Social Work Research: Qualitative Groups

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Social Work Research: Qualitative Groups

A focus group was conducted to explore the application of a cross-system collaboration and its effect on service delivery outcomes among social service agencies in a large urban county on the West Coast. The focus group consisted of 10 social workers and was led by a facilitator from the local office of a major community support organization (the organization). Participants in the focus group had diverse experiences working with children, youth, adults, older adults, and families. They represented agencies that addressed child welfare, family services, and community mental health issues. The group included five males and five females from diverse ethnicities.
The focus group was conducted in a conference room at the organization’s headquarters. The organization was interested in exploring options for greater collaboration and less fragmentation of social services in the local area. Participants in the group were recruited from local agencies that were either already receiving or were applying for funding from the organization. The 2-hour focus group was recorded.
The facilitator explained the objective of the focus group and encouraged each participant to share personal experiences and perspectives regarding cross-system collaboration. Eight questions were asked that explored local examples of cross-system collaboration and the strengths and barriers found in using the model. The facilitator tried to achieve maximum participation by reflecting the answers back to the participants and maintaining eye contact.
To analyze the data, the researchers carefully transcribed the entire recorded discussion and utilized a qualitative data analysis software package issued by StatPac, which offers a product called Verbatim Blaster. This software focuses on content coding and word counting to identify the most salient themes and patterns.
The focus group was seen by the sponsoring entity as successful because every participant eventually provided feedback to the facilitator about cross-system collaboration. It was also seen as a success because the facilitator remained engaged and nonjudgmental and strived to have each participant share their experiences.
In terms of outcomes, the facilitator said that the feedback obtained was useful in exploring new ways of delivering services and encouraging greater cooperation. As a result of this process, the organization decided to add a component to all agency annual plans and reports that asked them to describe what types of cross-agency collaboration were occurring and what additional efforts were planned.
(Plummer 68-69)
Plummer, Sara-Beth, Sara Makris, Sally Brocksen. Social Work Case Studies: Concentration Year. Laureate Publishing, 10/21/13. VitalBook file.

 
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Organizational Strategic Goals

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Organizational Strategic Goals

Question descriptionIt is becoming increasingly important for organizations to demonstrate that they are of significant public value. This requires them to have clearly defined short-term and long-term strategic goals. As a current or future leader and manager, it is essential that you are not only able to help your organization develop these goals, but you must also help create strategies for meeting them. In this Discussion, you consider strategies for prioritizing and meeting short-term and long-term goals for the organization that you selected for your Final Project.

Question (a) Header Discussion 1 ****Separate paper

Write an explanation of strategies that you might use to define, prioritize, and meet short-term goals (1–4 years) for the organization that you selected for your Final Project. Include how the goals would support flexibility in an ever-evolving world. Then with a futurist context in mind, explain strategies that you might use to define, prioritize, and meet your organization’s long-term goals (15–20 years).

Question (b) Header Discussion 2 ****Separate paper

Write a summary to address the following with your Final Project in mind:

Explain 2–3 short-term goals (1–4 years) for your organization. Explain challenges that might impact these goals. Include how the organization might overcome these challenges.

Explain 2–3 long-term goals (15–20 years) for your organization. Identify long-term trends (i.e., social, political, demographic, economic, ecological, technological, etc.) that might impact these goals.

Explain why it is important to define short-term and long-term goals.

Identify and share resources that you might use to help you define your organizational goals.

Question (C) Header additional thoughts

Share additional strategies for defining, prioritizing, and/or meeting organizational goals.

Note*** This should be shorter and be in a ****Separate paper as well

 
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Explain to which schedule amphetamines belong and why they are on the Schedule of Controlled Substances.

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Assignment 2: LASA I—Amphetamine Use and Abuse

BE SURE TO FOLLOW ALL STEPS AND MEET THE GRADING CRITERIA
Aaliyah continues to struggle with balancing her work hours and her schoolwork. She has been drinking coffee to help her stay awake, but it is no longer working. She has an exam coming up and needs to stay up to study.
Aaliyah decides to take an amphetamine to stay awake to study for the exam. She promises herself that she will only take it this one time for the exam. The drug allows her to stay awake and alert while she is studying for the exam. She also feels that she is learning the material better as a result of the amphetamine. When the grades are in, Aaliyah receives an A on her work.
As the semester continues, Aaliyah turns to amphetamines more and more often to help her stay awake to complete her schoolwork. Soon, Aaliyah finds that one pill no longer keeps her awake as long as she needs.
She starts taking more than one pill at a time. She knows that taking amphetamines so often is not good for her health, and she finds she experiences an increase in headaches when she takes them, but she continues to take them because they are helping her be successful in school and at work.
Based on the case study, prepare a paper that addresses the following:

