How is self-concept different from self-esteem? What shapes your personal self-concept? Do you think you have a healthy or correct view of who you are?

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The skill of Self confidence

 

Part I.

Who am I? This is a question that challenges us throughout our lifetimes. Sometimes we may have an ‘ideal self’ that we think we are or want to be, but there are disconnects between that goal and our ‘real self.’ Watch this TED Talk about self-esteem being a skill, and reflect on the following questions:

 

How is self-concept different from self-esteem? What shapes your personal self-concept? Do you think you have a healthy or correct view of who you are?
Do you agree or disagree with the TED speaker who suggests that self-esteem is a skill that you can develop? What are some ways that you can increase your personal self-esteem?
There are many benefits and risks of self-disclosure. What are some personal benefits or risks that you have experienced regarding self-disclosure? How do you manage levels of self-disclosure in face to face communication? Computer-mediated communication? Are there differences in disclosure levels depending on the medium that you are using to communicate?

Part II.

Compare and contrast reflected appraisal and social comparison as influences on the development of a self-concept. How do your friends and relatives affirm and reinforce your perceptions of yourself?
As people age, their self-concepts tend to change. Looking back over the last few years of your life, think about how you have changed the way you think about yourself. Identify and describe at least two of those changes. Next, describe the process by which your self-concept changed. Make sure to include ideas and concepts from the book and/or class in your answer.

Based on the research described by Kraus, Piff, Mendoza-Denton, Rheinschmidt, and Keltner (2012), what might organizations and communities risk by pretending to ignore social class?

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Acknowledging social class

Identify ways in which you as a leader could address social class differences in an organization or community.

Based on the research described by Kraus, Piff, Mendoza-Denton, Rheinschmidt, and Keltner (2012), what might organizations and communities risk by pretending to ignore social class?

Kraus, M. W., Piff, P. K., Mendoza-Denton, R., Rheinschmidt, M. L., & Keltner, D. (2012). Social class, solipsism, and contextualism: How the rich are different from the poor (Links to an external site.). Psychological Review, 119(3), 546-572. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0028756

Had he not enough faith? Was God punishing him or James?

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Case Study: Healing and Autonomy

Mike and Joanne are the parents of James and Samuel, identical twins born 8 years ago. James is currently suffering from acute glomerulonephritis, kidney failure. James was originally brought into the hospital for complications associated with a strep throat infection. The spread of the A streptococcus infection led to the subsequent kidney failure. James’s condition was acute enough to warrant immediate treatment. Usually cases of acute glomerulonephritis caused by strep infection tend to improve on their own or with an antibiotic. However, James also had elevated blood pressure and enough fluid buildup that required temporary dialysis to relieve.
The attending physician suggested immediate dialysis. After some time of discussion with Joanne, Mike informs the physician that they are going to forego the dialysis and place their faith in God. Mike and Joanne had been moved by a sermon their pastor had given a week ago, and also had witnessed a close friend regain mobility when she was prayed over at a healing service after a serious stroke. They thought it more prudent to take James immediately to a faith healing service instead of putting James through multiple rounds of dialysis. Yet, Mike and Joanne agreed to return to the hospital after the faith healing services later in the week, and in hopes that James would be healed by then.
Two days later the family returned and was forced to place James on dialysis, as his condition had deteriorated. Mike felt perplexed and tormented by his decision to not treat James earlier. Had he not enough faith? Was God punishing him or James? To make matters worse, James’s kidneys had deteriorated such that his dialysis was now not a temporary matter and was in need of a kidney transplant. Crushed and desperate, Mike and Joanne immediately offered to donate one of their own kidneys to James, but they were not compatible donors. Over the next few weeks, amidst daily rounds of dialysis, some of their close friends and church members also offered to donate a kidney to James. However, none of them were tissue matches.
James’s nephrologist called to schedule a private appointment with Mike and Joanne. James was stable, given the regular dialysis, but would require a kidney transplant within the year. Given the desperate situation, the nephrologist informed Mike and Joanne of a donor that was an ideal tissue match, but as of yet had not been considered—James’s brother Samuel.
Mike vacillates and struggles to decide whether he should have his other son Samuel lose a kidney or perhaps wait for God to do a miracle this time around. Perhaps this is where the real testing of his faith will come in? Mike reasons, “This time around it is a matter of life and death. What could require greater faith than that?”

In a total of 500 words, describe how principalism would be applied according to the Christian worldview.

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Week 3 paper

This assignment will incorporate a common practical tool in helping clinicians begin to ethically analyze a case. Organizing the data in this way will help you apply the four principles and four boxes approach.

Based on the “Case Study: Healing and Autonomy” and other required topic study materials, you will complete the “Applying the Four Principles: Case Study” document that includes the following:

Part 1: Chart

This chart will formalize the four principles and four boxes approach and the four-boxes approach by organizing the data from the case study according to the relevant principles of biomedical ethics: autonomy, beneficence, nonmaleficence, and justice.

