Nursing

NURS530 Advanced Physiology and Pathophysiology Week 2 Assignment
Case Study
The purpose of the case study is to have you expand upon the pathophysiological disease process by searching for evidence-based practice treatment and advanced practice nursing role implications related to the disease.
Case Study Topic:
Select a type of cancer (breast, lung, prostate, or colon cancer, melanoma, or any type of leukemia) and discuss the relationship of the disease process to the immune system.
Identify current evidence-based treatment modalities for the selected cancer and discuss how the treatment impacts the disease process.
Conduct an evidence-based literature search to identify the most recent standards of care/treatment modalities from peer-reviewed articles and professional association guidelines (www.guideline.gov). These articles and guidelines can be referenced, but not directly copied into the clinical case presentation. Cite a minimum of three resources.
Include the following in your clinical case presentation:
NURS530 Advanced Physiology and Pathophysiology Week 2 Assignment
A discussion of the pathophysiology of the disease, including signs and symptoms.
An explanation of diagnostic testing and rationales for each.
A review of different evidence-based treatment modalities for the disorder obtained from guideline.gov or a professional organization.
Next, address the following questions:
How does the information in this case inform the practice of a master’s prepared nurse?
How should the master’s prepared nurse use this information to design a patient education session for someone with this condition?
What was the most important information presented in this case?
What was the most confusing or challenging information presented in this case?
Discuss a patient safety issue that can be addressed for a patient with the condition presented in this case.
The use of medical terminology and appropriate graduate level writing is expected.
Your paper should be 3–4 pages (excluding cover page and reference page).NURS530 Advanced Physiology and Pathophysiology Week 2 Assignment
Your resources must include research articles as well as reference to non-research evidence-based guidelines.
Use APA format to style your paper and to cite your sources. Your source(s) should be integrated into the paragraphs. Use internal citations pointing to evidence in the literature and supporting your ideas. You will need to include a reference page listing those sources. Cite a minimum of three resources.
Review the rubric for more information on how your assignment will be graded.
Use APA format to style your paper and to cite your sources. Your source(s) should be integrated into the paragraphs. Use internal citations pointing to evidence in the literature and supporting your ideas. You will need to include a reference page listing those sources.
Review the rubric for more information on how your assignment will be graded.

Assignment: Nursing and Counseling Theories
Assignment: Nursing and Counseling Theories
Assignment: Practicum – Week 1 Journal Entry
As a future advanced practice nurse, it is important that you can connect your classroom experience to your practicum experience. By applying the concepts, you study in the classroom to clinical settings, you enhance your professional competency. Each week, you complete an Assignment that prompts you to reflect on your practicum experiences and relate them to the material presented in the classroom. This week, you begin documenting your practicum experiences in your Practicum Journal.
Learning Objectives
Students will:
· Analyze nursing and counseling theories to guide practice in psychotherapy*
· Develop goals and objectives for personal practicum experiences*
· Create timelines for practicum activities*
In preparation for this course’s practicum experience, address the following in your Practicum Journal:
· Review the media Clinical Interview: Intake, Assessment, & Therapeutic Alliance in your Learning Resources.
· Select one nursing theory and one counseling theory to best guide your practice in psychotherapy.
Note: For guidance on nursing and counseling theories, refer to the Wheeler textbook in this week’s Learning Resources.
· Explain why you selected these theories. Support your approach with evidence-based literature.
· Develop at least three goals and at least three objectives for the practicum experience in this course.
· Create a timeline of practicum activities based on your practicum requirements.
Note: Be sure to use the Practicum Journal Template, located in this week’s Learning Resources.
Required Readings
Wheeler, K. (Eds.). (2014). Psychotherapy for the advanced practice psychiatric nurse: A how-to guide for evidence-based practice (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company.
Chapter 1, “The Nurse Psychotherapist and a Framework for Practice” (pp. 3–52)
Required Media
Sommers-Flanagan, J., & Sommers-Flanagan, R. (2012). Clinical interview: Intake, assessment, & therapeutic alliance [Video file]. Mill Valley, CA: Psychotherapy.net.
PLEASE SEE THE ATTACHED Practicum Journal Template AND JOURNAL SAMPLE (TIME LOG & JOURNAL ENTRIES) FOR WRITING THIS ASSIGNMENT…..ALSO FOR THE TIME LOG AND JOURNAL ENTRIES, JUST MAKE UP A REASONABLE INFORMATION AND CLIENT INFORMATION

