Archive for month: January, 2018

Reflection Paper: Addiction and Theories

Ksir, C., Hart, C., Ray,O. Drugs, Society and Human Behavior, Twelfth Edition. McGraw Hill Publisher

Read Chapter 2 of the text, note the definitions and the major theories about how drug use leads to drug abuse/addiction.

What is your favorite theory(s) of Addiction?

Why do people become addicted to alcohol, tobacco and other drugs (ATOD)?

Write a definition of addiction/dependency:

Nature of addiction/dependency – etiology: what happens to a person who is addicted/dependent on ATOD (See also chapter 1 “Drug Dependence” and “Stages of Drug Dependence”; Chapter 2 “The vicious Cycle of Drug Addiction)

Bio-Psycho-Social Model: write your favorite explanations of why someone might become addicted to AOD, based on specific theories in each of the following categories

Biological causes/factors of addiction/dependency

Psychological causes/factors of addiction/dependency

Social causes/factors of addiction/dependency

The Biopsychosocial Approach

Text Box: Biosphere Society/ Nation Culture/Subculture Community Family Individual Nervous System Organs Tissues Cells MoleculesThe biopsychosocial approach was developed at Rochester decades ago by Drs. George Engel and John Romano. While traditional biomedical models of clinical medicine focus on pathophysiology and other biological approaches to disease, the biopsychosocial approach in our training programs emphasize the importance of understanding human health and illness in their fullest contexts. The biopsychosocial approach systematically considers biological, psychological, and social factors and their complex interactions in understanding health, illness, and health care delivery.

• Biological, psychological, and social factors exist along a continuum of natural systems, as depicted in the list here.

• Systematic consideration of psychological and social factors requires application of relevant social sciences, just as consideration of biological factors requires application of relevant natural sciences. Therefore, both the natural and social sciences are ‘basic’ to medical practice. In other words, psychological and social factors are not merely epiphenomena: they can be understood in scientific ways at their own levels as well as in regard to their biological correlates.

• Humanistic qualities are highly valued complements to the biopsychosocial approach, which involves the application of the scientific method to diverse biological, psychological, and social phenomena as related to human health.

• While the biomedical approach takes the reductionistic view that all phenomena are best understood at the lowest level of natural systems (e.g., cellular or molecular), the biopsychosocial approach recognizes that different clinical scenarios may be most usefully understood scientifically at several levels of the natural systems continuum.

To apply the biopsychosocial approach to clinical practice, the clinician should:

• Recognize that relationships are central to providing health care

• Use self-awareness as a diagnostic and therapeutic tool

• Elicit the patient’s history in the context of life circumstances

• Decide which aspects of biological, psychological, and social domains are most important to understanding and promoting the patient’s health

• Provide multidimensional treatment

The Biopsychosocial Approach

REFERENCES

Engel GL: The need for a new medical model: a challenge for biomedicine. Science 1977;196:129-136.

Engel GL: The clinical application of the biopsychosocial model. Am J Psychiatry 1980;137:535-544.

Frankel RM, Quill TE, McDaniel SH (Eds.): The Biopsychosocial Approach: Past, Present, Future.University of Rochester Press, Rochester, NY, 2003.

Borrell-Carrió F, Suchman AL, Epstein RM: The biopsychosocial model 25 years later: principles, practice, and scientific inquiry. Ann Fam Med 2004;2:576-582.

Cohen J, Brown Clark S: John Romano and George Engel: Their Lives and Work.University of Rochester Press, Rochester, NY, and Boydell and Brewer Limited, Suffolk UK, 2010.

Summary Paper on Addiction

In this class you have already written (Response paper 1 and 2) a paper describing a definition of addiction and another paper explaining the BioPsychoSocial theories of addiction. Now write this paper as a summary of the information you have gathered. The ASAM website and the textbook are your sources of information so far, but you can use other sources and include them in your citations.

Write a 3 page paper (typed, double spaced) explaining alcohol/drug addiction or dependency. Use this rubric and make sure to include certain required information. Use at least 2 credible sources of information and include this in the bibliography.

Define Addiction/Dependency

Explain the differences between use, abuse and addiction/dependence

3 points

Signs and Symptoms of Addiction

(Use DSM and ASAM definitions)

Describe the physical and psychological features of addiction.

4 points

Theory or Theories

Describe the Disease Model of addiction

2 points

Resources/Bibliography

Properly cite at least 2 credible sources of information.

1 point

KIM WOODS ONLY

Assignment One: MS PowerPoint Presentation (20%)

Instructions

Using the SHRM case study (an organization named Reyes) provided, students will apply their knowledge about business and the function of Human Resources. In addition the use of a common business tool, a Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) assessment is used to assess both the HR domains and the role the HR function is performing in the organization.

SPECIFICS

It is anticipated that the presentation will be approximately seven to ten slides, written in bullet points with additional notes, if needed, included in the notes section of the presentation, and demonstrate good academic writing style. In text citations and references will be presented in APA format and are in addition to the approximately seven to ten slides. At least one scholarly source is to be included on the reference page along with corresponding in text citations in the content of the presentation. Students are to use the UMUC writing center or Owl Purdue online writing center for tutoring on APA format for in text citations and reference lists.

