Substance Use Disorders

Read the following two case scenarios:
Initially, Jose used cocaine only on the weekends when he was out with friends. But now he uses it every day, even when alone. Jose spends nearly his entire paycheck on his cocaine use. His wife is threatening to divorce him, and he is close to being fired from his job for underperforming. Yet, he continues to use cocaine.
Steven suffers from Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity disorder.  In order to help him focus better at work, Steven’s doctor prescribed Adderall (amphetamine).  Initially, Steven noticed an improvement in his concentration at work.  After he had been taking Adderall for 6 months, however, recently he is starting to feel his concentration slipping again. He mentioned this to his doctor, and his doctor increased the dosage Steven was taking.  He has also noticed that if he forgets to take his medicine, he is very tired, feels depressed, and has trouble sleeping.
Based on your readings, what is your viewpoint regarding Jose’s and Steven’s substance use? Keep the following questions in mind while writing the paper:

  • What category of substances do cocaine and amphetamine fall under, and what are the implications of this category on the body?  Be sure to give the classification, DEA schedule, and physical effects.
  • How is a substance use disorder diagnosed?
  • Is Jose’s behavior evidence of a substance use disorder? Give a clear and thorough rationale for your response.
  • Is Steven’s behavior evidence of a substance use disorder? Give a clear and thorough rationale for your response.

Submit a two-three page paper in Microsoft Word

This essay is due  7th November. It should be between 1000-1500 words. You must submit your paper to www.Turnitin.com.
Please select a question from the list below, and make sure to clearly state the question you are answering at the start of your essay.
Questions:
(1) What is utilitarianism? Critically assess the plausibility of this proposal.
(2) What is euthanasia, and why is it considered to be morally different to murder or suicide? Is it?
(3) What do you think is the best moral argument for vegetarianism? Does it work?
(4) Does freedom entail the ability to have done otherwise?
(5) What is the harm principle? Does it pose a justified limitation on our freedom?
(6) What is Rawls’ conception of a just society? Is it is tenable?
(7) What, if anything, would be wrong in simply saying that anything counts as art so long as this is what was intended by the creator of the artifact in question?
(8) Can two identical objects differ in their aesthetic properties?
(9) Can one properly form one’s aesthetic judgments via testimony from aesthetic experts?
(10) What are Gettier-style counterexamples, and how do they challenge the classical account of knowledge?
(11) Is knowledge more valuable than mere true belief?
(12) Is ‘knows’ a context-sensitive term?
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PSYC305 – Communication & Power – Its Use and Misuse Discussion Essay Assignment Papers

Communication

It has been said that communication controls, motivates, provides release, and facilitates decision-making. What happens in an organization when communication is limited? How does downward and upward communication affect the functions mentioned above?

PSYC305 – Communication & Power – Its Use and Misuse Discussion Essay Assignment Papers

Power – Its Use and Misuse

TS Eliot wrote, “Half of the harm that is done in this world is caused by people who have power and want to feel important. They do not mean to do harm… they are simply absorbed in the useless struggle to think well of themselves.” (Manning & Curtis , p. 167)
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Please do Exercise 8-1, p. 169. What kind of power does your supervisor commonly use, and what has been the outcome of their behavior…on the employees, on the company?.
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Team Assignment 1

Please read the page “Team Assignments Approach and Overview” located in the Files section of the Course Menu for an overview of approach and requirements for Team Assignments, and the following detailed instructions for Team Assignment 1 to be started in Week 1, and completed in Week 2.
As you know, to develop leadership skills, hands-on in this course, you are being put in virtual teams of 4. With your team members, you will complete 4 team assignments, one in each of weeks 2, 3, 5, and 6. You will do this by each team member having the opportunity to be the Leader in at least one of the Team Assignments (while others take on other specific roles that week).
Objectives of Team Assignment 1 (due Week 2)

  1. To become aware of your leadership qualities, where and how they were developed, areas that need development, and how you could start developing your leadership qualities; and
  2. In order to work together virtually, you will share information with your team about how and when you are available for communication with your team, and your leadership and course goals as stated in 1) above.

