Posts

Compared and contrasted the roles of the NP, nurse educator, nurse informaticist, and nurse administrator in advanced practice nursing pertaining to clinical practice, primary care, education, administration, and research.

Nursing homework help

Overview/Description: The final assignment will synthesize what you have discovered about the different advanced practice roles and scope of practice found in the master of nursing curriculum: NP, nurse educator, nurse informaticist, and nurse administrator. You will review all roles and then examine the specialty(Family Nurse Practitioner) for which you were admitted, focusing on the scope of practice, core competencies, certification requirements, and legal aspects of practice for that specific role. You will also identify the practice environment and population you will be working with, as well as peers and colleagues. In addition, you will discuss your future leadership role and participation in professional organizations.

Your paper is to be based on current literature, standards of practice, core competencies, and certification bodies for your chosen role. The paper should be 10–12 pages excluding the title and reference, and APA format is required.

Criteria:

  • Advanced Practice Roles in Nursing:
    • Compare and contrast the roles of the NP, nurse educator, nurse informaticist, and nurse administrator in advanced practice nursing pertaining to clinical practice, primary care, education, administration, and research.
  • Selected Advanced Practice Role:
    • Examine regulatory and legal requirements for the state in which you plan to practice.
    • Describe the professional organizations available for membership based on your selected role.
    • Identify required competencies, including certification requirements for your selected role.
    • Predict the organization and setting, population, and colleagues with whom you plan to work.
  • Leadership Attributes of the Advanced Practice Role:
    • Determine your leadership style (http://psychology.about.com/library/quiz/bl-leadershipquiz.htm).
    • Identify leadership attributes you currently possess, and attributes you may need to develop.
    • Determine how to attain and evaluate those missing attributes.
  • Health Policy and the Advanced Practice Role
  • Visit the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (http://www.rwjf.org/en/about-rwjf/newsroom/features-and-articles/health-policy.html) and identify a health policy issue. Conduct a review of literature and address the following:
    • Describe the current policy and what needs to change; justify your conclusions with citations from the literature.
    • Provide the process required to make the change with key players and parties of interest.
    • Explain how you could lead the effort to make or influence the change in policy.
    • Predict the effect on healthcare quality if the change in policy is implemented.

Submit your document to the W5 Assignment 2 Dropbox by Saturday, November 5, 2016.

Assignment 2 Grading Criteria
Maximum Points
Advanced Practice Roles in Nursing:

  • Compared and contrasted the roles of the NP, nurse educator, nurse informaticist, and nurse administrator in advanced practice nursing pertaining to clinical practice, primary care, education, administration, and research.
60
Individual Advanced Practice Role (20 points each):

  • Examined regulatory and legal requirements for the state in which you plan to practice.
  • Described the professional organizations available for membership based on your selected role.
  • Identified required competencies, including certification requirements for your selected role.
  • Predicted the organization and setting, population, and colleagues with whom you plan to work.
80
Leadership Attributes of the Advanced Practice Role (20 points each):

  • Determined your leadership style.
  • Identified leadership attributes you currently possess and attributes you may need to develop.
  • Determined how to attain and evaluate those missing attributes.
60
Health Policy and the Advanced Practice Role (20 points each):

Visited the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and identified a health policy issue. Conducted a review of literature and addressed the following:

  • Described the current policy and what needs to change; justified your conclusions with citations from the literature.
  • Provided the process required to make the change with key players and parties of interest.
  • Explained how you could lead the effort to make or influence the change in policy.
  • Predicted the effect on healthcare quality if the change in policy is implemented.
80
APA Style/Format:

Wrote in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrated ethical scholarship in appropriate and accurate representation and attribution of sources; and displayed accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation. APA format was used.

How could you convince the health practitioner that this is a useful device that could positively impact patient care?

  • Article: Lindberg, M., Chapman, M., Samsock, D., Thomas, S., & Lindberg, A. (2003). Comparisons of three different investigative interview techniques with young children. Journal of Genetic Psychology, 164(1), 5-28. Retrieved from
    http://ezp.waldenulibrary.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=9923366&site=ehost-live&scope=site

    This article presented the results of a study on finding the answers to four questions. First, what interviewing technique for children gives us the most correct versus incorrect, coached, and suggested information? Second, how is information that is provided by child witnesses received and interpreted by interviewers? Third, what implications do these relations have in terms of the practice of training new interviewers? Fourth, what do these results have to say about theories of memory in general?

