What are three methods of disease transmission mentioned in the epidemiology animation on the Home page?  Provide some examples.

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PATHOGENICITY, IMMUNOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY

Case Assignment

In this Case Assignment, you will focus on the materials that you viewed on the Home page.  After reading the text and viewing each of the links provided there, address the following questions:

  1. What are three methods of disease transmission mentioned in the epidemiology animation on the Home page?  Provide some examples.
  2. What are the most common vectors mentioned in the tutorial on transmission of disease?
  3. Which pathogens were mentioned in the Virulence Factors animations (host tissues and defenses)?  List all of the pathogens mentioned and then choose two to discuss.  In your discussion include:
  • How do they hide from host defenses?
  • How do they invade or penetrate the host?
  • Research how they reproduce, and ID them using at least three phenotypic descriptions (you can refer to the dichotomous key from the previous module for phenotypic descriptions).
  1. Note whether the pathogen you chose was reported as a risk to the workplace in the Infectious Diseases in the Workplace article you read on the Home page.
  2. Note the total cases and related mortality reported by the CDC Stats in the linked report.

Assignment Expectations

Page Length: 2 to 3 pages

Format

TUI encourages all students to comply with APA style and format guidelines for proper citation of references.

Scholarly Content                  

Your case assignments are considered scholarly works. Your final work should include peer reviewed (scholarly) sources. Please use the formatting demonstrated in your Background section to cite the tutorials and readings from the Module Overview.

Please keep in mind that you should not use sources such as “Answers.com” or “Wikipedia” or “Wikianswers.”  None of these are scholarly sources and they can be “modified” by any registered user which makes them unreliable.

Appropriate Headings and Paper Flow

Remember that you are preparing a formal academic paper. Your paper should make use of appropriate headings and subheadings.  You should not cut and paste the questions posed and answer them like a “Question and Answer” session.  Your finished paper should read like an academic paper. Submit your final word document to the Case Assignment dropbox.

Where has the outbreak been found globally? Where has it been found in the United States? Describe the specific locations. Provide at least one image of its current distribution.

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Module 3 – SLP

PATHOGENICITY, IMMUNOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY

For this SLP, you will discuss the importance of epidemiology to public health. Research one current example of a disease outbreak and how knowledge of its epidemiology can help health care professionals protect people from disease. (HINT: The CDC and WHO websites are excellent sources of information for this topic). You will present your chosen disease outbreak as a Powerpoint presentation by addressing the topics below:

The following links are helpful guides on using PowerPoint.

PowerPoint 101: Everything You Need to Make a Basic Presentation (this resource is great for both Mac and PC users): http://computers.tutsplus.com/tutorials/powerpoint-101-everything-you-need-to-make-a-basic-presentation–cms-19541

The Microsoft Office link below has several tutorials on Powerpoint from how to get started to additional techniques for advanced users:

PowerPoint Links

Slide 1: Name and describe the microorganism (bacteria or virus) responsible for the outbreak. Briefly introduce your readers to the history of the disease outbreak. Provide an image of the causative agent (microorganism).

Slides 2-3: Where has the outbreak been found globally? Where has it been found in the United States? Describe the specific locations. Provide at least one image of its current distribution.

Slide 4: How is the causative agent transmitted to humans?

Slides 5-6: What are the symptoms of the disease caused by the microorganism? What does the clinical presentation look like in affected patients? What are the complications?

Slide 7: How is it diagnosed? What tests are used?

Slides 8-9: How is the disease treated? What preventative measures are being used locally or globally to control future outbreaks? What is the CDC doing to control the outbreak?

Slide 10: Include any additional interesting facts or figures about the disease outbreak or causative agent.

Slide 11: References.

SLP Assignment Expectations

For this SLP Assignment you will develop a PowerPoint presentation that is approximately 11 slides in length and addresses the requirements outlined above. Place the text containing the answers to the questions above in the slide area. Do a Google search to find images to support the data required and/or use images you have collected from the previous modules. Be sure your last slide includes the full references for any information or images used in your presentation. Please see the rubric for a complete description of grading criteria.

Do you think the hygiene hypothesis needs to be renamed? Why or why not?

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Researchers are increasingly looking for answers as allergic diseases continue to rise in the population. The predominant explanation, coined the “hygiene hypothesis” by Professor David Strachan in 1989, states that a lack of early childhood exposure to microbes and other infectious agents increases susceptibility to allergic diseases by suppressing the natural development of the immune system. The idea was widely reported by the media that developed societies, like the United States, have become “too clean”.

Read the following article about the hygiene hypothesis to learn more, then answer the questions below in your initial post:

Bradford, A. (2016). What is the Hygiene Hypothesis? Live Science. Accessed at http://www.livescience.com/54078-hygiene-hypothesis.html on September 14, 2016.

  1. Conduct some independent research on the hygiene hypothesis. What contradictory evidence against the hypothesis can you find?
  2. Have any new hypotheses been proposed to explain the increase in allergic conditions? How does it support the original hygiene hypothesis?

Do you think the hygiene hypothesis needs to be renamed? Why or why not?

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Determine the key reasons why health care marketing professionals should realize such complexity. Provide an example to support your rationale.

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  • Per the text, the health care industry is known as one of the most complex operational environments, placing a premium on excellence in strategic planning and management. Determine the key reasons why health care marketing professionals should realize such complexity. Provide an example to support your rationale.
  • Appraise the value offered by Ries and Trout’s Marketing Warfare Strategies in assisting in the understanding and implementation of competitor-oriented marketing strategies that can be employed to increase market share. Provide at least two (2) specific examples of the Ries and Trout’s Marketing Warfare Strategies Model that apply within a health care organization with which you are familiar.

