Marjorie Benton

Psychopathology of mental health patients

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Purpose: Analyze and apply critical thinking skills in the psychopathology of mental health patients and provide treatment and health promotion while applying evidence-based research.
Scenario: Jax is a 66-year-old Caucasian female whose wife has encouraged her to seek treatment. She has never been in therapy before, and has no history of depression or anxiety. However, her alcohol use has recently been getting in the way of her marriage, and interfering with her newly-retired life. She describes drinking increasing amounts over the last year, currently consuming approximately a six-pack of beer per day. She notes that this amount “doesn’t give me the same buzz as it used to.” She denies ever experiencing “the shakes” or any other withdrawal symptoms if she skips a day of drinking.

Jax comments that her wife is her biggest motivation to decrease her alcohol use. She tells Jax that she gets argumentative and irritable when she drinks, though she does not always remember these incidents. She has also fallen while intoxicated twice, causing bruises both times and hitting her head on one of the occasions.
Questions: Remember to answer these questions from your textbooks and NP guidelines. At all times, explain your answers.

1.    Describe the presenting problems/issues. Is there any information that was not provided that you would need to formulate a diagnosis?

2.    Generate a primary and differential diagnosis using the DSM5 and ICD 10 codes.

3.    What physiological and psychological processes lead to substance dependence?

 

Submission Instructions:

  • Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in current APA style with support from at least 2 academic sources.  Your initial post is worth 8 points.
  • You should respond to at least two of your peers by extending, refuting/correcting, or adding additional nuance to their posts. Your reply posts are worth 2 points (1 point per response.)
  • All replies must be constructive and use literature where possible.
  • Please post your initial response by 11:59 PM ET Thursday, and comment on the posts of two classmates by 11:59 PM ET Sunday.

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The connection between addiction and substance abuse has a genetic component, which runs in the family, and can be passed down generations. Other people become addicted to substances for several reasons, including physiological and psychological factors. Some psychological factors include stress, history of trauma, or even peer pressure (McHugh & Weiss, 2019). Others are affected by physiological factors such as accessibility of a substance, low cost of the drugs, presence of family members abusing substances.

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Psychopathology of mental health patients

Marjorie Benton

Health care disparities gap in the LGBTQ community

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Discuss how to close the health care disparities gap in the LGBTQ community?

Submission Instructions:

Requirements: 500 word

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Once such information is available, health care professionals can better care for members of this community (Gahagan & Subirana-Malaret, 2018). One of the major reasons accessing care is quite challenging for LGBTQ individuals is the lack of cultural competency, especially amongst health care professionals (Aleshire et al., 2019). Such a phenomenon often results in health care professionals letting bias and misconceptions related to this community affect how they interact with and care for LGBTQ patients. In addition, since members of this community are aware that health care professionals hold such biases, they will often refrain from informing healthcare professionals that they belong to this community (Aleshire et al., 2019). When this happens, accessing personalized, safe, and high-quality care will be challenging, an aspect that affects their health and outcomes. To prevent such outcomes, health care organizations should introduce diversity training for their health care professionals

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Health care disparities gap in the LGBTQ community

Marjorie Benton

Emotional and Mental Status Testing

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Assessment Description

In a Word document, provide short answers to the questions below. Each answer should be 250-300 words in length.

While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center

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Social media is one of the most popular technological advances of the last two decades. The invention of social media significantly transformed how people interact and communicate, especially for those located in separate geographical locations (Smailhodzic et al., 2016). Like other human beings, counselors are allowed to enjoy the benefits associated with being active users of social media. Despite this, they should ensure that their use of social media should not undermine the professional relationship they have with their patients and colleagues. Since patients are also on social media, at times, some of them might start engaging with their counselors through social media platforms (Smailhodzic et al., 2016). Even though this is not entirely wrong, it can present some ethical issues, especially when patients insist on engaging with a counselor outside working hours. Counselors are expected to collaborate and share

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Emotional and Mental Status Testing

Marjorie Benton

Colonoscopy

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Part 2: Infographic

Create an infographic on the importance of one of the concepts for the module (either screenings or vaccines for older adults). Include at least (2) two scholarly sources, cited per APA on the infographic where used and add the references at the bottom of the infographic.