  • Article: Memon, A., & Vartoukian, R. (1996). The effects of repeated questioning on young children’s eyewitness testimony. British Journal of Psychology, 87(3), 403-415. Retrieved from
    http://ezp.waldenulibrary.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=9609205550&site=ehost-live&scope=site

    This article studies the impact of repeated questioning on children’s memory performance.

 

Optional Resources

Media

 

  • Video: PBS. (Producer). (2009, June). NOVA science now: How memory works [Web Video]. Retrieved from http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/body/how-memory-works.html
  • Video: PBS. (Producer). (2002). Frontline: Inside the teenage brain [Web Video]. Retrieved from http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/video/flv/generic.html?s=frol02sfacq392&continuous=1

 

Websites

 

  • Exploratorium. (1998). Memory lecture series. Retrieved from http://www.exploratorium.edu/memory/lectures.html

 

HEALTH INFORMATICS DISCUSSION BOARD DUE WEDNESDAY 250 TO 300 WORDS

 

Discussion – Week 3
Collapse

The Impact of Device Design on Work Flow

To prepare for this Discussion, search the Internet for an example of a mobile device that a health practitioner uses in tasks associated with his/her job.

By Day 4, post a comprehensive response to the following:

 

  • Briefly describe the device and its purpose.
  • What are positive outcomes from using this device?
  • What are negative outcomes from using this device?
  • Should the organization mandate the use of this device? What could happen if the practitioner refused?
  • How could you convince the health practitioner that this is a useful device that could positively impact patient care?

RESOURCES

 

Media

Video: Laureate Education (Producer). (2010). Health informatics: Workflow redesign and human factors [Video file]. Retrieved from https://class.waldenu.edu

 

Readings

 

  • Topical Study Guide
  • Piechowski, R. (March/April 2006). Making CPOE Work: Redesign Workflows to Optimize Benefits. Patient Safety and Quality Healthcare. Retrieved at: http://www.psqh.com/marapr06/cpoe.html
  • Karsh, B., Weinger, M., Abbott, P., & Wears, R. (2010). Health information technology: fallacies and sober realities. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association: JAMIA, 17(6), 617–623.
  • Norris, B. (2009). Human factors and safe patient care. Journal of Nursing Management, 17(2), 203–2 11.
  • Erickson, L., & Lyon, T. (2008). How to fix a flawed process: The four rules of work design. Family Practice Management, 15(6), 29–33.
  • Elrod, J., & Androwich, I. (2009). Applying human factors analysis to the design of the electronic health record. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 146, 132-6.
  • Green, M. (2009). Medical equipment: Good design or bad design? Retrieved from
    http://www.visualexpert.com/Resources/mederror.html
  • Carayon, P. (2010). Human factors in patient safety as an innovation. Applied Ergonomics, 41(5), 657-665.
  • Agarwal, R., Khuntia, J. (2009). Personal Health Information and the Design of Consumer Health Information Technology: Background Report. (Prepared by Insight Policy Research under Contract No. HHSA290200710072T. AHRQ Publication No. 09-0075-EF. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. June 2009.) Pages 1–31 and 54–80. Retrieved from
    http://healthit.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/09-0075-EF.pdf
  • U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. (2009, December 4). Glossary of Health-IT Terms.

  • Wilkins, M. A. (2009). Factors influencing acceptance of electronic health records in hospitals. Perspectives in Health Information Management, (Fall 2009), 1–20.

What are some strategies for maintaining and/or enhancing cognition in advanced age?

Nursing homework help

DISCUSSION BOARD FOR (AGING ACROSS THE LIFESPAN) 250 TO 300 WORDS DUE WEDNESDAY

 

Discussion – Week 3
Collapse

 

Cognitive Development and Decline

 

Jean Piaget and Lev Vygotsky’s developmental theories offer us two frameworks for understanding our cognitive processing as we age. Aspects of cognition, such as information processing, attention, or memory can be different in childhood as compared to senior adulthood.

To prepare for this Discussion, review this week’s Learning Resources. Consider what Piaget and Vygotsky had to say in their theories of cognitive development.

By Day 3, post a comprehensive response to the following:

 

  • How do the patterns of cognitive development, observed throughout childhood, contrast with those seen in advanced aging?
  • Is cognitive decline inevitable with aging?
  • What are some strategies for maintaining and/or enhancing cognition in advanced age?

