Consider aspects of daily life that we focus on most, and certainly high on the list, if not at the very top of the chart, is food. Our first concern may be how to have adequate food or nourishing food or food that just tastes really good. Whatever the priority, food is pretty much understood by everyone to be a need worthy of our full attention at least three times a day.

Week 7: Evaluation and Management of Gastrointestinal Conditions
Consider aspects of daily life that we focus on most, and certainly high on the list, if not at the very top of the chart, is food. Our first concern may be how to have adequate food or nourishing food or food that just tastes really good. Whatever the priority, food is pretty much understood by everyone to be a need worthy of our full attention at least three times a day.
 
Food, as well as water, are essential to life, and nutritious options in particular. But intake of food, water, and other liquids is not enough. The body also must have a well-functioning digestive system to extract the nutrients to feed the cells and produce the energy for all systems to operate. For children, this is especially critical to ensure optimum growth and development.
 
When it functions normally, the pediatric digestive system runs smoothly. However, for just about every child, there are days when it does not; for some children, disruptively often. Gastrointestinal (GI) disorders are common complaints in patients from babies to teens. Problems may range from an isolated illness, to chronic issues such as lactose or gluten intolerance, to injuries or malformations of the organs necessary for digestion.
 
Working with families to address GI conditions in children and adolescents can be particularly challenging when management interferes with family food and beverage preferences or involves extreme diligence in choice and preparation. Be mindful of the socio-cultural diversity of your pediatric families and the role that food, including amount, plays in a family’s understanding of “good care” of infants and toddlers, of physical and cognitive development as children grow. Also be aware of how deep stressors such as food insecurity can impact how well families can maintain GI treatment and management plans.
 
This week the Learning Resources and the i-Human Case Study Assignment will help you prepare for treating pediatric patients with gastrointestinal conditions and supporting their families with targeted advice or comprehensive education.
 
Learning Objectives
Students will:
 
Assess pediatric patients with signs of gastrointestinal conditions
Evaluate health conditions of pediatric patients
Formulate differential diagnoses for pediatric gastrointestinal conditions
Analyze socio-cultural needs of pediatric patients and families
Formulate evidence-based treatment and management plans for pediatric patients with gastrointestinal conditions
Recommend evidence-based strategies for educating patients and families on treatment and management of gastrointestinal conditions
 

Analyze socio-cultural needs of pediatric patients and families Formulate evidence-based treatment and management plans for eye, ear, nose, and throat conditions in pediatric patients

Week 4: Evaluation and Management of EENT Conditions
It is the first thing you observe as you meet a young patient—the child’s face: eyes, ears, nose, mouth. So, as this course on primary care shifts from a focus on a child’s whole-body growth and development to specific body structures and systems, it is natural to start with those defining features.
 
Close observation is among your most important tools in caring for children and adolescents. Eyes, ears, nose, and throat (EENT) exams are all part of a well-child visit. Your knowledge of what is normal and what is not will support you in identifying conditions and disorders that can impact children’s sight and hearing, their normal breathing, and restful sleep.
 
Assessing and evaluating EENT conditions may require your detective skills of observing, listening, and careful questioning. Or, in cases of injury to eyes, an object in a child’s ear or nose, or an obvious throat issue, the problem and your needed response may be immediately clear. The Learning Resources this week provide knowledge and recommendations for preparing for pediatric patients with a range of possible EENT conditions and emergencies, and for making diagnoses and determining treatments.
 
Keep in mind the importance of your relationship with parents and guardians. The more you understand about a family and the greater the cooperative bond you form, the more effective the management strategies you can provide.
 
This week you will further your preparation in all of these aspects of pediatric care as you complete your i-Human Case Study in evaluating and managing EENT conditions.
 