  • Examine the change in amphetamine use and abuse in the U.S. from the 1950s to the present.
  • Explain to which schedule amphetamines belong and why they are on the Schedule of Controlled Substances.
  • Explain the effects Aaliyah might be experiencing as a result of her regular amphetamine use. Be sure to include:
    • Acute effects, chronic effects, and withdrawal
    • Effects on physiology (brain and body), behavior, mood, and toxicity
  • Give at least three indications from the case study suggesting there may be a problem with Aaliyah’s substance use. That is, describe at least three likely behaviors that Aaliyah is likely to exhibit if she is misusing amphetamines.

Determine whether Aaliyah has a substance use disorder. Include a discussion of DSM criteria. Use the template to help you make the assessment.
Write a 4-5-page paper in Word format. Apply APA standards to citation of sources. Use the following file naming convention: LastnameFirstInitial_M3_A2.doc.
Download the diagnosis template to use with this assignment. HERE IT IS!!!
 
Diagnosis Template:
Place a check in front of each symptom that is present
  Substance is taken in larger amounts or for longer periods than intended
  A persistent desire or unsuccessful attempts to cut down or regulate substance use
  A great deal of time spent obtaining the substance, using the substance, or recovering from
substance use
  An intense desire or urge for the substance
  Use results in failure to fulfill major obligations at work, home, or school

  •   Continued use in spite of social or interpersonal problems caused or exacerbated by the
    substance use
  •   Important social, occupational, or recreational activities are given up or reduced because of the
    substance use
  •   Recurrent use in situations where it is physically hazardous
 
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Review these facts, and describe what the results say about this sample of the nursing workforce.

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Question descriptionGrowth, salaries, education, demographics & trends. ANA. The link to the website may be found in the Syllabus, or the Week 5 Assignments page.
Review these facts, and describe what the results say about this sample of the nursing workforce. What do you believe was the intent of the researcher who designed the survey?
The next process for our study is to collect data. The research design will indicate the best data to be collected. The tools that we use to collect data need to be reliable and valid. Define these terms with respect to research, and explain why they are important.
Consider data collection and measurement methods for your nursing
clinical issue. Explain how you would collect data and what
measurement methods you would useRequired for Discussion American Nurses Association. (2014). Fast facts: The nursing workforce 2014: Growth, salaries, education, demographics & trends. Author.http://nursingworld.org/MainMenuCategories/ThePracticeofProfessionalNursing/workforce/Fast-Facts-2014-Nursing-Workforce.pdf
Tags: 1.5page 3hs

Barriers have existed, especially in the past, which have impeded the work necessary to develop the knowledge base of nursing. Many of these barriers are related to issues of gender and knowledge in a female-dominated profession like nursing. What are your views on the way in which gender has inhibited our growth as a knowledge-based profession and the view others have of our professional status?

Butts, J. B. (2015). Philosophies and Theories for Advanced Nursing Practice, 2nd Edition. [South University]. Retrieved from https://digitalbookshelf.southuniversity.edu/#/books/9781284058543

 
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Chronically ill and disabled people

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Discussion question

Vulnerable Population Summary and Proposed Program

The first of your two written assignments for the course will  provide a beginning framework that you will utilize in the development  of your
Final Project: a proposal for a community-based  program in your area. For this first written assignment, you will  select one of the vulnerable groups identified in the text that will  serve as your target population of interest throughout the duration of  your next written assignment and Final Project.