_____________________________________________________________________-

RESOURCES

 

Media

Video: Laureate Education (Producer). (n.d.). Aging across the lifespan: Cognitive development [Video file]. Retrieved from https://class.waldenu.edu

Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 33 minutes.

In this week’s media, presenters Dr. Nina Lyon-Bennett and Dr. John C. Cavanaugh discuss: the development of a sense of self; motor development and Piaget’s four stages of cognitive development; theorist Lev Vygotsky and the impact of culture on cognitive development; the differences in information processing between adolescents and adults; practical intelligence; lifelong learning; and physiology and cognition as we get older, including memory issues and information processing.

 

Readings

 

  • Course Text:   Kail, R. V., & Cavanaugh, J. C. (2016). Human development: A life-span view. (7th ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Cengage Learning.
    • Chapter 4, “The Emergence of Thought and Language: Cognitive Development in Infancy and Early Childhood”
    • Chapter 6, “Off to School: Cognitive and Physical Development in Middle Childhood”
      • Section 6.1, “Cognitive Development”
    • Chapter 8, “Rites of Passage: Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence”
      • Section 8.3, “Information Processing During Adolescence”
    • Chapter 10, “Becoming an Adult: Physical, Cognitive, and Personality Development in Young Adulthood”
      • Section 10.3, “Cognitive Development”
    • Chapter 13,  “Making It in Midlife: The Biopsychosocial Challenges of Middle Adulthood”
      • Section 13.2, “Cognitive Development”
    • Chapter 14, “The Personal Context of Later Life: Physical, Cognitive, and Mental Health Issues”
      • Section 14.3, “Cognitive Processes”

 

    • What makes an individual? While it could be argued that it is one’s physiological appearance or how one interacts with others, it is cognition—the mental processes of active acquisition of knowledge and comprehension—that, in many ways, defines who we are. The brain’s higher-level functions encompass language, imagination, perception and planning; shaping our outlook on life and our approach to others. In this week’s textbook reading, you will examine elements of cognition such as: thinking, knowing, remembering, judging, and problem-solving across the lifespan.

How have social psychology theories been used in promoting breast cancer awareness?

Nursing homework help

Use of Psychosocial Theories in Nursing

In an interdisciplinary field such as nursing, differing perspectives often contribute to greater understanding and fulfillment of a patient’s needs. Take a minute to think about how this relates to the theoretical foundations of nursing. How do theories from various fields inform nursing practice?

For this Discussion, you will explore how social and behavioral theories apply in a clinical setting by analyzing a case study.

Case Study

Consider the following case: A 65-years-old woman is being admitted for a mastectomy due to cancer. She expresses fear and depression during the nursing assessment. What concepts from the various theories could be used in planning her care? How might her care be changed if the woman were 25 years old or 45 years old? How have the social psychology theories been used in promoting breast cancer awareness?

To prepare:        

  • With information from this week’s Learning Resources in mind, reflect on the influence of sociological and behavioral factors on health.
  • Read the case study of the woman admitted for a mastectomy presented on page 328, #3 of the course text Theoretical Basis for Nursing (see case study above). Consider which concepts from sociological and/or behavioral theories could be used in nursing practice for addressing the patient’s health care needs. Conduct additional research as necessary using credible websites and the Walden library. Also consider how these theories are used in your own clinical practice.

By tomorrow 7/18/17, post 550 words essay in APA format with a minimum of 3 references from the list below, that include the level one heading as numbered below:

Post a cohesive response that addresses the following:

1)       What concepts from the various theories could be used in planning the 65-year-old woman’s care?

2)       How might her care be changed if the woman were 25 years old or 45 years old?

3)       How have social psychology theories been used in promoting breast cancer awareness? Provide at least one example to support your response.

4)       How have social psychology theories been used in your clinical practice area? Provide at least one example to support your response

Which among the learning theories provided you with new information?

Nursing homework help

                                                                                MODULE 7

                                                            QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION

A

The influence of consequential ethics as an ethical framework (the greatest good for the greatest number) opposes the ethical principle of deontology (i.e., the rightness of an act itself determines what is right). Both of these impact the nursing profession. Modern social exchange theories are based on the principle of utility. Read the assumptions of social exchange theory and consider how these would affect the nurse-patient relationship, compared to how these impact the nurse within the health care environment. To what extent are all theories ethical? Is social exchange theory compatible with the values of the nursing profession?

