Yearly Archives: 2022

Hopefully you are now clear that developing positive habits takes time, consistency, frequency of effort, and duration of action to reinforce these habits. How will you convey this to others when coaching them on a health related topic?        Topic: To have a healthier diet & Workout more    Identify a person for […]

Competency Evaluate public health issues and inequities that impact special populations. Promote a community’s need for a particular public health initiative. Determine health education strategies appropriate for targeted audiences. Evaluate evidence-based advocacy practices that promote wellness and manage disease among diverse populations. Design a public health initiative implementation and evaluation plan. Present a public health […]

Do you feel comfortable to work on a Medical Computer Program? Which computer system that we reviewed this semester do you think was easier?   

3. Inpatient admission: The patient, a six-week-old infant, was admitted for evaluation of a fever. She was placed on IV antibiotics, and blood cultures grew coagulase-negative Staphylococcus. The provider documented "Staph sepsis." Because a murmur was noticed on physical examination, an echocardiogram was done. This revealed physiological peripheral branch pulmonary artery stenosis and a small […]

What responsibilities do employees have under OSHA standards? What is the purpose of the Bloodborne Pathogen Standard? Do you think healthcare workers should be vaccinated against Hepatitis B? Do you think bloodborne pathogens covered by OSHA causes a significant impact to healthcare employees?  

National Cancer Institute. Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results Program. SEER*Explorer. https:l/seer.cancer.govlexplorer/ Click on “Get Started” and follow directions below to answer each question. Hint: Don’t forget to label your answers. For example, when reporting incidence rates the answer should not just be a number, but a number with a label (12.68 cases per 100,000 persons […]

The 5-year adjusted incidence rate for all cancer sites combined for sexes is = 445.5 cases per 100,000. The 5-year adjusted incidence rate for all cancer sites combined for males is = 484.7 cases per 100,000. The 5-year adjusted incidence rate for all cancer sites combined for females is = 419.9 cases per 100,000. Describe […]

Inpatient scenario #2: Bernie, age 76, has suffered from Parkinson’s disease for 5 years. He wears a hearing aid due to his unilateral hearing loss. Coming in through the ER today, he complains of a migraine headache. After a workup, and a 7-day hospital stay, his diagnosis is a ruptured berry aneurysm. Provide the appropriate […]

Suppose that your company has just developed a new screening test for a disease, and you are in charge of testing its validity and feasibility. You decide to evaluate the test on 1,000 individuals and compare the results of the new test to the gold standard. You know the prevalence of disease in your population […]

You are at an integrative health conference, and in a private conversation a member of the medical community asks you about homeopathy. They mention that their chemist friend told them that homeopathic remedies are diluted beyond Avogadro’s number and thus there is none of the original material left in the medicine. They ask you to […]