Tasks and deliverables for the team assignment of Weeks 1 and 2 – to be completed in week 2:
Instructions: Team Assignment 1 requires you to

  1. Get started in Week 1 to
    1. Individually, analyze your leadership strengths, and areas to develop and improve, based on the personal Leadership development and Course goals document (LDCG) in the Files section of the Course Menu,
    2. Indicate your program, experience with online courses, day and time availability, contact information (phone, chat, e-mail address), and time zones, etc… using the Communication Preferences (CP) document in the Files section of the Course Menu. PSYC305 – Communication & Power – Its Use and Misuse Discussion Essay Assignment Papers
    3. Communicate and share the above information in LDCG and CP documents, with your team members, by posting in Team Discussions.
  2. Continue in Week 2 to
    1. Share the above information with each other,
    2. As a team, using the above information, plan out team roles, such as leader, motivator, communicator, facilitator, etc…, for all team members, for all 4 team assignment weeks 2, 3, 5 and 6, as suggested in Team Roles document in the Files section of the Course Menu.
    3. Collate all team members’ Leadership Development and Course goals and Communication Preferences information with Team roles, in ONE Word document. You may create a table in Word, or an Excel worksheet to represent the information on Leadership and Course Goals (LDCG) summary and Communication Preferences (CP) summary, and submit with the Team Roles information, all in ONE Word document.

    Team assignment deliverable must be submitted in three places: at the end of the Team discussions by Team Leader, in the Files section of the Course Menu by the leader, and in your own Week 2 Team Assignment area by each team member. PSYC305 – Communication & Power – Its Use and Misuse Discussion Essay Assignment Papers

  3. To ensure productivity by each member of your team, a Team Leader and Member Report (TLMR), available in the Files section of the Course Menu, will be completed by each member of the team and posted by each member in the Team discussions between Friday and Saturday midnight, and in their own Team Assignment area along with their Team assignment deliverable/ product by Sunday 11:59pm.If the TLMR is not posted in Team discussions and own area by Sunday 11:59pm, up to 20% points may be deducted from the full points of the Team assignment. PSYC305 – Communication & Power – Its Use and Misuse Discussion Essay Assignment Papers

If the TLMR is not posted in Team discussions and own area by Sunday 11:59pm, up to 20% points may be deducted from the full points of the Team assignment.

Rubric

In general, for the weekly Team Assignment, marks will be given on the following basis:

  1. Quality of Team deliverable/ product: 50%
  2. Creativity in Team deliverable/product: 10%
  3. Individual Participation: 40%

For Team Assignment 1 (due Week 2), 65 points will be awarded as follows:

  1. Quality of Team deliverable/ Product: 50%. 33/65
    1. Leadership Development and Course Goals summary for all team members (LDCG for all): 10
    2. Communication Preferences summary for all team members (CP for all): 10
    3. Team roles for all for all 4 Team assignment weeks: 13
  2. Creativity in Team deliverable/product: 10%. 6/65. PSYC305 – Communication & Power – Its Use and Misuse Discussion Essay Assignment Papers
  3. Individual Participation in Team discussions (at least 4 times fair contribution): 40%. 26/65

Submissions Due

In addition to the individual information (LDCG and CP), to be shared in Week 1 in Team Discussions by team members (see Instructions under Task and Deliverables above), team assignment deliverable/product (LDCG summary, CP summary, and Team Roles as ONE document) must be submitted in three places: at the end of the Team discussions by the Team Leader, in the Files section of the Course Menu by the leader, and in your own areas by each team member. PSYC305 – Communication & Power – Its Use and Misuse Discussion Essay Assignment Papers
Team assignment deliverable / product must be submitted as one submission for grades, the same final document by each member of the team, by the end of Week 2 (Sunday 11:59pm) in your own areas.
Team Leader and Member Report (TLMR), available in the Files section of the Course Menu, must be posted by each member in the Team discussions between Friday and Saturday 11:59pm, and in their own Team Assignment area along with their Team assignment deliverable/ product. PSYC305 – Communication & Power – Its Use and Misuse Discussion Essay Assignment Papers

Communication within Families

Three 17 year old high school students are planning on going to an 8pm movie together on a Friday night.
Sally has no curfew, so she didn’t think going to the movies would be a problem. Sally asked her mother on Tuesday if she could go and her mother said “yes.” When Friday arrived, her mother told Sally that she couldn’t go to the movies anymore, it was too late for her to go out, and she needed to stay home. Her mother then left to go to the bar, and Sally was left to feed and care for her younger brother.
Mary asked her father if she could go to the movies. He responded that as her curfew was 9pm she was not allowed to go to the movies. Mary did not want to question her father’s decision, so she kept quiet, even though it was the weekend, and she had no responsibilities on Saturday morning. Mary asked her mother if she would try to talk to her father to convince him to lift the curfew for one night, but her mother refused to do so.
Sam asked his parents if he could go to the movies. His parents stated that while normally his curfew was 9pm, it was a weekend night and he had no plans early in the morning on Saturday. Sam’s parents decided that as long as his homework and chores were finished, he could have an extension on his curfew for the evening, and could go to the movies. On Friday afternoon, Sam completed his homework and chores, and left to see the movie, with the promise to call his parents if the movie got out later than 10pm.
Respond to the following using the information from the text and lectures:

