MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY Mini Project 2

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Choose a condition to learn about and research it using any posted web links. Define the condition and describe some signs and symptoms comparing medical terminology to common language. Include any diagnostic or surgical procedures that would apply. Post the link to the site of your information.


Please pick one of the FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE Diseases that you are most comfortable with and Define the condition and describe some signs and symptoms. I Think breast cancer will be the best option. Comparing medical terminology to common language! Include any diagnostic or surgical procedures that would apply. Post the link to the site of your information

THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF AN ACCEPTABLE RESPONSE for the dieease project

COLLAPSE

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a medical condition where a patient’s airways narrow or close during sleep and cause apneas, which are short periods when the patient stops breathing. The condition may have short term and long-term effects on a patient’s health. OSA may be associated with major medical conditions, such as hypertension and heart disease. Because of the condition’s link to these major conditions, treating OSA is critical to a patient’s health.

OSA occurs when the pharynx or back of throat collapses during sleep. The pharynx collapses because the muscles that keep it open relax during sleep. When the muscles relax, the pharynx narrows or closes, which slows or stops air flow to and from the lungs. To unblock the pharynx, the patient wakes up briefly to flex the relaxed muscles and reopen the pharynx.

Unfortunately, patients often do not realize they have the disorder. Common symptoms of OSA include snoring, daytime sleepiness, difficulties with memory and concentration, unusual moodiness or irritability, frequently waking up to urinate, waking up with headaches and dry mouth.

OSA is diagnosed through a sleep test, known as a polysomnogram or a portable sleep apnea test. There are several ways to treat OSA including use of continuous positive airway pressure and surgery. OSA surgery reduces the tissue in the back of the throat, pulls the tongue forward and inserts a nerve stimulator to open the airway so the patient can breathe during sleep.

Reference:

A. L. A. (n.d.). Sleep Apnea (OSA). Retrieved from https://www.lung.org/lung-health-and-diseases/lung…

Ethical and Poicy Factors in Care Coordination

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I will attach the scoring guide and the instructions below:

Do not need to add the audio portion of this question.

Instructions

For this assessment:

  • Choose the community organization or support group that you plan to address.

Presentation Format and Length

You may use PowerPoint or other suitable presentation software to create your slides and add your voiceover. If you elect to use an application other than PowerPoint, check with your faculty to avoid potential file compatibility issues.

Be sure that your slide deck includes the following slides:

  • Title slide.
    • Presentation title.
    • Your name.
    • Date.
    • Course number and title.
  • References (at the end of your presentation).

Your slide deck should consist of 10–12 slides, not including a title and references slide.

Create a detailed narrative script for your presentation, approximately 4–5 pages in length.

Supporting Evidence

Cite 3–5 credible sources from peer-reviewed journals or professional industry publications to support your presentation. Include your source citations on a references page appended to your narrative script.

Grading Requirements

The requirements outlined below correspond to the grading criteria in the Ethical and Policy Factors in Care Coordination 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.

  • Explain how governmental policies related to the health and/or safety of the community affect the coordination of care.
    • Provide examples of a specific policy affecting the organization or group.
    • Refer to the assessment resources for help in locating relevant policies.
    • Be sure influential policies include the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA).
  • Identify national, state, and local policy provisions that raise ethical questions or dilemmas for care coordination.
    • What are the implications and consequences of specific policy provisions?
    • What evidence do you have to support your conclusions?
  • Assess the impact of the code of ethics for nurses on the coordination and continuum of care.
    • Consider the factors that contribute to health, health disparities, and access to services.
    • Consider the social determinants of health identified in Healthy People 2020 as a framework for your assessment.
    • Provide evidence to support your conclusions.
  • Communicate key ethical and policy issues affecting the coordination and continuum of care for a selected community organization or group.
    • Present a concise overview.
    • Support your main points and conclusions with relevant and credible evidence.

. Answer 2 questions

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part One

Write a 175- to 265-word response to the following:What funding sources are available to community programs and services? What is the effect of regulations and funding on the delivery of community services?

Read and respond the discussion posts below. Be constructive and professional with your thoughts, feedback, or suggestions.

