Create A Visual Depiction Using Any Tool You Wish (graphs, Charts, Figures, Pictures Or PowerPoint) To Explain The Process Of How Ideas Become Regulations And Rules And How Rules And Regulations Become Policy And Laws On The Local, State, And National Lev – 2025 Requirements Depicts a clear and easy to understand path of how ideas become healthcare policy on a local state

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Create A Visual Depiction Using Any Tool You Wish (graphs, Charts, Figures, Pictures Or PowerPoint) To Explain The Process Of How Ideas Become Regulations And Rules And How Rules And Regulations Become Policy And Laws On The Local, State, And National Lev – 2025

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Depicts a clear and easy to understand path of how ideas become healthcare policy on a local, state and national level. • Writer visually depicts how individuals or groups can impact this process and their role in the process. • Writer visually depicts how the process impacts the nursing home industry.

 Writer visually depicts a clear and easy to understand path of how ideas become healthcare policy on a local, state and national level. • Writer visually depicts how individuals or groups can impact this process and their role in the process. • Writer visually depicts how the process impacts the nursing home industr

 

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Requirements • Writer visually depicts a clear and easy to understand path of how ideas become healthcare policy on a local, state and national level. • Writer visually depicts how individuals or groups can impact this process and their role in the process. • Writer visually depicts how the process impacts the nursing home industry

Nursing – 2025 Module One Week One Part One Windshield Survey and Key Informant Interviews Please complete

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Module One (Week One): Part One Windshield Survey and Key Informant Interviews

 

Please complete the following information on this template about the community you have selected. If you do not use this template there will be a 10- point grade penalty per assignment, and you will be required to resubmit within 48 hrs. You may increase the size of the block by continuing to type.  Use as much space as necessary to provide your answers

 

Elements

Descriptors

Physical Environment

Make sure you address fully what you observed and NOTE if something was not found within your community area.

   ● Boundaries

What defines the boundaries? Roads, water, railroads. Is the area known for a particular name? What area is this community located in?

 

 

   ● Housing and Zoning

What is the age of the houses? Describe type of construction material, appearance, and general condition. Do you see single family housing?  Multi-family housing?

 

 

   ● Common Meeting Places

Where do people in the neighborhood hang out? Who hangs out there and what hours of the day?

 

   ● Indicators of Growth or Decline

Is this a “thriving” community or does it look “run down?”  Is there new or ongoing construction?  Businesses and Industries coming to the area? Are buildings, roadways, and public areas clean and well-kept. Do you see dirt, trash, or graffiti?

 

   ● Employment Opportunities

What places for employment are there is this area? Name the businesses and industries in this area.

 

   ● Transportation

How to people get from one place to another?  Is public transportation available?  How timely is it? Personal autos? Bikes?  Walking?

 

People

Make sure you address fully what you observed and NOTE if something was not found within your community area.

   ● Race and Ethnicity

What is the majority racial group represented? What is the majority ethnic group represented? Describe the distribution of gender, approximate ages, single families, multiple families, generational families?

 

   ● Cultural Characteristics

What cultural similarities or differences do you observe? Languages spoken?  Clothing?  Ethnic eating places?  Culturally-based celebrations? Signs in languages other than English?

 

   ● Lifestyle  Healthy Behaviors

What healthy lifestyle behaviors do you observe? Do you see people exercising, wearing helmets when biking, seat belt usage, using trash cans for garbage disposal, healthy eating practices?

 

●  Lifestyle Risk Behaviors

What unhealthy lifestyle behaviors do you observe? Do you see people practicing risky lifestyle behaviors such as drinking alcoholic beverages, smoking, fighting? Do you see signs of violence, gang activity, drug use, criminal activity, and bars on doors and/or windows?  Do you see overweight/underweight persons? Do you see children unattended playing out in the streets? Do you see any signs of homelessness?  Street people? Describe gender, age, and race/ethnicity of persons observed.

 

●  Poverty Indications

Do you see any signs of homelessness?  Street people? Describe gender, age, and race/ethnicity of persons observed.

 

Services in the Community

Make sure you address fully what you observed and NOTE if something was not found within your community area, how far away it is and how people will access it.

● Social  Services

Do you see evidence of recreation centers, parks, and social services? For services that are not available, how far must persons travel to access these services?   Describe each.

