Explore the various concept maps presented in Chapter 7 of The Practice of Nursing Research, as well as the Cooper and Veo articles.

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Provides an opportunity to deepen your understanding of the conceptual components of a theory. Building on this week’s Discussion, you will build a concept map to express the linkages and interrelationships of the concepts in the middle range theory you have selected.

To prepare:

Explore the various concept maps presented in Chapter 7 of The Practice of Nursing Research, as well as the Cooper and Veo articles.

Using the information presented in the Learning Resources as a guide, consider the linkages and interrelationships of the conceptual concepts for the theory you identified for this week’s Discussion. What relational statements could be articulated?

Theory identified for my discussion this week are: (1)  Pender’s health promotion model from middle range theories and (2) Health belief model from behavioral science theories in my research ( PLS SEE ATTACHED PAPER FOR THE DISCUSSION PAPER)

Create a concept map demonstrating the linkages and interrelationships of the theoretical concepts. Include a clear problem and purpose statement.

Express relational statements linking the concepts, literally and diagrammatically. You may use Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, or another software application of your choice; however, if you use a product that is not part of the Microsoft Office Suite, you must be able to save it as a PDF or RTF file.

Example OF CONCEPT MAP https://class.waldenu.edu/courses/1/USW1.560.201810/db/_80691160_1/embedded/Kolcaba%27s Conceptual Framework.png

IMPORTANT: Include references from the literature to support your work.

You need heading, you do not need a running head, you should not have a one-sentence paragraph. Similarity index is fine.

REFERENCES

McEwin, M., & Wills, E.M. (2014). Theoretical basis for nursing. (4th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer Health.

Chapter 4, “Theory Development: Structuring Conceptual Relationships in Nursing”

Veo, P. (2010). Concept mapping for applying theory to nursing practice. Journal for Nurses in Staff Development, 26(1), 17–22. doi: 10.1097/NND.0b013e3181cc2d6f

Panniers, T. L., Feuerbach, R. D., & Soeken, K. L. (2003). Methods in informatics: Using data derived from a systematic review of health care texts to develop a concept map for use in the neonatal intensive care setting. Journal of Biomedical Informatics, 36(4–5), 232–239. doi:10.1016/j.jbi.2003.09.010

Gray, J.R., Grove, S.K., & Sutherland, S. (2017). Burns and Grove’s the practice of nursing research: Appraisal, synthesis, and generation of evidence (8th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Saunders Elsevier.

Woods, N. F., & Magyary, D. L. (2010). Translational research: Why nursing’s interdisciplinary collaboration is essential. Research & Theory for Nursing Practice, 24(1), 9–24. doi:10.1891/1541-6577.24.1.9

What are the key points to the article?  Summarize the dilemma

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Increasing food supplies are necessary to sustain growing populations around the world and their appetites for great food, quality products, and continuous availability.

A great deal of expensive research is invested in developing technologies to deliver productive agriculture. Horticultural efforts to breed hybrid crops are seen as far back as history can observe, and there have been efforts to domesticate improved animals, as well. Gene splitting was a 1990s technology to improve the health and productivity of farm crops. With the 21st century have come genetically modified foods (GMF) through the use of nanotechnology to cause changes at the genetic and even molecular levels. These are very expensive technologies, and many new products have been patented and otherwise protected as proprietary products of intellectual property.

Drive out to the country during growing season, and you will see signs identifying that the crop has been grown with a protected seed that cannot be used to produce retained seed for planting in the next growing season.

In terms of this week’s TCOs, what ethical issues are raised by this legal process of patent protection, and how do we see the primary schools of ethics used in these proprietary measures? What, in this deontological week and in our learning to date, informs our understanding of this situation, and what should be done about it?

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Kant’s famous First Formulation of the Categorical Imperative reads:

“Act only according to that maxim whereby you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law.” Kant taught morality as a matter of following maxims of living that reflect absolute laws. “Universal” is a term that allows for no exceptions, and what is universal applies always and everywhere. Lying, for any reason, is universally wrong.

