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[Solved] Step 4 Submit

Step 1 Select a favorite dish from your culture that you would like to makeover. Find a picture of this food (online is okay). Write down the main ingredients and how it is prepared/cooked.

Step 2 Review the guidelines for a heart-healthy diet in your reading.

Step 3 Identify how you can make your favorite dish more heart-healthy. This could include the ingredients or preparation/cooking method.

Step 4 Submit your initial post with the following information included:

  • Name of your favorite dish and what culture it represents. 
  • Include a photo of the traditional dish.
  • Description of the traditional ingredients and cooking method.
  • Please explain how you would make it more heart-healthy. Provide a thorough rationale for the reason why these changes make it more heart-healthy. Be specific to at least 3 ingredients and/or cooking techniques you can change. You do not have to make it (unless you want to). The explanation is enough for this post.
  • Minimum of 250 words for the first post.

[Solved] Someone Experiencing Anxiety Vs

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[Solved] Someone Experiencing Anxiety Vs

Before reviewing the assigned readings, what do you suppose are some differences between anxiety and depression? How do you suppose thoughts and/or behaviors are different between someone experiencing anxiety vs someone experiencing depression? Motivational Interviewing (MI) was originally developed to treat the substance use population, as shown in this week’s PowerPoint. How do you suppose you can employ MI in treating other disorders?

[Solved] Inner City Medical Center

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[Solved] Inner City Medical Center

Assignment: Pick one of the case studies that follow and read  the story and then answer the questions that are listed below the story.

Case #1:

Mr. B.: Family Conflicts

Mr. B. is a 21-year-old African-American male who has been treated  over the last year at your hospital for widely metastatic Burkitt’s  lymphoma. Mr. B. had lived at home with his mother, but a few months ago  against his mother’s wishes, he married his long time 17-year-old  girlfriend who is the mother of his 2-year-old son. His mother does not  get along with the patient’s wife. The couple have a small apartment and  his wife has been trying to keep working nights as a nurses’ aide to  support them. He’s applied for disability, but they currently have no  consistent source of financial support except her part-time job.

Unfortunately, after his first course of chemotherapy, he became  septic and nearly died in the ICU. His disease has continued to progress  through second and third line treatment, and he has been hospitalized  almost continuously for the last two months for dehydration and fevers,  among other problems.

He has been evaluated for bone marrow transplant, but has steadfastly  refused it because “I don’t want my family to lose everything because  it’s probably not going to work at this point.” He has told you that he  was pressured by his mother to have the evaluation: “It’s really hard to  say ‘No’ to her. Mom told me she’d take the hospital to court, if they  don’t do a full court press. She’s already contacted a lawyer. My wife  can’t stand up to her, so I guess I’ll end up doing it even though I  don’t want to.”

Questions:

  1. What ethical principle(s) is/are at issue in this case?
  2. Does this situation warrant an ethics consult from the hospital ethics committee? If so, who should initiate it?
  3. What, if any, legal issues should be examined?
  4. What patient/family issues should be addressed?
  5. What advocacy role do you have as the oncology nurse taking care of this patient?

Case #2:

Ms. D.: Patient & Interdisciplinary Team Disagree on Treatment

As a nurse working in an inner city medical center hospital, you take  care of many underserved patients. On rounds with the gynecology  oncology team, you meet Ms. D., a 33-year-old white unmarried woman with  Stage IIIC ovarian cancer. Ms. D. has refused all offers of  chemotherapy treatment for ovarian cancer that has now spread throughout  her abdomen and inguinal nodes. She has malignant ascites and a bowel  obstruction. Her condition has worsened to the point that she has to  have daily paracenteses and the team has told her that they may have to  operate to partially alleviate the obstruction.

She tells you she has schizophrenia and she hasn’t taken her  psychotropic medications in a while because “they’re poison.” She tells  you, “I may be crazy, but I’m not stupid. That treatment is going to  kill me. I don’t want it.” The treatment team tells her that treatment  is her only chance of curing her cancer, and they will contact her  family against her wishes to make sure she gets appropriate treatment.

Assignment  Questions:
  1. What ethical principle(s) is/are at issue in this case?
  2. Should an ethics consultation be requested?
  3. What advocacy roles do you have as the oncology nurse taking care of this patient?
  4. Do you think Ms. D. is capable of being her own decision-maker? If  not, what resources does your hospital have to assist in appointing a  DPOA (Durable Power of Attorney) or guardian (social services, patient  advocates, relationship with state Ombudsman)?