Part 2: Evaluation

This part includes questions, to be answered in a total of 500 words, that describe how principalism would be applied according to the Christian worldview.

Conclude with two recommendations that you wish to see happen related to your issue, such as a vote for or against, a change in policy, or the introduction of new legislation.

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Position Paper

Topic –Costs and transparency in healthcare

Appear very professional with the legislator’s name and title on top and your name and your credentials at the bottom.
Condense essential information in one, single-spaced page, excluding the title and reference list pages.
Be written using correct grammar, spelling, punctuation, syntax, and APA format.
Clearly describe the issue that you are addressing in the opening paragraph.
Include 3–4 bullet points regarding why you are seeking the legislator’s vote, support, or opposition. Bullet points should be clear and concise but not repetitive and should reflect current literature that substantiates your position.
Summarize the implications for the nursing profession and/or patients.
Conclude with two recommendations that you wish to see happen related to your issue, such as a vote for or against, a change in policy, or the introduction of new legislation.
Use current APA Style, correct grammar, and references as appropriate.

Create a report summary of the responses made to your Social Media Posts and your responses. Evaluate your experience.

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Mental Health Teaching Plan

You may choose one of the following topics for your Mental Health Promotion Plan :
Mental Health effects with regards  to the Pandemic
Mental Health and men
Mental Health and persons who are disabled
Mental Health and the adolescent

** Then after you choose one of the above topic areas
Obtain an educational pamphlet from the SAMHSA or NAMI Website.
Tailor the educational pamphlet to the VI audience.
Send the educational pamphlet to my email after you have tailored it for the VI audience.
Upload the educational pamphet to your Social Media.
Create a report summary of the responses made to your Social Media Posts and your responses.
Evaluate your experience.

What contacts and/or arrangements have you already made with the selected field experience site? What kind of activities, services, population, and resources does your proposed site provide that will relate to your field experience?

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Field Experience Site Details

1) What contacts and/or arrangements have you already made with the selected field experience site?

2) Describe the daily duties and tasks of your proposed preceptor and how they will relate to your field experience.

3) What kind of activities, services, population, and resources does your proposed site provide that will relate to your field experience?

4) Describe how the site provides appropriate learning opportunities for the application of knowledge (theory, methodology, research), skills to practice, and the development of professional competence, including appropriate facilities to enhance learning (adequate workspace, access to telephone and computers for site-related work).

What are my racial, ethnic, national origins? How does my gender and class define me? Are there particular myths, rituals, or stories I remember from childhood that have helped to define me?

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Gender and Culture Paper

This assignment asks you to examine your own cultural identity – to describe how you define yourself as a cultural being – and to show how that affects your communication style. The following questions are to help you construct that definition. You don’t need to answer every question, and there may be points you include in your paper that aren’t addressed by these questions, but these can be used as starting points.

What are my racial, ethnic, national origins?
How does my gender and class define me?
Are there particular myths, rituals, or stories I remember from childhood that have helped to define me?
How does my personal cultural profile affect my relationship to American culture?
How does my personal cultural profile affect how I communicate with friends and family, or in other experiences like an internship, the classroom, or a club?
Apply a minimum of three communication terms from our book to explain the context of your responses with application of how your communication behaviors are impacted regarding the questions above.

Explain where you have witnessed these nonverbal communication cues. What was the situation? How did the nonverbal communication affect the verbal communication?

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Discussion 6: Nonverbal Communication

Part I. Below is a link to a video that conveys a short story of an interpersonal interaction, solely with the use of nonverbal communication. Watch the clip below and look for types of nonverbal communication that you see being used.

Watch PIXAR’s “Lifted” short video (or copy/paste the link into a new browser window):
Lifted – Pixar (Links to an external site.)
Lifted – Pixar

 

For your initial post in this discussion, please include an explanation of how these nonverbal dynamics are presented in the clip:

Haptics
Chronemics
Eye behaviors
Vocalics
Gestures

Part II. Think about where you have seen this same nonverbal cue(s) in your own life. Share a personal example in which you explain where you have witnessed these nonverbal communication cues. What was the situation? How did the nonverbal communication affect the verbal communication? What other terms from chapter 6 were present in your interaction?

Discuss the pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, diagnostic criteria, and treatment for each clinical model selected.

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Unit 8 discussion post

Topic: Altered Mood, Attention, and Behavior, Altered Somatic and Special Sensory Function, and Degenerative Changes in Aging

Indicate which clinical models you chose in the subject line of your initial post.

Select one clinical model illustrating altered mood, attention, and behavior or one clinical model illustrating altered somatic and special sensory function, and one model representing degenerative changes in aging. Discuss the pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, diagnostic criteria, and treatment for each clinical model selected.