Case Study Treatment Plan
Case Study Treatment Plan
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Theories and Models of Addiction Case Study Treatment Plan
Overview
For this assignment, you will create a Theories and Models of Addiction Case Study Treatment Plan that addresses a specific substance-related or behavioral addiction. You will select one of the case studies in the media piece, Addiction Case Studies, to use as a focus for your plan.
Structure
The assignment is comprised of two main sections: An analysis of the client and a proposed therapeutic approach describing how you would work with the client with specific interventions from one of the major theoretical orientations discussed in this class. The final Theories and Models of Addiction Case Study Treatment Plan will be a single paper, 15 pages in length, not including title page or references.
Section 1: Client Description and Analysis
Describe the client by name from the case study, as well as the presenting problem, including related symptoms or health issues as they relate to the addition. First, evaluate the client using the transtheoretical model of change, then select and describe the current stage of change for this client using appropriate rationale for your choice. Next, analyze known aspects of the client from a biopsychosocial perspective, noting patterns and probable causes of the addiction to determine an applicable theoretical orientation suitable for treatment.
Describe all clinical information available from your case study, and provide any background information relevant to addiction. Include factors such as age, gender, occupation, living situation, economic status, educational history, family history, relationships, spirituality, history of substance abuse or other behaviors, coping skills, and areas of known client limitations. Indicate how the appropriate theory will be applied to this situation.
Section 2: Therapeutic Approach
Provide a provisional diagnosis with a complete evaluation of any potential differential diagnoses, and proposed theoretical orientation with specific interventions, utilizing a theory discussed in this course. Consider theories applicable to the specific populations within which the client is situated, explain how you reached your diagnosis, and provide a compelling argument about why the selected approach is appropriate for the client. Clearly link your analysis to your selected approach. Discuss how the client is likely to respond to the therapy and identify anticipated outcomes. Be sure to cite evidence from your research and course readings to support your evaluation and choices.
To successfully complete this assignment, you will be expected to:
Identify and discuss the client’s stage of change per the transtheoretical model of change.
Identify and assess factors relevant to the client’s pattern of addiction.
Select appropriate theory and interventions of treatment for the identified client.
Assess for potential co-occurring disorders and differential diagnoses.
Provide a convincing rationale supporting the theory and interventions selected.
Evaluate a selected theory and model to determine possible course of treatment.
Describe strategies for interfacing with the legal system and working with court referred clients.
Evaluate relevant cultural considerations for the client.
Use the Theories and Models of Addiction Case Study Treatment Plan Template, linked in the Resources, for this assignment.

Assignment: Stages of Cognitive Development
Assignment: Stages of Cognitive Development
PSY101: Week 2 Assignment
Piaget’s Four Stages of Cognitive Development
This assignment supports the following objective(s):
• Explain milestones in the course of human cognitive development.
Assignment overview
For this week’s assignment, you will use a scenario to explain Piaget’s four stages of cognitive development.
Deliverables
• One Word document (approximately 250 words)
• Name the document using the proper file naming convention: PSY101_wk2_assn_jsmith_mmddyyyy
Assignment details:
Scenario: You are going to make cookies with the help of four children. Charlie is 2 years old, Penelope is 6, Isabelle is 9, and Brian is 11.
1. According to Piaget’s four stages of cognitive development, identify the developmental stage of each child in the above scenario.
2. Then, in your own words explain each developmental stage identified in #1.
3. Based upon Paiget’s four stages of cognitive development, describe how each child will assist in making cookies. For instance, will one child be able to assist in pouring flour into a bowl, whereas another child will simply play with the flour?
You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.
Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.
Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.
The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.

