Parasitology
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“Push-Pull Factors, Urban Growth, and Urban Decay” Note: Online students please respond to one (1) of the following three (3) bulleted options:
- Modern technological innovations, such as faster transportation and communication speeds, are helping to control migration to urban areas. Select a city of your choice and describe three (3) ways that push-pull factors affect the growth of the city. Next, predict two (2) outcomes of how push-pull factors will play out in the next ten (10) years.
- Describe two (2) problems associated with unplanned urban growth in your city. If you were a decision maker, which of your selected problems would you tackle first? Next, provide two (2) reasons for your priorities.
- Development of inner city areas is crucial for slowing down urban decay. Discuss three (3) methods used in some large cities in the United States, such as New York, that are being implemented to stop urban decay. Next, for each method you have selected, speculate whether or not you believe each method has been successful. Justify your response.
Philosophy And Ethics In Public Health
Select one of the following questions to answer in this discussion and address all points:
- Do you agree that the philosophy of social justice is preferable to the philosophy of market justice?
- Advocate for a change that you believe will improve public health.
- Investigate and use properly cited evidence to support your assertions.
- Include an opposing viewpoint.
- What is an example of a measure that would improve public health but that might limit some people’s freedom?
- Identify which population or populations would benefit.
- Identify which population or populations could potentially be harmed.
- Investigate and use properly cited evidence to support your assertions.
Benchmark – Policy Brief
The benchmark assesses the following competencies:
1.4 Participate in health care policy development to influence nursing practice and health care.
Research public health issues on the “Climate Change” or “Topics and Issues” pages of the American Public Health Association (APHA) website. Investigate a public health issue related to an environmental issue within the U.S. health care delivery system and examine its effect on a specific population.
Write a 750-1,000-word policy brief that summarizes the issue, explains the effect on the population, and proposes a solution to the issue.
Follow this outline when writing the policy brief:
1. Describe the policy health issue. Include the following information: (a) what population is affected, (b) at what level does it occur (local, state, or national), and (c) evidence about the issues supported by resources.
2. Create a problem statement.
3. Provide suggestions for addressing the health issue caused by the current policy. Describe what steps are required to initiate policy change. Include necessary stakeholders (government officials, administrator) and budget or funding considerations, if applicable.
4. Discuss the impact on the health care delivery system.
Include four peer-reviewed sources and two other sources to support the policy brief.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, An abstract/thesis is required.
Guido’s MORAL Model
Assignment:
Complete both case studies:
1. Apply Guido’s MORAL model to resolve the dilemma presented in the case study described in EXERCISE 4–3 (Guido textbook). How might the nurses in this scenario respond to the physician’s request? How would this scenario begin to cause moral distress among the nursing staff, and what are the positive actions that the nurses might begin to take to prevent moral distress?
2. Read the case study entitled You be the Ethicist, presented at the end of Chapter 3 (Guido textbook). What are the compelling rights that this case addresses? Whose rights should take precedence? Does a child (specifically this competent 14-year-old) have the right to determine what will happen to him? Should he ethically have this right? How would you have decided the outcome if his disease state had not intervened? Now, examine the scenario from the perspective of health care policy. How would you begin to evaluate the need for the policy and the possible support or lack of support for the policy from your peers, nursing management, and others who might be affected by the policy? Do the 10 framework questions outlined by Malone in chapter 4 (Guido textbook) assist in this process? Create a process proposal for the organization with possible guidelines, procedures, and policies to address the issues you have identified.
EXERCISE 4–3
Mrs. R., an 87-year-old patient, has a past history that includes coronary artery disease, a previous stroke, and advanced Alzheimer’s disease. Ten days ago, Mrs. R. was hospitalized for aspiration pneumonia and has been ventilator dependent since being admitted to the intensive care unit in a small rural hospital. Family members visit daily and have repeatedly voiced their concern to the nursing staff about the continued ventilator support that Mrs. R. is receiving, most notably the fact that Mrs. R. would never have wanted such care. They also note that Mrs. R. has not recognized them in past months and that they plan to visit less in future days, but can be contacted should any change in Mrs. R.’s condition occur.
Her primary physician has practiced in this community for multiple years; he is well-known for his reluctance to discontinue any type of life support for any patient. When questioned, Dr. G.’s consistent response is, if this were his frail 92-year-old mother, he would prescribe the very same treatment for her. Dr. G. has now requested that the nurses talk to the family about moving Mrs. R. to a major medical center, where she can receive more advanced care, including vigorous rehabilitation and physical therapy, so that she may eventually return to a long-term nursing care facility.
How might the nurses in this scenario respond to the physician’s request? How would this scenario begin to cause moral distress among the nursing staff and what are the positive actions that the nurses should begin to take to prevent moral distress?
You be the Ethicist
Until recently, Tyrell Dueck was a normal eighth-grader in Canada, hoping that his favorite team would win the Stanley Cup for the third time. Then, early in the school year, he slipped climbing out of the shower and discovered a lump on his leg. He was then diagnosed with bone cancer.
After receiving two rounds of chemotherapy and being told that further therapy would mean the amputation of his leg, he announced that he wanted therapy stopped. He and his parents, devout fundamentalist Christians, decided to leave his health in God’s hands and seek alternative therapy. The decision sparked a court battle between his parents, who supported Tyrell’s decision, and the health care team, who sought to compel continued medical treatment and the planned amputation. The battle ultimately ended when doctors said that his cancer had spread to his lungs and that there was little more that could be done for Tyrell.
TEXTBOOK:
Legal and Ethical Issues in Nursing
Ginny Wa Guido
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Nursing Discussion
To support your work, use your course and text readings and also use resources from the University Online Library. As in all assignments, cite your sources in your work and provide references for the citations in APA format. You may use this APA Citation Helper as a convenient reference for properly citing resources or connect to the APA Style website through the APA icon below.
TASK
Post your initial response to one of the two topics below.
Topic 1
Blooms Application
Apply Blooms taxonomy to a new concept you have learned within the RN-BSN program.
a. Reflect on how you would teach this concept to a nursing peer.
b. Construct three learning objectives containing appropriate active verbs.
c. Identify a possible teaching strategy for each of your objectives.
d. Indicate how you plan to measure each objective.
Topic 2
Technology and Teaching
Identify technology you would include within a patient education scenario.
a. Provide information related to setting, patient, and topic
b. Discuss your rationale for choosing a technology tool
c. Explain your lesson and how you would evaluate learning.
Biology Water Essay
Write a 750-1,000-word essay about water quality in your community that addresses the following points:
- Obtain a water quality report from your local municipality within the last two years and discuss what you found in the report?
- Identify a water quality issue happening in your community and where the pollution comes from? This includes point sources (for example, water discharge from a factory; contamination from a Superfund site), Non-point sources (for example, agricultural runoff), and Natural sources.
- Describe how the pollution source is impacting the environment and human health in your community, and provide two examples of each.
- Identify three management practices to minimize water pollution.
Remember to support your data and information with appropriate citations. A minimum of five peer-reviewed references must be included.
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