  • Identify which boundary is best described by each family in the scenario above.
  • Identify which boundary inadequacies are present in each family, if applicable.
  • Explain how each boundary and boundary inadequacy manifests itself.
  • What behaviors contribute to the development and maintenance of each of these boundaries?
  • Which of these teens are at risk for future substance abuse and why?
  • What can parents do to avoid or change any maladaptive boundary patterns in their families?

Create a PowerPoint presentation of five to seven slides, with detailed speaker notes to present to a parent organization.

Structure of Health Insurance Paper
The present health care system relies on public and private health  insurance systems. On the basis of your understanding of the health  insurance system, answer the following questions:
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  • Explain the basic structure of health insurance and analyze its most  important part. Describe the main purpose of health insurance in your  own words.
  • What impact do you think health insurance has on our economy today?
  • Explain why managed care was incorporated in the US health care  system long ago? Describe and contrast the three types of managed care  plans—HMOs, PPOs, and POS?.
  • Should the same individuals who pay for your health care (managed  care organizations [MCOs]) also make your treatment decisions? Why or  why not?
  • Is the fee-for-service (FFS) system more beneficial for the consumer than the current MCO system? Why or why not? Explain. Structure of Health Insurance Paper

community health nursing

Visit the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s MyEnvironment site at http://www.epa.gov/myenvironment (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. and enter your city and state, ZIP code, or location into the location box. Explore the site to learn more about your environment and things that might be impacting the health of its citizens.

  • Identify something new you learned about your environment and how it could be affecting health by completing this statement: “I didn’t know _____.”
  • How could you, in the role of a community health nurse, address these concerns?

Optional: For more environmental health information, you can also visit the following websites.

Color and Perceived Taste
Does the color of a food or beverage affect the way people perceive its taste? The subjects of an experiment were divided at random into two groups. Each subject was asked to taste a sample of tea and rate the taste as not very good, acceptable, or very good. Subjects assigned to the first group were asked to taste and rate lemon tea. Subjects in the second group were asked to taste and rate lemon tea that had been colored purple by adding food coloring. The subjects’ rating of the tea flavor is captured in the following table:
 
(The table is shown with the attachments)
Your discussion this week should include the following:

  1. Carry out an appropriate test to determine if the proportion for each of the three taste rating categories is the same when the color is altered as for when the color is not altered.
  2. Summarize the hypotheses, the test, and the findings. Justify the selection of the test and discuss its limitations.
  3. Discuss the reasons behind the methods used to set up the tests the way you did.

Embed course material concepts, principles, and theories (require supporting citations) along with at least one scholarly, peer-reviewed reference in supporting your answer. Keep in mind that these scholarly references can be found in the Saudi Electronic Library by conducting an advanced search specific to scholarly references.

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Assignment 2: Leadership and the Graduate Nursing Role

In Week 5, the Final Project will synthesize what you have discovered about the different advanced practice roles and scope of practice found in the master of nursing curriculum. Family Nurse Pactitioner You will review all roles and then examine the specialty for which you were admitted, focusing on the scope of practice, core competencies, certification requirements, and legal aspects of practice for that specific role. This week you will focus on Leadership and the Graduate Nurse Role.

The graduate nurse evidences leadership as seen in the four domains: the profession of nursing, clinical practice arena, health policy arena, and systems level. In order to complete this assignment, complete the short eighteen-question quiz (this takes approximately five minutes) about your leadership style at

Cherry, K. (2016). What’s Your Leadership Style? Learn more about your        strengths and weaknesses as a leader. Retrieved from        https://www.verywell.com/whats-your-leadership-style-3866929

In a 3- to 5-page paper (excluding the title page, references and appendices), you will address the following criteria:

  • Report your findings from the quiz:
    • What kind of leader were you?
    • How does this fit into your beliefs about your leadership style?
  • Examine the attributes of leadership that may be needed for graduate level nurses.
  • Analyze your personal leadership attributes you feel you have that will help you in your graduate nursing role. Also discuss those attributes that you feel you may need to develop in your graduate nursing role.