Select one among the following groups from Chapter 1:

  • Vulnerable mothers and children
  • Abused individuals
  • Chronically ill and disabled people
  • People diagnosed with HIV/AIDS
  • People diagnosed with mental conditions
  • Suicide- and homicide-liable people
  • People affected by alcohol and substance abuse
  • Indigent and homeless people
  • Immigrants and refugees
  • Groups for special consideration (you may propose a different vulnerable population at the consent of the instructor)

Once you have selected a group of interest, write a three page paper that covers the following:

  • Discuss the impact that at least two of the factors below have on the vulnerability of your chosen group:
    • Age
    • Gender
    • Culture/Ethnicity
    • Income
  • Analyze the intersection of social, political, and economic factors affecting vulnerability (must address all three factors).
  • Draft the design of a new model program, not currently existent  within your community. Provide a two- to- three paragraph statement that  introduces your proposed community program. This section is tentative  and might change as you conduct more research. At a minimum, however,  items to address should include:
  • An explanation of the issues and risk factors experienced by the selected population.
  • An evaluation of the health needs of the group and a proposed  continuum of care level (preventive, treatment, or long-term care) based  on the group’s issues, risk factors, and needs.  Justify the proposed  level with supportive research/evidence.
  • A description of one to two proposed services your program will include.

Your assignment should be a minimum of three pages in length  (excluding title and reference pages), and should include a minimum of  three scholarly sources cited according to APA guidelines as outlined in  the Ashford Writing Center.

 
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community health paper-nursing, health and medicine homework help

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community health paper-nursing, health and medicine homework help

Question descriptionI will include an example paper and I also have a paper that I wrote that you can take information from

Assessment

1. Describe the community where you performed your fieldwork by identifying each of the following items:

• geographical area (e.g., county, city, town)

• area size

• population size

• demographics

• physical and social environment (use the windshield survey from task 1 of C228)

2. Discuss the health concern you studied in your fieldwork.

a. Provide background information in relation to Healthy People 2020 and local public health data that characterizes the health concern.

b. Provide data from national, state, and/or local levels related to the health concern.

3. Describe the target population affected by the health concern you studied in your fieldwork, including each of the following components:

• gender

• age

• demographics, including socioeconomic status and educational level

a. Explain how the health concern is linked to a health inequity/health disparity for the population of interest.

i. Provide specific data to support the health inequity/disparity conclusion.

4. Discuss the primary community resources and partners currently involved with the health concern.

a. Describe how your fieldwork interviews support your chosen health concern, including a summary of the interviews.

5. Discuss aspects of the population health concern not being addressed despite the efforts of the partners involved.
C. Outcomes Identification

1. Explain the desired outcome(s) or goal(s) for improvement related to the health concern.
Note: This outcome or goal should be in alignment with Healthy People 2020 objective.
D. Planning

1. Create a nursing action plan to address the identified population health concern.

a. Recommend two population-focused specific objectives.
Note: The recommended objectives should be measurable ones.
b. Recommend two population-focused specific nursing interventions to improve the health concern.
Note: Use the attached “Minnesota Intervention Wheel” as an aid in selecting the broad areas for nursing action. Select primary and secondary prevention activities only. For example, explain how you and other nurses might work with the community and your chosen target population of interest to improve the health concern.
2. Discuss potential public and private partnerships from your field experience that could be formed to implement your recommendations from parts D1a and D1b.

Planning

1. Create a nursing action plan to address the identified population health concern.

a. Recommend two population-focused specific objectives.
Note: The recommended objectives should be measurable ones.
b. Recommend two population-focused specific nursing interventions to improve the health concern.
Note: Use the attached “Minnesota Intervention Wheel” as an aid in selecting the broad areas for nursing action. Select primary and secondary prevention activities only. For example, explain how you and other nurses might work with the community and your chosen target population of interest to improve the health concern.
2. Discuss potential public and private partnerships from your field experience that could be formed to implement your recommendations from parts D1a and D1b.
3. Create a specific timeline for your population-focused nursing interventions.
E. Evaluation

1. Explain how you would evaluate the effectiveness of the nursing action plan created in part D.

a. Identify the measurable tools necessary to perform the evaluation.
F. Conclusion

1. Reflect on how your perspective of the community’s health and the national, state, and local efforts toward a healthier population has changed as a result of your fieldwork.
1. Include appendices if necessary (e.g., charts, graphs, copies of any surveys, maps).

 
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Discuss the imperative for cultural competence in health care and culturally sensitive health intervention.

