Health & Medical

Identify a program in your local community that is addressing healthy living at the individual level. Examples include, but are not limited to YMCAprograms, worksite wellness, local hospital or clinic wellness programs, etc.Provide a brief description of the program and how it contributes to healthy living on both physical and mental health levels.Discuss how this program contributes to the health of the overall community.How can they partner with other programs in the community to provide more comprehensive interdisciplinary services?

KATHRINA: Learning to cope with anxiety:Kathrina, a Native American in her early 20s, comes to the clinic where you work as a behaviorally oriented therapist. Assume that this is your initial meeting with her and that you know nothing else about her. Also assume that she would very much like to become involved in short-term behavioral counseling, mainly to deal with chronic anxiety that is getting in the way of her personal and professional life.Some Background Data:During the initial interview Kathrina tells you:“I’ve just got to learn how to cope with stress. I feel as if there’s a dark cloud over my head – a constant feeling of apprehension. I’m so worked up during the day that when I try to go to sleep, I just toss and turn most of the night, ruminating over everything that happened to me that day. I keep telling myself that I’ve got to get to sleep or I won’t be worth a damn the next day. I just lie there and can’t seem to stop thinking of what I did or will do the next day. When I do get up the next morning, I’m a basket case. I sell real estate, and lately I’m getting more anxious about my future.I’m fearful of contacting people because I might say the wrong thing and blow the potential sale, and I’m afraid they’ll notice my anxiety. I just don’t seem to be able to relax at any time. And what’s even worse is that I feel less able to cope with stress now than I used to. Stress is getting the best of me, and I’m afraid that unless I can learn to recognize and deal with the situations I’m in, my anxiety will do me in.”Kathrina also tells you that she is experiencing many problems in leaving home and feeling that she can make it on her own. She says that she is not following the family “program” and lets you know that her parents are disappointed with some of the ways in which she is living. She does not want to cut herself off from her family, yet she has trouble in being everything her parents expect of her.Assume that you and Kathrina agree to several counseling sessions to help her deal with her anxieties. Specifically, she wants guidance in learning coping skills that she can use on her own. Working within a behavioral framework, demonstrate how you would view her as a behaviorally oriented counselor and how you might proceed for several sessions.Questions to answer:1. How do you view Kathrina’s anxiety? How will your answer to this question have a direct bearing on the manner in which you work with her in your sessions?2. What cultural themes would you pay attention to, if any? To what extent would you focus on her alienation from her family? Would you be inclined to focus more on her anxiety? Her stress? Her concerns over not living up to the expectations of her family?3. What might you want to know from Kathrina about the ways in which her cultural experiences have affected her? If you are from a different background, would you expect any difficulties in understanding and working with her?4. What specific behavioral procedures might you employ during your sessions? What suggestions would you make to Kathrina for work she can do by herself outside of the sessions?5. What ways can you think of to teach her how to cope with stress? What self-help or self-management techniques could you suggest?6. How might you deal with Kathrina’s insomnia? How might you design a program for her that would help her relax and sleep at night?

Describe Medicare’s End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) entitlement for those who otherwise do not qualify for Medicare (i.e., who has the right to get what). Discuss the consequences of a potential policy to eliminate the entitlement by explaining its resulting impact on the price of private insurance and access to care for those with ESRD.Your essay should be no more than 250 words. Please do not repeat the question in your essay. Remember, you will be graded based on both content and writing. As always, properly cite any material or ideas from others.  Your references will not be included in the word count.I have uploaded the slides and readings for this week. Please read them carefully to write this essay as my instructor for this class is a harsh grader:(I’ll add one extra order just for compensation (no writing) if you write this well!