Finish with a quotation from a library article related to leadership in an advanced nursing role. Look in some of the known leadership journals like The Journal of Nursing Scholarship or Nursing Leadership Forum or the American Journal of Nursing, Journal of Nursing Administration, Nursing Administration Quarterly, Nursing Management or Health Care Management Review

Epidemiology

The link provided will take you to a case study on Salmonella in the Caribbean. While reading through this interactive presentation, answer the posted questions throughout, noting the correct answers, so you may formulate responses to the following questions for homework. Responses should be in your own words and with your own thoughts and opinions.
1. Explain why this is considered to be a case-control study? Include in your answer, who were the cases, and how many were used for the study? Who were the controls, why were they used, and how many were in the study? (3 pts)
2. What were the steps they used to explore the problem? In your assessment, what could some of the potential bias issues be, and how might they control for these? (3 pts)
3. If you discuss the association between exposure and disease for this situation, what conclusions did the investigators draw, and why? Use depth and specificity in your response. (2 pts)
4. What measure do investigators use to determine association for case-control studies? Explain what it may tell you? (2 pts)
5. Did their conclusions change when the researchers investigated the problem in various countries of the Caribbean? (2 pts)
6. What are some policy implications or benefits for having a Survelliance System in place? What are some pertinent qualifications of an effective Survellience System? (3 pts)
Please remember to number your responses appropriately.

Writing Assignment #2
Background Review and
Synthesis of Literature
 
 
Summary of assignment
 
· Task: You will complete the following:
· Select a topic for writing assignment #4 o Research that topic in OneSearch
· Locate at least seven articles from scholarly or credible trade journals on the topic o Write a synthesis of the articles.
 
· Length: 1000-1400 words.
 
· Format: APA
 
· Sources: At least seven sources from scholarly or credible trade journals
 
· Writing Process: You will submit a first draft of the essay to the assignment folder. The first draft will not be graded. The instructor will provide comments to it. After receiving comments from the instructor, you will submit a revised draft. The final draft will be graded.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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How This Assignment Informs Future Assignments in WRTG 394

This assignment is designed to help you prepare for the final paper in WRTG 394. Keep in mind that your final paper in WRTG 394 will be a report in which you define a problem in your workplace or community persuasively and accurately and propose a solution or solutions to the problem or issue.
For writing assignment #2, consider the problem you will address and conduct research in the library on the topic.
For example, let us assume that you are considering writing a report to the Dean of The School of Arts and Sciences at UMGC to recommend that UMGC move from LEO as its learning management system (LMS) to a different learning management system. In preparing to write this type of report, you might complete the following for writing assignment #2: Conduct library research on the topics of learning management systems for schools, online teaching, and effective teaching in an online environment.
 
 
What do We Mean by Synthesis?
 
In a background review and synthesis of the literature, you don’t take a stand on an issue. You review what the articles say on the issue, dividing the arguments in the articles into themes.
 
For example, let us assume that you conduct library research on the topic of learning management systems for schools, online teaching, and effective teaching in an online environment. You might find that three major themes emerge from your perusing of the seven articles:
· common reasons for resisting the move to a new LMS
· impact on faculty members when transitioning to a new LMS
· impact on students when transitioning to new LMS
 
 
 

Selection of Topics

Examples of Topics for Writing Assignment #4, the Research-Based Report

 
A student could write a report on a number of topics. The following are some examples. Please note that these are examples of topics. You are not required to choose any of them. They are provided here to help illustrate this assignment.
· a report to your supervisor at work suggesting that email be used less frequently for communication and that another application be used to improve communication
· a report to your city council suggesting a new smart traffic light system for parts of the city
· a report to the program chair of your major at UMGC to suggest changes to one or more of the classes required in the major
· a report to the manager of your unit at work noting that recycling facilities in the workplace should be improved
 
 

Examples of Topics for Writing Assignment #2, the Background Review and Synthesis, Based on the Suggested Topics Above

In any report of this nature, some background research is necessary. For example, consider the following strategies when collecting background research for the topics mentioned above:
· For a report to your supervisor at work suggesting that email be used less frequently for communication and that another application be used to improve communication, some scholarly literature or articles from credible trade journals on transitioning to alternative electronic communication would be beneficial. In addition, articles that demonstrate the problems with email communication would add to the argument.
· For a report to your city council proposing a new smart traffic light system, some trade journal or scholarly literature on such systems would augment the report considerably.
· For a report to the program chair of your major at UMGC, some scholarly or trade journal articles on the skills that a graduate of that major needs in the workplace would be very effective. This information would greatly enhance the credibility of a report that suggests changes to the curriculum.
· For a report to the manager of your unit at work arguing that recycling facilities in the workplace should be improved, some scholarly articles or studies on the challenges of and benefits to implementing recycling facilities in organizations would be persuasive. Of course, there are varieties of recycling programs. The articles you find would help define what type of recycling program you would propose.
 

