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NITIAL POST: After reading the textbook Chapter on Lipids, in 500 words (plus or minus 50) share your thoughts and experiences regarding the following points. USE ESSAY format. How I can apply the  information I have learned when working with patients in a health care setting. (Include details from your readings (based on scientific and … Read more

explaining conditions

Explaining ConditionsInstructions:So much of what goes on the body is hidden from view, allowing patients to overlook the connections between body systems, conditions, and symptoms.  For example, in attempting to lose weight, a person may begin skipping meals or vomiting after eating.  Soon after, digestive and/or muscle and joint problems issues may develop, or the … Read more

ANNOTED BIB ON HYPERTENSION ARTICLE

PLEASE WRITE AN ANNOTATED BIB ON THESE TWO CITES. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2016). High blood pressure fact sheet. Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/dhdsp/data_statistics/fact_sheets/fs_bloodpressure.htm Whelton, P., Carey, R., Aronow, W., Casey, D., Collins, K.,& Wright, J. (2017). 2017 guideline for the prevention, detection, evaluation, and management of high blood pressure in adults. 1.    First article … Read more

Journal entry

Select two clients you observed or counseled this week during a group therapy session. Note: The two clients you select must have attended the same group session.Then, in your Practicum Journal, address the following:    Using the Group Therapy Progress Note in this weeks Learning Resources, document the group session.    Describe each client (without violating HIPAA … Read more

Any topic (writer’s choice)

Read about both managed care and fee-for-service health plans. In a short paragraph, discuss the similarities and differences between these plans. Next, respond to the following question: Does managed care give greater accountability for quality of care than fee-for-service? Why or why not? Use at least one specific example in your post.

Telemedicine

Discover how telehealth is transforming healthcare operations of all kinds. From bringing specialty provider expertise to rural and remote areas to offering clinicians flexibility to better balance their lives, telemedicine use is growing rapidly through integration into the ongoing operations of hospitals, specialty departments, home health agencies, private physician offices, as well as consumers homes … Read more

Discussion

Between 2004 and 2007, the National Institutes of Health conducted a STEP study.The STEP Study is the name of a clinical trial to test an experimental human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) vaccine that aimed to stimulate production of immune system T cells that can kill HIV-infected cells. The study enrolled 3,000 participants at sites in Australia, … Read more

Discussion

Morbidity and mortality are the two demographic phenomena most commonly studied in epidemiology. These two phenomena allow us to view disease trends and associated changes over time. Discuss morbidity and mortality in terms of how you would use them in developing prevention strategies aimed at increasing attention to disease and decreasing adverse health outcomes. Justify … Read more