The VARK Questionnaire: How Do I Learn Best?

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Complete “The VARK Questionnaire: How Do I Learn Best?”

http://vark-learn.com/the-vark-questionnaire/

  1. Click “OK” to receive your questionnaire scores.
  2. Once you have determined your preferred learning style, review the corresponding link to view your learning preference.
  3. Review the other learning styles: visual, aural, read/write, kinesthetic, and multimodal (listed on the VARK Questionnaire Results page).
  4. Compare your preferred learning strategies to the identified strategies for your preferred learning style.
  5. Appraise how this awareness of learning attributes influences your perceptions of teaching and learning.

In a paper (750-1,000 words), summarize your analysis of this exercise. Include the following:

  1. Provide a summary of your learning style.
  2. List your preferred learning strategies.
  3. Compare your preferred learning strategies to the identified strategies for your preferred learning style.
  4. Discuss how the awareness of individual learning styles, preferences and strategies influence teaching (those who are in a position to teach) and learning (those who are in a position to learn).
  5. Cite a minimum of three references in the paper.

Although the topic of this assignment refers to your individual learning style, avoid the use of first person voice (words such as, “I, we, our”) in your essay.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.

describing how culture change combined with the “Return to Hospital” expectations will help enhance the consumer’s ability to choose a nursing home.

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Readings (Suggest reading in order)

· Choosing a Nursing Home – Hefele

· Change in Consumer Demand – Werner

· Making Difficult Decisions – Pesis-Katz

· National Newspapers Portrayal – Miller

· Building Bonds – Butcher

· Contribution of SNFs – Rahman

· Relative Importance – Huckfeldt

· Roles and Function of Medical Director – Nanda

· NHA’s Persepctive on Culture Change – McKay

· Evidence and Culture Change – Shier

Assignment

This assignment is due June 9th at 9pm (all other assignments will be due on Wednesdays).

1. Write a 3 page (750 words) paper describing how culture change combined with the “Return to Hospital” expectations will help enhance the consumer’s ability to choose a nursing home.

PowerPoint presentation based on the application of the functional health assessment of a movie character.

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In this assignment, you will be creating a PowerPoint presentation based on the application of the functional health assessment of a movie character. To complete this assignment, choose a movie from the following list and identify a character from the movie on whom you would like to do a health assessment. If you wish to use a character from a movie not included on the following list, get the approval of your instructor.  Films:

1.Away From Her 2.Lorenzo’s Oil 3.Mask 4.My Sister’s Keeper 5.Philadelphia 6.Rain Man 7.Steel Magnolias 8.Stepmom 9.The Elephant Man 10.The Mighty 11.The Tic Code  Directions:

1.Create a PowerPoint presentation of 10-12 slides using the template “Movie Character Presentation.” 2.Provide an introduction and background overview of the movie character (client). 3.Assess the client using the “Functional Health Pattern Assessment.” 4.Based on your “observations” and thoughts, document your assessment, providing examples from the movie. 5.Describe any observed or potential cultural, geographic, religious, ethnic, or spiritual considerations of this client. 6.Describe two normal health patterns of the client as well as two abnormal health patterns that you observe, and provide examples. 7.Develop an appropriate nursing diagnosis for the client based on your assessment. 8.Identify and describe three interventions for the client: health promotion, health prevention, and maintenance. 9.Identify at least two possible resources or community services to which you would refer this client and provide rationale for your choices.  In addition to submitting the presentation to the instructor, post your assignment to the Movie Character Health Assessment Presentation Main Forum as directed by instructor. Respond to other students’ posts in a manner that initiates or contributes to discussion. Each person should make at least three substantive comments.  While APA format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected and in-text citations and references should be presented using APA documentation guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.  This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.  You are not required to submit this assignment to Turnitin.

Discuss the link between the PICOT statement, the research articles, and the nursing practice problem you identified

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Prepare this assignment as a 1,500-1,750 word paper using the instructor feedback from the Topic 1, 2, and 3 assignments and the guidelines below.

PICOT Statement 

Revise the PICOT statement you wrote in the Topic 1 assignment.

The final PICOT statement will provide a framework for your capstone project (the project students must complete during their final course in the RN-BSN program of study).

Research Critiques

In the Topic 2 and Topic 3 assignments you completed a qualitative and quantitative research critique. Use the feedback you received from your instructor on these assignments to finalize the critical analysis of the study by making appropriate revisions.

The completed analysis should connect to your identified practice problem of interest that is the basis for your PICOT statement.

Refer to “Research Critique Guidelines.” Questions under each heading should be addressed as a narrative in the structure of a formal paper.

Proposed Evidence-Based Practice Change

Discuss the link between the PICOT statement, the research articles, and the nursing practice problem you identified. Include relevant details and supporting explanation and use that information to propose evidence-based practice changes.

 In your own words define the term violence and the role of the nurse in responding to acts of violence outrages.

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APA style

700 words

1.  Click on the link and read the Health People 2020 topic (goal and objective) regarding substance abuse.                                            https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives/topic/substance-abuse

2.  Identify current events a the local or national level related to substance use/abuse laws, policies lawsuits or other legal issues.  Discuss the application of such laws/policies to the individual freedom of people.

3.  In your own words define the term violence and the role of the nurse in responding to acts of violence outrages.

4.  Do you think is there any relationship between substance abuse and violence.  Give at least one example.

As stated in the syllabus the assignment must be presented in an APA format word document, Arial 12 font attached to the forum on the discussion board.  A minimum of 3 evidenced-based references must be used and 2 replies to any of your peers sustained with the appropriate references must be posted.  Only the assignment must be attached in a word document in the forum, replies do not.  References must be no older than 5 years.  A minimum of 700 words is required.