B

Which among the learning theories provided you with new information? How would you apply this in your practice?

                                                                  Resources

Textbook

1. Theoretical Basis for Nursing

Read Chapters 12 – 20.

Electronic Resource

1. A Syndrome Produced by Diverse Nocuous Agents

Read “A Syndrome Produced by Diverse Nocuous Agents,” by Selye, from Nature (1936), located on the Psychiatry Online website.

http://neuro.psychiatryonline.org/doi/full/10.1176/jnp.10.2.230a

2. Kurt Lewin: Groups, Experiential Learning and Action Research

Study the Kurt Lewin: Groups, Experiential Learning and Action Research page of the Infed website.

http://www.infed.org/thinkers/et-lewin.htm

3. Learning Theories

Explore the Learning Theories page on the Instructional Design website.

4. Motivation to Learn: An Overview

Read “Motivation to Learn: An Overview,” located on the Educational Psychology Interactive website.

http://www.edpsycinteractive.org/topics/motivation/motivate.html

5. TQM/CQI Quality Links

Explore the TQM/CQI Quality Links website.

http://www.mytapestry.com/qlinks.html

6. Theories of Pain: From Specificity to Gate Control

Read “Theories of Pain: From Specificity to Gate Control,” by Moayedi from the Journal of Neurophysiology (2013).

http://jn.physiology.org/content/jn/109/1/5.full.pdf

7. What Is Systems Theory?

Read “What Is Systems Theory?” by Heylighen and Joslyn, located on the Principia Cybernetica website.

http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/SYSTHEOR.html

e-Library Resource

1. Covering Content and Teaching Thinking: Deconstructing the Additive Curriculum

Read “‘Covering Content and Teaching Thinking: Deconstructing the Additive Curriculum,” by Ironside, from the Journal of Nursing Education (2004).

https://lopes.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=2004037207&site=ehost-live&scope=site

2. Evolution of Leadership in Nursing

Read “Evolution of Leadership in Nursing,” by Moiden, from Nursing Management (2002).

https://lopes.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=7717041&site=ehost-live&scope=site

3. Linking Nursing Theory and Practice: A Critical-Feminist Approach

Read “Linking Nursing Theory and Practice: A Critical-Feminist Approach,” by Georges, from Advances in Nursing Science (2005).

https://lopes.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://gateway.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&NEWS=N&PAGE=fulltext&AN=00012272-200501000-00006&LSLINK=80&D=ovft

4. Matching Theory to Practice

Read “Matching Theory to Practice,” by Welford, from Nursing Management (2002).

https://lopes.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=6921576&site=ehost-live&scope=site

5. The Nursing Contribution to Ethical Decision Making

Read “The Nursing Contribution to Ethical Decision Making” by Dinten-Schmid, Stoffel, Staudacher, McDougall, Baumann-Hölzle, and Spirig, from International Practice Development Journal (2016).

https://lopes.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=119684257&site=ehost-live&scope=site

Website

1. Chaos at UMD

Explore the Chaos at UMD (University of Maryland) website.

http://www.chaos.umd.edu

2. Feminist Theory: Center for Digital Discourse and Culture

Explore the Feminist Theory page on the Center for Digital Discourse and Culture website.

http://www.cddc.vt.edu/feminism/index.html

3. Learning-Theories.com

Explore the Learning-Theories.com website.

4. Six Sigma — What is Six Sigma?

Explore the Six Sigma — What is Six Sigma? website.

http://www.isixsigma.com/sixsigma/six_sigma.asp

5. Society for Chaos Theory in Psychology & Life Sciences

Explore the Society for Chaos Theory in Psychology & Life Sciences website.

http://www.societyforchaostheory.org/

                                                             MODULE 8 

                                     QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION 

Comment on the usefulness of Benner’s work in your present or future role. Provide several examples.

Resources

Textbook

1. Advanced practice nursing: Essential Knowledge for the Profession

Read Chapters 28 and 29.

2. Theoretical Basis for Nursing

Read Chapters 21 and 22.

