Hinduism

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Hindu Deity Discussion

Discuss the following:

It is said that there are over 

330 million gods and goddesses
 within the Hindu religion and each god/goddess has his or her own story that reveals his or her own religious significance. For this discussion, you will be selecting 


2 different Hindu gods/goddesses

 of your choosing that you would be interested in learning more about.

For each selected Hindu deity, you must provide the following:

1.
Name and Title (Ex: Vishnu, God of Preservation)

2.
Image of the deity

3.
Brief explanation of why you chose that specific god/goddess. Below are some examples of this:

· Maybe that Hindu god/goddess reminds you of a Christian saint or biblical character who is the Catholic patron/patroness of a particular human endeavor, career field, or avocation that somehow pertains to you.

· Ex: Saint Cecilia Patroness of Musicians and Sarasvati Hindu Goddess of Music

· Maybe you found the specific image of that god/goddess intriguing.

· Maybe there is a pop culture reference to the deity.

· Ex: TV series, movie, book, video game, etc.

4.
Deity in Scripture

· Summarize a story from the Hindu scriptures in which that the deity plays a major role.

· This can be their origin story or another important story about the deity.

5.
Relationship to other Hindu Deities

· How is this specific deity related to at least 

2 other Hindu deities?

· Ex: Is the selected deity a mother/father to another deity or possibly a husband/wife of another deity?

6.
Imagery & Symbolism

· Explain the traditional symbolism associated with the selected deity.

· Ex: Color of their skin, why they are depicted with specific animals, pose or stance in which they are depicted, any object they may be holding or that are depicted around them

 

Submission Instructions:

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Your post should be at least 200 words. You must include all of the required elements within your post.

Websites for assistance in selecting specific Hindu gods/goddesses:

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BBC: God or Gods?Links to an external site.

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Hindu GalleryLinks to an external site.

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Hindu Gods and GoddessesLinks to an external site.

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Information on HinduismLinks to an external site.

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Ten of the Most Important Hindu GodsLinks to an external site.

NB: No direct quotation

characteristics of the aging process

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Assessment Description

Describe the characteristics of the aging process. Explain how some of the characteristics may lead to elder abuse (memory issues, vulnerability, etc.). Discuss the types of consideration a nurse must be mindful of while performing a health assessment on a geriatric patient as compared to a middle-aged adult.

Nurse-scholars have a significant obligation to their community as well. Their work must have academic and professional integrity.

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 Nurse-scholars have a significant obligation to their community as well. Their work must have academic and professional integrity. 

reply

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I was really surprised by my results from the essential self-assessment the 2nd time around. I made sure not to look at the 1st one before I completed it. My score was initially 36 and now is 46. I had significantly more excellent than the very good column than before. Two areas that I have learned a great deal in. I have a better understanding of the use of CIS systems to document interventions related to achieving nurse sensitive outcomes. I also recognize the role that information technology plays in improving patient care outcomes and creating a safe care environment.

Understanding the difference between a CIS system and an EHR is important to understand how each work. Knowing now that a CIS system focuses on management of clinical data and information that allows practitioners and patients to use the date. CIS systems provide the infrastructure to bring all applications together.  The goal of an EHR system is to improve quality and safety of patient care by benefits of improved accuracy and completeness of patient health information.   

“Information technology is the process of searching, organizing and managing data supported by the use of computers” (Hebda et al., 2018). With the use of science to support the use of technology in healthcare, our patients can have safer and better outcomes in care.

As I continue my nursing career, I will use the knowledge I have learned to help provide the best care to my patients. I currently use the CIS system at my current position. But now understanding its use better, I plan to help educate my patients on the ability for them to create an account to manage their health. By receiving recent lab results, vital signs, and physician notes on after care summaries, patients can take better control of their health. They can also use the system to make future Dr. appointments and chat with the practitioners. Using information technology has been something my hospital continues to grow on. I will use information technology more to identify areas in our practice that can benefit from updating our nursing practice. Using our charting system, I can identify areas that nursing practice may be lacking such as IV start success rates. “Technology aids the nurse in the collections, analysis and application of data for decision making” (Chamberlain Lesson 8, 2023) By researching, analyzing, and applying what I’ve learned, I can help our nursing staff enhance performance in delivering of safe patient care.

 

Resources:

Chamberlian University. (2023, September).
Week 8 Lesson: Informatics as a specialty [Lecture Notes].

