Category: Solved Questions

Initial Post

Select one topic below to write about in your initial post. Please make it clearly which topic you chose to write about in your initial post. Write 500 to 750 words related to:

• Topic 1: Choose one sector of health care delivery and financing that interests you (medical technology; outpatient and primary care services; inpatient facilities and services; managed care and integrated organizations; or long-term care). What are two challenges facing the sector you have chosen? What are two policies to address those challenges? What are the politics of those policy recommendations, if any? Make clear in your entry if they are policies already adopted; proposed/under consideration; and/or ones that you would recommend.
• Topic 2: Discuss two challenges facing the health professions. What are two policies that would address those challenges? What are the politics of those policy recommendations, if any? You may write about the health professions in general or choose a specific health profession to write about. Make clear in your entry if they are policies already adopted; proposed or under consideration; and/or ones that you would recommend.

Cite additional sources beyond the Learning Materials for this week.

Initial Post

Using 500 to 750 words, address the following:

• What are the racial and ethnic health disparities in the United States, and why do they exist?
• What are two policies to address racial and ethnic health disparities? Make clear if they are policies adopted, proposed, or ones you would recommend.

Cite additional sources beyond the Learning Materials for this week.

Instructions

The Health Policy Event you choose to attend must be related to the current week’s topics.

Please submit your Health Policy Event Log for Week 2 in one Word document to this assignment. Access the Guidelines for the Health Policy Event Assignment (Word) for full instructions.

Links to Health Policy Events for this Week

• Suggested Health Policy Forums related to Week 2 topics from the Harvard School of Public Health and/or the Boston University School of Public Health listed in the Week 2 Financing and Access Videos (Word) document.
• Explore more recent Harvard School of Public Health Forums.
• Explore more recent Boston University School of Public Health Forums.
• Explore the webinars of the Annenberg Center for Health Journalism.
• Explore the webinars of the American Public Health Association.
• Explore the webinars of The Commonwealth Fund.
• Explore the webinars of Families USA.

If you find another event you are interested in attending related to the current week’s topics but are unsure if it would be eligible, email your instructor and ask.

Please refer to the Grading Rubric for details on how this activity will be graded.

Initial Post

Watch this week’s videos and read the assignments in preparation for this discussion. You are encouraged to seek sources beyond the Learning Materials in Week 2 in this assignment.

While Republicans have not been unsuccessful so far in repealing the ACA, they have taken other steps to undermine it and have strongly opposed various Medicare for All proposals pending before Congress.

Democrats have proposed improvements in the ACA, and some have proposed the adoption of a “public” health insurance plan or adoption of a Medicare for All plan.

Using 500 to 750 words, write an initial post that describes the political alliances and positions by party and in the industry. In your analysis, include the financial arguments and the political/ideological arguments about the role of government versus the private sector changes that are intended to increase coverage. What do you think is the best way to improve health care coverage for all Americans? Why?

Cite additional sources beyond the Learning Materials for this week.

Initial Post

Cost, quality, and access are three pillars of the U.S. health system. Write about some of the key characteristics of the U.S. healthcare system related to cost, quality, and access. Your textbook and other learning materials for Week 1 are good resources for this assignment, but you can also use other sources.

• For this discussion, you must refer to at least one article from a reputable newspaper (can be online) or other media source that is current (from the last month) and post the resource in APA format.
• You must have at least two references in your initial post and the media source can be one of the two.
• Summarize your post in 500 to 750 words.

Instructions

You will write a paper for completion in Week 15 as your final assignment for the course. (You select a movie in Week 4 Activity 2: Individual Poster Presentation Topic Choice to write your paper on.) Pick a movie that portrays a character or characters experiencing a psychological disorder/mental illness, such as one from the following list. Alternatively, pick a movie that portrays an example of a certain type of therapy. You may choose your own, but it must be approved by your instructor before you submit the assignment.

1. Leaving Las Vegas
2. A Clockwork Orange
3. What’s Eating Gilbert Grape
4. Boys Don’t Cry
5. Benny and Joon
6. Girl Interrupted
7. Seven
8. Mad Love
9. Rain Man
10. Shine
11. A Beautiful Mind
12. Madness of King George
13. Fight Club
14. The Fisher King
15. One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest
16. Twelve Monkeys
17. Sybil
18. The Three Faces of Eve
19. Eating
20. The Silence of the Lambs
21. Pollock
22. Ordinary People
23. Analyze This/Analyze That
24. Final Analysis
25. Identity
26. The Great Gatsby

Watch the movie and then please include the following sections titles in your paper:

1. Analysis of Movie:
   • Write a very brief summary of the movie. Give clear evidence that you watched it.
2. Signs/Symptoms:
   • Write a description of how the psychological disorder and/or the therapy was portrayed.
3. Assessment and DSM-5 Diagnosis:
   • Describe how you would assess the disorder (what assessment tools), and discuss the criteria for diagnosis based on what diagnosis you would choose from the DSM-5 to assign to the client in the movie.
4. Evidence-Based Practice Plan of Care:
   • Research and include evidence-based practice related to the disorder/therapy portrayed. Include a minimum of one peer-reviewed article. What therapy modality would you choose as the plan of care for the client?
5. Summary of Movie Analysis in Correlation to DSM-5 Criteria:
   • Write a critical analysis of how accurate or inaccurate you found the portrayal of the disorder/therapy. Show evidence of your knowledge of the psychological disorder/mental illness or the type of therapy (that is, include information from class or the textbook).

