Athletes and Protein Requirements

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Liz is a 20-year-old female who is 5’ 2” tall and weighs 103 pounds. She is following her dream of becoming a professional dancer, which means she has a very active activity level. She knows she is not overweight by health charts, but she cannot help comparing herself to the other dancers who all seem leaner. Her friend Sylvie has been successful in losing weight and gaining muscle while following a high protein diet. Liz decides to try it.

Larry is a 30-year-old male who is 5’ 10” tall and weighs 185 pounds. He is a stock trader by day and a competitive body builder by night. He recently had his body fat tested and the results showed 8% body fat. His coach would like him to lower his body fat to 5%. He has read in muscle magazines that if he wants to build more muscle and cut his body fat he should eat a high protein diet. Athletes and Protein Requirements

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 Discuss the following:

  1. What are the protein requirements for Liz and Larry based upon the information provided and their athletic status?
  2. What are the pros/cons of a high protein diet for athletes?
  3. What advice would you give to Liz and Larry on whether they should follow a high protein diet? What scientific evidence would you provide to justify your opinions?
  4. What would you recommend for carbohydrate and protein needs of an athlete such as Liz and Larry?
  5. How might these recommendations change based upon age, gender, and body weight? Explain your answer.

Write and submit a short paper to address the Seminar questions. Your response should be a minimum of 400 words in length and must be completed by the deadline for the unit. Athletes and Protein Requirements

Nursing Leadership

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In this unit, you will submit the culmination of your course project—the Nursing Leadership Guide assignment. This guide should be developed for a group of junior nurse managers, who are taking part in a leadership class. In addition to the four project components that you have already developed in Units 2, 3, 5 and 8, your guide should demonstrate your understanding of the influence of nursing history and theory on current nursing leadership practice. Nursing Leadership

In the final step of developing the guide, you will bring all of these components together, along with a one-page summary that discusses how moral, legal, and ethical behaviors can influence a nurse’s role in leadership and management. You may organize your leadership guide in any order, but it should follow a logical sequence. You may also be creative and incorporate graphics; just be sure that you have included and addressed all of the required components that you will be graded upon.

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Your completed guide should contain these components:

  1. Title page.
  2. Table of contents.
  3. Assessment of a Nursing Leadership Problem (Unit 2).
  4. Annotated Bibliography (Unit 3).
  5. Leadership Theories, Styles, and Application (Unit 5).
  6. Strategic Analysis and Leadership Interventions (Unit 8).
  7. One-page summary.
  8. Reference page.