 

● Health Services

Do you see evidence of health (Hospitals, Dr’s Offices, Clinics) and mental health services?  Describe each. Are there any signs of alternative services in the area, such as healers (curanderos), herbalists, herbal stores, palm readers, acupunctures, chiropractors. For services that are not available, how far must persons travel to access these services?

 

   ● Fire and Police Services

Do you see any fire and police services/equipment/officers? Where are the closest fire and/or police stations?

 

    ● Educational Resources

Where is the nearest public library?  Discuss the Schools and Universities/Community colleges?

 

    ● Religions

What signs of religion do you see? Discuss the types of churches, mosques, temples?  What services are offered by these churches, e.g., Day Care, Mother’s Day Out, Summer Camps, Languages Classes, Citizenship Classes, Food Banks, Clothing, other.

 

Business & Industry

 Describe stores and shops available in the community, e.g., grocery stores, gas stations, department stores. What type of business climate exists?  Manufactures? Light or heavy industry?  Large employers?  Small business owners?  Retail? Hospitality industry?  Do people have to seek employment elsewhere?  Is this considered a “bedroom community”- where people work outside this community but live here?Make sure you address fully what you observed and NOTE if something was not found within your community area.

 

Politics

What indicators do you see about politics? Posters? Headquarters?Make sure you address fully what you observed and NOTE if something was not found within your community area.

 

Media

Do you see indicators of what people read? Listen to the radio?  Watch TV? Are there any signs of media language other than English?Make sure you address fully what you observed and NOTE if something was not found within your community area.

 

Key Informants

Interview a fireman or police office.

Also interview a librarian, school teacher, school nurse or administrator.

Ask each person interviewed to share their perceptions of

the following and cite personal communication as appropriate:

1.    Interview with fireman or police officer

      ˃  Community’s Health issues

      ˃  Community’s Safety issues

      ˃  Strengths of the Community

 

2.    Interview with librarian, school teacher, school nurse or administrator    

      ˃  Community’s Health issues

      ˃  Community’s Safety issues

      ˃  Strengths of the Community

Enter the information about your interviews with Key Informants in this space in your template. You will not receive credit if the Key Informant interviews are inserted elsewhere on this template.

 

Analysis of Windshield Survey

Analyze and summarize your observations and the input from key informants. Write a 3 paragraph summary of community health (2) and safety (1) issues for this community and strengthens of the community.Remember to cite personal communication as appropriate:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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Module 2 (Week 2) Part Two: Statistical Analysis of Community Health Problem

 

Please complete the following information on this template. If you do not use this template there will be a 10-point grade penalty per assignment, and you will be required to resubmit within 48 hrs. You may increase the size of the block by continuing to type. Use as much space as necessary to provide your answers

 

Name of Community or Zip Code:

 

Instructions:  Enter your response in each category marked below.  Provide objective, statistical support for your subjective findings. 

 

● Include all the data listed in the Objective Data Criteria listed below.  

 

● Add supplemental data as needed for your community.

 

● All statistical data must be reported in NARRATIVE form only. Tables and graphs will not be accepted. 

 

● Compare objective data for your community with local (city), state, and national data.

 

You may increase the size of the block by continuing to type.  Use as much space as necessary to provide your answers

 

General Objective Data Criteria for the Community-at-Large

 

1.    Demographics:  Total population; age distribution; gender distribution; family characteristics (single parent, multi-family, etc.). Remember compare objective data for your community with local (city), state, and national data. Remember to cite sources as appropriate.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. Racial/Ethnic Characteristics: Remember compare objective data for your community with local (city), state, and national data. Remember to cite sources as appropriate.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. Economy: poverty rate, unemployment rates, median income. Remember compare objective data for your community with local (city), state, and national data. Remember to cite sources as appropriate.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.    Education: High school completion rates; higher education statistics. Remember compare objective data for your community with local (city), state, and national data. Remember to cite sources as appropriate.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.    Identify two Morbidity and Mortality/Risk Problems: (Based on your observations from Week 1 subjective assignment, windshield survey and key informants provide Morbidity, Mortality (M&M) and risk data for your community… Example 1: if you observed obesity in your community then present obesity rates and health conditions associated with obesity [i.e. CVD, HD, Depression, etc.). Example 2: smoking/drinking rates and health conditions associated with smoking [i.e. Lung Cancer, COPD, etc]. These variables may include the following: gender (who does this problem affect the most, men or women); age distribution; ethnicity or racial group(s) mostly-affected; morbidity and mortality rates; any data related to life-expectancy in light of the health issues; is there a geographic area where the health problems mainly exist; is there a relationship between the health issue(s) and environmental health hazards; are these life-threatening health issues? Remember compare objective data for your community with local (city), state, and national data. Remember to cite sources as appropriate.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.    Other data as needed (air, water quality, crimes rates). Remember compare objective data for your community with local (city), state, and national data. Remember to cite sources as appropriate.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Analysis of Data

