Social epidemiology

  1. Define the term medical sociology and  social epidemiology. Then apply social epidemiology to try solve current global health issues. Write an essay not less than 1000 words.
  2. Apply the functionalist, conflict theorist, and symbolic interactionist perspectives to health issues.

Patient safety and quality issue

1.Describe the problem (patient safety and quality issue) you have experienced in an acute care or outpatient setting. Identify at least thee factors that contributed to the problem.

2.Based on the concepts that you’ve learned related to improving patient safety and quality, what recommendations would you make to improve this issue? Provide at least two recommendations.

Health communication via internet

The internet has been source of information on health matters to nursing students and also registered nurses and patients. What is the objective of health communication through the Internet?(The article should be a minimum of 500 words )

Alcohol-induced liver disease

Ms. Jeong, a 59-year-old Korean American, is admitted to the emergency department (ED) for general malaise, a large, distended abdomen, swollen ankles, and jaundice. She is noted to smell of alcohol and is showing signs of alcohol withdrawal.

1. Ms. Jeong is diagnosed with alcohol-induced liver disease. Can you describe what is causing each of her symptoms? What other symptoms might you anticipate?

2. What are the four stages of liver disease and what is occurring in each stage?

Breastfeeding and its advantages

What did you learn about doing research? What do you learn about your research topic which was breastfeeding and its advantages ? How do you think you can apply what we’ve learned this semester to your future career which is public health.

Medical terms for pathology

What do think that most of our medical terms for pathology have to do with? Remember that pathology is a result of dysfunction of a body system. Give two examples from what you currently know. Skin is the largest organ and the largest part of the immune system! Can you think of some terms that contain the word parts for skin?

Origin of medical terms

What is the origin of most medical terms?  Why is it important to learn to correctly pronounce and spell the Health Care terms that are in the course? In addition why is it important to utilize approved abbreviations?

Common parenting styles

Describe the four common parenting styles: authoritative, authoritarian, permissive, and uninvolved. Select one parent style and create a scenario between a parent and child that demonstrates the parenting style. The scenario should include the actions or words of the parent and how the child would respond to this behavior and explain how the scenario fits into the selected parenting style.

Age-inclusive community programming

What is one specific benefit to children and one specific benefit to aging adults that could occur from age-inclusive community programming? In a few sentences, provide one idea for a community program that integrates the aging population in a community. You can either make up a proposed program or speak to a program already developed.

Clinical judgement model

Describe in detail a clinical scenario you experienced including all relevant information within these iterative stages of the Clinical Judgment Model.

Recognize and Analyze Cues

  • External cues
  • Internal cues
  • Cluster relevant cues with a description of cue analysis for importance and immediate concern
  • Relevant cues must be linked to the client’s clinical presentation and ordered in the significance of priority needs

 

Create and Prioritize Hypotheses

  • Generate a minimum of three hypotheses based on the analysis of cues.
  • Evaluate and prioritize the top two hypotheses
  • Provide rationales and evidence to support choices for each priority hypothesis

Generate Solutions

  • Identify an expected outcome for each priority hypothesis
  • Describe a set of priority interventions for each expected outcome

Take Action

  • Describe an implementation plan for priority interventions.
  • Provide rationales and evidence to support choices for each priority intervention

Evaluate Outcomes

  • Describe an evaluation plan for outcomes related to expected results.
  • Identify effective actions
  • Describe an evaluation plan for outcomes related to unexpected results.
  • Identify the actions related to declining or unchanged status

Summary of the ongoing iterative process of Clinical Judgment

  • Provide a summary of what you believe went well, including at least one area of new knowledge gained with a description of how the new knowledge will affect your nursing practice
  • Describe at least one part of the clinical judgment process you would do differently if faced with a similar clinical situation in the future. Explain why you would approach this situation in another way.