Week 8: Lesson: Informatics as a Specialty: RN Information Systems in Healthcare-Wells-Kersbergen (instructure.com)

 

Hebda, T., Hunter, K., & Czar, P. (2018). Handbook of Informatics for Nurses & Healthcare Professionals (6th ed.). Pearson Learning Solutions.

https://ambassadored.vitalsource.com/books/9781323903148

Nursing

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Instructions

Population Health Intervention and Social Marketing Assignment

In this assignment, you will build on the community assessment you completed. First, start with the Community Health Diagnosis, the priority health needs you identified at the end of the Community Assessment, and the goal and objectives you drafted when you completed the Goals and Behavioral Objectives lesson at How to Write Community Health Education Behavioral Objectives https://softchalkcloud.com/lesson/serve/D5P10ig3MWJOVx/html (from Module/Week 9)

Build on the community assessment assignment, community health diagnosis, goals, and behavioral objectives to add the population intervention and social marketing assignment.

Save the goals and objectives you use during this activity for a future discussion posting!

Population Health Intervention and Social Marketing Experience: Go to https://www.softchalkcloud.com/lesson/serve/C3ePZu4cWLHRdI/html

Complete the Population Health Intervention and Social Marketing Assignment learning/assessment activity and at the end of the activity—see the last page under references at the bottom of the page to retrieve a certificate of completion and submit to the courseroom dropbox for credit. Passing is 95% to earn the certificate but you may retake the questions in the module as many times as you want to earn a higher grade.

How to Save Your Certificate on Your Device in Digital Format

To save your certificate in digital format on your device, select print on your device when the certificate is showing. (Yes, select print, even though you will not be printing it!) Instead of choosing a printer on the printer options, select save as a PDF file. Save the certificate as a PDF to your device. Then upload the certificate to the courseroom dropbox for grade credit.

Another technique is to take a picture with your smartphone and upload the image to the assignment dropbox for grade credit.

Hovering your mouse over the certificate, using a right-click, and selecting the menu item to save as an image and saving to your device as a jpg or png file is the least effective method, as depending on your computer/web browser settings, this may save the certificate as blank.

The score summary is not required. The certificate is required for grade credit.

discussion 11

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 Bullying prevention is a growing research field that investigates the complexities and consequences of bullying. There is also a complex relationship between bullying and suicide. 

Visit http://www.stopbullying.gov/resources/inde x.html and identify resources for preventing bullying and assisting children who have been bullied. Instructions:

Post your discussion to the Moodle Discussion Forum. Word limit 500 words. Support your answers with the literature and provide citations and references in APA, 7th ed. format with shcolarly references no older than 5 years

Nursing Research

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  USE OF REGRESSION ANALYSIS IN CLINICAL PRACTICE

Data Utilization and Presentation

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Your CEO wants to review the benchmarking data used to compare Choice Hospital with other hospitals in the same geographic region. The Board of Directors is looking at expanding the Emergency Department or adding more in-patient beds. The CEO needs to know how Choice Hospital compares with other hospitals in the region to be part of the discussion and inform decisions on expansion in these areas.

As you assume the role the HCA at Choice Hospital, provide the data and analysis requested by your CEO as described below. In this exercise, assume that Choice Hospital is located in Colorado, and use these data provided by the Colorado Hospital Association for Colorado hospitals. If you wish to find data for your own state of residence, you may do that and start your search at your state’s Department of Health Web site.

For comparison of Choice Hospital to others in the state of Colorado of comparable size, you will use the specific data points requested, perform the calculations, and prepare the presentation of the data as follows:

  1. You will first review the data available and summarize the data points as specified for this presentation by placing them in an Excel spreadsheet.
  2. Calculate descriptive statistics for the data, as specified below.
  3. Prepare an Excel spreadsheet of the data.
  4. Review the data in the spreadsheet, and prepare a discussion of the data for Colorado hospitals compared to the data for Choice Hospital.
  5. The table below includes the data for Choice Hospital:
    HospitalLicensed BedsTotal DischargesTotal Patient DaysInpatient SurgeriesBirthsInpatient Admissions for Emergency DepartmentsEmergency Department VisitsTotal Outpatient VisitsChoice Hospital30015,27970,2834,0122564,78113,34298,993
  6. From these data, calculate the average length of stay (ALOS) for Choice Hospital.