[Solved] Sustain Without Suffering Brain

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[Solved] Sustain Without Suffering Brain

Case Study

Perhaps the one case study that best depicts the effect that  therapeutic jurisprudence might have involves the case of Theresa  (Terri) M. Schiavo.  Ms. Schiavo suffered a cardiac arrest in February  1990.  She was without oxygen for approximately 11 minutes, or 5 to 7  minutes longer than most medical experts believe is possible to sustain  without suffering brain damage. At the insistence of her husband, she  was intubated, placed on a ventilator, and eventually extubated and  received a tracheotomy. The cause of her cardiac arrest was later  determined to be a severe electrolyte imbalance caused by an eating  disorder, as Ms. Schiavo had lost approximately 140 pounds, going from  250 to 110 pounds, in the months before her cardiac arrest. 

Ms. Schiavo was in a coma for the first 2 months after her  cardiac arrest.  She then regained some wakefulness and was eventually  diagnosed as being in a persistent vegetative state (PVS).  She was  successfully weaned from reflexive behaviors.  Characteristic of  persistent vegetative state, Ms. Schiavo was not able to eat food or  drink liquids, and a permanent feeding tube was placed so that she could  receive nutrition and hydration. 

Once the media became aware of Ms. Schiavo’s condition, court  battles regarding the removal or retention of her feeding tube were  initiated.  During these hearings and trials, sufficient medical and  legal evidence to show that Ms. Schiavo had been correctly diagnosed and  that she would not have wanted to be kept alive by artificial means was  introduced.  Laws in the state of Florida, where Ms. Schiavo resided,  allowed the removal of tubal nutrition and hydration in patients with  PVS.  The feeding tube was removed, but was later reinstated following a  court order.  

Questions:

  1. What legal issues concerning the scenario do you see?
  2. Do you see how the families’ desires conflict with Terry’s  intended wishes? Identify the legal issues involved with this situation  and then instruct a group of nurses about advanced directives and the  lessons learned from Terry Schiavo.
  3. Finally, if you could make a law and put it into the Florida  Legislation, what kind of law would you write that gives tribute to the  suffering that Terry went through? Let’s call it Terry’s law in respect  for her…

[Solved] Many Employers Spend

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[Solved] Many Employers Spend

1. Read: Discussion Background

Résumés provide a potential future employer with a quick (but detailed) summary of your skills, qualifications, and experience. Many employers spend as little as 6 seconds reviewing a job candidate’s résumé. For this reason, it is important that your résumé, including your career objective,  is clear, concise, and grammatically correct.

2. Initial Post: Create a new thread and answer all three parts of the initial prompt below

  1. Copy and paste your career objective in the first sentence of your initial post.
  2. Explain what you want an employer to know about you after reading your career objective.
  3. Review your career objective for 6 seconds.  Describe what stood out to you.

[Solved] Generational Motivationexplore Workplace Motivation

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[Solved] Generational Motivationexplore Workplace Motivation

MGT CASE 1 

MGT501 

Personality and Motivation 

Module 1 Case Assignment

Workplace Motivation by Generation

Use the assignment-specific template file in the Assignment Expectations section for all Cases and SLPs in this class. The templates are APA-formatted, may contain links and guidance, and include headings for each required section.

The assignment requires research and attribution. It cannot be based on opinion or personal experience. Ensure that you have a finished product that reflects your voice and is properly formatted using APA. No quotations are permitted in this submission.

Generational Motivation

Explore workplace motivation across different generations (Baby Boomers, Gen X, Millennials, Gen Z) through the lens of Herzberg’s two-factor theory. 

Use ChatGPT or another AI program to make connections between the theory and generational motivation. This will help you decide on optimal search terms to find quality resources supporting this section. If you use an idea provided by ChatGPT, you must cite and reference the program. 

  • Provide an overview of Herzberg’s two-factor theory (1 page). Research required.
  • Critically analyze the hygiene factors that serve as motivators and demotivators for each generation (2 pages: ½ page per generation). Research required.

WFH, RTO, and Job Satisfaction

Evaluate the impact of work from home versus in-office (or return to office) work using McGregor’s Theory X and Theory Y. 

Use ChatGPT or another AI program to make connections between the theories and WFH vs. RTO. This will help you decide on optimal search terms to find quality resources supporting this section. If you use an idea provided by ChatGPT, you must cite and reference the program. 

  • Provide an overview of McGregor’s Theory X and Theory Y (1 page). Research required.
  • Critically analyze how each work setting aligns with or challenges these theories (1 ½ pages: ¾ of a page per theory). Research required.

The use of AI for generating content in Trident classrooms is not permitted unless it is specifically required by assignments in classes. Certain classes may allow AI to be used for brainstorming or to kickstart research. Turnitin detects AI-generated content. 

Be sure to check your paper with Grammarly for Word and make corrections before submission.

No quotations are permitted in this paper. Since you are engaging in research, be sure to cite and reference the sources in APA format. NOTE: Failure to use research with accompanying citations to support content will result in reduced scoring “Level 2-Developing” across the grading rubric. This is a professional paper; not a personal one based on feelings. The paper must be written in the third person. This means words like “I,” “we,” and “you” are not appropriate.

