The research article this must be completed on is –

• Effects of large financial incentives for long-term smoking cessation. A Randomized Trial, by Jean-François Etter and Felicia Schmid. This article is published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Volume 68, Number 8, 2016.doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2016.04.066

Applying Research Findings

You have been analyzing research studies for the past 6 weeks. Using the research article that you chose to analyze in Analysis 1 and Analysis 2, please address each of the following questions in your POSTING:

• What experiment was taking place in your study
• What did your research study mean to YOU?
• What do you think the “take home message” is?
• Will what you learned from this study alter YOUR practice behaviors?
• Has this study influenced your professional THOUGHT? How?
• Identify and RESPOND to one of your colleague’s postings
• In that post, tell us something you learned from your colleague’s posting.
• How might you APPLY this information to YOUR professional setting?

This course is about recognizing and using evidence. So, in order to earn full points, you will need to support each of your postings and assignments in this course with evidence from your readings, textbook and/or course content. Cite your sources using in-text and reference page citations, including page or paragraph numbers.

• Complete your original post by 11:59 p.m. Thursday, EST.
• Complete peer replies by 11:59 p.m. Sunday, EST.
• Remember that responses to instructor comments do not count toward the minimum post requirements.
• Failure to meet the assignment instructions, submit posts in a timely manner, respond to an instructor comment, or provide citations/references for all source material will result in a loss of points.
• Do not use quoted or copied material.

<> Infectious/communicable diseases essay

Please choose one infectious disease or communicable disease and present a 1,000 words essay including the follow;

• Name of the disease including agents that cause Infectious/Communicable Disease, the mode of contamination or how it is spread.
• The modes of prevention applying the three levels of prevention with at least one example of each one.
• Prevalence and control of the condition according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) including morbidity and mortality.
• Implications of the disease in the community and the role of the community health nurse in the control and prevention of the disease.

The essay must be presented in a Word Document, APA format, Arial 12 font. A minimum of 3 references no older than 5 years must be used. If you use any reference from any website make sure they are reliable sites such as CDC, NIH, Institute of Medicine, etc.

Below please see the definitions of infectious disease and communicable disease. They are similar but differ in some characteristics.

• Infectious diseases are disorders caused by organisms — such as bacteria, viruses, fungi or parasites. Many organisms live in and on our bodies. They’re normally harmless or even helpful. But under certain conditions, some organisms may cause disease. Some infectious diseases can be passed from person to person.
• Communicable, or infectious diseases, are caused by microorganisms such as bacteria, viruses, parasites and fungi that can be spread, directly or indirectly, from one person to another. Some are transmitted through bites from insects while others are caused by ingesting contaminated food or water.

This assignment will be submitted through turnitin.com and will be closely monitored for plagiarism.

Logistic regression is used to analyze a wide variety of variables that may surround a singular outcome. For example, logistic regression could be used to identify the likelihood of a patient having a heart attack or stroke based on a variety of factors including age, sex, genetic characteristics, weight, and any preexisting health conditions. The biological systems and issues with which the health care field is concerned represent the kinds of applications for which logistic regression is especially useful.

Logistic regression is used in the health care field for many purposes, including diagnoses, predictions, and forecasting. The three articles in this week’s Learning Resources illustrate the many uses of logistic regression in the health care field. This Discussion allows you to explore the different uses of logistic regression and cultivate a deeper understanding of the application of logistic regression in evidence-based practice.

To prepare:

• Review the three articles in this week’s Learning Resources and evaluate their use of logistic regression. Select one article that interests you to examine more closely in this Discussion
• Critically analyze the article you selected considering the following questions:
  • What are the goals and purposes of the research study the article describes?
  • How is logistic regression used in the study? What are the results of its use?
  • What other quantitative and statistical methods could be used to address the research issue discussed in the article?
  • What are the strengths and weaknesses of the study?
  • How could the weaknesses of the study be remedied?
  • How could findings from this study contribute to evidence-based practice, the nursing profession, or society?

  PLEASE INCORPORATE THE ARTICLES LISTED AS ONE OF THE CHOICES

Professional Plan Section A: Background (2-3 pages APA style; 50 points)

1. Motivation: Describe your motivations for pursuing a career in RHS and discuss the target population with whom you would like to work including age group, specific setting, demographic, health population, and/or particular area of expertise you are interested in pursuing. Explain why this population is of interest. Include information about any personal and work experiences (paid or volunteer) that you have had helping others in an RHS capacity.
2. Objective Statement: Create a professional objective statement. You may use the following model – “It is my goal to enter the Human Services field as a _____________ for XYZ agency or agency type. My skills/experience would serve me well in this role because ________________ and _________________. The population that I desire to serve would include XYZ, because ________________________.”
3. Education and Credentials: Research the education, duties, skills, and credentials needed to work in your area of specialization and summarize your findings. For example, what kind of training, experience, degrees, exams, and certifications/licenses do you need to be an addictions counselor, therapeutic staff support professional, or occupational therapist? What are the names of the organizations that provide these certifications/licenses? Give examples of schools that offer these degree programs and their admission requirements. Be very detailed. Include research from at least two reputable sources published in the last 5 years that give information about the training needs and job functions of your area of interest. One of these sources must be O*NET (https://www.onetonline.org (Links to an external site.)).

Course Project Overview

Developing an Instructional Unit

This project will help you focus on the important concepts presented throughout the course. For this project, you will be expected to develop three lesson plans as part of an instructional unit on a subject of your choice focusing on one disease. The project will contain one lesson plan focused on education of a patient, one on family education, and one on staff development. The plans should demonstrate a logical approach to teaching, communicate what is to be taught and how, and outline how objectives are to be evaluated. At a minimum, each final lesson must contain the following components:

Introduction:

Provide the title of the lesson.

Identify and describe the learners.

Include Learner Assessment: educational level, developmental level, readiness to learn, etc.

Describe the educational setting: (staff development, patient education, family education, etc.). Purpose and rationale for the lesson(s):

Provide a rationale for selecting this lesson.

Describe the philosophical or theoretical basis for teaching approaches used in the lesson.

Statement of goals and objectives:

Write several broad instructional goals for the educational experience.

Write several behavioral objectives based on Bloom’s taxonomy.

Instructional methods and evaluation of learning—For each objective:

Describe the lesson content.

Provide a sequence for teaching activities.

Describe instructional strategies.

Indicate time allotted for each activity.

Describe the instructional resources (materials, tools, etc.) to be used.

Describe how the learning will be evaluated.

Here in Week 2, you will get started by identifying your topic and learners, and describing your educational setting. Then, you will continue to work on your project and turn in your final instructional unit, to include all three lesson plans, in Week 4.