Guidelines

Your total paper should be a minimum of four pages in length, typed, and double-spaced. Use APA format

Instructions

For this assignment, you will present the topic to the rest of the class in the form of a PowerPoint poster. This is one slide, in the format of a poster. A second slide will be used for references only. Get creative!

You should have already picked your topic from the list of therapy modalities in Week 4 Activity 2: Individual Poster Presentation Topic Choice. No more than two people can reserve the same topic.

The presentation must include a brief background/overview of the topic and reference a minimum of two evidence-based articles used to provide treatment guidelines/recommendations. Please utilize the poster presentation template (PPT) to get started.

Title sections should be: Abstract, Overview (definition of the therapy modality, main points or guides), Background (background of therapy modality, theories, developers), Evidence (EBP for use), Populations, Current Trends, and Tx Guidelines/Recommendations.

You will submit your presentation to Week 14 Discussion: Individual Poster Presentation Discussion by Day 3 of W eek 14, then your final presentation to this assignment to the dropbox by Day 7 of Week 14.

Initial Post

This is a student presentation discussion. Each student is responsible for posting their completed poster presentation for peer feedback and discussion. Please title your initial post with the name of the therapy modality you researched and are presenting.

Remember that on Day 3 of this week, each student will be responsible for posting their completed poster presentation for everyone to review. During this week, each student should participate in the discussion by being engaged and replying to peers. This will allow collaboration for you to improve your final poster before turning it in to the dropbox, as well as sharing knowledge content from your research with your peers. Once you have completed your revisions, submit your poster to Week 14 Assignment 1: Individual Poster Presentation.

Instructions

The Family Systems Assignment

Review the following resources before beginning the assignment:

• Genograms in Nursing Education and Practice a Sensitive but Very Effective Technique: A Systematic Review
• Genogram Tip Sheet (Word)
• Explaining Genograms
• Introduction to the Genogram: What is a Genogram? Video
• What is a Genogram? Video Transcript

For this assignment:

• Create a family genogram (three generations), including:
  • All the members of your family, identifying significant alliances among the various members.
  • The relationship you had as a child with each person.
  • Your relationship with each member now.
• Cite and discuss at least two family systems theories to support the dynamics of the family genogram.
• Ensure the genogram is neatly diagrammed and labeled.
• See Family Therapy a pplied to the Case of Stan, Corey 9th ed., p p. 452– 455, (7th ed., pp. 435– 438) for an explanation of diagrammatic legends

A. Genogram: Provide a three-generation genogram of your family of origin ( with a copy of your paper), based on McGoldrick et al. (2008) (PDF) guidelines. ALSO, incorporate aspects of the Cultural Genogram (Hardy & Lasloffy, 1995)(PDF) by color-coding specific ethnic/cultural factors noted in your family. Cultural aspects can also be provided on a separate genogram, if you prefer.

B. In a separate document, provide a brief description of significant relationships and patterns among family members noted on your g enogram. ALSO, describe some of the connections you have made of patterns noted in your family of origin (as depicted on your g enogram) and your current significant relationships and behaviors with others. For example, are there patterns you observe in your current relationships that are connected to the background/context presented in your genogram?

C. Given some of the relational patterns, events, stressors, and descriptors noted in your genogram, please describe any potential “blinders” or “blind spots” that may get in the way of your practice with clients. In other words, are there certain issues (healthy or unhealthy, resolved or unresolved, functional or dysfunctional) that would impact your work with clients in ways that you need to be aware of?

D. No family is perfect or problem-free. All families struggle with issues, concerns, and transitions through time. Given what you have presented in your genogram and how you have described your family, discuss one area of concern that could be (or could have been) addressed in therapy. How would a Bowenian Natural Family Systems therapist go about addressing this issue in therapy? Make use of theoretical principles and interventions consistent with transgenerational thinking and practice.

E. Now that you have a broader understanding of your family by way of your genogram and your place within it, do you see yourself doing anything differently in relation to one or more members in your family? Would you like to interact differently or change your behavior in any way? What impact might this change in your behavior have on your family system?

NOTE: It is important to undertake this assignment with a degree of openness to learning about the subject matter and about yourself as a person in context. This paper will be graded on your degree of openness to learning about yourself in relation to your family, the accuracy of course concepts used in your genogram and paper, writing style, and systemic orientation. The instructor will be the only one to read your paper, and its contents will be held in strict confidence.

The attached Grading Rubric will be used to assess this assignment. Your paper should be with appropriate grammar and spelling, and cited in APA format and be completed in a Word document.

Instructions

Write an initial post detailing what style of therapy you intend to provide and why. Even if you intend to focus on medication management, academia, or any other non-therapy job description professionally, for the purposes of this assignment imagine that you will be acting as a nurse psychotherapist as part of your PMHNP role at some point of your career.

Your post should be a minimum of 300 words. Please do not include any sources. You are expected to describe your thoughts only for this discussion.