Category: Questions

Child and Adolescent Health

Identify and discuss the major indicators of child and adolescent health status.
Describe and discuss the social determinants of child and adolescent health.
Mention and discuss at least 2 public programs and prevention strategies targeted to children’s health.
Mention and discuss the individual and societal costs of poor child health status.

Psychiatric Care and Mental Health in the Community

Explain and give some examples of the concepts of community mental health and discuss the importance of community mental health promotion in special populations.

Describe the biological, social, and political factors associated with mental illness.

Describe different types of evidence-based treatment for mental disorders, including the use of psychotropic medication management, community case management, and crisis intervention. Give at least one example.

Describe the role of mental health nurses in the community.

Psychiatric Care and Mental Health in the Community

Explain and give some examples of the concepts of community mental health and discuss the importance of community mental health promotion in special populations.

Describe the biological, social, and political factors associated with mental illness.

Describe different types of evidence-based treatment for mental disorders, including the use of psychotropic medication management, community case management, and crisis intervention. Give at least one example.

Describe the role of mental health nurses in the community.

Course Nursing and the Aging Family Reflection Guidelines
PURPOSE
The purpose of this assignment is to provide the student an opportunity to reflect on selected RN-BSN
competencies acquired through the NUR4286 course.
COURSE OUTCOMES
This assignment provides documentation of student ability to meet the following course outcomes:

• The students will identify the physiological process of aging.
• The students will be able to differentiate the adaptative human response to the aging process.
• The student will be able to manage and care older adults and their families.

REQUIREMENTS

1. The Course Reflection is worth 100 points (10%) and will be graded on quality of self-assessment, use of citations, use of Standard English grammar, sentence structure, and overall
   organization based on the required components as summarized in the directions and grading
   criteria/rubric.
2. Follow the directions and grading criteria closely. Any questions about your essay may be posted
   under the Q & A forum under the Discussions tab.
3. The length of the reflection is to be within three to six pages excluding title page and
   reference pages.
4. APA format is required with both a title page and reference page. Use the required components
   of the review as Level 1 headers (upper and lower case, centered):
   Note: Introduction – Write an introduction but do not use “Introduction” as a heading in accordance with
   the rules put forth in the Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (2010, p. 63).
   a. Course Reflection
   b. Conclusion
   PREPARING YOUR REFLECTION
   The BSN Essentials (AACN, 2008) outline a number of healthcare policy and advocacy competencies for
   the BSN-prepared nurse. Reflect on the NUR4286 course readings, discussion threads, and applications
   you have completed across this course and write a reflective essay regarding the extent to which you feel
   you are now prepared to:
5. “Conduct comprehensive and focused physical, behavioral, psychological, spiritual,
   socioeconomic, and environmental assessments of health and illness parameters in patients,
   using developmentally and culturally appropriate approaches.
6. Recognize the relationship of genetics and genomics to health, prevention, screening, diagnostics,
   prognostics, selection of treatment, and monitoring of treatment effectiveness,
   using a constructed pedigree from collected family history information as well as standardized symbols
   and terminology.
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7. Implement holistic, patient centered care that reflects an understanding of human growth
   and development, pathophysiology, pharmacology, medical management,
   and nursing management across the health illness continuum, across the lifespan, and in all
   healthcare settings.
8. Communicate effectively with all members of the healthcare team, including the patient and the patient’s
   support network.
9. Deliver compassionate, patient centered, evidence-based care that respects patient and family
   preferences.
10. Implement patient and family care around resolution of end of life and palliative care issues, such as
    symptom management, support of rituals, and respect for patient and family preferences.
11. Provide appropriate patient teaching that reflects developmental stage, age, culture, spirituality, patient
    preferences, and health literacy considerations to foster patient engagement in their care.
12. Implement evidence-based nursing interventions as appropriate for
    managing the acute and chronic care of patients and promoting health across the lifespan.
13. Monitor client outcomes to evaluate the effectiveness of psychobiological interventions.
14. Facilitate patient centered transitions of care, including discharge planning and ensuring the caregiver’s
    knowledge of care requirements to promote safe care.
15. Provide nursing care based on evidence that contributes to safe and high-quality patient outcomes within
    healthcare microsystems.
16. Create a safe care environment that results in high quality patient outcomes.
17. Revise the plan of care based on an ongoing evaluation of patient outcomes.
18. Demonstrate clinical judgment and accountability for patient outcomes
    when delegating to and supervising other members of the healthcare team.
19. Manage care to maximize health, independence, and quality of life for a group of individuals that
    approximates a beginning practitioner’s workload
20. Demonstrate the application of psychomotor skills for the efficient, safe, and compassionate delivery of
    patient care.
21. Develop a beginning understanding of complementary and alternative modalities and their role in health
    care.
22. Develop an awareness of patients as well as healthcare professionals’ spiritual beliefs and values
    and how those beliefs and values impact health care.
23. Manage the interaction of multiple functional problems affecting patients across the lifespan,
    including common geriatric syndromes.
24. Understand one’s role and participation in emergency preparedness and disaster response with an
    awareness of environmental factors and the risks they pose to self and patients
25. Engage in caring and healing techniques that promote a therapeutic nurse patient relationship.
26. Demonstrate tolerance for the ambiguity and unpredictability of the world and its effect on
    the healthcare system as related to nursing practice.” (pp. 31-32).

