School examinations

Mental Status Examinations (MSE) are semi-structured assessment interviews designed to evaluate the client’s current cognitive process, while focusing primarily on psychiatric diagnoses versus neurological functioning (Sommers-Flanagan & Sommers-Flanagan, 2014). As an examiner, ideally, you should be able to “balance emotional sensitivity with appropriate objective detachment” (Sommers-Flanagan & Sommers-Flanagan, 2014, p. 250). Additionally, as with any interview or assessment, it is crucial to…

Forensic Science is the appliance of chemistry to the findings of crime. It includes firearm, forensic psychiatry, questioned document examination, criminal law, identification, photography as well as crime scene processing. They judge things like hair, body fluids, bullets, shoe prints, fingerprints, drugs and plant materials. Their work is not only bound to crimes against somebody, such as homicide, theft, or fraud. Food poisoning, environmental pollution, misuse of unsafe chemicals, and…

average or above average GPA fail their grade. How could this happen? If a child spends 3-4 hours on homework a day, study whenever needed and completes all assignments with passing grades, be retained to their current grade based on a 100 question examination at the end of the year or semester? This has been something many parents are not concerned with, parent feel most of the time maybe the student didn't try hard enough or study long enough. Many studies have been done to determine why are…

Typically, it requires a minimum of a bachelor's degree, masters for a more advanced position, or just a high school diploma in rural areas. Certification is generally not required for a forensic scientist but may very. Forensic A typical work day would include visiting crime scenes, collecting evidence. forensic scientist often works alongside lawyers and law…

Demographic Information For this assignment I watched Still Alice (Glatzer, 2015). This movies main character is Alice who is a linguistic professor at Columbia University. At the begging of the move she is celebrating her 50th birthday. She is married to John and has three adult children Anna, Tom, and Lydia. After having some issues with her memory Alice decides to see a neurologist who tests her cognitive abilities and does scans of her brain. After the test are performed Alice is diagnosed…

Early detection can be done either by early diagnosis, identifying through signs and symptoms, and screening. Mammography screening, breast self examination (BSE) and clinical breast examination (CBE) are important screening methods that all women should be aware of. Advanced Practice Nurses are in a unique position to positively contribute to the efforts to raise awareness levels of these screening methods. These methods…

Evidence Interpretation Over the years, there have been several cases that have been resolved with a false guilty plea or cases where a guilty party was not convicted of a crime. There are various elements that play a role in solving cases; evidence is a one of these key elements. Many factors can determine if the evidence submitted before a court of law is accurate such as how the evidence is collected, if proper protocell was followed before the laboratory’s handling of the evidence, and if…

ADL’s (Cordell et al., 2013). When performing a mental status examination appearance, behavior, cognition and thought process need to be addressed. Special attention needs to be paid to level of consciousness, orientation and new learning. New learning is assessed with a four word recall test at 5, 10 and 30 minute intervals. Dementia would be a concern if they could only recall one or two words. The Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) can be used to assess mental status however it is…

Assessment Report: MAST and the Mental Status Examination A counselor that is meeting with a client should consider the use of assessments. Assessments can be an extremely useful tool. However, the counselor should consider the client’s cultural background and how if the assessment is appropriate to use. During an aspiring counselor’s journey in fieldwork, one may have to use assessments that could benefit the client. An aspiring counselor may use an assessment to assist him or her with…

Introduction I am the information security specialist for a company that develops software X. Software X is the leading operating system in mobile devices. Unfortunately, our company believes Mr. McBride, a former employee stole product X source code for financial gain. As such, I have been tasked with leading the forensic investigation in this matter. Analysis Interview During an investigation is imperative that potential witnesses are questioned to gather essential information needed in the…