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Discussion Topic 1: I Foresee Great Things for You
Planning for the future is a major component for ensuring any healthcare organization is financially sound. Being a part of that future as a nurse entrepreneur is an exciting prospect. For this discussion, share with your colleagues in this course what you forecast for the future of healthcare finance and what role you might play in helping to build that future. Describe how you fit the profile of a nurse entrepreneur.
Please continue working on your project. You can inform your professor if you encounter difficulties, have questions, or need feedback.
Your Task:
Consider the following for this module:
Discuss the imperative for cultural competence in health care and culturally sensitive health intervention. How does self-awareness influence cultural competence? What factors should be considered when designing a health promotion program (e.g., to increase physical activity, reduce smoking, etc.) for your target cultural group? Your responses to these questions should be based firmly upon health behavior and/or health planning theory; a wonderful example of such is Airhihenbuwa’s PEN-3 Model. (Click here for a discussion of the PEN-3 Model.) Keep in mind that this is but one such model, which, incidentally, draws upon accumulated knowledge from the fields of cultural studies and health education.
Here’s an additional article describing an application of the PEN-3 model to a chronic disease: http://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1033&context=jhdrp
Please also look up another article that applies to the PEN-3 model as part of scholarly research.

 
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What careers other than psychology would benefit from a foundational knowledge of biological psychology?

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  • Assessment Instructions

    This assessment has two parts, Part A and Part B. Please complete both parts in one document.

    Part A

    Consider an intelligence test you once took, and address the following questions. The following questions are the required headings; do not incorporate the questions into the content of the answers.

    1. Do you think the test was a fair assessment of intelligence?

    2. Which questions do you feel most accurately gauged “intelligence?” Which did you find bothersome? 3. What did you learn about yourself from the test?

    4. What factors might confuse the definition of intelligence? Could intelligence tests be biased? Explain.

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Part B

Address the following questions, using the Capella library to find relevant sources and to add depth to your answers. The following questions are the required headings; do not incorporate the questions into the content of the answers.

1. What careers other than psychology would benefit from a foundational knowledge of biological psychology? 2. What are the practical applications of biological psychology?

3. How will you apply what you have learned in this course to your life?

Additional Requirements

  • Written Communication: Written communication should be free of errors that detract from the overall message.
  • APA Formatting: Resources and citations should be formatted according to APA (6th edition) style and formatting.
  • Font and Font Size: Times New Roman, 12-point font, and double spaced. Use Microsoft Word to complete theassessment.
  • Length: Write a minimum of 3 pages, excluding the title page and reference page (150–300 words per question). 
Attachments:
 
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scope and practice of mental health nurse practitioner

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scope and practice of mental health nurse practitioner

Question descriptionAPA 5 sources Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing. Scope and Standards of Practice. Review the Scope and Standards of Practice from APNA (American Psychiatric Nurses Association). If you are an APNA member you can access the book free of charge. The link in this section will link you to the book but you will have to log in. It is a good idea to join APNA. You can also buy a print copy if you desire; it is inexpensive. The book is not a required reading. I have provided the standards here. The standards are taken directly from APNA Scope and Standards of Practice 2ndedition (2014). Assignment for this module: Take each Standard and give several examples of how you will follow these standards in your practice. Please, only list just a few bullet points to address each standard. Ex: Standard 1: Assessment—what screening tools will you use? Will you meet with the pt and family together or separate or both? How much time will you allow for a new patient eval? As a NP will need to know your scope of practice. You cannot rely on someone else to know your scope. Standard 1: Assessment •Collect and synthesize comprehensive health data that are pertinent to the healthcare consumer’s health and/or situation. Standard 2: Diagnosis •Develop standard psychiatric and substance use diagnoses Standard 3: Outcomes Identification •Identify expected outcomes and the healthcare consumer’s goals for a plan individualized to the healthcare consumer or to the situation. Standard 4: Planning •Develop a plan that prescribes strategies and alternatives to assist the healthcare consumer in attainment of expected outcomes. Standard 5: Implementation •Implement the identified plan •Coordinate care delivery •Employ strategies to promote health and a safe environment •Provide consultation to influence the identified plan, enhance the abilities of other clinicians to provide services for the healthcare consumers, and effect change. •Use prescriptive authority, procedures, referrals, treatments and therapies in accordance with state and federal laws and regulations. •Incorporate knowledge of pharmacological, biological, and complementary interventions with applied clinical skills to restore the healthcare consumer’s health and prevent further disability •Provide structures and maintains a safe, therapeutic, recovery-oriented environment in collaboration with healthcare consumers, families and other healthcare clinicians. •Use the therapeutic relationship and counseling interventions to assist healthcare consumers in their individual recovery journeys by improving and regaining their previous coping abilities, fostering mental health, and preventing mental disorder and disability •Conducts individual, couples, group, and family psychotherapy using evidence based psychotherapeutic frameworks and the nurse-client therapeutic relationship Standard 6: Evaluation •Evaluate progress toward attainment of expected outcomes Standard 7: Ethics •Integrate ethical provisions in all areas of practice Standard 8: Education •Attain knowledge and competence that reflect current nursing practice. Standard 9: Evidence-Based Practice and Research •Integrate evidence and research findings into practice Standard 10: Quality of Practice •Systematically enhance the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice Standard 11: Communication •Communicate effectively in a variety of formats in all areas of practice. Standard 12: Leadership •Provide leadership in the professional practice setting and the profession Standard 13: Collaboration •Collaborate with the healthcare consumer, family, interprofessional health team and others in the conduct of nursing practice Standard 14: Professional Practice Evaluation •Evaluate one’s own practice in relation to the professional practice standards and guidelines, relevant statutes, rules and regulations Standard 15: Resource Utilization •Consider factors related to safety, effectiveness, cost and impact on practice in the planning and delivery of nursing services Standard 16: Environment Health •Practice in an environmentally safe and healthy manner