  1. There are many funding sources for community programs and services. For government programs, such as Medicare/Medicaid, SNAP/TANF, etc. the funding comes from the government and also from taxpayer dollars. There are other kinds of community programs and resources though, such as food banks, clothing and shoe drives, senior centers, church groups and relief programs, and all of these rely on volunteers, and donations, which come from people who are willing to donate their own time, money, food, clothes, and other resources. Much of the programs for socialization come from the senior centers and churches or other volunteer groups who do their volunteer work for accreditdation or programs to gain their own funding. The effect of regulations and funding of community services sort of depeneds on the situation in some cases. For example, the amount of food stamps and temporary assistance can either be increased or decreased depending on the individual case, since employment and income reporting are required for government assistance. Also, I do know that many people who apply for food stamps/tanf are required to put in volunteer hours to earn the assistance, so much volunteering comes from requirements and regulations for assistance.

2. In many communities, the biggest source of funding is Medicare and Medicaid. One other big source of funding is through peoples personal insurance. Some buildings and even churches gather donations to help with the financial needs. There are also the charities that can help with funding. Here where I live we actually have a charity that collects just for the patients with Alzheimer’s.

The effect of regulations on the delivery of community services is that it keeps people from cheating the system and having certain requirements can help prevent that from happening. One negative effect is that if you make even just a little over the limit for the funding program, you can not get it.

AHS 6630 week 3 discussion

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Week 3 Discussion Board

Thisdiscussion board will provide you the opportunity to create thequestions you will use for your final interview, as well as build anactual electronic survey.

  • Review the instructions for interview project, which is Due Week 5 as well as the materials listed below on interviewing.
  • Register / set up account on SurveyMonkey.com ( tutorial video listed below) (Links to an external site.)
  • Create the 10-question survey which will be the basis for yourinterview using SurveyMonkey. Your survey should meet the followingcriteria:
    • Introduction with the name of the organization you are interviewing,what type of interview you will be conducting, and what is the goal ofyour interview (ie: what is tt that you want to learn).
    • Your questions should allow you to gather the information you needto accomplish the goals of the interview. Questions should follow someof the best-practices listed in the sheet below as well as this week’smaterials.
    • Create the survey so that your instructor and classmate can rateyour questions, with an appropriate 5-point Likert-type scales (e.g.strongly disagree – disagree – undecided – agree – strongly agree). Nomore than two types of rating scales for the 10 questions.
    • Items must be effectively formatted with precise / appropriate sentence structure.

Review the requirements outlined on the Discussion Board Rubric

Resources:

The purpose of this Assignment is to enhance knowledge the evaluation and management of acute versus chronic presentation of headache.

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Sally’s Headaches

Purpose:

The purpose of this Assignment is to enhance knowledge the evaluation and

management of acute versus chronic presentation of headache.

Case Study Description:

Sally Jones, 45 years old, presents to the primary care clinic with complaint of a headache. She says the headache usually comes when she is at work. She works as an administrative assistant for a chief Executive Officer at a local hospital. The headache is usually generalized and bilateral and most of the intensity of pain is around the neck or the back of her head. Sally says, “When the pain comes it is like a tight band around my head.” She says the headaches have been occurring more frequently over the past 30 days. Sally takes “homeopathic” tea she recently bought on her most recent trip to Mexico to visit her family. She does not believe in taking medicine for pain because of the side effects.

Directions:

Based on the case study please provide a response to each of the following items:

  • What are the pertinent subjective findings? What other questions would you ask Sally to gain more information about her headaches?
  • Describe the focused physical assessment you will perform on this patient. Provide rationale for conducting the focused assessment and support with peer-reviewed scholarly references.
  • Identify the diagnostic studies/tests you will order for this patient (if any). Provide scientific, evidence-based rationale from a nationally accepted clinical guideline to justify the diagnostic studies/tests you will order for this patient.
  • Develop a list of three differential diagnoses for Sally’s symptoms. Prioritize the three differential diagnoses from the most serious diagnosis to the least significant diagnosis.
  • What is the most likely diagnosis based on Sally’s history of present illness and chief complaint? Is this condition acute or chronic-provide your justification?
  • Develop a comprehensive, holistic treatment plan including pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic therapies for this patient taking into consideration Sally’s health belief and cultural belief practices.
  • Discuss the difference in your pharmacologic intervention in acute versus chronic presentation. How will your treatment change if your patient is an adolescent?

The length of this paper should be 2–3 pages, not including title page and a reference page.

