The Does quadrant explores the actions the Individual takes

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To create your Empathy map, simply draw four quadrants on a piece of paper. Each quadrant represents a different aspect of yourself, the quadrants are as follows;

Seeing; The See quadrant explores what you see from the situation and how that impacts what you then do.

Doing; The Does quadrant explores the actions the Individual takes

Thinking; The Thinks quadrant captures what the Individual is thinking throughout the experience

Feeling. The Feels quadrant is the Individuals emotional state

Next, consider the following case study of Rosie and her family, explore the emotion in you. In each quadrant, write down the relevant aspects of each perspective. Your word count for this assessment is 500 words. Whilst APA referencing is not required for the purpose of this assessment as this work is based on your own personal knowledge you are required to submit a Bibliography which is not included in your word count. 

Case Study

Rosie is a 28-year-old single mother to Sam, her 6-year-old son. Sam was diagnosed with Neuroblastoma which is a form of cancer that is made up of cells that are found in nerve tissues of the body at the age of 4 and has been receiving a variety of known treatment options throughout this time inclusive of Chemotherapy which Sam is currently undergoing. Rosie has no current contact with any of her family members due to her traumatic childhood.

This has been a long journey for their family and Rosie has consistently struggled with watching Sam decline health wise throughout treatment and constantly analyses Sam’s quality of life. Sam cannot play sport of any kind, at times due to his level of unwellness he cannot hold a book at bedtime, he has not commenced school due to his treatment therefore has minimal friends to support him throughout this time period. Sam became extremely unwell during his last round of treatment which again provoked Rosie to assess how this medical intervention was helping her son.

Following Sam’s last round of treatment, scans took place which concluded the Neuroblastoma had again spread throughout Sam’s body however Doctors were confident that Sam would be eligible for a new drug trial. Following Rosie’s assessment of Sam who is undernourished and unwell from the impact of chemotherapy she has declined any further treatment for Sam and has requested support to prepare for Sam’s death with the inclusion of the Palliative care team.

Discussion: Attention And Consciousness

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Attention is a cognitive function that plays a central role in almost everything we do throughout the day. Based on this week’s readings, discuss the area/aspect of attention that you think is most important for or most influential on cognition. For example, when is vigilance or divided attention important for cognitive processing? Or how can unconscious processing influence our perception of an item? Be sure to support your opinions with specific terms and theories from the readings. How could you apply the ideas you have discussed to different settings, for example, in driving or advertising?

please follow and support the questions in detail.

No Grammar issue , No Plag APA format.

I will add a student paper under here

Student Answer below do not copy rewrite your own answer

Student Answer

 

Attention is choosing and processing a specific amount of information from all of the information that is being absorbed by our senses, stored memories and other cognitive processes (Sternberg & Sternberg, 2017, p. 119). The four main areas of attention are signal detection and vigilance, search, selective attention and divided attention. Although they are each very important depending on the circumstances, selective attentions stands out to be the most important for cognition. For cognitive processes to happen, a person has to be able to pay attention to and focus on something for a certain amount of time.

There are several “filter and bottleneck” theories to help explain selective attention. A filter blocks some of the information going through, selecting only a part of it while the bottleneck slows down the information that is passing through (Sternberg & Sternberg, 2017, p. 128). This can be explained more with the Early Filter Model by Donald Broadbent which says that all information comes through and is stored in sensory memory for a very short period of time. It is then moved forward to a filter that will only allow one message to move forward again and be processed in more detail. From our short-term memory, we can pick and choose which information we want to keep and use later.

This is important for cognitive processing because if we were not able to selectively focus on certain information while other conversations around us are happening, it would be too hard to process the information and store it for later use. A weakness of this is that sometimes the information that is picked up on is due to the loudness, pitch, accent (Sternberg & Sternberg, 2017) or sometimes whatever information sounds more exciting versus what is more important. This is known as the cocktail party problem. For those who are not very good with divided attention, selective attention is very important when driving past an accident. At the same time, divided attention is more important for drivers than selective because there is always a lot to look out for while driving.

References

Sternberg, R. J., & Sternberg, K. (2016). Cognitive Psychology (7th ed.) Boston: MA. Cengage Learning. P. 117-154.

Complete an article analysis for each using the “Article Analysis: Part 2” template

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Search the  Library and find two new health care articles that use quantitative research. Do not use articles from a previous assignment, or articles that appear in the Topic Materials or textbook.