Writing Requirements

  • Length: Your paper must be at least 10–12 pages long, excluding the title and references pages.
  • Use double spacing with one-inch margins.Nursing Leadership
  • Use Times New Roman, 12-point font.
  • Format the paper (including references) according to APA (6th edition) style and formatting guidelines.
  • References: At least 15 references. Please include the sources from your annotated bibliography as part of your references. You may use your text and other articles provided in the course but be sure to provide a minimum of two references from other sources. Use APA style throughout.
  • Project ObjectivesTo successfully complete this project, you will be expected to:
    1. Evaluate theories and practices of leadership and management for application to specific health care situations.
    2. Reflect on personal leadership style and preferences based on contemporary theory.
    3. Incorporate knowledge of nursing history and theory into nursing practice.
    4. Integrate the standards of the professional nurse and nurse leader (ethical, professional, legal) into one’s own nursing practice.
    5. Apply effective clinical knowledge, skills, and judgment of the professional nurse and nurse leader in direct and indirect clinical practice settings to promote patient safety and quality outcomes.
    6. Review the literature in the field of nursing for application to plans of care and coordination of services for direct and indirect patient care situations.
    7. Integrate effective evidence-based leadership, management strategies, and practices into one’s own professional practice.
    8. Incorporate the attributes of professionalism (altruism, autonomy, human dignity, integrity, and social justice) into professional nursing practice.
    9. Evaluate the benefits and limitations of how health care is financed and services reimbursed on health service delivery and patient outcomes.
    10. Write clearly and logically, with correct use of spelling, grammar, punctuation, and mechanics; and correctly format citations using APA style. Nursing Leadership
  • CriteriaNon-performanceBasicProficientDistinguished Evaluate theories and practices of leadership and management for application to specific health care situations.
    10%     Does not evaluate theories and practices of leadership and management for application to a specific health care situation.Lists theories and practices of leadership and management at a basic level and partially applies to a specific health care situation.Evaluates theories and practices of leadership and management for application to a specific health care situation.Evaluates in substantial detail theories and practices of leadership and management for application to a specific health care situation. Reflect on personal leadership style and preferences based on contemporary theory.
    10%     Does not reflect on personal leadership style and preferences based on contemporary theory.Writes at a minimal level on personal leadership style and preferences based on contemporary theory.Reflects on personal leadership style and preferences based on contemporary theory.Reflects on personal leadership style and preferences based on contemporary theory, evaluates personal leadership style in impressive depth. Incorporate knowledge of nursing history and theory into nursing practice.
    10%     Does not incorporate knowledge of nursing history and theory into practice.Recognizes knowledge of nursing history and theory into practice at a basic level only.Incorporates knowledge of nursing history and theory into practice.Incorporates the knowledge of nursing history and theory into practice, and evaluates nursing history in context of today’s practice. Integrate the standards of the professional nurse and nurse leader (ethical, professional, legal) into one’s own nursing practice.
    10%     Does not integrate the standards of the professional nurse and nurse leader (ethical, professional, legal) into one’s own practice.Integrates, partially, the standards of the professional nurse and nurse leader (ethical, professional, legal) into one’s own practice.Integrates the standards of the professional nurse and nurse leader (ethical, professional, legal) into one’s own practice.Integrates thoroughly the standards of the professional nurse and nurse leader (ethical, professional, legal) into one’s own practice. Apply effective clinical knowledge, skills, and judgment of the professional nurse and nurse leader in direct and indirect clinical practice settings to promote patient safety and quality outcomes.
    10%     Does not apply effective clinical knowledge, skills and judgment of the professional nurse and nurse leader in direct or indirect clinical practice settings to promote patient safety and quality outcomes.Outlines some effective clinical knowledge, skills and judgment of the professional nurse and nurse leader in direct or indirect clinical practice settings to promote patient safety and quality outcomes.Applies effective clinical knowledge, skills and judgment of the professional nurse and nurse leader in direct or indirect clinical practice settings to promote patient safety and quality outcomes.Applies impressively effective clinical knowledge, skills and judgment of the professional nurse and nurse leader in direct or indirect clinical practice settings to promote patient safety and quality outcomes. Review the literature in the field of nursing for application to plans of care and coordination of services for direct and indirect patient care situations.
    10%     Does not review the literature in the field of nursing for application to plans of care and coordination of services for direct and indirect patient care situations.Recognizes some relevant literature in the field of nursing for application to plans of care and coordination of services for direct and indirect patient care situations.Reviews the literature in the field of nursing for application to plans of care and coordination of services for direct and indirect patient care situations.Reviews thoroughly the literature in the field of nursing for application to plans of care and coordination of services for direct and indirect patient care situations. Integrate effective evidence-based leadership and management strategies and practices into one’s own professional practice.
    10%     Does not integrate effective evidence-based leadership and management strategies and practices into one’s own professional practice.Outlines effective evidence-based leadership and management strategies and practices into one’s own professional practice.Integrates effective evidence-based leadership and management strategies and practices into one’s own professional practice.Integrates with distinguished clarity effective evidence-based leadership and management strategies and practices into one’s own professional practice. Incorporate the attributes of professionalism (altruism, autonomy, human dignity, integrity and social justice) into professional nursing practice. Nursing Leadership
    10%     Does not incorporate the attributes of professionalism (altruism, autonomy, human dignity, integrity, and social justice) into professional nursing practice.Outlines some of the attributes of professionalism (altruism, autonomy, human dignity, integrity, and social justice) into professional nursing practice.Incorporates the attributes of professionalism (altruism, autonomy, human dignity, integrity, and social justice) into professional nursing practice.Incorporates with distinguished clarity the attributes of professionalism (altruism, autonomy, human dignity, integrity, and social justice) into professional nursing practice. Evaluate the benefits and limitations of how health care is financed and services reimbursed on health service delivery and patient outcomes.
    10%     Does not evaluate the benefits and limitations of how health care is financed and services reimbursed on health services delivery and patient outcomes.Lists some of the benefits and limitations of how health care is financed and services reimbursed on health services delivery and patient outcomes.Evaluates the benefits and limitations of how health care is financed and services reimbursed on health services delivery and patient outcomes.Evaluates at a substantial level the benefits and limitations of how health care is financed and services reimbursed on health services delivery and patient outcomes. Write clearly and logically, with correct use of spelling, grammar, punctuation, and mechanics and correctly format citations using APA style.
    10%     Does not write clearly and logically and writing shows little attention to spelling, grammar, punctuation, and mechanics, and does not correctly format citations using APA style.Uses sentence structure that is mostly clear, with a few minor spelling or grammatical errors but fails to attribute quotes and citations in a few places, or allows some inconsistencies in APA style.Writes clearly and logically, with correct use of spelling, grammar, punctuation, and mechanics, and formats citations correctly, using APA style.Writes clearly and logically, with correct use of spelling, grammar, punctuation, and mechanics, with no errors, and formats citations correctly using APA style, and all information is accurate and up-to Nursing Leadership

