Instructions:

• It can be draining speaking with a delusional individual. They might insist that you accept their beliefs or they may try to convince you of something that you know is not real, is real. They may even insist that you do believe, but you won’t admit it.
• The more the delusional person talks about what they believe, the more agitated and obsessed they become with what they are saying. They are desperate to communicate what they are feeling and experiencing.
• Public safety professionals will face delusional individuals and they must learn how to properly address such people.

Setting:

• For this Discussion Forum, imagine you meet a person at work named Eric.
• As time goes on, Eric tells you that he is convinced your boss is out to get him. It has come to the point that it is all Eric talks about.
• He has become more and more agitated and constantly discusses how he is being mistreated and how he needs to do something about this mistreatment.
• You don’t think Eric is treated differently than anyone else at work, and his obsession with the topic is starting to alarm you.

Review this week’s course material, then:

1. Briefly define and describe what it means to be delusional and how the definition may fit into Eric’s behavior.
2. As described by Chapter 32 in your text, there are several rules for communicating with delusional people. What do you believe is the most important rule for dealing with Eric? What do you feel would be the least important rule for dealing with Eric? Defend your answers.
3. Name at least one outside resource that you think could help Eric.
4. Cite two outside references using APA formatting in your answer to this Initial Post.
   • Make initial post
   • 250-300 words

• Must be an analytical critique of how well your classmates applied hybrid theory in their answers regarding and recommendations for improving Genie’s language development.
• Provide suggestions for improvement or alternative areas to be considered.

1. student one—The hybrid theory is a combination of the three other language development theories (infants need to be taught, social impulses foster infant language, and infants teach themselves), which states that that an infant’s language learning can be explained by one theory at a certain point in their life and another theory at a later point (Berger, 2014, p. 176).

            Using the different aspects of the other theories within the hybrid theory, Genie had delayed language development because her family never taught her proper words and how to formulate sentences (infants need to be taught). There were rare social interactions between her and the family unless it was for her father to beat her for making noises or to bark or growl at Genie (social impulses). Lastly, Genie wasn’t really able to teach herself because the only communication she had received or heard from family wasn’t frequent enough and when it was the other communication she had to go off of was barks or growls (infants teach themselves) (Berger, 2014, p. 173-176).

            To start off, Genie was analyzed to check her cognitive abilities to get a general idea of where she was at mentally. Once they realized that she had the mental capacity of a one year old, they tried to show her how to speak and formulate sentences by teaching her different words at a time. She was able to start adding words to her vocab, but since she missed the critical period mentioned in the article, she was unable to put more than three words together at a time.

            The first recommendation that I could mention that I didn’t see mentioned in the article to help teach Genie how to speak would be to recast her speech, for example if she said something like “applesauce buy store”, they could restructure it like “you want to buy applesauce from the store?” to help explain to the proper way to ask something. The second recommendation I would have for them is to try child directed speech, which would slow down how the caregiver talked to her and make speech more childlike and ask more questions to try and get Genie to respond more regularly. The third and last recommendation I would have is to try and expand on what Genie was saying to them, such as Genie telling her caregivers “Spot chew glove”, they could expand on that by bringing up a past example of something similar and ask her more questions to get her to recap and expand on what she wants to say.

2. student 2—-
The hybrid theory of language development is some aspects of language may be explained by one theory at one age and another theory at another age. How language is learned depends on the age of the child as well as on the particular circumstances.

Using the hybrid theory the reasons for Genie’s delays in language development were caused by the neglect and abuse of her parents. They did not foster an environment of love and of learning. 

The psychologists gave Genie an assessment, she scored at the level of a one-year-old, they started teaching her as they would teach a one-year-old, however she never made it to the stage called language explosion.
Genie never experienced the love and attention that a child does with his or her mother, perhaps they should have treated Genie as if she was really an infant, Genie craved for human touch and connection, she didn’t get much of that. They also should I thought Genie how to formulate sentences in a better manner.