Complete an article analysis for each using the “Article Analysis: Part 2” template.

Refer to the “Patient Preference and Satisfaction in Hospital-at-Home and Usual Hospital Care for COPD Exacerbations: Results of a Randomised Controlled Trial,” in conjunction with the “Article Analysis Example 2,” for an example of an article analysis.

While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

Determine what is most important in the essay you selected and summarize the main argument.

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In your Outline Template,

  • Determine what is most important in the essay you selected and summarize the main argument.
  • Convert brainstorming ideas into a workable outline as part of the writing process.
  • Use appropriate academic writing tone, style, correct grammar, spelling, and sentence mechanics.
  • Apply structural components of outlining format to continue essay development.

The Critical Essay Outline

***Reference:

http://web.a.ebscohost.com.proxy-library.ashford.edu/ehost/detail/detail?vid=0&sid=ba281e2d-ccf5-44fe-bfe9-cbb2ec6a835c%40sessionmgr4007&bdata=JkF1dGhUeXBlPWlwLGNwaWQmY3VzdGlkPXM4ODU2ODk3JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#AN=wapo.8ffe6f78-9509-11e4-927a-4fa2638cd1b0&db=n5h

The link above is the article I chose. It is a private page and I don’t have a password to log-in so I took screenshots of the article so that you could have it for this assignment.

This assignment needs to be completed using the outline.

Levels and applications of qualitative research evidence.

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Evidence-based social work practice calls for the use of research data to guide the development of social work interventions on the micro, mezzo and/or macro-levels. Kearney (2001) described ways qualitative research findings can inform practice. Qualitative findings can help social workers understand the clients’ experiences and “what it may feel like” (Kearney, 2001). Therefore, social workers can develop clinical interventions that take into account the experiences of their clients. Qualitative findings can also help social workers monitor their clients. For example, if after reading a qualitative study on how domestic violence survivors respond to stress, they can monitor for specific stress behaviors and symptoms (Kearney, 2001). In addition, they can educate their client what stress behaviors to look for and teach them specific interventions to reduce stress (Kearney, 2001)

 

Given the increasing diversity that characterizes the landscape in the United States, social workers need to take into account culture when formulating interventions. Social workers can utilize qualitative findings to plan interventions in a culturally meaningful manner for the client.

 

To prepare for this Discussion, read Knight et al.’s (2014) study from this week’s required resources. Carefully review the findings, the photographs, and how the researchers wrote up the findings. Finally, review the specific macro-, meso-, and micro-oriented recommendations.

 

Then read Marsigilia and Booth’s article about how to adapt interventions so that they are culturally relevant and sensitive to the population the intervention is designed for. Finally, review the chapter written by Lee et al. on conducting research in racial and ethnic minority communities.

 

Reading

 

Kearney, M. (2001). Levels and applications of qualitative research evidence. Research in Nursing and Health, 24, 145–153.

 

Marsiglia, F.F. & Booth, J.M. (2015). Cultural adaptations of interventions in real practice settings. Research on Social Work Practice, 25(4), 423-432.

 

Post the following:

 

1. Using one of the direct quotes and/or photos from Knight et al.’s study, analyze it by drawing up a tentative meaning. Discuss how this would specifically inform one intervention recommendation you would make for social work practice with the homeless. This recommendation can be on the micro, meso, or macro level.

 

2. Next, explain how you would adapt the above practice recommendation that you identified so that it is culturally sensitive and relevant for African Americans, Hispanics, or Asian immigrants. (Select only 1 group). Apply one of the cultural adaptations that Marsigilia and Booth reviewed (i.e., content adaption to include surface and/or deep culture, cognitive adaptations, affective-motivational adaptations, etc.)(pp. 424-426). Be as specific as you can, using citations to support your ideas.

Looking Ahead: Application Assignment Net Revenue and Budgeting

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Assignment: Looking Ahead: Application Assignment Net Revenue and Budgeting

You will begin this assignment in Week 4 and it will be due by Day 7 of Week 5.

No one can predict the future, but accountants and financial managers must try and do exactly that!  By examining net revenue, costs, and cash flow, you can get a clearer picture of what to expect in your organization’s (or one with which you are familiar) fiscal future. Using these metrics to look forward will enable you to more effectively plan budgets that accomplish organizational goals.

