The impact of pandemics in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.
Discuss the impact of pandemics in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. How do modern pandemics compare to those of the past such as the Black Death?
Health Care
Continuum of healthcare delivery across systems
A 45-year-old female has requested a copy of her 80-year-old father’s health record. She has presented POA and has a legal right to access his records. You provide a copy to the woman, but she has many questions regarding documentation of her father’s diagnosis. He has a Living Will but the daughter does not have …
Social Determinants Of Health
What are social determinants of health? Explain how social determinants of health contribute to the development of disease. Describe the fundamental idea that the communicable disease chain model is designed to represent. Evaluate the steps a nurse can take to break the link within the communicable disease chain.
The health-illness continuum
Examine the health-illness continuum and discuss why this perspective is important to consider in relation to health and the human experience when caring for patients.Explain how understanding the health-illness continuum enables you, as a health care provider, to better promote the value and dignity of individuals or groups and to serve others in ways that …
Risk Of Various Health Problems
For the middle-aged adult, exercise can reduce the risk of various health problems. Choose two at-risk health issues that regular physical exercise and activity can help prevent and manage. Discuss the prevalence of each of these health problems in society today. Describe measures that you would take as a nurse to assist patients with health …
Forming Relationships With Families
What are potential barriers to forming an effective relationship with families? What, if any, might be potential conflicts of interest?
Federal Healthcare Agency
Choose a federal healthcare agency (e.g., CDC, FDA, NIH) and discuss briefly how it promotes or contributes to public health. Then, picture yourself as a manager at the agency. What managerial function that you have been introduced to would you use to promote one of its missions? Why? Support your ideas with facts and details …
Child at risk for maltreatment
From the time of conception through the first year of life, what can put a child at risk for maltreatment? Identify and discuss at least 4 risk factors.
Disasters in the U.S. are chronic disease emergencies
“The biggest problem of most disasters is not the direct deaths that occur. Most disasters in the U.S. are chronic disease emergencies.” – David Eisenman“But the reality is that socioeconomic conditions profoundly influence the outcomes following a disaster.” – J. Brian HoustonThese quotes are certainly applicable to our current scenario with COVID-19. Based on this …
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Healthy People 2030
Healthy People is an initiative of the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP) that addresses health challenges and set projections every 10 years, with the main purpose of improving health indicators nationwide. After completing your readings select three objectives/topics (health problems) of Healthy People 2030 that you consider relevant for your community or …
