Week 6 - Quiz
1. Question: Which individual is at risk
for developing lung and respiratory tract cancers because of exposure to known
cancer-inducing environmental factors? (Select all that apply.)2. Question: Autocrine stimulation is the
ability of cancer cells to:3. Question: What term is used to
describe the capacity of some erythrocytes to vary in size, especially in
relationship to some anemias?4. Question: Which anemia produces small,
pale erythrocytes?5. Que..
Week 8 - Midterm Exam v1
1. Question: What is an
example of compensatory hyperplasia2. Question: What causes
the rapid change in the resting membrane potential to initiate and action
potential.3. Question: What type
of necrosis is often associated with pulmonary tuberculosis.4. Question: Low plasma
albumin causes edema as a result of a reduction in which pressure.5. Question: When a
child inherits a disease that is autosomal recessive, it is inherited from who.
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Week 8 - Midterm Exam v2
1. Question: What causes the rapid change in the resting membrane potential to initiate an action potential?
2. Question: What type of necrosis is often associated with pulmonary tuberculosis?
3. Question: What is an example of compensatory hyperplasia?
4. Question: Law plasma albumin causes edema as a result of a reduction in which pressure plasma oncotic:
5. Question: When a child inherits a disease that is autosomal recessive, it is inherite..
Week 8 - Midterm Exam v3
Complete the Midterm Exam, which covers Topics 1-7. This is a timed midterm exam, lasting 1 hour and 10 minutes.
Mr. C is 53 years old and newly diagnosed with Stage 2 hypertension. He was immediately admitted to the progressive care unit after presenting to the ER with reported symptoms of slurred speech, slight facial droop, and chest discomfort.
In addition, he complains of a headache, nausea, and generalized weakness. Mr. C denies any past medical history, never..
Topic 1 to Topic 5 Assignments
PHI 413V Topic 1 Assignment | Worldview and Personal Inventory -- $15.00
PHI 413V Topic 2 Assignment | Moral Status Case Study - Fetal Abnormality -- $15.00
PHI 413V Topic 3 Assignment | Case Study on Biomedical Ethics in the Christian -- $15.00
File Included: Assignment Material_Applying-Four-Principles
File Included: Assignment Material_CaseStudy Only (Healing and Autonomy)
File Included: Assignment Material_Topic3-Overview
PHI 413V Topi..
Based on the required topic study materials, write a reflection about worldview and respond to following:In 250-300 words, explain the Christian perspective of the nature of spirituality and ethics in contrast to the perspective of postmodern relativism within health care.In 250-300 words, explain what scientism is and describe two of the main arguments against it.In 750-1,000 words, answer each of the worldview questions according to your own personal perspective and worldview:What is ultimate ..
Topic 1 DQ 1What would spirituality be according to your own worldview? How do you believe that your conception of spirituality would influence the way in which you care for patients?..
Topic 1 DQ 2What aspects of the topic readings do you find the most interesting? What is your view of the analysis of disease and healing in the readings? Explain...
Based on "Case Study: Fetal Abnormality" and other required topic study materials, write a 750-1,000-word reflection that answers the following questions:
What is the Christian view of the nature of human persons, and which theory of moral status is it compatible with? How is this related to the intrinsic human value and dignity?
Which theory or theories are being used by Jessica, Marco, Maria, and Dr. Wilson to determine the moral status of the fetus? What from the case study specifically..
Topic 2 DQ 2
According to your worldview, what value does a human person have? How does your position affect your stance on controversial bioethical issues, such as abortion, designer babies, and stem cell research?..
This assignment will incorporate a common practical tool in helping clinicians begin to ethically analyze a case. Organizing the data in this way will help you apply the four principles of principlism. Based on the "Case Study: Healing and Autonomy" and other required topic study materials, you will complete the "Applying the Four Principles: Case Study" document that includes the following:
Part 1: Chart
This chart will formalize principlism and the four-boxes approach by organizing the data ..
Topic 3 DQ 1
Principlism, especially in the context of bioethics in the United States, has often been critiqued for raising the principle of autonomy to the highest place, such that it trumps all other principles or values.
How would you rank the importance of each of the four principles? How do you believe they would be ordered in the context of the Christian biblical narrative?
Refer to the topic overview and other topic study materials in your response.