 

1.    Based on your subjective and objective review of your findings, what conclusions have you arrived at? Remember to cite sources as appropriate.

 

·         What impressions from your subjective observations were unfounded/invalid?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

·         Given the objective data, what impressions were validated/substantiated?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

·         What cause-and-effect relationships did you discover/identify?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.    Problem Analysis for Community/Zip Code:

 

Problem: List two (2) problems within your community (for example, Infant Malnutrition, CVD, Lung Cancer, Obesity, Alcoholism, Violence) NOTE: These problems need to be something the Community Health Nurse can impact(for example, a CHN cannot build a sidewalk, repair a street, implement a new bus route, etc.). Remember to cite sources as appropriate.

 

1.    ____________________________________________

 

2.    ____________________________________________

 

    Select one of these problems and complete the Problem Analysis chart

 

Problem Correlates*

Relationship of Correlate to Problem

Data Supportive of Relationship +

Ex. Inadequate diet

Ex. Diets lacking in required nutrients contribute to malnutrition

Ex. All infants and children seen at the local Public Health Clinic are referred to the nutritionist because of poor diets (X.Y. personal communication, date). Of infants measured, 60% were in the lower percent for their weight/height (X report, date).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*These are factors that contribute to problem and outcomes.

 

+ Refer to appropriate sections of the database and relevant research of the findings in current literature.  Data in the third column could be local, state, or national statistics.

 

Refer to text (pg. 420-423) for additional examples.

 

3.    Community Health Nursing Diagnoses:

 

Based on your subjective and objective assessment findings above for both Weeks 1 and 2, write TWO priority community health nursing diagnoses.

 

You must use this format as outlined in your text page 413 (do NOT use NANDA):

 

Health Risk/problem of (specific injury, illness, or potential of, complication of, etc) among (specific population) related to (supporting evidence from your assessment findings). 

 

Ø  Your CHN Diagnoses MUST be something that a community/public health nurse can do something about. See example below.

 

Ø  Note: Poverty is NOT a CHN diagnosis.

 

Ø  Remember do NOT use NANDA Nursing Diagnoses.

 

For example: Risk of asthma complications among children in SE Dallas County related to observations of overcrowded living conditions, lack of public transportation (may result in inability to access health care), high number of animals observed living in homes, poverty indications (may result in lack of access to medications).

 

Community Health Nursing Diagnosis #1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Community Health Nursing Diagnosis #2

 

 

 

 

 

 


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What Factors Need To Be Considered When Determining Whether Or Not Identified Actions Are Within The Domain Of Nursing Practice? Be Sure To Cite Current Literature In Your Response. – 2025 System Admin Max Points 15 0 FOR INFORMATION Deactivated Lisa Arends Grading Rubric and Hints

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Grading Rubric and Hints for this Discussion Question

 

Class this question  is asking you how you determine if an action is within your scope of practice.  Do not confuse scope of practice (legal regulation) and the ANA’ s standards of nursing practice (minimum competencies).

 

This model from the ANA web site may help you conceptualize how we assess our scope of practice.  Discussion on the ANA web site and your own Board of Nursing site and the National Council of State Boards of Nursing  will also be useful in learning how to assess your scope of practice.