Length of Your Paper

 
As noted above, your background review of the literature on your topic should be 1000-1400 words in length.
The sources should be cited throughout the paper in APA format and listed in a References page at the end of the paper in APA format.
You will find that your synthesis will be a helpful component of your final research-based report. In fact, if your synthesis is well written, you might be able to take parts of it and copy them into sections of the final report. The skills and strategies you gain from writing the background review and synthesis of literature will be very valuable in writing your final research-based report.
 
Guides to Help You in Writing this Assignment:
Please read the sample paper in our class from Tom Student.
In addition, the following links provide access to guides on writing a research-based business report. While the guides provide instruction on writing a research-based business report, for the purposes of writing assignment #2, you might focus on how each guide instructs you on the use of sources and secondary research for the report.
· Victoria University of Wellington
· Queen Margaret University
· Murdoch University
· Colorado State University
 

Additional Topics that Previous Students Have Used

Some possible workplace research topics are the following. These are examples to help you get started. Please contact your instructor to have other topic ideas approved .
· Making a change in the computer infrastructure at your workplace
· Establishing a drug policy
· Establishing an employee leave donation program
· Establishing an equipment donation program for used computers, etc.
· Establishing a company recycling program (paper, etc.)
· Education/retraining for your employees
· Recommending the purchase of standing desks for employees
· Designing a training program for workplace safety issues
· Redesigning employee performance evaluations
· Establishing on-site day care or providing other child care benefits
· Providing gym membership or creating an on-site workout facility
· Creating or revising a charitable contribution policy
· Creating or improving a tuition assistance program
· Accommodations needed for employee/s with specific health issues (for example, migraines)
Some students have chosen topics outside of their workplaces, such as the following:
· Getting additional lighting in the neighborhood
· Changing traffic patterns around your child’s school
· Starting a PTA website for your child’s school
· Constructing a crying baby room at your place of worship
· Offering ESL courses at your church
· Increasing participation in a military Family Support Group
· Introducing a youth sports program to a school or community
· Changing the design of a class for your university
· Changing the learning management system for online classes for your university
 
Submitting the assignment:
 
You will submit a first draft of the essay to the assignment folder. The first draft will not be graded. The instructor will provide comments to it.
 
After receiving comments from the instructor, you will submit a revised draft. The final draft will be graded.
 
 

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Writing
 
Assignment
 
#2
 
 
Background
 
 
Review
 
and
 
 
 
Synthesis
 
of
 
Literature
 
 
 
 
 
Summary
 
of
 
assignment
 
 
 
 

 
Task:
 
You will complete the following:
 
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Select a topic for writing assignment #4
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Research that topic
in OneSearch
 
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Locate at least seven articles from scholarly or credible trade
journals on the topic
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Write a synthesis of the articles.
 
 
 

 
Length:
 
1000

1400 words.
 
 
 

 
Format:
 
APA
 
 
 

 
Sources:
 
At least seven sources from scholarly or credible trade journals
 
 
 

 
Writing Process:
 
You will submit a first draft of the essay to the assignment folder. The
first draft will not be graded. The instructor will provide comments to it. After receiving
c
omments from the instructor, you will submit a revised draft. The final draft will be
graded.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Writing Assignment #2
Background Review and
Synthesis of Literature
 
 
Summary of assignment
 
• Task: You will complete the following:
o Select a topic for writing assignment #4 o Research that topic
in OneSearch
o Locate at least seven articles from scholarly or credible trade
journals on the topic o Write a synthesis of the articles.
 
• Length: 1000-1400 words.
 
• Format: APA
 
• Sources: At least seven sources from scholarly or credible trade journals
 
• Writing Process: You will submit a first draft of the essay to the assignment folder. The
first draft will not be graded. The instructor will provide comments to it. After receiving
comments from the instructor, you will submit a revised draft. The final draft will be
graded.