Choose one older adult community population (Examples: men, women, certain ethnic groups, etc.) and create an infographic on a topic of preventative screenings or vaccines for this population. Choose to focus on one specific preventative screening (like colonoscopy) or one specific vaccine (like pneumovax).

View websites on how to create an 8 X 11.5 color infographic (one-page Word or pdf. document), but do not purchase formatting options.

Requirements: 1 pages

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  • Colonoscopy is a screening procedure utilized by physicians to examine bowel lining (Rastogi, A., & Wani, 2017).
  • It detects abnormalities in the bowel.
  • Allows the doctors to detect the presence or absence of precancerous bowel

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Colonoscopy

Marjorie Benton

Substance abuse

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Please find the rubric attached.

Each student will be required to complete the term project, which is a research proposal written in an APA Style. The project should have at least 8-10 pages of substance not counting the cover and reference page. Please include a Cover Page, an abstract, and a list of references. The research proposal you write in this course will NOT be sent to the IRB for approval. This is because you will not be conducting actual research for the purpose of this class. You will, however, gain insight as to how to write a research proposal.

Each student will be required to complete a research proposal, as the term project. The research proposal will include the following:

The research proposal (Term Project) must be in a Word Document (.doc) uploaded to the student’s folder through the assignment section. Students will be required to use at least five scholarly references in their work.

Students are required to follow APA Style guidelines.

Please make sure that you are using the course-writing rubric to use as a checklist so that you write a solid paper.

Students must use a topic, which was approved by the instructor or their research proposal.

Do not include quotes in your work. The student needs to display good critical thinking skills and not a string of quotes written by published authors. Your proposal is what is needed for a successful research project to be conducted in the future.

Do not wait until the last minute to research, write, format, and edit. Proper time management is required to turn in a quality research proposal that highlights your understanding of how to conduct scholarly research.

Your Term Project must be submitted by the end of week 8. No late submissions will be accepted past the official end of the semester.

Due Sunday 11:59 pm EST

Requirements: 8-10 pages

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psilocybin have, for an extended period, emphasized understanding its effectiveness for addressing psychological issues with sensory perception abnormalities such as depression and anxiety. However, its efficacy in treating substance use disorders such as addiction has also been studied. Daniel & Haberman (2018) concluded that psilocybin is an effective alternative agent that can be used to help expectant mothers overcome their tobacco addiction. Other studies have also established the effectiveness of psilocybin. Carhart-Harris & Goodwin (2017) took a holistic approach to understand the potential of this intervention by assessing its efficacy. Carhart-Harris & Goodwin (2017) concluded that repurposing of psychedelics could help treat psychological disorders, such as tobacco dependency in expectant women.

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Substance abuse

Marjorie Benton

Episodic illness

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Topic: Headache

Process and Diagnostics

Your objective is to determine diagnostic workup based on the differential diagnosis for clients presenting with an episodic illness in the care setting.

Headache is an exceedingly common symptom in primary care and other practice settings, ranking among the top 10 most frequent symptoms that prompt an office visit. Diagnosis and management are based on a careful clinical approach augmented by an understanding of the anatomy, physiology, and pharmacology of the nervous system pathways that mediate the various headache syndromes.

A 35-year-old woman comes to your office to discuss her “bad headaches,” which started after having her first child 2 years ago. The headaches sometimes awaken her from sleep and at times can be disabling and occasionally require her to take Tylenol and rest in a dark room. Sometimes she vomits during an attack. Over the past 6 months, her headaches have become more severe and frequent, prompting her visit today.

Requirements: 4 paragraphs

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Category of IT Portfolio Management the Technology Comes Under and Why

3D technology comes under strategic portfolio management. This involves an external focus on surpassing competitors through alignment of production with changing customer expectations or responding to competitors’ activity (GRA, 2017, April 11). However, the technology also supports manufacturing to improve manufacturing efficiency; hence it can involve support portfolios depending on the nature of its application. Particularly 3D printing application helps reduce inventory level and costs. Each organization has a unique key business driver for investment in 3D technology.

