Assignments

What is the nature vs. nurture conflict in psychology? From what you have learned thus far, which side do you feel has more influence? Why do you feel this way?

write a 1500-word paper using APA standards that focuses on the following: Interview two different individuals regarding their positions in society. Analyze their responses regarding: 1.     Identify each person’s class, race, and gender, supporting your work with the text and/or outside resources. 2.     What role has class, race, and gender played in their lives? How do you…

Piedra and Engstrom (2009) noted how the life model “remains general and unspecific regarding factors that affect immigrant families” (p. 272). Recall that there will never be one theory or a model that can fully explain a phenomenon or lay out all the steps and procedures when working with complex issues that clients present to…

Your management staff needs a better understanding of factors that would inhibit implementation of a Quality Assurance program at their hospital. Identify and describe at least 10 factors that could inhibit implementation of a quality assurance (QA) program at the hospital. Identify the characteristics, defense mechanisms, and behaviors that the hospital may observe when implementing…

“The right to free speech should be protected, no matter who my speech may offend.” Explain and discuss this statement.

Reflect on the content covered throughout the entire course. Utilizing what you learned about design thinking this week, create a script that can be used to create a voice-over presentation or video in Week Six. Review the Capstone rubric and Capstone: It’s Not Scary slide presentation. Your script should include: During this course, I came…

Please read chapter 8 and 9 of the class textbook. Once done answer the following questions; 1.  Please discuss health heritage of the Appalachian and Arab people and how their cultural beliefs influence the delivery of health care (focus on community care). 2.  Mention at least 2 health practices of the Appalachian and Arab people and if there is any pros…

Answer the following questions: Identify the major factors that have resulted in the shift in utilization from inpatient hospitalization to ambulatory care services. Describe the implications of this shift for hospitals, consumers, and the health care delivery system as a whole. In what ways have private practice physicians responded to the expansion of hospital, health…

The Chronicles of a Leader journal is an activity in which your leadership experiences are utilized to promote self-reflection, analysis of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT), and track your leadership progress. The journal will also supplement your understanding of leadership theory and application in public health. Journal Entry 3: What strategies would you use…

Describe how the concept of multifactorial etiology relates to the natural history of disease and the different levels of prevention. How should the nurse incorporate these concepts into health promotion of clients in community settings? How should the nurse approach client risk in these health promotion activities?

Harriet Beecher Stowe’s anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin is arguably the most influential novel ever written. It changed the course of U.S. history (For more on the influence of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, see the video, David Reynolds: Harriet Beecher Stowe: Uncle Tom’s Cabin.). In “Articulating Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” Jim O’Loughlin argues that Uncle Tom’s Cabin…

How do culture and environment influence health? What role does personality play in health outcomes? How do stressful life events influence disease? As a health care professional, you have most likely witnessed the influence of psychosocial factors on individual health. These factors also have a significant impact on population health. Chronic conditions such as high…