Community Research on Public Health

  

Please watch the video

  

Hero with a Thousand Faces (FULL MOVIE)

https://youtu.be/4fMI7Ue_spM?si=G7DUyzpry04qfQQw

Please be mindful that, this video is 1 hour and 29 mins long. So, you have to watch full video to complete this assignment. 

This is the video of the ebola virus outbreak

This video discusses “The outbreak of Ebola in West Africa was one of the most deadly health epidemics in recent history. Sierra Leone was the hardest hit by the virus. However, the story of Ebola isn’t just one of mass death; it’s a story of the first responders rushing in to face insurmountable odds, of brothers in arms refusing to quit when all seemed lost. Even while fighting to eradicate the disease, these unsung heroes were treated like pariahs by the very families and communities they were trying to save. The American nurses and doctors who gave everything were criticized for choosing to serve in Africa instead of at home. Despite all this, they continued to fight and stopped the deadliest outbreak in modern history. While the 24-hour news stoked fears of the Ebola virus, these true-life heroes sprinted into this war with fearless abandon. While we closed our hearts and doors to those in need, thousands of West African men, women and children rose up to engage this enemy.”

4 PAGES-DOUBLE SPACE MAXIMUM EXCLUDING COVER PAGE AND REFERENCES)

Please follow the rubric strictly (attached).

You have to use at least 

  Reference the textbook and at least one other scholarly resource.

PHARMACOTHERAPY FOR GASTROINTESTINAL AND HEPATOBILIARY DISORDERS

Week 4
Nathan Scott Wende

All Sec�ons

Hi everyone-

I hope everything is going well. This week we will be working on the GI system. There is an
assignment this week as you will be writing a paper on a scenario. I will say that there could be a
few different diagnoses that this could be, however, I am looking more for signs that you choose a
diagnosis and can support that based on your research. And as always, I will be looking for solid
medication recommendations.

Please use the following case for your paper:

DC is a 46-year-old female who presents with a 24-hour history of RUQ pain. She states the pain
started about 1 hour after a large dinner she had with her family. She has had nausea and on
instance of vomiting before presentation.

PMH: Vitals:

HTN Temp: 98.8oF

Type II DM Wt: 202 lbs

Gout Ht: 5’8”

DVT – Caused by oral BCPs BP: 136/82

HR: 82 bpm

Current Medications: Notable Labs:

Lisinopril 10 mg daily WBC: 13,000/mm3

HCTZ 25 mg daily Total bilirubin: 0.8 mg/dL

Allopurinol 100 mg daily Direct bilirubin: 0.6 mg/dL

Multivitamin daily Alk Phos: 100 U/L

AST: 45 U/L

ALT: 30 U/L

Allergies:

This announcement is closed for comments

Search entries or author

Latex

Codeine

Amoxicillin

PE:

Eyes: EOMI

HENT: Normal

GI:bNondistended, minimal tenderness

Skin:bWarm and dry

Neuro: Alert and Oriented

Psych:bAppropriate mood

Talk to you all soon!

Nathan

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Option 1: 

The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) and the Fourteenth Amendment both aim to address issues of equality, but they focus on separate concepts. The ERA, first proposed in 1923, is explicitly targeted at gender-based discrimination, seeking to guarantee equal legal rights for all American citizens regardless of sex “The Equal Rights Amendment would put protection for women and other marginalized genders directly into the United States Constitution.” (MacKinnon & Crenshaw, 2019).  In contrast, the Fourteenth Amendment, ratified in 1868, is a broader constitutional provision that encompasses various civil rights issues, including the Equal Protection Clause, which ensures equal protection under the law without specifying gender “The U.S. The Supreme Court has consistently ruled for decades that the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment protects women from unequal treatment under the law.” (Herrod et al., 2021). While both amendments share the goal of promoting equality, the ERA is specifically concerned with gender equality, whereas the Fourteenth Amendment has a broader scope, addressing a range of civil rights issues such as race, gender, and other forms of discrimination. 

