Throughout this course, you have explored the ABC Model of Crisis Intervention. Each aspect of the model has been discussed in length so that you have a good understanding of how to use this model. You have learned to ask appropriate questions, create rapport, convey empathy, consider ethical concerns, identify and break down all aspects of the problem, and problem-solve with a client to develop effective new coping strategies.

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For this Assignment, you will pick one of the case studies provided and using the ABC Model of Crisis Intervention, write a six-page paper on how you as a crisis intervention worker will help the person who comes into your office with a crisis. Remember you can refer to the text on page 60 as your guide for discussing your intervention with the client.

Be sure to address the following in your written assignment as you apply the ABC Model of Crisis Intervention to the case study:

Developing rapport and trust
Identifying and breaking down the problem
Precipitating event
Perception of the event
Subjective distress
Impairment in functioning
Identifying and explaining any ethical concerns
Identifying any other conditions that are of concern
Providing therapeutic interventions
Making suggestions for coping
Be sure to use specific information from the text to support your answers. When referencing the text, APA formatting must be used. Information regarding APA formatting can be found in the Writing Center and should be reviewed thoroughly. APA formatting dictates how your paper should appear on each page.

Your Assignment should include:

An introduction and a conclusion
An APA-formatted title page
A body length of a minimum of 6 pages (minimum of 8 pages including title page and reference page)
An APA-formatted reference page with in-text citations
In addition, make sure you:

Use standard margins: 1″ on all sides
Use standard 12-point font size
Use standard double-spacing
Use left-aligned text; do not right-justify
Your final paper must be your original work; plagiarism will not be tolerated. Be sure to review the Syllabus in terms of what constitutes plagiarism.

Case study

Mr. Jones: The Fragile Adult

John is concerned about his neighbor Mr. Jones. He reports that he no longer sees Mr. Jones out

in his yard. He knows that there is the son who comes in daily to check on Mr. Jones but for some

reason, John feels something is not right. John admits that due to his concern he has tried to visit

with Mr. Jones when the son is not there but is no longer asked to come into the house. This is

very strange behavior according to John because he and Mr. Jones used to meet in the morning

for coffee at a little restaurant in the neighborhood. Mr. Jones has not been at the restaurant for

over two months. The last time John did see Mr. Jones, he thought he saw a bruise on his face.

John is here today in hopes that a Crisis Worker will make a home visit to see what is going on.

 

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Application: Using the Data/Information/Knowledge/Wisdom Continuum

Have you ever gone online to search for a journal article on a specific topic? It is amazing to see the large number of journals that are available in the health care field. When you view the library in its entirety, you are viewing untapped data. Until you actually research for your particular topic, there is little structure. Once you have narrowed it down, you have information and once you apply the information, you have knowledge. Eventually, after thoughtful research and diligent practice, you reach the level of wisdom—knowledge applied in meaningful ways.

Are there areas in your practice that you believe should be more fully explored? The central aims of nursing informatics are to manage and communicate data, information, knowledge, and wisdom. This continuum represents the overarching structure of nursing informatics. In this Assignment, you develop a research question relevant to your practice area and relate how you would work through the progression from data to information, knowledge, and wisdom.

To prepare:

• Review the information in Figure 6-2 in Nursing Informatics and the Foundation of Knowledge.
• Develop a clinical question related to your area of practice that you would like to explore.
• Consider what you currently know about this topic. What additional information would you need to answer the question?
• Using the continuum of data, information, knowledge, and wisdom, determine how you would go about researching your question.
  • Explore the available databases in the Walden Library. Identify which of these databases you would use to find the information or data you need.
  • Once you have identified useful databases, how would you go about finding the most relevant articles and information?
  • Consider how you would extract the relevant information from the articles.
  • How would you take the information and organize it in a way that was useful? How could you take the step from simply having useful knowledge to gaining wisdom?

To complete:

Write a 3- to 4-page paper that addresses the following:

• Summarize the question you developed, and then relate how you would work through the four steps of the data, information, knowledge, wisdom continuum. Be specific.
  • Identify the databases and search words you would use.
  • Relate how you would take the information gleaned and turn it into useable knowledge.
• Can informatics be used to gain wisdom? Describe how you would progress from simply having useful knowledge to the wisdom to make decisions about the information you have found during your database search.

 

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Fortunately for most public health professionals engaged in community health assessment, there is no need to seek all-new data in order to assess a community’s public health. Most community health assessments start with available data. Great care must be taken when aggregating or comparing data sources because many challenges may arise. For example, a public health program to reduce adolescent smoking may be seeking data on local asthma rates, but the only asthma rates available may be for younger children. As a public health professional, it is essential for you to become familiar with data sources, and to evaluate data for their relevancy to the population and public health problems being assessed.

For this Discussion, review data sources included in the Resources and current literature. Then, research multiple quantitative data sources (e.g., census or local, state, and national public health agencies) that could be used for your Scholar-Practitioner Project community health assessment.

With these thoughts in mind:

Post 3-4 pages brief description of two quantitative data sources you might use to develop your community health profile for your community health assessment. Explain why these data sources are relevant. Finally, describe two challenges you might face in collecting these data sources and explain why.

 

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question 1Research Kurt Lewin’s model for change. Then, discuss the three-staged de-biasing process (unfreezing, change, and refreezing) and explain the mechanisms that make each of them hard to implement. In your discussion, include how you believe such a process can help you, personally, to improve your decision-making.

 question 2

Bazerman and Moore suggest that we should understand the biases of others. Discuss this concept in terms of why it is important for us to understand other peoples’ biases. In your discussion, focus on how you might be able to improve your decision-making in a group setting.

question3

Conduct an Internet search for information on linear decision-making. Then, discuss your findings and contrast it with what the authors offer in the textbook. Next, discuss how a linear decision-making model could have helped you in making a past decision.

question 4

Describe the concept of analogical reasoning. Then, considering your last purchase decision, discuss how analogical reasoning could have helped you to improve your decision and increase your satisfaction with the product or service that you purchased.

 

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