1. Title Page (Title of the paper, Your Name, Course Number, University, Professor’s Name & Date)

2.

3. Introduction and Purpose of the Presentation (what the paper is intended to achieve) DONE

4.

5. Summary of Organization’s Capabilities and Requisite Employee Competencies (what is Reyes in business to do and what competencies or knowledge, skills or abilities are needed of the employees in the entire organization in order to sustain success?) The course module/commentary gives examples of capabilities and competencies.

6.

7. Challenges the Organization Needs to Address (There are many in this study, find at least three that you think are key issues)

8.

9. Summary of the Findings of the SWOT Assessment for the HR function (using the following chart)

10.

11. Summary or Conclusions (Based on the challenges you identified and the SWOT, what are your findings? Go back to your purpose statement for the paper and reiterate what you have achieved)

12.

I only want to see short bullet points. I do not want to see whole sentences on the slides.

Your explanation of your short bullet points goes into the notes section of the slide. Each slide needs to have notes explaining what the slide is all about.

USE THE SUMMARIES IN THE INSTRUCTIONS TO LABEL THE SLIDES, YOU NEED TO FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS

SWOT Assessment

HR Domains and Roles

Strength, Weakness, Opportunity or Threat?

Comments/Description on Your Finding of the Strength, Weakness, Opportunity or Threat

Human resource development and succession planning

Risk management, safety and security

Talent acquisition

Total rewards

Employee and labor relations

Strategic leaders

Credible activists

Business expert

Culture and change champion

HR innovators and integrators

Proponents in HR and organizational technology

Rubric Name: Assignment 1 Rubric (Power Point Presentation) 20%

Criteria

Level 5 Exceeds Expectations 5 points

Level 4 Meets Expectations 4.5 points

Level 3 Meets Some Expecations 4 points

Level 2 Does Not Meet Expectations 2 points

Level 1 Did Not Submit or Did Not Meet Minimum Expectations 0 points

Criterion 1 Summary of Organization’s Capabilities and Requisite Employee Competencies

Excellent content, thorough and insightful. Exceeds expectations.

Generally excellent content, thorough and insightful. Meets expectations

A general good job. Meets some of the expectations.

Is not complete in content, or thorough and insightful. Does not meet stated expectations.

Did Not Submit or Did Not Meet Minimum Expectations

Criterion 2 Challenges the Organization Needs to Address

Excellent content, thorough and insightful. Exceeds expectations.

Generally excellent content, thorough and insightful. Meets expectations.

Generally a good job. Meets some of the expectation.

Is not complete in content, or thorough and insightful. Does not meet stated expectations

Did Not Submit or Did Not Meet Minimum Expectations

Criterion 3 SWOT Analysis of the HR Function and the HR Professionals

Thorough and insightful, demonstrates excellent knowledge of the HR function.

Generally thorough and insightful, demonstrates good knowledge of the HR function.

Meets some but not all the expectations

Is not complete in content, or thorough and insightful. Does not demonstrate good knowledge of the HR function.

Did Not Submit or Did Not Meet Minimum Expectations

Criterion 4 Academic Writing Style Including Introduction, Purpose Statement, Citations and References

Writes in an error free manner, includes all the required elements, writing is clear, logical, flows well and is convincing. Citations and references are provided in accurate APA format. Exceeds the standard expectations for the assignments.

Generally writes in an error free manner, includes all the required elements, writing is mostly clear, logical, flows well and is convincing. Citations and references are provided in accurate APA format. Meets the expectations for the writing style of a capstone class.

Meets some of the expectations of writing in an error free manner, includes all the required elements, writing is mostly clear, logical, flows well and is convincing. Not all the citations and/or references are provided in accurate APA format. Meets some but not all the expectations for the writing style of a capstone class.

Writing is not error free,, does not include all the required elements, writing is not completely clear, logical, and/or does not always flows well and is not convincing. Citations and references are not provided in accurate APA format.

Did Not Submit or Did Not Meet Minimum Expectations

Overall Score

Level 5 Exceeds Expectations 18.1 or more

Level 4 Meets Expectations 16.1 or more

Level 3 Meets Some Expectations 14.1 or more

Level 2 Does Not Meet Expectations 8 or more

Level 1 Failure 0 or more

18.1 to 20 Points

16.1 to 18 Points

14.1 to 16 Points

8 to 14 Points

Zero Points

Smith, Turkel & Wolf (2013) Chapter 4

Summary: The purpose of the weekly reflective journal exercises is to allow for analysis, synthesis and evaluation of nursing theory using guided questions. Reflection has been referred to as a process that happens internally, privately or in isolation (Hill & Watson, 2011). Also a useful definition of reflection has been referred to as the examination of an issue of concern, as a consequence of experience, creating clarity and meaning in terms of self, and which results in a change of perspective ( Boyd & Fales, 1983).

Directions: Complete the Reflective Journal questions presented in your Smith, Turkel, & Wolf (2013) text as defined in the course outline. Post the responses to the questions in the D2L dropbox.

book: https://books.google.com/books?id=x8jOEKojWRQC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false

Write on Florence Nightingale

1. Indicate the category under which the theorist falls (can use McEwen & Wills classification or other source).

2. Provide examples from the literature of how the theory has been used. –