When developing a budget, what variables do you have to take into account? In health care organizations, two of the largest groups of factors that you must consider are first, volume, and second, staffing and supply. The number of patients and tests performed each day, as well as employees and their pay rates are all crucial pieces of information when determining a budget.

In this Assignment, you address five scenarios: net revenue, fixed and variable costs, cash flow, volume budget, and staffing and supplies budget.

Note: For those Assignments in this course that require you to perform calculations you must:

  • Use the Excel spreadsheet template for the Week 5 assignment.
  • Show all your calculations and formulas in the spreadsheet.
  • Answer any questions included with the problems (as text in the Excel spreadsheet).

 

A title and reference page are NOT needed in this assignment.  Put your name and assignment at the top of the Excel spreadsheet.

For those not comfortable with the use of Microsoft Excel, this week’s Optional Resources suggest several tutorials.

To prepare:

  • Use the Week 5 Application Assignment Template, provided in this week’s Learning Resources, to complete this assignment. Carefully examine the information in each of the scenarios and provide the necessary calculations. Using this information will help you answer the questions.

Note: All the scenarios will be submitted as one document.  Each scenario will be on a different tab in the spreadsheet.

Scenario 1: Net Revenue Scenario

Your clinic provides four kinds of services:

  • Comprehensive initial medical consultation is priced at $250
  • Established patient limited visit is priced at $75
  • Established patient intermediate visit is priced at $125
  • Established patient comprehensive visit is priced at $250

Question: The profile of your patients is such that the average collection rate is 75%. Assuming you have 100 visits of each type each month, what amount of new revenue will you generate in the next 12 months?

Scenario 2: Fixed/Variable Cost Scenario

You have performed a cost analysis of your health care organization and have determined the following: based on the latest three years of information, your annual cost of operations is $1,600,000 with annual volume of 10,000 procedures. You have determined that certain of your supply items are fixed in nature (those marked with an F) while others are variable (marked with a V).

Question: An insurance company that is considering directing its 1,000 units per year of procedure business to your organization has approached you. For the last three years, you have been charging a price of $165 per procedure (with a 100% collection rate). Your board has mandated that you make $5 of profit from each of the procedures. You obviously want the highest possible price, but as you enter the negotiations, what is the lowest possible price you would be willing to accept from this payer?

Hint: Calculate the variable cost.

Scenario 3: Cash Flow Scenario

Your new business venture will begin operation on July 1, 20X2. You will hire staff effective January 1, 20X2 with a cost of $40,000 per month. You know from experience that collections lag billing by 3 months (in other words, once you bill for a service, you must wait 90 days for the payment to be received.) Your business volume is projected to be as follows:

Question: If you have $380,000 of cash on hand on January 1, 20X2, how much cash will you have at the end of June 20X3?  Assume a 100% collection rate.

Scenario 4: Volume Budget Scenario

You manage lab services in a large hospital. You have the following data on both the hospital’s budgeted patient days and visits for budget year 20XX along with the ratio of lab tests to patient days or visits.

Question: Based on this raw data provided , how many lab tests would you anticipate for the coming budget year? If each test is priced at $20.00, how much gross revenue would you budget? Assuming each full-time lab technician (FTE) can perform 200,000 tests each year, how many full-time lab technicians would you plan for?

Example on Template: 2 North Bldg calculated.  You will need to complete 2 South Bldg, ICU and OPD

Scenario 5: Staffing and Supply Budget Scenario

Calculate the supplies budget necessary to operate your unit for the fiscal year beginning January 1, 20X8. It is your expectation that you will perform 24,820 procedures in the budget year. The following spending data is available for the period January 1 to March 31, 20X7 during which time procedure volume amounted to 3,240. Items marked (F) are considered fixed, those marked (V) are considered variable. Inflation is planned at 4%.

In reviewing performance to date, you note that in January, you purchased $150,000 of D5W fluid replacement charged to IV solutions, which represents an entire year’s supply. In addition, you returned $2,800 of office supplies for credit from the vendor in Febuary. These supplies were purchased in a previous fiscal year.

You also need to prepare the salary budget for the same fiscal year. You have determined that staff needs are for 6.5 FTEs.

A pay raise will be given to all staff on October 1st of each year at a rate of 8 percent. In making your calculations, always round to the nearest whole dollar for annual salary amounts, but keep pennies in the hourly pay rates. New staff begins the new fiscal year at $16.00 per hour.

This Assignment will be due by Day 7 of Week 5. Be sure and include all of your calculations.