Environmental Factors And Health Promotion Pamphlet

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Part I: Indirect Care Experience 

  1. Develop a pamphlet to inform parents and caregivers about environmental factors that can affect the health of infants.
  2. Use the “Pamphlet Template” document to help you create your pamphlet. Include the following:
  3. Select an environmental factor that poses a threat to the health or safety of infants.
  4. Explain how the environmental factor you selected can potentially affect the health or safety of infants.
  5. Offer recommendations on accident prevention and safety promotion as they relate to the selected environmental factor and the health or safety of infants.
  6. Offer examples, interventions, and suggestions from evidence-based research. A minimum of three scholarly resources are required. Environmental Factors And Health Promotion Pamphlet
  7. Provide readers with two community resources, a national resource, and a Web-based resource. Include a brief description and contact information for each resource.
  8. In developing your pamphlet, take into consideration the healthcare literacy level of your target audience. Environmental Factors And Health Promotion Pamphlet

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Part II: Direct Care Experience

  1. Share the pamphlet you have developed with a parent of an infant child. The parent may be a person from your neighborhood, a parent of an infant from a child-care center in your community, or a parent from another organization, such as a church group with which you have an affiliation.
  2. Provide a written summary of the teaching / learning interaction. Include in your summary:
  3. Demographical information of the parent and child (age, gender, ethnicity, educational level).
  4. Description of parent response to teaching.
  5. Assessment of parent understanding.
  6. Your impressions of the experience; what went well, what can be improved. Environmental Factors And Health Promotion Pamphlet Environmental Factors And Health Promotion Pamphlet

RESEARCH ON DIFFERENT MCOs

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You are a new physician setting up your own practice in a new town. You are researching the different MCOs offered in your area and are considering becoming a physician for one of these networks. You have also invited the sales representatives of several health plans to speak with you about the benefits of choosing their plans.

Based on the above scenario, answer the following questions:

  • What effects would joining a MCO have on your clinic regarding staffing, patient volume, and financial stability?
  • What policies and procedures should be used by the MCOs to reduce costs for their clientele?
  • Discuss the ethical issues or concerns about MCOs providing a lower quality of care compared to traditional fee-for-service (FFS) organizations? RESEARCH ON DIFFERENT MCOs
  • What are some of the questions you would ask each representative about his or her company’s specific plan that will help you make a decision?
  • Do you believe that the evolution of MCOs and consumer driven health plans (CDHPs) has affected the healthcare environment today by integrating the financing and delivery of healthcare services? If yes, how?
  • How have the roles and relationships between physicians and patients changed by each of these types of plans?

Post your complete response to one of the discussion questions in the appropriate threads in the Discussion Area.

Discussion Question 1

Answer the following:

  • Coaching and mentoring should be a core competency of nurses prepared at the graduate level. Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Defend your response.
  • Based on your graduate specialization, identify one coaching activity that you can do in this advanced practice role. What strategies would you employ for this activity?
  • Describe one mentoring activity you might complete with a mentor that would help you to acclimate to your new advance practice role. Should this activity be structured or unstructured? RESEARCH ON DIFFERENT MCOs

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Discussion Question 2

Consultation is a core competency of graduate nursing. Answer the following:

  • Differentiate consultation from supervision?
  • Are consultation and collaboration synonymous? Defend your response.
  • Give an example of how you have seen the consultation competency practiced in your current nursing area. Explain if the practice followed the graduate competency criteria.

