Explain how the role of epigenetics may contribute to pharmacologic action.
  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.  Provide specific examples to agonists, antagonists, partial agonists and inverse agonists that we use in Psychotherapy
  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.

Read a selection of your colleagues’ responses.

Respond to at least two of your colleagues on two different days in one of the following ways:

  • If your colleagues’ posts influenced your understanding of these concepts, be sure to share how and why. Include additional insights you gained.
  • If you think your colleagues might have misunderstood these concepts, offer your alternative perspective and be sure to provide an explanation for them. Include resources to support your perspective.
Describe the health benefits and different types of meditation therapies available?
  1. After reading the articles on meditation and viewing the videos, try out meditation. Here are the guidelines:
    1. Perform Self-Meditation for six (6) days.
    2. Monitor and record your heart rate before and after each meditation session.
    3. Then, video record yourself performing the self-meditation session, and attach to this post.
  2. After you have experienced practicing meditation, report on the following:
    1. How did you feel about this assignment?
      • Were you comfortable or not performing the task on meditation? Explain why or why not.
    2. Describe the health benefits and different types of meditation therapies available?
    3. Describe the effects of meditation throughout your day-to-day activities and work.
    4. Do you believe mediation is a useful alternative and complimentary alternative to healthcare? Explain why or why not.
    5. Would you continue to use meditation?
  3. Find evidenced-based research article on meditation and attach to this post
  4. Remember to include your heart rate tracking before and after each meditation section to this post.
  5. Post must be 150-200 words.
How does this organization compare in terms of its media, creative, and service effectiveness ratios?

Discussion

A medical group recently conducted an advertising campaign for its new pediatric orthopedics department.  After 4 weeks, a telephone survey found that 42% of the families with children under the age of 18 years were aware of the service.  Six months later, it found that 12% had actually used the service and 3% said they were regular users of the facility for their children’s orthopedic needs. Compare this organization’s advertising performance to that of the hospital discussed in Table 14-7 in this chapter.  How does this organization compare in terms of its media, creative, and service effectiveness ratios? Where might the medical group need to make adjustments?

Discussion Requirements:

  1. Your initial post should be at least 200 words.
  2. Read and respond in no fewer than 50 words to at least 2 of your peers’ posts.
  3. State your position on whether you agree or disagree with your peer’s statements.
  4. Correct grammar, spelling, and punctuation are expected.
  5. APA format with at least two cited reference (APA format).
What can examining a business problem through the lens of different decision-making models teach us about decision making?

Decision-making models are  critical for making informed and consistent decisions. In this  discussion, you will use what you have learned about decision-making  models to solve the organizational problem below.

Scenario

Imagine that you are an organizational consultant for the SNHU Pet  Supply Company. You have been asked to recommend who should lead a new  initiative to expand the company’s online presence. After several  discussions and interviews, the leadership team has shortlisted two  candidates. Each candidate brings a different set of skills and  expertise to the table, and each also poses a few challenges.

The first candidate, Myra, is a 15-year veteran of the organization  who has worked her way up from an intern to a very capable product  manager. She has extensive knowledge of the company’s products and  services and embodies the company’s culture and vision in her work. Myra  is not well-versed in e-commerce and the technologies that will be  needed to implement and launch the company’s online initiative. However,  she is a fast learner, and the management position doesn’t require too  much in-depth knowledge of technologies.

The second candidate, Michael, was hired six months ago and shows  great promise as a leader and manager. He has an MBA from a reputable  university and worked for a technology startup for three years before  joining the company. He has no experience in pet supplies or related  industries, but knows how to launch an online company from the ground  up.

In your initial post, address the following:

  • Compare and contrast two different decision-making models addressed  in your course resources, explaining how each would be used to approach  the hiring decision.
  • Recommend which of the two decision-making models would be the best suited to help make the hiring decision, and why.

In your response posts to at least two peers, explain how the model  you recommended using compares with the model your peers recommended  using and how it would influence the decision-making process and  outcome. You may use the following questions to help develop your  response:

  • What can examining a business problem through the lens of different decision-making models teach us about decision making?
  • What other business decisions or situations would your peers’  recommended decision-making models be most appropriate to use for, and  why?
  • What other business decisions or situations would your recommended  decision-making model be most appropriate to use for, and why?
  • Do you have questions for your peers about why they recommended the model they did?
Describe how new steps in onboarding and orientation processes promote retention.

Competencies

In this project, you will demonstrate your mastery of the following competencies:

  • Use common practices to recruit diverse talent
  • Recommend policies and practices to promote employee retention and motivation

Scenario

You are an HR specialist for a company that manufactures shoes. Recently, you noticed the turnover has increased, specifically with newly hired production associates working less than 60 days. You designed an exit survey for those who recently resigned and have received 100 responses so far.

