note to students about writing up your findings:

 

Describe your target community and provide the rational for the development of a community health promotion program. Evaluate two selected health promotion approaches. Include rational for incorporating these approaches and provide an overview of each approach in the assessment, planning and evaluation phases of the planned health promotion program.

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Development of a Community Health Promotion Program

Purpose
The purpose of this assignment is to provide you with an opportunity to develop a health promotion program. Your program will address the community health diagnosis you identified in Assignment 3. The program must incorporate two health promotion approaches and will demonstrate an understanding of community planning, implementation, evaluation and the role of the community health nurse. Please note you are not expected to carry out the health promotion program that you develop.

Assignment Guidelines
Describe your target community and provide the rational for the development of a community health promotion program.

Based on your community diagnosis from Assignment 3, outline a plan for a health promotion program that incorporates two health promotion approaches. These health promotion approaches can include but are not limited to community social action, community development, social planning, community organizing, service extension (see Planning a Community Health Program chapter in your text).

Formulate an overarching goal and 3-4 specific objectives related to the planned health promotion program. It should include a rational for the goals and objectives as well as outcome measures necessary in the evaluation of the program.

Hint: Consider using a program logic model or similarly structured overview (as an appendix) to present the program goals, objectives and outcome data in detail.

Evaluate two selected health promotion approaches. Include rational for incorporating these approaches and provide an overview of each approach in the assessment, planning and evaluation phases of the planned health promotion program.

Summarize the strengths and limitations of these two approaches in relation to your health promotion program.

Explain the role of the community health nurse within the planned health promotion program

Create a comprehensive Rubric of one assessment – where nursing students are to EXPLAIN the activities involved in every step of a Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) in an ADULT patient.

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Rubric Development

Create a comprehensive Rubric of one assessment – where nursing students are to EXPLAIN the activities involved in every step of a Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) in an ADULT patient. Total score to equal 35 points.

Describe the impact of personal experiences on self-concept. Apply understanding of personal self-concept to the patient’s self-concept. Write a one page paper describing significant experiences in your life, how you have integrated them into the person you are now and how they contribute to your relationship with patients.

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Reflection Paper # 3 – Contribution of Life Experience to Self-concept

Purpose:

  • To assist students in understanding how significant events in one’s life play a big part in the person we grow up to be
  • To allow students to understand the impact that past experiences, upbringing and community have on decision making
  • To engage in self-reflection as a means of values clarification and self-actualization.
  • To better relate to patients through an understanding that identity is influenced by personal experiences and forms the basis for behavioral expression and interpersonal reaction to the environment (Arnold & Boggs, 2011)

Learning objectives:

  • Describe the impact of personal experiences on self-concept.
  • Apply understanding of personal self-concept to the patient’s self-concept.
  • Relate knowledge of the patient’s self-concept to the nurse-patient relationship

Instructions:

  • Our collective experiences contribute to the person we have become. Experiences are internalized from a number of sources:  Birth order, how we were treated within the family, educational experiences, the friends we had, the environment in which we grew up, etc.
  • Think about your experiences from childhood to your current age. What kind of experiences influenced your life and the person you have become?  Not all experiences are positive but they all have an impact and need to be integrated into our lives. Describe the significant influences in your life and their influences, both positive and negative. How have you integrated these experiences into your life and the person you have become?
  • How do you believe your experience(s) can help you in your relationship with patients?
  • Write a one page paper describing significant experiences in your life, how you have integrated them into the person you are now and how they contribute to your relationship with patients.