Identify an additional strategy you might use to apply your knowledge of the aging process to social work practice with older clients in general. Explain why you would use the strategy.
As individuals grow older, they experience biological changes, but how they experience these changes varies considerably. Senescence, or the process of aging, “affects different people, and various parts of the body, at different rates” (Zastrow & Kirst-Ashman, 2016, p. 658). What factors affect the aging process? Why do some individuals appear to age faster than […]
Submit your reaction to this statement of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW). Describe what you think is the role of social workers in equal rights and access to LGBTQ populations.
The LGBTQ community continues to experience incidences of prejudice and bias. Not only are these prejudices exemplified in interpersonal interactions through slurs and violent acts but also in the policies maintained in social work agencies and institutions. On June 26, 2015, the United States Supreme Court extended marriage rights to same-sex partners. Since this ruling, […]
What condition is Juan likely presenting with? What are the spectrum of physiological abnormalities that occur with this disorder?
Case Study Posting Requirements Make sure all of the topics in the case study have been addressed. Cite at least three sources—journal articles, textbooks or evidenced-based websites to support the content. All sources must be within five years. Do not use .com, Wikipedia, or up-to-date, etc., for your sources. Case Study 1 Mechanisms of Endocrine […]
How can the nurse best explain the etiology of their daughter’s health problem to her parents?
Question 1. A 4-year-old boy has had otitis media with effusion (OME) for several weeks and his condition has recently progressed to acute otitis media (AOM). Which of the following factors could have contributed to his AOM? Reflux of fluid from the boy’s nose into his middle ear A deficiency in immunoglobulin G Accumulation of […]
Describe how the role(s) and social position(s) assumed by the social worker will influence the relationship between the social worker and the client.
This week, you will use role theory to apply to your chosen case study. In other words, your theoretical orientation—or lens—is role theory as you analyze the case study. (CASE OF JAKE LEVY) Use the same case study that you chose in Week 2. (Remember, you will be using this same case study throughout the entire course). […]
Which of the following teaching points should the nurse practitioner exclude?
Week 2 quiz Question 1. A 60-year-old woman is suspected of having non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). Which of the following aspects of her condition would help to rule out Hodgkin lymphoma? Her neoplasm originates in secondary lymphoid structures. The lymph nodes involved are located in a large number of locations in the lymphatic system. […]
Describe any challenges you may experience between the meaning you hold based on your personal beliefs and working within the client’s potentially different belief framework
Upon hearing the stories of sometimes horrific atrocities clients or client families have experienced, you as a social worker may find yourself confronting existential questions such as Why? For example, Why do horrible events happen to good people? Why do people abuse their children? Trying to make sense of such trauma is not easy, and […]
What additional information would need to be provided for you to be able to calculate the incidence rate of cancer deaths?
A study followed 900,000 US adults from 1992 to 2008. At baseline, all participants were screened and determined to be cancer free and their body mass index (BMI) was calculated. Body mass index is a measure of obesity that is calculated using a person’s height and weight. Subjects were separated into the following groups according […]
Social History
Assignment: Social History A client’s social history can be a valuable tool when working with clients and setting goals. Completing a social history form or documenting it in another way, can serve as a broader view of where the client was when he or she came in and current issues. To create a social history […]
Explain how, specifically, you will set the tone throughout your work with the client to reduce the hierarchical relationship and make it more collaborative.
This week your theoretical orientation is feminist theory. You will use the same case study( CASE OF JAKE LEVY). Use the “Dissecting a Theory and Its Application to a Case Study” worksheet to help you dissect the theory. You do not need to submit this handout. It is a tool for you to use to dissect […]
Do they move in a way that makes sense? Could you look at logic models another way and get a better result?
Discussion: Using Logic Models in Human and Social Services Logic models are made up of several components: inputs, activities, outputs, and outcomes. These components are placed in one of six vertical columns to designate the resources needed for the program, the services offered by the program, the quantifiable products or outputs of the services, the […]
What impact do the services the child is currently receiving have on reducing off-task behavior, physical aggression, and verbal aggression for the identified child?”
Assignment: Conducting Time-Series Research Traditional experimental research dictates that there must be one or more experimental groups (groups receiving a treatment or intervention) and a control group (which does not receive the intervention). Participants are assigned randomly to the experimental and control groups. Although experimental designs may be preferable to other designs, even in action […]