Electronic Resource

1. Economism, Efficiency, and the Moral Ecology of Good Nursing Practice

Read “Economism, Efficiency, and the Moral Ecology of Good Nursing Practice,” by Weiss, Malone, Merighi, and Benner, from the Canadian Journal of Nursing Research (2002), located on the McGill website.

http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/cjnr/pdfs/CJNR_Vol_34_Issue_02_Art_08.pdf

e-Library Resource

1. Individual, Practice, and System Causes of Errors in Nursing: A Taxonomy

Read “Individual, Practice, and System Causes of Errors in Nursing: A Taxonomy,” by Benner, Sheets, Uris, Malloch, Schwed, and Jamison, from JONA: The Journal of Nursing Administration (2002).

https://lopes.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://gateway.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&NEWS=N&PAGE=fulltext&AN=00005110-200210000-00006&LSLINK=80&D=ovft

Examine the attributes of leadership that may be needed for graduate level nurses.

Nursing homework help

W2 Assignment 2

In Week 5, the Final Project will synthesize what you have discovered about the different advanced practice roles and scope of practice found in the master of nursing curriculum: NP, nurse educator, nurse informaticist, and nurse administrator. You will review all roles and then examine the specialty for which you were admitted, focusing on the scope of practice, core competencies, certification requirements, and legal aspects of practice for that specific role. This week you will focus on Leadership and the Graduate Nurse Role.

The graduate nurse evidences leadership as seen in the four domains: the profession of nursing, clinical practice arena, health policy arena, and systems level. In order to complete this assignment, complete the short eighteen-question quiz (this takes approximately five minutes) about your leadership style at

About.com Psychology. (n.d.). Quiz – What’s your leadership style? Retrieved
from http://psychology.about.com/library/quiz/bl-leadershipquiz.htm

In a 3- to 5-page paper (excluding the title page, references and appendices), you will address the following criteria:

  • Report your findings from the quiz:
    • What kind of leader were you?
    • How does this fit into your beliefs about your leadership style?
  • Examine the attributes of leadership that may be needed for graduate level nurses.
  • Analyze your personal leadership attributes you feel you have that will help you in your graduate nursing role. Also discuss those attributes that you feel you may need to develop in your graduate nursing role.

Finish with a quotation from a library article related to leadership in an advanced nursing role. Look in some of the known leadership journals like The Journal of Nursing Scholarship or Nursing Leadership Forum or the American Journal of NursingJournal of Nursing Administration, Nursing Administration Quarterly, Nursing Management or Health Care Management Review (found in the South University Online Library).

Describe how the field of sports psychology developed in a historical context

Nursing homework help

 

In 1,000-1,250 words, you will differentiate the three main roles of sport psychology consultants and their relationship to each other by doing the following:

  1. Describe how the field of sports psychology developed in a historical context.
  2. Identify each role and what the actions are and ethical considerations within that role.
  3. Describe the relationship between all three roles.

Use three to five scholarly resources to support your explanations.
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.
You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.
This benchmark assignment assesses the following programmatic competencies: 5.5: Differentiate between the three major roles of sport psychology consultants.

Note: Please if you do not have knowledge of this subject, do not request to do it. I also need you to include a doi with each cited source you find. I will provide my GCU library login info. I only want sources from the library!

Evaluate the application of current literature to clinical practice

Nursing homework help

 Assignment: Applying Current Literature to Clinical Practice

Literature in psychotherapy differs from other areas of clinical practice. Generally, there are no clinical trials in psychotherapy because it is often neither appropriate nor ethical to have controls in psychotherapy research. This sometimes makes it more difficult to translate research findings into practice. In your role, however, you must be able to synthesize current literature and apply it to your own clients. For this Assignment, you begin practicing this skill by examining current literature on psychodynamic therapy and considering how it might translate into your own clinical practice.

Learning Objective

· Evaluate the application of current literature to clinical practice

To prepare:

· Review and evaluate the psychodynamic therapy article attached in the file and reflect on the insights they provide.

The Assignment

In a 5- to 10-slide PowerPoint presentation, address the following:

· Provide an overview of the article you selected.

· What population is under consideration?

· What was the specific intervention that was used? Is this a new intervention or one that was already used?

· What were the author’s claims?

· Explain the findings/outcomes of the study in the article. Include whether this will translate into practice with your own clients. If so, how? If not, why?

· Explain whether the limitations of the study might impact your ability to use the findings/outcomes presented in the article. Support your position with evidence-based literature.