What would be involved in setting up the first home care visit?

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. Mrs. Johnson, a 67-year-old female patient, has recently been discharged from the hospital following an admission for COPD. She has a past medical history of a colon resection related to acute diverticulitis. She developed a surgical wound infection that requires daily wet to dry wound packing and IV Zosyn. Mrs. Johnson was discharged with home oxygen. To manage her care at home, home care visits were ordered. (Learning Objective 5)
  1. What would be involved in setting up the first home care visit?
  2. Describe the nursing assessments and management that would occur during the visit.

The impact of the IOM report on nursing education.

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Review the Institute of Medicine (IOM) report: “The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health,” focusing on the following sections: Transforming Practice, Transforming Education, and Transforming Leadership.  Write a paper of 750-1,000 words about the impact on nursing of the 2010 IOM report on the Future of Nursing. In your paper, include:

1.The impact of the IOM report on nursing education.

2.The impact of the IOM report on nursing practice, particularly in primary care, and how you would change your practice to meet the goals of the IOM report.

3.The impact of the IOM report on the nurse’s role as a leader.  Cite a minimum of three references.  Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

Based on presenting symptoms and lab findings, what is most likely diagnosis that will be made for Mr. Y?

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Mr. Y is a 47 year old, mixed race [Asian/African ethnicity], male patient who presented to your office with severe right great toe pain.  Onset of the pain was 2 days ago.  Mr. Y denies any known trauma to his right foot or his great toe on that foot.  His right great toe is red and became so swollen in the last day that he cannot put on his shoe.

Mr. Y has a history of hypertension for which he is taking HCTZ 25mg daily, Metopralol 50 mg twice daily, and Lisinopril 10 mg daily.  He denies any other medical problems.

Results of the lab tests that were ordered:

Sed rate – 93; Glucose, random – 117 mg/dl; Hgb – 13.4 gm/dl; WBC – 8200/ccm with normal diff; Serum uric acid – 10.9 mg/dl; Serum creatinine – 1.2 mg/dl

Assignment Questions

  1. Based on presenting symptoms and lab findings, what is most likely diagnosis that will be made for Mr. Y?
  2. What is the anticipated pharmacologic plan for managing Mr. Y’s acute pain?  Provide a justification for the plan including a citation from a peer-reviewed source.
  3. What is the anticipated pharmacologic plan for long-term management of Mr. Y’s diagnosis?  Provide a justification for the plan including a citation from a peer-reviewed source.
  4. Identify the key elements of the education plan that would be appropriate for the patient about the acute and chronic pharmacologic plans you identified above.

Instructions 

  • Prepare and submit a 3-4 page paper [total] in length (not including APA format).
  • Answer all the questions above.
  • Support your position with examples.
  • Please review the rubric to ensure that your assignment meets criteria.
  • Submit the following documents to the Submit Assignments/Assessments area:
    • Case Study: Acute Joint Inflammation

Topic 2: Rheumatoid Arthr

What is the mechanism of action of prednisone?

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A 50 year old woman has had rheumatoid arthritis for 3 years and has been taking multiple NSAID’s. She has taken corticosteroids a few times during flare ups.

The disease seems to be progressing with stiffness and swelling in her hands and wrists. Examination reveals rheumatoid nodules, synovitis of both wrists and metacarpo-phalangeal joints. This is an indication of an acute exacerbation of rheumatoid arthritis. She is prescribed methotrexate with sulfasalazine and a short course of prednisone.

Assignment Questions

  1. What is the mechanism of action of prednisone?
  2. What is the concern with chronic treatment with glucocorticoids?
  3. What is the mechanism of action of methotrexate and sulfasalazine.
  4. What are the side effects of methotrexate and sulfasalazine

Instructions

  • Prepare and submit a 3-4 page paper [total] in length (not including APA format).
  • Answer all the questions above.
  • Support your position with examples.
  • Please review the rubric to ensure that your assignment meets criteria.
  • Submit the following documents to the Submit Assignments/Assessments area:
    • Case Study: Rheumatoid Arthritis

 Based on these chosen communicable illness prepare an analysis discussing how this 3-communicable illness affect your community, and how they were identified and a plan of action to contained them base on healthy people 2020.

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TURNITIN ASSIGNMENT!!!

Please be aware that the percentage of plagiarism for this assignment is 25%.

 

1.  Go to http://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/default.aspx and review the Healthy People 2020 initiative.  Pay close attention to the objectives, goals and the indicators.

2.  Using your city or county public health department: http://miamidade.floridahealth.gov/  You can choose any of these two counties(Miami-Dade County, Florida, or Broward County, Florida) identify an epidemiological and surveillance data related to population based communicable illnesses.

Illnesses chosen:

1. Tuberculosis

2. Hepatitis B

3. Gonorrhea

4.  Based on these chosen communicable illness prepare an analysis discussing how this 3-communicable illness affect your community, and how they were identified and a plan of action to contained them base on healthy people 2020.

– Presentation must be in APA format.

– Arial 12 font attach to the forum/thread in the assignment tab and turnitin with a minimum of 1000 words (excluding first and references page)

– A minimum of 3 evidence based references no older than 5 years are required.    – The assignment must include the zip code of the city or county chosen.

Once again, the assignment will be posted in turnitin to verify originality!