evaluating your own risk for inherited disease 4

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For this Assignment you will think about your individual health and health risks. What genetic diseases or problems might you face during your lifetime? Predisposition to heart disease, breast cancer, diabetes? You may consider your own health risks or those of other individuals such as a family member or friend. Then, in a paper of 750–1,000 words, address the following issues:

  • What genetic diseases or problems were determined to be potential issues?
  • Provide an introduction of the disease, outlining the major signs/symptoms of the disorder and the reason why this was selected as a genetic/inherited disease?
  • Research the mode of inheritance for this disease/trait? Why? If you are not able to find a specific mode of inheritance, provide a hypothesis for the mode of inheritance. Explain your thinking here very thoroughly; this should take up about half of the length of the Assignment.
  • What other information would help you draw better conclusions about this disease?
  • What problems did you encounter in gathering information about your family’s history or that of the person you interviewed?
  • If you were to have a child, what could you tell him or her about his/her chances of inheriting the diseases based upon your research about the inheritability of the trait you are researching?

design age appropriate health maintenance and screening plans for the frail elderly

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MN585-04: Design age appropriate health maintenance and screening plans for the frail elderly patients across the lifespan.

Purpose

One of the greatest challenges for nurse practitioners is determining when a frail elderly patient is no longer capable of performing certain tasks with safety. For example, this is particularly relevant issue when a frail elderly patient is still driving and family members do not want to take their car keys away. Nurse practitioners have a legal and ethical obligation to meet standards of care and while many decisions like taking the driver’s license of a frail elderly patient may not be popular it is necessary to protect not only the patient but society as well. The purpose of this assignment is to help the student become familiar with the Clock Drawing Test (CDT) and determine its relevance and significance in making critical and important decisions in patient care when dealing with the frail elderly population.

Instructions

  1. Administer the Clock Drawing Test (CDT) to an elderly patient > 75 years of age to test the patient’s executive level of functioning to determine whether or not this patient should be allowed to drive. Submit a copy of the CDT result.
  2. Score the CDT.
  3. Provide a summary report of the CDT Test including planning (circle size), organizing (placement of numbers) sequencing (inclusion of all numbers in the correct order) and abstraction (hands of the clock placement and length).
  4. Should this patient be allowed to drive? Why/why not?
  5. Describe your area of greatest learning from completing this assignment.

PLEASE INCLUDE REFERENCES IN APA FORMAT

alzheimer s disease based on evidenced bases practices and policy analysis 1

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Final Paper Guidelines:

The is a policy analysis paper: research Alzheimer’s Disease and complete a policy analysis as follows:

Topic: Alzheimer’s Disease, 10-12 pages of content and a Reference Page APA style

Structure the Paper using the following headings for each section as organization:

1) Problem Statement, 2) Data, 3) Literature Review, 4) Program Options or Alternate Solutions, 5) Implementation, 6) Evaluation, 7) Conclusion, and 8) References

Format: size 12 font, double spaced, APA format, sources cited throughout paper and include a reference page. Five peer reviewed /scholarly journals are required. Government documents can also be used. Everything must be cited/sourced.

community health 9

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Imagine you are creating a community health promotion resource that addresses a cardiovascular subject of your choosing. You are creating this tool for a segmented population of health care consumers.

Create an informational tool (350 to 700 words) in the form of one of the following:

  • Podcast
  • Summary
  • News transcript
  • Brochure/pamphlet
  • Video
  • Interview
  • Other option approved by your instructor

Include the following in your resource:

  • Identify the disease or subject of focus.
  • Identify the population.
  • Focus your information on the specific cultural beliefs of the population that you have chosen and how treatment and management of the disease might be affected by these aspects.
  • Explain how this disease and the management of it affect resources in society.

behavioral treatment plan

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Review the sample behavioral treatment plan provided in the textbook under Table 14.3.

Prepare a similar behavioral treatment plan based on the following individual:

  1. Susan Smithe is a 37-year-old female inmate who is incarcerated for armed robbery. Susan suffers from mental illness. Susan is consistently verbally abusive of prison staff, physically aggressive with other inmates, and self-injures by battering her head, arms, and legs against walls and floors. Her self-injuries often require medical attention. Susan suffers from a fear of being alone and of insects.

While APA format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines

Part 2:

In 300-500 words, reflect on why your behavioral treatment plan will benefit Susan Smithe.

The reflection should provide a minimum of two to three peer-reviewed resources to support your explanations.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style