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Episodic illness

Marjorie Benton

Quality measurement point-of-care tools

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Assessment Description

The purpose of this assignment is to explore the many point-of-care tools available to assist with data acquisition, analysis, and decision-making and to research how these tools can assist with quality measurement.

For the first part of this assignment, research three quality measurement point-of-care tools used in the health care environment. On the “Quality Measurement Point-of-Care Tools” chart, identify each tool and analyze its ability to assist with data acquisition, analysis, and decision making in health care. Include references for any sources used to complete the chart.

For the second part of this assignment, use the information gathered from the chart to write a 500-750-word paper that answers the following questions:

  1. Explain how your chosen point-of-care tools contribute to quality of service through data acquisition, analysis, and decision making.
  2. Discuss the impact that these point-of-care tools can have on quality standards.
  3. Discuss the impact of quality standards on organizational operations.
  4. Reflect on your thoughts related to point-of-care tools and decision making.

Include an introduction and conclusion, and be sure to cite a minimum of four peer-reviewed sources.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the 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. A link to the LopesWrite technical support articles is located in Class Resources if you need assistance.

Benchmark Information

This benchmark assignment assesses the following programmatic competency:

MS Health Administration

4.4: Explain the utility of point-of-care tools in data acquisition, analysis, and decision making in health care.

Attachments

Requirements: 500-750-word paper

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Point-of-care tools need to be adopted by every healthcare organization and facility to improve the quality of care through faster and more accurate decision-making. The results provided by these point-of-care tools are usually summarized with the relevant information regarding the diagnosis, treatment, medication, and prevention measures that can best provide positive results. These tools save a lot of time for both the clinicians and the patients. In healthcare, quick but right decision-making saves lives because the patient is given the right care when it’s needed most. These tools also reduce costs such as the cost of hospital stay hence enabling organizations to serve more patients at a time.

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Quality measurement point-of-care tools

Marjorie Benton

Disorders/addictions

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Please create a powerpoint

1) Clearly articulate the ethical issue common to treating substance use disorders/addictions. Please summarize the paragraph below in your own words.

The Ethics of HIV/AIDS

Taking the most ethical course of action becomes even more complex when HIV/AIDS is thrown into the mix of concerns that the client may present. HIV/AIDS has its own unique ethical issues. Because HIV can be transmitted through sexual activity and by sharing drug equipment, it evokes significant personal feelings and judgments in the general public, as well as in health and social service providers. Advocates for persons with HIV have fought for years to maintain confidentiality, avoid mandatory reporting, and ensure access to care for those with the disease. Because of the labels “drug abuser” or “homosexual” and the fear of a backlash toward people with HIV, advocates have been pushing strongly toward preventing discrimination. This has led to creating safeguards to protect these individuals from discrimination in health care, employment, housing, and other services.

2) From the Dolgoff and colleagues (2012) textbook, page 24, discuss how integrity and competence are related to the ethical issue.

3) From the Dolgoff and colleagues (2012) textbook, page 73, complete steps 1 through 7 of the decision making model (Figure 4.1). This would be based off of the ethical issue above.

5) The previous steps helped you analyze an ethical issue. With that said, please discuss how the findings from your analysis can guide your future social work practice in treating substance use disorders/addictions in urban, African American communities.

 

textbook attached below. Thank you

Requirements: powerpoint

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  • Creating a support system for substance abuse patients will help in addressing substance abuse in African American community
  • Enhancing the counselor’s interpersonal skills
  • Will help address emerging issues while providing care to this community
  • Provision of cultural competence care to the patients to promote easier alignment

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Drug abuse

Marjorie Benton

Mental Health Education

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After reading about conclusions in the Activity titled “Conclusion,” find a scholarly article and pay particular attention to its conclusion. Does it meet the requirements of a conclusion according to this Activity? Why or why not? Please provide examples. What steps would you take to improve the conclusion?

Conclusion

Introduction

The conclusion of your literature review should provide a synthesis of all the research you have done so that your reader understands the state of the field or topic. It is also an opportunity to provide your readers with a sense of closure. This section discusses how to effectively conclude your literature review.

