In response to your peers, provide strategies to address these ethical issues 

 

1# As a professional therapist, if I find myself attracted to a client, it would be  important for me to prioritize my professional ethics and boundaries. I would first acknowledge my own feelings and then seek consultation or supervision from a more experienced colleague or supervisor to gain guidance and support in handling this situation appropriately. It would be crucial for me as a therapist to maintain objectivity and provide a safe therapeutic environment for my  client. That’s the steps I would take if I found myself attracted to a client.

If a client reveals an attraction to me, I would respond in a professional and compassionate manner. I would validate the client’s feelings but clearly communicate that the therapeutic relationship is based on trust, confidentiality, and a focus on his/her well-being. I would emphasize the importance of maintaining professional boundaries and redirect the client’s attention back to their therapeutic goals and needs.

Question for the class: How can therapists effectively navigate and manage situations where there is a potential for attraction or romantic feelings to develop between themselves and their clients, while maintaining professional boundaries and ethical standards?

2# Sexual feelings and attraction towards a client is a natural occurrence with in the realms of human nature. This phenomenon is very common in work settings. How we handle those feelings with in a professional/work setting is a key aspect of managing these feelings. This could mean limiting the interaction, and avoiding any intimate setting when treating clients. How must we cope with the establishing boundaries for sexual attraction? When dealing with clients as a counselor, it is important to remain professional at all times, following the guidelines for Code Of Ethics. When dealing with these feelings, acknowledging these emotions is the first step in coping with the sexual tension, one may feel towards clients. The next and appropriate step is to seek counsel to gain clarity on how to resolve these feelings, and maintain a professional work decorum. By seeking counsel, you may be able to uncover some underlining issues that are causing these feeling, making it easier to understand why and how to properly deal with sexual attraction to a client, and keeping your feeling in check. If at this point, you find that these feeling are unresolved, you must end the professional relationship, in order to not cross the boundaries. Refer the client to another therapist.

In responding to a clients affection towards the counselor, It is still important to remain professional, and set clear boundaries for clients within the bonds of counseling. In the process, explain expectations to the client for boundaries. Make sure you take the necessary steps to not to offend or embarrass the client or make them feel unworthy of your services. Client often times find comfort in their therapist and seek their affection in the process of healing. Although, you want your clients to feel comfort around you, you do not want to create an uncomfortable work environment for yourself or the client. So handling this matter is important. If the steps or measure that you have taken to address are not followed by the client, you may need to seek other counseling for your client to protect your livelihood.

Darlene, age 32 years, has been having back pain for a number of years, ever since suffering a compressed L2 disc as the result of a motor vehicle accident that led to surgery and extensive physiotherapy. Now she is missing time from work as a secretary because of constant pain. Darlene has been referred to you for chronic pain.

1. As the nurse practitioner working with Darlene, what aspects of disorders of pain are important to understand?
2. How would you effectively manage Darlene’s pain at this time?

Instructions: discussion post, 1 page is long enough. APA format. Has to have 3 references. 

Preparation

The feedback you received on your care setting environmental analysis has been positive. Consequently, you have been asked to select one of the potential improvement projects you noted in your analysis and create a full, 5–10-year strategic plan to achieve the desired quality and safety improvement outcomes. You will develop your strategic plan, using either an AI approach (addressing the design stage), or by building on your SWOT analysis and applying a strategic planning model of your choice.

How you structure your plan should be based on whether you are taking an appreciative inquiry approach or using a specific strategic planning model. Regardless of the approach you choose, the requester of the plan has asked that you address the key points outlined below in the strategic plan requirements. In addition, your plan should be 6–8 pages in length.

As you prepare to complete this assessment, you may want to think about other related issues to deepen your understanding or broaden your viewpoint. You are encouraged to consider the questions below and discuss them with a fellow learner, a work associate, an interested friend, or a member of your professional community. Note that these questions are for your own development and exploration and do not need to be completed or submitted as part of your assessment.

Strategic planning models aid in setting goals, establishing time frames, and forging a path toward achieving those goals. Consider the strategic planning models you are familiar with:

• Which model would you choose to create goals and outcomes that could address the area of concern you identified in your Assessment 1 SWOT analysis?
• Why is this model the best choice among alternatives?
• How does goal setting through appreciative inquiry provocative propositions differ from goal setting in the strategic planning model you selected?

 Strategic Plan

• Develop strategic goal statements and outcomes that reflect specific quality and safety improvements for your care setting. You should have at least one short-term goal (just-in-time to one year) and one long-term goal (five years or longer).
  • Determine realistic timelines for achieving your goals.
  • Explain how your short-term goals support your long-term goals.

Note: For plans based on an AI approach, the goal statements and outcomes are provocative propositions that may be refinements of the positive, yet attainable, goals that you proposed during the dream phase of your inquiry. For plans based on a SWOT analysis, the goal statements and outcomes are specific, measurable, and applicable to the area of concern in your analysis for which you proposed pursuing improvements.

• Justify the relevance of your proposed strategic goals and outcomes in relation to the mission, vision, and values of your care setting.
• Analyze the extent to which your strategic goals and outcomes, and your approach to achieving them, address:
  • The ethical environment.
  • The cultural environment.
  • The use of technology.
  • Applicable health care policies, laws, and regulations.
• Explain, in general, how you will use relevant leadership and health care theories to help achieve your proposed strategic goals and outcomes.
  • Consider whether different theories are more applicable to the short-term or long-term goals of your strategic plan.
• Evaluate the leadership qualities and skills that are most important to successfully implementing your proposed plan and sustaining strategic direction.
  • Identify those leadership qualities and skills that are essential to achieving your goals and outcomes and sustaining strategic direction.
  • Identify those leadership qualities and skills that will have the greatest effect on the success of your plan.

 Make your assessment of the “Garifuna Culture” as it relates to “Hispanic Culture”. You must compare and contrast the similarities or differences that are shared by the “Hispanic Cultural” practices.  If there are no identifiable common “Culture” traits, then explain. 

MLA Format- 1,000 words.  Include a cover page containing your name, class title, etc. and a separate Reference page with the cover shall not count towards your WORD COUNT limitation. 

Listen to videos:

  (3) The Garifuna Heritage Pt 1 – YouTube 

 (3) The Garifuna Heritage Pt 2 – YouTube 

Answer the following questions into the homework:

 

1. What is this elusive concept that is defined as “Culture”

2. What are the elements of “Culture” and its Various components?

3. What are “Cultural Values Versus Cultural Beliefs?

4. What is “Cultural Relativism Vs Ethnocentricim?

 

Write 1-2 paragraphs reflecting on your learning for the week. Guiding questions are provided or you may write about what you felt was most significant to you for the week.

• What do you most look forward to in your new role as an NP?
• What concerns do you have about transitioning to the role?
• Did anything about the APN roles surprise you?