Discussion Prompt Advocacy is a critical skill for APNs to have for promoting solutions to health concerns within a community. Identify a health issue in your community or state. Discuss a systems-level advocacy strategy to address the concern. In the strategy, students should identify specific groups or individuals that they would target as well as how they would target these individuals. For example, a student […]

Assignment: Exposing the Gaps—How Does the United States Compare in Key Determinants of Health? When the health of a population is measured by various mortality indicators such as life expectancy, infant or child mortality, or the chances of surviving to retirement, surprising trends emerge. Health, as measured by longevity, appears to be declining in substantial segments of the U.S. population, especially for women (United Health […]

PLEASE USE THE LINK PROVIDED BELOW WHICH IS THE PDF OF THE TEXTBOOK TO VIEW THE DISCUSSION QUESTIONS AT THE END OF CHAPTER 1/ASSIST IN ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS:  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Lho7gBgscbBQ1CFC16v6zMPSPHm2iDDV/view Page 1:  Discussion Question 1: How may an organization’s human resources be viewed as a strength or a weakness when doing a SWOT analysis? What could be done to strengthen human resources if it is seen […]

For your assignment, you will write a 1-2 page case study analysis on the following case:  A 42-year-old man comes to clinic with chief complaint of pain, redness, and swelling of his right calf. He states that he had been working in his yard using a string trimmer when the trimmer slipped and cut his leg. He cleaned the wound with water from the garden […]

An understanding of the signals and symptoms of alterations in cellular processes is a critical step in the diagnosis and treatment of many diseases. For APRNs, this understanding can also help educate patients and guide them through their treatment plans. In this Assignment, you examine a case study and analyze the symptoms presented. You identify cell, gene, and/or process elements that may be factors in […]

To Prepare for this Discussion: Review the resources concerning your assigned disorder. Review the Blackboard Help website concerning wikis. Use your group’s Discussion Board to design and develop the Parent Guide before posting to the group wiki. For further guidance, refer to the Accessing Group Discussions instructions below. Using evidence-based research, design and develop a Parent Guide for your assigned disorder including:   Assigned Disorder: Attention […]

  Instructions Student will develop a Legislative Matrix based upon the specific legislators in a residential/geographical legislative district. State and Federal legislators will be identified: State Representatives, Senators, Congressman and Governor. Each legislator’s assigned committees and any active legislation bills and/or past legislative initiatives will be identified. This information will be used to assist in the development of the Legislative Communication assignment. See Rubric I […]

  Find a root in the appendix of our textbook or in an online search of medical terms. Then change the root into three other terms by adding different prefixes and/or suffixes. These must be “actual” words that are of accepted use in medical language. Deconstruct each of your three medical terms. Tell what each word part is (prefix, root, and/or suffix) and define each […]

Select a current or proposed health care policy that is designed to provide equitable health care for a diverse population. Create a 12-15-slide PowerPoint presentation discussing the health care policy and how it improves a specific population’s access to quality, cost-effective health care. Create speaker notes of 100-250 words for each slide. Include additional slides for the title and references. You are required to cite […]

  This assignment consists of both an interview and a PowerPoint (PPT) presentation. Assessment/Interview Select a community of interest in your region. Perform a physical assessment of the community. Perform a direct assessment of a community of interest using the “Functional Health Patterns Community Assessment Guide.” Interview a community health and public health provider regarding that person’s role and experiences within the community. Interview Guidelines […]