Strength and Weakness of the EBPH in Defining a Public Health Problem

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Discussion—Strength and Weakness of the EBPH in Defining a Public Health Problem

Based on the review of the seven-stage, sequential framework to promote greater use of EBPH, do the following:

The application of evidence-based principles to a public health issue (TOBACCO USAGE in Oklahoma) demands a scientific quantification of said public health issue. An integral component of the community assessment should include the targeted health condition or risk factor being considered, the population affected, the size and scope of the problem, prevention opportunities, and potential stakeholders. To aid in this task, epidemiology and the US surveillance system are applied to track and obtain necessary information about the frequency of the health condition or risk factor in an affected population.

Although data from surveillance systems can be used to obtain baseline and follow-up measurements for target populations, there may be limitations when using the data to evaluate intervention effectiveness for narrowly defined populations. In such a case, it may be necessary to estimate the frequency of disease or other health condition for the target population by using special surveys or appropriate study designs. Understanding the tradeoffs of various study designs will improve how you evaluate the effects of various public health programs and policies.

Review the study designs from the readings assigned and suggested for this week and present a brief summary of the appropriateness and advantages of using each study design as part of your effort to quantify the public health issue that you identified in Week 1 as part of your community assessment (TOBACCO USAGE in OKLAHOMA).

Write your initial response in approximately 300 words.

Support your answers with examples and research. Your responses should clarify your understanding of the topic. They should be your own, original, and free from plagiarism. Follow the APA format for writing style, spelling and grammar, and citation of sources.

Evaluation Criteria:

  • Summarized the appropriateness and advantages of using each study design as part of the effort to quantify a public health issue as part of the community assessment (TOBACCO USAGE IN OKLAHOMA).
  • Responses demonstrated in-depth research and analysis.
  • Justified your answers with appropriate research and reasoning.

Informatics Competencies- use at least 3 scholarly peer-reviewed resources APA

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Discussion – Week 4

Informatics Competencies

Nursing informatics is a discipline that is still evolving. Yet, there is a set of core skills and knowledge that applies to all individuals who work as nurse informaticists and many competencies that are specific to informatics roles, positions, tasks, and responsibilities. For example, a nurse informaticist who works as a consultant for a health care technology company and a nurse informaticist who works as a professor at a university will share much of the same expertise and knowledge. However, they will also have distinct competencies specific to their unique roles.

In this Discussion, you explore informatics competencies within EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

To prepare:

  • Review nursing informatics competencies such as those outlined by the American Nurses Association (ANA), the Technology Informatics Guiding Education Reform (TIGER), and the Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN).
  • Review this week’s media presentation Competencies for Nurse Informaticists, and reflect on the competencies outlined by the presenters.
  • Recall the informatics functional area you identified in the Week 1 Assignment.EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT With this in mind, what competencies would be most important for you to master? How might you go about developing these competencies?
  • Create a list of competencies you would like to master.

By Day 3

Post a brief description of the informatics functional area EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT in which you are interested. Then, identify at least four ANA, TIGER and/or QSEN competencies that you believe to be vital for success in this functional area, and justify your choices. Explain how you might successfully develop and master each of these competencies.

Read a selection of your colleagues’ responses.

By Day 6

Respond to at least two of your colleagues on two different days using one or more of the following approaches:

  • Suggest other competencies that might also be important for success and explain why.
  • Validate a competency with your own experience and additional research.

Click on the Reply button below to reveal the textbox for entering your message. Then click on the Submit button to post your message.

NUR 514: week 8 Benchmark – Electronic Health Record Implementation Paper

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This benchmark assignment assesses the following programmatic competencies:

2.3: Develop leadership skills to collaborate on interprofessional teams in the provision of evidence-based, patient-centered care.

5.2: Apply professional, ethical, and regulatory standards of practice in the provision of safe, effective health care.

One way informatics can be especially valuable is in capturing data to inspire improvements and quality change in practice. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) collects data related to adverse events and safety concerns. If you are working within a practice setting to implement a new electronic health record (EHR) system, this is just one of the many considerations your team would need to plan for during the rollout process.

