Explain the agonist-to-antagonist spectrum of action of psychopharmacologic agents, including how partial and inverse agonist functionality may impact the efficacy of psychopharmacologic treatments
Required Readings
Camprodon, J. A., & Roffman, J. L. (2016). Psychiatric neuroscience: Incorporating pathophysiology into clinical case formulation. In T. A. Stern, M. Favo, T. E. Wilens, & J. F. Rosenbaum. (Eds.), Massachusetts General Hospital Psychopharmacology and neurotherapeutics (pp. 1–19). Elsevier.
Please see Week 2 Discussion topic below At list 3 references needed
Discussion: Foundational Neuroscience
As a psychiatric nurse practitioner, it is essential for you to have a strong background in foundational neuroscience. In order to diagnose and treat patients, you must not only understand the pathophysiology of psychiatric disorders but also how medications for these disorders impact the central nervous system. These concepts of foundational neuroscience can be challenging to understand. Therefore, this Discussion is designed to encourage you to think through these concepts, develop a rationale for your thinking, and deepen your understanding by interacting with your colleagues.
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For this Discussion, review the Learning Resources and reflect on the concepts of foundational neuroscience as they might apply to your role as the psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner in prescribing medications for patients.
By Day 3 of Week 2
Post a response to each of the following:
1. Explain the agonist-to-antagonist spectrum of action of psychopharmacologic agents, including how partial and inverse agonist functionality may impact the efficacy of psychopharmacologic treatments.
2. Compare and contrast the actions of g couple proteins and ion gated channels.
3. Explain how the role of epigenetics may contribute to pharmacologic action.
4. Explain how this information may impact the way you prescribe medications to patients. Include a specific example of a situation or case with a patient in which the psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner must be aware of the medication’s action.
Based on your best solutions, what are the significant impacts and improvements for the company?
Final International Hospitality Project (5 typed pages, double spaced- APA style)
Each student will write information on an international hospitality company (hotel, restaurant, coffee, casino, cruise line, etc). This company can be from the U.S. or overseas.
Format: (1) History; (2) Identify past and current problems: customer service management, finance, culture, religion, legal, ethics, marketing, human resources, product development, government regulation, joint venture, or other related problems; (3) Your best solutions; and (4) Based on your best
solutions, what are the significant impacts and improvements for the company?
How common do you believe the act of revenge is in everyday life?
Please respond to another ONE of the following questions thoughtfully in a draft of a personal writing of 2 pages. MLA format.
How common do you believe the act of revenge is in everyday life? Write about specific incidents, including any in which you were involved or have witnessed.
Have you or has anyone you have known ever seen or claimed to have witnessed some kind of supernatural being? Explain the circumstances surrounding the event. Do you believe in the supernatural? Explain.
Write about a time when you discovered that someone you trusted had actually deceived you. Explain the situation—how you felt, how it turned out.
Write an essay on the evolution of a basic human activity during American history.
Write an essay of no more than 1000 words on the evolution of a basic human activity during American history. Explore the following subquestions:
How was this activity accomplished when the course began? How did that change?
Where (in physical location) was this activity accomplished? How did that change?
How did people adopt that change? What was their cost of accomplishing the activity early, middle, and later in history?
What caused the change? Was it innovation? Why was that innovation adopted? What infrastructure was necessary to adopt it?
How has broader society changed because of the evolution of this human activity?
Try to show this activity changing during as many at least 3 Modules.
Use historical evidence. A guide for sources will be discussed in class.
You may choose any of the following options:
Acquiring food, preserving, and preparing food
Defecating (where, means of disposal, relationship to water, urban and rural)
Living (home size, type, accouterments, place)
Medicine & Health (medical providers, medicines, disease issues and outbreaks, cost and quality)
Sleep and Sight (darkness, sleep and wake times, light type and illumination, reading)
Travel (means and destinations, to work, social interactions, holiday travel)
Work (types, dangers, hours)
Sources for Option #1: You may use the following sources
James Berquist, Daily Life in Immigrant America 1820-1870
Daniel Sutherland, The Expansion of Everyday Life, 1860-1876
David Kyvig, Daily Life in the United States, 1920-1939
Thomas Schlereth, Victorian America: transformations in everyday life, 1876-1915
Jack Larkin, The Reshaping of Everyday Life 1790-1840
Louis B. Wright, Everyday Life in Colonial America
You may use other scholarly sources including articles from academic journals.
Elaborate on the difference between primary and secondary Parkinson’s disease
Write a 1500-2000-word APA formatted essay of the following topics:
Classify and differentiate at least four types of stroke
Elaborate on the difference between primary and secondary Parkinson’s disease
Summarize the five categories of pain. Discuss their pathways. Explain the etiology of chronic and acute pain
Explain the pathophysiology and common clinical manifestations of Diabetes Mellitus Type II
discuss how Mongol rule affected Russia and China (or if it did).
1. Chinggis Khan and the Mongol Empire: be sure to know what things he did that made him an effective military leader. Be ready to discuss how Mongol rule affected Russia and China (or if it did).