After reading about water quality issues in the U.S. and around the world, we will be examining the water quality in our local communities. There are two types of sources for all fresh water. We get it either from underground sources, such as aquifers, or surface water from lakes, reservoirs, and rivers. In this activity, we will use an interactive website that allows us to look at our local water sources and the contaminants that can be found there.

Completing this activity will assist you in mastering Module Level Outcomes 1 and 2.

First, read:

• Mechenich, C., Andrews, E., Peterson, J.O. (2013) Home Water Safety: Evaluating the Condition of Your Public Water Supply [PDF, File size 99.6 KB].

Next:

1. Go to this Environmental Working Group website, The National Drinking Water Database.

2. Click on “Find Your Water” at the top of the page and follow the directions to find your location by entering your zip code into the box on the top right.

3. When the page opens, it lists all the communities and their separate water providers in your zip code.

4. Select the one where you live or work (or closest to where you live) and click on the name of the supplier listed on the left side of the table. NOTE: If you have a private water source, such as a well, for your home, select the closest town or community near your home/work.

5. This opens to a table of contaminants tested for and a summary of all results. There will be four columns for Contaminants, Average/Maximum Result, Health Guidelines Exceeded, Contaminants Legal Limits Exceeded, then a graphic sliding scale for the testing history of results.

6. Scroll over a listed “contaminant” chemical or pollutant, and a pop-up box will give a brief description of where it came from and what it is. If you click on this, it will expand with further information.

Finally, post to the Discussion Board:

1. Tell us your location choice (town, state, etc.) and the name of the specific water supplier you chose.

2. Select one of the contaminants that are listed for your area that exceeded health or legal guidelines (or both), and one of the contaminants that did not.

3. Give a brief description of what these contaminants are and from where they come. For example: Manganese—a naturally occurring mineral that comes from mineral deposits in the soil and industrial use. (This is available by clicking on the contaminant, and a pop-up appears.)

4. How do the results for the contaminants in your water make you feel about your public water supply? Do you think that the government is doing enough to monitor and inform the public? Why or why not?

5. Discuss how this information may impact you and your family. Include any actions you may take going forward and how you might want to help your community if there is a problem.

Your initial post responding to this assignment should be no shorter than 250 words. Include both in-text citations and complete APA style references for all the sources you used to inform your work

Nursing Theory Analysis Paper

Overview/Description:

The purpose of this assignment is to describe, evaluate and discuss application of a nursing grand or mid-range theory. This assignment also provides the learner an opportunity to connect theory and research to nursing phenomena. Learners will develop an 8-10 page paper (excluding the title page and references) using APA style to address the elements listed below.

Theory/Author Name and Background

1. Select a Grand or Mid-Range Theory that is appropriate to your practice setting.
2. Describe the theorist’s background in detail and discuss how their experiences have impacted the theory development.
3. Examine crucial references for the original and/or current work of the theorist and other authors writing about the selected theory.
4. Identify the phenomenonof concernor problems addressed by the theory.

Theory Description

1. Explain whether the theory uses deductive, inductive or retroductive reasoning. Provide evidence to support your conclusion.
2. Describe the major concepts of the theory.  How are they defined? (theoretically and/or operationally) Is the author consistentin the use of the concepts and other terms in the theory?
3. Interpret how the concepts are defined.  Implicitly or explicitly?
4. Examine the relationships (propositions) among the major concepts.

Evaluation

1. Identify explicit and implicit assumptions (values/beliefs) underlying the theory. On what assumptions does the theory build?
2. Examine if the theory has a description of the four concepts of the nursing metaparadigm. If so, how are they explained in the theory? If the metapardigm is not explained, what elements do you see as relevant to the theory and why?
3. Discuss the clarity of the theory.  Did it have lucidness and consistency?

Application

1. Examine how the theory would guide nursing actions.
2. Describe specificallyhow you can use this theory in your area of nursing (Practice, Education, Informatics or Administration).

APA Style/Format