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Cognitive behavior Therapy vs Rational EmotiveBehaviour Therapy

Cognitive behavioral therapy is a psychological therapy used in treating patients with depression and to incite happiness in the patient. The therapy approaches the problem by targeting at the solution to the problem more than going back to the causes. On the other hand, rational emotive behavioral therapy, majorly known as REBT, is also another psychotherapy used to solve problems concerning stress. This therapy uses the replacement of self-rejecting feelings in a depressed person with self-believe and confidence (Ellis, 2013). The therapy challenges the rationale of bad thoughts about self.

There are a number of similarities that both therapies share, these include: Both of the therapies employ psychoeducation in the treatment of stress, the therapies also teach the patient on how to employ therapeutic techniques in treating themselves (Szentagotai, David, Lupu, & Cosman, 2008). Another similarity between the two therapies is that emphasis is laid on the importance of cognitive psychological dysfunction and they all focus on changing the behavior of the patient through their various different approaches. 

Differences in the therapies

Despite these similarities, the two therapies have variations which distinguish them. These differences include; Self- acceptance: the rational emotive behavior therapy focuses on the self-acceptance of the patient. It encourages the patient to accept themselves back and try to see the positive in them and stop blaming themselves about the past. The cognitive behavior therapy, on the other hand, is more concerned about the self-esteem of the patient (Szentagotai, David, Lupu, & Cosman, 2008). 

The philosophy: the rational emotive behavior therapy earns more credit because it concerns in digging deeper into the philosophic causes of stress and try to encourage the patient to focus on the positive and wipe out the negative from their minds. Cognitive behavior therapy is attached more importance in the future of the patient rather than the cause of the problem. The therapy builds the self-esteem of the patient through encouragement and giving them the hope of a better future.

Solution approach: while the rational emotive behavior therapy approaches the problem from the past point of view and tries to educate the patient on the importance of viewing the positive side of the problem than focusing on the negative. The cognitive behavior therapy, on the other hand, approaches it from the current point of the situation and start tech the patient to attach value on themselves.

The recommended therapy

The cognitive behavior model is the best therapy to be recommended for a client. I will base my decision on various factors implying that this type of therapy is superior. The philosophical approach to the problem in this therapy is realistic since it considers the personality of the patient as the main source of the solution (Dobson, & Dozois, (Eds.), 2019). The therapy educates the patient on their own importance as compared to the issue which is a mere episode in their lives. The therapy also has more persuasive techniques that can be used to convince a patient to transform their thinking. 

References

Dobson, K. S., & Dozois, D. J. (Eds.). (2019). Handbook of cognitive-behavioral therapies. Guilford Publications.

Ellis, A. (2013). Better, deeper and more enduring brief therapy: The rational emotive behavior therapy approach. Routledge.

Szentagotai, A., David, D., Lupu, V., & Cosman, D. (2008). Rational emotive behavior therapy versus cognitive therapy versus pharmacotherapy in the treatment of major depressive disorder: Mechanisms of change analysis. Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training, 45(4), 523.

instructions from my professor:

Pick a Topic from the list of Diseases discussed (I picked Herpes Zoster (Shingles). You are to do a PowerPoint presentation using the following headings below. 

Present a typical patient with this disease process and how they would present to the office and how you would work up, diagnose, and treat. 

Pictures and or other visual media are encouraged. You will be graded on professionalism and content. 

Minimum of 15, Maximum of 20 slides and minimum 15 Minutes and maximum 20 minutes presentation. 

Slides must be colorful and professional, use of pictures, charts, graphs, and other enhancements to make the presentation better are encouraged.

(No slide transition animations please) 

All presentations will be submitted into Turn it in, so please make sure that all work is of your own, no recycling past student presentations or copy-paste from the internet should be allowed and it will be considered an academic dishonesty. 

Presentations must include a Slides with the following information.

·       TITLE (slide 1) 

·       DESCRIPTION (Patient information) (slide 2 etc. and so on)

·       EPIDEMIOLOGY

·       ETIOLOGY

·       RISK FACTORS

·       ASSOCIATED CONDITIONS

·       HISTORY

·       PHYSICAL EXAM

·       DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS

·       TESTS

·       TREATMENT

·       PROGNOSIS

·       REFERENCES

NOTE: please follow my professor instructions exactly as assigment.

            plagiarism is not tolerated.

            I attached these instructions with highlight points and also an example pptx my professor sent as a.                   guide.

            between 15 and 20 slides.