 

Grading Rubric

 

Discusses several ( at least three) factors that need to be considered when determining whether or not  actions are within the scope of nursing practice?  3 points

 

Discusses why these factors need to be considered 3 points

 

Prioritizes factors that need to be considered ( which factor do you check first? second?  third? )  3 points

 

Cites current literature in response (course lecture is not current literature) 3 points

 

APA and Writing 3 points

 

Writing free of grammatical and spelling errors

 

Correctly formatted in text citations (at least one)

 

Correctly formatted reference (contains all parts of the reference in the correct order,){hiddenBy}

 

Describe One Or More Situations That Illustrate Social Or Cultural Humility, Or Insensitivity, Among Your Colleagues In A Manner That Fostered Improved Peer Cooperation Or Efficacy Of Patient Care Or Impeded Such Care. – 2025 Health conditions including heart disease and respiratory infections have no borders What

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Describe One Or More Situations That Illustrate Social Or Cultural Humility, Or Insensitivity, Among Your Colleagues In A Manner That Fostered Improved Peer Cooperation Or Efficacy Of Patient Care Or Impeded Such Care. – 2025

Health conditions, including heart disease and respiratory infections, have no borders. What happens in one part of the world has ripple effects through the other parts, including the United States. Technology has created an even smaller world, with nurses in instant contact and eager to share information.

You and your nursing colleagues live and work around this shrinking professional world. Your nursing experience working with diverse populations presents a rich opportunity to share your international health perspectives. This exercise is a growth opportunity in terms of how we see ourselves, the world, and how we interact with our patients during the health interview and health assessment process.

In this week’s Discussion, your stories will illustrate relevant social and cultural differences among yourselves and your patients. The collective experience will expand your individual nursing knowledge; improve upon our cultural humility and perspectives, in order to foster social and culturally-sensitive health interviews and assessments. This, in turn, contributes to safer and higher quality outcomes for your patients. Consider how your sensitive care is expressed through choice of your words, maintaining a distance that is culturally appropriate, and utilizing other techniques to negotiate through established social and cultural values. This leads to patient trust and comfort and a respectful nurse-patient relationship.

a 2-paragraph response (at least 250–350 words) to one of the options below. Develop and post cohesive paragraphs, and use evidence to support your ideas.

 

NURS 6221: MANAGING HUMAN RESOURCES – Assignment 8 (Grading Rubic Attached And Sample Format APA Template Attached) – 2025 Assignment The Impact of Intrinsic Motivation Reflect for a moment on your nursing career

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Assignment: The Impact of Intrinsic Motivation

 

Reflect for a moment on your nursing career. About what are you most passionate? When do you feel you are at your best? What brings you the greatest satisfaction in your work? Positive feelings in the workplace are usually fueled by intrinsic motivators: healthy relationships, meaningful purpose, competence, choice, and progress. As a nurse manager, it is helpful to recognize what motivates you to perform well in your own job. You should also take time to understand the motivations of employees. By speaking to staff about their interests and professional goals, nurse managers can build relationships and thus provide appropriate motivators.

 

For this Assignment, you examine your personal work experiences to determine which of the five intrinsic motivators are more influential in shaping your positive feelings about the workplace.

 

To prepare

 

Reflect on your work history, from your first job to your current employment.

 

Select one time period or situation in which you felt professionally happy, motivated, and fulfilled in your job. What do you remember most about this time period? What are, or were, the various personal and professional factors that helped to shape these feelings?

 

Select one time period or situation in which you felt professionally unhappy, disengaged, and unfulfilled in your job. What do you remember most about this time period? What are, or were, the various personal and professional factors that caused these feelings?

 

Review the selected pages from Chapter 7, “Coaching and Developing Others” in the course text, From Management to Leadership: Strategies for Transforming Health Care. Consider the potential influence of the five intrinsic motivators during your chosen time period or situation.

 

Which intrinsic motivators seem to resonate more with your own perceptions of job fulfillment?

Which motivators do you believe have greater influence on your professional well-being?

Review the media, “Fostering a Positive Workplace.” How can nurse leaders use their awareness of the five motivators to engage and retain nursing staff?

 

To complete

 

Submit a 3- to 5-page paper in which you do the following:

 

Appraise a time when you have felt professionally fulfilled. Describe the setting, your job title, and the roles and responsibilities in which you were engaged. Identify your own key intrinsic motivators and explain how these were evident in this situation. Cite specific examples.

 

Appraise a time when you have felt professionally unfulfilled. Describe the setting, your job title, and the roles and responsibilities in which you were engaged. Explain the motivator(s) that were absent and how this impacted your professional performance. Cite specific examples.

 

Discuss how you, as a nurse manager, might implement organization- or department-wide changes that would create an environment that engages staff through one or more intrinsic motivators.

 

Reminder: The School of Nursing requires that all papers submitted include a title page, introduction, summary, and references. The Sample Paper provided at the Walden Writing Center provides an example of those required elements (available at http://writingcenter.waldenu.edu/57.htm). All papers submitted must use this formatting.

