Posted: March 12th, 2023

Writing and rhetorical and Psychopathology (20 hours)

APA format

1) Minimum 6 pages  (No word count per page)-   Follow the 3 x 3 rule: minimum of three paragraphs per page ( minimum 300 words per page)

You must strictly comply with the number of paragraphs requested per page.  

The number of words in each paragraph should be similar

Part 1: minimum 2 

Part 2: minimum 2

Part 3: minimum 2

Submit 1 document per part

2)¨******APA norms

        The number of words in each paragraph should be similar

        Must be written in the third person

         All paragraphs must be narrative and cited in the text- each paragraph

         The writing must be coherent, using connectors or conjunctive to extend, add information, or contrast information. 

         Bulleted responses are not accepted

         Don’t write in the first person 

  Do not use subtitles or titles      

         Don’t copy and paste the questions.

         Answer the question objectively, do not make introductions to your answers, answer it when you start the paragraph

Submit 1 document per part

3)****************************** It will be verified by Turnitin (Identify the percentage of exact match of writing with any other resource on the internet and academic sources, including universities and data banks) 

********************************It will be verified by SafeAssign (Identify the percentage of similarity of writing with any other resource on the internet and academic sources, including universities and data banks)

4) Minimum 3 references (APA format) per part not older than 5 years  (Journals, books) (No websites)

All references must be consistent with the topic-purpose-focus of the parts. Different references are not allowed 

5) Identify your answer with the numbers, according to the question. Start your answer on the same line, not the next

Example:

Q 1. Nursing is XXXXX

Q 2. Health is XXXX

Q3. Research is…………………………………………………. (a) The relationship between……… (b) EBI has to

6) You must name the files according to the part you are answering: 

Example:
Part 1  
Part 2

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Part 1: Writing and rhetorical (Write in the first person)

Audience:  Class instructor

Research Question

Could legally recognizing female sex work in Florida increase the health indicator of this population due to free access to the health system?

Main ideas:  legally recognizing female sex work and increase the health indicator of this population due to free access to the health system

1. Introduction that helps guide the reader to understand the most essential ideas of your reflection (One paragraph). 

a. Explain a revised statement of your research

2. Discuss your understanding of your topic now that you’ve spent some time researching the topic. (One paragraph)

a. How can you make your research topic more specific and/or more focused? 

3. What background information do readers need in order to follow the conversation you are writing about?(One paragraph)

a. Now that you have explored more about this topic, how will you make use of your sources? 

4. Which of the sources from your post will you most definitely use in your research and why? (One paragraph)

a. Which of the sources in your post are you less likely to use and why? 

5. Explain how your thinking changed throughout this project(One paragraph)

a. How did your ideas on your topic shift and change?

6. What are some of the misconceptions you had about your topic before beginning?(One paragraph)

a. How have your opinions, thoughts, feelings, understandings, of the topic shifted throughout this process? 

Part 2: Writing and rhetorical (Write in the first person)

Audience:  Class instructor
Research Question

Could implementing a mental health program for students ages 11-17 in Florida high schools reduce the incidence of shootings in schools?

Main ideas:   Implementing a mental health program for students in high schools and  Reduction of the incidence of shootings 

1. Introduction that helps guide the reader to understand the most essential ideas of your reflection (One paragraph). 
a. Explain a revised statement of your research
2. Discuss your understanding of your topic now that you’ve spent some time researching the topic. (One paragraph)
a. How can you make your research topic more specific and/or more focused? 
3. What background information do readers need in order to follow the conversation you are writing about?(One paragraph)
a. Now that you have explored more about this topic, how will you make use of your sources? 
4. Which of the sources from your post will you most definitely use in your research and why? (One paragraph)
a. Which of the sources in your post are you less likely to use and why? 
5. Explain how your thinking changed throughout this project(One paragraph)
a. How did your ideas on your topic shift and change?
6. What are some of the misconceptions you had about your topic before beginning?(One paragraph)
a. How have your opinions, thoughts, feelings, understandings, of the topic shifted throughout this process? 

Part 3: Psychopathology

Check Files “Part 3” and “Part 3-2”

Case 1

A 54-year-old woman with chronic pain due to inflammatory arthritis presents to your clinic stating that she is having a “flare” of her arthritis but is out of her Oxycontin® and immediate-release oxycodone. She is aware that it is too early to fill her prescriptions, but she insists that she will be traveling out of state and “really needs” her medications. 

1. How do you Approach This Patient in the community setting? (One paragraph)

2. What is the implications of prescribing this medication? (One paragraph)

a. Please provide evidence.

Case 2

A 27-year-old woman on buprenorphine-naloxone (Suboxone®) for treatment of opioid dependence is admitted to the hospital with severe abdominal pain due to a perforated gastric ulcer. She received hydromorphone in the ED, and is urgently taken to the operating room. Postoperatively, she is on a patient-controlled analgesic (PCA) pump containing fentanyl. Her last dose of buprenorphine-naloxone was 20 h prior to the surgery; her daily dose is 16 mg.

3. How can Pain be Managed in Patients who are Taking Buprenorphine-Naloxone? (One paragraph)

4. What Adjustments to her Medication Regimen can be Recommended?(One paragraph)

Case 3

A 20-year-old man is brought to the emergency department (ED) by his family for evaluation. His family reports that he failed out of school in his second year at a local community college. He admits to escalating struggles with prescription pain pills (prescription opioids), and then heroin use. He appears to be in opioid withdrawal; he describes anorexia and diarrhea, and is yawning and sweating on 3xam. He has a Clinical Opioid Withdrawal Scale (COWS) score of 15, indicating moderate withdrawal. His provider orders clonidine, ondansetron, and 2/0.5 mg sublingual buprenorphine/naloxone, with a plan to observe him in the ED. The provider subsequently receives a concerned call from the hospital pharmacist.

5. The Pharmacist States That the Provider is Unable to Administer Buprenorphine in the ED Without an X-Waivered DEA Number. (One paragraph)

a. Is This Accurate? Explain

Case 4

A 23-year-old woman attends an outpatient treatment program and office-based buprenorphine clinic. She has been doing well while maintained on 16 mg/day of buprenorphine. Recently though, she has missed group sessions and provided a urine for drug screening that tested positive for clonazepam and amphetamine. One of the other members in her group reported that they saw a “urine bottle fall out of her purse” as it spilled next to her chair in a group session; her counselor was unaware of this event.

6. What are the Policies Regarding the use of Illicit Substances or Urine Adulteration or Substitution During Substance Abuse Treatment?(One paragraph)