Write a research paper about the Covid-19. Do not use citations, use your own words. 

Write everything you know about the virus plus how it propagates, how it’s treated, how to prevent getting it. How patients with it are being managed and the origins of the virus. 

Reflection Paper

The IOM published report, “Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health,” makes recommendations for lifelong learning and achieving higher levels of education.

In 1,000-1,250 words, examine the importance of nursing education and discuss your overall educational goals.

Include the following:

1. Discuss your options in the job market based on your educational level.
2. Review the IOM Future of Nursing Recommendations for achieving higher levels of education. Describe what professional certification and advanced degrees (MSN, DNP, etc.) you want to pursue and explain your reasons for wanting to attain the education. Discuss your timeline for accomplishing these goals.
3. Discuss how increasing your level of education would affect how your competitiveness in the current job market and your role in the future of nursing.
4. Discuss the relationship of continuing nursing education to competency, attitudes, knowledge, and the ANA Scope and Standards for Practice and Code of Ethics.
5. Discuss whether continuing nursing education should be mandatory. Provide support for your response.

You are required to cite to a minimum of three sources to complete this assignment. Sources must be published within the last 5 years and appropriate for the assignment criteria and relevant to nursing practice.  

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required. 

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion. 

Public Health Competencies Self-Reflection Paper

The Public Health Competencies Self-Reflection Paper is the last assignment that you will save in your ePortfolio this quarter. In practice-immersion learning, you are both a participant and observer; as a participant, you will be contributing to the organization in which you are completing your practicum and learning new skills. But this is not what makes the experience worthy of academic credit; rather, it is the development of your ability to systematically observe what is going on around you and apply the course competencies. A well-written reflection is a tool that helps you practice moving quickly from your working environment to the didactic curriculum and theories you have learned over the course of your MPH program.

Instructions

First, review the six course competencies carefully. Reflect on the past nine weeks at your practicum site, study of the activities, and projects you have worked on during your practicum, and consider how you have grown as a scholar and practitioner in the public health field.

1. Discuss the public health needs and capacities of the population served by your practicum agency. 
   • Define public health needs and capacities.
2. Discuss how you have applied a socioecological framework to the development of population-based intervention strategies to improve health and reduce inequities for the population you are serving.
   • Define the ecological framework.
   • Describe how you would apply an ecological framework to the development and implementation of population-based interventions.
3. Analyze the insights gained concerning gender, race, poverty, history, migration, and culture when working toward health equity at organizational, community, and societal levels.
   • Discuss how these determinants undermine health and create challenges.
   • Discuss inclusive ways to achieve health equity at organizational, community, and societal levels.
4. Differentiate among availability, acceptability, and accessibility of health care across diverse populations.
   • Describe how the population your agency serves is accessing health care and services, accepting the services available, and is willing to make behavioral changes.
   • Describe potential ways to improve the current state.
5. Compare your practicum agency to other agencies in terms of structure, systems, and public health practices.
   • Define the agency structure, systems, and public health practices.
   • Provide examples of the agency structure, systems, and public health practices.
6. Explain how professional ethics and practices relate to equity and accountability in diverse community settings.
   • Discuss how your own professional ethics have helped improve health equity for the populations served at your practicum site.
   • Identify ways to improve your knowledge, ethics, and practices to better serve diverse communities and populations.
7. Analyze the systems-thinking or building tools you have used at your practicum site.
   • Define systems-thinking or building tools.
   • Describe how you have employed these tools to influence the community’s health behaviors to address health disparities or public health concerns.
   • Describe other tools you would like to use.
   • Describe how use of these tools would benefit the community.
8. Write following APA style for in-text citations and references.
   • Determine the proper application of APA formatting requirements and scholarly writing standards.
   • Apply the principles of effective composition.
   • Describe any professional and scholarly resources, primarily peer-reviewed journal articles, government Web sites, and experiences gained in the practicum.
9. Write clearly and logically with correct use of spelling and grammar.
   • Determine the proper application of the rules of grammar and mechanics.
   • Assess the relevance and credibility of information sources.

Remember that your instructor will be providing feedback on your assignments.

Additional Requirements

• Written communication: Written communication is free of errors that detract from the overall message.
• APA formatting: Resources and citations are formatted according to current APA style and formatting standards.
• Cited resources: Minimum of three scholarly sources that relate to your professional experiences, points and/or course competencies. All literature cited should be current, with publication dates within the past five years.
• Length of paper: 8–10 double-spaced pages.
• Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 points.

