For this assignment you will provide a detailed discussion of a theory of pop culture and provide critical discussion of this theory. The purpose of this assignment is to help you hone your critical thinking skills. You will provide exposition and criticism of a theory of pop culture. You may choose either Mass Cultural Theory or Critical Theory.

Your essay should include some discussion of the following questions:

1. What or who determines popular culture? Where does popular culture come from? Does it emerge from the people themselves as an autonomous expression of their interests and modes of experience, or is it imposed from above by those in positions of power as a type of social control?

2. Describe how commercialization and industrialization influences popular culture. Does reducing culture to commodity mean that the criteria of profitability and marketability take precedence over quality, artistry, integrity and intellectual challenge? Or does it result in a universal market where what is popular actually corresponds to what people want and think is valuable? Does marketability and profitability actually produce quality art or does it only benefit business interests?

3. Is popular culture used to control and indoctrinate the people? Is it used to get people to accept and adhere to ideas and values which will ensure the continued dominance of a particular elite and allow them to exercise power over them? Or is popular culture about rebellion and opposition to the prevailing social order? Is pop cultural a spontaneous genuine burst of creativity or is it just a means through which a dominate group exercises control of society?

4. After you provide an accurate account of one of these theories of pop culture, you should then review the strengths and weaknesses of the theory. Can you identify some objections to the theory? You can research objections, but you need to consult reputable sources.

Specifications: 

Submit a 1000-1200 word essay addressing the questions above. 

In your essay:

• Be sure to structure your essay with an introduction paragraph that includes a thesis statement, well-organized supporting paragraphs, and a conclusion that reiterates the main points of your argument. 
• Your argument should be supported by reputable research cited in APA format both in the body of the paper and in your references section.

Instructions from my professor:

Cultural Health Promotion Project

Cultural diversity refers to the differences among people based upon shared ideology and shared valued sets of beliefs, norms, customs, and meanings evidenced in a way of life. This diversity is expressed in many ways. Diversity in history, beliefs, practices, and opportunities not only exist among the many cultural groups, they typically exist across a wide continuum within the group. Health behaviors are influenced by culture and cultural values as well as socioeconomic status. 

In this assignment, students will develop a health promotion project for a cultural group living anywhere in the United States. You are to learn as much as you can about the culture norms and patterns and how these norms and patterns influence health practices. The purpose of this assignment is to develop a deeper understanding and sensitivity regarding the role of culture in patients’ lives and in nursing through the examination of a cultural/ethnic group while addressing health promotion strategies and disease prevention.

PROJECT COMPONENTS

The project should address the following Aspects of Cultural Assessment: 

1.  Ethnic/racial identity: How does the group identify itself in terms ethnicity and racial background? What is the range of interaction outside of the cultural group? Are recreational, educational, and other social activities within the ethnic reference group, the wider community, or both? 

2.  History and Value Orientation: How are values derived? What is the historical experience of the group that may have impacted values?

3.  Language-communication process: What is the primary spoken language? What languages are spoken in the home? And by whom? What language is preferred when speaking to outsiders? Do second and third generations in the speak the language of their grandparents? 

4.  Health Beliefs and Practices: What are the traditional health beliefs? How common are these beliefs and practices within this group? To what extent are folk healing practices and practitioners used? 

5.  Religious Belief and Spirituality: Discuss religious articles & practices. How is spirituality is defined in the culture? Remember that Religious Beliefs and Spirituality are different concepts. 

6.  Life cycle events: Which life cycle events are important to the culture? What are the customs associated with births, coming of age, marriage, and death? 

7.  Nutritional Behavior/Diet: Are there restrictions? Are there common practices? 

8.  Medical health care access and experience: Is access to care and equality of care an issue for this group? For example, are group members less likely to receive needed care due to system issues such as financial access or provider biases than another group? 

Based on the Cultural Assessment Data, the student will design a Cultural Health Promotion Plan: 

9.  Cultural Health Promotion Plan: Identify a health risk or health problem the project will address. Describe why this is an issue for your chosen target group and how cultural plays a role in the health risk or problem. 