Memo: Textbook: Advanced Practice Nursing: An Integrative Approach  5th Edition. RESEARCH ON DIFFERENT MCOs

Health Policy (domestic Violence)

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Health policy unfolds daily and drives clinical practice in the US. The student will investigate current policies or legislation underway for a specific health-related issue. The Student will develop a scholarly APA formatted paper supported by evidence. The policy paper rubric:

Introduction to population or problem (incidence, prevalence, epidemiology , cost burden etc)

Description of how the policy is intended for a specific population, program or organization

Specific legislators involved in the policy development and dissemination

Identify the role of the APRN in assisting with the policy or refuting the policy – this requires the evidence to support opinion, ideas and/or concepts. Health Policy (domestic Violence)

Discuss how the policy influences clinical practice and is used to promote best outcomes

Examine how the policy can be used by the interprofessional team to ensure coordinated and comprehensive care for the specific population

Conclusion – summarize findings

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APA format – use of primary peer-reviewed references as much as possible

As you begin to work on the possible policy change: the following ideas and steps should be considered:

  • Definition and description of the issue
  • Exploration of the background of the issue
  • Stakeholders
  • Issue statement or statement of clarity
  • Possible methods of addressing the issue
  • Goals and options for changes
  • Risks and benefits of the changes
  • Evaluation methodology
  • Recommendation or solution
Grading Criteria Maximum Points
Identify the type of legislation, such as state, federal, scope of practice, reimbursement, loan repayment, or others. 10
Review of the literature consists of a minimum of 3–4 peer-reviewed articles and 6–7 other outside sources. 15
Describe the current policy or health policy issue and specify how it would impact nursing or healthcare. 10
Describe the specific aspects of the proposed policy or policy change. 10
Identify the individuals who would benefit from the policy change and explain where support for the change would be found. 10
Describe the impact of the policy change on nursing practice and health care. 5
Provide an analysis of the policy from your point of view and how this will influence your practice. 10
Uses good writing skills, appropriate grammar, and application of APA formatting throughout paper, citations, and references. Health Policy (domestic Violence) 5
Total: 75

COMMUNITY HEALTH RISK

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Population Health Care Delivery Project: Community Risk Assessment

Purpose:

The four components of this Population Health Care Delivery Project include:

  • community risk assessment;
  • intervention development;
  • implementation plan;
  • evaluation plan.

In this unit you will complete the community risk assessment which is the first step in development of a Population Health Care Delivery Project. COMMUNITY HEALTH RISK

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This Assignment is used as the evaluation tool for Course Outcome 2: Summarize, based on the evidence, specific population health risks.

Directions:

You will write a 3 page document (excluding the title and reference pages) which contains:

  • demographic and social determinants for your population health;
  • community infrastructure variables;
  • analysis of surveillance data collected for the risk assessment including
    • sources of data (bibliographic databases, U.S government sources of data and peer reviewed evidence based findings);
    • data calculations; and
    • criteria for assessing the quality and utility of the epidemiologic data. COMMUNITY HEALTH RISK
  • outcomes from the risk assessment related to the health of your target population;
  • you must select one screening tool from one peer reviewed journal article and discuss the reliability and validity of the tool; and
  • a minimum of five peer reviewed evidence based journal articles with findings relevant to your target population and selected epidemiological problem no older than 5 years.

Your writing Assignment should:

  • follow the conventions of Standard American 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 format. COMMUNITY HEALTH RISK

Population Health Intervention

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For this Assignment you will create a document:

  • a minimum of 5 pages in length (excluding title page and references);
  • supported with a minimum of five scholarly, peer review sources external to those assigned in class for this unit;
  • follow the conventions of Standard American English (correct grammar, punctuation, etc.);
  • well ordered, logical, and unified, as well as original and insightful;
  • display superior content, organization, style, and mechanics; and;
  • use APA 6th edition format. Population Health Intervention

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The content for this essay will include:

  1. Identify a specific target population for the evidence-based clinical prevention and population health intervention you proposed in your Unit 7 Discussion
  2. Analyze the:
    1. cultural;
    2. psychosocial dimensions;
    3. environmental factors;
    4. demographic descriptors;
    5. health literacy; and
    6. if appropriate, the bio-statistical data for the specific target population.
  3. Hypothetically, apply the intervention from Unit 7 to your target population. Be creative! You can decide whether your intervention concluded with positive or negative results, but you must describe how you evaluated the outcomes to support your choice. For example, did you use a Likert scale? A survey? Did you collect statistical data?
  4. Evaluate the outcomes of the hypothetical application of your intervention. Did statistical differences occur in the outcomes? Were there qualitative reports of change?
  5. How important is it to understand the organizational culture when implementing the strategic plan?  Population Health Intervention

HEALTH DATA ANALYSIS

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write a 1-page paper addressing the sections below of the research proposal.

Methodology

  • Data Analysis Plans
    • Describe plan for data analysis for demographic variables (descriptive statistical tests).
    • Describe plan for data analysis of study variables (descriptive and inferential statistical tests).
Assignment 2 Grading Criteria Maximum Points
Data analysis plan for demographic variables is appropriate and fully explained.10
Data analysis plan for study variables is appropriate and fully explained.15
Followed APA guidelines for writing style, spelling and grammar, and citation of sources.5
Total:30

construct a 5-7 page paper on the following topic:

  • Is there a gap between nursing education and nursing practice? Please explain and support your answers with AT LEAST 5 references.
  • Please include at least 5 current PROFESSIONAL NURSING REFERENCES in your presentation that are NO MORE than 10 years old (PUBMED, peer reviewed schorlarly articles, NIH, medical databases, etc.) 
  • APA format with IN-TEXT citations including a reference page
  • At least 5-7 pages of content NOT including the reference page
  • I will do the cover page but I need the reference page with the references to match the in text citations
  • ORIGNAL custom work, no plagiarism 

The subject must be coherent and concise.

Overview of the Mechanisms of Kidney Function

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Ms. Cornwall is admitted with pyelonephritis. She has chills, and her temperature is 101°F. She is complaining of flank pain, frequency, and dysuria. Her urine has white blood cell casts and shows growth of Escherichia coli (E. coli).

Based on the above scenario, answer the following questions:

  • Why does she have bacteria and white blood cell casts in her urine? Include the pathophysiological response of body for your analysis.
  • What are the differences when comparing prerenal acute renal injury, intrarenal acute renal injury, and postrenal acute renal injury? Give examples of each and pathological processes related to each disease process.

Discuss the differences between non-parametric and parametric tests. Provide an example of each and discuss when it is appropriate to use the test. Next, discuss the assumptions that must be met by the investigator to run the test.

Conclude with a brief discussion of your data analysis plan. Discuss the test you will use to address the study hypothesis and which measures of central tendency you will report for demographic variables.

Provide a 250 word answer to the below discussion question in apa format with in-text citations and references:

Conducting research projects while ensuring the protection of human subjects is necessary. What are some methods to protect personal rights of someone in one of the groups that is labeled as vulnerable? Justify your rationale.

Provide constructive, supportive feedback.

Genetic Alterations And Cancer

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Write a paper (1,250-1,750 words) describing the approach to care of cancer. In addition, include the following in your paper:

  1. Describe the diagnosis and staging of cancer.
  2. Describe at least three complications of cancer, the side effects of treatment, and methods to lessen physical and psychological effects.
  3. Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a grading rubric. Instructors will be using the
rubric to grade the assignment; therefore, students should review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the assignment criteria and expectations for successful completion of the assignment.

Rubric

Explanation of the Diagnosis and Staging of Cancers is Provided.

At Least Three Complications of Cancer are Identified With Comprehensive Discussion of Available Treatments.

Provides Recommendations to Address Physiological and Psychological Side Effects of Care.

Textbook

1. Pathophysiology

Copstead, L. C., & Banasik, J. L. (2012) Pathophysiology (5th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Saunders Elsevier. ISBN: 9781455726509. (Available as eBook)

Review fundamental concepts from chapters 5 and 6.

Read chapters 7 and 11.

American Cancer Society (ACS)

I will be exploring the ACS website to answer the discussion question for my class this coming week

Read “A Tool To Balance Benefit and Harm When Deciding About Adjuvant Therapy,” by Knops, Goossens, Burger, Stalpers, and Ubbink, from the British Journal of Cancer (2009).