References: 

Do We Still Need the Equal Rights Amendment in 2022? (2022, March 24). BillTrack50. Retrieved October 14, 2023, from

https://www.billtrack50.com/blog/dividedwefall_era/

Herrod, C., Fischer, S., & Forde, K. (2021, July 5).
Do We Need the Equal Rights Amendment Today? — Divided We Fall. Divided We Fall. Retrieved October 14, 2023, from

https://dividedwefall.org/equality-amendment/

MacKinnon, C. A., & Crenshaw, K. W. (2019, December 26).
Forum: Reconstituting the Future: An Equality Amendment. The Yale Law Journal. Retrieved October 14, 2023, from

https://www.yalelawjournal.org/forum/reconstituting-the-future-the-equality-amendment

Informatics in healthcare

Assistance with an upcoming assessment

Replies week 5 MSN 5550

 Please replies to these two work with 200 words each one with  a reflection of their response 

FIRST-Screening, a fundamental component of nursing practice, entails administering measures or tests to differentiate individuals who may have a particular condition from those who probably do not. This pivotal healthcare tool offers a multitude of advantages while also presenting some notable disadvantages, requiring nurses to navigate the complexities of its implementation carefully.

One of the most significant advantages of screening in nursing is its potential for early disease detection. This advantage is crucial for conditions like cancer, where earlier identification can significantly improve treatment outcomes (Crosby et al., 2022). By regularly administering screening tests, nurses can identify health issues in their nascent stages, enabling prompt intervention and increasing the likelihood of successful treatment.

Additionally, screening equips nurses to provide preventative care effectively. Healthcare professionals can use screening to find people more likely to develop a specific condition and then take preventative measures to lower that risk. This can entail suggesting dietary adjustments, physical activity, and providing immunizations to lower the chance of contracting an illness. Preventive measures can lower the incidence of various diseases, which can significantly positively impact public health overall.

The potential long-term cost-effectiveness of screening is another benefit. While the initial costs of screening programs might seem high, compared to managing advanced-stage illnesses, early disease detection and treatment frequently necessitate less intensive interventions and resources (van der Aalst et al., 2021). Therefore, early detection and intervention can lead to significant cost savings for patients and healthcare systems, consistent with providing healthcare at a reasonable cost.

Nonetheless, there are some disadvantages to screening in nursing practice. The possibility of false-positive and false-negative results is one major worry. Erroneous results from screening tests can have serious repercussions because they are not perfect (Wikramaratn et al., 2020). False positive results can cause patients to experience needless worry, more diagnostic testing, and higher medical expenses. On the other hand, false negative results may give rise to a false sense of security, postponing required medical intervention and possibly allowing the illness to worsen unchecked.

Another notable disadvantage of screening is the phenomenon of overdiagnosis. Some screening tests may identify conditions that would never have caused harm or required treatment in an individual’s lifetime. This situation can lead to overtreatment, expose patients to unnecessary risks, and escalate healthcare costs. Overdiagnosis underscores the importance of carefully weighing the benefits and harms of screening.

Ethical considerations also loom large in the world of screening. Deciding who should be screened, at what age, and how frequently can be ethically challenging. It involves a delicate balance between potential benefits and harms. In some instances, individuals may feel coerced into screening, infringing on their autonomy and raising ethical dilemmas regarding informed consent.

In conclusion, screening in nursing practice is a powerful tool with a multifaceted impact. Nurses must meticulously evaluate the advantages and disadvantages when implementing screening programs and communicate effectively with patients to make informed decisions. While early disease detection and prevention benefits are undeniable, nurses must also remain cognizant of potential drawbacks to ensure the highest patient care and ethical practice standards.