Assignment: DNA Packaged Chromosomes
Assignment: DNA Packaged Chromosomes
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1. The ????? houses the majority of a cell’s DNA.
2. Complete the following diagram of a nucleus:
3. You are a biologist looking at samples of pond water. Using a microscope to investigate your samples, you identify a cell with a nucleus. Briefly explain how you know immediately that this is not a prokaryote. Additionally, without further investigation, would you be able to determine if it was a plant or animal cell?
4. Complete the following table regarding the nucleus:
Nuclear Envelope
Nuclear Pores
Nucleolus
Nucleus
Function
5. Complete the following diagram that illustrates that relationship between DNA, chromatin, and chromosomes:
A
C
B
a.
b.
c.
Module 3.6 Several organelles participate in the production of proteins.
6. True or False; If false make it a true statement: DNA controls the functions of a cell by performing all of those functions itself.
7. ????? is the process by which an RNA copy is made from DNA.
8. You discover a new drug that blocks the movement of substances through the nuclear pores of the nucleus. Would you drug affect transcription, translation, or both? Briefly explain your answer.
9. From the information in question 8, would your drug have any effect on bacteria? Briefly explain your answer either way.
10. In transcription, DNA is to RNA as ????? it to ????? in translation.
11. Insulin is a protein hormone that is released into the bloodstream from cells in your pancreas. Which of the following organelles is responsible for its export from the cell:
a. |_| ribosomes
b. |_| endoplasmic reticulum
c. |_| golgi apparatus
d. |_| nucleus
12. Complete the following table regarding the involvement of organelles in protein synthesis:
Endoplasmic reticulum
Ribosomes
Golgi Apparatus
Vesicles
Function
13. You expect cells that are responsible for the synthesis of hormones (like testosterone) to be rich in which of the following:
a. |_| ribosomes
b. |_| rough endoplasmic reticulum
c. |_| smooth endoplasmic reticulum
d. |_| golgi apparatus
14. Label the following diagram, which is an overview of protein synthesis:
I
H
G
F
E
D
C
B
A
a. ????? f.
b. ????? g.
c. ????? h.
d. ????? i.
e.
Module 3.7 Chloroplasts and mitochondria provide energy to the cell.
15. True or False; If false, make a true statement: An animal cell contains chloroplasts and mitochondria.
16. Plants use ????? to power the production of sugar.
17. The process of photosynthesis occurs primarily in a plant’s leaves. What organelle (related to photosynthesis) would you expect to be present in the cell of a plant’s leaves?
a. |_| ribosomes
b. |_| chloroplasts
c. |_| nucleus
d. |_| mitochondria
18. Complete the following diagram of a chloroplast:
19. What happens to the CO2 you release as a result of cellular respiration?
20. Complete the following diagram of a mitochondria:
21. CO2 is to ????? as ????? is to cellular respiration.
22. Briefly explain how animals and plants work to cycle the elements carbon and oxygen through an ecosystem.
23. Complete the following table comparing chloroplasts and mitochondria:
Mitochondria
Chloroplasts
Similarities
Differences
Module 3.8 Various cellular organelles provide storage, movement, and shape.
24. ????? are organelles that can store water, nutrients, toxins, or fat.
25. True or False, If false make it a true statement: Cilia are more numerous than flagella.
26. Any drug that inhibits the function of flagella likely affects what cellular function?
27. Complete the following table regarding organelles:
Vacuole
Cilia
Flagellum
Cell Wall
Cytoskeleton
Function
28. Certain human cells are highly motile, which means they can move throughout the tissues of your body. Other than a flagellum or cilia, what other organelle is directly involved in a cell moving through your tissues?
29. Which of the following is responsible for providing a connection that holds cells together:
a. |_| cell wall
b. |_| vacuole
c. |_| flagellum
d. |_| extracellular matrix
30. Label the diagram below, which illustrates the nucleus and cytoskeleton of a human cell:

You will use information from your interview with an older adult and your study of Eric Erikson’s research to complete the
This culminating assignment consists of four parts:
· Introduction of older adult
· Analysis of the Life Review Interview
· Student’s Reflections
· References
· Write your paper directly on the “Assignment Document” or template. APA will be graded based on spelling, punctuation and grammar. There is no need to create a new separate document.
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Submit the completed assignment by 23:59 Saturday of Module 4