What mental disorder would you consider to describe what is problematic for Marcus?

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Please can you do this Unit 7 Discussion 1 & Discussion 2? $40.00 Due (Friday) 5/18/2018.

Unit 7 Discussion 1 

Diagnosing Children

Review the following media (linked in the Resources):

· The Vignette of Marcus

Based on the information presented, address the following questions using headings to match content in each:

1. What mental disorder would you consider to describe what is problematic for Marcus?

2. List the specific criteria from the DSM-5 that you believe Marcus meets, given the information you currently know about him. Be sure to review and include all required diagnostic criteria to make a diagnosis. Use the Differential Diagnosis Tool in your online DSM-5 from the library to determine the appropriate diagnosis.

3. What score would you document for Marcus, if Marcus’ family completed the parent- or guardian-rated Level 1 crosscutting symptom measure? Include the specific information you included when coming up with this score.

Support your ideas with references to the course texts, articles from this learning unit, or articles from peer-reviewed journals that you locate in the Capella University Library.

Response Guidelines

Respond to the initial discussion posts of one other learner. What reactions do you have to the ideas the learner has presented? Include examples from your own experience to support your perspective, and raise questions to continue the dialogue.

Learning Components

This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:

· Identify the main symptoms observed in persons who are experiencing psychological disorder.

· Apply assessment tools to aid in the diagnostic process.

· Identify the role of diagnostic codes, including V and Z codes, to support a holistic diagnosis of clients seen in family counseling.

· Use language appropriate for a counseling professional.

· Cite and reference resources, giving appropriate credit for another’s work.

Resources

· Discussion Participation Scoring Guide.

· Differential Diagnosis by the Trees.

· Capella University Library.

· Masters in Counseling – Research Guide.

· The Vignette of Marcus | Transcript.

The Vignette of Marcus

The Vignette of Marcus: Marcus is a 10-year-old boy who has been struggling at school. During the past year he has frequently been distracted in class, and fidgety while in his seat. He often gets into trouble for not paying attention to the teacher, and has difficulty engaging in solitary activities such as reading or taking tests. He gets into trouble in school for talking too much, and for talking out of turn. While at recess, he continues to have difficulties standing still and taking turns. During class time, Marcus has difficulty following instructions and completing his work. He is easily distracted, does not pay attention to details, and frequently leaves his seat to interrupt the work of other students.

Marcus continues to have difficulty at home. He spends the weekdays with his mother and two younger brothers whose ages are 5 and 7. He tries to help with many of the household chores his mother cannot tend to while she is at work full-time, but has difficulty following through. He seems to want to be helpful. He has some difficulty getting along with his brothers, and often will take their toys without asking. On the weekends, Marcus lives with his father, stepmother, his 11-year-old stepsister, and his 3-year-old half-sister. He describes his father and stepmother as being very strict, which causes some difficulty for Marcus. He has difficulties sitting still, which causes significant difficulty when he goes out to dinner or to other events with his father and stepmother.

Marcus’ teacher has met with his parents on several occasions to discuss his poor academic progress. She has expressed concern with the level of his academic skills in writing and math, as well as with his ability to control his energy and to ‘fit in’ with the others in his class. Both the teacher and school principal have recommended counseling for Marcus, and the parents’ insurance plan will pay for 10 visits. Marcus’ pediatrician has also suggested the possibility of medication.

Unit 7 Discussion 2 

Autism Spectrum Disorder

Review the Extraordinary People story of Temple Grandin on page 280 and the case study of Richard on page 287 from your Abnormal Psychology text. Consider the range of impairment for individuals whose symptoms are described by autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Address the following using headings to match content in each bullet point:

· Compare early behaviors typical of those diagnosed with ASD evident in the description of Temple and Richard.

· How have the developments in the field since the time Temple was young changed how we understand Richard’s symptoms and their causes?

Support your ideas with references to the course texts, articles from this learning unit, or articles from peer-reviewed journals that you locate in the Capella University Library.

Response Guidelines

Respond to the initial discussion posts of one other learner. What reactions do you have to the ideas the learner has presented? Include examples from your own experience to support your perspective, and raise questions to continue the dialogue.

Learning Components

This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:

· Identify the main symptoms observed in persons who are experiencing psychological disorder.

· Use language appropriate for a counseling professional.

· Cite and reference resources, giving appropriate credit for another’s work.

Resources

· Discussion Participation Scoring Guide.