10.  Health Promotion Strategies/Methods: Based on the health risk/problem identified, describe the strategies/methods that you will implement. Focus on primary and secondary prevention strategies. Refer to Healthy People 2020 Topics and Objectives. You may access the website at: https://www.healthypeople.gov. 

11.  Project Evaluation Methods: State the outcomes you expect to achieve. State how you will measure/assess the effectiveness of the project. 

Complete the paper according to APA 6th Edition Guidelines as a word-processed document. 

The paper is limited to a MAXIMUM of Ten (10) pages (including the title page and references pages;NO Abstract is needed for this assignment). Do not exceed the ten-page limit as only ten pages will be read and graded. The paper must be double- spaced using Font Size 12 (including the reference page).

PRESENTATION 

In addition to the paper, each student will prepare a presentation. The presentation will be graded separately – refer to course syllabus. You may use a presentation style of your choice, i.e.. PowerPoint, Prezi, etc. Presentations are limited to 30 minutes.

NOTE:

the assignment consist in TWO homework: 1-the cultural health promotions project; and

                                                                      2- a PowerPoint presentation of the cultural health

                                                                             promotion project. (20 slices).

please follow all of my professor instructions (covering the 12 points above).

maximum of ten(10) pages.

plagiarism is not allow (the school use turn it in)

APA 6th format.

I attached the assignment with the highlighted instruction (they are the same instructions, with only the highlighted points).

  

Special Topics in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Many children face special issues that impact everyday life, whether it is within themselves, their families, or their environment. The PMHNP must be sensitive to these many issues that children and adolescents are faced with during important developmental years.

In this Discussion, you select a special population and analyze the psychological issues that the population faces. You also address the assessment and treatment needs of the population.  

Learning Objectives

Students will:

• Analyze      psychological issues that may arise in children faced with special      circumstances
• Evaluate      assessment measures used with children faced with special circumstances
• Evaluate      treatment options used with children faced with special circumstances
• Analyze cultural      influences on treatments (D)

To Prepare for the Discussion:

• Review the      Learning Resources.
• Select one of      the following topics for the Discussion:
  • Adoption
  • Foster care
  • Gender       dysphoria
  • Forensic issues
  • Impact of       terrorism on children

Post:

• Write your      selected disorder in the subject line of your Discussion post.
• Explain the      psychological issues that may result from your topic.
• Describe the      most effective assessment measure that could be used, and explain why you      selected this.
• Explain the      treatment options available for children and adolescents involved with      your selected disorder.
• Explain how      culture may influence treatment.

Required Readings ( Need 3 references).

American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP). (2012c). Practice parameter on gay, lesbian, or bisexual sexual orientation, gender nonconformity, and gender discordance in children and adolescents. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 51(9), 957–974. Retrieved from http://www.jaacap.com/article/S0890-8567(12)00500-X/pdf

American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP). (2011). Practice parameter for child and adolescent forensic evaluations. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 50(12), 1299-1312. Retrieved from http://www.jaacap.com/article/S0890-8567(11)00883-5/pdf

American Nurses Association. (2014). Psychiatric-mental health nursing: Scope and standards of practice (2nd ed.). Washington, DC: Author.

· Standards 11 “Communication” (page 75)

American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed.). Washington, DC: Author.

· “Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders”

· “Other Conditions That May Be a Focus of Clinical Attention”

· “Assessment Measures”

· “Cultural Formulation”

Human Rights Campaign. (n.d.). Growing up LGBT in America. Retrieved June 8, 2017, from http://assets.hrc.org//files/assets/resources/Growing-Up-LGBT-in-America_Report.pdf?_ga=1.83582870.1279387255.1493224749

Lee, T., Fouras, G., & Brown, R. (2015). Practice parameter for the assessment and management of youth involved with the child welfare system. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 54(6), 502–517. Retrieved from http://www.jaacap.com/article/S0890-8567(15)00148-3/pdf

Sadock, B. J., Sadock, V. A., & Ruiz, P. (2014). Kaplan & Sadock’s synopsis of psychiatry: Behavioral sciences/clinical psychiatry (11th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer.