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[Solved] Week Blended

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[Solved] Week Blended

Needs Assessment: Describe an educational need you could address by offering a three-week
blended/hybrid course of study. This means that there are online and in-person components. At
least 50% of your course must be delivered online. This could be content in a nursing program, or it
can address a need you have identified where you work. Do not create a course for patients or the
general public. It must be for nursing students or nurses. Address the following questions. Explain
your rationales and provide documentation to support your decisions. 

[Solved] Read Thus Far

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[Solved] Read Thus Far

Purpose: The purpose of this assignment is to challenge you to synthesize all that you have read thus far and to think critically about the contents of the reading. 

Instructions: Write an essay answering the following questions:

  1. What are the key differences between the Catholic understanding of the liturgy (i.e., mass, eucharist) and the Protestant views targeted in the Council of Trent?
  2. What are the key differences between the Catholic understanding of justification, as laid out in the Council of Trent, and the Protestant view (at least, as represented in the conciliar texts)?

[Solved] Online Courses Typically Use

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[Solved] Online Courses Typically Use

 

Online courses typically use discussion boards as a means of encouraging student interaction. Most discussions require students to create an initial post and reply to two or more students. Discussions are not always popular among students, or even faculty. However, they have become a mainstay of online education, so let’s brainstorm how to make them more interesting and effective. In your initial post:

  • Share your experiences with online discussions so far (at DCN or elsewhere). 
  • If you were teaching on online class, how might you use/change them to make them more effective?
  • Describe at least one alternative to discussions that would also promote student interaction.
  • How important is faculty participation in the discussions?
  • Finally, find an article in a peer reviewed nursing or educational journal that supports your ideas.  Cite the source correctly, and make the DOI or URL a working link in the reference list.

[Solved] Online Eportfolios Serve Two

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[Solved] Online Eportfolios Serve Two

Create a 2-4 page resource that will describe databases that are relevant to EBP around one of the diagnoses found in the provided PDF supplement and could be used to help a new hire nurse better engage in EBP.

Introduction

Evidence-based practice (EBP) integrates the best evidence available to guide optimal nursing care, with a goal to enhance safety and quality. EBP is crucial to nursing practice because it incorporates the best evidence from current literature, along with the expertise of the practicing nurse. The concern for quality care that flows from EBP generates a desired outcome. Without these factors, a nurse cannot be an effective leader. It is important to lead not only from this position but from knowledge and expertise. To gain the knowledge, you require a good understanding of how to search for scholarly resources, as well as identify which databases and websites are credible for the purposes of implementing evidence-based changes in practice.

Your Online e-Portfolio

Creating an ePortfolio is not required in the BSN program, but you may find it helpful to create one to attach to your professional resume while job hunting. Online ePortfolios serve two key purposes: 1) to support learning and reflection, and 2) to be used as a showcase tool. Your learning journey can be documented, and ePortfolios contribute to lifelong learning and growth through reflection and sharing. Online ePortfolios can also be shared with employers and peers to present artifacts that demonstrate your accomplishments at Capella.

Professional Context

As a baccalaureate-prepared nurse, you will be responsible for providing patient-centered, competent care based on current evidence-based best practices. You will be required to do research, analysis, and dissemination of best evidence to stay abreast of these best practices. Understanding where to go to find credible sources and locate evidence, as well as which search terms to use, is the foundation of incorporation of best practices.

Scenario

You are supervising three nurses working on the medical-surgical floor of a local teaching hospital. This hospital is nationally recognized as a leader in education and has a computer lab with an online library where staff has access to medical research databases (that is, CINAHL, PubMed, Medline, and Cochrane library) and online sources of all hospital policies, procedures, and guidelines, and computers at nurse workstations that also have access to these resources. (For this scenario, use the Capella University Library to simulate the hospital’s online library.) You have given the nurses their patient assignments and you have all participated in shift report. A new nurse who just completed orientation and training a week ago approaches you and tells you that one of the assigned patients has a diagnosis he or she is very unfamiliar with. Knowing that patient-centered care based on best practices is imperative to positive patient outcomes, you want to assist this nurse to find research that can be utilized to provide the best care for this patient. Describe how you would communicate with this nurse to encourage him or her to research the diagnosis. Assume you will assist in the quest to locate evidence, then describe where you would go within the facility and what resources you would look for. These resources may include websites, journals, facility policies or guidelines, or any other sources of online information.

Create a list of at least five sources that could be used to find evidence, with the best source listed first, and explain why the sources you chose are best to find evidence for the diagnosis you chose and the clinical scenario. You are only evaluating the sources of evidence (database, website, policy database or website, journal article, et cetera). You are not actually completing a search and selecting evidence. Consider the following examples: a nursing journal in CINAHL may not be the best source of evidence for information on how to administer medications through a central-venous catheter, whereas a hospital policy database found on a website may not be the best source of information on caring for a patient with a rare chromosomal abnormality.