 

SECOND-In modern healthcare, health promotion and disease prevention are highly emphasized instead of treatment. The premise is that with prevention, healthcare professionals can detect an individual’s disease risk or identify any healthcare concerns early enough to initiate effective treatment protocols. Screening tests are part of the prevention strategies, and they come with some advantages and disadvantages: 

The most common advantage of screening tests is that they can be used to identify disease at its early stages. Screening tests are usually done on patients who do not feel sick. Such patients may have hidden illnesses developing. However, if the illness is identified, it may be treated early to avoid further complications. For example, cancer may be identified at an early stage before it spreads out to vital organs. Treatment at this stage may have a higher likelihood of better patient outcomes. 

Also, screening tests can be used to detect a disease risk, such as the risk of lung cancer in people who smoke (Krist et al., 2021). If found at risk, the patient may be asked to initiate effective lifestyle changes that protect them from developing the disease. In another example, a blood sample may be used to screen for a patient’s cholesterol levels. If the patient is found with abnormal cholesterol levels, they may be rendered at high risk of heart disease (Mortensen et al., 2023). The healthcare professional may recommend a reduction of cholesterol in the diet to prevent the disease. This suggests that screening tests are quite helpful in detecting disease risks. 

However, screening tests may come with certain disadvantages. For example, specific screening tools may expose patients to harmful health effects. Such tools include X-rays, which may emit high radiation levels and increase the risk of radiation poisoning (Jaglan et al., 2019). 

Another con is that screening tests may not be entirely reliable. This is because there are several cases of false positives or false negatives, which may lead to unnecessary treatments or unmet healthcare needs and additional hefty medical costs. Also, screening tests may expose the healthcare system to poor resource management or allocation, especially if the tests are publicly administered but with less health impact on the participants. The premise of this point is that healthcare systems have limited resources and must make decisions based on opportunity costs. If such decisions are not effective, the health system may be deemed inefficient. Therefore, public health decision-makers need to compare the advantages and disadvantages plus costs before making such decisions.

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Each student is expected to post at least twice. For your original post, please select one probability problem to work on. Reply to at least one class member’s post. Replies should be meaningful. Avoid responses such as “Great job”, “I agree with you”, etc., that do not add content.

SAMPLE SPACES

1. A Girl Named Florida

Here’s a three-part puzzler. For each part list the sample space. Listing the sample space will make the probability clear. You can denote Boy as B, Girl as G, and Florida as F when listing a sample space. For example, the sample space of the birth events boy-girl and girl-girl is {BG, GG}.

  1. Your friend has two children. What is the probability that both are girls?
  2. Your friend has two children. You know for a fact that at least one of them is a girl. What is the probability that the other one is a girl?
  3. Your friend has three children. One is a girl named Florida and one is a girl named Holley. What is the probability that the first child is a boy?

2. A Game Show

Let’s say you are a contestant on a game show. The host of the show presents you with a choice of 4 doors, which we will call doors 1, 2, 3, and 4. You do not know what is behind each door, but you do know that a new Cadillac Escalade and 3 old cars are randomly placed behind the doors. The host knows where the Escalade is. The game is played out is as follows. The host lets you choose a door. The host opens a door with an old car and asks you whether or not you want to change your door choice.

  1. Visualization is a powerful tool. Download the 4-Door Game Show Worksheet Worksheet (<-- Click it).
  2. Fill in the empty text boxes with Escalade or Old Car as determined by the sample spaces contestant keeps or switches doors.
  3. Complete the calculation P(Win | Switch door) and P(Win | Keep door) by revising “?” to the number of favorable outcomes.
  4. Attach your completed worksheet to your post.
  5. Should the contestant switch doors?

PROBABILITY

3. A Birthday Problem

There are 30 people in this class.

a) What is the probability that at least 2 of the people in the class share the same birthday?

b) If P(at least 2 of the people in the class share the same birthday) = 25%, how many people are in the class?