Be sure to listen to Kant’s audio lecture before posting this week!

So, consider the famous case of the Crazed Murderer. In your town the Crazed Murderer comes to your door looking for your friend and wanting to kill him. You know that your friend went home to hide. What do you tell the murderer? When he leaves and runs up the street to your friend’s house, what do you do?

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Using academic scholarly research, find an article that addresses an ethical dilemma from the past five years and annotate it thoroughly.  What are the key points to the article?  Summarize the dilemma.  What are the key terms of the article?  What conflicts or controversies does it raise?  Where can you offer analysis or an original point of view?  Once you have a handle on the article and your reaction to the issues it raises, use it as a foundation to

  1. Create your own 2-4 paragraph “dilemma.”
  2. Apply Kant’s Categorical Imperative to the problem you invent.
  3. Apply any other method you have encountered in lecture material and the readings.
  4. State which method you prefer and why.

Your paper should be 3 pages.  You MUST provide the source of the foundation dilemma, and thus this paper will require 1 reference using at least 1 correct in-text citation (indicating quoted or paraphrased material from the article and where to locate it).  Use APA format in citing the source.  Refer to course resources for details and help in achieving APA style.

You are required to create an oral presentation.  Consider creating a youtube video, MP3 podcast (if you have those skills) or a video presentation.

Explain when it is appropriate to use this assessment tool with clients, including whether the tool can be used to evaluate the efficacy of psychopharmacologic medications.

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This week, as you explore assessment and diagnosis in psychotherapy, you examine assessment tools, including their psychometric properties and appropriate use. You also develop diagnoses for clients receiving psychotherapy and consider legal and ethical implications of counseling these clients. Below you will find your assigned assessment tool for this week’s discussion.

Yale Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale

1) Post an explanation of the psychometric properties of the assessment tool you were assigned (Yale Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale).

2)  Explain when it is appropriate to use this assessment tool with clients, including whether the tool can be used to evaluate the efficacy of psychopharmacologic medications.

3) Support your approach with evidence-based literature.

4) Also develop diagnoses for clients receiving psychotherapy and consider legal and ethical implications of counseling these clients

Required Readings

Wheeler, K. (Ed.). (2014). Psychotherapy for the advanced practice psychiatric nurse: A how-to guide for evidence-based practice (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company.

  • Chapter 3, “Assessment and Diagnosis” (pp. 95–168)
  • Chapter      4, “The Initial Contact and Maintaining the Frame” (pp. 169–224)

American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed.). Washington, DC: Author.

Note: It is highly recommended that you use this resource as a reference guide throughout the course. You will access this text from the Walden Library databases.

American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. (1995). Practice parameters for the psychiatric assessment of children and adolescents. Washington, DC: Author. Retrieved from https://www.aacap.org/App_Themes/AACAP/docs/practice_parameters/psychiatric_assessment_practice_parameter.pdf

American Psychiatric Association. (2016). Practice guidelines for the psychiatric evaluation of adults (3rd ed.). Arlington, VA: Author. Retrieved from http://psychiatryonline.org/doi/pdf/10.1176/appi.books.9780890426760

Walden Library. (2017). NURS 6640 week 2 discussion guide. Retrieved from http://academicguides.waldenu.edu/nurs6640week2discussion

Walden University. (n.d.). Tests & measures: Home. Retrieved February 6, 2017, from http://academicguides.waldenu.edu/library/testsmeasures
Note: This database may be helpful in obtaining assessment tool information for this week’s Discussion.

Required Media

Laureate Education (Producer). (2015a). Counseling competencies—The application of ethical guides and laws to record keeping [Video file]. Baltimore, MD: Author.

Provided courtesy of the Laureate International Network of Universities.

Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 23 minutes. (See Attached Transcript for the Media)

Debug coding errors by testing existing code, identifying errors, and correcting errors for improved functionality

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For your development project, you will imagine you are in charge of managing a zoo’s computer infrastructure. There are many aspects of a zoo that need to be in place to keep it running. One of those aspects are monitoring animal activities in exhibits. This option requires at least two classes and for the design to be broken into multiple methods.

This project represents an authentic demonstration of competency because it involves application of real-world Java programming.

In this assignment, you will demonstrate your mastery of the following course outcomes:

 Implement appropriate variables, operators, methods, and classes as they are used in object-oriented programming for developing successful programs

 Utilize appropriate syntax and conventions in terms of their best practice and use in programming

 Debug coding errors by testing existing code, identifying errors, and correcting errors for improved functionality

 Assemble basic, working programs that effectively integrate essential elements of object-oriented programming

Monitoring System

As a zookeeper, it is important to know the activities of the animals in your care and to monitor their living habitats. Create a monitoring system that does all of the following:

 Asks a user if they want to monitor an animal, monitor a habitat, or exit

 Displays a list of animal/habitat options (based on the previous selection) as read from either the animals or habitats file

o Asks the user to enter one of the options

 Displays the monitoring information by finding the appropriate section in the file

 Separates sections by the category and selection (such as “Animal – Lion” or “Habitat – Penguin”)

 Uses a dialog box to alert the zookeeper if the monitor detects something out of the normal range (These will be denoted in the files by a new line starting with *****. Do not display the asterisks in the dialog.)

 Allows a user to return to the original options

Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:

I. Process Documentation: Create process documentation to accompany your program that addresses all of the following elements:

A. Problem Statement/Scenario: Identify the program you plan to develop and analyze the scenario to determine necessary consideration for building your program.

B. Overall Process: Provide a short narrative that shows your progression from problem statement to breakdown to implementation strategies. In other words, describe the process you took to work from problem statement (your starting point) to the final product. Your process description should align to your end resulting program and include sufficient detail to show the step-by-step progress from your problem statement analysis.

C. Pseudocode: Break down the problem statement into programming terms through creation of pseudocode. The pseudocode should demonstrate your breakdown of the program from the problem statement into programming terms. Explain whether the pseudocode differs from the submitted program and document any differences and the reason for changes.

D. Methods and Classes: Your pseudocode reflects distinct methods and classes that will be called within the final program. If the pseudocode differs from the submitted program, document the differences and reason for changes.

E. Error Documentation: Accurately document major errors that you encountered while developing your program.

F. Solution Documentation: Document how you solved the errors and what you learned from them.

II. Program: Your working program should include all of the specified requirements. The comments within your program will count toward the assessment of the documentation aspects of your submission.

A. Functionality

1. Input/Output: Your program reads input from the user and uses system output.

2. Control Structures: Your program utilizes appropriate control structures for program logic.

3. Libraries: Your program utilizes standard libraries to pull in predefined functionality.

4. Classes Breakdown: Your program is broken down into at least two appropriate classes.

5. Methods: Your program utilizes all included methods correctly within the classes.

6. Error Free: Your program has been debugged to minimize errors in the final product. (Your program will be run to determine functionality.)

B. Best Practices: These best practices should be evident within your working program and process documentation.

1. Formatting Best Practices: Provide program code that is easy to read and follows formatting best practices as defined by the industry, such as with indentation.

2. Documentation Best Practices: Include comments where needed within the program in appropriate detail for communicating purpose, function, and necessary information to other information technology (IT) professionals.

3. Coding Best Practices: Ensure your program supports clean code through descriptive variable names.

Guidelines for Submission: Your process documentation should be approximately 2 to 4 pages double-spaced and in 12-point Times New Roman font. Any resource citations should adhere to the most current guidelines for APA formatting. You will submit the code for your working program in a separate file from your process documentation, though the two will be graded together by your instructor. Submit all files as a ZIP file to Blackboard for grading.