· Chapter 31, “Child Psychiatry” (pp. 1279–1323)

Optional Resources

Thapar, A., Pine, D. S., Leckman, J. F., Scott, S., Snowling, M. J., & Taylor, E. A. (2015). Rutter’s child and adolescent psychiatry (6th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley Blackwell. 

· Chapter 19, “Legal Issues in the Care and Treatment of Children With Mental Health Disorders” (pp. 239–249)

· Chapter 49, “Forensic Psychology” (pp. 636–647)

 

1) Minimum 8 full pages (Follow the 3 x 3 rule: minimum three paragraphs per part)

              Part 1: Minimum 2 pages

              Part 2: minimum 3 pages

              Part 3: minimum 3 pages 

Submit 1 document per part

2)¨******APA norms

          All paragraphs must be narrative and cited in the text- each paragraphs

          Bulleted responses are not accepted

          Dont write in the first person 

          Dont copy and pase the questions.

          Answer the question objectively, do not make introductions to your answers, answer it when you start the paragraph

Submit 1 document per part

3)****************************** It will be verified by Turnitin (Identify the percentage of exact match of writing with any other resource on the internet and academic sources, including universities and data banks) 

********************************It will be verified by SafeAssign (Identify the percentage of similarity of writing with any other resource on the internet and academic sources, including universities and data banks)

4) Minimum 3 references per part not older than 5 years

5) Identify your answer with the numbers, according to the question. Start your answer on the same line, not the next

Example:

Q 1. Nursing is XXXXX

Q 2. Health is XXXX

6) You must name the files according to the part you are answering: 

Example:

Part 1.doc 

Part 2.doc 

__________________________________________________________________________________

Part 1 :  Developmental Assessment and the School-Aged Child

The needs of the pediatric patient differ depending on age, as do the stages of development and the expected assessment findings for each stage.

Purpose: Examine the needs of a school-aged child between the ages of 5 and 12 years old and discuss the following:

1. Compare the physical assessments among school-aged children. 

a. Describe how you would modify assessment techniques to match the age and developmental stage of the child.

2. Choose a child between the ages of 5 and 12 years old, identify the age of the child, and describe the typical developmental stages of children that age.

Applying developmental theory based on Erickson explain:

3. How you would developmentally assess the child. 

a. Include how you would offer explanations during the assessment, strategies you would use to gain cooperation, and potential findings from the assessment.

Part 2:  Breast Cancer

The purpose of the case study is to have you expand upon the pathophysiological disease process by searching for evidence-based practice treatment and advanced practice nursing role implications related to the disease.

Mandatory Include:

1. A discussion of the pathophysiology of the disease, including signs and symptoms.

2. An explanation of diagnostic testing and rationales for each.

3. A review of different evidence-based treatment modalities for the disorder obtained from guideline.gov or a professional organization.

Next, address the following questions:

4. How does the information in this case inform the practice of a master’s prepared nurse?

5. How should the master’s prepared nurse use this information to design a patient education session for someone with this condition?

6. What was the most important information presented in this case?

7. What was the most confusing or challenging information presented in this case?

8. Discuss a patient safety issue that can be addressed for a patient with the condition presented in this case.

The use of medical terminology and appropriate graduate level writing is expected. 

Part 3: Pharmacology 2

Link: https://health.gov/hcq/trainings/pathways/index.

1. Describe the process you went through and the results in comparison to last week that you got based on the different decisions you made as James. 

2. State how James became addicted and what both the patient and the caregivers could have done to prevent this. 

Integrate at least three scholarly resources within your paper that support prevention of opioid addiction. 

Choose one health-promoting behavior in which you personally could but don’t engage. Identify factors, as defined in the health promotion model, which contribute to your decision not to participate. Include immediate competing alternatives.

2. Analyze factors that contribute to your participation in a health-promoting activity and place each factor under the appropriate label from the health promotion model.

3. Consider your own philosophy of health and prepare your description of wellness. Is absence of disease more prominent than positive, active statements of health?

4. Anticipate the health-promoting behaviors important at various stages of development across the life span. What health promotion topics do you include in your practice?