· Capella University Library.

· Masters in Counseling – Research Guide.

What steps would you take to attempt to resolve the issue?

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U6 Minimum 250 word discussion.

Share your insights about ethical principles in psychology by responding to the following questions:

  • What      do you see as the ethical issue or issues involved in the case study you      reviewed? Cite the relevant elements within the APA’s Ethical Principles      of Psychologists and Code of Conduct to support your analysis.
  • What      steps would you take to attempt to resolve the issue?
  • How      can you apply the principles from the Becoming an Ethical Helping      Professional coursepack readings to the case study you chose?
  • How      does this issue as well as the other standards in the APA ethics code      relate to your future career in psychology?
  • What      is the difference between conducting research in the field of psychology      and conducting your informational interview for this course?
  • What      ethical principles are most applicable to your professional interview?
  • What      will you do to ensure you adhere to ethical principles while conducting      your interview?

Match the Individual with the Seminal Study

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Research Multimedia Activity

 

 

 

Complete the Research multimedia activity.

 

 

 

Take a screenshot of your results page and upload the PDF to your Assignment Files tab

 

 

 

1: Match the Individual with the Seminal Study

 

 

 

Rene Decartes

 

Charles Darwin

 

Wilheim Wundt

 

Edward Lee Thorndike

 

Ivan Pavlov

 

John B. Watson

 

BF Skinner

 

Sigmund Freud

 

Carl Jung

 

Alfred Binet

 

2: Match the Individual with the Seminal Study

 

 

 

James Cattell

 

Frances Galton

 

Lewis Terman

 

Clark Hull

 

Arnold Gesell

 

Henry Murray

 

Jean Piaget

 

Gordon Allport

 

Erik Erikson

 

 

 

3: Which of the following researcher(s) conducted a combination of observation and Experimental Research?

 

4: Which of the following researcher(s) conducted philosophical research?

 

5: Which of the following researcher(s) conducted observational research?

 

6: Which of the following researcher(s) conducted introspective research?

 

7: Which of the following researcher(s) conducted experimental research?

 

8: Which of the following researcher(s) conducted theoretical research?

 

9: Which of the following researcher(s) conducted testing research?

 

10: Which of the following researcher(s) conducted statistical research?

 

11: Which of the following researcher(s) conducted longitudinal research?

 

12: Which of the following researcher(s) conducted lexical analysis research?

 

 

 

13: Dr. Jones is a practicing clinical psychologist who is videotaping and coding counseling sessions of the students in his practicum class to evaluate their counseling skills and help them improve.

 

14:Dr. Daal wants to identify the best of two final exams to give to his introductory biology students. He will give one exam to his Monday class and the second exam to his Thursday class, then using SPSS he will analyze the two exams to identify which one to continue using in the future.

 

15: Ms. Harte is examining the effects of a new plagiarism prevention program at the university. Seven introductory courses will include the new program, while the rest continue with the standard curriculum. For the next five classes, the papers of the students who participated in the new program will be compared to those who did not have the new program to evaluate the effectiveness of the program.

 

16:Dr. Soon is examining how noise affects concentration. She randomly assigns half of the college freshman who volunteer for the study to work on a computerized reaction time test in a room with an open window that overlooks a busy street with high traffic. The other half of the volunteers perform the same task in a very quiet room with no windows.

 

17: Dr. Aper wants to examine the effects of alien abduction on academic performance. The academic records of thirty students who self-identify as having been abducted are compared to the academic records of the students who were not abducted.

 

Microbiology Day Four Assignment

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Answer Critical Thinking Question 2 for Chapter 7 on page 206 and Clinical Application Question 1 for Chapter 8 on page 243. Answers should be submitted in a word document with any associated references used.

Day four assignment

206 question:For each of the following bacteria, explain why is is often resistant to disinfectant

a)Mycobacteriim

b)Pseudomonas

c)Bacillus

question number one chapter 8

Ciprofloxacin erythromycin, and acyclovir are used to treat microbial infections, Ciprofloxacin inhibits DNA gyrase. Erythromycin binds in front of the A site on the 50S subunit of a ribosome Acyclovir is a guanine analog.

a) What steps in protein synthesis are inhibited by each drug?

b) Which drug is more effective against bacteria?why?

c) Which drugs will have effects on the host’s cells?why

d) Use the index to identify the disease for which acyclovir is primarily used . Why is it more effective than erythromycin for treating this diseaese