Learning Objectives
Students will:
 
Assess pediatric patients for eye, ear, nose, and throat conditions
Evaluate health conditions of pediatric patients
Formulate differential diagnoses for eye, ear, nose, and throat conditions in pediatric patients
Analyze socio-cultural needs of pediatric patients and families
Formulate evidence-based treatment and management plans for eye, ear, nose, and throat conditions in pediatric patients
Recommend evidence-based strategies for educating patients and families on treatment and management of eye, ear, nose, and throat conditions
Learning Resources
Required Readings (click to expand/reduce)
Required Media (click to expand/reduce)

Discuss your personal definition of family and family roles that might impact the assessment of a child and his or her family. Also expand your discussion on the challenges of working with families. Explain how you would handle parents that do not want to vaccinate children.

Assignment 4: Journal Entry #1
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Critical reflection of your growth and development during your practicum
experience in a clinical setting has the benefit of helping you identify
opportunities for improvement in your clinical skills while also recognizing
your clinical strengths and successes.
This week, you will write a Journal Entry reflecting on your clinical
strengths and opportunities for improvement.
To prepare:
? Refer to your FNP Clinical Skills and Procedures Self-Assessment Form
from your previous assignment in this week and consider your strengths and
opportunities for improvement.
Journal Entry (450–500 words):?
? Explain what most excites and/or concerns you about pediatric clinical
experiences. Include a description of your strengths and weaknesses in terms
of working with children and how these strengths and weaknesses might
impact your Practicum experience.
? Discuss your personal definition of family and family roles that might
impact the assessment of a child and his or her family. Also expand your
discussion on the challenges of working with families. Explain how you
would handle parents that do not want to vaccinate children.
? Then, explain how culture (both the culture of the provider and that of the
child and his or her family) may further influence the assessment.
? Select and explain a nursing theory to guide your practice with pediatric
patients.
 
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Rubric Detail
 
Name: PRAC_6541_Week1_Journal1_Rubric
 
Exit
 
? Grid View
? List View
  Excellent Good Fair Poor
Assimilation and Synthesis:
Content Reflection
 
50 (50%) – 50 (50%)
Reflection demonstrates a high
level of critical thinking in
applying and integrating key
course concepts and theories
from readings, lectures, and/or
discussions. Insightful and
relevant connections are made
through contextual
explanations and examples.
 
40 (40%) – 49 (49%)
Reflection demonstrates a
moderate level of critical
thinking in applying and
integrating key course concepts
and theories from readings,
lectures, and/or discussions.
Connections are made through
explanations and/or examples.
 
31 (31%) – 39 (39%)
Reflection demonstrates
minimal critical thinking in
applying and integrating key
course concepts and theories
from readings, lectures, and/or
discussions. Minimal
connections are made through
explanations and/or examples.
 
0 (0%) – 30 (30%)
Reflection lacks critical
thinking. Superficial
connections are made with key
course concepts and resources,
and/or assignments
 
Assimilation and Synthesis:
Personal Growth
 
30 (30%) – 30 (30%)
Expresses solid evidence of
reflection on own work.
Demonstrates substantial
personal growth and
awareness of deeper meaning
through inferences, well-
developed insights, and
significant depth in awareness
and challenges. Synthesizes
current experience into future
implications.
 
20 (20%) – 29 (29%)
Expresses moderate evidence
of reflection on own work.
Demonstrates satisfactory
personal growth and
awareness through some
inferences, insights, and
challenges. There is mention of
the future implications of
student’s current experience.
 
10 (10%) – 19 (19%)
Expresses minimal evidence of
reflection on own work.
Demonstrates less than
adequate personal growth and
awareness through limited or
simplistic inferences made,
insights, and/or challenges that
are not well developed.
Minimal thought of future
implications of student’s
current experience.
 
0 (0%) – 9 (9%)
Expresses inadequate evidence
of reflection on own work.
Personal growth and
awareness are not evident
and/or demonstrate an
impersonal experience. Lacks
personal insights, challenges,
inferences, and/or future
implications are overlooked.
 
Written Expression and
Formatting
 
15 (15%) – 15 (15%)
Well written and clearly
organized using standard
English, characterized by
elements of a strong writing
style and basically free from
 
11 (11%) – 14 (14%)
Above average writing style and
logically organized using
standard English with minor
errors in grammar,
punctuation, usage, and
 
6 (6%) – 10 (10%)
Average writing style that is
sometimes unclear and/or with
some errors in grammar,
punctuation, usage, and
spelling.
 