  • Based on this feedback, you are asked to recommend changes to the recruiting and selection process.
  • You are also asked to ensure the organization is attracting talent from a diverse pool of candidates.

The Production Associate position has not historically attracted talent from various diverse backgrounds.

  • Production associates can be trained on the equipment if they have not operated the machines before.
  • Associates use measuring tools but are not writing extensively or performing complex mathematical calculations.
  • Although the role requires long periods of standing, some roles are performed seated. Employees usually rotate through these stations for four hours at a time.
  • The company prides itself on crafting very light shoes; as such, the typical lifting weight is 25 pounds at the most.
  • Production associates receive training to advance to the Production Associate II position or into lead roles.

Consider this information in conjunction with the desire to attract a more diverse talent pool and the exit survey results when making edits to the job description.

The job description and job advertisement (job posting) need to address both the turnover concerns and the attraction of diverse talent. Once you attract talent, the team will need some guidance on interviewing for selection of talent.

Furthermore, to provide a great employee experience, you will need to develop onboarding and orientation guidance that will help the department managers retain and motivate the newly hired talent.

Directions

For this project, you will be using Milestone One data and information and building upon it to develop a recruitment and retention package for a management tool. Based on feedback from your instructor, update the work you submitted for Milestone One to incorporate into this project. Add your Milestone One updated information to the following:

For talent assessment, develop (A) two interview questions that will be included in the screening process to help ensure a strong match, and, for each, (B) explain how each question will determine whether a candidate is a match. Finally, draft a memo to the department manager, including reasons for turnover issues and new steps of the onboarding and orientation process, who will implement the recommended steps, an explanation for changes, and the turnover challenges being addressed.

Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:

  1. Turnover Analysis
    1. Analyze exit interview data to determine turnover reasons.
    2. Create a graph to show aspects of the selection and onboarding process that may be causing turnover.
  2. Job Description
    1. Edit a job description to attract matched talent.
    2. Address turnover reasons and strategies to attract diverse talent.
  3. Job Advertisement (Posting)
    1. Develop a job advertisement (posting) to attract diverse talent and address the positive and negative attributes of the role.
    2. Explain how your advertisement (posting) will attract a diverse talent pool through its use of language and description of the position.
  4. Interview Questions
    1. Develop at least two interview questions for selecting talent for this role, providing specific examples to support why these will be effective in determining if the candidate is a match.
  5. Memo
    1. Describe aspects of the selection and onboarding process that may be causing the turnover, referencing the graph you created.
    2. Create new steps of the onboarding and orientation process to reduce turnover, providing specific examples to support your claims.
    3. Identify the responsible party for each step (for example, Human Resources or manager).
    4. Describe how new steps in onboarding and orientation processes promote retention.
    5. Describe how new steps in onboarding and orientation processes promote motivation.

What to Submit

To complete this entire recruitment and retention package document, review the following checklist to make sure you included all required elements:

  • Turnover graph
  • Edited job description
  • Job advertisement (posting) with justification
  • At least two interview questions
  • Memo that includes:
    • Turnover issues
    • New processes
    • Delegation of new processes
    • How new steps can support retention and motivation

Recruitment and Retention Package

Submit this assignment as a Word document, 3 to 5 pages in length (not including the title page). Use double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins. Consult the Shapiro Library APA Style Guide for more information on formatting; you can access Shapiro Library resources through the Academic Support area of the course.

Supporting Material:

Safety Onboarding: A Crucial Part of an Employee’s First Few Days
Describe what you need to do to get ready for job interviews in the future.

Interview Reflections

The discussion assignment provides a forum for discussing relevant topics for this week on the basis of the course competencies covered. For this assignment, make sure you post your initial response to the Discussion Area by the due date assigned.

To support your work, use your course and text readings and also use outside sources. As in all assignments, cite your sources in your work and provide references for the citations in APA format.

Start reviewing and responding to the postings of your classmates as early in the week as possible. Respond to at least two of your classmates. Participate in the discussion by asking a question, providing a statement of clarification, providing a point of view with a rationale, challenging an aspect of the discussion, or indicating a relationship between two or more lines of reasoning in the discussion. Complete your participation for this assignment by the end of the week.

Using your text and South University library resources, address the following:

  • Reflect on your third and final interview.
  • Provide an e-mail from the person with whom you completed the interview to verify interview completion.
  • Describe what you learned from the interview process about yourself and your readiness for the types of interviews.
  • Describe what you need to do to get ready for job interviews in the future.
What advice do you have for students interested in sports psychology?

Assignment Guidelines

Networking is vital to any field but is particularly germane to the field of sports psychology. The purpose of this assignment is to give you the opportunity to network with a sports psychology professional in your area.