If you talk about a possible poor health outcome, do you believe that outcome will occur? Do you believe eye contact and personal contact should be avoided?

You would have a difficult time practicing as a nurse if you believed these to be true. But they are very real beliefs in some cultures.

Differences in cultural beliefs, subcultures, religion, ethnic customs, dietary customs, language, and a host of other factors contribute to the complex environment that surrounds global healthcare issues. Failure to understand and account for these differences can create a gulf between practitioners and the public they serve.

In this Assignment, you will examine a global health issue and consider the approach to this issue by the United States and by one other country.

To Prepare:

• Review the World Health Organization’s (WHO) global health agenda and select one global health issue to focus on for this Assignment.
• Select at least one additional country to compare to the U.S. for this Assignment.
• Reflect on how the global health issue you selected is approached in the U.S. and in the additional country you selected.
• Review and download the Global Health Comparison Matrix provided in the Resources.

The Assignment: (1- to 2-page Global Health Comparison Matrix; 1-page Plan for Social Change)

Part 1: Global Health Comparison Matrix

Focusing on the country you selected and the U.S., complete the Global Health Comparison Matrix. Be sure to address the following:

• Consider the U.S. national/federal health policies that have been adapted for the global health issue you selected from the WHO global health agenda. Compare these policies to the additional country you selected for study.
• Explain the strengths and weaknesses of each policy.
• Explain how the social determinants of health may impact the global health issue you selected. Be specific and provide examples.
• Using the WHO’s Organization’s global health agenda as well as the results of your own research, analyze how each country’s government addresses cost, quality, and access to the global health issue selected.
• Explain how the health policy you selected might impact the health of the global population. Be specific and provide examples.
• Explain how the health policy you selected might impact the role of the nurse in each country.
• Explain how global health issues impact local healthcare organizations and policies in both countries. Be specific and provide examples.

Part 2: A Plan for Social Change

Reflect on the global health policy comparison and analysis you conducted in Part 1 of the Assignment and the impact that global health issues may have on the world, the U.S., your community, as well as your practice as a nurse leader.

In a 1-page response, create a plan for social change that incorporates a global perspective or lens into your local practice and role as a nurse leader.

• Explain how you would advocate for the incorporation of a global perspective or lens into your local practice and role as a nurse leader.
• Explain how the incorporation of a global perspective or lens might impact your local practice and role as a nurse leader.
• Explain how the incorporation of a global perspective or lens into your local practice as a nurse leader represents and contributes to social change. Be specific and provide examples

please see attached file

Summarize the study by applying the three steps in reviewing literature:

1. What are the results?

2.  Are the results valid?

3. How are these results applicable to patient care?

A two page paper is required, not including cover and reference pages. APA Format required.

Evidence-Based Medicine: Research Project and Presentation

In this project, you will complete a clinical case study analysis, research review, and oral presentation about the pathophysiology of your chosen topic.

Your presentations should follow a case study SBAR format (situation, background, assessment, and recommendations). Include four (4) different medical-based evidence and/or research recommendations. You must include a few scholarly sources in your overall presentation. 

Your presentation should include:

• Introduction to the case or situation
• Background detail
• Clinical assessment
• Recommendations
• Application to future practice
• A few scholarly references supporting your ideas 
• The use of audiovisual aids such as PowerPoint, DVD clips, sound effects, posters, radiology films, medical reports, etc.

Please use this reference To base the care plan.

The assignment has to be on a patient with uncontrolled hypertension and cardiac issues  This patient was re admitted to the hospital (cardiac/telemetry unit) because of the on going Controlled hypertension And possible heart attack.  

Your Weekly Practicum Journal is:

• A personal, introspective subjective account of your practicum experience and how your practicum experience relates to Healthy People 2020 and course objectives. Include events that occurred in your practicum experience, and be sure to describe your thoughts and feelings about those events.  How did your perceptions change? What did you learn that was unexpected? Describe your thinking about your thoughts and feelings regarding the new learning you experienced.
• Connected to South University’s College of Nursing Conceptual Framework Pillars (Caring, Communication, Critical Thinking, Professionalism, and Holism)
• Connected to prior coursework and experiences through reflective analysis.
• Written in a scholarly, academic style using APA style format. Two or three sentences are not sufficient nor are daily logs/reports of activities.

Citations should conform to APA guidelines. You may use this APA Citation Helper as a convenient reference for properly citing resources or connect to the APA Style website