Discuss how Healthy People 2020 can be used to shape the care given in a school health setting. Give at least one example.
Identify and discuss the eight components of a comprehensive school health program.
Identify and discuss the skills and competencies germane to occupational health nursing.
Describe and discuss a multidisciplinary approach for the resolution of occupational health issues.

How is rhythm used in the control of tension and repose?

The purposes of this assignment are to provide you with an early opportunity to check your understanding of the role of a major musical element in generating tension, and to allow you to write descriptively and analytically about music to which you have listened.

What produces tension and repose in music? Explain the roles of conditioning and attitude. Identify and discuss the sources of tension and repose, and explain how the sources interrelate.

Write an essay of approximately 1500 – 2000 words that covers a topic of importance in the history of women’s work. For example, you may want to compare the work situations of different women, analyze how different women contributed to Canada’s settler colonial economy, learn more about the pay and working conditions of young women in early factories, or examine the attitudes and expectations relative to motherhood in early 20th-century Canada. Give some thought to your topic selection, and try to choose something that deeply interests you.

Follow these steps to prepare your paper:

You will need to do additional reading for this assignment, so be sure to obtain library materials in advance, either from a library in your vicinity or from the Athabasca University Library. You may also wish to consult with your tutor on suitable research materials for this assignment.

Your essay will need a clear thesis statement. Use the following questions as guidelines in preparing your essay and thesis statement:

What general issue or question are you addressing in your essay, and why is it important? Within this general issue or question, what specific questions do you wish to answer? Write down all the questions you have, and use them to guide your reading and research.

From assigned readings for Unit 1, what major insights emerge in relation to the specific questions you have? Do the readings confirm or challenge your initial ideas? If so, in what ways?

From your additional reading for this assignment, what appear to be the most important findings with respect to the specific questions you have? Can you identify any major themes and findings? Do all authors agree on the issues you are addressing? If not, what might explain these differing viewpoints? What types of evidence do different authors offer in support of their views?

Reflecting on your reading and on your own experience and ideas, what have you learned about the questions you started with? What, if any, new questions have emerged?

What are the implications of your findings for understanding women’s work more generally? Do they support any specific theories or ideas about women’s work as discussed in Unit 1?

Identify potential sources of information on your topic. You will need to obtain suitable books, articles, and other resource materials. Be sure to look for resources that will help you document concrete, up-to-date strategies that women, LGB people, and/or gender-nonconforming/transgender people may be working on. Useful resources might be obtained from local organizations that are working on the issue, such as various women�s, human rights and workers� rights groups, or unions. They may be able to provide you with written materials, policy papers, or even someone you could speak with. Regional, national, and international organizations offer relevant resources on their websites, which may also include links to other online resources and organizations. Local, provincial, and federal government offices can also provide information on specific policies and programs and, in some cases, position papers on specific issues.

Use the following questions as guidelines in researching and writing your paper:

What is the general issue you are addressing, and why is it important? What is the current state of the problem? What strategies, if any, have been pursued to date in dealing with it?

Through your reading of the course material, what major insights, theories, and concepts emerge with respect to this issue?

Through your research on this topic or issue, what relevant resources and/or organizations did you identify? What type of work have these organizations done on this issue? How much interest and attention is it receiving? What strategy or strategies are individuals, organizations, or governments pursuing to improve the situation? Describe what is involved in each of these strategies.

Based on your reading and research, how would you evaluate the strategy or strategies that you have described? What are their respective strengths and weaknesses? In your view, do they promise to improve the working lives of women? If not, what other options should be pursued?

Once you have considered these questions, develop your thesis statement. What is the main argument that your paper will be making regarding your topic?

Identify potential sources of information on your topic. You will need to obtain suitable books, articles, and other resource materials. Be sure to look for resources that will help you document concrete, up-to-date strategies that women, LGB people, and/or gender-nonconforming/transgender people may be working on. Useful resources might be obtained from local organizations that are working on the issue, such as various women�s, human rights and workers� rights groups, or unions. They may be able to provide you with written materials, policy papers, or even someone you could speak with. Regional, national, and international organizations offer relevant resources on their websites, which may also include links to other online resources and organizations. Local, provincial, and federal government offices can also provide information on specific policies and programs and, in some cases, position papers on specific issues.

Use the following questions as guidelines in researching and writing your paper:

What is the general issue you are addressing, and why is it important? What is the current state of the problem? What strategies, if any, have been pursued to date in dealing with it?

Through your reading of the course material, what major insights, theories, and concepts emerge with respect to this issue?

Through your research on this topic or issue, what relevant resources and/or organizations did you identify? What type of work have these organizations done on this issue? How much interest and attention is it receiving? What strategy or strategies are individuals, organizations, or governments pursuing to improve the situation? Describe what is involved in each of these strategies.

Based on your reading and research, how would you evaluate the strategy or strategies that you have described? What are their respective strengths and weaknesses? In your view, do they promise to improve the working lives of women? If not, what other options should be pursued?

Once you have considered these questions, develop your thesis statement. What is the main argument that your paper will be making regarding your topic?