Interview With a Sports Psychologist or a Mental Health Consultant

This assignment will require the following:

  • Conduct a 30-minute interview with a sports psychologist or mental health consultant (The instructor for this course does not qualify.)
  • The questions should include, but are not limited to, the following:
    • How did you get into sports psychology?
    • What is your degree in, and what training was required?
    • With what population do you primarily work?
    • What challenges do you currently see in the field?
    • What advice do you have for students interested in sports psychology?

Parameters

  • Document #1 will simply be your notes from the interview, including your name, date, time, platform (try to do the interview in person or on Zoom if possible), your questions asked, and the answers.
  • Document #2 will be a reaction pa.per based on your interview and should include the following:
    • 500 to 600 words written about something from your conversation which sparked a curiosity about a topic on which you want to do further research 
    • An integration of two peer-reviewed articles and the textbook
    • Follow APA guidelines
    • See the assignment rubric below for more details
Analyze one student’s post. What are one or two major questions you have after reading their post?

Reply Post

Your reply post should read approximately 250 to 350 words in length and should reference at least one citation from the article the other student read for their initial post. To receive the maximum points, your post should include a reference from the textbook, an article other students read, and one of this week’s ancillary readings. 

Prompt

Analyze another student’s initial post. Examine their application of an article to the text chapter and compare it to your own application.

Parameters

  • Analyze one student’s post. What are one or two major questions you have after reading their post?
  • Reread the section of the textbook they reference, as well as the article they cited; then use these sources to address your question(s)
  • Follow APA guidelines

While reading about the different strategies for athletes to participate in for managing stress, I found the problem solving strategy would be the one that I would advise athletes to use to manage anxiety. I believe by being able to identify the problem and work through that problem will benefit the athletes that suffer with anxiety. In the text it list several steps to take while problem solving, such as coming up with solutions to the problems, figuring out the consequences to those solutions, coming up with a proposal, and executing that proposal (Williams & Krane 2021). I think with most athletes much of the anxiety they experience is from lack of confidence. If athletes are aware of the problem and implement the problem solving strategy they are less likely to experience high levels of anxiety and will exude more confidence.

In the additional article I read, it informed me of the internal and external workload that college athletes experience. One of the significant problems that athletes experience is time management. Athletes are given a certain amount of time to train for the particular sport they are involved in. While juggling training and their studies the levels of stress begin to build and become a problem that can hinder both school work and their athletic performance. It also informed me of the possible options for athletes to train at certain times when they are mentally and physically present during practice. The article also discusses how “velocity movement” has improved athletes ability to see how they are performing in that moment. This gives athletes and coaches the ability to observe their performance in that moment helping them to determine if it is higher than normal stress levels affecting their performance( Lopes, Ufting et. al 2020). While I do believe using velocity movement as one way to determine if levels of stress where high in that moment, I still think the book had better insight on how to manage stress and anxiety when one is an athlete. 

References:

Williams, J. & Krane, V. (2021) Applied Sport Psychology: Personal Growth to Peak Performance (8th ed.) McGraw-Hill Education.

Lopes Dos Santos, M., Uftring, M., Stahl, C. A., Lockie, R. G., Alvar, B., Mann, J. B., & Dawes, J. J. (2020). Stress in academic and athletic performance in collegiate athletes: A narrative review of sources and monitoring strategies. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 2, 42.

Explain what pertinent information, generally, is required in documentation to support DSM-5-TR and ICD-10 coding.
  • Assign DSM-5-TR and ICD-10 codes to services based upon the patient case scenario. 

Then, in 1–2 pages address the following. You may add your narrative answers to these questions to the bottom of the case scenario document and submit altogether as one document.

  • Explain what pertinent information, generally, is required in documentation to support DSM-5-TR and ICD-10 coding.
  • Explain what pertinent documentation is missing from the case scenario, and what other information would be helpful to narrow your coding and billing options.
  • Finally, explain how to improve documentation to support coding and billing for maximum reimbursement.   
Describe resources you would use to accomplish your goals and tasks, such as ways to participate in a study group or review course, mnemonics and other mental strategies, and print or online resources you could use to study.
  • Reflect on the study plan you created in NRNP 6665. Did you accomplish your SMART goals? What areas of focus still present opportunities for growth?
  • Revise your study plan summarizing your current strengths and opportunities for improvement.
  • Develop 3–4 new SMART goals for this quarter and the tasks you need to complete to accomplish each goal. Include a timetable for accomplishing them and a description of how you will measure your progress.
  • Describe resources you would use to accomplish your goals and tasks, such as ways to participate in a study group or review course, mnemonics and other mental strategies, and print or online resources you could use to study.
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