Note: The presentation should be 5-10 slides, not including the title and reference slides. Include presenter notes (no more than ½ page per slide) and use tables and/or diagrams where appropriate. Be sure to support your work with specific citations from the article you selected. Support your approach with evidence-based literature.

BELOW ARE THE ARTICLE TO SELECT FROM

Select one of the following articles on psychodynamic therapy to evaluate in your Assignment:

Aznar-Martinez, B., Perez-Testor, C., Davins, M., & Aramburu, I. (2016). Couple psychoanalytic psychotherapy as the treatment of choice: Indications, challenges, and benefits. Psychoanalytic Psychology, 33(1), 1–20. doi:10.1037/a0038503

Karbelnig, A. M. (2016). “The analyst is present”: Viewing the psychoanalytic process as performance art. Psychoanalytic Psychology, 33(supplement 1), S153–S172. doi:10.1037/a0037332

LaMothe, R. (2015). A future project of psychoanalytic psychotherapy: Revisiting the debate between classical/commitment and analytic therapies. Psychoanalytic Psychology, 32(2), 334–351. doi:10.1037/a0035982

Migone, P. (2013). Psychoanalysis on the Internet: A discussion of its theoretical implications for both online and offline therapeutic technique. Psychoanalytic Psychology, 30(2), 281–299. doi:10.1037/a0031507

Tummala-Narra, P. (2013). Psychoanalytic applications in a diverse society. Psychoanalytic Psychology, 30(3), 471–487. doi:10.1037/a0031375

Describe what type of article it is and how you can tell

Nursing homework help

 

n the Palm Beach State/Florida Atlantic University Online Library, go to online academic database.

Please use the following link  http://libguides.fau.edu/pbsc to access academic journals.

Find a recent research article from a scholarly journal in the field of psychology. It must have been published less than 12 years ago.  Be sure to select an article for which the full-text is available.  Actual journals for which full-text is available includeAdvances in Cognitive Psychology, British Journal of Social Psychology, Journal of Positive Psychology, Issues in Forensic Psychology, Journal of Psychology, among many others.

Note: Do not use newspaper or magazine articles or Websites such as Wikipedia to complete this assignment. Visit Palm Beach State University’s guidelines against plagiarism.

Your selected article must meet all of the stated criteria or your assignment will not be accepted.  Before proceeding, please ensure that your selected article meets the following criteria:

  • Full-text is available in online database
  • Is a scholarly journal article in the field of psychology
  • Was published less than 12 years ago.

Get a sense of what the article is about by reading some key sections.  Begin by reading the Abstract of the article.  Subsequently, read the Introduction and the discussion sections.  Flip through the paper and look at any figures or tables.  Read as much of the paper as practical; get as much out of it as you can.

Write a paper of at least 2000 words in which you:

1. Identify your selected article, using a proper APA-style reference. See examples at the end of this assignment.

2. Describe what type of article it is and how you can tell. For example, is it a primarily a review of existing research, a report of new research, or an analysis of a professional issue?  Describe how you can you tell.  If it is a research article, identify the type of research involved.

  1. Summarize what you have learned about the content of the article.  Be sure to include the main purpose of the article, the major findings, and how the major findings are supported.
  2. Explain how this article fits into the overall field of psychology.  Then, identify the corresponding chapter(s) from your textbook.
  3. Explain why this article is different and similar from articles in non-scholarly periodicals, such as magazines and newspapers.

Identify key concepts that provide a foundation for the study of adjustment.

How to properly cite your article

Author list (Year of publication) Title of article.  Name of Journal, Volume number, page numbers.

Examples

Houston, D. M., McKee, K. J., Wilson, J.  (2000).  Attributional style, efficacy, and the enhancement of well-being among housebound older people.  Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 22, 309-317.

Iudicello, J. E., Woods, S. P., Scott, J. C., Cherner, M., Heaton, R. K., Atkinson, J. H., Grant, I.  (2010)  Longer term improvement in neurocognitive functioning and affective distress among methamphetamine users who achieve stable abstinence. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 32, 708-718.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

  • At least ten pages long (2000 words).
  • Be typed, double-spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
  • Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

  • Identify key concepts that provide a foundation for the study of adjustment.
  • Summarize the major psychological perspectives.

•&νβσπ;Use technology and information resources to research issues in psychology.

•&νβσπ;Write clearly and concisely about psychology using proper writing mechanics.

Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic/organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric.