Select two clients you observed or counseled this week during a family therapy session. Note: The two clients you select must have attended the same family session. Do not select the same family you selected for Week 2.

Then, address in your Practicum Journal the following:

• Using the Group Therapy Progress Note in this week’s Learning Resources, document the family session.
• Describe each client (without violating HIPAA regulations) and identify any pertinent history or medical information, including prescribed medications.
• Using the DSM-5, explain and justify your diagnosis for each client.
• Explain whether solution-focused or cognitive behavioral therapy would be more effective with this family. Include expected outcomes based on these therapeutic approaches.
• Explain any legal and/or ethical implications related to counseling each client.
• Support your approach with evidence-based literature.

DUE IN 24 HOURS

DF Instructions: Community Discussion Forum-Epidemiology & Disease prevention and outcomes

Select A or B  for your primary discussion posting. 

A-        How can data collection for notifiable diseases be improved?
            Why is tracking vital statistics so important?
            How does calculating Years of Potential Life Lost change the way we think about community health efforts?

  or

B-      Which components of the Multicausation Disease Model can communities most effectively impact?
         Which level of prevention is most important for better community health outcomes and why?
         Who plays a more significant role in preventing diseases, individuals or communities?

Directions for the primary posting

1) Limit your initial post to 250-300 words.

2) Use at least 2 literature resources to support your work in APA 7th format. Your textbook can be one of the resources.

3) Address all three assigned items above that included in section A or B.

Discuss the historical application of statistics in the field of health care. Describe an example, other than Florence Nightingale’s contributions, where statistical application has greatly influenced or changed health care operations or practice. 

Discuss why it is important for a person working in health care to understand statistical concepts. Provide an example of how statistical data is used in your organization or specialty area today and what you are expected to do with this information as a practitioner.   

For this Assignment, you will work with a patient with a gastrointestinal condition that you examined during the last three weeks. You will complete your second Episodic/Focused Note Template Form for this course where you will gather patient information, relevant diagnostic and treatment information, and reflect on health promotion and disease prevention in light of patient factors, such as age, ethnic group, PMH, socioeconomic, cultural background, etc. In this week’s Learning Resources, please review the Focused Note resources for guidance on writing Focused Notes.

Note: All Focused Notes must be signed, and each page must be initialed by your preceptor. When you submit your Focused Notes, you should include the complete Focused Note as a Word document and pdf/images of each page that is initialed and signed by your preceptor. You must submit your Focused Notes using SAFE ASSIGN.

Note: Electronic signatures are not accepted. If both files are not received by the due date, faculty will deduct points per the Walden Late Policies.

To prepare:

• Use the Episodic/Focused Note Template found in the Learning Resources for this week to complete this Assignment.
• Select a patient that you examined during the last three weeks based on any gastrointestinal conditions. With this patient in mind, address the following in a Focused Note:

Assignment:

• Subjective: What details did the patient provide regarding her personal and medical history?
• Objective: What observations did you make during the physical assessment?
• Assessment: What were your differential diagnoses? Provide a minimum of three possible diagnoses. List them from highest priority to lowest priority. What was your primary diagnosis and why?
• Plan: What was your plan for diagnostics and primary diagnosis? What was your plan for treatment and management, including alternative therapies? Include pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic treatments, alternative therapies, and follow-up parameters as well as a rationale for this treatment and management plan.
• Reflection notes: What would you do differently in a similar patient evaluation?

Note: Your Focused Note Assignment must be signed by Day 7 of Week 6.

The purpose of this assignment is to learn specific strategies essential for effective communication.

Create an 8–10 slide presentation for other health care providers in your field that demonstrates ways for professional health care providers to communicate effectively. Address the following:

• Describe ways to incorporate interpersonal communication within the allied health care field.
• Explain the common group dynamics, diversity, and motivation found in the allied health care field.
• Identify effective team builders that may enhance communication.
• Explain effective strategies for handling conflict resolution based on the tenants of the Christian worldview.
• Title slide, reference slide, and presenter’s notes.  

Refer to the resource, “Creating Effective PowerPoint Presentations,” located in the Student Success Center, for additional guidance on completing this assignment in the appropriate style. 

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.