Evolving Practice Of Nursing And Patient Care Delivery Models – 2025 As the country focuses on the restructuring of the U S health care delivery system nurses will continue to

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Evolving Practice Of Nursing And Patient Care Delivery Models – 2025

 As the country focuses on the restructuring of the U.S. health care delivery system, nurses will continue to play an important role. It is expected that more and more nursing jobs will become available out in the community, and fewer will be available in acute care hospitals.

 

  1. Write an informal presentation (500-700 words) to educate nurses about how the practice of nursing is expected to grow and change. Include the concepts of continuity or continuum of care, accountable care organizations (ACO), medical homes, and nurse-managed health clinics.
  2. Share your presentation with nurse colleagues on your unit or department and ask them to offer their impressions of the anticipated changes to health care delivery and the new role of nurses in hospital settings, communities, clinics, and medical homes.
  3. In 800-1,000 words summarize the feedback shared by three nurse colleagues and discuss whether their impressions are consistent with what you have researched about health reform.
  4. A minimum of three scholarly references are required for this assignment.

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,

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

Rubric

Clearly States How the Practice of Nursing and Patient Delivery Will Evolve, While Addressing Relevant Concepts That Include Continuity or Continuum of Care, Accountable Care Organizations, Medical Homes, and Nurse-Managed Health Clinics  – 40%

Evidence of Feedback and Forecasting of Nursing Role From Colleagues  – 20%

 

Use of Vocabulary Regarding Evolving Practice of Nursing and Patient Care Delivery – 20%

CHAPTER 3, Conceptual Frameworks And Theories: – 2025 CHAPTER 3 Conceptual Frameworks and Theories In completing the case study students will be addressing the following learning objective Give

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CHAPTER 3, Conceptual Frameworks And Theories: – 2025

CHAPTER 3, Conceptual Frameworks and Theories:

In completing the case study, students will be addressing the following learning objective:

Give examples of behavioral and cognitive-behavioral interventions.

The student nurse has been assigned a 37-year-old woman admitted to the psychiatric hospital with an anxiety disorder.  This morning, the student notices that the client has a tense facial expression and is walking constantly around the group room.   The student walked over to the client and used reflective communication by stating, “I see that you have a tense expression and are walking around almost all of the time.  Is there something that we could discuss?”  The client replied that she has talked on the telephone to her mother who was keeping her children while she was in the hospital.  The client said that her mother had told her that she was not a good mother, and then said, “I guess I am a bad mother, but I could never measure up to my mother’s expectations.”  The student has learned that negative self-talk can greatly aggravate anxiety and lead to depression.  The student decided to use a behavioral intervention with the client and asked the client who is a good artist and why the client liked the artist’s works. The student and the client then made a list of activities that the client liked. The student taught the client to engage in one of these activities when an unpleasant experience evoked negative thoughts.  The following day, the student decided that the client needed some cognitive restructuring for her relationship with her mother.  The student taught the client that during discussions with her mother, feelings of incompetence might be experienced when the mother made negative comments.  The client was instructed that if her mother made negative comments about parenting, she was to immediately tell her mother that she was a good parent to her children and terminate the conversation at the first opportunity.

(Learning Objective: 3)

a. Will the client be able to learn cognitive restructuring in her relationship with her mother?

  b.    How will engaging in activities help the client with her anxiety?

Case Study, Mohr: CHAPTER 2, Neuroscience: Biology And Behavior – 2025 Case Study Mohr CHAPTER 2 Neuroscience Biology and Behavior In completing the case study students will be addressing the following

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Case Study, Mohr:  CHAPTER 2, Neuroscience: Biology and Behavior

In completing the case study, students will be addressing the following learning objectives:

Discuss neuroplasticity and how this concept relates to mental health and mental illness.

Briefly explain the importance of interaction between genes and environment, the role of endophenotypes, and the stress-diathesis model of psychiatric illness.

