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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Problem-Based Learning Case   Initial Post   Using the Week 15 Discussion: Choice Question, choose your topic for this week’s discussion. You may use the textbook as one reference as well as the learning materials posted within the course. However, additional references should be scholarly based and be a new source that you are introducing […]

Problem-Based Learning Case   Initial Post   Using the Week 11 Discussion: Choice Question, choose your topic for this week’s discussion. You may use the textbook as one reference as well as the learning materials posted within the course. However, additional references should be scholarly based and be a new source that you are introducing […]

Choose one of the following case studies from Chapter 17 for your entry:   Case Study A: Gastroenteritis   Case Study B: Ulcer and Peritonitis   Case Study C: Hepatitis B and Cirrhosis   Case Study D: Crohn’s Disease   Case Study E: Colon Cancer   Review the case study and answer two of the […]

Problem-Based Learning Case   Initial Post   Choose one of the topics available in Week 9: Discussion Choice Question for your post.   In your initial post   Your initial post should also include the following:   The most common presenting symptoms.   The manner in which your disorder is routinely diagnosed.   A standard […]