Health & Medical

A 25 year old male presents with chronic sinusitis and allergic rhinitis. Define adaptive vs. acquired immunity. Discuss the genetic predisposition of allergens. Describe the antigen-antibody response. What is the pathology of sinusitis?

Provide a short description of the case study:https://www.who.int/sdhconference/resources/draft_background_paper2_usa.pdf?ua=1 1. Which of the three core functions of public health does the study fit into?  2. Which of the essential public health services does it address?  3. How is it addressing a public health problem?

Two sources and 150 words for: What are some of the medical and sexual health issues that may have to be addressed in treatment, including high risk behaviors for health disorders? How would you go about helping the client to address them? How would you help promote an HIV/AIDS client’s knowledge and skills of positive health and recovery? How would you assist the client in maintaining those skills? USE ONLY SOURCES FROM GOOGLE SCHOLAR Two sources and 125 words for: Clients are often recommended to take medication to support recovery for severe opioid use disorders. Clients may also be prescribed medication for mood or anxiety disorder as treatment for a co-occurring disorder. Clients and some professionals often state taking medication for treatment is replacing one medication for another. Why may medication assisted treatment be important? What are benefits and potential risks for at least two of these medications? What education and resources can you provide? What professionals would you collaborate with to help the client make an informed decision about treatment options to include medication? Review NIDA Commonly Abused medications chart and SAMSHA’s MAT resource in the study materials to inform your discussion. USE ONLY SOURCES FROM GOOGLE SCHOLAR

**This assignment will be submitted to Turnitin, so please no plagiarism. *** 1. Select a chronic condition that may be prevalent in your community. I have selected Type 2 diabetes. 2. Who is affected? What statistics are available through your county public/community health websites? Are there any local organizations that address this chronic condition? 3. As the public/community health nurse create a teaching plan about the disease. Imagine you will be teaching a group at the local community center about this disease. Create a powerpoint presentation. Title slide, objective slide, answer question 2 in a slide or two, then teach your population. Follow up with a reference slide. Keep to no more than 8 slides (not including title and reference slide). **Remember to create a presentation that is visually stimulating. Don’t get too wordy. Spell check your work.

locate an Evidence-Based Practice Guideline, related to your topic  identified:Are women ages 25-40 who take oral contraceptives at greater risk for developing blood clots compared with women ages 25-40 who use IUDs for contraception over a 5 year time frame ?  Perform a rapid critical appraisal of the Evidence-Based Guideline by answering the following questions in APA format. All questions should be answered in detail and explanations offered according to guideline content when applicable.  Who were the guideline developers?  Were the developers of the guideline representative of key stakeholders in this specialty (inter-disciplinary)?  Who funded the guideline development?   Were any of the guideline developers funded researchers of the reviewed studies?  Did the team have a valid development strategy?  Was an explicit (how decisions were made), sensible, and impartial process used to identify, select, and combine evidence?  Did its developers carry out comprehensive, reproducible literature review within the past 12 months of its publication/revision?  Were all important options and outcomes considered?  Is each recommendation in the guideline tagged by the level/strength of evidence upon which it is based and linked to the scientific evidence?  Do the guidelines make explicit recommendations (reflecting value judgments about the outcomes)?  Has the guideline been subjected to peer review and testing?  Is the intent of use provided (i.e. national, regional, local)?  Are the recommendations clinically relevant?  Will the recommendations help me in caring for my patients?  Are the recommendations practical/feasible? Are resources (people and equipment) available?  Are the recommendations a major variation from current practice? Can the outcomes be measured through standard care?

write a 2-3 page paper on Marketing initiatives in hospitals and why they are essential to the success of the organization. Explaining what marketing is. What is the strategy behind marketing. The functions of marketing. what is segmentation of marketing. what does branding cover? what are media relations? Discuss reach and frequency. Cover strategic position and opportunities.

Discuss systems thinking and how management information systems enables the four key components of system thinking?

1. Explain the historical evolution of healthcare quality improvement programs. Provide a timeline  Give examples 2. Examine the performance challenges, healthcare reform efforts, and the need for cost containment contributed to this development. What has worked and what has not? What has required legislative and regulatory support? What have been the impacts on cost and access? 3. Select the areas most important to improve quality and create performance targets and explain why.What area(s) still need the most improvement? Why? How do you measure/monitor these items?

Mr. K. is a 62-year-old man who lives alone. He was admitted 4 days ago to an extended-care facility on his third postoperative day from a right total knee replacement for care and rehabilitation until he can safely care for himself at home. He is prescribed hydrocodone with acetaminophen (Vicodin) for pain control. The prescription reads: “Vicodin (5 mg hydrocodone; 300 mg acetaminophen) one to two tablets every 4 to 6 hours as needed for pain.” He tells you that overall, his pain is not bad except when he comes back from physical therapy. Then it is “really roaring.” He also says he tries to take the drug just at that time so that he does not become addicted. What type of pain is he having? How will you know the severity of “really roaring” pain? What specific type of drug is Vicodin? What type of change(s) could be made in drug delivery with the current prescription to help relieve his pain more effectively? . What will you tell him about his potential for addiction? If he were to receive two Vicodin tablets every 4 hours around the clock, what would be his total dose of acetaminophen for the day? Please answer these questions in an integrated essay that should be about 2 pages.

Instructions:  Read the scenario below and compile a professional case study summary based on the questions found below the case study: A 44-year-old man is concerned about abnormal liver tests drawn for his pre-employment physical 6 months ago. his serum aminotransferase levels were two times normal at that time and remain unchanged after repeat testing. On further questioning, he denies regular alcohol use but states that he used to inject heroin. Currently, he reports some fatigue but says he feels well otherwise. His primary care physician order serologic testing, which reveals HBsAg-positive, anti-HBs-negative, and anti-HBc-positive IgG. Anti-HDV and anti-HCV test results are both negative.  Based on these antigen and antibody test results, with is the patient’s diagnosis?  What percentage of patients with acute hepatitis B remain chronically infected with HBV?  Of those patients, how many develop the chronic active disease?  What are the significant complications of chronic active infection?  Is there a true “cure,” explain why/why not?