1. Michael is a 22-year-old college senior whose GPA has declined with this semester’s grades.  Michael plans to apply to medical school and thinks that the lower GPA may prevent his acceptance to medical school.  For the last 2 weeks, Michael has skipped most classes because he has insomnia and fatigue.  Michael is now very depressed and has been thinking of suicide.  He took a loaded gun from his father’s gun cabinet and then wrote a suicide note to his family.  At the last moment, he telephoned 911 and told them of his suicide plan.  The police came, took the gun away, and then took Michael to the city hospital to be admitted for psychiatric treatment.   In the admission interview with the psychiatric nurse, Michael said that his pastor thought that only weak-willed people experienced depression and that it was a punishment for personal sins and the sins of one’s ancestors.  Michael told the nurse that he must be weak-willed and will never be able to accomplish anything.  The psychiatric nurse explained that multiple factors are the cause of depression.  The nurse told Michael that one theory holds that an imbalance of neurotransmitters, or chemical messengers of the brain, occurs in depression.  Neurotransmitters influence the individual’s emotions, thoughts, and subsequent behavior.  Recent research implies that neurobiology, heredity, as well as Psychological and environmental factors may be involved in the development and progression of depression. 

(Learning Objectives: 5, 6)

a. Will Michael think that the psychiatric nurse’s explanation for the cause of depression is more correct than that of his pastor?

b. Michael asks the nurse why he has to have psychotherapy. He states that he only needs to take a couple of pills to get better. How should the nurse respond to Michael’s question and comment?

c. Develop an assessment question for each of the following possible causes of Michael’s    development of depression:

              Genetic, Environment and Stress.

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Question

1. In Parkinson disease (PD), the basal ganglia influences the hypothalamic function to produce which grouping of clinical manifestations?

Inappropriate diaphoresis, orthostatic hypotension, constipation, and urinary retention

Asymmetric, regular, rhythmic tremors with slow alternating flexion and extension contractions

Involuntary contractions of skeletal muscles that impair active and passive movement

Bradykinesia of chewing, swallowing, and articulation

Question 2. Which is a characteristic of brainstem death?

Vegetative state

Comatose

Apnea

Locked-in syndrome

Question 3. With receptive dysphasia (fluent), the individual is able to

respond in writing, but not in speech.

speak back, but not comprehend speech.

comprehend speech, but not respond verbally.

respond verbally, but not comprehend speech.

Question 4. The body compensates to a rise in intracranial pressure by first displacing

cerebrospinal fluid (CSF).

arterial blood.

venous blood.

cerebral cells.

Question 5. Dementia is characterized by

deficits in attention and coherence of thought.

easy distractibility and poor concentration.

loss of recent and remote memory.

irritability, agitation, and restlessness.

Question 6. Which dyskinesia involves involuntary movements of the face, trunk, and extremities?

Paroxysmal

Tardive

Hyperkinesia

Cardive

Question 7. Vomiting is associated with CNS injuries that compress which anatomic location(s)?

Vestibular nuclei in the lower pons and medulla oblongata

Floor of the third ventricle

Vestibular nuclei in the midbrain

Diencephalon

Question 8. Cognitive operations cannot occur without the _____ functioning.

pons

medulla oblongata

reticular activating system

cingulate gyrus

Question 9. What are the initial clinical manifestations noted immediately after a spinal cord injury?

Headache, bradycardia, and elevated blood pressure

Confusion, irritability, and retrograde amnesia

Loss of deep tendon reflexes and flaccid paralysis

Hypertension, neurogenic shock, and tachycardia

Question 10. Which clinical manifestation is characteristic of cluster headaches?

Aura before the headache with photophobia and nausea and vomiting

Severe unilateral tearing, burning, or temporal pain

Gradual onset of bilateral pain with sensation of a tight band around the head

Throbbing headache with intermittent burning sensation

Question 11. A man who sustained a cervical spinal cord injury 2 days ago suddenly develops severe hypertension and bradycardia. He reports severe head pain and blurred vision. The most likely explanation for these clinical manifestations is that he is

experiencing acute anxiety.

developing spinal shock.

developing autonomic hyperreflexia.

experiencing parasympathetic areflexia.

Question 12. The most severe diffuse brain injury caused by rotational acceleration is most likely to be located in the

diencephalon to the brainstem.

medial portion of the brainstem.

entire brainstem.

diencephalon.

Question 13. Which neurotransmitter is reduced in people with schizophrenia?

Dopamine

Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)

Acetylcholine

Serotonin

Question 14. Which is a positive symptom of schizophrenia?

Blunted affect

Auditory hallucinations

Poverty of speech

Lack of social interaction

Question 15. Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) system abnormalities exist in a large percentage of individuals with

schizophrenia.

major depression.

mania.

panic disorder.

