Discuss what you would assess in regard to a client’s culture.

Submit an evidence-based practice paper about cultural competency in mental health nursing. An evidence-based practice paper allows you to explore best practice and help improve client outcomes on a psychiatric unit. Your paper should describe how you, as a nurse, will include – or have included – cultural awareness in a client diagnosed with a mental illness. The person you describe could be someone in your clinical setting, someone you have worked with in the past, or a theoretical client.

Remember that culture can also include gender equality, sexual orientation, and other cultures besides race and religion – including cultures unique to one particular family. Your paper should be at least 3 pages (double-spaced, not including the title or reference pages) in APA Format and include:

Assessment: Discuss what you would assess in regard to a client’s culture. For example, are there specific dietary requirements? Are schedule changes necessary to avoid conflicts with religious practices? Who is the spokesperson for the family? What would you assess?
Diagnosis: List any mental health nursing diagnoses this person has or may be at risk for. Include at least one cultural diagnosis.
Planning: What planning needs to be done to ensure the cultural and emotional safety of the client?
Implementation: What are interventions that would ensure the safety of your client in regard to culture? Include at least two interventions. For example, if your client has religious beliefs that affect the ability to take medications, what interventions would you create to ensure the client’s safety? What can you do to make sure the client’s cultural needs are met?
Evaluation: How will you evaluate whether your implementation was effective? Make sure the parameters are objective and measurable.
In your summary, discuss whether any completed interventions were successful. What could be done differently in the future? If the interventions have not yet been carried out, you might discuss some institutional changes that could be made to ensure cultural safety for all clients in that setting.

hat are 2 steps that should be taken to ensure that this kind of situation doesn’t happen again?

CS 1
An 82-year-old patient had an elective total hip replacement on a Monday morning. She lives alone, and all three of her children live out of state. She has a friend, a nurse, who lives locally, who is listed as her durable power of attorney, along with her children. Upon admission, the patient noted that the phone number of her daughter, her primary emergency contact, was incorrect, and she provided the correct information to the clerk, who indicated that the information would be corrected. For 2 days, her postoperative course was uneventful, and her daughter went home on Tuesday night. On Wednesday evening, the patient had a dramatic drop in blood pressure, became delirious, and was transferred to the ICU. The night staff attempted to call the daughter at the phone number that was provided, but it was the wrong number because the correction was never made. The following morning, the daughter called the unit to inquire about her mother. She was told that the mother was not on the unit, and no information could be given out because of HIPAA. The daughter then called the hospital and was told her mother was in the ICU, and then when she called the ICU, she was told that no information could be given out. Subsequently, the daughter contacted the family friend, who provided her with names of the nursing leadership staff and the patient ombudsman. The friend arrived at the hospital within an hour, and the daughter arrived in the afternoon.

Answer the following questions based on the Case Study presented on top. Demonstrate depth and thought in your posting by citing at least 1 peer-reviewed reference for your posting.

CS 1 Questions:

What is the nurse’s primary responsibility for patient advocacy in this situation?
What are 2 steps that should be taken to ensure that this kind of situation doesn’t happen again?

Explain how a deterministic universe might eliminate free-will. (Make sure to define terms, here.)

1) Explain the appeal/reason why one would want to insist upon a mechanistically deterministic universe. (Consider our discussion of the moon landing, here.) 2) Explain how a deterministic universe might eliminate free-will. (Make sure to define terms, here.) 3) Why would the elimination of free-will be problematic for ethics? (Consider my comments about my brother hitting me, here.) 4) If free-will and determinism are incompatible (this is a big if), to which of the two positions would you subscribe? 5) Explain why.

Discuss Suleimani’s case in the context of Hobbes.

The premeditated killing of Iranian military commander Qassim Suleimani on Jan. 3 has caused not only confusion in the political community regarding the legality of this act, but it also re-opened conversations about the reach and scope of state powers when it comes to its use of military force.

1. Discuss Suleimani’s case in the context of Hobbes. Consult Hobbes’ arguments on human nature, the state of nature, and the need for absolute powers in the hands of the state.

2. Assess the question of legitimacy of killing Suleimani by borrowing from Kropotkin’s view of the state. To what extent can his theory of anarchism offer a critique to this recent event?

3. Conclude your paper by weighing in on the assessment of Suleimani’s killing. How might Hobbes and/or Kropotkin inform your decision?