 
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MN502-1: Formulate a professional nursing philosophy based upon the role and responsibilities of the advanced nurse

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MN502-1: Formulate a professional nursing philosophy based upon the role and responsibilities of the advanced nurse

Question descriptionThis Assignment addresses this course outcome:

MN502-1: Formulate a professional nursing philosophy based upon the role and responsibilities of the advanced nurse.

Introduction

The purpose of this Assignment is for you to present your views, values, and beliefs about the four concepts of the nursing metaparadigm (i.e., person, nursing, health, and environment) and their interrelationship to one another as they guide your current nursing practice. The process of identifying a personal nursing philosophy of advanced nursing practice and continuously examining, affirming, and validating this philosophy through caring for patients, families, communities, populations, and/or systems can foster professional and personal growth that builds advanced practice expertise.

Directions

In this Assignment, you will develop the first draft of your personal philosophy of advanced practice nursing. You will continue to work on this document throughout the course, with new drafts reflecting your growing sophistication as you reflect on each week’s lesson.

A philosophical statement includes these elements:

  • An introduction that presents your thought processes used to articulate a philosophy of advanced practice nursing. Note that APA does not use a heading for the introduction, because it is assumed that the first few paragraphs of a manuscript are the introduction.
  • Valued personal concepts, such as:
    • Metaparadigm concepts such as person/client, nursing, health, and environment
    • Additional concepts you may find valuable to advanced practice, such as IOM Future of Nursing, accountability, interprofessional collaborative practice, social justice, and professionalism
    • Definition of each concept selected
    • Relationships between and among concepts within your personal philosophy as applied to your current practice. A diagram with should be used to graphically depict these interrelationships.

Organization of Your Paper

Your final paper is to be written in APA format (including organization, documentation, and references) and be no more than two pages in length. The paper should include a title page and reference list, however, these pages are not included in the final page count.

Course materials, except textbook, may be used and must be supplemented by current literature from peer-reviewed nursing journals no older than 5 years.

Additional resources to support this Assignment include:

  • Reflection: Readings
  • IOM Future of Nursing
  • Interprofessional collaborative practice

Evaluation Criteria

To view the Grading Rubric for this Assignment, please visit the Grading Rubrics section of the Course Resources.

Assignment Requirements

Before finalizing your work, you should:

  • Minimum requirement of at least 5 sources of support
  • be sure to read the Assignment description carefully (as displayed above);
  • consult the Grading Rubric (under the Course Resources) to make sure you have included everything necessary; and
  • utilize spelling and grammar check to minimize errors.

Your writing Assignment should:

  • follow the conventions of Standard English (correct grammar, punctuation, etc.);
  • be well ordered, logical, and unified, as well as original and insightful;
  • display superior content, organization, style, and mechanics; and
  • use APA 6th Edition

How to Submit

Submit your Assignment to the unit Dropbox before midnight on the last day of the unit.

When you are ready to submit your Assignment, submit to the unit dropbox. Make sure to save a copy of your work and be sure to confirm that your file uploaded correctly.

 
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