Conclusions generally consist of a restatement of your thesis or main idea and a reminder of your work’s significance. Recall that your introductions typically began at a more general level than your research’s limited topic but that you moved from that general, attention-grabbing information, to a specific research question. Your conclusion generally moves in the reverse direction, beginning with the specific points of your argument, and then transitions back out to the larger topic.

In transitioning to the larger stakes of your project, you might address what further research is necessary for a fuller answer to your research question or opposing viewpoints that you do not otherwise address. However, if you use either of these methods for transitioning in your conclusion to the broader topic your research informs, be sure to do so strategically. What you want to avoid is raising any new topics or new questions that your work does not address, as doing so will make your research seem unfinished.

The conclusion of your literature review must achieve closure, a sense that the project is finished. In literature, closure is often achieved through repetition, and so repeating our thesis statements, in new words of course, helps the reader begin to feel closure. The power of repetition to make us feel something is done is most apparent in short poems. Think of something like “Roses are red, violets are blue. Here is a valentine, because I love you.” The rhyme of blue and you create an aural repetition that confers a sense of closure. Compare the sense of ending you have at the final “you” to the suspended feeling after “valentine.” Another example of repetition creating a sense of closure is in closing potentially infinite lists. Think, for example, of a list like “I hate you because…” This list could include almost any attribute. “I hate you because you are tall, because you made fun of my brother, because you are a phony, etc.” If you append a sentence at the end like, “And that is why I hate you,” our expectation becomes that no more items will follow, even though nothing logically demands that the list closed. Part of what confers closure in this longer list is the break that the return to the big picture enacts. Similarly, with your literature review, and because the conclusion follows the last paragraph of your body in which you describe your research and delve into details, returning to the bigger stakes of your research question will seem like a noticeable change in topic. This, in turn, breaks the expectation for additional body paragraphs.

-Post adds value by raising novel points or providing new perspectives.

-Post is concise and clearly written in an academic tone; Sentences are complete; spelling, grammar and punctuation are correct.

Requirements: More than 15 characters. less than 4000 characters

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The conclusion indicates the causes of psychological stress and pressure among students and the need for vocational college students to have resistance and social adaptability that helps them develop. It has a closing statement as it recommends the need for the vocational college to consider mental health awareness that contributes to good psychological development and prepares the students to enter society. This last line indicates the end of the conclusion and that no new topics, ideas, or information will be included or introduced. In order to improve the conclusion, I would use the topic of the paper to introduce what the paper covers. In addition, the conclusion should summarize some of the specific ideas in the paper. This way, it provides information on the whole paper and will ensure the paper summarizes and reinforces the thesis and the main points made.

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Mental Health Education

Marjorie Benton

Code of ethics for nurses and health policy issues

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Ill do the audio voice over. I just need powerpoint and narrative script.

Select a community organization or group that you feel would be interested in learning about ethical and policy issues that affect the coordination of care. Then, develop and record a 10-12-slide, 20-minute presentation, with audio, intended for that audience. Create a detailed narrative script or speakers notes for your presentation, 4-5 pages in length.

Introduction

As coordinators of care, nurses must be aware of the code of ethics for nurses and health policy issues that affect the coordination of care within the context of the community. To help patients navigate the continuum of care, nurses must be proficient at interpreting and applying the code of ethics for nurses and health policy, specifically, the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Being knowledgeable about ethical and policy issues helps ensure that care coordinators are upholding ethical standards and navigating policy issues that affect patient care.

This assessment provides an opportunity for you to develop a presentation for a local community organization of your choice, which provides an overview of ethical standards and relevant policy issues that affect the coordination of care. Completing this assessment will strengthen your understanding of ethical issues and policies related to the coordination and continuum of care, and will empower you to be a stronger advocate and nursing professional.

It would be an excellent choice to complete the Vila Health: Ethical Decision Making activity prior to developing the presentation. The activity provides a helpful update on the ethical principles that will help with success in this assessment.