0 (0%) – 5 (5%)
Poor writing style lacking in
standard English, clarity,
language used, and/or frequent
errors in grammar,
punctuation, usage, and
 
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grammar, punctuation, usage,
and spelling errors.
 
spelling. spelling. Needs work.
 
APA 5 (5%) – 5 (5%)
No APA errors

Explain what most excites and/or concerns you about pediatric clinical experiences. Include a description of your strengths and weaknesses in terms of working with children and how these strengths and weaknesses might impact your Practicum experience. Discuss your personal definition of family and family roles that might impact the assessment of a child and his or her family. Also expand your discussion on the challenges of working with families. Explain how you would handle parents that do not want to vaccinate children.

 
Refer to your FNP Clinical Skills and Procedures Self-Assessment Form from your previous assignment in this week and consider your strengths and opportunities for improvement.
Journal Entry (450–500 words):?
 
Explain what most excites and/or concerns you about pediatric clinical experiences. Include a description of your strengths and weaknesses in terms of working with children and how these strengths and weaknesses might impact your Practicum experience.
Discuss your personal definition of family and family roles that might impact the assessment of a child and his or her family. Also expand your discussion on the challenges of working with families. Explain how you would handle parents that do not want to vaccinate children.
Then, explain how culture (both the culture of the provider and that of the child and his or her family) may further influence the assessment.
Select and explain a nursing theory to guide your practice with pediatric patients.
 

If drugs were legalized, operations such as the buy and bust would no longer apply. Generally speaking, do you feel that drugs should be legalized? Why or why not?  What effect might legalization have on your children and families? Explain. What positive or negative effects might it have on the United States? Explain.

 
The typical undercover operation is known as a buy and bust. That means that an undercover officer buys the drugs from the dealer and then arrests the seller. Or, the officer could do just the opposite by posing as a drug dealer and arresting the drug users after a purchase. That is known as a reverse sting, or a sell and bust. Undercover operations may include wiretaps, inspection of all legal records and documents (in which legal channels must be followed), and surveillance. 
In 5–6 paragraphs, address the following:

Do you consider a “buy and bust” or a “sell and bust” to be entrapment? Why or why not? 

What types of offenders do you think are most susceptible to these strategies? Explain. 

If drugs were legalized, operations such as the buy and bust would no longer apply. Generally speaking, do you feel that drugs should be legalized? Why or why not? 

What effect might legalization have on your children and families? Explain.
What positive or negative effects might it have on the United States? Explain.
What effect would it have on U.S. borders? Explain. 

What challenges would legalization pose to law enforcement strategies? Explain. 

The forensic psychological professional can add great value when considering perspectives of national intelligence. However, there is a debate over how involved forensic psychologists should be in the US Intelligence Community (USIC). Explain both sides of the debate on how involved forensic psychologists should be in the USIC.

Assignment 1: Forensic Psychologists and the USIC
The forensic psychological professional can add great value when considering perspectives of national intelligence. However, there is a debate over how involved forensic psychologists should be in the US Intelligence Community (USIC).
Explain both sides of the debate on how involved forensic psychologists should be in the USIC.
Using the module readings, the Argosy University online library resources, and independent resources, research the roles and responsibilities of the forensic psychology professional in the USIC.
Tasks:

Explain both sides of the debate on how involved forensic psychologists should be in the USIC.
Provide your perspective on the issue and the side with which you concur. There is no right or wrong side.

Give reasons in support of your responses. Be sure to cite your sources.
Submission Details:

By Saturday, August 16, 2014, post your responses to thisDiscussion Area.
Through Wednesday, August 20, 2014, respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts. While responding, identify the similarities and differences between what you have constructed and what your classmates have.

This assignment is designed to integrate the reflection of personal experience, and the information covered in the textbook. Using what you have learned about Juanita, answer the following questions: Should Juanita attempt to reduce voluntary and involuntary turnover? A risk of disciplining employees is that some may retaliate. To avoid that risk, what organizational policies might encourage high-performing employees to stay while encouraging low-performing employees to leave?