Question 16. The life-threatening problems associated with myelomeningocele include

upward displacement of the cerebellum into the diencephalon.

motor and sensory lesions below the level of the myelomeningocele.

downward displacement of the cerebellum, brainstem, and fourth ventricle.

encephalitis causing generalized cerebral edema and hydrocephalus.

Question 17. The neural groove closes dorsally during the _____ week of gestational life.

second

fourth

eighth

twelfth

Question 18. Anterior midline defects of neural tube closure cause developmental defects in the

brain and skull.

spinal cord.

vertebrae.

peripheral nerves.

Question 19. Which statement is false regarding the pathophysiology of acute pancreatitis?

Pancreatic acinar cells metabolize ethanol, which generates toxic metabolites.

Injury to the pancreatic acinar cells permits leakage of pancreatic enzymes that digest pancreatic tissue.

Acute pancreatitis is an autoimmune disease in which IgG coats the pancreatic acinar cells so they are destroyed by the pancreatic enzymes.

When gallstones are present, bile flows into the pancreas, contributing to attacks.

Question 20. The desire to eat is stimulated by

agouti-related protein (AgRP).

alpha-melanocyte–stimulating hormone (?-MSH).

cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript (CART).

peptide YY (PYY).

Question 21. The most common manifestation of portal hypertension induced splenomegaly is

leukopenia.

thrombocytopenia.

erythrocytopenia.

pancytopenia.

Question 22. Incomplete fusion of the nasomedial or intermaxillary process during the fourth week of embryonic development causes

cleft palate.

sinus dysfunction.

cleft lip.

esophageal malformation.

Question 23. At 2 or 3 weeks of age, an infant who has been fed well and gained weight begins to vomit for no apparent reason. The vomiting has gradually become more forceful. These symptoms may be indicative of which disorder?

Esophageal atresia

Congenital aganglionic megacolon

Pyloric stenosis

Galactosemia

Question 24. Hepatitis _____ in children is primarily associated with blood transfusions.

A

B

C

D

Question 25. Meconium _____ is an intestinal obstruction caused by meconium formed in utero that is abnormally sticky and adheres firmly to the mucosa of the small intestine.

cecum

ileus

obstruction

vivax

 

 

 

PCN 505 Week 6 Benchmark – State Credentialing Board Research Project..14 – 2025 PCN 505 Week 6 Benchmark State Credentialing Board Research Project 14 Directions

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PCN 505 Week 6 Benchmark – State Credentialing Board Research Project..14 – 2025

PCN 505 Week 6 Benchmark – State Credentialing Board Research Project..14

Directions: The purpose of this project is to help you become familiar with the credentialing and regulatory processes that will govern your practice as a counselor.

In order to complete this project, you will need to select a state to use as the basis for your research. You should select either the state in which you currently reside or the state in which you plan to practice.

Information regarding credentialing in the state you have selected can be gathered in one or more of the following ways. (These are options. You are not required to do all three of these.)

  1. (Preferred) Reviewing the content of the state credentialing board website.
  2. Attending a public meeting of the state credentialing board.
  3. Interviewing a member of the state credentialing board.

Note: Please do not contact the board to get this information as most likely they will not get back to you in time to complete this assignment.

State Credentialing Board Research Project Paper

Using the information you gathered, write a 1,250-1,500-word paper on your state credentialing board. Include the following in your paper:

  1. Identifying information about the state board (name, location, etc.)
  2. Mission of the state board
  3. Regulatory authority and scope (cite the statutes and rules that govern the board’s activities, describe the discipline(s) regulated by the board, and describe the scope of the board’s authority to regulate professional practice)
  4. State board/committee structures through which the board performs its functions (committee names and responsibilities, frequency of meetings, topics included on board/committee agendas, and composition of board and committees)
  5. Summary of the requirements for licensure or certification in the state
  6. Description of the credentialing/licensing process, including the kinds of information reviewed to establish an applicant’s eligibility for certification or licensure for differing tier levels, and the typical number of applications processed per month
  7. Description of the complaint process, from the initial receipt of a complaint to its final adjudication, and the typical number of complaints processed per month. What are some of the disciplinary outcomes cited? (Review the meeting notes to obtain this information).
  8. Explain how the board refers legal issues that they cannot address to the appropriate agencies. If this information is not available, please describe the efforts you made to access it.