Preparation

Your nurse manager at the community care center is well connected and frequently speaks to a variety of community organizations and groups. She has noticed the good work you are doing in your new care coordination role and respects your speaking and presentation skills. Consequently, she thought that an opportunity to speak publicly about contemporary issues in care coordination would be beneficial for your career and has suggested reaching out to a community organization or support group to gauge their interest in hearing from you, as a care center representative, on a topic of interest to both you and your prospective audience.

You have agreed that this is a good idea and have decided to research a community organization or support group that might be interested in learning about ethical and policy issues related to the coordination of care. Your manager has suggested the following community organizations and support groups, but acknowledges that the choice is yours.

  • Homeless shelters.
  • Local religious groups.
  • Nursing homes.
  • Local community organizations (Rotary Club or Kiwanis Club).

To prepare for this assessment, you may wish to:

  • Research your selected community organization or support group.
  • Review the Code of Ethics for Nurses With Interpretive Statements and associated health policy issues, specifically, the ACA.
  • Review the assessment instructions and scoring guide to ensure you understand the work you will be asked to complete.
  • Allocate sufficient time to rehearse your presentation before recording the final version for submission.

Instructions

For this assessment:

Presentation Format and Length

You may use PowerPoint (recommended) or other suitable presentation software to create your slides and add your voice over. If you elect to use an application other than PowerPoint, check with your faculty to avoid potential file compatibility issues.

Be sure that your slide deck includes the following slides:

  • Title slide.
    • Presentation title.
    • Your name.
    • Date.
    • Course number and title.
  • References (at the end of your presentation).

Your slide deck should consist of 10-12 slides, not including a title and references slide with typed speaker notes and audio voice over. Your presentation should not exceed 20 minutes.

Create a detailed narrative script for your presentation, approximately 4-5 pages in length.

Supporting Evidence

Cite 3-5 credible sources from peer-reviewed journals or professional industry publications to support your presentation. Include your source citations on a references page appended to your narrative script.

Grading Requirements

The requirements outlined below correspond to the grading criteria in the Ethical and Policy Factors in Care Coordination 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.

  • Explain how governmental policies related to the health and/or safety of the community affect the coordination of care.
  • Identify national, state, and local policy provisions that raise ethical questions or dilemmas for care coordination.
    • What are the implications and consequences of specific policy provisions?
    • What evidence do you have to support your conclusions?
  • Assess the impact of the code of ethics for nurses on the coordination and continuum of care.
    • Consider the factors that contribute to health, health disparities, and access to services.
    • Consider the social determinants of health identified in Healthy People 2020 as a framework for your assessment.
    • Provide evidence to support your conclusions.
  • Communicate key ethical and policy issues in a presentation affecting the coordination and continuum of care for a selected community organization or support group. Either speaker notes or audio voice-over are included for a proficient score; both speaker notes and the audio voice over are included for a distinguished score.
    • Present a concise overview.
    • Support your main points and conclusions with relevant and credible evidence.

Competencies Measured

By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the course competencies through the following assessment scoring guide criteria:

  • Competency 4: Defend decisions based on the code of ethics for nursing.
    • Assess the impact of the code of ethics for nurses on the coordination and continuum of care.
  • Competency 5: Explain how health care policies affect patient-centered care.
    • Explain how governmental policies related to the health and/or safety of a community affect the coordination of care.
    • Identify national, state, and local policy provisions that raise ethical questions or dilemmas for care coordination.
  • Competency 6: Apply professional, scholarly communication strategies to lead patient-centered care.
    • Communicate key ethical and policy issues in a presentation affecting the coordination and continuum of care for a selected community organization or support group. Either speaker notes or audio voice-over are included.

Requirements: 4-5 pages

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Despite the many advantages that the Act has caused, it has also caused different injustices that eventually negatively affect proper care coordination. For instance, the Act limits immigrants from accessing quality and affordable healthcare services in healthcare facilities that include nursing homes. The Act also aimed at increasing the number of expanding the coverage of Medicaid (Alvarez et al., 2018). This raises a dilemma where the increased Medicaid would make many low-wage workers and patients from low-income families receive inferior programs and health care services. The increased coverage would also increase the national debt hence negatively affecting the federal and state health budget, which would eventually affect the coordination of care.

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Code of ethics for nurses and health policy issues