In a paper of 1,250-1,500 words, address the following questions related to the advanced registered nurse’s role during this type of scenario:

  • What key information would be needed in the database that would allow you to track opportunities for care improvement?
  • What role does informatics play in the ability to capture this data?
  • Which systems and staff members would need to be involved in the design and implementation process and team?
  • What professional, ethical, and regulatory standards must be incorporated into the design and implementation of the system?
  • How would the EHR team ensure that all order sets are part of the new record?
  • How would you communicate the changes, including any kind of transition plan?
  • What measures and steps would you take to evaluate the success of the EHR implementation from a staff, setting, and patient perspective?
  • What leadership skills and theories would facilitate collaboration with the interprofessional team and provide evidence-based, patient-centered care?

You are required to cite five to 10 sources to complete this assignment. Sources must be published within the last 5 years and appropriate for the assignment criteria and nursing content.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite.

Oklahoma Obesity Health Program Budget

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Outlining the public health financing process is an intuitive phase. Many public health officials start drafting the program budget along with the planning phase just to have some idea of the funding needed to support such a venture. Later, financial analysts are consulted to form a detailed plan of action and develop multiple financial options and a cohesive financial planning mechanism.

In this assignment, you will continue working on sections for your final project assignment. You will conduct a budget analysis for this assignment.

Using the Internet, write a 2–3-page budget analysis. Select 2–3 scholarly references on public health program financial plans to use in support of your response. Make sure to include evidence-based information and scholarly references.

Complete the following:

  • Begin by reviewing the assigned reading materials and the information about implementing and monitoring budgets.
  • Next, review the previous assignments you completed on your selected health issue or health disease topic.
  • Develop a cohesive budget to include types of cost analyses. Your budget analysis should be developed using an Excel spreadsheet. Review the readings for this week for examples.
  • Include the following components in your budget analysis:
  1. Selected Categories
  2. Total Budget
  3. Cumulative Expenses
  4. Dollar Variance
  5. Amount Left to Spend
  6. Percent of Unspent
  7. Percent of Variance
  • Be sure to calculate the total expenditures, revenue total, and final budget total.

In a 1-page summary in Word format, provide an overview of your budget that includes a mini-synopsis of the significant points. Approach your budget analysis as a practical application and assume you are going to submit it to public health officials to solicit funding for your health program. For this assignment, you will have two deliverables—the summary in Word format and the Excel spreadsheet with your analysis.

Since Microsoft Word and Excel are interconnected programs, you may embed your Excel spreadsheet in your Word document. The Microsoft Office Word Help Guide/Assistance can provide further information about how to embed or link documents.

Submission Details:

  • Submit one document with both assignments, the overview and the budget, combined in a Microsoft Word document to the Submissions Area by the due date assigned.
  • On a separate page, cite all sources using the APA format.

Personal Leadership Philosophies

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Many of us can think of leaders we have come to admire, be they historical figures, pillars of the industry we work in, or leaders we know personally. The leadership of individuals such as Abraham Lincoln and Margaret Thatcher has been studied and discussed repeatedly. However, you may have interacted with leaders you feel demonstrated equally competent leadership without ever having a book written about their approaches.

What makes great leaders great? Every leader is different, of course, but one area of commonality is the leadership philosophy that great leaders develop and practice. A leadership philosophy is basically an attitude held by leaders that acts as a guiding principle for their behavior. While formal theories on leadership continue to evolve over time, great leaders seem to adhere to an overarching philosophy that steers their actions.

What is your leadership philosophy? In this Assignment, you will explore what guides your own leadership.

To Prepare:

  • Identify two to three scholarly resources, in addition to this Module’s readings, that evaluate the impact of leadership behaviors in creating healthy work environments.
  • Reflect on the leadership behaviors presented in the three resources that you selected for review.
  • Reflect on your results of the CliftonStrengths Assessment, and consider how the results relate to your leadership traits.

The Assignment (2-3 pages):

Personal Leadership Philosophies

Develop and submit a personal leadership philosophy that reflects what you think are characteristics of a good leader. Use the scholarly resources on leadership you selected to support your philosophy statement. Your personal leadership philosophy should include the following:

  • A description of your core values
  • A personal mission/vision statement
  • An analysis of your CliftonStrengths Assessment summarizing the results of your profile
  • A description of two key behaviors that you wish to strengthen
  • A development plan that explains how you plan to improve upon the two key behaviors you selected and an explanation of how you plan to achieve your personal vision. Be specific and provide examples.
  • Be sure to incorporate your colleagues’ feedback on your CliftonStrengths Assessment from this Module’s Discussion 2.