Defining Family And Parenting Styles
Defining Family And Parenting Styles
Ashford University Assignment Submision Week 3 Assignment
Beginning Outline for the Final Project
For your assignment this week, you will begin to build the final PowerPoint assignment by creating a two- to three-page (not including the title and reference slides) outline of the information you will share on the first few slides. These outline slides will set the direction of your Final Project. You must include the following:
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Title Page
Purpose statement(s) detailing the importance of positive parenting.
Defining Family: Explain your definition of family and how this definition will allow you to provide family-centered support. Refer back to Week One Discussion 2 to assist with this.
How Parenting Has Changed: Discuss at least two ways that parenting has changed. Refer back to your Week One Discussion 1 to assist with this.
Parenting Styles: Explain the four different parenting styles. Refer back to your Week One Assignment to assist with this.
The Paper
Assignment Length: Your outline should be two to three pages in length (not including title and reference slides).
Title Page: Inclusion of a separate title page with the following:
Title of presentation
Student’s name
Course name and number
Instructor’s name
Date submitted
Source Requirement: Reference two scholarly sources in addition to the text. All sources included in the reference list must be cited in the portfolio.
APA Formatting: Use APA formatting consistently throughout the assignment, which includes citations in the body of the assignment, the title page, and references list, as outlined in the .
Syntax and Mechanics: Display meticulous comprehension and organization of syntax and mechanics, such as spelling and grammar.
Ashford University Assignment Submision Week 3 Assignment
Beginning Outline for the Final Project
For your assignment this week, you will begin to build the final PowerPoint assignment by creating a two- to three-page (not including the title and reference slides) outline of the information you will share on the first few slides. These outline slides will set the direction of your Final Project. You must include the following:
Title Page
Purpose statement(s) detailing the importance of positive parenting.
Defining Family: Explain your definition of family and how this definition will allow you to provide family-centered support. Refer back to Week One Discussion 2 to assist with this.
How Parenting Has Changed: Discuss at least two ways that parenting has changed. Refer back to your Week One Discussion 1 to assist with this.
Parenting Styles: Explain the four different parenting styles. Refer back to your Week One Assignment to assist with this.
The Paper
Assignment Length: Your outline should be two to three pages in length (not including title and reference slides).
Title Page: Inclusion of a separate title page with the following:
Title of presentation
Student’s name
Course name and number
Instructor’s name
Date submitted
Source Requirement: Reference two scholarly sources in addition to the text. All sources included in the reference list must be cited in the portfolio.
APA Formatting: Use APA formatting consistently throughout the assignment, which includes citations in the body of the assignment, the title page, and references list, as outlined in the .
Syntax and Mechanics: Display meticulous comprehension and organization of syntax and mechanics, such as spelling and grammar.

Assignment: State Making
Assignment: State Making
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“State Making” Please respond to the following:
“Globalization is commonly described as the processes and forces leading to an ever-decreasing capacity of the nation state to govern within its territorial boundaries” (Levi-Farr & Vigoda-Gadot, 2004). Even though world trade is larger than ever before, national living standards vary according culture, the wealth of the state (nation), and domestic factors. The study of globalization requires a holistic approach and must be analyzed from all angles.
According to Strange (1996), although nation-states once controlled the markets, it is now the markets that often control the nation-state (Levi-Farr & Vigoda-Gadot, 2004). Examine the major factors that account for the unequal distribution of globalization effects in different states. Suggest how policy entrepreneurs, policy makers, and policy administrators should redesign states so that people can benefit from globalization in general. Provide a rationale for your response.
Analyze the key driving forces to increase interdependence. Recommend two (2) actions that states can take in order to increase capacity to respond to the challenges of globalization. Justify your response.“Globalization is commonly described as the processes and forces leading to an ever-decreasing capacity of the nation state to govern within its territorial boundaries” (Levi-Farr & Vigoda-Gadot, 2004). Even though world trade is larger than ever before, national living standards vary according culture, the wealth of the state (nation), and domestic factors. The study of globalization requires a holistic approach and must be analyzed from all angles.
According to Strange (1996), although nation-states once controlled the markets, it is now the markets that often control the nation-state (Levi-Farr & Vigoda-Gadot, 2004). Examine the major factors that account for the unequal distribution of globalization effects in different states. Suggest how policy entrepreneurs, policy makers, and policy administrators should redesign states so that people can benefit from globalization in general. Provide a rationale for your response.
Analyze the key driving forces to increase interdependence. Recommend two (2) actions that states can take in order to increase capacity to respond to the challenges of globalization. Justify your response.

