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Discuss potential groups with your facilitator and contacts you make at community or public health settings in your area.

EPIDEMOLOGY, TEEN PREGNANCY

Write a 1,750- to 2,100-word paper based on your clinical research of epidemiology. When selecting a population and disease, be aware that you need access to this population to present the Teaching Project Brochure in Week 6. Discuss potential groups with your facilitator and contacts you make at community or public health settings in your area.
Select one population and one disease of interest from the following lists:
• Vulnerable Populations
o Teens
• Diseases for these populations might include the following:
o Other
? Pregnancy
Discuss the following as related to your chosen topic:
• Definition and description of epidemiology
• Gather information and analyze the steps and methods of epidemiology, to include:
o Analyze routine data (demographic, census, birth, death, and surveillance records)
o Analyze research data (medical and health records)
o Analyze epidemiological data (surveys specific to your topic)
• Epidemiological triangle
• Selected population and diseases of interest
o Conduct a comprehensive assessment of the population and disease and identify how characteristics of these selections influence population vulnerability.
o Identify your own values and potential cultural biases.
o Identify cultural considerations in this selected population and how these considerations may impact health issues.
o Identify legal and ethical considerations that must be addressed for when working with the selected population.
o Explain how to manage potential conflict with personal values and biases during the interaction with [populations] that have different values.
o Incorporate evidence-based medicine and evidence-based nursing in decision-making for the topic chosen and give rationale for the decisions made.
• Describe the relationship of the disease to various levels of prevention.
o Feasibility of prevention
o Evaluation of prevention
Cite and reference 8 sources.
Format your paper according to APA guidelines.

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What are the eligibility requirements for Medicaid in your state? Are they both eligible for Medicaid in your state?

Imagine a close friend asked for your help. You are to research information about health insurance for this close friend. She is 62 years old and her husband is 72 years old. He is in a rehab hospital following what she calls a “mild stroke”. Your friend is employed on a part-time basis as a waitress at a local coffee shop. Determine if they qualify for Medicaid in your state.

Locate an official government on-line source of information for the state you consider “home” (you might live there or it might be home to your family members). Find an additional source of insurance information from an advocacy or resource group for your state. To help determine eligibility, take a look at the current Federal Poverty (FPL) Guidelines. (Remember to identify your home state and include a link to your resource sites.)

A. 1. a.What are the eligibility requirements for Medicaid in your state? Are they both eligible for Medicaid in your state?

b. How much income (Social Security, wages, pension, interest, etc.) is allowed each month (as a Medicaid beneficiary)?

c. How much assets are they allowed? Which possessions count as assets?

2. Assuming eligibility, what benefits are available? Provide an overview of the assistance programs specific to their needs. She is considering home care services, an adult day health program, or the possibility of nursing home care.

B. Share your thoughts:

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Public health officials can play a huge part in disaster planning and emergency preparedness.
Analyze disaster response and emergency preparedness:
Identify nursing roles and responsibilities during each phase of disaster management. Consider:
planning
preparedness
response
recovery
Evaluate your community (Miami-Dade) or state’s (Florida) plan for preparedness and disaster management:
Does it include provisions for each phase of preparedness and disaster planning?
Does it clearly account for community needs?
Does the plan include evidence of thought beyond the written report?
Is there evidence of a record keeping system for resources, treatment, and identification of victims?
Are there redundancies built into the plan should one option fail? Are backup plans in place?
Analyze the plan for addressing mass casualty situations.

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Provide your thoughts about the fundamental strategic issues facing the industry in which your organization exists.
Company: Total Life Changes

Industry: Health & Wellness Industry

Company Website: https://totallifechanges.com

Word Count: 700 words

Due: Saturday July 8th 8:00pm

Instructions:

Provide your thoughts about the fundamental strategic issues facing the industry in which your organization exists. Compare the performance of your company against the industry within which it operates using http://finance.yahoo.com/ (“Interactive chart” “Comparison” tool) if you are in a publically listed company or use a similar publically listed company or some other performance measure if you are not. Additional resources are available for those interested in learning more about performance factors for Government and Non-profit sectors. Please cover the following questions in your response.

Industry Perspective

1 Do some industries have better evolution of the stock value than others? Why? Search for your organization or a similar one and compare its evolution for the longest possible period to the main stock indicators (Dow, NASDAQ, S&P 500) and competitive firms.

2 Do some industries have inherently better profitability, growth and market value than others? Identify common key performance indicators used within your industry. Compare for your firm these key factors.

3 What effect do different industries have on one another’s overall performance? Provide arguments and examples to justify your response.

Company Perspective

1 Is your organization performing well against the others in its industry? Provide arguments and examples to justify your response.

2 What factors explain the differences in company performance in the same industry?

3 How can some companies in poorly performing industries still do well?

Note: If you work in government or in a non-profit organization, you may pick a company that your organization contracts with for this exercise. However, we do encourage you to try to apply business strategy concepts to your organization if you can. Below are some of the websites you may find useful on the government and nonprofit environment: 
The IBM Center for The Business of Government – www.businessofgovernment.org/
Defense Business Board – http://dbb.defense.gov/Home.aspx
Bridgespan Group: Nonprofit related topics – www.bridgespan.org/

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Written Inquiry / Reflection

Task description :This task will require you to reflect upon and analyse a written or video-based healthcare scenario from an ethico-legal perspective, using Driscoll’s reflective model as a guide. It is expected that you will draw upon the unit content, personal experiences and relevant literature and learning resources to inform your reflection and analysis.

Task length :1500 words

Assessment criteria:

Demonstrates familiarity with key concepts of ethical practice (covered in the unit) pertaining to the chosen situation;

Demonstrates an understanding of the ethico-legal complexities inherent in the situation, and considers the implications of different courses of action;

Shows evidence of developing ethical awareness and how self-reflection may inform your practice and relationships with others;

Writes clearly and succinctly using Driscoll’s model (written in the first-person), with correct grammar, ethico-legal terminology and referencing (Harvard style);

Integrates relevant literature and resources to support and justify key ideas and observations.

Case Study

Assessment Task 3 – Scenario 1

You are an undergraduate nursing student at a large university and have just

started your PEP in a busy urban hospital. In your practice units (your units that

give you the practical skills you will need on PEP) your lecturer and tutor have

stressed the importance of managing sharps (needles, cannulas and the like)

correctly. Your tutor has told you on a number of occasions that after giving an

injection, you should never re-cap the needle – instead, you should place it in a

kidney dish and dispose of it directly from the dish into a designated sharps

container.

Your tutor has directed students to one of the Australian Government’s

website on the handling of sharps and when you check out the website, you

can see that one of the recommendations is that ‘needles must not be

recapped, bent or broken after use’.

While you are on your placement the registered nurse (RN) you are paired with

asks you to give one of the patients his insulin injection. You are a bit nervous

as this nurse can be quite critical if you don’t do things her way. You give the

patient his injection and immediately realise you haven’t brought a kidney dish

to the bedside. You start to panic a bit as you don’t know where the closest

sharps container is.

The RN sees you awkwardly holding the needle and instructs you to re-cap it.

You refuse, as you know that recapping needles increases the likelihood of a

needle-stick injury, which can potentially transfer serious blood-borne

diseases. Again, the RN instructs you to re-cap the needle, but you stand your

ground once more. The RN then screams at you to re-cap the needle. Anxious

and distressed, you begin to place the cap on the needle, but are shaking so

much that the needle accidently punctures the skin on your left thumb. Clearly

exasperated, the RN turns to the patient and states: ‘we’ll now need to take a

sample of your blood to see what rare diseases this imbecile may have

contracted!’

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