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Reflective Journal: Exploring Diversity

Visit the United States Census Bureau at https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/FL (Links to an external site.). Select a city or town in the state of Florida. Define the population demographics (race, median income, per capita income, gender, age, persons per square mile, educational level and any other pertinent statistic). Select one race from this demographic and define how […]

Journal Entry: Experiences and Observations in Practicum

Reflection of Experiences and Observations in Practicum Submit a journal entry in which you reflect on the following: 1.Your experiences and observations in practicum. 2.A self-assessment of your professional strengths and challenges. 3.The application of course material and research to your online teaching experience. Your paper should be 8-10 pages an formatted in APA style. […]

Therapeutic Communication

Therapeutic Communication Student nurses are learning how to use therapeutic communication as they progress through nursing school.  Although a “Process Recording” is another name for “Therapeutic Communication,” a “Process Recording” is generally used exclusively in the psychiatric setting. Since you will be doing this assignment in more than one setting, they will be called Therapeutic […]

Evolutionary Psychology: The Brain and Nervous System

In his seminal work, The Origin of Species, Charles Darwin wrote about and described the mechanisms behind his grand theory, the evolution of life. Darwin postulated that life evolves and changes through a process called Natural Selection, in which environmental pressures favor certain phenotypes of a species allowing those individuals to survive and pass their […]

Assessing Community Health Care Needs

Assessing Community Health Care Needs This document is designed to give you questions to consider and additional guidance to help you successfully complete the Assessing Community Health Care Needs assignment. You may find it useful to use this document as a pre-writing exercise, an outlining tool, or as a final check to ensure that you […]

Health Policy Statement. Community Health Policy Statement

Required You are to identify a current or emerging health care policy issue identified as critical to the future of health care in your community (Miami, FL). This position paper should include a summary of evidence-based research and pertinent background information on the topic providing the legislator with a substantive yet concise briefing on all […]

Diagnosing Diabetes (Vignette)

Case 1 Mrs. S is a 28-year-old patient, with a 12-year history of type I diabetes mellitus. Her husband states that she has had a “bad cold” for several days. Yesterday she stayed in bed and slept all day. She was “too ill” to check her blood sugar, and since she was not really eating, she […]