4. Addition Rules and Real Estate

You are a realtor. In your area there are 50 starter homes, 75 mid value homes without solar power, 15 mid value homes with solar power, 35 high value homes without solar power, and 25 high value homes with solar power. If a home is picked randomly to show

a) What is the probability it has solar power and it is a mid-value home?

b) What is the probability it has solar power or it is a mid-value home?

c) What is the probability it has not solar power and not a mid-value home?

CONDITIONAL PROBABILITY

5. Disease Testing, True and False Positives

0.05% of adults over the age of 60 have lung cancer, 95% of adults who have lung cancer will test positive (the accuracy of the test for people with the disease), and 90% percent of adults that do NOT have lung cancer will test negative (accuracy of the test for people without the disease).

a) Compute the probability of having disease and testing positive (true positive)

b) Compute the probability of not having disease and testing positive (false positive).

c) Compute P(positive test).

d) Compute P(disease | test positive).

e) If somebody tests positive for that disease, is there a 99% chance that they have the disease?

6. Real Estate

You are a realtor. In your area there are 50 starter homes, 75 mid value homes without solar power, 15 mid value homes with solar power, 35 high value homes without solar power, and 25 high value homes with solar power. If a home is picked randomly to show,

Using the data, make your own conditional probability problem.

You must start a thread before you can read and reply to other threads
 

Unit 5 Discussion 551

 

A 41-year-old obese male patient is diagnosed with congestive heart failure (CHF). He is told to begin a moderate exercise routine with a healthy diet and is prescribed several medications — including a diuretic.

  1. Based on your knowledge of the kidney and the disease of CHF, what factors would be important in selecting a specific diuretic? How would you explain to this patient how it works?
  2. If this patient developed a disease that caused the renal blood flow to be diminished, how might this impact the medication he is taking for his congestive heart failure? As his health care provider, how would you change his treatment in this situation?

Instructions: One to 1 pg and a half is enough its a discussion post. APA style. Must have at least 3 references.

ASSESSMENT 3 4050

Assessment 3

Care Coordination Presentation to Colleagues

INSTRUCTIONS-Develop a 20-minute video presentation for nursing colleagues highlighting the fundamental principles of care coordination. Create a detailed narrative script for your presentation, approximately 4-5 pages in length. This is a video presentation.

INTRODUCTION- This assessment provides an opportunity for you to educate your peers on the care coordination process. The assessment also requires you to address change management issues. 

PREPARATION– You are encouraged to complete the Managing Change activity. Completing course activities before submitting your first attempt has been shown to make the difference between basic and proficient assessment.

Scenario

Your nurse manager has been observing your effectiveness as a care coordinator and recognizes the importance of educating other staff nurses in care coordination. Consequently, she has asked you to develop a presentation for your colleagues on care coordination basics. By providing them with basic information about the care coordination process, you will assist them in taking on an expanded role in helping to manage the care coordination process and improve patient outcomes in your community care center.

To prepare for this assessment, identify key factors nurses must consider to effectively participate in the care coordination process.

You may also wish to:

· Review the assessment instructions and scoring guide to ensure you understand the work you will be asked to complete.

· Allow plenty of time to rehearse your presentation.

Recording Equipment Setup and Testing

Check that your recording equipment and software are working properly and that you know how to record and upload your presentation. You may use Kaltura (recommended) or similar software for your audio recording. A reference page is required. However, no PowerPoint presentation is required for this assessment.

· If using Kaltura, refer to the 

Using Kaltura
 tutorial for directions on recording and uploading your video in the courseroom.

Note: If you require the use of assistive technology or alternative communication methods to participate in this activity, please contact 

[email protected]
 to request accommodations.

INSTRUCTIONS- Complete the following:

· Develop a video presentation for nursing colleagues highlighting the fundamental principles of care coordination. Include community resources, ethical issues, and policy issues that affect the coordination of care. To prepare, develop a detailed narrative script. The script will be submitted along with the video.

Note: You are 
not required to deliver your presentation.

Presentation Format and Length

Create a detailed narrative script for your video presentation, approximately 4–5 pages in length. Include a reference list at the end of the script.