Principlism
Principlism is oft..
Topic 3 DQ 2What do the four parts of the Christian biblical narrative (i.e., creation, fall, redemption, and restoration) say about the nature of God and of reality in relation to the reality of sickness and disease? From where would one find comfort and hope in the light of illness according to this narrative? Explain in detail each part of the narrative above and analyze the implications...
The practice of health care providers at all levels brings you into contact with people from a variety of faiths. This calls for knowledge and understanding of a diversity of faith expressions; for the purpose of this course, the focus will be on the Christian worldview.
Based on "Case Study: End of Life Decisions," the Christian worldview, and the worldview questions presented in the required topic study materials you will complete an ethical analysis of George's situation and his decision from..
Topic 4 DQ 1How often do you engage with or witness death in your work? How has this experience or the lack of it shaped your view of death? Has it gotten easier or harder for you to accept the fact of death? As you explain, include your clinical specialty...
Topic 4 DQ 2Reflect on the analysis of the sin of suicide and, thus, euthanasia from the topic readings. Do you agree? Why or why not? Refer to the lecture and topic readings in your response...
In addition to the topic study materials, use the chart you completed and questions you answered in the Topic 3 about "Case Study: Healing and Autonomy" as the basis for your responses in this assignment.
Answer the following questions about a patient's spiritual needs in light of the Christian worldview.
In 200-250 words, respond to the following: Should the physician allow Mike to continue making decisions that seem to him to be irrational and harmful to James, or would that mean a disresp..
Topic 5 DQ 2When it comes to facilitating spiritual care for patients with worldviews different from your own, what are your strengths and weaknesses? If you were the patient, who would have the final say in terms of ethical decision-making and intervention in the event of a difficult situation?..
Argument: How do you know….. evidence for the reason
Explanation:
How is that so…..cause for the reason
Required
ResourcesRead/review the following resources for this
activity:Textbook: Chapter 1, 2LessonMinimum of 1 scholarly sourceInitial Post InstructionsChapter 1 shows
a model of Bloom's taxonomy - they are the steps to mastery of any learning
endeavor and the basic components of critical reasoning. They have recently
been simplified and reordered as follows:Reme..
PHIL 347N Week 2
Case Study Assignment: Topic Selection and Outline
Thesis:
Gene therapy is the use of human DNA to treat diseases. This is done through the use of therapeutic DNA to the patient’s cells...
Required ResourcesRead/review the following resources for this activity:Textbook: Chapter 3, 4Minimum of 1 scholarly sourceInitial Post InstructionsEvidence-based practice requires...evidence. The careful collection of evidence is the first job of every medical practitioner, not least the nurse, who has the most extensive and intimate contact with the patient. However, it does not stop with the nurse. Whatever your role - social worker, hospital administration, human services - whether your prob..
PHIL 347N Week 2
Case Study Assignment: Argument Analysis
Read the following argument examples in this activity.Argument 1Dick and Jane have insured their house and cars with Farmer’s Mutual for 10 years. During this time, they filed only one claim for $500, and the premiums have risen 100%. Two weeks ago, while backing out of the garage, Jane damaged the right fender. They didn’t fix it, and yesterday, while Jane was parked at the supermarket, someone hit the right side of the car, dam..
Required ResourcesRead/review the following resources for this activity:Textbook: Chapter 5, 6LessonMinimum of 1 scholarly sourceInitial Post InstructionsDeductive arguments are top-down, working from general principles to specific cases. Inductive reasoning, on the other hand, is bottom-up, working from specific observations and looking for patterns that lead to a general conclusion. Your career path in healthcare and health-related fields will present many problems that will require critical r..
Required ResourcesRead/review the following resources for this activity:Textbook: Chapter 5, 6LessonMinimum of 1 scholarly sourceInitial Post InstructionsDeductive categorical reasoning is demanding. Its forms are rigid, but they are rigid with a reason; deductive categorical arguments are intended to prove the conclusion. If the premises are true and the conclusion logically follows, you have no choice but to accept the argument. The categorical syllogism is like a piece of machinery, the parts..
PHIL 347N Week 4
Assignment/ Homework: Deductive Reasoning Worksheet
Total points allocation on each part:
Part A: 40 points
Part B: 15 points
Part C: 20 points
Total: 75 points
Part A. Deductive Reasoning
Instructions
Select the correct answer for each multiple choice question. (5 points x 8 = 40 total points)ExampleSelect the answer that represents the proper standard form for the following statement: "A few bears are not mammals."a. Not all bears are mammalsb. Most b..
Required ResourcesRead/review the following resources for this activity:Textbook: Chapter 7LessonMinimum of 1 scholarly sourceInitial Post InstructionsConsider some of the skills and knowledge you need to understand truth-functional logic. Forming the truth-functional claims means you have to have a good understanding of how English sentences are formed in order to convey accurate and precise meaning. Translating English sentences into symbolic language requires you to distinguish the parts of c..
PHIL 347N Week 5
Case Study Assignment: Annotated Bibliography and Source Evaluation
Required Resources Read/review the following resources for this activity:Textbook: Chapter 8, 9LessonLink (Word doc): Source Evaluation Worksheet Preview the documentMinimum of 5 scholarly sourcesInstructionsUse the Source Evaluation Work sheet to submit an annotated bibliography of 5 sources that you intend to use in your paper. Prepare a citation, annotation, and evaluation for each source.You may col..
Required ResourcesRead/review the following resources for this activity:Textbook: Chapter 8, 9LessonLink (website): How to Interpret Surveys in Medical Research: A Practical Approach (Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine) (Links to an external site.)Link (website): Methods (Pew Research Center) (Links to an external site.)especially Methods 101 Random Sampling and Methods 101 Question WordingMinimum of 1 scholarly sourceInitial Post InstructionsThe reasoning used in inductive generalization is b..
PHIL 347N Week 6
Case Study Assignment: Evaluating Arguments1) Chapter 8 Exercise 8.9 Examples 7 and 102) Chapter 9 Exercise 9.9 Example 1,3) Chapter 10 Exercise 10.9 Example 1For
each exercise, address the following:Identify
the type of inductive argument and any features of the way the argument is
constructed that you find relevant.Explain
how convincing you think the argument is.Does it have sufficient
evidence to allow you to suggest that she move forward with the id..
Required ResourcesRead/review the following resources for this activity:Textbook: Chapter 10LessonLink (library article): Myopia and Ambient Lighting at Night (Links to an external site.)Link (library article): Myopia and Ambient Night-Time Lighting (Links to an external site.)Link (website): What Are Clinical Trials and Studies? (Links to an external site.)Minimum of 1 scholarly sourceInitial Post InstructionsAs the text points out, causal reasoning is used in clinical studies. As a professiona..
PHIL 347N Week 7
Case Study Assignment: Argumentative EssayRequired ResourcesRead/review the following resources for
this activity:Textbook: Chapter 8, 9LessonInstructionsThis week, you will complete your
argumentative essay. Following the direction offered by Jackson and Newberry
(2016) in Chapter 12, write an argumentative essay on the issue you chose in
Week 2. Be sure your essay contains the following:An introduction containing a thesis that states the issue, your position on the issue, wh..
Required ResourcesRead/review the following resources for this activity:Textbook: Chapter 12LessonMinimum of 1 scholarly sourceInitial Post InstructionsThis week, you will write an argumentative essay. As the text points out, this is the apex of Bloom's taxonomy, in which you now use all of the skills you have learned in creating a logical argument. For the initial post, address the following:Considering what you have written or where you are in the writing process, analyze and evalua..
Required ResourcesRead/review the following resources for this activity:Textbook: All chaptersLessonMinimum of 1 scholarly sourceInitial Post InstructionsAchievement is not a matter of GPA or points earned - or lost - on an exam. Achievement is measured in terms of the distance from where you started to where you are now. Everyone does not win - but everyone can achieve a personal best. Achievement is measured in how well you rise to a challenge; you do not have to win the Marathon, you need onl..
Questions and Answers - Version-1
Question 1: Which of the following is not an essential nutrients
Question 2: (CO1)___are strongly accepted principles supported by many hypotheses that have been collectively confirmed through repeated research.
Question 3: (CO 1) Aim for fitness, build a healthy base, and choose sensibly are general directives of
Question 4: (CO 1) Jane consumed a breakfast that contained 85 grams of carbohydrates, 20 grams of protein, and 18 grams of fat. How many ki..