Objectives:The writing of this two-page (500 word) written assignment will:Facilitate the RN to BSN nursing student’s understanding of the professional role in deciding and determining whether healthcare information on a self-identified medical or health website is written on best practice, current evidence and is reliable and credible.Support the professional nurse’s use of Health on the Net (HON) Foundation’s Code of Conduct Medical and Health Website Evaluation form in the decision-making process in order to:Evaluate and analyze the information found within the medical and health websitesDetermine whether the medical and health information is based on evidence, is accurate and valid Health on the Net Foundation’s Code of Conduct Medical and Health Website Evaluation Form can be found at Health on the Net Foundation for Medical Professionals  (https://www.hon.ch/med.html) and the Health on the Net  (https://www.hon.ch/en/) also provides health information regarding HONcode certification. Locate and utilize the evaluation form within the HONtools section. The Health on the NetAssignment overviewTechnology is constantly changing whereby the access and use of web-based healthcare information by patients, family members, and the general public as well as healthcare providers is on the rise. Healthcare information is readily available at the press of a button. However, the credibility and reliability of the information are not always known. To support and facilitate appropriate decisions, use of best evidence practice as well as to enhance patient-centered care, professional nurses need to be able to evaluate, analyze and validate the reliability and credibility of healthcare information found within websites and the internet.Step 1 IntroductionChoose a website, HON criterion and Decision-Making SkillsIdentify and briefly describe a medical or health website of your choosing which addresses a specific disease or health condition seen in a current area of practiceDiscuss the purpose of the HON Foundation’s Code of Conduct Medical or Health Website Evaluation formStep 2 Website, HON Criterion, Evidence and Safety Concerns, Recommendation(s)The writing section will address the following information:Outline and discuss the website which addresses a specific disease or health condition seen in a current area of practiceBased on each HON criterion categories discuss, determine, and analyze whether the information provided on the website is based on evidence, is reliable,is credible, and is accurate and validIdentify, describe and discuss the evidence which supports the meeting of the HON evaluation criterion categoriesAddress and discuss areas of the website that do not meet the HON evaluation criterion categoriesDescribe any safety concerns patients and or their families need to be made aware of regarding the information within the self-identified website. Provide appropriate (2-3 Scholarly peer reviewed and published within 5 years) evidence and support for answer(s)Based on the HON evaluation criteria, discuss whether or not you, as a professional nurse would recommend this website to your patient and or families, provide appropriate evidence to support your decisionStep 3 Reflection and SummaryReflect on the process of evaluating the information found within the medical or health website, your role as a professional nurse in evaluating information on the Internet, and lessons learnedBriefly summarize how professional nurses might incorporate the HON website evaluation form criterion to assist and support their decision-making skills and current nursing practice.

Select two clients you observed or counseled this week during a group therapy session for children and adolescents. Note: The two clients you select must have attended the same group session. If you select the same group you selected for the Week 8 or Week 9 Journal Entries, you must select different clientsThen, address in your Practicum Journal the following:Using the Group Therapy Progress Note in this week’s Learning Resources, document the group session.Describe each client (without violating HIPAA regulations), and identify any pertinent history or medical information, including prescribed medications.Using the DSM-5, explain and justify your diagnosis for each client.Explain any legal and/or ethical implications related to counseling each client.Support your group therapy and treatment approach with evidence-based literature.5 resources

This is a final project designed to developed as a scholarly paper. The body of the paper will be 10-15 pages.The PICOT question for the project is the following:How does the development of a wellness education program  compare to none in decreasing the prevalence of type II diabetes in African American’s under the age of 18 years during a one year period in primary care?

3-5 pages analyze why regulatory agencies began monitoring quality in health care, explain how organizations like the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), The Joint Commission, and other regulatory agencies have impacted quality of care, explain what is meant by “deemed status,” and evaluate ways in which quality has or has not improved since the 1800s. 

Prepare a short report on ways you may have been harmed by cultural, gender, racial, or ethnic stereotyping. Draw on these experiences to explore potential harms nurses can cause patients and families. Please cite one reference.

WEEK 6•    How does technology and health IT contribute to data monitoring, predictive analytics, and performance improvement (decreased errors, better clinical and organizational outcomes, and better information quality)?Week 7•    How does the health care administrator plan ahead to ensure that a facility or department maintains effective operation during a system’s implementation/update?•    Support your responses with reputable sources.Week 8•    What is the role of EHRs in supporting population health? Do they enhance patient engagement/outreach, care coordination/management, and health information exchange?

Use the protein powder: Levels Grass Fed 100% Whey Protein, No GMOs, Pure Chocolate, 5LB.  Here is a link https://www.amazon.com/Levels-Chocolate-Grass-Protein-Undenatured/dp/B01JNUHA5A?th=1List the ingredients and tell me the functional/physical property of each ingredient. In other words, what that ingredient contributes to the product. You can ask yourself, why did the manufacturer add this ingredient? What does it contribute to the product (functional property)? Don’t confuse functional property with nutritional/health property.Include a bibliography of your information sources.Tell the class about the nutrition information, for example:How many calories per serving?How many calories are from protein, fat, and carbohydrate?Does it contain any other vitamins or minerals?Evaluate the product. Would you use it? Why or why not?