Discuss the appropriateness of the use of the vocabulary for the topic. Are there any outdated or currently inappropriate terms in use?

Written Assignment 1. Dewey Decimal Classification Analytical Report
A classification scheme should be logical, comprehensive and contemporary. You will be
examining an excerpt of the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) in terms of how logical,
comprehensive and contemporary a particular given topic is within the DDC Schedules.
You will be provided with a range of DDC numbers to select a scope of classes for analysis (e.g.,
020 – 050). Using the printed volume of the DDC, provide a 3-page discussion of the excerpt
chosen from the given range and its representation in the DDC Schedules and Relative Index.
 Identify a hierarchy of the classes that has a unified scope (i.e., a topic) within the range
you were provided with, for example, “Library & information sciences” (020 – 029) or
“Reading and use of other information media” (028.1 – 028.9). Make sure that your
scope is sizable enough to cover at least several coordinate classes.
 You may need to read about the topic you are analyzing. Consider introductory text
books, specialized encyclopedia, or authoritative online resources as reference
materials.
The goal of your analysis is to examine the treatment of the topic within the DDC scheme.
Your report should provide an overview of the topic and discuss your findings in a rather factual
manner, providing evidence for your claims and overall conclusions.
Part I.
 Analyze and discuss in your report the general placement of your chosen scope within
the DDC scheme. How well does the topic fit within the broader scheme?
 Specify which classes are coordinate within the scope and which ones are subordinate in
relation to other classes. Please feel free to visualize the hierarchy and include it in the
Appendix.
 Based on your exploration of the reference materials on the topic, does the class
structure of the topic offered by the DDC appear logical to you? Can you identify the
underling logic for the subdivisions? Do the classes appear to be comprehensively
covered? Do you see any omissions or overlaps?
 How useful are the DDC Manual, Tables and notes in clarifying aspects of the subject?
Part II.
 Identify key vocabulary terms within the scope and discuss their availability in the
Relative Index. Does the Index lead to alternative scheme locations? If so, how might
you explain it? What other areas of the Schedules contain the topic?
 Think of synonymous terms within the scope of your topic. Would the Relative Index
accommodate easy access to the appropriate classes?
 Discuss the appropriateness of the use of the vocabulary for the topic. Are there any
outdated or currently inappropriate terms in use? Does the scheme appear to reflect
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current knowledge in the area, based on exploration of the reference materials on the
topic?
Part III.
 Look at any one Online Public Access Catalogues (an OPAC) that uses DDC and explore
the shelflist of the OPAC within your topic scope.
 Discuss the call numbers of the materials that are labelled within your chosen scope. For
instance, how did the cataloguers /metadata specialists apply the DDC guidelines? Are
there any variations in the call number from one OPAC to another, and if so, what is the
potential explanation?

Explain at least one difference between the two philosophers’ views and state which view you prefer.

Choose any two of the philosophers that we read in Unit 2. Recap each philosopher’s main view about consciousness/the self/personal identity. Explain at least one difference between the two philosophers’ views and state which view you prefer. Then, offer an argument (i.e., evidence) against the view that you reject.

Describe one (1) perspective(s) of mental illness that best explains the development of the character’s symptoms, along with two (2) facts to support your position.

Part A

For this assignment, choose a movie, book, or television show that depicts a character or character(s) suffering from mental illness. Write a paper analyzing a character’s illness in terms of one or more of the theoretical perspectives (e.g., biological, psychoanalytic, cognitive-behavioral, biopsychosocial) presented in the text.

1. Describe the character’s diagnosis in terms of the DSM-V. Make sure to include two (2) criteria that the character meets.
2. Describe one (1) perspective(s) of mental illness that best explains the development of the character’s symptoms, along with two (2) facts to support your position.
3. Describe any treatment received by the character. Describe two (2) reasons that you would recommend similar or different treatment. If the character did not receive treatment, describe the type of treatment you would recommend with two (2) supporting facts.

Using your favorite search engine, locate online resources that best explain to you particular topics found within your assigned chapter readings for this week.

Using your favorite search engine, locate online resources that best explain to you particular topics found within your assigned chapter readings for this week. You will need to identify a topic within the chapter read this week and locate a web resource that best explains the topic. For each resource please include the chapter the selected website corresponds to, a functional link to the website, and your rationale for selecting the website.

Chapter 9, “Statistical Inference: Significance Tests About Hypotheses”