2. China’s Treasure Fleet and the European Voyages of Discovery: read up on China’s Treasure Fleet and be ready to explain why the fleet was created, where it went and what, if any, the long term affects of its voyages were. Then, do the same thing for the European Voyages of Discovery covered in the slides (Chapters 11-13).
3. Bubonic Plague: study the various short term and long term changes the Black Death caused. Be ready to explain these changes in terms of society, economics and politics (power structures).
4. The Columbian Exchange: Study all of the slides on this and be prepared to explain what it was, what kinds of things were exchanged (there’s a lot more to this than food!) and how these exchanges changed the New World and the Old World. Don’t forget the fatally important role disease played for both worlds!
Identify three specific community policing initiatives to add to the department.
You have been assigned to incorporate community policing and engagement initiatives, such as those found in Chapter 14 of Community Policing Today, into the current departmental structure. You must include training in these new initiatives, as an ongoing function as well as for compliance and oversight. The first part of the assignment requires you to identify three specific initiatives to add to the department and then identify where they will fit into the organizational structure. Refer to the Police Department Organizational Structure [PPTX]. You will need to explain what type of training and support will be necessary for these initiatives. The second part of the assignment is to revamp the department’s recruitment and hiring process to attract and hire new officers who have the necessary traits to accomplish both the traditional policing function and the expanded community initiatives. Using the information from Chapter 12 of your Community Policing Today text, identify the important skills needed in these new officers and describe the process you will use to evaluate these skills.
Instructions
Write a 5–7 page paper in which you:
Identify three specific community policing initiatives to add to the department.
Determine what type of training and support will be necessary for each of these initiatives.
Select where each initiative will fit into the organizational structure.
Justify why these three initiatives will enhance the department’s relationship with the community.
Identify the important skills needed in recruiting new officers who can perform both traditional policing and the new community policing initiatives.
Explain how you would evaluate and measure these traits and skills.
Use five credible, relevant, and appropriate sources to support your writing. Cite each source listed on your source page at least once within your assignment. For help with research, writing, and citation, access the library or review library guides.
You may use Community Policing Today for one of your sources, but you must provide at least four additional sources to support your selected initiatives.
This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards. For assistance and information, please refer to the Strayer Writing Standards link in the left-hand menu of your course. Check with your professor for any additional instructions. The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:
Propose a working business model for the police department of the future.
Discuss whether or not you think public schools should require students to recite the pledge. Why or why not?
Religion and politics have traditionally been highly debated topics in our society. Recently, the Pledge of Allegiance has added to this debate. American citizens have generally recited the Pledge of Allegiance at important ceremonies ranging from presidential inaugurations to the beginning of the school day. The pledge has a great deal of sentimental value to many Americans, but also creates a great deal of controversy for others. Review The History of Legal Challenges to the Pledge of Allegiance by reading the Supreme Court cases Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow and Jane Doe v. Acton-Boxborogh Regional School District, which highlights the debate. Write a 2–3 page paper in which you:
Summarize the salient points of the Supreme Court case Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow and Jane Doe v. Acton- Boxborogh Regional School District.
Explain the decisions of the Supreme Court in these cases in brief.
Discuss whether or not you think public schools should require students to recite the pledge. Why or why not?
Provide three quality sources—the textbook may be used as one reference source.
using your current or a former employment experience as a frame of reference, recount one scenario where ineffective communication caused a significant negative outcome for you, your department, and/or the organization
Discussion-Barriers to Communication
However well one communicates there are almost always barriers to effective communication within a health care organization or between them and external stakeholders. These barriers may be environmental (created by certain characteristics of the organization and its’ environment) such as competition for attention and competition for time on the part of senders and receivers. There may also be personal barriers to effective communication such as socioeconomic background and previous experiences that are an individual’s frame of reference. One’s beliefs, values, and prejudices may also come into play.
For this discussion, in one to two paragraphs using your current or a former employment experience as a frame of reference, recount one scenario where ineffective communication caused a significant negative outcome for you, your department, and/or the organization. Identify specific barriers that you believe contributed to the problem. Lastly, in retrospect what could have been done differently to improve communication and result in a more positive outcome.
Based on your knowledge of patterns of organizing speech information, select a pattern of organization to use to create an outline for your speech.
Select a topic.
Choose a topic that fits into one of the categories of persuasive speeches that was highlighted in the lesson.
Step 2 Review lesson information.
Review the information in Lesson 2 of the course about creating a specific purpose statement and thesis, deriving a question based on the thesis, and using the question to determine the main points to cover in the speech.
Step 3 Provide information about your topic.
In a document, determine and enter the following information about your topic:
Description of the audience for your speech (you get to define your audience.)
Topic
General purpose
Specific purpose
Step 4 Select a pattern.
Based on your knowledge of patterns of organizing speech information, select a pattern of organization to use to create an outline for your speech.
Step 5 Open the corresponding outline template document below.
Step 6 Create an outline.
Using the template, create a full-sentence, preparation outline for your speech. Follow the guidelines presented in the lesson for using a consistent set of symbols, using full, and declarative sentences.
