Assignment: NURS 3020 Respiratory Assessment Assignment: NURS 3020 Respiratory Assessment Question NURS3020 Health Assessment Week 3 Quiz • Question 1 When performing a respiratory assessment on a patient, the nurse notices a costal angle of approximately 90 degrees. This characteristic is: Answers: a. Observed in patients with kyphosis. b. Indicative of pectus excavatum. c. A […]
Discussion: NURS 6700 Health Study Designs Discussion: NURS 6700 Health Study Designs Question NURS6700/NURS8310 Epidemiology & Population Health Week 3 Discussion Observational Study Designs A clinical pediatric nurse has noticed a rise in childhood cancer diagnoses among the Hispanic population served by the local clinic. The nurse is concerned about this increase in cancer incidence […]
Discussion: NURS 8310 Epidemiology Discussion: NURS 8310 Epidemiology Question NURS6700/NURS8310 Epidemiology & Population Health Week 2 Discussion Descriptive Epidemiology HIV/AIDS was first recognized as an epidemic in the United States in 1981. At the beginning of the AIDS epidemic, the life expectancy for infected persons was less than 7 years. Today, because of research and […]
Discussion: NURS 8310 Factors Affecting Health Discussion: NURS 8310 Factors Affecting Health Question NURS6700/NURS8310 Epidemiology & Population Health Week 5 Discussion Environmental and Genetic Factors That Influence Health In Le Roy, New York, in 2011, a mysterious medical condition emerged: Several teenage girls suddenly began to exhibit symptoms similar to those of Tourette’s Syndrome, including […]
Discussion: NURS 8310 Screening for Disease Discussion: NURS 8310 Screening for Disease Question NURS6700/NURS8310 Epidemiology & Population Health Week 8 Discussion Screening for Disease Although many individuals and organizations may endorse the goal of screening programs, the details and implementation are often controversial. For some types of screening, it can be quite challenging to weigh […]
Discussion: NURS 8310 Health Research Discussion: NURS 8310 Health Research Question NURS6700/NURS8310 Epidemiology & Population Health Week 6 Discussion DQ1 Psychosocial Factors in Health Although the United States spends more money per capita on health care delivery, statistics indicate it is not a particularly healthy country. Over 50% of all preventable deaths in the United […]
Discussion: NURS 8310 Epidemiologic Study Discussion: NURS 8310 Epidemiologic Study Question NURS6700/NURS8310 Epidemiology & Population Health Week 4 Discussion DQ1 Epidemiology in the News: Randomized Trials According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), asthma is a leading chronic illness in children ages 5 to 17, a leading cause of school absenteeism, and the third […]
Discussion: NURS 8310 Pandemics & Epidemics Discussion: NURS 8310 Pandemics & Epidemics Question NURS6700/NURS8310 Epidemiology & Population Health Week 9 Discussion Investigating Pandemics and Epidemics Some of the most notable epidemics include the bubonic plague in the 14th century, smallpox in the 18th century, and influenza in the 20th century. Reportedly, the bubonic plague caused […]
Discussion: NURS 6700 Chronic Disease Discussion: NURS 6700 Chronic Disease Question NURS6700/NURS8310 Epidemiology & Population Health Week 10 Discussion Addressing Chronic Disease According to the Population Health course text, “Roughly 40 million Americans are still uninsured and 112 million Americans (almost half of the U.S. population, 45%) suffer from at least one chronic condition” in […]
Assignment: NURS 6700 Research Methods Assignment: NURS 6700 Research Methods Question NURS6700/NURS8310 Epidemiology & Population Health Week 6 Assignment Defining the Problem and Research Methods Sections 1 and 2 of Major Assessment 7: Using an Epidemiological Approach to Critically Analyze a Population Health Problem How do culture and environment influence health? What role does personality […]