Preparation

To help ensure you are prepared to complete this assessment, review the following resources related to the Capella library. These resources will provide you an overview of the types of tools, resources, and guides available in the library. This may be useful in forming a better understanding of the library to apply to the hypothetical situation laid out in the scenario of this assessment.

Remember, it is also appropriate to look toward databases and resources outside of the Capella library, such as organizational policies, professional organizations, and government health care resources.

You are encouraged to complete the Evaluating the Credibility of Evidence activity. This activity offers an opportunity to practice evaluating the credibility of evidence. These skills will be necessary to complete Assessment 1 successfully and is for your own practice and self-assessment. Completing this activity is also a way to demonstrate course engagement.

Instructions

The purpose of this assessment is to understand where to find evidence that can be applied to clinical scenarios and to learn effective communication and collaboration with clinical staff during the process of evidence location. As a baccalaureate-prepared nurse, you will not only use research for self-improvement in your clinical role, but you will also serve as a mentor to supervised nursing staff. Therefore, you will need to be able to communicate and collaborate effectively to guide them toward resources to find research, as well as support them through the initial evidence location process. In doing so, nurses can gain access to evidence that can be analyzed and utilized to stay current on best practices. This allows them to provide safe, patient-centered care and improve patient outcomes.

For this assessment:

  • Describe your role as a baccalaureate-prepared nurse supervising clinical staff nurses with regard to communication and collaboration in locating evidence for application to a nursing practice scenario.
  • Compile a list of five online databases or other online sources (that is, websites, journals, facility policies or guidelines, et cetera) that can be used to research evidence to apply to the diagnosis in this scenario and describe to which of these you would direct a nurse colleague to search for evidence.
  • Describe where you might go in the work place to complete this research and how you would access the desired, relevant research within research databases or other online sources.

Be sure to address the following in this assessment, which correspond to the grading criteria in the scoring guide. Please study the scoring guide carefully so that you will know what is needed for a distinguished score.

  • Describe communication strategies to encourage nurses to research the diagnosis/practice issue, as well as strategies to collaborate with the nurses to access resources.
  • Describe the best places to complete research and what types of resources you would want to access to find pertinent information for the diagnosis/health care issue within the context of a specific health care setting.
  • Identify five sources of online information (medical journal databases, websites, hospital policy databases, et cetera) that could be used to locate evidence for a clinical diagnosis/practice issue.
  • Explain why the sources of online information selected should provide the best evidence for the chosen diagnosis/health care issue.
  • Communicate using writing that is clear, logical, and professional with correct grammar and spelling using current APA style.

Note: While you are not selecting and evaluating specific evidence to help with the clinical diagnosis/practice issue, you should still be citing the literature and best practices to support your description of your communication and collaboration approach. Additionally, it is appropriate to cite best practices related to EBP and evaluating databases to support your explanation as to why you selected the five sources of online information that you did.

Example Assessment: You may use the following to give you an idea of what a Proficient or higher rating on the scoring guide would look like:

Additional Requirements

Your assessment should meet the following requirements:

  • Length of submission: 2-4 pages (not including the title page or the reference page) description of communication, collaboration, and evidence location process, including a list of databases or other sources with description of why they are appropriate for clinical scenario diagnosis/health care issue (that is, something that would be useable in professional practice for other nurses). Be sure to include an APA-formatted reference page at the end of your submission.
  • Number of references: Cite a minimum of three sources of scholarly or professional evidence that supports your findings and considerations. Resources should be no more than five years old.
  • APA formatting: References and citations are formatted according to current APA style.

Competencies Measured

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

  • Competency 1: Interpret findings from scholarly quantitative, qualitative, and outcomes research articles and studies.
    • Explain why the sources selected should provide the best evidence for the chosen diagnosis/health care issue.
  • Competency 2: Analyze the relevance and potential effectiveness of evidence when making a decision within the context of a specific health care setting.
    • Describe the best places to complete research within the workplace environment and what types of resources one would want to access to find pertinent information for the diagnosis/health care issue.
  • Competency 4: Plan care based on the best available evidence.
    • Identify five sources of online information (medical journal databases, websites, hospital policy databases, et cetera) that could be used to locate evidence for a diagnosis/health care issue and three out of five should be specific to the diagnosis/health care issue.
  • Competency 5: Apply professional, scholarly communication strategies to lead practice changes based on evidence.
    • Describe communication strategies to encourage nurses to research a diagnosis/health care issue, as well as strategies to collaborate with the nurses to access resources.
    • Organize content so ideas flow logically with smooth transitions; contains few errors in grammar/punctuation, word choice, and spelling.
    • Apply APA formatting to in-text citations and references exhibiting nearly flawless adherence to APA format.