Now look at the data for Colorado Hospitals at the link provided. Because Choice Hospital is a 300-bed facility, identify the hospitals that have between 200 and 400 licensed beds. Those are the hospitals that you will use for your comparison to Choice Hospital. In your Excel spreadsheet, do the following:

  1. List the hospitals that have 200–400 licensed beds in the first column, with 1 hospital listed per row.
  2. Next, for each of those hospitals, enter the data in separate columns for Total Patient Days and Total Discharges.
  3. In the next column, enter your calculation for ALOS using the data for Total Patient Days and Total Discharges.
    • At the bottom of the column for ALOS, calculate the mean and standard deviation for the average length of stay for all of the hospitals.
    • Enter the mean and standard deviation in the cells below in that column, and be sure to identify which value is the mean and which is the standard deviation.
  4. You will submit your Excel spreadsheet along with your 600-800 word summary.

Now that you have the data on ALOS for your comparison hospitals, write 600-800 word summary, not including the title page or reference page, and discuss the following:

  • Consider the average length of stay for Choice Hospital that you calculated using the data for Choice Hospital. How does that compare to the ALOS on average for the hospitals in Colorado with similar numbers of licensed beds from your calculation?
  • Identify the range of ALOS for the hospitals, and consider the standard deviation value.
    • Did you calculate the standard deviation of a sample or of the entire population?
    • What is the difference?
    • Explain why you chose the one that you did.
  • Research the ALOS for the United States, and find a statistic that is within the last 5 years. The ALOS may be an overall average or based on the number of beds.
    • State the ALOS for the United States that you found in your research, and be sure to cite the reference source.
    • How does the ALOS for Choice Hospital compare to the national average?

Careers in Nursing and as an Anesthesiology Assistant

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After reading the provided articles and listening to our guest speakers discuss careers in nursing, you may be surprised to learn how many options nurses have in terms of careers beyond the typical hospital bedside. You find nurses in advanced practice as nurse practitioners and nurse anesthetists, as well as in academics, public health, administration, informatics, politics/government, consulting and a variety of practice settings beyond the hospital.

In this discussion board, share your reaction. You must specifically address the following two questions (and follow-up) in your response: 

  1. What was something specific that you learned that you didn’t know before? Which source did you learn it from (e.g., which reading or which guest speaker)?
  2. Did the wide variety of nursing options surprise you?

After stating whether you were surprised about the variety, address at least one of the following:

  • Why do you think nurses have so many options when it comes to careers beyond direct patient care?
  • What aspects of their training do you think prepares them for these many options? 
  • Do you think any other graduate careers have as many options and why/why not?  

Feel free to post any other thoughts related to this topic. Responses may be only one paragraph, but no more than two.

After posting your response, read your peers’ thoughts and reply to at least one classmate.

Nursing module 4 assignment

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What steps do you take to locate primary and peer-reviewed research articles when performing a literature search?

What resources are available to you to engage in a meaningful and successful literature search?

As you have explored throughout this course, Walden University provides vast resources for student support to ensure success in their academic program of study. When it comes to research and using Library resources, several support mechanisms are available to you as well.

Taking the first step to think about a research topic or area of interest and filtering that topic using a series of keywords and operations will be a fundamental component for performing a literature search in Walden Library’s databases. While the ultimate goal is to produce a set or results that match your search criteria, you must keep in mind that that the quality of the research articles obtained will likely vary. Thus, you must critically examine and analyze the aims of the research produced and how it aligns, confirms, or negates your topic or area of research. As you develop proficiency in this area, you will discover that you can extract content themes and frameworks to enhance future research and the need to identify additional research support.

For this Assignment, consult the Walden Library webinars and resources provided. These resources serve as a general good first step for performing literature searches and engaging with the databases of research available to you. Think about a research topic or area of interest to focus on for this Assignment. Then, search the Walden Library to locate and retrieve peer-reviewed research articles that pertain to your topic or area of interest. 

6-paragraph assignment in which you do the following:

  •  a 1-pararaph introduction of how you conducted your literature search and the databases consulted in your search in relation to your practice area or area of interest. Be specific and provide examples.
  • a 1-paragraph summary of each of the articles you have selected (a total of 3 paragraphs).
  •  1 paragraph that synthesizes the three articles using a scholarly voice.
  •  a final paragraph in which you discuss the differences between summarizing and synthesizing research. Be specific and provide examples.