This assignment is designed to integrate the reflection of personal experience, and the information covered in the textbook. Using what you have learned about Juanita, answer the following questions:

Should Juanita attempt to reduce voluntary and involuntary turnover?
A risk of disciplining employees is that some may retaliate. To avoid that risk, what organizational policies might encourage high-performing employees to stay while encouraging low-performing employees to leave?
To what extent are exit interviews meaningful and what kind of opinions should you attempt to capture? How are these opinions relevant to employee separation and retention?

Think creatively and strategically. What is the name of your business? Describe what is different about your business vs. competition. What will make your business stand out?

In this assignment, you are creating a new restaurant delivery business in your neighborhood.  Think creatively and strategically. What is the name of your business? Describe what is different about your business vs. competition. What will make your business stand out?Describe the ideal target persona for your business including needs and pain points. 

Discuss your personal definition of family and family roles that might impact the assessment of a child and his or her family. Also expand your discussion on the challenges of working with families. Explain how you would handle parents that do not want to vaccinate children.

Journal Entry
? Refer to your FNP Clinical Skills and Procedures Self-Assessment Form from your
previous assignment in this week and consider your strengths and opportunities for
improvement.
Journal Entry (450–500 words):?
? Explain what most excites and/or concerns you about pediatric clinical experiences.
Include a description of your strengths and weaknesses in terms of working with
children and how these strengths and weaknesses might impact your Practicum
experience.
? Discuss your personal definition of family and family roles that might impact the
assessment of a child and his or her family. Also expand your discussion on the
challenges of working with families. Explain how you would handle parents that do
not want to vaccinate children.
? Then, explain how culture (both the culture of the provider and that of the child and
his or her family) may further influence the assessment.
? Select and explain a nursing theory to guide your practice with pediatric patients.

Identify relevant psychology and counseling research regarding mental health issues and culturally appropriate interventions. Evaluate current trends’ potential bias in psychology and counseling cultural research.Describe cultural considerations for immigrants, refugees, and undocumented immigrants

Attached is the required template to be used
Topic 7: Cultural Bias Research
 
Objectives:
 
Identify relevant psychology and counseling research regarding mental health issues and culturally appropriate interventions. Evaluate current trends’ potential bias in psychology and counseling cultural research.Describe cultural considerations for immigrants, refugees, and undocumented immigrants.[CACREP 2.F.2.b, 2.F.8.i]
Evaluate current trends’ potential bias in psychology and counseling cultural research. [CACREP 2.F.2.b, 2.F.8.i]
Describe cultural considerations for immigrants, refugees, and undocumented immigrants. [CACREP 2.F.2.c]
Assignments:
 
· DQ 1 (Obj. 7.1) due Saturday
 
· DQ 2 (Obj. 7.2) due Monday
 
· Read chapters 18 in your text and explore all of the other resources in this week’s resource tab.
 
· Short Answer Statements (Obj. 7.1, 7.2, and 7.3) – Due Wednesday
 
Assessment Description
 
In a Word document, provide short answers to the statements below. Refer to the “Cultural Considerations Resource” for help in completing this assignment. YOU ARE REQUIRED TO USE TEMPLATE ATTACHED.
 
Explain cultural considerations that the counselor must account for when working with a client from each of the following groups (100-150 words each):
 
Immigrants (Documented and Undocumented at various levels of acculturation)
Refugees
Discuss the cultural issues and trends that specifically apply to each of the following regional population groups of the United States (100-150 words each):
 
The Hmong in California
Cuban Americans in Florida
Hispanic Americans in the Southwest
Kurdish Americans in Tennessee
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.
 
You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. A link to the LopesWrite technical support articles is located in Course Resources if you need assistance.
 
This assignment is informed by the following CACREP Standards:
 
2.F.2.b. Theories and models of multicultural counseling, cultural identity development, and social justice and advocacy.
 
2.F.8.i. Analysis and use of data in counseling.