Assignment: Psychotherapeutic Approach for Addiction
Assignment: Psychotherapeutic Approach for Addiction
Assignment: Psychotherapeutic Approach for Addiction
Question Description
Need help with my Health & Medical question – I’m studying for my class.
Students will:
Evaluate psychotherapeutic approaches to group therapy for addiction
To prepare:
Review this week’s Learning Resources and reflect on the insights they provide on group therapy for addiction.
View the media, Levy Family: Sessions 1-7, and consider the psychotherapeutic approaches being used.
The Assignment
In a 2- to 3-page paper, address the following:
Identify the psychotherapeutic approach that the group facilitator is using, and explain why she might be using this approach.
Determine whether or not you would use the same psychotherapeutic approach if you were the counselor facilitating this group, and justify your decision.
Identify an alternative approach to group therapy for addiction, and explain why it is an appropriate option.
Support your position with evidence-based literature.
You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.
Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.
Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.
The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.
ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CLASS
Discussion Questions (DQ)
Initial responses to the DQ should address all components of the questions asked, include a minimum of one scholarly source, and be at least 250 words.
Successful responses are substantive (i.e., add something new to the discussion, engage others in the discussion, well-developed idea) and include at least one scholarly source.
One or two sentence responses, simple statements of agreement or “good post,” and responses that are off-topic will not count as substantive. Substantive responses should be at least 150 words.
I encourage you to incorporate the readings from the week (as applicable) into your responses.
Weekly Participation
Your initial responses to the mandatory DQ do not count toward participation and are graded separately.
In addition to the DQ responses, you must post at least one reply to peers (or me) on three separate days, for a total of three replies.
Participation posts do not require a scholarly source/citation (unless you cite someone else’s work).
Part of your weekly participation includes viewing the weekly announcement and attesting to watching it in the comments. These announcements are made to ensure you understand everything that is due during the week.
APA Format and Writing Quality
Familiarize yourself with APA format and practice using it correctly. It is used for most writing assignments for your degree. Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for APA paper templates, citation examples, tips, etc. Points will be deducted for poor use of APA format or absence of APA format (if required).
Cite all sources of information! When in doubt, cite the source. Paraphrasing also requires a citation.
I highly recommend using the APA Publication Manual, 6th edition.
Use of Direct Quotes
I discourage overutilization of direct quotes in DQs and assignments at the Masters’ level and deduct points accordingly.
As Masters’ level students, it is important that you be able to critically analyze and interpret information from journal articles and other resources. Simply restating someone else’s words does not demonstrate an understanding of the content or critical analysis of the content.
It is best to paraphrase content and cite your source.
LopesWrite Policy
For assignments that need to be submitted to LopesWrite, please be sure you have received your report and Similarity Index (SI) percentage BEFORE you do a “final submit” to me.
Once you have received your report, please review it. This report will show you grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors that can easily be fixed. Take the extra few minutes to review instead of getting counted off for these mistakes.
Review your similarities. Did you forget to cite something? Did you not paraphrase well enough? Is your paper made up of someone else’s thoughts more than your own?
Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for tips on improving your paper and SI score.
Late Policy
The university’s policy on late assignments is 10% penalty PER DAY LATE. This also applies to late DQ replies.
Please communicate with me if you anticipate having to submit an assignment late. I am happy to be flexible, with advance notice. We may be able to work out an extension based on extenuating circumstances.
If you do not communicate with me before submitting an assignment late, the GCU late policy will be in effect.
I do not accept assignments that are two or more weeks late unless we have worked out an extension.
As per policy, no assignments are accepted after the last day of class. Any assignment submitted after midnight on the last day of class will not be accepted for grading.
Communication
Communication is so very important. There are multiple ways to communicate with me:
Questions to Instructor Forum: This is a great place to ask course content or assignment questions. If you have a question, there is a good chance one of your peers does as well. This is a public forum for the class.
Individual Forum: This is a private forum to ask me questions or send me messages. This will be checked at least once every 24 hours.

Assignment: Opinion Report About Piano
Assignment: Opinion Report About Piano
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Writing the 300 word report (No citing allowed), be sure you address the following questions:
Why did you select this instrument from among all the rest?
What are the qualities and features of this instrument that captivate your interest?
Describe the role that your favorite instrument plays within the context of the orchestra.
I encourage students do research on their instrument to get ideas for their reports. All reports must be original works! Do not quote any source or anybody’s thoughts. Quotes are not permitted in this Instruments Report. I am interested in your own personal thoughts, opinions, and the material you have learned from your research
As mentioned in previous weeks, Cooper’s ethical decision-making model and Waldo’s Map of Ethical Obligations assist responsible public administrators in assessing and addressing the ethical dilemmas that they will confront during their careers. Public administrators must consider all underlying factors of a dilemma and the potential solutions in order to ensure the most proper outcome. Sometimes the chosen outcome may involve actions that serve to work against the wishes of superiors in the organization.
For this Assignment, review the case study in the text, “Guerrilla Government in EPA’s Seattle Regional Office.” Identify an ethical issue within this case study. Consider the competing obligations and responsibilities that these individuals faced and how they determined whether their actions were right. Also, think about the impact of guerrilla government on the political appointees, organization, and public policy.