Justify the value of marketing plans as instruments that compel marketers to think about upcoming periods, perform routine marketing analyses and audits, and set marketing goals and objectives such as Return on Investment (ROI), etc. Provide one (1) example of the use of marketing plans in this fashion to support your rationale.

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  • Justify the value of marketing plans as instruments that compel marketers to think about upcoming periods, perform routine marketing analyses and audits, and set marketing goals and objectives such as Return on Investment (ROI), etc. Provide one (1) example of the use of marketing plans in this fashion to support your rationale.
  • Decide whether or not you believe Philip Kotler’s Marketing Plan Model provides a useful framework for developing an effective marketing plan. Provide at least two (2) specific examples of the Philip Kotler’s Marketing Plan Model that apply within a health care organization with which you are familiar.

List the different strategies that they plan to or have already utilized to inform/lobby legislators (e-mail campaign, on-sight lobby, testimony, protest etc.) 5 •List and describe any non-legislative strategies that were utilized to support the initiatives 

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Week 7: Signature Assignment Group Presentations

Web Page          Task: View this topic    Summary: Applying the principles from the Nursing Leadership and Health Policy learning modules students will explore the role of the Registered Nurse Leader in policy advocacy.  Group of 6 students will create a policy challenge presentation with focus on Collaboration. All members must participate to earn points.

Directions: 1.Interview a leader from a professional Nursing organization to collect ideas for the project.

2.Utilize your readings, research and resources to build the content. This should be a collaborative, team process.

3.Each group will utilize the Google Slides or Prezi to create a presentation to provide an overview of a grassroots policy challenges (present or past) that the identified organization supports, it can be a local, state or federal policy issue. 4.Each presentation should be between 8-10 minutes in length and will be followed by 5 min of Q&A by the audience. Each presentation is to include (but is not limited to):

•Brief description of the policy challenge the team has chosen and the Nursing Association that was identified. •Describe the “Agenda” for the identified policy challenge. Include how the policy issue was identified, (did they complete a review of the literature? did they do an environmental scan, SWOT analysis etc.) •Brief description of all key stakeholders (those who will be affected and those who can effect change), Interest groups, Opposition groups/individuals, Coalitions. •List the different strategies that they plan to or have already utilized to inform/lobby legislators (e-mail campaign, on-sight lobby, testimony, protest etc.) 5 •List and describe any non-legislative strategies that were utilized to support the initiatives 

6•Describe where this policy challenge is in the legislative process and the implications for the future.

Describe the organization you selected and the general services that would be offered to Medicare patients.

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ban and rural health care organizations throughout the industry are working together to coordinate care for Medicare patients. Accountable Care Organization (ACO) programs were established by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to help facilitate this cooperation.

Select a type of health care organization that would accept Medicare patients (e.g., family practice, hospital, urgent care, or nursing home).

Write a 700- to 1,050-word executive summary that discusses the purpose of joining an ACO and the funding available through one. Include the following:

  • Describe the organization you selected and the general services that would be offered to Medicare patients.
  • Describe the types of ACOs recognized by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
  • Evaluate industry dynamics that would influence your organization’s decision to participate in an ACO.
  • Identify the steps needed to participate in an ACO.
  • Justify participation in an ACO for your organization.

Cite 3 reputable references to support your assignment (e.g., trade or industry publications, government or agency websites, scholarly works, or other sources of similar quality).

Format your assignment according to APA guidelines

Summarize what you learned about applications that use ICNP and approaches to implementation.

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Go to www.icfresearchbranch.org (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. and

  1. Browse ICF and ICF-CY codes to increase familiarity.
  2. Learn more about how ICF core sets are developed and download ICF Core Sets of Interest.
  3. Complete the ICF E-Learning Tool and then complete the “ICF Progress Test” to test your knowledge.
  4. Review ICF case studies.
  5. Explore ICF-based documentation.
  6. Read ICF Research Branch newsletters.

Visit the ICF Research Branch site and search for spinal cord case studies here: https://www.icfresearchbranch.org/search?q=spinal+cord&Search= (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site..

This site provides 20 case studies on the utilization of the ICF related to spinal cord injury. Choose a case study that interests you (for example, health behavior, sports in rehabilitation), and read it. After you read the case study, think about (and share with the class) how you could apply what you learned in the case study to a different population or setting.

Chapter 12 Application Exercises 1 and 2

  1. Read “Selecting a Standardized Terminology for the Electronic Health Record that Reveals the Impact of Nursing on Patient Care” at http://www.ojni.org/12_2/lundberg.pdf (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.. Review the article and write a paper summarizing the main points made by the authors with regard to the benefits of selecting their system for the EHR.
  2. Review the ICNP Technical Implementation Guide found at http://www.icn.ch/images/stories/documents/publications/free_publications/ICNP_Technical_Implementation_Guide.pdf (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.. Summarize what you learned about applications that use ICNP and approaches to implementation.

Assignment Guidelines

  • You have the choice to write a two-page paper, double spaced, or create a multimedia presentation

What is the maximum length of time that a urine specimen should be left at room temperature?

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I need it if 15 hours time.

As a medical assistant, you are performing reagent chemical strip analyses on patient specimens when you discover a specimen that is more than 2 hours old and has been sitting at room temperature during this time.

When you remove the lid from the container, you smell a foul, ammonia-like odor. The chemical strip indicates positive protein, positive nitrite, and positive bacteria. The microscopic analysis reveals four bacteria but no evidence of white blood cells.

What is the maximum length of time that a urine specimen should be left at room temperature?

If analysis cannot be performed within that maximum length of time, how should the specimen be handled?

An ammonia-like or foul odor associated with a specimen ordinarily indicates what condition or disease?

Does the chemical analysis confirm your suspicion associated with the odor? Given the circumstances, can you trust the results on this specimen?