Supporting Evidence

Cite 3–5 credible sources from peer-reviewed journals or professional industry publications to support your video. Include your source citations on a references page appended to your narrative script. Explore the resources about effective presentations as you prepare your assessment.

Grading Requirements

The requirements outlined below correspond to the grading criteria in the Care Coordination Presentation to Colleagues Scoring Guide, so be sure to address each point. Read the performance-level descriptions for each criterion to see how your work will be assessed.

· Outline effective strategies for collaborating with patients and their families to achieve desired health outcomes.

· Provide, for example, drug-specific educational interventions, cultural competence strategies.

· Include evidence that you have to support your selected strategies.

· Identify the aspects of change management that directly affect elements of the patient experience essential to the provision of high-quality, patient-centered care.

· Explain the rationale for coordinated care plans based on ethical decision making.

· Consider the reasonable implications and consequences of an ethical approach to care and any underlying assumptions that may influence decision making.

· Identify the potential impact of specific health care policy provisions on outcomes and patient experiences.

· What are the logical implications and consequences of relevant policy provisions?

· What evidence do you have to support your conclusions?

· Raise awareness of the nurse's vital role in the coordination and continuum of care in a video-recorded presentation.

· Fine tune the presentation to your audience.

· Stay focused on key issues of import with respect to the effects of resources, ethics, and policy on the provision of high-quality, patient-centered care.

· Adhere to presentation best practices.

Additional Requirements-Submit both your presentation video and script. The script should include a reference page. See 
Using Kaltura for more information about uploading multimedia files. You may submit the assessment only once, so be sure that both assessment deliverables are included.

Portfolio Prompt: Save your presentation to your ePortfolio. Submissions to the ePortfolio will be part of your final Capstone course.

Course Competencies- By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and scoring guide criteria:

· Competency 2: Collaborate with patients and family to achieve desired outcomes.

· Outline effective strategies for collaborating with patients and their families to achieve desired health outcomes.

· Competency 3: Create a satisfying patient experience.

· Identify the aspects of change management that directly affect elements of the patient experience essential to the provision of high-quality, patient-centered care.

· Competency 4: Defend decisions based on the code of ethics for nursing.

· Explain the rationale for coordinated care plans based on ethical decision making.

· Competency 5: Explain how health care policies affect patient-centered care.

· Identify the potential impact of specific health care policy provisions on outcomes and patient experiences.

· Competency 6: Apply professional, scholarly communication strategies to lead patient-centered care.

· Raise awareness of the nurse's vital role in the coordination and continuum of care in a video-recorded presentation.

Scoring Guide

Use the scoring guide to understand how your assessment will be evaluated.

Care Coordination Presentation to Colleagues Scoring Guide

CRITERIA

NON-PERFORMANCE

BASIC

PROFICIENT

DISTINGUISHED

Outline effective strategies for collaborating with patients and their families to achieve desired health outcomes.

Identify the aspects of change management that directly affect elements of the patient experience essential to the provision of high-quality, patient-centered care.

Explain the rationale for coordinated care plans based on ethical decision making.

Identify the potential impact of specific health care policy provisions on outcomes and patient experiences.

Raise awareness of the nurse's vital role in the coordination and continuum of care in a video-recorded presentation.

250 word discussion Evidence Base Nursing

Due 9/20  6 pm EST

250 Words APA not including Title and references

 

Critical appraisals are used to broaden understanding and summarize evidence. This helps determine if research evidence is ready for practice. There are certain steps to conducting critical appraisals.

  • Locate a scholarly journal article and apply the steps of critical analysis found in your textbook.

Responses need to address all components of the question, demonstrate critical thinking and analysis and include peer-reviewed journal evidence to support the student’s position.

Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.

  All posts should be supported by a minimum of one scholarly resource, ideally within the last 5 years. Journals and websites must be cited appropriately. Citations and references must adhere to APA format.