Yearly Archives: 2022

Icebreaker Activity   Initial Post   Please introduce yourself to the class. Instead of just the normal “where you live, number of children and pets you have,” let’s make this fun by answering the following questions:   Ask a young child to define pathophysiology. No prompting; just ask them to tell you what it is […]

For this assignment, think back of a time where you think you used the wrong channel to convey a message to someone in your life. Examples could be sending a text message to break up with someone, or emailing a boss when in both situations you should have talked to them face to face.   […]

Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Population-Specific Final Paper Submission   Overview   During this assignment, you will be asked to discuss the concepts of health promotion and disease prevention, relating this information to the role of the APRN and applying it to the vulnerable population you selected during Week 1. In Week 6, you submitted […]

Population-Specific Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Paper – Rough Draft Sections 1–3 Required, 1–4 Encouraged   Overview   Remember that one of the goals of this assignment is to further develop your academic writing skills. To assist in this, I am asking that you utilize Smarthinking and Pearson Writing Center here at Regis. In taking […]

Levels of Prevention and Preventive Services Guidelines   Overview   This course focuses on healthy living and preventive screenings to help promote health and prevent disease and illness. The following is a list of screenings that will be explored throughout the course: cervical cancer (CA), breast CA, colorectal CA, testicular CA, prostate CA, suicide, hypertension, […]

Complete an Online Personal Profile in Moodle   Overview   The purpose of this assignment is to complete an online Moodle profile and upload a photo. We all love to put a name with a face; however, if you would prefer to not post a personal photo, please upload a picture of a pet or […]

DQ1 Icebreaker—Getting to Know Your Classmates—Your First Memory of a Primary and a Secondary prevention Experience.   Note: All complete/incomplete items must be completed to pass the course. If you receive an incomplete, you must contact your professor immediately as you are in danger of failing the entire course.   Meet your classmates: Use this […]

Faculty and Students as Vulnerable Populations: Can We Predict Violence with a Screening Tool?   Initial Post   Read the following articles found in the Learning Materials section of this course and watch the video noted below:   An Analysis of US School Shootings (1840–2015) (Paradice, 2017)   Development of the SaFETy Score: A Clinical […]

Throughout this course, we have looked at health promotion and disease prevention and focused on various vulnerable populations. This week’s discussion will focus on applying one guideline to two patients. Please select one of the following scenarios and then answer the questions in your initial post. Please include at least three scholarly sources within your […]

The APRN’s Effect on Women’s Health and the Use of Motivational Interviewing to Increase Knowledge around the Importance of Preventive Guidelines   Initial Post   Watch the Motivational Interview of a woman who is pregnant and continuing to drink alcohol.   Motivational Interviewing: Discussing Alcohol Use in Pregnancy (17:37 minutes)   Motivational Interviewing: Discussing Alcohol […]